Tingwei, one of the Nine Emperors, is in charge of prison. The court, Ping, the prison Guiping, so it is the number, listen to the prison must be questioned by the court, and the public will share it.

Chen Qiu returned to the Imperial Governor's Office, and sent his cronies to ask Liu Kui about the past, Liu Kui was frightened in the court, because he had already experienced an impeachment and rebellion, and last time it was only because there was no evidence, and his brother Emperor Huan Liu Zhi did not kill to save his life, I didn't think that this time it was because of the trouble, what a bother.

Hearing that Chen Qiu wanted to save his life, he immediately knew everything and spit out all the old grievances between himself and Wang Fu.

When Chen Qiu saw Liu Kui's testimony, he understood why Wang Fu was so ruthless against Liu Kui, the eunuch loved money like this, and repeatedly asked for it, how could Liu Kui easily shirk the money.

At that moment, he had a plan in mind, and quickly recruited his cronies Zuo Jian and ordered him to secretly gather people to set up an ambush outside Li Chao's mansion, and arrest him when he returned home.

Tingwei's subordinate officials had left and right supervisors, who were in charge of arrests, and the left supervisor received the order, gathered a team of cronies and subordinates, and immediately went straight to Li Chao's mansion outside the Luoyang Palace.

However, he said that Li Chao had been sulking since the last time he asked Li Shao for a bribe in Jizhou, and he was sulking, and he wanted to sue him in front of Wang Fu, but he didn't think that he was ordered by Wang Fu, and he conspired with Wang Fu and other eunuch protégés to forge Liu Kui's unwarranted rebellion.

Who knew that as soon as he returned to the mansion, several domestic servants had not led him off the horse, and a group of errand officers suddenly turned around, and the first one couldn't help but say: "On the order of the court captain, arrest Li Chao of the little yellow gate, and stay away from the idle people." ”

When the words fell, Li Chao's servants did not dare to move, although the Eastern Han Dynasty Tingwei was not as strong as the Western Han Dynasty, but it was not something that could be resisted at will, only loyal people hurriedly ran to Wang Fu's mansion to report the news.

In Tingwei's prison, Li Chao is being interrogated by Tingwei Youping in prison at the moment. Not far from him, there is a worship of the prison god Gao Tao and his pet Pig, Gao Tao is the minister of Emperor Shun, the legend of China's first prison was established by him, he and his pet Pig Pig, assisted Emperor Shun, all evil and lawlessness, all suppressed.

A slow light smoke swirled, it was the incense of worship, in the incense, the blue beak lips of the Gaotao bird were raised high, the two eyes were always staring at the prison of the edict, and the long horns of the pig stretched forward, looking firmly at Li Chao in the prison.

Throughout the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, Tingwei was always the most unpopular official, because they had their own system, managed the world's prisons, directly obeyed the emperor's orders, and could even refute the judgment opinions put forward by the emperor and the three dukes. According to the edict, the court commander could arrest, imprison, and try the guilty king or minister, and he could also arrest mortals on his own with evidence. In addition, ceremonies and laws were kept in the court, and he was in charge of matters related to the revision of laws.

If there is an official who is not treated well by others, it must be Tingwei's edict, although since the Eastern Han Dynasty, his status is a little worse than the prison of Sili Xiaowei, but it is not a place where ordinary people are willing to enter.

Li Chao is the same, but it's a pity that he still came in, just after experiencing the torture of Tingwei several shifts, he was in pain, almost collapsed, and screamed at Na Youping and said: "You can know who my subordinate is, let me go quickly, otherwise the prince of Zhongchang knows my situation, and when I go out, you will be good-looking." ”

You Ping shook the long whip in his hand, there were faint traces of blood on it, and said lightly: "You don't know that this little yellow door has entered the Imperial Prison of Wutingwei, is it difficult to survive?" ”

Tingwei's subordinate officials have left and right ping, Zhangping edict prison, this right ping is also Chen Qiu's cronies, this time he was instructed to pry out the news from Li Chao's mouth, do not be afraid of the people behind him, this right Ping is also a scholar, he hates the eunuch for doing evil, and now he has a chance, it is to use his life in particular, and he has used a lot of torture before asking Li Chao about everything.

Li Chao was frightened and forced himself to calm down: "You dare? Will the prince not let you go? ”

"You still have to look at this letter, Li Jizhou impeached you for taking bribes, and if you don't explain it clearly today, the sharp weapon of the Governor's Mansion will let you enjoy it again."

"You ......"

At the end of the day, Li Chao still failed to withstand the punishment of Tingwei, and confessed what he knew, which Youping got the letter, and only asked him about the authenticity of the letter of accepting bribes and jointly impeaching Liu Kui, and soon a Li Chao's confession appeared on Chen Qiu's case under the record of the knife and pen, and his fingerprints appeared.

Chen Qiu looked at the testimony carefully, and before he could think about it, a small yellow door came to the palace and ordered Liu Hong to see him. Chen Qiu smiled secretly, it must be Wang Fu's urgency, fortunately he has obtained a confession, and this time he will make everything he plans fail.

When he arrived at the Yongle Palace in the North Palace, the emperor was greeting the Empress Dowager Dong at this time, and after Chen Qiu saluted, he heard Liu Hong say: "I heard that Qing arrested the little yellow door in the palace?" ”

The tone was not hurried, and there was a faint anger, the eunuch was his close person, and the court lieutenant arrested him without asking for instructions, making him dissatisfied.

Chen Qiu said: "Your Majesty, the minister has Jizhou Assassin Shi Mixin, saying that Li Chao of Xiaohuangmen took the opportunity of the decree to ask for bribes, and his people said that His Majesty has no money, and this matter is related to His Majesty's reputation. ”

"Nonsense, Li Chao is a confidant in the palace, how can he ask for bribes at will?" Wang Fu was beside Liu Hong at this time, and when he heard Chen Qiu's words, he didn't know about Li Chao at this time, so he immediately refuted.

"Zhong Chang Shi was surprised by this, if I didn't have conclusive evidence, how could I detain Li Chaohu? Your Majesty, this is Li Chao's testimony and Li Jizhou's letter, and Li Chao inadvertently confided in Jizhou's past, and the minister investigated that it was related to the King of Bohai. With that, Chen Qiu presented the letter and confession to Liu Hong.

Liu Hong didn't care at first, took the letter and confessed and sat next to the Empress Dowager Dong to read, and after a while, he saw that his face changed suddenly, raised his head and glared at Wang Fu, and then continued to look.

Wang Fu was numb by this look, and secretly asked whether Li Chao, a small temple person, had done something unfavorable to him without thinking about it, but before he could think about it, Liu Hong suddenly turned the thing in his hand and threw it at him, and scolded in his mouth: "Traitor, you actually deceived me?" Damn it! ”

Wang Fu was stunned all of a sudden, and he didn't want to check the testimony immediately, and when he saw his Li Chaoyan saying that he asked Jizhou's protégé to frame Liu Kui, he was immediately stunned, and soon cried and shouted: "Your Majesty, this Li Chao is talking nonsense, and the minister did not order him to do this." ”

But Liu Hong is familiar with Wang Fu, how can he not know whether what he said is true or false.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Dong found that something was wrong, so she asked people to take the letter and testimony to take a look, and checked it once, her face was also extremely ugly, thinking of Liu Kui's recent gifts, she needed to help this interesting prince and said to Liu Hong: "Emperor, the old man once said that Liu Kui is the king of the Han Dynasty, and he will never do such a foolish thing. "Don't talk much, stop at the point.

Liu Hong said angrily: "You are good at doing it yourself." Then he said goodbye to the Empress Dowager Dong, and beckoned others to leave, not caring about Wang Fu at all.

Chen Qiu saw this scene, and secretly sighed in his heart that the emperor really favored the eunuchs, and he didn't even delve into such things, but this was not the result they wanted.