Chapter 332: Singing a double reed
"What is the name of the people in the hall, where do they live, and what crime have they committed? Come on! ”
Although it was noon at the moment, there was not much sunlight in the torture hall, but it was necessary to rely on candles to maintain the light, and the various torture instruments placed next to it made it a little more eerie. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Zhu Changluo saw through the small hole that the two directors of the criminal department named Lu Menglong and Wang Zhiyu were sitting in the hall, and they were a little nervous at first, but when they saw the prisoner coming to the hall, they immediately calmed down, and Hu Shixiang gently patted the shocked wood and asked sharply.
Zhang Cha at the bottom suddenly shuddered, and the chains in his hands made a rattling sound, and said.
"The little one's name is Zhang Cha, and he lives in Jing'eryu, Jizhou, and I don't know what crime he committed......"
"I don't know what crime I have committed? Come on, pull it down and hit the fifty boards again! ”
Lu Menglong sneered, pulled out an arrow from the lottery holder, and said.
At this moment, Zhu Changluo frowned, and looked at Zhao Huan suspiciously, this old boy, wouldn't he just find two people to fool him?
How can a confession be extorted by torture as soon as the trial comes up!
However, Zhao Huan smiled and stepped forward in a low voice unhurriedly.
"Your Highness, don't worry, this is just some small means, Menglong and Zhiyu are not cool officials, and they won't make any torture to extract confessions, Your Highness, let's take a look first!"
Zhu Changluo turned his gaze back, but saw that Zhang heard that Lu Menglong in the hall was about to be tortured indiscriminately, and was stunned on the spot, although he was a flat-headed person, he also knew the power of this board, fifty boards, if he didn't die, he lost half his life.
It wasn't until the two jailers stepped forward to pull him that Zhang Chafang reacted and said continuously.
"A small confession, a small confession! The little one said everything, sir, spare a small life! ”
"Hmph, it's late, this official just asked you if you didn't answer, but now I think about it, it's late! Left and right, pull down and hit! ”
Lu Menglong's face was cold and hard, and he snorted.
The jailer below had already started to move, Zhang Cha suddenly panicked, struggled desperately, and said uncontrollably.
"Let go of me, I'm wronged, sir, I'm wronged!"
Although this messenger was handcuffed and shackled, he was really a sturdy man, and the two jailers couldn't drag him for a while.
At this time, Wang Zhiyu on the side stepped forward to intercede.
"Brother Lu, slow down!"
"The official was also confused for a while when he saw this difference, so he tried to hide it in vain, and now that he is willing to tell the truth, how about making a decision after listening to it?"
When Zhang Cha heard this, he immediately felt like he had been pardoned, and quickly nodded in response.
"Yes, yes, yes, the little ones are willing to say anything, just ask the adults to spare the little ones!"
"This ......"
Lu Menglong held the arrow in his hand and hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Okay, for the sake of Brother Wang Xian, this official will write down these fifty boards for the time being, if you dare to deceive, you will not be spared!"
With that, he put the arrow back into the holder.
Zhu Changluo, who was watching from the side, couldn't cry or laugh a little, okay, the two of them sang realistically, and they almost hid him.
Look at the difference again, he just picked up a life from the ghost gate, and he collapsed on the ground as if he had collapsed.
"Your Highness, this is the usual method used by the old criminals, scare him first, most of these prisoners are hob meat, if not, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask the truth, but many people are really using the killing stick, but it is not as effective as Menglong and Zhiyu!"
Zhao Huan said in a low voice, but his tone was full of pride.
In the torture hall, Lu Menglong put the arrow back, slapped the shocked wood again, and asked.
"This official is here to ask you, since you said that your family lives in Jizhou, why did you break into the palace at the winter solstice and kill and wound so many gatekeepers?"
"Small...... The small ones are here to avenge their grievances, yes, they are here to avenge their grievances! ”
When Zhang Cha heard Lu Menglong's question, he hesitated for a moment, and only replied after a while.
"Avengery? What can you do? ”
Lu Menglong sneered and asked.
"Master Rongyu, the little one is Jizhou who makes a living by collecting firewood, my family has two neighbors, named Li Ziqiang and Li Wancang, and there is an elder brother who works as an errand in the Yamen, bullying the little ones every day, and the little ones are angry but they fought with them, and that night, they burned the small firewood and grass that they had worked hard for three days!"
"They have people in the yamen, the small ones don't dare to sue, but they are unwilling, I heard the storyteller in the city say that Emperor Taizu and his old man set up a Dengwen drum in the capital to avenge the grievances of the small people, and the small ones want to go to the capital to sue the emperor!"
The one who had a handful of snot and a handful of tears was realistic.
However, Lu Menglong was unmoved and continued to ask.
"Then how did you get into the Imperial City? And why do you want to hurt someone? ”
"After the little one arrived in the capital, he asked people where the imperial city was, and entered from the west, but the inside was too big, and the little one didn't know the way, so he kept going east......"
Speaking of this, Zhang Cha was a little hesitant, but Lu Menglong continued to ask.
"And then? You go in from the east door and go west, and no one stops you? ”
"Someone stopped me, but at that time two people dressed in blue clothes came to save me, and when they heard that I had come to the capital to avenge my grievances, they took me into the palace, and then came to the door of a large house, and one of them stuffed me with a wooden stick, saying that I could avenge myself with this!"
"I somehow got confused and rushed in and injured a lot of people, and then a young man rushed up and punched me in the door, and I passed out......"
Zhang Cha said, secretly looking at the looks of the two adults in the hall, and stumbled to finish.
"Nonsense! It's clearly a lie! The old man had already inquired about the patrol guards that day, and everyone who came in and out that day was holding an identity card, and there was no such thing as two chamberlains who could bring people into the palace for no reason! ”
In the room on the side, Zhen Zhenji's face suddenly fell, and he said angrily in a low voice.
"Don't worry, brother, you always have to come little by little to try the case, how can you do it with a handful!"
Zhao Huan smiled bitterly and comforted.
Everyone put their eyes on the torture hall again, but when they saw Lu Menglong and Wang Zhiyu looking at each other, they shook their heads with a sense of clarity, and then Lu Menglong slapped the shocked wood and shouted.
"A bold thief, he dares to deceive his own officials! What you said is reversed, the preface does not match the afterword, it is clearly playing the official, left and right, pull him down and beat him to the seventy boards, throw him back to the prison, starve him for three days, and then arraignment! ”
"The lord spares his life, the lord spares his life, what the little one said is true, don't dare to deceive the master!"
This time, the jailer on the side had already prepared, and three or four people rushed up, and immediately dragged Zhang Chazhi to death, and dragged him out, so frightened that he shouted while struggling desperately.
"Brother Lu, slow down!"
Just when Zhang Cha was about to be dragged out of the door, Wang Zhihuan sighed and stepped forward again.
However, this time it was not towards Lu Menglong, but at Zhang Cha meaningfully.
"Zhang Cha, to tell you the truth, this official and Brother Hu are the heads of the Criminal Department, and the prisoners who pass by in their hands are all extremely vicious people, let alone you? If you refuse to tell the truth again, you will be better in the future! ”
"This ......"
Zhang Cha, who was being dragged by others, suddenly hesitated, and his face changed for a while.
But Lu Menglong in the hall said angrily.
"Why should Brother Wang Xian talk too much with such a thief, under Sanmu, the official will not believe that he will not tell the truth! Left and right, don't drag it down for the official! ”
"Wait, I said, I said, sir, the little one said it all!"
This time Zhang Cha is even more ownerless, begging for mercy again and again.
Wang Zhihuan waved his hand, and several jailers brought him back to the middle of the torture hall, Wang Zhihuan stepped forward and said.
"Don't worry, as long as you tell the truth, this official guarantees that you won't be tortured!"
"Small...... Small ......"
Zhang Cha swallowed his saliva, looked around with his eyes, and said in a low voice.
"The little ones don't dare to say ......"
Wang Zhihuan frowned and waved his hand.
"Go down first, this official will try the criminal alone!"
The jailer in the hall immediately retreated, leaving only two people to guard Zhang Cha to prevent him from making any changes.
"Tell me, what is your name, where does your family live, how did you enter the palace, and why did you injure those attendants?"