"Your Highness, the villains of the Donglin Party dare to go up and impeach you, it's really impatient. This time it fell into the hands of our Jinyi Guard, so I want to give His Highness this bad breath! ”

Zhu Youzhen and Tang Ruowang were talking about it, but they were unexpectedly interrupted by Xu Xianchun's flattery.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen did not have much ill will towards the Donglin Party. Although these ginseng themselves have nothing to draw, in all fairness, the reason for the impeachment is indeed not made up. I did let the apocalypse play very high, and I may have delayed some government politics for this. And although I was scolded, I didn't lose an arm or a leg, so if you scold, just scold, I should just do it.

But listening to Xu Xianchun's meaning, it is obvious that Yang Lian and others are not lightly organized. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel compassion, and asked hypocritically: "Dare to ask Lord Xu, how is the interrogation of Yang Lian and the others going?" ”

Xu Xianchun's spirits were greatly lifted, and he replied loudly: "Back to His Royal Highness, I humbled myself and served the holy decree, and arrested Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Yuan Huazhong, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Gu Dazhang and other six prisoners to Beizhen Fusi Prison. At the time of the first arraignment, the six people were still quite arrogant. He asked: 'Wang Wenyan testified that you and others accepted bribes from Xiong Tingbi, and the facts are there, and you have recruited them from the truth to avoid the pain of flesh and skin. Then Yang Lian was the first to jump up and said: "You said that Wang Wenyan testified against us, and let Wang Wenyan come out and confront us face to face!" He reprimanded him and said: "Wang Wenyan has already confessed to the law, and the existing confession is here, and the evidence is ironclad. If you want to confront him face to face, go to hell and find him! ’”

Speaking of this, everyone was in an uproar, and they praised Xu Xianchun for saying this sentence to relieve their anger. Although Zhu Youzhen barely managed to squeeze out a smile, his face was pale, which was even more ugly than crying.

Xu Xianchun was unconscious, and continued to boast: "These six people are still unconvinced, and they still think that they are officials of the imperial court, and they have repeatedly roared in court. He had no choice but to scold six people with 40 canes, 100 with his hands, and 50 with his bars. Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others just boasted that they were 'Zheng Zheng Iron Bone', but after this fight, they became a mess! ”

The crowd erupted in laughter again. Zhu Youzhen couldn't laugh anymore, and asked in a trembling voice, "What kind of punishment is that?" ”

Xu Xianchun smiled triumphantly: "Back to His Royal Highness, the cane is to use a five-foot-long elm stick with a calf-thick elm stick to beat the prisoner's buttocks. Go down with a stick to ensure that the skin is open. This is still a lowly position to let the servants in charge of the punishment show mercy, and they must be beaten seriously, and within twenty sticks, the meat on their legs will be blown away! ”

Zhu Youzhen was shocked when he heard this, but Xu Xianchun continued to introduce casually: "It is a unique torture tool of the Beizhen Fusi, that is, five poplar sticks more than a foot long and thick at the wrist are worn with ropes and put on the prisoner's fingers. At the time of punishment, lift the ends of the rope and strike the small wooden stick with the stick. The more times the stick was struck, the tighter the stick was worn, and the more painful the prisoner became. ”

"As for the bars, they are made of poplar wood, and they have two of them, and they are three feet long. More than five inches above the ground, it is pierced with iron bars, and three pairs of sticks are tied to each clamping stick. Xu Xianchun gushed endlessly, "When clamping people, put the stick on the ground, put the prisoner's foot on the stick, tie it with a rope, and then use a pair of clamping sticks to support the left side of the foot so that it cannot move, and then use a big bar seven feet long and four inches thick to hit the prisoner's shin bone from the right side. As soon as the bar goes down, the prisoner cries and howls wolf, and he is in pain, even if he is copper and iron, he must confess truthfully! ”

"Lord Xu, good means!" Everyone slapped the horses again, but Xu Xianchun pretended to be modest and said: "I don't want to use this heavy punishment, but these prisoners don't admit it to death." After the punishment, he still has to recruit from the truth, so why bother! ”

"They all confessed?" Zhu Youzhen asked in surprise.

"These people were tortured that day, and they all fainted." A trace of resentment flashed in Xu Xianchun's eyes, "But Wang Wenyan has already confessed, and the bribes received by several people, Yang Lian 20,000 taels, Zuo Guangdou 20,000 taels, Zhou Chaorui 10,000 taels, Yuan Huazhong 6,000 taels, Gu Dazhang 40,000 taels, Wei Dazhong 3,000 taels, how can they deny it?" Compare the five days of the lowly office, and let them recover the stolen money. As a result, on the second day, the families of Yuan Huazhong, Zhou Chaorui, and Wei Dazhong sent silver taels respectively. If you don't take bribes, why give money? ”

Zhu Youzhen secretly scolded in his heart: Xu Xianchun, who is so vicious, is obviously afraid that these six people will suffer in prison, so he has to send two taels of silver to avoid disaster, but Xu Xianchun used it as evidence of bribery!

Xu Xianchun sneered and continued: "Seeing that these six people are not honest, he set a rule for them: change the comparison of five days to three days, and each time they compare, each person must pay at least 400 taels of stolen silver. Unexpectedly, these old guys gave up their lives and money, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou didn't pay a tael of silver, and the others only paid a few dozen taels for the first time, and they insisted that they were borrowed from scratch. How could he be credulous and credulous, so he had to continue to be tortured. ”

"And what are these men guilty of?" Zhu Youzhen couldn't bear to listen anymore, and hurriedly interrupted Xu Xianchun.

"Long live the purpose: first recover the stolen silver, and then transfer it to the criminal department for trial after it is fully paid." Xu Xianchun smiled sadly, "But looking at this situation, these six people don't plan to pay off the stolen silver." ”

Zhu Youzhen had already understood the meaning of his words: he actually wanted to beat these six people to death in the edict prison!

The people around him were still staggering, but Zhu Youzhen felt shuddering, as if he was not attending a banquet, but came to a miserable hell, surrounded by man-eating demons!

At this time, everyone was already slightly drunk, Xu Xianchun and Cui Yingyuan suddenly got up and said goodbye to Zhou Kui: "Commander, long live the strict order, we must recover the stolen money of Yang Lian and others before the year." Today is another day of comparison, and the lowly rank has to go to the edict to interrogate the prisoner. ”

Although Zhou Kui is the new deputy commander of Jinyiwei, he actually does not have much power, and the operation of Jinyiwei is still controlled by Xu Xianchun and Cui Yingyuan. Therefore, he also clenched his fists and said: "The two adults work hard, and the old man sends the two!" ”

Xu Xianchun and Cui Yingyuan left, such as Sun Yunhe, Yang Huan and other high-ranking Jinyi Wei military attachés also said goodbye one after another, and more than half of the guests at the three tables left.

Zhu Youzhen saw these plague gods leaving, he just breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but worry about the fate of Yang Lian and others, and secretly guessed in his heart: Xu Xianchun is gone, is he already planning to take action immediately and kill these Donglin Party members in prison?

Zhou Kui and the others saw that Zhu Youzhen was sullen, and thought that he felt that there were few people who had lost their interest, but they still diligently persuaded him to drink. Zhu Youzhen was full of worries, and where could he drink, he only said that he was not strong enough to drink, so he let Zhou Kui and the others continue to drink happily, but he found a piece of paper, took out the pistol that Tang Ruowang gave him, and put the projectiles on gunpowder and wrapped them in a small paper bag.

While subconsciously fiddling with the pistol, he thought about the tragic situation of Yang Lian and others in prison, and wanted to put the pistol on the heads of Wei Zhongxian, Xu Xianchun and others, and give him a headshot.

At this moment, in the courtyard outside the hall, a long scream suddenly sounded, followed by a commotion.

Although everyone in the hall was seven points drunk, this scream was too abrupt and made everyone stop their wine glasses.

Zhou Kui was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and loudly scolded the people in the mansion: "Go out and see, which thing that doesn't know whether it is dead or alive is shouting." If you disturb His Highness's Qingxing, be careful not to pick his skin! ”

The man agreed, and hurried out of the hall, wanting to go out to see what was going on. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard a "poof", and a sharp arrow suddenly flew from outside the door and shot him in the throat impartially. The man didn't say a word, and immediately fell to the ground and died.

"There are assassins!" Lin Youkun was the first to react, and pressed Zhu Youzhen under the wine table.

Before his words could land, the sound of sharp bows and arrows breaking through the air was loud. A scream suddenly sounded inside and outside the hall, and I don't know how many people fell to the ground at this moment.

Lin Youkun has been in battle for a long time, raised his foot and kicked over the two tables of banquets, surrounded the trembling Zhu Youzhen with the table, and raised his arms again, and two sleeve arrows shot out, knocking down the two most burning headlights in the hall.

At this time, the other people in the hall reacted and extinguished the surrounding lamps and candles, so as not to cast their shadows on the window lattice and become a live target for the Assassins outside.

Lin Youkun asked Zhou Kui sharply: "Lord Zhou, what's going on?!" ”

Zhou Kui also said blankly: "I don't know!" But he also woke up like a dream at this time, and shouted: "Where is Yan Ling?" Come and protect Your Highness! ”

At this time, in the midst of chaos, a shout suddenly came: "Master, Yan Ling is here!" The Xiaoyao Mansion has been surrounded by dozens of assassins, hide your body in the hall, don't come out! ”

Before the words fell, dozens of sharp arrows made a terrible sound of "whining", and shot towards the place where Yan Ling made his voice together. Zhu Youzhen's heart tightened, and he felt that Yan Ling was going to become a hedgehog now.

But I only heard a sound of "clanging", and then Yan Ling shouted: "Sure enough, it's a rat, only dare to hurt people with secret arrows!" ”

Immediately, the sound of "jingling" was endless, but it gradually moved towards the courtyard wall in the distance. I heard a few screams, followed by a few "plops", as if a heavy object fell to the ground.

Yan Ling's long laugh came again: "Are you all there are to you?" Have you run out of arrows? Draw your swords and get on board together! ”

There was a brief silence outside. Zhu Youzhen was listening intently, and suddenly the roof in the hall collapsed. In the midst of the dust and rubble in the sky, a masked man dressed in black with a long sword in his hand descended from the sky!

This scared Zhu Youzhen so much that he couldn't help but scream like a woman.

This scream pointed the way for the masked man in the darkness. He laughed evilly, and suddenly roared: "Kill! ”

With his wild roar, the sound of killing outside the hall rang out!