Governor Tan replied: "In this matter, Mi Yuanwai and the political envoy of Quan Bu have helped me. This sixth concubine turned out to be the concubine of a county in Puqi County, Wuchang Prefecture, and she looked very cute, I took a fancy to it when I went down to inspect it after last autumn, and I wanted to ask this concubine to come over with this county Cheng, but this county Cheng refused to live or die, so I ......, I ......, and I ...... "Tan Zhifu will have a few in a row, but I am embarrassed to say it."

Yang Qiuchi knew that there must be something very dirty in it, so he didn't ask, and waited for him to continue.

Governor Tan swallowed with difficulty, and then continued: "I told Mi Yuanwai and Quan Bu the political envoy about this matter, and the two of them helped me come up with an idea. Mi Yuan asked someone to pretend to be a thief, sneaked into the county's house, killed more than ten people from all over the house, and deliberately left the concubine. ”

"I was personally responsible for investigating this case and took the opportunity to take the concubine. Then he paid for a death row prisoner to carry the murder down, and after reporting it, he had the right to be sheltered by a political envoy, and everything went well, and he killed the death row prisoner, and won a lot of court pensions for other family members in this county, and blocked their mouths. ”

"You guys are fucking despicable!" Yang Qiuchi scolded angrily.

Tan Zhifu kowtowed again and again: "Tan Mou confessed ......, in fact, not long after the concubine came to my house, I took her to Mi Yuanwai's house as a guest, and was seen by Mi Yuanwai, and I liked it very much, I had to let it go to him, soft grinding and hard foaming, and promised a lot of money, I couldn't afford to provoke him, so I had to sign a deed and let this concubine be a concubine for him." ”

"You guys! You're dirty, and this woman isn't a thing that can be used to let you go? Yang Qiuchi laughed angrily.

Yang Qiuchi didn't understand this, the concubines in ancient times were really no different from things, they could be allowed to come and go, and even exchange with each other.

According to Feng Menglong's "Analogy of Love History", when Su Dongpo was demoted, he gave away all the concubines around him, and it is said that two of the concubines were pregnant. Su Dongpo's friend Jiang came to see him off, saw Su Dongpo's concubine Chunniang, and was very fond of him, so he discussed with Su Dongpo to exchange a white horse for Chunniang, and Su Dongpo actually agreed. Unexpectedly, Chun Niang's surname was strong, and after angrily scolding Su Dongpo, she hit Huai and died.

After Yang Qiuchi finished scolding, he continued: "Governor Tan, you must be honest and frank like this, only confession is your only way out." ”

Yang Qiuchi said this, but in his heart, any of these fucking things you confess are enough to cut off your head after being verified, and confession is useless, but you can't say it.

Governor Tan is still trying to explain his last glimmer of life: "I heard the two of them mention this matter, and I knew that I could only give in. The relief grain from the imperial court soon arrived again, this time in my yamen granary, because the Mi family's granary was not far behind the prefect's yamen, and it was not until last night that all the grain was quietly transferred to the Mi family's granary. It was originally scheduled to burn the granary tonight, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect the adults to come. ”

Yang Qiuchi asked, "Have you seen a middle-aged squint-eyed person at Mi Yuan's house?" ”

"A middle-aged man with squint eyes?" Governor Tan muttered to himself, lowered his head and thought about it, "I seem to have seen ...... There seems to be one. Where is it...... Yes, that time I took my little concubine to Mi Yuanwai's house as a guest, and Mi Yuan went out for a while, and went outside to talk to a person, and I felt that the person looked at us a little strangely...... Now that I think about it, it seems to be a squinted ......, yes, a middle-aged man. ”

Yang Qiuchi suddenly became interested: "That middle-aged man is in Mi Yuan's house?" Is it a guest or a house slave? ”

"It's not like a house slave, and it can be seen that Mi Yuanwai is very in awe of him."

"Awe?" Yang Qiuchi frowned, what can make people like Mi Yuanwai awe-inspiring, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary person, don't make a big person, then you will have a big head. Then he asked, "Where is that man now?" ”

"I don't know, I haven't seen him since that time."

Yang Qiuchi immediately arranged for Nangong Xiong to take Jinyi Wei to Mi Yuanwai's house to search for the middle-aged squint-eyed man, and then continued the interrogation and asked Tan Governor's Mansion: "What else do you have to explain?" Then, Yang Qiuchi asked another routine question, "Be honest and honest, if you find out that you didn't take the initiative to confess, then your efforts will be wasted!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Governor Tan also knew that his crimes that had been verified to be true were enough to cut off his head anyway, so he could only grasp the straw of confession and leniency and strive for leniency, so he poured out all the crimes he had committed before, big and small, and even kicked the widow's door and dug up the grave.

Yang Qiuchi's head was big when he heard this, and now he didn't have time to listen to him, so he told him to go down and write the confession materials and hand them in.

After Governor Tan signed and drew the confession recorded by Master Jin, he was taken down, and then, the political envoy of Quan Bu was escorted up. Jinyiwei asked him to kneel, but the political envoy of Quanbu stood proudly and did not kneel.

Yang Qiuchi said in a deep voice: "The surname is right, you are now a human prisoner, why don't you kneel when you see this official?" ”

"I'm a second-grade official of the imperial court, and it's not your turn to take off my black gauze hat!" The envoy sneered.

Yang Qiuchi was stunned and smiled at Luo Qianhu: "This guy looks down on us Jinyiwei, Lord Luo, what do you say?" ”

Jinyiwei is ruthless, and those who are afraid of jackals and tigers can't be Jinyiwei, let alone high-ranking officials of Jinyiwei. Fang Cai is involved in the matter between Empress Xu and the emperor, that is the emperor's relatives, the situation is unknown, he Luo Qianhu does not dare to interfere indiscriminately, but now facing an ordinary court official, let alone from the second grade, if there is no queen Xu's kind of backstage, he is not afraid of higher officials, not to mention that the other party has been stolen, the crime has been confirmed, Luo Qianhu has the bottom of his heart, and said at the moment: "Give me fifty slaps!" ”

The brocade guards on both sides agreed in unison, took out the fire paint token with a special palm, and crackled like a fierce fan, which made the blood splash on the mouth and nose of the Quan Buzheng envoy, and these fifty blows down, the two cheeks of the Quan Buzheng were swollen like fermented steamed buns, and several teeth were knocked out.

Yang Qiuchi took a long time and asked, "How?" Lord Quan, are you willing to kneel? If you still don't, I'll beat you up another 80 times!" ”

The political envoy of Quan Bu is also a Jinshi, a weak scholar, he has been an official for many years, he has always beaten others, where has he been tortured like this, how has he suffered this, the arrogance of the high-ranking official originally wanted him to stiffen up, but when he heard that he would fight another eighty killing sticks, his knees suddenly weakened, trembled a few times, and finally knelt down.

Yang Qiuchi just wants to defeat his prestige first, only in this way can the interrogation be carried out smoothly and it is possible to pry his mouth open.

Yang Qiuchi asked: "Are you willing to confess?" ”

Although the envoy knelt down, he still didn't say a word.

Luo Qianhu said angrily: "It seems that this guy is unwilling to be punished, let's be punished!" Lord Yang. ”

Yang Qiuchi nodded.

Luo Qianhu roared: "Execution, give me a stick!" ”

Jin Yiwei brought the torture instrument and quickly put on the stick.

Luo Qianhu asked, "I'll ask you again, do you recruit or not?" ”

The political envoy turned pale, bit his fat lips that were swollen, and said nothing.

"Execution!"

The tortured Jinyi guards all exerted their strength, and the clamping stick holding the ankle was compressed, and the severe pain tore every nerve of the envoy of Quan Bu, and this continuous pain made the envoy of Quan Bu scream and widen his eyes, and his eyes almost popped out.

This kind of pain is not comparable to the pain in the palm and mouth just now. These brocade guards were very experienced in their sticks, and when they saw that the prisoner was about to pass out, they reduced their exertion a little, and when they were awake, they increased it again, so that the prisoner could experience this constant and severe pain.

But in the end, the envoy of Quan Bu still fainted, and Yang Qiuchi ordered the punishment to be relaxed. Wake him up with cold water. Yang Qiuchi asked, "Lord Quan, are you willing to confess?" ”

"Tell me what?"

"You colluded with Governor Tan and Mi Yuanwai to embezzle disaster relief grain!"

"I don't know what you're talking about, Lord Yang," Envoy Kwon said vaguely.

"Fifty slaps, are you still hard-mouthed? Lord Luo has already found 80,000 taels of silver from your inner house, how do you explain? ”

"There is no silver in my house, I don't know why Lord Luo came to my inner mansion and appeared so much silver out of thin air!"

What the? Luo Qianhu is really angry at this time: "You mean that Lao Tzu framed you?" ”

The political envoy of Quan Bu gave him a tacit acquiescence.

Luo Qianhu's anger has burned to the top of his head: "Damn, Governor Tan has confessed that it was Mi Yuanwai who bribed you twice with 100,000 taels of silver, he divided 20,000 taels, you divided 80,000 taels, and Governor Tan personally sent it to you in two times, you fucking said that I framed you!" Can Lao Tzu come up with so much silver to frame you? ”

"Lord Luo has been a Jinyi guard for thousands of years for many years, how can he not take it out?" The envoy of Kwon Bu said with a purr in his mouth.

This can make Luo Qianhu angry: "Come on, drag me down and beat me hard!" ”

Be! The brocade guards agreed in unison, but they didn't move.

Luo Qianhu shouted angrily: "Why don't you do it yet?" ”

"Your Excellency, you haven't said how many fights you have yet?" A brocade guard accompanied a smiling face.

Luo Qianhu was so angry that he slapped the table: "Stupid! I didn't say just keep hitting until I shouted stop! ”

"Yes!" The brocade guards rushed up and set up the political envoy and dragged him to the platform outside the public court, their arms round and crackling.

The political envoy of Quan Bu first screamed miserably, then cried his father and called his mother, and finally stopped screaming, presumably fainted.

Sure enough, a brocade-clothed guard ran up and said, "My lord, the prisoner passed out. ”

"Wake up and fight again!" Luo Qianhu was so angry that his head was dizzy.

(To be continued)