Chapter 127: Uninvited Guest (Three Watches)

Seeing Cui Hui's order, several messengers who patrolled the Imperial History Yamen rushed forward and pressed Li Yuntian to the ground, and the two officers stood there with water and fire sticks on their left and right, expressionless. The update is the fastest and most stable

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Li Yuntian looked up at Cui Hui, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and at the same time felt a hint of relief, it seems that Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou are not in Cui Hui's hands, otherwise Cui Hui would not jump off the wall in a hurry, skip the two and directly punish himself, which shows that Cui Hui has exhausted his talents and used up the "killer weapon" in his hand.

"Li Zhixian, this official asks you again, do you recruit or not?" Cui Hui found that Li Yuntian's eyes were full of contempt when he looked at him, and asked with a grim face.

At this time, his heart was full of chagrin, if he could catch Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou, then he would definitely be able to force Li Yuntian to comply, and knead as much as he wanted.

"Xiaguan is above board, and he has never done those unsightly things of stealing chickens and touching dogs." Li Yuntian looked at Cui Hui coldly, now that Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou are safe, he has no scruples in his heart, if there is a kind, Cui Hui will beat him to death, and see how to deal with Emperor Yongle at that time!

"Hit!" Cui Hui saw that Li Yuntian was "stubborn", his eyes flashed with a murderous intent, he stretched out his hand to point at Li Yuntian, and roared with a hideous face, he wanted to see how hard Li Yuntian's bones were.

Hearing this, the two errand officers immediately picked up the water and fire sticks in their hands, and took turns to beat Li Yuntian's board, and a crisp sound suddenly sounded in the lobby.

Li Yuntian only felt a hot pain in his buttocks, he gritted his teeth and endured it, clenched his fists with both hands, and looked coldly at Cui Hui in the hall, his eyes were sharp and deep, full of angry flames, which made Cui Hui have some heart palpitations for a while.

Cui Hui never expected that Li Yuntian would be so difficult, and he didn't even settle the little concubine of Lu Cao, at this time, he couldn't help but regret taking this errand, now although the situation is still under his control, but without those accounts, how can he convict Li Yuntian?

You must know that Li Yuntian is not one of those ownerless duckweed in the officialdom, not only is he from a prominent background, he is the emperor's most trusted two-list jinshi, but also has Yang Shiqi and Zhou Zheng behind him, so the longer this matter drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for Cui Hui, so Cui Hui interrogated Li Yuntian intensively and forced Li Yuntian to confess.

It was the first time for the people in the courtyard to witness the county master being beaten, and they were suddenly silent, and they all looked at Li Yuntian, who was lying there silently.

Li Yuntian's buttocks were gradually soaked with blood, how could the two executing officers dare to steal and play tricks under Cui Hui's nose, otherwise the two of them would be unlucky.

"Li Zhixian, now that the evidence is conclusive, you can't deny it, do you recruit or not?" After the thirty boards were finished, Cui Hui stared coldly at Li Yuntian, whose forehead was covered with sweat.

"Lord Patrol, the lower official has already said that the lower official is innocent, what is the crime?" Li Yuntian, who was pale, sneered and said proudly.

Qi Wanlong and Feng Kui shook their heads secretly, and they admired Li Yuntian more and more in their hearts, and both of them could see that these thirty boards really hit Li Yuntian's ass.

The two of them are local officials, so they naturally know the harm caused by these thirty boards, not to mention the pampered Li Yuntian, even those vicious bandits can't bear it and shout, cry and cry for their fathers and mothers, but Li Yuntian gritted his teeth and endured it, this perseverance is really resolute.

"Li Zhixian, you should survive the sentence, 'People's hearts are like iron, and official law is like a furnace', so this patrol advises you not to be lucky, so as not to suffer more flesh and skin." Cui Hui's face changed a few times when he heard this, and then he looked at Li Yuntian murderously, now that he has been riding a tiger, there is only one way to go to the end and force Li Yuntian to comply.

"Thousands of hammers are chiseled out of the deep mountains, the fire is burned if you are idle, you are not afraid of broken bones, you must leave your innocence in the world!" Li Yuntian saw that Cui Hui was very inward-looking, sneered, and slowly chanted "Lime Yin" to deal with Cui Hui's "people's hearts are like iron, and official laws are like furnaces".

"What a 'don't be afraid of broken bones, you want to leave your innocence in the world'!" Qi Wanlong and Feng Kui's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they couldn't help but secretly praise in their hearts, Li Yuntian's integrity really impressed the two of them.

It is said that Yu Qian did it when he was young, and some people say that it was added by later generations when he wrote a biography of Yu Qian, and according to research, Yu Qian's personal anthology did not include "Lime Yin", and the truth is difficult to discern for a while.

However, since coming to Hukou County, Li Yuntian has never heard this poem in his memory, so he boldly used it to express his ambition with poetry.

"Hit! Thirty more, this patrol will see if you really want to resist to the end. Cui Hui's face suddenly turned blue and white, Li Yuntian was determined to go against him, and he invisibly showed Li Yuntian's noble integrity, so he slapped the table angrily.

The two executioners glanced at Li Yuntian's bloody buttocks, hesitated, and reluctantly executed again.

Li Yuntian clenched his teeth and held on, his eyes were full of ridicule when he looked at Cui Hui, it seemed that he was not enough, he wanted to torture to extract a confession, if it wasn't for the title of Inspector Yushi, this guy would not be his opponent at all.

Cui Hui's face was extremely ugly, these thirty boards were already the limit of what could be used to torture Li Yuntian, if Li Yuntian was still hard-mouthed, then he would have to use other methods.

After all, he doesn't have any evidence of Li Yuntian's greed for ink now, and all of them are those businessmen who are pointing to it, if he breaks Li Yuntian with this alone, then Zhou Yuting, the unruly county lord, may not know how to make trouble, that is, if he fights the lawsuit to the Jinluan Palace, he will also be at a loss, and he will also have a bad reputation as a cool official.

"Stop!" Just as Cui Hui's eyes flickered and he was thinking about what to do, a deep cry suddenly came from outside the hall.

He looked up, his brows immediately frowned slightly, and his face showed a look of surprise, only to see a group of people hurriedly entering from outside the courtyard gate, and the soldiers who walked in front shouted for the people in the courtyard to give way, and the person who was surrounded by everyone behind was none other than Yang Demin, the prefect of Jiujiang Prefecture.

The two executioners hurriedly stopped the execution, and nervously wiped the sweat on their foreheads, for fear that if they continued to fight, Li Yuntian would be damaged, and they would not be angered at that time.

"Lord Prefect!" Qi Wanlong and Feng Kui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, stood up and bowed to Yang Demin.

"Governor Yang, this patrol is trying the case, if there is anything in Governor Yang, wait until the trial is completed." Cui Hui had an ominous premonition in his heart, and got up and said to Yang Demin quietly.

Yang Demin rushed to Ruichang County at this time, obviously coming overnight, otherwise if he left in the morning, he would arrive in the afternoon at the earliest.

Normally, Yang Demin should have sent someone to inquire about the situation after getting the news, so as not to intervene rashly, but he unexpectedly came overnight, and it was obvious that the person who came was not good.

"Your Excellency, forgive your majesty for not being able to salute." Li Yuntian, who was pale, raised his head and said weakly to Yang Demin, he is now being pressed by others, and he can't move even if he wants to.

"Don't get out of the way yet!" Yang Demin saw that Li Yuntian's buttocks were bloody, and there was a large pool of blood on the ground, I don't know whose it was, his brows suddenly wrinkled, and he yelled at those servants who were pressing Li Yuntian's hands and feet.

Several messengers hurriedly let go of Li Yuntian and bowed down.

"Lord Patrol, I don't know what Li Zhixian has committed, and he is going to be punished by Lord Patrol?" Yang Demin looked at Cui Hui expressionlessly, and was extremely dissatisfied with Cui Hui's punishment of Li Yuntian.

Last night, when Yang Demin learned from the person sent back by Feng Kui that Cui Hui had arrested Li Yuntian for soliciting and accepting bribes, he was extremely shocked in his heart.

The reason is very simple, Li Yuntian is in Hukou County, he is building water conservancy, building bridges and paving roads, and building wharves for the first time, all of which cost a lot of money, if Li Yuntian really wants to be greedy for ink, he can do it secretly, why do it with such fanfare.

Yang Demin personally went to the site to check, and all the projects were genuine, and there was no chance to get oil and water from them.

Besides, Li Yuntian has high ambitions and has unlimited career in the future, how can he not be able to distinguish between the important and the serious, accept bribes from others, and have a future?

At the same time, Yang Demin also felt that Li Yuntian's accident was too sudden, and immediately realized that the situation was not good, and felt that Cui Hui was going to deal a heavy blow to him, so he didn't have time to think about it, and rushed to Ruichang County overnight to check.

Li Yuntian is now a flag in the officialdom of Jiujiang Prefecture, a rising star praised by Yang Demin, and Li Yuntian's achievements in Hukou County are undoubtedly his political achievements.

Now is the critical period of the triennial plan, if something happens to Li Yuntian, then Yang Demin will undoubtedly be implicated, at least it is also a responsibility for negligence, there is definitely no hope of promotion, and it is not possible to even sit firmly in the position of prefect, and he will be demoted and appointed.

Therefore, Yang Demin is now in the same boat as Li Yuntian, if nothing else, even for himself, he can't sit back and watch Li Yuntian let Cui Hui slaughter him.

"Governor Yang, this patrol press has received a report, Li Zhixian wantonly solicited and accepted bribes in Hukou County, and now the witnesses are all there, so this patrol press naturally has to strictly investigate." Cui Hui picked up the confession on the table and raised it at Yang Demin, and said in an orderly manner, showing that it was reasonable for him to check Li Yuntian.

"I wonder if the Inspector has found out the evidence of Li Zhixian's bribery?" Yang Demin glanced at the confessions and asked quietly.

"These are incriminating evidence, and I believe that these witnesses will definitely not be untargeted." Cui Hui put down the evil confession in his hand and skillfully avoided Yang Demin's question.

"Lord Prefect, the grass people were wronged, and the grass people really couldn't stand those tortures, so they were forced to frame Li Zhixian." At this moment, among the group of businessmen kneeling in front of the hall, a middle-aged man with a thin face suddenly shouted at Yang Demin. One