The officials of Santai in Huaibei Province were placed in the Taishou Mansion in the city by Liu Yu, and they were also refused to see Liu Yu.

At this time, all the criminals were escorted to the palace, and the entire Dongning Mansion entered a high degree of martial law, and only a few streets in the city would be opened up for a long time in the future to facilitate the people to change the market, which was Liu Yu's full consideration for the stability of the Dongning Mansion.

Liu Yue temporarily dismissed the lieutenant or lieutenant of the garrison battalion of Dongning Mansion and surrounding cities, and used the lieutenant general of the new army to use it, and left one of the border army and one of the new army to cooperate with Liao Mingsheng to handle the case.

Liu Yu was in the palace, and he didn't go to bed, but because he didn't rest last night, he fell asleep with his head in his hand when he looked at the storytelling book, and heard footsteps dimly, Liu Yue squinted slightly, and then closed his eyes again.

"Mingsheng, why did you come over when you weren't trying the case?" Liu Yu asked in a deep voice.

Liao Mingsheng tiptoed into the door, but he didn't expect to wake up Liu Yu, and said with a little fear: "The humble post is to see if there are other places that need to be sent to the prince." ”

"Do your business, this king will leave Dongning Mansion tomorrow, and while he is not leaving today, he will urge you to do things here, if you feel tired, tell this king, this king will allow you to go back and rest."

Liao Mingsheng thought to himself, this regent is staying up all night with him, if he is tired, then he is really touching his own head and his future will not be able to get by. Liu Yue said that he was here to urge him, just to see the results of his interrogation, if he couldn't get any results in tonight's interrogation, Liu Yu would definitely not buy it, and maybe someone else would be the presiding judge the next day.

"Serve the prince in a humble position. I didn't get tired at all. Rajah. If you want to take a break. Humble positions may wish to arrange a ......"

Liu Yu opened his eyes and glanced at the flattering Liao Mingsheng, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "This king doesn't plan to leave the palace tonight." ”

"The prince wants to rest in the palace, and he will definitely do things properly......"

"Zhilu said, you want to find a woman for this king." Liu Yu said, "When you are sleepy and can't open your eyes, will you have the heart to think about anything else?" Keep your filial piety and investigate the case well, so that you can be worthy of the king's trust in you. This king is not here to accompany you! ”

Liao Mingsheng was bored with himself and shrunk his head. Saluted and said: "I will retire from my humble position, and the interrogation over there will also be news to you soon." ”

Waiting for Liao Mingsheng to retreat, Liu Ding, who was sitting and dozing off on the side, yawned, and looked at the direction of Liao Mingsheng's departure at the door with a frown. Liu Yu was still holding his chin with his hands at this time, and suddenly reminded: "When I am not there, Seventh Brother must be careful to watch this Liao Mingsheng, can't let him have an accident, and can't let him act too arbitrarily." ”

"Hmm." Liu fixed his head, turned around and crawled on the table to cover his head and sleep.

Liu Yu suddenly seemed to lose sleep. Stand up and take the guards to the courtyard where the prisoners were held in the palace.

At this time, the people detained in the palace were all important criminals in the Niu Lu conspiracy case. There were about twenty or thirty people, and the rest were detained in different places, and some local Confucians were directly placed under house arrest at home. Liu Yu had received the news that someone in the city wanted to abscond with his family overnight, but the family drowned in the moat, some were killed and injured, and the living were also escorted back.

The high-pressure posture of the imperial court has made the Confucian officials and Confucian scholars throughout Huaibei Province timid, and they are eager to leave this place as soon as possible.

Liu Yu entered the courtyard, and he heard shouting from a distance, and the guards on patrol wanted to salute, Liu Yu waved his hand to tell them not to alarm the people inside, and he himself approached the brightly lit interrogation room that was temporarily prepared. The door of the interrogation room was closed, but the window was looking at the slit, Liu Yue stood at the door and looked inside, at this time Liao Mingsheng was personally whipping his former boss Dongning Mansion Taishou Ling Hui with a leather whip, Ling Hui was only wearing a white single dress at this time, after being tortured, the person knelt on the ground and half of his body was lying on a knee-high wooden bench, his hair was embarrassed, and his daughter Ling Xiu'er was tied to the side of the torture rack.

"Smack, smack......"

Liao Mingsheng looked angry and ruined, and every whip he whipped down seemed to be able to roll up the flesh and blood on Ling Hui's back, and shouted while beating him: "Let you not say it, let you not say it, dare to offend the prince, you are impatient." ”

Ling Xiu'er only knew how to cry at this time, under the red light of the brazier, her face looked pitiful, her crying did not arouse Liao Mingsheng's pity, Liao Mingsheng was already full of hatred for Ling Hui, and at this time, he had to step on Ling Hui's position, he would not have any mercy.

Liao Mingsheng whipped more than a dozen whips, the person was tired and panting, and his hands also stopped to rest. Ling Hui, who had been beaten with more than a dozen whips, was still unyielding at this time, and said viciously: "You are a rat, you are used by thieves, and you will die sooner or later without a place to be buried." ”

"Look for death!" When Liao Mingsheng heard this, he was angry, and he whipped Ling Hui's neck with a horizontal whip, and was whipped by this huge force, even Ling Hui's iron body couldn't hold it, and he fainted directly on the wooden bench.

"Bring him water and douse him awake!" Liao Mingsheng shouted.

The guard reminded him: "Master Liao, if you whip like this again, I'm afraid this person won't be able to stand ......."

"Take care of ...... with you" Liao Mingsheng drank, and immediately shrank to kneel and salute, at this time Liu Yu had already pushed open the door and walked into the interrogation room.

"Lord Wang, why are you here?" Liao Mingsheng knelt on the ground, a little timid in his heart.

Liu Yue said coldly: "But come and see, I really don't know how Lu Dao Mingsheng is good at criminal prison matters on weekdays." Remember how this king reminded you? ”

Liao Mingsheng naturally knew what Liu Yu was talking about.

"The prince said that it is not allowed to be humble...... Bending into tricks, framing and framing. ”

Liu Yu pointed at Ling Hui, who was still unconscious, and said, "This is the result of your unyielding moves?" ”

Liao Mingsheng shouted "despicable and confused", and Liu Yu said: "You are so reckless here, how dare this king entrust things to you?" ”

Liao Mingsheng panicked in his heart, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Lord Wang, give the lowly post another chance, and the lowly post will definitely live up to the prince's expectations." The prisoner's daughter was brought in in order to exchange her for the prisoner's confession, but the prisoner was so hard-mouthed that he didn't even care about the life or death of his daughter. The lowly position was also confused for a while, so he forgot the prince's warning. ”

Liu Yu didn't speak, but looked at Ling Xiu'er, whose hands and feet were tied to the torture rack, and the daughter of everyone, who was begging Liu Yu for a kite a day ago, has now lost her temperament and demeanor, and her crying appearance is no different from that of an ordinary little jasper.

Resolute and capable women have their own characteristics, but weak women are the same.

"Your Highness, my father was just used by traitors because he was confused for a while, and the little woman was willing to be a cow and a horse, so I just begged His Highness to let my father go......"

Liu Yu sneered and said: "Miss Xiu'er's words are wrong, I'm afraid that the traitor was confused for a while and was used by your father." Today, this king is soft-hearted, so maybe the next one to be whipped here, hum, is this king. ”

Ling Xiu'er cried: "Then please give the little girl a little time, the little woman will persuade her father and let her father atone for ......his sins."

Liu Yu was silent for a while, sat down on the only table in the interrogation room, picked up the iron tongs and put a piece of charcoal into the brazier, as if thinking about the feasibility of what Ling Xiu'er said, but Liao Mingsheng on the side knew that Liu Yu didn't believe that Ling Xiu'er would say that his father would "abandon the darkness and turn to the light".

Liao Mingsheng leaned over and said, "Lord Wang, since this girl is willing to be a cow and a horse for you, it is better to ......"

Liu Yu turned his eyes and glared at Liao Mingsheng, and Liao Mingsheng immediately stopped talking. Liu Yu put down the iron tongs and said: "These Confucians, who are full of poetry and books, pay the most attention to integrity, and first record part of the evidence in his name, so that he and his accomplices will turn against each other, and then it will be much more convenient to do things." ”

Liao Mingsheng's face was slightly happy, he probably understood what Liu Yu meant, Liu Yue wanted to "plant a false accusation", then it was not he who planted it, but "planted it by order". As long as those confessions are relied on Ling Hui, Ling Hui will not be a person on either side in the future, and it will be much easier to disintegrate his self-esteem and integrity.

"The prince is ...... wise"

Liao Mingsheng said with a smile, "According to the humble position, those who are willing to confess, let them unify their voices, and they all say that this surnamed Ling eats inside and out, and wants to be a bitch and also wants to set up a memorial arch, and then let Miss Ling draw a bet on the confession, and then I am not afraid that no one will believe it." ”

Liu Yu said: "This matter will be handed over to you to deal with." Don't forget the king's advice. ”

Liao Mingsheng heard Liu Yu's words, Liu Yue affirmed his confession strategy, and did not plan to remove him from the position of chief judge, and his face showed joy.

Liu Yu walked straight to the torture rack, stretched out his hand with a gloomy smile, and lifted Ling Xiu'er's chin, for some reason, Liu Yu saw this Ling Xiu'er and also thought of the little pepper-like Zhao Yingxi. When I first met, she also looked like a "heroine among women", but after encountering drastic changes, she was so weak.

Ling Xiu'er was held by Liu Yu's right hand with her chin, and she couldn't even stop crying, Liu Yu wiped the tears on her face, and said coldly: "Originally, this king was going to send Miss Xiu'er back to the house, but now it seems that I am afraid that the girl will have to do something for your father to prove that your father does have the intention of repentance." Miss Xiu'er must try her best to cooperate, otherwise the men of the Ling family will be separated from you forever, and in the future, you will often be so despised by some strange men. ”

Liu Yu's words were very cold, and Ling Xiu'er's body couldn't help but tremble. Although what Liu Yu said was intimidating, she also understood that it was basically the truth, and now Ling Hui's rebellion was almost a confirmed case, if Liu Yu didn't want to get the whereabouts of someone, maybe the male of her family would be beheaded the next day, and the female dependents of the Ling family would also be sent as slaves.

"Your Highness...... The little woman knew how to ...... How to do it. Ling Xiu'er said in a panic.

"Hmm." Liu Yu then took his hand back and instructed Liao Mingsheng, "Escort her down, and their father and daughter will not be able to see each other again until the case is decided." Be sure to present the results of the first round of interrogation before the king leaves. (To be continued......)