Judge Wang Deshou escorted a group of prisoners into the prison, and the magistrate Wen Ao hurriedly came forward when he heard the news, the so-called magistrate was the head of the jailer in this prison, Wen Ao humbly smiled at Wang Deshou: "Judge Wang, what kind of crime is this, why did you actually work your big driver to send it in person." ”

Wang Deshou pulled him aside and commanded in a low voice: "These people are all rebellious repeat offenders!" You watch carefully, don't make any mistakes! ”

"Rebellion?"

Wen Ao smiled, still not care. Over the years, which of the prisoners who have been imprisoned in prison has not been guilty of treason? There are real plotters, and there are fake rebels, anyway, zuihou signed, drew and charged, pleaded guilty, and beheaded him. It doesn't matter if there is a sin or not, or what sin it is!

When Wang Deshou saw his appearance, he reminded again: "Have you seen it, those three old men are Di Renjie, Pei Xingben, and Ren Zhigu, the three prime ministers, this rebellion and rebellion are different from the past, you have to be extra careful!" ”

Wen Ao glanced at the six criminals, smiling, still unimpressed. What powerful people are here, they are just a dog at his mercy, Prime Minister? When the prime minister arrives here, he is only a prisoner.

When the founding hero of the Han Dynasty, the general Zhou Bo was imprisoned because of the incident, he was lucky not to die, and he was exempted from crime, after he was released from prison, Zhou Bo said to the relatives and subordinates who greeted him: "I have tasted a million soldiers, but I know the value of the prison guard!" ”

With Zhou Bo's power and status, when he entered the prison, he was called and drunk by the prison officials, and tortured like a lost dog. After so many years in prison, the princes and generals have seen a lot, and they really don't take these prime ministers seriously.

Wang Deshou saw that he still didn't think so, and said seriously: "Don't be careless, be careful to ask them to confess and turn over the case again." Zhongcheng attaches great importance to these people and specially orders them to come down. The three prime ministers, Di Renjie, Pei Xingben, and Ren Zhigu, were detained separately, each placed in a cell, and were strictly guarded. Except at the time of Zhongcheng's arraignment, no one other than me is allowed to contact them. Got it? ”

Wen Ao saw that his expression was stern. Only then did he become more solemn, and he hurriedly said: "Judge Wang can rest assured, the lower officials must arrange carefully, uh...... There are still a lot of vacant cells in the prison, why don't you place all of them separately to prevent them from colluding with each other? ”

Wang Deshou said coldly: "No need, just place the three prime ministers separately!" I'm afraid this cell ...... Soon it will not be enough! ”

Wen Ao's heart was overjoyed when he heard this, it seems that there are many ministers who are going to be unlucky, the more people who are imprisoned, the more benefits he can reap. Wen Ao glanced at the ministers again, as if he saw a cash tree, with a golden light on it, decorated with pure gold coins, Wen Ao smiled again. Laughed a lot.

On the other side, taking advantage of their conversation, Wei Yuanzhong, the right man of the imperial history, said to Di Renjie angrily: "Di Gong, Wei Yuanzhong is loyal to the imperial court and has never had the intention of rebelling. With the people of Di Gong, Ren Gong, and Pei Gong, Wei Yuanzhong doesn't believe that you will rebel. Why did Fang Cai confess his guilt? ”

Di Renjie said: "Since we have fallen into the hands of Lai Junchen, we can't help but admit our guilt. Rebellion is the taboo of the Son of Heaven, even if Junchen comes to the next heart, serves us with great punishment, and even takes our lives, even if the Son of Heaven does not like it, but he will not be guilty of him, in this case, why should you and I force him to jump off the wall in a hurry. ”

Wei Yuanzhong said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, if you confess to the crime, you can avoid death." All along, if anyone who conspires against him is forgiven for his capital crimes, we will inevitably die when we confess our sins! ”

Ren Zhigu sighed and said, "Wei Zhongcheng, I am old, even if Lai Junchen doesn't want to torture and kill us, I'm afraid this body can't afford ordinary punishment." Di Gong is right, we just don't admit our mistakes, we are still a death, only by admitting our sins, and keeping this useful body for the time being, there may be a glimmer of life! ”…,

Pei Xingben said dejectedly: "The old man also understands what Di Gong meant, if we want to escape, unless we have the opportunity to go up to heaven and tell Bixia about the grievances." It's just that I'm in prison now, how can I still have a chance to hear about the emperor? ”

Di Renjie glanced at Wang Deshou, Wang Deshou instructed Wen Ao, just turned around, Di Renjie immediately lowered his voice, and said hurriedly: "There is only one line of vitality, only to act when you see the opportunity!" ”

Wen Tui was instructed by Judge Wang to register them, record their names, surnames, official positions, prison time and other information, and then they were placed separately, the three prime ministers each had a cell, far away from each other, while Wei Yuanzhong, Lu Xian and others were locked in the same cell.

In order to prevent prisoners from escaping from prison, committing murder, and committing suicide, torture instruments are to be applied to prisoners. There are four main types of prison equipment in Datang, flail, twist, pliers, and shackles, each of which is divided into long and short weights, so as to treat prisoners of different identities, different ages, different physiques, and different crimes.

The flail is the kind of wooden flail that binds the head, neck and hands, and when you wear this kind of torture instrument, you can't lie down, and your head, neck and hands are also miserable after sitting there for a long time. Twist is a prison tool that binds hands; The pincer is a kind of iron hoop that binds the neck, and the other end is tied to the prison bed with an iron chain, and the prisoner ties this iron hoop like a guard dog tied to the door. And the shackles are the shackles, which are mainly used to tie the feet and necks and restrain his freedom.

Only prisoners under the age of 10 or over the age of 80 may be released without the use of torture equipment. None of the six people in prison are over 80 years old, but the officials have committed capital crimes and are treated differently by class. Those above the ninth rank and below the seventh rank wore flails, and the officials above the seventh rank only wore gongs, and the youngest of these six people also had six ranks, so they were all shackled and put in a prison cell.

The so-called imprisonment is nothing more than that.

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Wu Zetian hurriedly avoided Wufeng Tower last night and stayed awake all night, such a major rebellion case, it is impossible to say that she is not nervous. Wu Zetian was in a worried mood, sleepless all night, and when it was dawn, he hurriedly arranged for the arrest and adjustment, and carried out a series of aftermath matters, which was really not something that a 66-year-old man could bear.

By the time Wu Zetian returned to Wucheng Palace, he was already exhausted.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked by the scene in the morning, and finally the dust settled, but the emperor still did not summon them, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not know what to do, so they gathered in front of the noon gate and discussed urgently, and decided to meet the Son of Heaven by the six departments and nine Qings to ask about the experience.

They knocked on the door to complain, and after the news was sent to Wucheng Palace, Wu Zetian ordered not to see one, she only summoned Wu Youyi, learned about the latest situation, and made adjustments to the important positions in the guard and forbidden army of the palace, the imperial city, and the capital, and then went to the harem to rest by Tuan'er.

Although she still has a lot of things to do now, the years are unforgiving, she really can't support it, and she can only grasp the most urgent things to arrange.

The emperor neither went to the court nor took care of the government, and the Manchu Dynasty did not see any civil and military affairs, so Shangguan Wan'er naturally had nothing to do. sent Wu Zetian to the dormitory to rest, and Shangguan Wan'er also returned to her residence.

Wan'er is clean, bathe at least twice a day, especially before going to bed, otherwise you will not be able to sleep well. After returning to her residence, Wan'er first bathed in fragrant soup, changed into light clothes, and went to rest on the couch.

The depths of this palace are already cool, and there is a flute and bamboo mat under him, which is warm and moist into the jade, very comfortable, and after a while, Wan'er fell asleep.

In accordance with Wu Zetian's arrangement, the two brothers, Wu Youyi and Wu Youji, sent their cronies to take over important departments, strengthen the defense of the capital, and adjust the positions and responsibilities of some generals of the forbidden army. Yang Fan also breathed a sigh of relief, inspected the two city gates he was in charge of, and then walked towards the History Museum. …,