Looking at the bangs on his chest with his head hanging weakly, Wei Xin, who was frowning tightly, was extremely surprised in his heart, originally in his opinion, a pampered businessman like Liu Hai would definitely not be able to withstand the first round of punishment of Jinyiwei, and he would cry and "confess" Li Yuntian's guilt.

But to Wei Xin's surprise, Liu Hai's appearance was completely beyond his imagination, completely ignoring the coercion and temptation of Jin Yiwei, and putting on a posture of looking at death as home, which is very rare, because businessmen are usually greedy for life and afraid of death.

This is not to say that merchants are born afraid of death, but because their families have a lot of worries in their hearts, they are naturally reluctant to die, unlike those who are poor and destitute who can give up their lives.

In other words, from the perspective of having wealth, the lives of merchants with thousands of dollars are indeed "golden" than the lives of ordinary people, especially the deacons of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, who can no longer be described as having at least one million fortunes.

Wei Xin once promised Liu Hai that as long as Liu Hai confessed to the "mastermind" behind the arquebus, then he would immediately release Liu Hai and guarantee that Liu Hai would not be implicated in the arquebus case.

It's a pity that Liu Hai rejected Wei Xin without thinking about it, the "mastermind behind the scenes" is obviously alluding to Li Yuntian, Wei Xin wants him to accuse Li Yuntian of smuggling arquebuses, so Li Yuntian will be in danger, because the two are related, so nothing can hurt Li Yuntian more than his accusations.

Liu Hai is a smart person, otherwise he would not have sat on the throne of the deacon of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, after all, Li Yuntian is not a cronyistic person, Liu Hai knows very well that Li Yuntian cannot fall, otherwise not only the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, but also the Liu family will be unlucky.

Therefore, Liu Hai has already held the determination to die, although he is now living a life of fine clothes and food, but his previous life was extremely poor, otherwise the green calyx would not have been sold to Li Yuntian as a personal maid.

It is precisely because of this that although Liu Hai doesn't want to die, he doesn't want his family to live that kind of poor life again, and it is also to repay Li Yuntian's kindness, no matter what, he can't frame Li Yuntian.

To be honest, Wei Xin has not seen such a bloody scene for a long time, as the commander of Jinyiwei, he usually does not involve matters in criminal law, and this kind of thing is generally done by Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi Zhenfusi.

However, Beizhen Fusi, Zhenfu Division, Zhongwubo Li Manshan has been transferred to Nanjing by Emperor Xuande to perform official duties, and Beizhen Fusi has no leader, because only Wei Xin personally went out to take charge.

It is worth mentioning that the Jinyi Guard is first of all the emperor's guards and honor guards, composed of Han generals, school captains and wrestlers, followed by those school captains and wrestlers in charge of criminal investigation in the Beizhen Fusi.

The original name of the Han general was "Tianwu", and the name was changed to "General of the Han Dynasty" in Yongle, and he chose a majestic and brave person to serve as the palace guard.

The lieutenant and the wrestler select men who are in good health and have no criminal record to fill the position, and the captain is in charge of the halogen book and umbrella cover, and the wrestler holds the golden drum and flag.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the guards of the pro-army were on duty at the four gates of the imperial city, and only the Jinyi Guards guarded day and night outside the noon gate, and the noon gate was the main gate of the palace city, which shows the high status of the Jinyi Guard.

Whenever the emperor listens to the government at the imperial gate of Fengtianmen, the Jinyi Guard will have an official of more than four grades standing on the west side of the throne, responsible for delivering the decree, and the 129 generals of the Han Dynasty and the two of the thousand households and the four of the hundred households are guarding the front of the Dan Majesty, the Imperial Road, the Jinshui Bridge and the Fengtianmen Square.

In addition, there are 500 captains of the Jinyi Guard, lined up inside and outside the noon gate, responsible for sounding the whip and holding the guard of honor, the momentum is huge, and it is not comparable to other pro-army guards.

Moreover, every year, the New Year's Day, the winter solstice, the three major court meetings, the Jinyi guard and other pro-army together to assume the duties of the guard and the guard of honor, the honor guard of more than 4,000 people in the Jinyi guard as many as 1,500 people, during the court meeting from the emperor is the closest is the Jinyi guard, at any time to serve the left and right, at the disposal of the dispatch.

As for the emperor when he left the palace for sacrifice or parade, the Jinyi guards also had to obey in front of the car, some were responsible for patrolling along the way, some were responsible for transmitting news between Luanjiao and the capital, and some were riding beside the car, passing on the ups and downs of the imperial chariot.

In addition, the court staff is also in charge of the brocade guard, who dragged the ministers who angered the emperor out of the noon gate and beat the cane, and the eunuch who was imprisoned was the eunuch of the celebrant supervisor, and the official who received the rod would be stripped of his official uniform, tied to the ground with a straw rope, and received 80 rods, and the Jinyi guard captain who was executed changed every 5 sticks, with a total of 16 people.

After the rise of the celebrant in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyi guard was suppressed by the celebrant eunuch, and when the court cane, the executed Jinyi Wei lieutenant used the expression of the eunuch as the basis for the severity of the cane:

If the eunuch's feet are spread outward, the tortured person can still leave a life; If the eunuch's toes are close together, the person being tortured will be killed by the rod.

According to records, the Ming Dynasty performed the cane more than 500 times, of which there were two cases of hundreds of officials with a court cane outside the noon gate alone, and the officials who were killed by the cane were endless.

As the commander of Jinyiwei, Wei Xin's daily official business is to deal with the above affairs, and inspection and arrest are the responsibilities of Jinyiweibei Town's Fu Division.

There are two special institutions in Jinyiwei, that is, the South and North Zhen Fu Division, of which the North Town Fu Division was added after the Yongle Emperor moved the capital, specializing in the emperor's case, with its own edict, can be arrested, tortured, and executed on its own, without going through the general judicial body.

Responsible for reconnaissance and arrest, the Jinyi Wei "Ti Cai" is from the Beizhen Fusi, although the rank of the Beizhen Fusi Zhenfu envoy is not high, only from the rank of the fourth grade, but the power in his hands after the middle of the Ming Dynasty will not make the civil and military officials awe.

It is also enough to see that Emperor Xuande attached great importance to the Fusi of Beizhen as the head of the loyal and martial arts to serve as the Fusi of Beizhen, so as to achieve the purpose of balancing the hundred officials of the court.

"Your Excellency, he fainted." After a while, Liu Hai's mouth was silent, and an executing Jinyi guard stepped forward and poked in front of his nose, and said to Wei Xin in a deep voice.

"My lord, this bang is very tough, it's better to start with his family." Hearing about this case, a brocade-clothed guard with a scar on his face standing on Wei Xin's left side said gloomily.

Generally speaking, in the face of a person like Liu Hai who is not afraid of death, then Jin Yiwei will turn to his family, and the reason why Liu Hai is so stubborn must be to protect his family, so as long as he starts with his family, he can make Liu Hai succumb.

"My lord, Liu Hai's family has already lived in the Zhenguo Mansion, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get the Zhenguo Mansion to hand over people." Without waiting for Liu Hai to speak, a stout brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu on Wei Xin's right side tactfully dissuaded.

"Hmph, our Jinyi Guard acts on the orders of the Holy Order, does the Zhenguo Mansion dare to disobey the order?" Hearing this, the scar-faced Jinyi Wei Qianhu suddenly sneered, looked at the stout Jinyi Wei Qianhu and said, "When did your Beizhen Fusi's courage become so small, didn't Zhongwubo teach you how to be loyal to the emperor." ”

"Beizhen Fusi has always acted against the sky, and he will never be like some people who do not distinguish between public and private, and use chicken feathers as arrows!" The corners of the thick brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu's mouth showed a look of disdain, and he sneered coldly.

"You ......" Scar-faced Jinyi Wei Qianhu couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and angrily pointed at the stout Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

"Enough!" Wei Xin saw that the two were about to quarrel, and his face suddenly sank, "When is it, you are still thinking about your trivial things!" ”

Hearing this, Scarface Brocade Cloth Wei Qianhu and Stout Brocade Cloth Wei Qianhu suddenly fell silent, and the two stopped talking, just glared at each other coldly.

Although the Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division has the privilege of supervising hundreds of officials in the world, it looks majestic and powerful, but it is not without fear, what they are afraid of is the Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Division, who also belongs to the Jinyi Wei.

The institutions responsible for criminal investigation in Jinyiwei are the Nanzhen Fusi and the Beizhen Fusi, of which the Nanzhen Fusi is responsible for the legal and military discipline of Jinyiwei, and the Beizhen Fusi supervises hundreds of officials and has the power to arrest, torture and execute.

In other words, in order to balance the Fusi of Beizhen, Emperor Yongle deliberately reorganized the Fusi of Jinyiwei Town, which was originally established in Nanjing City, into the Fusi of Jinyiwei South Town after moving the capital.

Originally, there was only one Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division, that is, the Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division set up in Nanjing City in the fifteenth year of Hongwu by Ming Taizu, and the duty at that time was to manage the "edict" that Ming Taizu let inspect.

After Emperor Yongle moved the capital, he added the seal of the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division, and divided the Zhenfu Division into two, the Nanzhen Fusi in Nanjing was in charge of the Benwei criminal name and the military craftsman, and the Beizhen Fusi in Beijing was in charge of the detective and the edict.

Among them, the edict of the Beizhen Fu Si is not under the control of the Jinyi Guard's command envoy, "go straight to the invitation, without going through the guard; Or the guard has something to ask, and after the question, it still plays on its own, and it is not presented to the court", which can be described as a semi-independent yamen.

Generally speaking, the Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division is subordinate to the emperor, and the Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Division is under the jurisdiction of the Jinyi Wei Commander.

Although the commander of Jinyiwei could not mobilize the envoy of the North Town Fu Division, since the South Town Fu Division was responsible for the supervision of the North Town Fu Division, the North Town Fu Division would not challenge the authority of the Jinyi Wei Commander, and the two sides were generally at peace and cooperated with each other.

This is also the reason why Li Manshan can be in charge of the Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division with Zhongwubo, although his rank is much lower than Wei Xin, but his status in the imperial court is about the same as Wei Xin, it can be said that he is the second person in Jinyiwei, and the commander and commander of Jinyiwei who are higher than Li Manshan are ranked behind him.

It is precisely because of the supervision responsibilities of the Nanzhen Fusi that the relationship between it and the Beizhen Fusi is not harmonious, which is why Emperor Yongle set up the Nanzhen Fusi in Nanjing.

The scar-faced Jinyi Wei Qianhu is named Lu Kun, who is the Qianhu of the Fusi of Jinyi Weinan Town, Wei Xin's henchman, and he came to the capital to report on his work this time and encountered the arquebus case.

The stout Jinyi Wei Qianhu is named Liang Sheng, who is the Qianhu of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, Li Manshan's sibling brother, and this time he came to deal with the arquebus case on behalf of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town.

In fact, there is not much trouble between Lu Kun and Liang Sheng, and the reason why the two are-for-tat is because of the grievances between Nanzhen Fusi and Beizhen Fusi over the years.

With the increasing power of the North Town Fu Division in recent years, the South Town Fu Division is naturally not willing to be lonely, and also wants to get a piece of the pie, which has been strongly resisted by the North Town Fu Division, but because the South Town Fu Division has the power to supervise, it sometimes has to give in, and act according to the will of the South Town Fu Division when trying some cases.

Although it was the Nanzhen Fusi who attacked the Beizhen Fusi, it was actually Wei Xin who wanted to strengthen the control of the Beizhen Fusi, because after losing the control of the Beizhen Fusi, his weight as the commander of the Jinyi Guard would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

However, since Li Manshan took office, the shape has changed, because Li Manshan is the same earl as Wei Xin, which makes it difficult for Wei Xin to exert pressure on the Beizhen Fusi as before, and the relationship between the Nanzhen Fusi and the Beizhen Fusi has also deteriorated.

It is precisely because of this contradiction that Lu Kun previously ridiculed Li Manshan, he is Wei Xin's person is not afraid of Li Manshan, after all, Wei Xin is also deeply valued by Emperor Xuande.

Wei Xin is very annoyed in his heart now, what he is annoyed about is not the bickering between Lu Kun and Liang Sheng, but the people from the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion deliberately let Liu Hai's family go.

According to the usual practice, in a major case of rebellion involving weapons, the Gyeonggi Governor's Office should have charged Liu Hai's family, but the sergeant of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office only brought Liu Hai back, and did not control Liu Hai's family, but simply guarded the front and rear courtyard doors.

Therefore, by the time Wei Xin sent Jinyiwei over in the early morning, Liu Hai's family had already fled over the wall to the Zhenguo Mansion, which made those Jinyiwei dare not act rashly.

Wei Xin knew that Chen Tai deliberately gave the Liu family a chance to escape, and he didn't want to directly shake Li Yuntian, anyway, Liu Hai's family didn't escape in the Zhenguo Mansion, and Wei Xin wanted to arrest Liu Hai's family for interrogation, and he would go to the Zhenguo Mansion to ask for someone.

If Emperor Xuande is healthy, Wei Xin will definitely dare to lead people to the Zhenguo Mansion to ask for someone, but now the situation is different, Emperor Xuande is already terminally ill, and it is likely that he will die soon, if he forcibly breaks into the Zhenguo Mansion, Emperor Xuande will be besieged by the court officials as soon as he dies, and he has no good impression of the Jinyi Wei civil and military officials.

Therefore, Wei Xin is not stupid enough to take the initiative to provoke the Zhenguo Mansion, neither Li Yuntian nor Zhou Zheng is an easy person to deal with, not to mention that behind Li Yuntian there are Zhang Hao and Yang Shiqi and other civil and military officials of the imperial court.

"Wake him up with salt water!"

After a deep groan, Wei Xin expressionlessly stretched out his hand and pointed to the bangs that had passed out, and coldly shouted to the Jinyi guard standing on the side, "Give him all the punishments, Ben Bo won't believe that he was beaten with iron!" ”

The only way to do this is to start with Liu Hai to investigate the arquebus case, he wants to see how strong Liu Hai's willpower is, if it really doesn't work, he will let people take advantage of Liu Hai's coma to sign the confession that has been prepared by Liu Hai according to Liu Hai's handprint, anyway, Emperor Xuande just needs a result, and it doesn't matter what the process is.

"Wait!" Just when a Jinyi guard was carrying a bucket of salt water in his hand and was about to pour it on the unconscious bangs, a Qianhu wearing the costume of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion walked in, saw this and opened his mouth to stop the Jinyi guard, and then arched his hand at Wei Xin and said, "The prince of Zhenguo has confessed, and the governor of my family has asked the lord to go to the discussion." ”

"What?" Hearing this, Wei Xin was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of stunned expressions.

Lu Kun and Liang Sheng looked at each other even more, looking dazed, this news was really beyond their expectations, who would have thought that Li Yuntian would come to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion to confess, this is completely impossible for them, doesn't Li Yuntian know the consequences of doing this?