Everywhere in the capital, there was talk of the crown prince usurping the throne of the crown prince.

This rumor has already alarmed the emperor, or rather, someone has let the rumor alarm the emperor.

The emperor ordered a thorough investigation.

The investigation of the case should have been the responsibility of the Criminal Department, because the Criminal Department is the department that investigates criminal cases in the first place. However, the Criminal Department has been corrupted for a long time, and the emperor set up a procuratorate in order to supervise the Criminal Department; In order to supervise the procuratorate, the emperor set up the Supervision Office; In order to supervise the Supervision Palace, the emperor set up a brocade office; In order to supervise the brocade department, the emperor set up the East Factory; In order to supervise the East Factory, the emperor set up the West Factory; In order to supervise the west factory, the emperor set up a new factory; In order to supervise the new factory, the emperor set up an intelligence department; In order to supervise the intelligence department, the emperor set up a secret department. Fortunately, my Ming Dynasty has only been established for 500 years, and if it is a few thousand years, I am afraid that it will have to be said for a whole day.

In short, the Secret Division is an omnipotent super organization, it is a "department", but it is bigger than the "department". It can do anything, and whatever it wants to do, it will establish a certain group, such as today's "Investigation and Rumor Group".

The Secret Department selected a few people from the inner court to set up a "Investigation and Rumors Investigation Team" to lead a group of subordinates to investigate why there were rumors. I guess it was these people who spread the rumors, but the emperor asked them to investigate the rumors, and if they can investigate clearly, they will see the hell in the day!

The "Investigation and Rumor Investigation Team" searched all over Chang'an City, arrested people on a large scale, and put them in prison if they were caught.

The Imperial Prison is an inner court prison, located outside the palace compound, like the other departmental buildings, except that it has no windows. The black building is so integrated that it looks like a black hole from afar. I looked at it, and sometimes I was so dazzled that I couldn't even tell whether the ten-story building was protruding or concave.

The edict seems to be a monster that only eats but never poops. The people who were caught inside never came out. One hundred people were caught today, two hundred people were caught tomorrow, and no one ever came out. The Imperial Prison is the most brutal prison, second only to the legendary Royal Prison.

In short, the wise and invincible "investigation team" will always wisely complete the tasks assigned by the wise emperor, and this time is no exception.

At a court meeting, all the officials were there, and I was listening at the end.

The person from the secret department stepped forward and met the emperor and said, "The ministers have finished investigating the rumor case, and the criminal has confessed, please ask the emperor to review it." ”

Emperor: "Bring the criminals up, I will interrogate them myself!" ”

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Several people were brought up. I thought I would bring a group of people who were beaten so that they didn't even recognize his parents, but I didn't expect to come with a few people with fine skin and tender flesh and neatly dressed.

They were cleanly dressed and unwounded, but they were trembling and unsteady on their feet, and they were dragged in.

Emperor: "Are you spreading rumors?" ”

Several people trembled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Emperor: "You dare to admit it! Say quickly, who instigated it! ”

Several people said: "We are the subordinates of the prime minister's house, and the prime minister let the little ones spread rumors." ”

Wow –

The hall was boiling, and everyone changed color—I peeked at them, except for the heads of the inner court.

Prime Minister Zhao Guangxin scolded and scolded, and even Queen Zhao Yishu muttered.

The emperor shouted angrily: "Quiet! Tell me what's going on. ”

The man at the front said, "The prime minister wants the queen's son to be the crown prince......

As soon as he said this first sentence, the noise suppressed by the emperor rose again.

The queen pointed at him and shouted: "Nonsense! Nonsense! ”

Prime Minister: "Emperor Mingjian, this is a complete slander, the minister ......"

The Emperor shouted again: "Quiet, keep talking!" ”

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The man continued: "The prime minister wanted the queen's son to be the crown prince, so he asked the villain to spread the contradictions between the crown prince and the crown prince......

He then paints a vivid picture of the situation and the details.

When he finished, the rest of the people repeated it a few more times.

Among them, the ministers were noisy, and the prime minister defended, which was not a problem.

I noticed a strange thing: the details and even the words spoken by these people were surprisingly consistent. Understand that everyone's memories are inaccurate, so there is no such thing as a true event, and if you have to say something right, you are either deceiving yourself or plotting against others - it is clear that these people are colluding. They don't know how many times they've memorized the same words beforehand.

The prime minister is not a fool either, he also found out.

Prime Minister: "Your Majesty, these people all speak the same way, and someone must have colluded to instigate them." ”

Minister of Criminal Affairs: "Your Majesty, these people are all confessed by each person individually, and they corroborate each other, which shows that everyone is true; If someone instigates it, how can everyone confess individually? Therefore it must be true. ”

Prime Minister: "Your Majesty, these people are all interrogated by the inner court, what is the truth of the inner court?!" ”

Chief of the Secret Division: "The inner court was set up by the emperor himself, how could there be a problem with the institution set up by the emperor himself?" Does the Prime Minister doubt the Emperor's wisdom? Does the Prime Minister have a bad heart? ”

Prime Minister: "How can I doubt the Emperor's wisdom?" The emperor is sage! ”

Director of the Secret Division: "Then it means that the Secret Division is doing the right thing, how can the institution set up by the Emperor himself go wrong?" ”

Prime Minister: "You ......"

The prime minister turned to the emperor and said, "The minister implores the emperor to let the minister confront the thief here, is it okay?" ”

Emperor: "Yes." ”

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Prime Minister Zhao Guangxin approached those people and said, "Bold thief, you look at me. But what did I ask you to do? ”

They all said, "Yes." Prime Minister, you personally told me. ”

Prime Minister: "I ask you, whose men are you?" ”

Those people: "The little ones are the subordinates of Zhao Xiaosan'er, who raises horses." ”

Prime Minister: "Bold thief!" I don't even see the slave who raises horses, and I'm still 'subordinate', can I meet this kind of goods?! You dog minions, you will never see me in your life, and you dare to say that I will tell you personally! ”

The prime minister turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I have never seen such a minion at all, this is clearly instigated by someone!" ”

Chief of the Secret Division: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister wants to spread rumors, so he must personally advise him; If he wasn't spreading rumors, how could he tell him personally? He personally advised, which shows that his heart can be punished; His heart can be punished, so he must be personally admonished. It's obvious. ”

Prime Minister: "Such thieves refuse to tell the truth without punishment, and it is recommended to serve them with great punishment." ”

I thought that the people in the inner court would oppose the use of punishment, but I didn't want the head of the criminal department to say, "The minister also thinks that torture must be used, so that the thief can tell the truth." ”

Emperor: "Yes." ”

Minister of Criminal Justice: "Come on, use torture." ”

There was a lot of screaming in the palace. All kinds of criminal laws, those tortures that are only seen in novels, are staged in the grand halls. What kind of stabbing, plucking, cane legs, chucks, after a while, several people are bloodstained and dying.

The head of the criminal department asked him, "Say, who instructed you?" ”

A few people still said, "It's the prime minister!" ”

Prime Minister: "Don't talk nonsense, you will talk nonsense, you will be late, and you will destroy the nine clans!" ”

A few people still said, "It's the prime minister!" It's the Prime Minister! It's the Prime Minister! You kill me quickly, I'm not afraid of Ling Chi, and I'm not afraid of killing the whole clan, don't ask again. ”

Prime Minister: "Your Majesty, these people are sick!" The minister has always been loyal to His Majesty and the crown prince, and it is absolutely impossible at this time! Someone else must have framed me with these men! ”

Emperor: "This ......"

At this time, the queen also said: "Your Majesty, the prime minister has always been conscientious and respectful. In the past few days, these few indiscreet people have suddenly appeared and are talking nonsense, I don't know if they are crazy or thieves, please think about it! ”

Emperor: "This matter will be discussed later!" Come on, push out the noon gate, put these people late, and take their families as slaves! ”

The emperor said, "Retreat! ”

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This was strange to me, and I almost had to doubt my own reason and sanity.

These people would rather be cut off by a piece of flesh and a piece of meat, and would rather the ten tribes be enslaved than tell the truth, why?

Is what they are telling the truth?

I don't understand.

I was in the high palace, watching the crowd from afar, watching these people being beaten at the noon gate.

Seeing Ling Chi is an entertainment activity for the subjects at the emperor's feet, human flesh is a medicine that blindly cures all diseases, especially the human flesh ordered by the emperor Ling Chi, it is a once-in-a-lifetime panacea.

The people of Chang'an City have gone out, thousands of empty alleys, shoulder to shoulder, crowds of people, and dragon flags.

When these people were stunned, the screams were even louder than the laughter of the thousands of onlookers. But even though they were cut into skeletons for hours, piece by piece, they still didn't say what was going on.

I'm confused.

At this time, the crowd rushed up and divided the death row inmates, and there were not even bones left.

It's as if nothing exists.