Seeing this, a jailer on the side hurriedly sent the contents of the tray to Yuan Zaidao.

There were two things in the tray, one was the gray strip of cloth from Fang Cai, and the other was a booklet with a blue cover. The booklet was spread out, and the page that was spread out should have something relevant to the case.

Yuan Zaidao stared at the two things for a long time, his brows furrowed more and more, and suddenly glanced at an official in a green official uniform beside him. Seeing this, the green-clothed official approached, and also observed the two things, and for a moment seemed to have an understanding, leaned down and whispered in Yuan Zaidao's ear. The doubts in Yuan Zaidao's eyes gradually dissipated, and a trace of solemnity floated instead. He picked up the two things and turned his gaze back to me. "Do you know what this is?"

"I don't know." I replied calmly.

Yuan Zaidao snorted coldly, shook the booklet in his hand and said: "This is a book bound from all the written and physical evidence in Leng Yihan's treason case, and every page in it clearly proves Leng Yihan's treason......" He paused and looked at me meaningfully.

My face was still calm, but my heart was bottomless: what did he mean by this? Emphasize to me Leng Yihan treason...... Could it be that he has already found out that the original owner of my body is Leng Qingqian, the daughter of Leng Yihan? But then he immediately rejected this idea: it was impossible, he could not have found it in such a short time, not to mention that I had changed my face. Ling Niankong said that this method of disguise is extremely exquisite, unless it is to understand the inside situation, even the top masters of disguise will not be able to see the flaw.

Thinking of this, I felt a little relieved in my heart, and I only heard Yuan Zaidao continue: "But ......" Yuan Zaidao picked up the book and turned the page facing me. "You may not know that according to the Nanli Law, the Criminal Department investigates the case, and needs to summarize all relevant physical evidence and confessions after the case is concluded. Different types of evidence will be pooled differently. For written evidence, each piece of physical evidence is first ordered and then bound into a book for archiving. And the preface here ...... "Yuan Zaidao tapped his finger on the book. But it was disconnected, indicating that someone had taken advantage of the unpreparedness of the person to infiltrate the criminal department and stole a piece of physical evidence before it was bound into a book, but the man did not find that when he stole it, all the physical evidence had been marked with the order. However, the physical evidence stolen by the man should not be important evidence, otherwise, the lack of physical evidence would have been discovered long ago. ”

Yuan Zaidao's words did not seem to have the slightest connection with today's poisoning of Jian Qi on the surface, but since he was so patient to mention this matter......

I was still thinking about it, but I saw him put down the book and pick up the strip of cloth instead. "Do you know what's written on this strip of cloth?"

"I don't know." I say this, but I already have a guess in my heart.

"What is written on this strip of cloth is the preface corresponding to the missing physical evidence in this book."

Really! I guessed it right. From this point of view, the real purpose of the people behind the planning of Jian Qi's death was to make the theft of physical evidence public. But if he wants to achieve this goal, there is obviously an easier way, why did he want to kill Jian Qi and blame me?

Yuan Zaidao's voice sounded again, extremely serious: "Leng Yihan's treason case, although two years have passed, the case is serious, and any case related to it will be heavily sentenced, so you still confess as soon as possible the person behind the murder of Jian Qi, maybe you can save a small life." ”

I fainted, and I went around for a long time or came back, but Yuan Zaidao still thought I was a murderer. But also, I have no direct evidence that I am not the murderer. Without evidence, no amount of analysis seems to him to be a quibble.

Seeing that I didn't speak, he slowed his voice and continued, "You just have to say a name. Having said that, I will count you as guilty and meritorious service, and strive to be lenient when you are convicted. He looked at me and waited for me to speak.

If I don't say this situation, I'm afraid I won't be able to get over it, but I'm not a murderer at all, and I don't know who the person behind the scenes is, so I can't just say one!?

"Don't say it?" Yuan Zaidao's voice cooled. "Don't think that if you don't say it, the official won't be able to guess! The reason why Leng Yihan was able to convict and why the Criminal Department was able to obtain so much evidence was all thanks to Ling Niankong, the commander of the Xuanyi Army. He paused, observing my look. Ling Niankong was ordered by the Holy Lord to secretly investigate the evidence of Leng Yihan's collaboration with the enemy, and all the evidence was in his hands before being transferred to the Criminal Department. In other words, Ling Niankong is clear about what the evidence is, what evidence is important, and what is insignificant. And if there is evidence against him, he will not report it secretly, and no one will know about it. It's just that no one would have thought that two years ago, before the case was concluded, the Holy Lord ordered the Criminal Department to compile evidence. Therefore, at that time, Ling Niankong should have not detained the evidence against him, and all the evidence was taken away by the people of the Criminal Department. So he made this plan and sent someone to steal ......"

What Yuan Zaidao said was just his speculation. His meaning couldn't be clearer: Ling Niankong sent someone to steal the physical evidence of Leng Yihan's case, and this Jian Qi who died today was a key criminal in the treason case, and he knew a lot of inside information, and he might even know what kind of physical evidence Ling Niankong stole from, so Ling Niankong couldn't rest assured and sent me to poison Jian Qi. And Jian Qi was unwilling to die like this, and before he died, he hid the code of the stolen physical evidence on me, the "murderer", and wanted to take revenge on Ling Niankong in this way, because if it weren't for Ling Niankong, he Jian Qi would not have ended up today.

His speculation seemed reasonable, but in fact it was full of doubts: if Jian Qi really had such a big threat to Ling Niankong, Ling Niankong must have killed him two years ago, how could he wait for two years? Besides, Jian Qi, if he knew that Ling Niankong had stolen the evidence, wouldn't he have told the Criminal Department earlier? Where will you stupidly wait to be killed? So things shouldn't be what Yuan Zaidao thinks.

Yuan Zaidao, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, how could he not notice these suspicions? It is nothing more than because the physical evidence was stolen, and the criminal department has the responsibility of negligence, and if you want to make up for it, you must find out the people behind the scenes as soon as possible. But he inevitably acted in such a hurry. Or maybe he said it just as a test to get clues based on my reaction. It's just a pity that I didn't know it, and I couldn't give him the reaction he wanted.

Although I can't be sure whether Ling Niankong stole physical evidence or not, I can be sure that Jian Qi's death should have nothing to do with Ling Niankong. Since it has nothing to do with him, it is that someone wants to deal with him. But that person can just deal with Ling Niankong, why do you want to blame Jian Qi's death on my head? Who did I recruit and who did I mess with? Is it just because I, the medical officer, came out of the Ling Mansion?

"Little girl, this official thinks that you are still young, so I will give you an hour to consider. If you still refuse to say it, don't blame the official for being ruthless. After Yuan Zaidao finished speaking coldly, he ordered someone to send me back to the cell.

I sat against the wall, my mind a mess. Today's events must be inextricably linked to the treason case of two years ago, but I know too little information to make sense of it. What about Ling Niankong? Does he know I'm in trouble now? You should have known about it for a long time, right? From the big palace maid beside the princess Yue Luanyi, to the woman in the Qinglou, his secret clothes may have already spread all over the entire Shengjing City, and it is difficult for him to think about it. But he didn't move for a long time, was he waiting for something? Did he already know that someone was going to deal with him? And how will he respond? Was it an accident that I was involved, or was it intentional? ……

I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure it out. was in distress, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps from far and near. I looked up and saw Yuan Zaidao and his party walking towards the cell I was in. A jailer stepped forward to open the cell door, and Yuan Zaidao stepped in.

"How's it going, how are you thinking about it?" Yuan Zaidao squatted down and was facing me. "As long as you say that name, this official will not embarrass you as a weak woman."

"That name"...... He's talking about Ling Niankong, right? It seemed that he had concluded that Ling Niankong was the mastermind behind this. But is it really him?

My heart tugged inexplicably, but my thoughts were still clear: Yuan Zaidao was so persistent in my confession, it can be seen that he did not find evidence that could prove the man's guilt, so as long as I refused to admit it, that person should be fine. But if I don't speak, will Yuan Zaidao let me go easily?

Seeing that I was silent for a long time, Yuan Zaidao stood up and said coldly condescendingly: "It seems that you won't be allowed to suffer some hardships, you don't plan to speak." Come! ”

I looked up in a hurry when I heard this, and saw two jailers walking towards me menacingly.

"What are you going to do!?" I crawled up from the ground and stepped back.

The two jailers stepped forward and, without saying a word, began to strip me of my clothes. I exclaimed, "Let me go!" Don't touch me! "I struggled desperately, but to no avail. Tears welled up in my eyes, and my heart was desperate: Are they going to humiliate me so much and force me to confess? The dignified government would even use such a method!?

I was pinned to the ground by the two jailers, unable to move. No matter how much I resisted, my coat was taken off, revealing my white midcoat. Inside the middle garment is a close-fitting profane trousers, if they sincerely humiliate me......

While I was still planning for the worst, the two jailers stopped and set me up on the left and right. I let out a sigh of relief, but I was a little puzzled: it seems that I am wrong, but although things are not what I thought, I am afraid that I will not be better.

Yuan Zaidao snorted coldly, turned around and walked outside. Two jailers followed me with their legs. I was taken out of the prison and into the backyard of the Criminal Department.

As soon as I got outside, I couldn't help but shiver. It's cold! My outer clothes were all taken off, and only a thin middle coat remained, and I was left shivering in the middle of this ice and snow.

In the middle of the backyard was a large block of ice, about a meter square and about half a meter high. Seeing this, my heart felt like it was falling into an ice cave, and I immediately understood what they were going to do.

The jailer forced me to sit on the ice. The moment my body came into contact with the ice, I felt that thousands of steel needles pierced my legs at the same time.

"Ahh I couldn't help but exhale in pain, my whole body trembled, I couldn't sit still on my knees, and my whole body collapsed on the ice. However, this posture has a larger contact area with the ice, and the sharp chill pierces the bone marrow, forcing me to twist back and forth on the ice to avoid any piece of skin from being in contact with the ice for too long. But no matter how I move on the ice, I still can't avoid the invasion of the flesh and skin by the biting cold.

Gradually, I no longer felt the cold, but the pinprick-like pain became even more devastating to my body and mind. The legendary ice torture is really powerful!

Yuan Zaidao didn't know when he had ordered someone to move a chair and put on a fox fur to sit on his lap. He smiled coldly. "Can you still stand the taste of ice torture? If I'm not mistaken, you must feel like a thousand sharp blades are cutting through your flesh by now, and the pain is unbearable. But don't worry, this pain will gradually disappear after an hour, and will be replaced by numbness, and at that time, even if the official really cuts your flesh one by one, you won't feel too much pain. After another hour, the cold invades your intestines, and your intestines will sag downwards and eventually slip out of your body, never returning to their original positions. At that time, the officer will order your pants to be ripped off, and you will be able to see your bowels hanging out. I've seen that scene many times, and it's really interesting. Yuan Zaidao's vicious words seemed to be colder than the ice under me.

He was right, after staying on the ice for a long time, it would indeed happen as he said. He spoke so slowly and methodically, nothing more than trying to break through my psychological defenses and force me to say the name of that person while torturing my body.

I lay on the ice, my body losing my strength and making it difficult to move. The tingling pain in the limbs has been reduced, but the numbness has spread inch by inch......

"You drag your intestines, wait another half an hour, and you will no longer feel your legs, feet, and limbs, and then you will be completely reduced to a waste." Yuan Zaidao's voice was extremely slow. "So, you're a weak woman, and you still know each other, all I want is a name, a name that everyone knows."

Yes, he tortured me so much only to hear the name of that person from my mouth, and if I said that person's name, all this suffering would be over. Thinking of this, I propped myself up and looked at him, my lips opening tentatively.

Seeing me like this, Yuan Zaidao's eyes flashed with pride and satisfaction. "Say, who told you to kill?"

I struggled to find my voice, opened my lips, and uttered a few words very softly......