Early the next morning, Qi Xuansu came to the dark prison.

To prevent collusion of confessions, interrogations have always been isolated and arraigned, and Gao Mingyin was the first to be brought in.

The layout of the interrogation halls is similar in all places, with two gates, one for the interrogators and one for the prisoners. The entire torture chamber is also divided into two parts, the larger part is the outer room, which is entered and exited through the door, and is furnished with various torture instruments and records in charge. The smaller part is considered the inner room, which is entered and exited through a small door, separated separately, so that those inside can see the outside, but those outside cannot see the inside.

Qi Xuansu came to the inner room from the small door, which was also full of tables and chairs, and the wall facing the outer room was composed of some kind of brown crystal, although it was slightly dark, but it was very clear, and it could see the entire outer room at a glance, and it could be raised and lowered.

In the middle of the outer room is a stone seat that is integrated with the ground, and the two spiritual officials put Gao Mingyin on the stone chair and fixed Gao Mingyin with the iron lock that comes with the stone chair.

Qi Xuansu pulled the mechanism, and the crystal wall slowly sank into the ground, so that there was no barrier between the inside and outside, and Gao Mingyin, who was fixed on the stone chair, just faced Qi Xuansu.

Before the crystal wall was lowered, Qi Xuansu had already put on a pair of crystal sunglasses to cover his eyes, so that the prisoners could not see what they were thinking when interrogating the prisoners.

Gao Mingyin was very calm, without any fear, and after sitting down, he closed his eyes.

"Gao Mingyin." Qi Xuansu said slowly.

"Yes." Gao Mingyin's eyes were still closed.

Qi Xuansu said: "Through the 'inn' to hire murderers to buy people, buy and sell people under the green green, force good people to become prostitutes, as well as the accounts of several businesses such as Sihai, Hengtong, Fengtai, etc., this pile, piece by piece, it is best to confess it yourself, and I can also report it to the provincial government." I mean, do you understand? ”

Gao Mingyin still closed his eyes: "Master Qi, you are so powerful, you can check it yourself." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Of course we will check, now is to give you a chance." Whether it is the "Great Xuan Law" or the Daomen Law, the sentencing of what you confess and what you find out can be very different. ”

Gao Mingyin opened his eyes: "What if I say that these things have nothing to do with me?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "The heavenly net is magnificent and sparse, if it is useful to deny it, there will be no sinners in this world." ”

Gao Mingyin said: "I once heard a saying: 'I have tried to have a million troops, but I know the value of prison guards. Now that I have fallen into the net, I have nothing to say. ”

Qi Xuansu was not in a hurry, and said: "Master Gao should know that the Daomen does not approve of extorting confessions by torture, so Master Gao has nothing to fear." However, thanks to Beichen Tang, bypassing the rules of the predecessors, invented such a thing as 'Soul Hook Whip', after the torture, there is no scar, and it does not hurt life, so it naturally does not belong to corporal punishment, and Beichen Hall classifies 'Soul Whip' as a normal interrogation method pretending to inflict torture. When I was in Jinling Mansion, I handled the second major case in Jinling Mansion, and I saw with my own eyes that the leader of a beggar gang was subjected to this method, and he was a congenital person, but he burst into tears, almost with feces and urine coming out, which was very undignified. Qi is a wild Taoist priest, he doesn't know what the world is like people, he only knows that Master Gao has been pampered for many years, and he shouldn't want to try such methods, let alone lose face. ”

Gao Mingyin's face finally changed, he was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "I don't know what Master Qi wants to ask?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "You can say it, let's start with the businesses under your name." ”

Gao Mingyin said: "Master Qi, you said that I hired a murderer to kill a fellow Taoist, so I was arrested, but the business under my name has nothing to do with this matter, right?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "To hire a murderer, you need Taiping money. On that day, you bribed me in the Taiping Inn branch, and you also asked for Taiping money. Please ask Tianchen Division to kill me, or you still want peace money. How can you say that it doesn't matter? Where did all this Taiping money come from? Shouldn't I have looked it up? ”

Gao Mingyin was quite calm: "I don't know anything about what Master Qi said. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "I told you when I was in the branch of the Taiping Inn that day, whether you recognize it or not, it doesn't matter that much." Now that the people of the 'inn' have recognized it, and your steward has also recognized it, if it is not what I expected, Tianchen Division will also admit it, even if you don't recognize it, it is just a dead duck with a hard mouth, and it is useless. ”

Gao Mingyin couldn't see Qi Xuansu's eyes, and he couldn't guess for a while whether Qi Xuansu was cheating him or whether it was true, so he had to say: "These businesses are doing serious business, Master Qi can go and investigate." ”

Qi Xuansu took out a few account books: "I checked, in fact, it is not checked, there are enthusiastic people who took the initiative to send an account, if the record here is true, Master Gao is not doing a serious business, but a smuggling business." ”

Gao Mingyin said in a deep voice: "Whether it is a serious business or a smuggling business, the court has its own decision. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Speaking of the imperial court, because there is no driving post survey, I can only send someone to keep an eye on your mansion, and I can't go in and search it directly." This morning, someone came back to report that your wife had hanged herself, and my people waited until the Shuntian Mansion official and Qingluanwei arrived, and entered it together, and found that all the letters in your study were gone, and I only saved your son Gao Shide, who was greatly frightened, and thanks to his cleverness, he hid in a dry well, which was considered to have escaped, otherwise he would have gone with his mother. I put him in a safe place before I came to talk to you about this. ”

In Dijing, you must talk about the rules, at least you can't break the rules on the surface.

Even if Qingluanwei wants to take someone, he must be approved by the judicial department, that is, the criminal department will give a "signature" in the matter. Qingluan Wei's promotion of people must be approved by the criminal department, that is, Qingluan Wei's people must be refuted by the official in the matter.

This is the well-known "six departments and six departments" system, and the six departments are responsible for inspecting the affairs of the six departments and hundreds of departments. Each of the six departments is set up to one person in the matter, and four to ten people are set up in the matter, mainly to supervise the six departments, and when the emperor's edict is issued, it must be copied out by the six departments and handed over to the six departments and other relevant departments for implementation; For the implementation of major decrees, the six departments also have to reply to the emperor and report.

In addition, the six departments also have the right to "refute" in the matter. "Sealing" means that if there is something inappropriate or inconvenient to carry out the holy decree that has been issued, it has the right to suspend the execution and return it to the emperor. "Refuting" means that if there is an error in the recitals of the cabinet, ministries, and states, it has the right to "refute and correct" it.

If there is no one in the criminal department to "sign", Qingluanwei does not dare to take the lead in arresting people, Qingluanwei official school holds a complete driver's card with a signature, and when it comes to the criminal department to "sign", it must also hold the original of the medal for investigation, so as to take the driver's post.

Regardless of the actual execution, not to mention the secret, Qi Xuansu at least will not let people hold the handle on the surface, so he will not rush to the mansion to search without the relevant procedures.

As for him taking Gao Mingyin, it was an official letter from the Taoist government. In cases involving Taoist priests, it is in line with the rules that Jiutang and the local Taoist government can bypass the six departments and six departments. But whether it is the driving post of the imperial court or the official document of the Daomen, it is one person who serves one post, and one post is not allowed to take many people.

This is also the reason why Tianchen Si hates Qi Xuansu to death but can't do anything about Qi Xuansu, just because Qi Xuansu occupies a "reason" word and puts things on the bright side.

In an instant, Gao Mingyin's face was already white, and he couldn't speak with sweat.

Qi Xuansu said: "A broken tail, what else do you want to hide?" If you say it, you may not die. If you don't say it, that's death. ”

Gao Mingyin's face became more and more pale.

For a character like him, who is accustomed to seeing the wind and waves, the death of his wife will not make him so out of shape, the key is that the movement revealed behind this incident makes him mentally unbalanced - no one will come to save him, and his backer has decided to abandon him.

If Gao Mingyin was not in the secluded prison of the Dijing Daofu, but in the prison of the Criminal Department or the Qingluan Weizhao Prison, I am afraid that he would already be a dead man at this time, and his backer would have a hundred ways to let him die silently.

Qi Xuansu said: "As long as you are honest, I can guarantee your son's safety." No matter how cold you are, leaving behind a person who is incense and sweeping the grave is better than being desolate behind you. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Xuansu made a gesture, and immediately a Taoist priest gave Gao Mingyin two photocopies - special paper that was restored by magic and rubbed through the rune array.

Above is the body of his wife.

Qi Xuansu said again: "I can also let you see your son." ”

Gao Mingyin struggled for a long time, shook his head and said, "No need to see me, I can explain." ”

Qi Xuansu motioned for Ke Qingqing to start recording.

Gao Mingyin said slowly: "Those businesses are indeed not serious businesses, as Master Qi said, those businesses are all smuggling businesses, smuggling animal skins and ginseng from Liaodong, smuggling Western goods from major customs, smuggling horses from the Golden Horde, and then smuggling tea, iron, salt, and so on. Without tariffs, it is windfall profits. But I also have something to say, what kind of person am I? How do you have the ability to open so many joints? I'm just a shopkeeper who keeps accounts. ”

Qi Xuansu looked at him: "Who is your backer behind the scenes?" Who do you do things for? ”

Gao Mingyin lowered his head: "I'll do things for Wen Weng." ”

Qi Xuansu asked again, "Who is Wen Weng?" ”

Gao Mingyin said: "Wen Weng is the chief of the palace of His Royal Highness the King of Liao. ”

In the previous dynasty, the prince could use eunuchs, but in this dynasty, the eunuchs of the royal palace were abolished, and the long history system that was originally only available to local vassal kings was restored.

Qi Xuansu closed his eyes and began to recall the information of the Liao King.

The Daxuan royal family divided the kings into fiefdoms only from afar, and did not take the domain, nor did they inherit the title, but demoted to inherit the title, the grandfather was the prince, the father was the county king, and the grandchildren were the princes, and finally to the untitled people, which can be described as very strict.

And because the Daxuan royal family started in Liaodong, the king of Liao is very noble, and he is the head of the kings, and he will not be granted in leisure. This generation of Liao Wang is the half-brother of the Son of Heaven, and has a very good relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, although it cannot reach the level of "vice monarch", but it should not be underestimated.

No wonder he can move Tianchen Division lightly, it turns out that the backer is this prince.