At this time, He Jingzhu was already sitting in the hall weakly, and several state soldiers with him also obeyed the order to retreat outside the door.

Xu Kuangheng seized the initiative, and immediately recruited a group of officials to separate the two sides and quickly interrogate them in court. I saw him reprimand angrily: "Ma Liu, still don't recruit from the truth? ”

Ma Liu knelt on his knees, gritted his teeth and moved forward a little closer, staring directly at He Jingzhu, who was already languishing in the hall, and shouted eagerly: "He Tingshi, you can't listen to them!" The villain is wronged! The villain is wronged! ”

Xu Kuangheng turned around and glanced at He Jingzhu, who had lost his mind, and then raised his hand and shouted: "Okay, that's the case, left and right, first take this thief staff twenty!" ”

Seeing that the official beside him instantly pressed himself to the ground, Ma Liu's hideous face immediately smashed the tip of his nose to the ground, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "What a thorn history! What a stabbing history! ”

At Xu Kuangheng's signal, the two officials each raised their sticks, aimed at Ma Liu's buttocks, and swung them down fiercely.

Ma Liu suddenly screamed as if he had been scalded by a plucked rooster, and let out a miserable scream: "Ouch...... Yes! ......”

Li Yuan watched coldly from the side, he knew that the cane punishment at the turn of the Tang and Song dynasties was a mystery, although this stick was not as good as the blade, the appearance seemed light, but in fact, it was painful. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, there have been many ministers who have died under cane punishment. Although Tang Taizong Li Shimin changed the part of the cane from the back to the buttocks, the lethality rate was reduced.

But in practice, especially after decentralization to the state and county, it is not necessarily which part to hit.

Most of these servants who are in charge of holding the cane are Xu Kuangheng's subordinates, all of whom are smart, and their bosses have a look in their eyes, and they immediately understand, so Ma Liu's back and buttocks were hit at the same time, alternately.

Hit to fifteen canes, Ma Liu, who has always been arrogant, obviously couldn't stand it, gritted his teeth, and scolded viciously: "You group of dog officials! Dog officer! It's kind of killing me! ”

Xu Kuangheng squinted his eyes and sneered: "Oh? Do you still have the strength to speak wildly? Then according to what the thief said, continue to fight! ”

Li Yuanwu shook his head, and simply turned to look out the door, since He Jingzhu pretended to be dead, and Ma Liu was so stubborn, then he might as well continue to let this thief's skin open.

So at Ma Liu's own "initiative" request, Xu Kuangheng added another twenty canes.

After a while, even the backs of the two officials oozed fine sweat. Ma Liu's buttocks and backs were already blurred with flesh and blood, and the intense pain spread to his head, spitting blood foam and shouting: "He stabbed history...... Ho Kyung-so! Are you worthy of the owner? Ho Kyung-so! ......”

He Jingzhu seemed to be shocked by this, and spit out a sentence with a blue face: "This ...... This thief is crazy! Run off at the mouth! ”

"How dare you call the history of the assassin? Keep fighting! Beat him until he confesses truthfully! ”

The two officials stopped their hands, rubbed their sour arms, and said to Xu Kuangheng in embarrassment: "Xu joins the army, and if you fight again, you will be killed!" ”

After seeing Xu Kuangheng raising his hand and adding twenty canes with an expressionless face, and He Jingzhu still had an expression that didn't care about himself, Ma Liu finally panicked, bared his teeth and yelled: "Enter your mother!" I, I want to see Zhang Shilang! I want to see Zhang Shilang! ......”

Xu Kuangheng breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and waved his hand: "Stop!" Who is Zhang Shilang? Recruit from the truth! ”

When Ma Liu shouted the words "Zhang Shilang", He Jingzhu's heart was like falling into an ice cave in the cold winter, and he completely broke the defense, and directly shot the case, and scolded: "Presumptuous! The six thieves of the horse, above the court, how can you be allowed to bite at will? It is a serious crime to slander the ministers of the DPRK and China! ”

Ma Liu was already dying of pain, and at this time, Wen Yan looked up at He Jingzhu with extremely hateful eyes and shouted, "He Jingzhu, you shameless villain...... You guys, you all wait, Zhang Shilang won't let you go......"

Xu Kuangheng squatted down and asked in a deep voice, "Ma Liu, who are you talking about Zhang Shilang?" ”

"Is the name of a noble man inquired about by a servant like you? Don't kill yourself! ”

Xu Kuangheng snorted lightly, didn't entangle, straightened up and raised his hand again: "In this case, the official will not ask." Twenty more rods! ”

"Into your mother's ......" Ma Liu shook his head hurriedly, his eyes revealing fear, and finally gritted his teeth and responded: "I said, I said!" The proprietor who ordered me to sell illicit salt is Zhang Shilang......"

Xu Kuangheng had already ordered the left and right to take pen and ink, and asked solemnly: "Name." ”

"Zhang, Zhang Yi."

Li Yuan obviously paused when he saw the pen in Xu Kuangheng's hand, and then leaned close and asked in a low voice, "Who is Zhang Yi?" ”

"Zhang Yi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, the eldest brother of Zhang Guifei, and the cousin of Feng Yanlu, the deputy left-behind guard of the Eastern Capital...... Yu Hou, this matter is not easy to handle, this Zhang Yi is a relative of the emperor......"

Seeing that Li Yuan and Xu Kuangheng were suddenly frowning and silent, He Jingzhu's face was even more pale, and Ma Liu seemed to be back to the light, and suddenly came to his senses, and shouted with a cruel smile: "Heh, are you afraid?!" If you know each other, let me go immediately! Otherwise, it doesn't matter what kind of assassination you have, I will teach you to regret it! ”

Li Yuan pressed Xu Kuangheng's right hand holding the pen, then strode up to He Jingzhu, and asked sharply: "He Tingshi, what do you think?" The case is getting more and more interesting! This thief actually said that his proprietor, the mastermind behind the smuggling of the salt case, was my courtier! The eldest brother of today's concubine? Ridiculous, ridiculous! ”

He Jingzhu saw that Li Yuan suddenly threw the contradiction on himself, and wanted to refute it vigorously, but a strange thought suddenly appeared in his heart.

When the letter was suspicious, he wiped a cold sweat and pretended to be calm: "Li Yuhou, Zhang Shilang is an important minister in the court, how can he be slandered by this thief?" Don't believe such rebellious nonsense! According to this official, this case is not yet clear, and Li Yuhou is in a hurry to return to Beijing, so it is better to retry it at a later date......"

But Li Yuan immediately responded: "Elective? It's elective again! Why does He Tingshi always want to delay time? Is there still a secret to this case? I'm afraid that if I leave, Wang Jingguo and others will be unjustly killed! ”

Seeing this, Ma Liu spit out a mouthful of blood foam with disdain, and said viciously: "You don't know each other!" What Wang Jingguo, a few yellow-mouthed children, died and died! What's wronged? It's just that they have a bad life! ”

Li Yuan turned his head instantly, his face showed murderous intent, and when he was about to have a seizure, a rough and familiar shout came from outside the yamen: "Big brother! ”

Everyone looked for a voice, and it was Luo Erhu, who had been ordered to go to Yangzhou before. I saw that this black man was neatly dressed, striding up to the hall in the dust, this formation was a bit majestic of a military general, and when he walked to Li Yuan, he instantly regained his humility: "The last general, Luo Erhu, meet Yu Hou!" Meet the history of He Thorn! ”

Immediately afterwards, Luo Erhu carefully took out a slightly sweat-stained letter from his breastplate, and said in a deep voice: "Yu Hou, this is a letter from Master Zhou. ”

My third brother is really a timely rain! Li Yuan didn't think much about it, he hurriedly reached out and took it, opened the letter and glanced at it hurriedly, then shook his head slightly, revealing a relieved smile.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Li Yuan put the letter in his hand directly in front of He Jingzhu, and asked meaningfully: "He Tingshi, I have a letter here, why don't you take a look at it first?" ”

He Jingzhu swallowed his saliva, took it with a puzzled expression, and just glanced at the letter, this is actually written to himself?

The tone of this letter is quite polite, but the handwriting is slightly sloppy, but it tells three things, one of which is about the case of illegal salt in Chuzhou, such an important case that the government and the opposition attach great importance to, but the main culprits sent to the third division for review are five fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers, for which the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory have been dismissed; The second is that Feng Yanlu, the deputy of the Eastern Capital, has recently returned to Jinling to face the saint; The third is that the marriage of Li Yuan, the Marquis of Yu, is imminent, and His Royal Highness King Yan will come to congratulate him in person. At the end of the letter, he signed that the eastern capital stayed in Zhouzong.

Who is Zhou Zong? The Manchu Dynasty knows that it is a veteran minister who followed the first emperor to create a foundation, and then held the salt and iron power in the country for many years! Rao is He Jingzhu is calm today, his trembling hands can no longer be controlled at this time, and after glancing at Li Yuan, who is calm and relaxed, and Luo Erhu, who is arrogant and staring at him, he sighs deeply. This credit is already very detailed, and even His Majesty's eldest son, His Royal Highness King Yan, has moved out, and he has just a history of assassination, so he must make a wise and proper choice at this time, otherwise I am afraid that it will not only be the black yarn hat that will be lost!

For a moment, He Jingzhu seemed to have returned to the majesty of the assassination history of Chuzhou in the past, and he was shocked and roared loudly: "The thief Ma Liu, gathering people to rebel against the imperial court, has caused trouble in the state capital for many years, and there are countless lives on his hands!" This time, he openly sold illicit salt, framed important officials of the court, implicated innocent people, and committed an unforgivable crime! Let you quickly recruit from the truth, otherwise Hugh blames the official for being ruthless! ”

Just a letter made He Jingzhu have nothing to do, and he completely fell to the other side, Ma Liu's mouth opened wide in disbelief, and he hurriedly howled angrily: "He Jingzhu! You, you're not afraid of Zhang Shilang-"

"Dare to bite indiscriminately? Around! Palm! Torture! ”

"Ho Kyung-so! Even if Lao Tzu is a ghost, he will make you uneasy......"

......

Since He Jingzhu had compromised and personally taken over, in the end he was the assassin of Chuzhou, and he could be decided with a word, so Li Yuan and the others simply retreated outside the door and waited.

After a while, as Ma Liu's screams inside came to an abrupt end, as Li Yuan and the others expected, He Jingzhu rushed out respectfully, and said with a sincere fist on his face: "Li Yuhou, that Ma Liu has confessed, and it is this thief and his subordinates who sell illicit salt!" Wang Jingguo and the others were all lured to the smuggling place by this thief, and they were innocently planted, these five people did not know about it, and they were not guilty! The official has ordered the state government to re-record the file and send it to the third division. As for this thief's remarks about the important ministers of the DPRK, it is really nothing, and this official will be convicted and punished together! ”

Li Yuan smiled faintly, He Jingzhu was not only quick with his hands and feet, but also with a fast brain, and in a few words, the real murderer Ma Liu was brought to justice, Wang Jingguo was cleared of charges, and Zhang Shilang and himself also got out of it. Neither side is offended, a wise move.

In any case, Wang Jingguo has been saved, Li Yuan doesn't want to at this time, and he can't get any more inches, after all, Zhou Zong's letter is not easy to write a second time, and at the same time, he sighed in his heart that his future old father-in-law not only made a timely move, but also moved out the mysterious His Royal Highness King Yan, Li Hongji, which is really hidden......

All in all, there was such a big turmoil in Chuzhou this time, such as Zhang Yi, Feng Yanlu and even Zhang Guifei behind him, and since then they have been married to their own Liangzi. After returning to the dynasty, I am afraid that there are more unknown dangers to come......

Li Yuan sighed, and then replied to He Jingzhu, who was trembling: "He Tingshi judged the case justly and dealt with it in a moderate manner, and Ben Yuhou also opened his eyes today, admire, admire!" ”

The big stone in He Jingzhu's heart fell suddenly, his brows relaxed, and he responded: "Ah! This time I am fortunate to be here! This official is really confused, and he almost wronged a good person! Please forgive your sins! ”

"What is the sin? It's just that this horse's six crimes are extremely evil, and I hope that He Thorn Shi will deal with it impartially and let him be brought to justice as soon as possible! By the way, please also ask the assassin to release Wang Jingguo and other innocent people as soon as possible, Ben Yuhou's sister is still waiting! ”

He Jingzhu nodded again and again, arched his hands and smiled: "Li Yuhou rest assured!" This official immediately ordered someone to do it! ”