Zheng Haizhu did not answer Eunuch Zhang's fake inquiry directly, but only said in a harmonious voice: "Please open the trial." ”

Eunuch Zhang pursed the corners of his mouth and ordered the attendants who came to the palace: "Go and put down the guys." ”

The wooden cage crane was raised and lowered, and the little eunuch on duty brought out a steaming lead bucket from it.

Zheng Haizhu whispered to himself: "Asphalt? ”

Luo Sigong, who was standing beside her, let out a sullen "um". Zheng Haizhu looked at him slightly, and by the flickering light and shadow of the torch, he could distinguish the commander of the brocade guard who had been dyed with frost, and his brows were furrowed.

Eunuch Zhang paced leisurely to the scribe prisoner, and said: "Our family has the great grace of the long live lord, and we have entered the inner study when we are young, and we are all scholars, just like you." Fang Juren, our family will give you a chance at the end. Tell the name of the imperial history who instructed you to speak against you and slander the government, and you can get on the boat today and go back to your hometown in Wuxi. ”

"Phew!" The bloodied scribe smacked the eunuch in front of him with all his might, and said angrily, "Reader? Eunuchs who flatter and bully, abuse lynching, do not distinguish between good and evil, and mislead the king and the country are also worthy of claiming to be scholars? ”

The scribe raised his chin again, looked at Luo Sigong's side, and continued to scold: "Luo Sigong, you are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the third-grade foreign minister of the dynasty, the official comes from the king, and the food comes from the people, why did you become to the point of licking and sucking carbuncles for these filthy geldings!" What about your bloodiness as a general? The face of your Locke ancestors has been lost to you! ”

Luo Yangxing was angry when he heard this, and as soon as he changed his appearance of standing quietly and quietly, he was about to rush up, but was stopped by his expressionless father raising his hand.

Eunuch Zhang smiled: "Ouch, listen, this person really thinks that his surname is Fang, that is, the reincarnation of Fang Xiaoru, and he keeps saying the word integrity." Don't worry about Master Luo, let's teach him a lesson for your Luo family. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two young eunuchs stepped forward, one cut the hemp rope tied to the scribe's right hand, and re-tied him from his forearm to the palm of his hand on a wooden frame that looked like a height of several heights, while the other picked up a wooden spoon, scooped up the hot asphalt, and poured it directly on the scribe's arm. ”

A high-pitched, piercing scream immediately burst out of the scribe's throat and resounded through the eerie dungeon.

Eunuch Zhang tasted the pain of the tortured and laughed fiercely.

Integrity?

No matter how virtuous a person is, he is also a mortal in the flesh, and he did a ruthless job, didn't he still cry his father and call his mother?

"Hurry up and dry it, it's good to peel it, this claw, what kind of wonderful article do you want to write in the future," Eunuch Zhang commanded, and then turned to Luo Sigong and the others, so that he could take a moment to say, "Everyone, look at it, this is the eldest grandson of the emperor, Wei Jinzhong, the father-in-law of Wei, from the method of plucking the duck, which is very interesting." ”

The scribe wailed and groaned for a while, and the little eunuch in the brown robe of Dongchang, seeing that the asphalt had been almost solidified by the fire, took down an iron creature with a flat tip from his waist, hooked the edge of the asphalt and the skin like a rope, and slashed it hard.

With an even more terrible cry, the human skin, which was more than a foot long, was wrapped in black asphalt and torn off.

Zheng Haizhu only felt that her chest was like being struck by lightning, her scalp was like being pricked by a needle, and her eyes were blurry for a moment, as if her brain automatically cut off power out of protection, making her temporarily blind for a while, and she was no longer stimulated by the tragic situation in front of her.

Li Daniu and Hua Er couldn't help but let out an "ah", and immediately shut down, leaving only rapid breathing, showing the horror in their hearts.

However, after a few moments, the howl like the cry of a beast became a human voice that could be heard clearly.

"Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, when he was a vassal, he received a huge reward, almost rival the country, but he had the way of the clan and the ministers, in the fiefdom of adulterous wives and daughters, forcibly occupied the official land for the emperor's village, and indulged the domestic slaves to use lynching, impeachment and pressure on the local scholars to write a complaint. The affairs of the world are discussed by the people of the world. Henan affairs, how can I not discuss the reading of Nanzhili! ”

Eunuch Zhang was annoyed and angry, and stepped forward and pointed at him: "Say, is it you who was instructed by Yang Lian in the military department?" Didn't you be instructed by the fucking Donglin? Now that you've explained, you're still alive! ”

"Dog thing! Bird gelding! The scribe's eyes were cracked, "I don't look down on Donglin, Gu Xiancheng, that old man, only dares to hide in the academy and complain, do I have half the courage and courage?" But the disciples of Confucius, how can they be falsely accused? Even if you strip off the skin of my whole body, I still say this, outside Tiananmen Square, I distribute the impeachment of King Fu and the reprimand of Zheng Guifei, I do things alone, and I have nothing to do with Yang Lian, Donglin, or half a copper. ”

Eunuch Zhang jumped like thunder: "Okay, get your wish!" Stripped your whole human skin. ”

"Zhang Xiaogong's ......"

Luo Sigong suddenly called out in a calm voice, and walked to Eunuch Zhang with his sleeves back.

Eunuch Zhang glanced at him: "What advice does Luo Shuai have?" ”

Luo Sigong said unhurriedly: "I don't dare to give advice, just to remind my father-in-law that this is not the inner prison of Dongchang." It doesn't matter if my father-in-law wants to play tricks, or if I talk to Ben Shuai and learn from him for torture, it's okay, but if I get a life, my father-in-law pats his ass and leaves, how can I deal with the aftermath of Beizhen Fusi? ”

"So what?" Eunuch Zhang stared at Luo Sigong.

"So, please father-in-law to stop in moderation. Of course, if you want to follow the road of your Dongchang, if you have the royal pen of the Lord of Long Live when you turn back, you can take people away and go to the inner prison to continue the torture, at that time, don't say cramps and peel the skin, even if he digs out his heart and liver and hangs it under the root of the imperial city to show the public, in order to set an example, it is also a merit of the East Factory, and it has nothing to do with the edict of Fusi in my Beizhen Town. ”

The confrontation between the factory and the guard was abruptly interrupted.

In the dungeon, there was only the murmur of the scribes, like the tide crashing on the shore, undulating continuously.

After a while, Eunuch Zhang twisted his shoulder blades, and suddenly smiled: "After all, it is Wei Shuai, thoughtful." Cheng, let's do this today, our family will go back to pay homage to Father-in-law Lu, and then come and sum up with Wei Shuai. ”

……

The footsteps of Eunuch Zhang and the others disappeared overhead.

Luo Sigong pointed to the angry scribe and instructed the guard: "Go and fetch a bowl of honey and apply it to his hands." ”

Zheng Haizhu has seen both the northern and southern battlefields, and if an officer-level general is injured, the military doctor will apply honey to them.

This is the ancient people's method of preventing wound infection.

Fang Wenshi tried his best to raise his head, but instead of thanking him for saving his life, he still reciprocated in a conclusive tone: "Jinyiwei, the head of the Son of Heaven's army, must not be in the same stream as the eunuchs." ”

Luo Sigong looked at him for a while before turning around and arching his hand to Zheng Haizhu: "Today, Luo's arrangement was not good, and he stained his wife's eyes. ”

"Worse than the Tartars." Zheng Haizhu snorted.

"What did Madame say?"

"I said, it's more ruthless than the Tartars," Zheng Haizhu raised his eyes and looked at Luo Sigong, "The Tartars are ruining people's lives, and they are foreigners, and Dongchang is not stingy with hell for the people of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Luo Sigong smiled coldly and walked outside the dungeon: "Ci is not in charge of the troops." Don't say anything, Ben Shuai still invited his wife to go to Ben Shuai's room, eat a cup of weak tea, and suppress the shock. ”

When the group passed by the cell where Ma Qiancheng's tablet was enshrined again, Zheng Haizhu stopped.

"Wei Shuai, can you let me in and give Ma Xuan a stick of incense?"

Luo Sigong was not surprised, and nodded briskly.

Zheng Haizhu walked into the cell, twisted a new incense from the offering table, lit it, and held it up to the tablet: "Ma Xuanfu, the younger generation and Xianglin have the friendship of comrades, and I admire Ma Xuanfu and Qin Xuanfu even more." Ma Gong is above, please bless my Chongming battalion soldiers, there are fewer diseases and disasters in peacetime, the heirs are vigorous, invincible in wartime, and guard the East China Sea gateway for the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

She inserted the incense stick into the incense burner and turned her head to meet Luo Sigong's gaze with the meaning of participating in the research.

"Madame and General Pony are acquainted?"

Zheng Haizhu said in his heart, you are the head of Jinyiwei, and you are good friends with Liu Shimin, how can you not know?

His face was full of sincerity: "Very familiar." He and I have been afflicted many times. Wei Shuai, let me take the liberty of asking, there have always been many people who died in the edict, why do you worship Ma Xuanfu's tablet alone? ”

Luo Sigong said: "There is Grandpa Yue at the entrance, and Ma Xuanfu is in prison, all of which are respected by our martial artists, and it is not unusual." ”

Zheng Haizhu nodded, his eyes fell to the dungeon under his feet, and said decisively: "Wei Shuai, I want to see where Ma Gong lived back then." ”

Luo Sigong did not refuse, and instructed his son: "Nurture your temperament and give Mrs. a lamp." ”

Zheng Haizhu walked down the stairs in the light and walked to the center of the narrow dungeon.

There was no longer a table case for criminal detention and confession writing, only a wooden board erected by stones, and the dead grass on the ground was sparse, directly exposing the mud floor.

Luo Yang said quietly: "Madam, when Ma Xuanfu was imprisoned here, my father was only a hundred households running errands outside. ”

Zheng Haizhu understood the meaning of Luo Yang's nature, and said warmly: "But the former Wei Shuai also had a benevolent heart, and he also arranged a bed for Ma Xuanfu. ”

Luo Yangxing added: "Yes, the one who came to torture Ma Gong at that time was the same as today, it was the eunuch, Qiu Chengyun's subordinate. I heard that the cage was full of nails and did not allow the prisoners to move in the slightest, which was thought up by Eunuch Qiu. ”

"Young Master Luo, borrow a lamp."

Zheng Haizhu took the oil lamp and looked at the bed.

The board was covered with dark colors, presumably old bloodstains.

Suddenly, Zheng Haizhu saw a rune-like pattern in a dark stain.

She leaned over and stared in.

That's right, the nicks are not shallow, and the way is weird.

Zheng Haizhu suddenly decided that it was not the texture of the wooden plank, but also because, on another item, he had seen it.

A self-defense thing that you can't leave day and night.

Looking around, there are still two notches.

"What's the matter, ma'am?" Luo Yangxing wondered, and also came over to take a look.

Zheng Haizhu hurriedly said: "There is nothing to do, I am dazzled, I think there are still broken strands of Ma Gong's robe." ”

Zheng Haizhu returned the oil lamp to Luo Yangxing, respectfully bowed to the bedboard, and when he went upstairs with Luo Yangxing, he caught a glimpse of a bamboo in the corner.

"Young Master Luo, what's the use of this?"

"Oh, sometimes the prisoners have broken legs and can't climb up the wooden steps to get food, so the guards give them bamboo poles and forks."

At this time, I heard a commotion at the end of the road and in the direction of the gate of the edict, and the sound of footsteps was accompanied by the call of the sergeant.

"Wei Shuai, Wei Shuai, the palace is arraigned, long live the death!"