Zhang Zhen was naturally a little curious about Wang Yu's methods, so he asked, "That Ding Bin's bones are so hard, it doesn't look like he can be beaten into a move, what method did Master Shangshu use to make him open his mouth?"

Wang Yu smiled slightly and said, "Actually, this confession is not from Ding Bin's mouth, but the confession of the domestic servant, who came to the criminal department overnight last night to denounce his master, saying that Ding Bin participated in Hu Weiyong's rebellion. With this confession, isn't it easy to let Ding Bin put a handprint on it?"

Although many years have passed since Hu Weiyong's case, the turmoil has never really subsided, and many nobles have lost their heads over the years, including Pingliang Hou Feiju, who has just been beheaded.

Now that someone has accused Ding Bin of participating in the Hu Weiyong case, it is difficult for Li Shanchang, who has a close relationship with Ding Bin, not to be suspected, and he is involved in rebellion, and there is no evidence at all, as long as he has had contact in private, it is enough to convict and behead him.

Zhang Yu opened his mouth and said, "Lord Shangshu has worked hard, and this matter is very high, and I must immediately honor Your Majesty."

Wang Yu opened his mouth and said, "Yes, yes, the little general will go by himself."

Zhang Yu arched his hand towards Wang Yu and walked out quickly, until Kankan stepped out of the threshold, and then remembered Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation.

Immediately turned back, Wang Yu was also confused, and asked, "The little general went and returned, could it be that there is something else?"

Zhang Zhen nodded and said, "Yes, I still want to see Ding Bin."

Hearing that Zhang Yu wanted to see Ding Bin, Wang Yu was a little hesitant, but he thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Little general, please come with me."

Zhang Lu followed Wang Shangshu and came to the prison where Ding Bin was held again, because he had been here yesterday, the yacha jailers here all knew that Zhang Lu was sent by His Majesty to supervise, and the yacha jailers also saluted the two of them along the way.

When Zhang Lu saw Ding Bin again, he no longer had the demeanor of yesterday, his original flowing beard looked very messy, and there was hardly a good meat on his body, in order to prevent him from committing suicide, his hand and tendons were broken, and his jaw joint was also removed. Now he is just a death row prisoner in a dark prison. God knows what kind of inhuman torture he experienced last night.

Facing the scene in front of him, Zhang Yan also gasped, and said in his heart, no wonder His Majesty asked me to give him a good time, being beaten like this, living is also a crime, it is really better to die a hundred.

Wang Yu seemed to see the gloom in Zhang Yuan's eyes, stepped forward and patted Zhang Yuan's shoulder, and then said: "Little general, don't worry, although this Ding Bin looks a little miserable, but the jailers of my criminal department are measured, as long as he pours some soup every day, it is no problem for him to last ten days and eight days, and he is involved in Hu Weiyong's rebellion, with our Majesty's temperament, I am afraid that he will be beheaded in less than three days."

Seeing that Wang Yu said it so lightly, and there was still a slight smile on his face, Zhang Yu shuddered unconsciously, at least he knew that in Wang Yu's eyes, there is nothing to fear about life and dignity, this kind of person is often very terrifying.

Zhang Lu stubbornly said, "I still have something to say to Ding Bin, and I would like to ask Master Shangshu to make it convenient."

Wang Yu naturally agreed: "The little general, please take care of yourself, this official is waiting outside the prison."

It wasn't until Wang Yu went out with a group of jailers that Zhang Yu saw that there was no one else nearby, so he squatted down and said to Ding Bin, "Are you really involved in Hu Weiyong's case?"

Ding Bin lay on the ground unable to move, and the joints on his chin were also removed, although he couldn't bite his tongue and kill himself, he could still speak.

He slowly turned his head to Zhang Zhen and said hoarsely, "Does it matter?"

It doesn't seem to matter anymore, because Wang Yu got the testimony from there, no matter what the truth of the facts is, Ding Bin will definitely die.

But Zhang Lu felt that this was very important, there was still a bottom line in his heart, and he didn't want to see innocent people lose their lives, so he nodded and said, "Important."

Ding Bin let out a disdainful laugh from his nostrils: "Heh, important? Will you believe what I say?"

Zhang Lu's face was somewhat complicated, and he said, "I don't know, but I want to hear it."

Looking at Zhang Yuan's eyes, Ding Bin was silent for a long time

Only then did he weakly say: "I, Ding Bin, am a member of the household department, and I have made a lot of contributions to the Ming Dynasty, that is the household department, so many white flowers and silver are passed over every day, I will naturally use my position to fill my pockets, speaking of which, I Ding Bin is also innocent."

Xu said too much, Ding Bin coughed violently as he spoke, and he coughed for a long time before it was relieved, but his chest was still heaving badly.

Zhang Lu was also worried that Ding Bin would not be able to get on in one breath, so he immediately asked, "Are you okay?"

Ding Bin gasped and shook his head, his movements were very slight, and he only heard him say slowly: "It's okay, although I, Ding Bin, am not a good person, but I have nothing to do with Hu Weiyong, at that time, Hu Weiyong was the prime minister of a country, and my status was noble, and I was just a petty official in the household department, how could Hu Weiyong find me for such a big rebellion?"

Thinking about this matter, it is indeed reasonable, and Zhang Lu continued to ask, "What about Xuan Guogong? Does Xuan Guogong have any intersection with Hu Weiyong?"

I saw Ding Bin shake his head lightly again, and said with difficulty, "I don't know."

Ding Bin said that he didn't know, not nothing, but this point made Zhang Bin respectful, this Ding Bin is a frank person, even if the crime deserves death, Zhang Bin also respects him as a man.

Zhang Zhen looked at Ding Bin, his eyes were somewhat complicated, but he still shook his head and said to Ding Bin, "Your Majesty is merciful, and when you came, you specially instructed me, if you can't stand it, let me help you get free."

Zhang Bin thought that Ding Bin would hesitate, but Ding Bin just twisted his body, and then resolutely said directly, "Please kill me."

At this moment, for Ding Bin, death is not a relief. Zhang Yan slowly pulled out the embroidered spring knife, but he couldn't calm down in his heart. What he has in his hand is the first embroidered spring knife in the world, since Jiang Zhen gave this knife to Zhang Yuan, this knife has never been stained with blood, Zhang Zhen wants to use this knife to punish the injustice in the world, but he doesn't want to see blood for the first time today, but what he wants to cut is Ding Bin, who is powerless.

Ding Bin saw that Zhang Lu didn't make a move for a long time, and his mouth urged again: "Please kill me."

Although it is the same three words, Ding Bin's tone this time is much more hurried than before, once upon a time, he was also a young man in fresh clothes and angry horses, and he was also a high-spirited high school jinshi, but now he is just a prisoner who is about to die.

It hurts a lot in his body, but what hurts even more is his own heart, and the whip last night not only beat his body to the ground, but also whipped his dignity to shreds.

Looking at Ding Bin, who was covered in blood, Zhang Zhen knew that killing him was actually to relieve him, Zhang Zhen moved the tip of the knife to the position of Ding Bin's heart, closed his eyes and stabbed him.

"Thank you...... Thank you......"

This is Ding Bin's last words, and I don't know if I thank Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhang Lu, or both.

Zhang Zhen didn't look at Ding Bin on the ground again, which also gave him the last trace of decency.

Zhang Lu returned the embroidered spring knife to the sheath and walked out of the cell.

Wang Yu seemed to think that his face was not very good-looking, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Is the little general uncomfortable? Why is your face so ugly?"

Zhang Yu didn't even look at Wang Yu, but replied in a low voice, "Ding Bin is dead."

Wang Yu looked stunned, suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears, and hurriedly asked again, "What did you say, little general?"

Zhang Lu spoke again, "Ding Bin is dead."

At this time, Wang Yu was really panicked, and he hurriedly said, "Dead? Ding Bin is dead? Is this impossible? How could Ding Bin die?"

Only then did Zhang Yu raise his head and say to Wang Yu, "I killed him."

Wang Yu first looked incredulous, and then asked Zhang Yan viciously, "Ignorant child, do you know that Ding Bin can't die? Now that he is dead in prison, how can you ask me to explain to Your Majesty? How do you explain to Your Majesty? If we're not careful, we'll all be beheaded!"

After listening to Wang Yu's words, Zhang Yu's heart seemed to calm down a lot, it turned out that even Wang Yu, who was the secretary of the Criminal Department, was afraid of death? Zhang Lu also thought that people who lacked respect for life like this would not be afraid of death. Zhang Lu opened his mouth and said, "It is Your Majesty's order."

This is as if it were a pawn

Hearing this, Wang Yu was already trembling, and then he sat on the ground, and no matter how much the jailers around him pulled, he couldn't pull him up.

Zhang Yu's eyes were full of disdain, and he only felt that a person like Wang Yu was the one who deserved to die, although he didn't know if Wang Yu had done bad things, but just from his indifferent attitude towards other people's lives, people didn't like it very much.

Zhang Yu didn't want to stay in the criminal department for a moment, so he walked straight out, and when he reached the door, he heard Wang Yu's pig-like howl: "Woo...... I'm dying...... My life is at rest......

With the confession in his hand, Zhang Zhen entered the palace all the way, and there was nothing to hide in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, he reported all the things today to Zhu Yuanzhang, and handed the confession again, and then said: "Ding Bin embezzled the treasury money, he really deserves to die, but he never admitted that he had anything to do with Hu Weiyong, so this confession should not be counted."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, but looked at Zhang Zhen directly for a while, what the emperor thought in his heart, no one knew, and no one dared to guess.

After about two minutes, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "There's nothing to do here, you can go down."

Zhang Lu arched his hand towards Zhu Yuanzhang and was about to exit the imperial study, but as soon as he walked to the door, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say, "You remember to come over tomorrow."

Zhang Lu turned around, said yes and exited the imperial study.

Today's events made Zhang Lu feel a little uncomfortable, he just wanted to hurry home and sleep well, who knew that he had just pushed open the door of his house, and saw a sword light coming towards him......