The next day, since the government examination had been completed, Xu He was ready to talk to his teacher Li Zhijie, and he was ready to go back to Hailing County.

But before he went out, the soldiers who commanded the yamen to guard the door of the Yangzhou guard came over: "Xu Gongzi, the person from the government came and said that he asked you to come over, saying that there is a case to ask you to ask." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu He suddenly understood that it should be related to the collusion between Zhou Yi and Ge Youli and the bandits.

When he came to the mansion, it was not Peng Ruyu sitting in the hall, but the right-hand capital Yushi Huanglun that he saw in Yangzhou Post that day.

Xu He, the person sitting on Huang Lun's left, has also seen it, it is the four thousand households of Jinyi Wei who came to Yangzhou with Huang Lun.

On Huang Lun's right-hand side sat Peng Ruyu, the new acting governor of Yangzhou, and Li Zhijie, the general judge.

When Xu He's gaze met Li Zhijie's, he lowered his eyelids and greeted his student.

Now is not the time to ask Xu He, Huang Lun slapped the shocking wood on the big case and said: "Bring someone to commit Zhou Yi and his son!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the noisy sound of shackles and shackles behind Xu He sounded.

Xu He looked back and saw several five big and three rough jailers of the government escorting the Zhou family's father and son towards the hall.

Xu is because Yu Wei of the Zhou Governor's Mansion is still there, although their father and son are walking slowly, the jailer does not dare to urge at all, so he can only follow patiently.

At this time, Huang Lun's thin and rigid face in the hall showed impatience, and he said to the leading prisoner: "Are you people so gentle and frugal when you escort prisoners on weekdays? ”

Hearing this, a cold sweat suddenly broke out from the prison director of Jiupin, and he glanced at the jailer behind the father and son of the Zhou family.

The two jailers immediately took out their whips and whipped at the Zhou family father and son at the same time.

"Ahh

But there was only one cry of pain, this voice was made by Zhou Gongzi, and Zhou Yi only paused, frowned, and walked towards the hall with his head bored.

Huang Lun actually wanted to use the method of preemptive to destroy the psychological defense line of the Zhou family's father and son.

Obviously, it only worked halfway.

When the father and son went to the court, Huang Lun shouted: "The father and son of the criminal officer still don't kneel?" ”

Zhou Yi sneered when he heard this: "I am innocent, and I have an official body, so I don't need to kneel." Besides, the holy will is to escort my father and son back to Beijing for trial in brocade clothes, why did this lord disobey the will and try my father and son in Yangzhou? ”

Huang Lun was speechless after saying this, but he was a civil official after all, and after a little thought, he sneered: "On the way back to Beijing, there are many dreams at night, who knows if there will be collusion between you criminals, and this official is also in order to end this case as soon as possible, so he temporarily interrogated your father and son today." Zhou Yi, do you have anything else to say? ”

Zhou Zhifu stood at the bottom of the hall and smiled coldly: "Sure enough, it is an official word, whatever you want!" ”

Huang Lun was squeezed by his attitude and held his breath in his chest, unable to lift it for a long time.

At this time, Jinyi Wei Qianhu, who was sitting on the side, said: "This official is Lu Tao, the Fusi of Beizhen, and I was ordered by the emperor to arrest you and bring you to justice, and now this official has a few words to ask you, answer truthfully!" ”

Jinyiwei is really a human name, the shadow of the tree, just turned on the sign, Zhou Yi looked up at Lu Tao, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

And Zhou Gongzi was even more useless, his body trembled like sifting chaff, and he almost collapsed on the ground.

Lu Tao saw the different performances of the father and son, and he already had an idea in his heart, but he still asked Zhou Yi first according to the previous plan: "Prisoner Zhou Yi, what collusion do you have with the thieves who broke through Taixing, looted the county treasury, and killed officials and rebelled, explain honestly!" ”

"No, I don't know any bandits, I'm a dignified prefect, an official of the imperial court, how can I collude with bandits?" Zhou Yi Zhenzhen has words.

Huang Lun knew that he would say this, and sneered: "Where did the gunpowder used by the bandits come from?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Zhou Yi, wanting to see some clues from his micro-expressions, but unfortunately, Zhou Yi looked surprised and said, "What gunpowder?" Oh, are you talking about the explosives that the thieves used to blow up the walls of the Dock Fort of the Laboratory? How did the officer know where they got the explosives? We don't have explosives in Yangzhou Mansion, so we can't say that it was provided by the official, right? ”

Huang Lun and Lu Tao saw him arguing, and their faces sneered.

Lu Tao said sharply: "Really? Governor Su Song, Cao Bangzhou, you always know each other, right? When we raided his house, we found your correspondence, do you want me to continue? ”

Before Lu Tao's words were finished, Zhou Yi's face turned red and said angrily: "Who knows if you are framing me, Huang Lun, don't think that there is someone standing behind you, you can do whatever you want, frame this official, this official will sue the emperor, and ......"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Lu Tao: "You Jinyiwei have long been famous in our Great Wei Dynasty for being this kind of fake document framing minister, why do you rely on a fake letter to determine that I colluded with bandits?" ”

Lu Tao sneered: "The mouth is quite hard!" ”

Huang Lun turned his head at this time, changed his strategy, and said to Zhou Gongzi in a warm voice: "Zhou Tianxiong, the law of the country is ruthless, what your father did, we have already mastered it, it is the crime of killing the head and exterminating the clan, now this official will give you a chance, as long as you tell you what you know and tell me, this official swears, I will definitely play and beg Your Majesty to save you from death." ”

Xu He looked at Zhou Gongzi, who was trembling, and sure enough, he saw a look of intention on his face.

Just as Zhou Tianxiong was about to speak, suddenly Zhou Yi scolded loudly: "Huang Lun, don't lie to me, this kind of thing is confirmed by you people, can there still be a chance for my father and son to live?" ”

Zhou Tianxiong is not a fool, he doesn't know that this is his father reminding him not to be fooled.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I, I don't know? ”

Seeing this, Huang Lun said angrily: "Zhou Yi is a criminal official, could it be that you Zhou Tianxiong also have an official body?" Why don't you kneel when you see this official? ”

Zhou Tianxiong himself has no fame, Huang Lun has actually grasped this point a long time ago, and when he saw that Zhou Tianxiong did not speak, he snorted.

Suddenly, the soap officials of the third class of the surrounding government took water and fire sticks, held Zhou Tianxiong with a little force, and pinned him to kneel on the ground.

"Call me!" The cold look on Huang Lun's face was not hidden at all, Xu He had no doubt that if the other party didn't speak, he would really dare to kill Zhou Tianxiong.

Then, a silent voice sounded, accompanied by Zhou Tianxiong's miserable screams, echoed over the hall of the mansion.

The people present were all old people from Yangzhou Mansion, who didn't know the arrogant and domineering Zhou Gongzi, and now he was pressed to the ground like a dead dog, beating him on the back with a stick after stick, everyone was concerned, and even coughed and couldn't hold back.

After about twenty battles, Huang Lun waved his hand and said to Zhou Yi in the hall: "Tiger poison is not yet a child, seeing Ling Gongzi's appearance, doesn't Lord Zhou have anything to say?" ”

Zhou Yi's hands trembled, old tears were horizontal, listening to his son's terrible screams in his ears, and seeing the blood on his son's back in his eyes, his heart was like a knife.

Just when everyone thought he was about to let go, Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what you're talking about." I don't have much to say. ”

Seeing this, Huang Lun glanced at Lu Tao, and then snorted coldly: "Okay, good, good, pass Xu He to the court!" ”

Xu He was lamenting the cruelty of questioning prisoners in this era, but he didn't expect Huang Lun to summon himself in the next second, and he hurriedly dressed up and went to the court.

"Xu He, this official wants you to recall two things, one is the incident of the thieves you encountered in Dong'anji, and the other is the destruction of the Chengzhong Academy in Hailing County. You tell me more about it. ”