Before Liu He and Yu Wuwu could have a good chat, the dilapidated carriage came to the gate of the solemn lieutenant's mansion, of course, this was still the side door.

"Doorman, we're here." Outside the palace, Yu Wuwu called Liu He his subordinate as a cover for his identity.

"Then let's go inside."

"Yui."

The carriage leaned to the door, Yu Wuwu went to knock on the door first, and Fa Cao Shi Chen Xiu, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately walked out and welcomed Liu He into the lieutenant's mansion.

In the Changyi Kingdom, except for Liu He, the prince who doesn't care about anything, the Changyi Prime Minister commands hundreds of officials and is in charge of governing the people, and is the highest governor of a country.

Under the minister of Changyi, he is the lieutenant who is in charge of public security and military affairs, and only the two of them can open a government and build a government alone, and almost all other officials are subject to their control.

The Lieutenant's Mansion is slightly smaller than the Minister's Mansion, and it is only one-third the size of the royal palace, but it is already a huge complex in this Changyi City.

Liu He was wearing sackcloth at this time, but almost everyone in the house knew him, and the officials who came and went knew that Liu He was an "easy-going" person, and they all saluted him after taking a photo.

"Bing Cao Peng Wu is sick and asks his subordinates!"

"Wei Cao Shiban timidly asked his subordinates"

……

No matter who he met, Liu He would stop and ask them how they were doing, as he did in the palace.

Like the Prime Minister's House, the Lieutenant's Mansion is also a structure of the former office and the back house, with the front half being a common place and the second half being the residence of the lieutenant and his relatives.

The three-story courtyard of the common place is roughly in the shape of a circle, the middle is the lobby of the lieutenant's acting administration, the second floor is the office of Zhu Cao, and the outermost floor is the dormitory of the subordinate officials - many of the subordinate officials are from other counties, and they can only go home once a month, and they usually live in the lieutenant's mansion.

The county prison where Liu He was going today was located in the southwest corner of the Lieutenant's Mansion and occupied an independent courtyard. As for the law and the resignation, they are still set up in the prime minister's office and are under the direct jurisdiction of the prime minister.

It's just that because the affairs of this Ercao are related to the county prison, he often comes to the lieutenant's mansion to walk around.

"Are Li Caopeng and He Prison both in the county prison now?"

"Li Caopeng's wind pain is sick and he is recuperating at home, and He Jicheng has been waiting for a long time."

Li Caopeng is sixty years old this year, which is considered an advanced age in this era, and he often has to go to the damp and cold county prison, so it is normal to have wind pain.

"Then Chen Caoshi has more things to do, and I've worked hard for you."

"Xie Men's subordinates are concerned, the subordinates are just doing their duty, and they don't dare to be greedy."

Liu He originally wanted to ask Lieutenant Wang Ji about his current situation, but before he could think of how to speak, several people had already come to the gate of the county prison.

Liu He followed Chen Xiu through the gate of the county prison.

He went to the prison and waited in the courtyard respectfully, and when he saw Liu He immediately coming up, there was a trace of excitement in his eyes, and he hurriedly saluted and said in a trembling voice: "Changyi Prison Cheng He went to ask for the safety of the door, I haven't seen him for many days, and I am very worried." ”

He Quxing is a middle-aged man with a thin body and a pair of triangular eyes, he is only forty years old, and he has been a prisoner in the county prison for three generations, and he has countless means to rectify the prisoners, and the reason why he wants to see Liu He so much is because Liu He has many methods in the matter of extorting confessions that he has never heard of or seen-not necessarily seeing blood, but it is much better than torture.

"He Prison Cheng is flat, time is pressing, these false courtesies will be waived, take me to see the hob meat."

"Yui!"

He Qu was injured and walked towards the criminal with a few people, and introduced the situation of the thief to Liu He as he went.

"This thief's name is Guo Kai, a personnel officer of Hanoi County, about thirty-five years old, who pulled up this group of people on Onozawa six or seven years ago."

"Wait, you said he was from Yi County, did he say it himself?" Liu He asked suddenly, he had a little impression of this place.

"This is what those minions under him said, this Guo Kai is a hard bone, after being arrested, no matter what we ask, no matter how big the punishment is, he just says a word, to take a certain head."

He is also a well-informed person, and when he talks about this, he can't help but reveal a sense of admiration.

Chen Xiu on the side also sighed and said: "I heard that this person is very skilled, when he was rounded up, four or five material officials were not close, and in the end, more than a dozen people fought with wheels, exhausting his strength, and he was caught, what a good man."

"If you hadn't embarked on this evil path and were willing to go to the border counties to join the army, I'm afraid you would have been promoted to no change in a year."

"Let this Guo Kai join the army, it may be better to kill him." Liu He secretly said to himself in his heart, he already knew a little in his heart, he already had a plan.

Soon, Liu He and the others came to the door of the torture room.

The doorman opened the door, and a moisture mixed with the smell of blood came from inside, forcing Liu He to lean back.

Yu Wuwu handed a handkerchief soaked in pepper wine to Liu He, but Liu He frowned and shook his head, and walked straight in.

The torture chamber is not large, less than two zhang square.

There were no windows opened, and the sunlight was very faint through the sporadic tiles made of mussel shells on the roof.

The oil lamps on the walls crackled, and the firelight smelled strangely burnt.

Under the lamp stood several wooden shelves, on which were placed all kinds of torture instruments, all stained with old and blackened blood.

The cracks in the walls, the doors, and the torture apparatus were all thick black curtains, and I don't know if it was the flesh and blood of the prisoners.

After only a few breaths of walking, Liu He's sense of smell failed, and the good mood brought by leaving the palace was gone at this moment.

It wasn't the first time he had been to the torture chamber, and it was the same feeling every time.

In the middle of the chamber was a pillar that led from the floor to the roof, and on it was a bloody man, whose limbs were firmly held in place by thick chains.

The man hung his head, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

Guo Kai in Liu He's imagination must be a powerful person, but the person who was about to die in front of him looked very thin, and under the black pillar and black iron chain, it was like a dry bone in a mound.

Guo Kai seemed to hear someone coming in, he tried to move, but he couldn't even raise his head, he just drove the heavy iron chain, making a clattering sound that made people's hearts hairy.

Liu He seemed to hear what the other party was saying, but he couldn't really hear it, and took two steps forward before he heard the intermittent voice clearly.

"Needless to say...... Say more, come and take ...... A certain head. ”

It seems that Chen Xiu and He Quxing are right, this Guo Kai is a hard bone.

Although torture was commonplace in this era, Chen Xiu and He Wushu were too ruthless in their actions. Even though Liu He knew that they were doing their duty, he still couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.

Liu He returned to Chen Xiu and the others, and asked with a cold face: "If you are so seriously injured, people won't die like this." ”

"We asked the medical officer in the house to see it, and he looked badly injured, but not to the point of death." He Qu hurt replied.

"He Prison Cheng is really careful."

Liu He deliberately sarcastically said that even though he knew where it was his duty to hurt them, and he knew that torture was the limitation of this era, he didn't agree with it deep down.

Of course, He Qushu didn't hear the meaning of Liu He's words, and it may even really be regarded as a compliment.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, where the responsibility lies."

Liu He waved his hand and said, "Then wake him up, let's start." ”

"Yui!"