A moment later, in the main hall of the ruling kingo, different characters stood in different positions.

Wei Xiang sat down first, and the rest of the subordinate officials were in place, all glaring angrily, with their own majesty.

Under the hall, one left and one right, kneeling one zhang away were Taichang Lecheng and Dasi Farmland Yannian.

In a corner not far behind the two of them, there are many torture instruments that make people's hearts tremble when they see them.

At this time, although they knelt under the hall at the same time, Le Cheng and Tian Yannian's expressions and thoughts were different.

Le Cheng has been imprisoned in the Imperial Prison for a full month.

Although he has not suffered from torture instruments in the past month, where is the edict more comfortable than the back house of Taichang Temple.

Insects and rats, fleas and lice gnaw, are naturally commonplace.

There are more than 30 relatives in the Lecheng Mansion, all of whom are neatly imprisoned in the Imperial Prison.

Men and women, young and old, all of them are under the butcher's knife like fish on a chopping board.

In this situation, Le Cheng felt frightened just thinking about it.

External worries and internal troubles, how can Lecheng be comfortable?

So in just one month, Le Chengcheng has been tortured to the bone.

The original shiny and black beard is now white, like a weed.

From time to time, a pair of red eyes looked around and wandered away in horror, as if they were in great shock all the time.

At a glance like this, where does Le Cheng still have the slightest trace of the majesty of the head of Jiuqing.

It's no different from the beggars you can see on the roadside.

That's the terrible thing about the edict.

Not only in the strange torture tools, but also in the sense of precariousness - the edict of the Son of Heaven may fall from the sky at any time and kill the criminal.

Therefore, anyone who can hold on to the edict and not go crazy and can take on great responsibilities after being released from prison is a great person.

In the past, Zhou Bo was imprisoned by Emperor Xiaowen because he was suspected of rebellion, and even if he returned to the court later, it would be difficult to become a climate.

At this time, Le Cheng is naturally inferior to Zhou Bo, but after being locked up for so long, he has not lost his temper in the hall, and he is already a masterpiece.

When he was first thrown into prison, Le Cheng had a lot of hatred for his own happiness, and he wanted to break the other party's body into pieces immediately.

On that day, although the Son of Heaven was already in power, Huo Guang was still the great general of Sima and the secretary of the Lingshang.

Therefore, Le Cheng thought to himself that his "lord" would definitely find a way to save himself from difficulties.

But what he didn't expect was that Le Cheng never waited for Huo Guang's help in the Imperial Prison: he gradually felt bad......

No matter how frightened and uneasy he was, Le Cheng always had a trace of luck in his heart, and he firmly believed that Huo Guang would not abandon him.

After all, Le Cheng is the backbone of the Huo Party, saving Le Cheng is saving the Huo Party, and saving the Huo Party is saving the Huo family.

Lecheng's luck and hope lasted for more than ten days, but it was finally completely shattered.

Because he suddenly found that the edict was becoming more and more lively day by day: more and more people were thrown into the edict.

From the cracks and windows of the cell, Le Cheng saw a lot of familiar faces.

Without exception, they are all Huo Dang in the DPRK and the army, and many of them are people who have eaten cakes with Le Cheng in the main hall of the General's Mansion.

The prison, which was originally empty and deserted, became more and more crowded and noisy.

From morning to night, Le Cheng could always hear miserable wails and cries.

Although Le Cheng, who was in prison, did not have a chance to talk to them, his sense of smell was so keen, and he soon thought that the situation in Chang'an City had changed again.

And it is a very unfavorable change for the Huo Party.

From the beginning of figuring out this joint, Le Cheng's panic and uneasiness increased day by day.

He curryed favor with Chen Xiu more than once, wanted to find out some news, and took the initiative to ask to go to court to confess his guilt many times.

But I never got any response.

Wanting to confess your sins is an even more terrifying thing.

As a result, Le Cheng, who had lasted for a long time, was getting worse and worse day by day, and was on the verge of collapse.

In addition to eating, drinking, and lazing every day, he sat silently against a wall in his cell, chanting words: I don't know whether I am praying to the emperor or asking for refuge from my ancestors.

If you don't forget, there will be an echo.

Before Le Cheng completely collapsed into a madman, he learned that he was going to go to court to stand trial, which made him nervous and excited.

At this moment, this embarrassed Le Cheng knelt under the hall, although he lowered his head, he kept looking around with his eyes, not like ordinary people.

As for Tian Yannian, who has been loosened on the other side, he has not suffered in the edict prison, and his face is much rudder.

However, this does not mean that Tian Yannian should be more calm and calm, after all, he has completely seen the turmoil in Chang'an City in the past ten days.

Naturally, I knew that Huo Guang and the Huo family had come to the last moment.

In addition to panicking, Tian Yannian was more annoyed - he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would make such a big move in ten days.

So much so that before he could make a decision, he was brought to this class for trial.

……

In the imperial history, Prime Minister Wei sat on the couch in the hall, looking at Huo Guang's right-hand man with a smile, and sneered in his heart.

He didn't rush to ask questions, but let the two of them think wildly first.

The soldiers who surrender without a fight rely on the other party's own crankiness.

Seeing that Tian Yannian and Le Cheng were kneeling more and more restlessly, Wei Xiang finally planned to start.

Among the three major cases, the case of rebellion, the murder of the king, and the corruption case, the corruption case in his own hands is naturally the most insignificant.

Since it doesn't matter, it is even more important to fight quickly in order to let the Son of Heaven see his ability.

The Son of Heaven gave three days, and Wei Xiang planned to use only one day.

Finally, Wei Xiang quietly picked up the shocking wood on the case.

I don't know how many years it has been used, this small shocking wood has been polished to a dark and shiny, and the corners are also very handy, emitting a black light that symbolizes power.

Perhaps, this thing is still an antiquity left over from the Great Qin period?

The corners of Wei Xiang's mouth twitched and smiled, and then he suddenly raised the startling wood and slapped it on the case fiercely.

The sound of "pop" came, although it was not too loud, but there was a special magic that made all the subordinate officials in the hall cheer up.

Le Cheng and Tian Yannian were even more shocked, their panic was even heavier, and they knelt straighter.

"This official is no longer false and wronged with the two of you, and the two of you are brought here today, naturally to investigate the corruption of you and others."

"This is an edict issued by the county magistrate himself, are you two willing to invite it truthfully?" Wei Xiang only said in general terms that he wanted to investigate corruption, but he did not immediately link the matter with Huo Guang.

"The criminal officer is willing to be truthfully recruited, and he does not dare to deceive the county official, and he does not dare to deceive the county official!" Le Cheng, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, had a very active brain, and hurriedly slammed his head on the ground.

"The lower officials are also willing to recruit truthfully, and they will never dare to hide anything!" Tian Yannian was afraid of falling behind, so he immediately kowtowed several times and assured Wei Xiang.

"So much for the best! Then let Le Cheng talk back first! If you are greedy for ink, are you willing to confess and confess? Wei Xiang asked straight to the point.

"The criminal officer is willing to admit his guilt and confess!" Le Cheng said busily, without any resistance and quibbles, and even a little flattering.

From the day Le Cheng was imprisoned, Wei Xiang was ordered by the Son of Heaven to settle the land, real estate, money and grain and various floating wealth in the name of Le Cheng and his relatives in great detail.

He already has a clear number.

Wei Xiang originally thought that Le Cheng was going to quibble, but he didn't expect to be recruited so quickly, but he saved the process of questioning.

"Let's see, are all the possessions and mansions listed in this book all your own?" Wei Xiang said, and a subordinate official put a book in front of Le Cheng.

Le Cheng picked it up and looked at the light carefully for a long time, and finally nodded again and again and said: "Shangguan is aware of everything, and all the things listed are the family of the criminal ministers. ”

"Do you have anything to hide?"

"The sinners dare not hide it!"

"Then draw a charge!" Wei Xiang smiled contemptuously.

Le Cheng obediently signed his name on the last page of this book, and the subordinate official took back the book and presented it to Wei Xiang, who finally nodded with satisfaction after reading it.

"All the family members have a total of six million yuan, but the rewards you have received over the years add up to only two million yuan, plus the one million yuan left by your ancestors, which is an extra three million yuan."

"This extra three million money, what is the way to come, quickly recruit it!" Wei Xiang gradually got into the subject.

After listening to the questioning, this Le Cheng raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Tian Yannian beside him, as if he had some hesitation and hesitation.

Once you open your mouth, there's no turning back.

"Be bold! Look at what he has done, is he trying to collude with the confession, and he will be invited quickly, otherwise he will be punished immediately! Wei Xiang slapped the shocked wood and scolded.

"Yes, yes, yes...... The criminal knew that he was wrong, and the criminal immediately recruited this, and the extra three million dollars were ......."

Without waiting for the panicked Le Cheng to finish saying this, Tian Yannian suddenly moved two steps forward and shouted out first: "Duke Wei, the millions of money were given to him by the lower officials!" ”

Tian Yannian's words of snatching Le Cheng made Le Cheng's haggard face even more ugly, and his eyes looking at Tian Yannian were even more full of resentment.

Where is this robbing, it's just a way to rob Lecheng.

As for Tian Yannian, of course, he was a little proud, he should have taken over too often that day, but he was intercepted by Le Cheng, and the two even fought in Beique.

Le Cheng can forget about this matter, and he Tian Yannian still remembers it.

Of course, Wei Xiang also understood that this Tian Yannian wanted to steal the credit!

Wei Xiang smiled, this is a good sign, then let's see who confesses faster.

"Tian Yannian, do you know the reason?"

"Xia Guan knows!"

"Okay, then it's up to you, if you can accuse yourself of the crime and can sue others for the crime, you can reduce the sentence as appropriate!"

"No!" Tian Yannian, who was dark and thin, immediately lit up his eyes, and Le Cheng, who was a step slower, could only blame himself for being too hesitant.

After Wei Xiang asked Shuzuo, who was in charge of writing the war, to prepare the records, he motioned for Tian Yannian to go on.

And Tian Yannian did not hesitate, and immediately told the truth of the matter.

"The criminal officer has a brother-in-law in his family, named Dongmen Ba."

"There are more than 3,000 carriages ...... the transportation of horses and carriages."

"Every year, the rental money and grain sent to Chang'an by the counties of Kanto, once they enter the territory of Guanzhong, they must all hire his carriages and horses to transport them."

"If you don't use his carriages and horses to transport it, then whether you go to the city or enter the government, or go to the warehouse office under Dasi Nong, you will be troubled."

"Because the price is not too high, over time, all the counties in the Kanto region are willing to hand over this matter to their brother-in-law."

"Over the course of a year, the income is very good!"

……

Man is such a strange animal, and sometimes in order to save his life, he will do everything he can.

This is consistent with the Confucian concept of "love is inferior".

Love yourself first, then love your relatives, then your relatives, then your relatives, friends, neighbors, and finally everyone in the Han Dynasty.

Now, in order to save his life, Tian Yannian threw out his wife and brother and his wife without hesitation, without any hesitation or guilt.

Survival, no shame!

In fact, in the entire Chang'an City, there are many surnames Tian.

Tian Yannian, Tian Guangshun, and Tian Qianqiu are all prominent figures in the surname Tian.

Although they do not belong to the same family, they are all descendants of the Qi royal family who forcibly moved to Chang'an from the land of Qilu.

This Tian Yannian's background is not high, starting from a small subordinate officer of General Huo Guang's mansion, successively serving as the general Changshi and Hedong Taishou, and all the way up to the great Si Nong.

And his wife is even more humble, relying on the help and dredging of Tian Yannian after his debut, he gradually became a famous giant rich family in Sanfu Chang'an.

Now, in order to save his life, Tian Yannian threw them out as his own name, which is justified.

"What is this Dongmen Ba's business name?" Wei Xiang asked knowingly.

"Dongmen Horse." Tian Yannian couldn't wait to answer.

In the Han Empire, business names were often formed by the owner's surname and the business he made, and sometimes he would directly take an auspicious word as the name.

Just now, as soon as Wei Xiang heard that Tian Yannian's wife and brother were called Dongmen Ba, he immediately guessed that this business name was the famous Dongmen Horse, the most famous carriage and horse transportation company in Chang'an and even Sanfu.

"Jian Kou!" Wei Xiang shouted.

"Yui!" Jian Kou, who had only one eye, occupied the hall from both sides.

When An Le exterminated the "thief" Su Chang, Jian Kou made a great contribution, so An Le naturally brought him from Zuo Fengyi to Zhijin Wu.

And with them were the three hundred bright light pawns: of course, this matter was approved by the Son of Heaven.

In the past, when he was in Changyi Kingdom, Jian Kou served as a subordinate under An Le, who was then the minister of Changyi, and specialized in the arrest of thieves and thieves for An Le.

Now, Jian Kou's main job is Changyi Lang Sima of Bi Qianshi - responsible for training Changyi Lang.

However, these Richang Yilang still did not have new pawns, so they did not need training, so they stayed under An Le and served as the subordinate of the door, and continued to lead the Ming Guang pawn.

An Le thought that the Son of Heaven transferred Jian Kou to him for use, which was his trust and dependence, but he didn't think that it was also a kind of surveillance on him.

Today, An Le lent the main hall of Zhijinwu to Wei Xiang, and left Jian Kou and Ming Guangshu to Wei Xiang to call, which cannot be said to be unsatisfactory.

"You immediately order a hundred bright light pawns, surround the house of this Dongmen Ba, and then escort the suspect Dongmen Ba to this main hall with his account books."

"Yui!" Jian Kou, who had never been silent and said little, immediately took the order and left.

Wei Xiang looked at Tian Yannian again, and then asked, "How much money can Dongmen Ba earn a year from this carriage and horse transportation?" ”

"That's about 40 million dollars." Tian Yannian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said this astonishing number with some hesitation.

40 million yuan is more than the tax paid by a large county of 10,000 households in an entire year! This windfall alone is a ten-thousand-family marquis!

It's just shocking!

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