At the beginning of September 30 in the 70th year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, in the Yongxing Fang of Chang'an City, the Tsing Yi Wei pro-army commanded the door of the envoy. A young man with a handsome face and a slender figure was asking the two Tsing Yi guards at the door: "Dare to ask these two soldiers, this is the Tsing Yi Guard Yamen of the imperial court?"

It was Xu Wuxian who said this, and he followed the guidance of the shopkeeper and quickly found the location of Tsing Yiwei. However, when he saw that the huge door plaque of the guard was engraved with the words "Pro-army Commander Commander and Envoy", he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, so he came up to ask.

Originally, the official office of the Great Qianqing Yiwei was created by Taizu, and the earliest name was "Pro-Army Commander Commander", referred to as "Pro-Army Commander", also known as "Pro-Army Commander's Mansion", and set up a pro-army Commander, who was in charge of the whole guard, and later changed to the pro-army Governor, who directly obeyed the emperor's orders. The people in the guard wear a blue cloth shirt every time they go out to investigate and do business, the original intention is to facilitate mixing in the crowd, so as not to attract attention, but never thought that the successor governor followed the old system, and no one dared to implement changes, in addition to being in charge of the palace guard, but where someone in the guard went out on an errand, he wore green clothes, and in the long run, decades later, the secret became a common practice, and everyone in the court knew that no one knew it, and every time he saw the people in the guard, everyone called it "Tsing Yi Imperial Guard". So in the Taizong Dynasty, he simply changed this department to "Tsing Yi Pro-Army Command Envoy", referred to as "Tsing Yi Wei". However, the huge plaque at the entrance of the guard, the inscription on it was inscribed by Emperor Taizu himself. In order to show respect, every subsequent governor of Tsing Yi Wei did not replace it, so this old door plaque engraved with the old name has been used to this day.

It was late autumn, the sky was refreshing, and the autumn breeze was cool, and the two guards guarding the door of the Tsing Yi guard were bored, yawning lazily, and were thinking about sitting on the bluestone slab next to them to take a nap but didn't dare, when they suddenly saw a slender young man recklessly came over to inquire, and even asked if this was the Tsing Yi Guard, and both of them didn't feel funny in their hearts. One of the guards, who was slightly chubby, saw that Xu Wuxian was just wearing an ordinary blue-gray cloth shirt, with no jade pendant at his waist and no black yarn on his head, his eyes immediately glared, and he said angrily:

"Bold fanatics! Tsing Yi guards the ground, idlers are not allowed to approach, get out of here!"

Xu Wuxian said: "This big brother soldier, Xu Wuxian is in Xia, and I need to meet Lord Shen Huan of Tsing Yi Wei on important matters, please report ......"

The two guards couldn't help but change their faces when they heard this, and the fat guards asked, "Who are you, how do you know us Lord Shen?"

Xu Wuxian hurriedly said: "I don't know Lord Shen here, but I am entrusted by a friend, and I need to report important matters to Lord Shen Huan......"

The fat guard suddenly shouted: "Shut up! How can you call our Lord Shen's name casually! Lord Shen has every opportunity, how can I have time to see you like this Diao Min! Uncle Ben is in a good mood today, I don't have the same knowledge as you, and then I talk to Lao Tzu, see if I don't arrest you immediately!"

Xu Wuxian was anxious and helpless, but he refused to leave. He thought about it for a while, so he had to take out the iron plate that Wang Meng stuffed into him from his waist, and said: "This big brother soldier, I came to the capital from Hangzhou thousands of miles away, just to complete the trust of my friend, if you don't believe it, this brand is my friend gave me ......."

Before Xu Wuxi finished speaking, the fat guard snatched the sign from Wuxi's hand and said in a trembling voice: "Black Iron Lion brand!

The slightly thin and tall guard next to him also walked over, and looked closely at the two small characters engraved under the angry lion in the sign were "Wang Meng", and the two couldn't help shouting in unison: "Wang Baihu's waist card!"

At this time, the tall and thin guard didn't dare to slack off, so he let Xu Wuxi wait outside the door, and he took the Black Iron Lion card and ran inside quickly.

After only half a moment, the tall and thin guard led a burly middle-aged man with a tiger's back to the door. The tall and thin guard bowed to the burly man, pointed at Xu Wuxian and said, "Yu Ding holds the flag, it is this person who brought the waist card of the hundred households." Ding Zhangqi let out a "hmm" sound, and asked Xu Wuxi condescendingly, "Who are you?" How did Lord Wang's waist card get into your hands?"

Xu Wuxian said: "Brother Wang and I met in Hangzhou, he was unfortunately victimized by gangsters, and handed me the iron plate when he was dying, so that I must go to Beijing to tell Lord Shen Huan the details." ”

Ding Zhangqi's expression changed suddenly, and he asked, "You mean, Lord Wang has been killed by gangsters in Hangzhou?!"

Xu Wuxian said: "Brother Wang's martial arts are superb, but it's a pity that the flying knife in his body was highly poisonous at that time, and the residual poison was not cleared, so he was accidentally knocked off the cliff by the gangsters, and now his life and death are uncertain......"

Na Ding Zhangqi didn't ask questions anymore, just stared at Xu Wuxi's eyes, looked at it for a long time, and saw that Xu Wuxi's expression was calm, and he didn't have any pretense, but he was suspicious of Xu Wuxi's words, so he said:

"Then you come with me......"

Xu Wuxian only said that Ding Zhangqi would take him to see Shen Huan, and without thinking too much, he followed the burly man in.

Ding Zhangqi took Xu Wuxian into the gate of Tsing Yiwei, they walked through the compound, passed through several corridors in a row, and walked to a small garden, when they suddenly saw a young man in brocade clothes in front of them. Ding Zhangqi hurriedly pulled Xu Wuxian to avoid the side of the road, Ding Zhangqi secretly shouted: "Kneel!" He himself quickly bowed down on the side of the road.

Xu Wuxian was at a loss, he only said that it was a noble son who had passed through this, but he just clenched his fists slightly and arched his hands, and he didn't even lower his head. The brocade-clothed young man strode past this side, not noticing the Ding Zhangqi kneeling on the ground. Ding Zhangqi saw the man passing, and he "sighed" in his heart, and finally nothing happened in his heart, but the young man in brocade who had already walked to the front suddenly stopped, and the man turned around and glanced at Xu Wuxian a few times, as if he was thoughtful, and then went forward again.

Ding Zhangqi saw that the brocade-clothed young man finally walked away until he turned the corner of the house and disappeared, so he stood up and scolded Xu Wuxian: "Boy! When you see King Zhao, you dare not kneel! Do you not want to live?"

Ding Zhangqi saw that Xu Wuxian still had a blank expression, and suddenly thought that this young man was just a rural mountain man, and his accent was also from the south, so how could he know the king of Zhao in the capital? So he stopped having seizures, and took Xu Wuxi to a small remote room.

Ding Zhangqi asked Xu Wuxian to wait for a while, and he went over to report first. After a while, Ding Zhangqi returned to the room, and there was another person by his side. I saw that the man was about forty years old, seven feet long, with a hooked nose, two thin rat whiskers, two arms of strange length, but a face that was white and bloodless, and a pair of slender willow eyes on the face were slightly closed, as if the person had fallen asleep. He walked into the room and sat down in the center, opened his mouth and asked, "Is Wang Meng dead?"

At this time, Ding Zhangqi, who was standing beside the white-faced man, hurriedly said to Xu Wuxian: "This is our Qingyi Weibei Anping Division Qianhu - Master Sun, Lord Sun is also the top boss of Wang Baihu, you will tell Lord Sun the truth about how you met Wang Baihu in Hangzhou, how Wang Baihu was killed, and the details here!"

Xu Wuxian saw that the person's face was withered and looked like a zombie, his words were cold, and his expression was arrogant, and he suddenly felt disgusted in his heart, but then he thought about it: "Since he is Brother Wang's direct boss, the Lord Shen that Brother Wang said is naturally him, I only need to inform him of the details, and it can be regarded as completing Brother Wang's entrustment, and then how the court exterminates the thief Kou Zi has nothing to do with me, it is such a big yamen in Tsing Yiwei, presumably Brother Wang's great enmity will be avenged." (Note: Jiangnan Wudi accent, "Shen" and "Sun" are not distinguished.) ）

Thinking of this, Xu Wuxian no longer hesitated, so he told himself how he met the injured Wang Meng at home in Hangzhou, and how to help him escape from Hangzhou City...... These things were said before and after, and they were all hidden, but when they met Zhu Wuneng later, they participated in the demon hunting conference and other details.

That Sun Qianhu listened to Xu Wuxian tell about Wang Meng's murder, and his white face was always expressionless, but when he heard that Wang Meng escaped from the Hangzhou prefect's office, his face moved slightly, and he returned to normal.

Sun Qianhu heard Xu Wuxian finish speaking, muttered, and after a while, he suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Someone!"

Outside the house, four guards with fierce descriptions immediately rushed in, only to hear Sun Qianhu shouting: "Take down this traitor!" The four guards rushed up, all of them like fierce gods, and tied Xu Wuxian up and down.

Xu Wuxi's hands were tied behind his back, and he felt uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Why do you want to tie me up?!

Ding Zhangqi, who was standing on the side, didn't seem to expect Sun Qianhu to suddenly make such a move, he hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Sun Qianhu and said, "Lord Qianhu, do you want to tell Shen Dudu about this matter?"

Sun Qianhu's originally slitted eyes suddenly widened, and he glanced at Ding Zhangqi Senran, his eyes narrowed into a line again, and said coldly: "When will I have more dogs who can only bark in Bei'anping?!"

Ding Zhangqi was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he quickly knelt on the ground, slapped his cheeks with both hands, and said while whipping: "Little nonsense, Lord Qianhu forgives you!"

Sun Qianhu waved his hand, motioned for Na Ding to stand up, turned to Xu Wuxian and said awe-inspiringly:

"Wang Meng pretended to go south to issue the emperor's list, colluded with bandits, first assassinated the prefect of Hangzhou in the front, and then killed the lieutenant of the infantry army in the back, which is really a great crime of rebellion! You, Wang Meng's comrade, have now been captured by this company, who is behind your instructions, and why don't you recruit me all of them?!"

Xu Wuxi suddenly heard this, just like a muffled thunder exploding in his heart, and for a while, his heart was shocked and inexplicable, and he was extremely sad and angry. Xu Wuxian shouted loudly: "Brother Wang's court is loyal and good, dedicated to the country, he is alone in danger, kills corrupt officials, kills salt lords, but is harmed by wicked people, you dog official, don't want to avenge him, you even want to accuse him of rebellion, what are your intentions?!"

Sun Qianhu smiled at Xu Wuxian and said slowly: "I can't see it, you kid is still a little eloquent, and at this time, you can still say some truth." It's a pity that even if you enter our Tsing Yi Wei, no matter how eloquent you are, it's useless...... It seems that if I don't give you some means, you don't know how powerful my Tsing Yi Wei is!"

Sun Qianhu said to Na Ding's flag: "Ding Datou, you go to the inner prison and go and bring the set of C-shaped No. 16 torture instruments." ”

Ding Zhangqi hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, when he walked by Xu Wuxi's side, he saw Xu Wuxi's fair and handsome face, which turned purple because of anger, and thought that it would only take a few more moments, and after those torture instruments were tried all over the young man's body, that fair and handsome face would become a miserable appearance. He couldn't help but feel unbearable, but he didn't dare to stop for a while, so he hurriedly went out.

In the room, I could only hear Sun Qianhu's gloomy and sympathetic voice: "Boy, I will let you taste the taste of our 'Qingzi Nine Dozen', and when the time comes, I will make you regret coming to this world!"

......

After a while, Ding Zhangqi brought a large wooden box, opened the box, and it was filled with all kinds of large and small hammers, these hammers were more than a foot large, but the small ones were only the size of a fist, in addition to all kinds of iron nails, some nails were particularly slender and sharp, some nails were very thick and blunt, some nails were divided into several points at the end, and some nails had barbs at the end...... These hammers and nails are dark in color, and the surface is covered with oil, and at a glance you can tell that they have been in and out of the flesh and blood of the human body for a long time, and many iron tools can still be vaguely seen stains of blood.

Ding Zhangqi spread out the box and stood silently aside. The four well-dressed guards lit up their eyes at the sight of the instruments of torture stained with oil and blood. They rushed up, taking the hammer and the nail and looking at Xu Wuxian's body in unison. They looked at Xu Wuxian's eyes, just like a hungry leech seeing a pile of bloody flesh and skin, and they wanted to pounce on it immediately and take a few gulps.

One of the guards said, "Lord Qianhu, where do we start fighting?"

Sun Qianhu's already squinted eyes seemed to be narrowed even more thinly, and he said with a smile: "I see that this kid has fine skin and tender meat, and he looks very handsome, so let's start with 'hitting the pointe' and use three thin nails to let him taste it!"

It turned out that the so-called "nine dozen green characters" was a kind of torture by Tsing Yi Wei. The torturer used a hammer to drive nails into various parts of the victim's body, and selected different parts and depths according to the different needs of interrogation. When the torture is performed, it often starts with "hitting the toes", which is called "trying the fresh", and then "beating the ankles", "hitting the knees", etc., and then going up in turn, it is called "ascending immortals...... This "green character nine dozen" to Sun Qianhu's hands, but also to develop, even the nails have different choices, at first often slender nails, then the second is a thick and blunt nail, and then the third is a foot nail, and finally it is a frightening inverted foot nail. The so-called inverted foot nail is to first hit the nail with barbs at the end very deep, and then clamp it firmly with pliers and then pull it out with force, often pulling out a large piece of flesh and blood even with the belt flesh, which makes the tortured person feel painful. It is said that no matter what charges Ann is charged after this cruel torture, there is hardly anyone who does not confess.

When the two wolf-like guards heard Sun Qianhu's words, they immediately cleaned the shoes and socks of Xu Wuxi's feet, and pressed Xu Wuxi's feet to death, and the other guard took a hammer and a nail and was about to start the punishment.

I saw the torture guard slowly approaching, slowly approaching...... While he was beating the iron nail with a hammer, listening to the soul-breaking "ding" sound, he looked at Xu Wuxian's extremely frightened eyes with a cruel smile on his face. It was as if he were looking at a lamb to the slaughter, and the more he let out a mournful wail, the more excited he became......