[On the ninth day of the second month of the tenth year of Daqian Jingyi, at noon, in the yamen of the general leader of Chang'an City]

After the world was demonized, Shen Huan and his subordinates rebuilt a yamen on the site of the original Tsing Yi Wei, and the emperor named it "Yamen", which the emperor named "Yamen". During the special period, this yamen was responsible for recruiting soldiers and horses, training guards, deploying soldiers, and conquering demons. Later, almost all the affairs of Chang'an City were handled by the "Demon Commander Yamen", and the highest official of the Yamen was Shen Huan, the general of Demon Suppression.

Now, the world has just returned to normal, and the first thing the emperor did was to change the original "Demon Suppression Commander Yamen" to "Tsing Yi Wei". Naturally, Shen Huan's official position was restored to the first governor of Tsing Yi. However, Emperor Li Ci was specially favored, and in recognition of Shen Huan's work in eliminating demons, Shen Huan was specially promoted to the governor of the second rank and given the title of Duke of the Kingdom.

The complacent Shen Huan, after being appointed as the new governor of Tsing Yi Wei, did the first thing he did was to restore the edict. And the first guest of the Imperial Prison was none other than the original demon suppression general Xu Ke.

Although the conditions of the newly built "Imperial Prison" are extremely simple, the original two official rooms have been slightly renovated, some fences have been added inside, and the doors have been converted into prison gates. However, since Xu Ke was the only prisoner in the Imperial Prison, this simple furnishing did not affect its use.

At this time, it was Xu Ke who was sitting in the edict prison, and there were three people in charge of trying him, in the middle was Sun Shunde, the chief prime minister, and Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yiwei, sat on the left, and Song Jinhua, the governor of the capital, on the right. It can also be seen from this set of interrogation teams alone that the emperor attaches great importance to Xu Ke's case.

Xu Ke sat on a small stool, his hands, feet and neck were covered by iron chains, and the five iron chains were fixed to the wall with large iron nails. As long as he moved slightly, the chain would make a "clang" sound. Xu Ke couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was too familiar with this scene, just like in the prison of Tsing Yiwei back then, and he didn't know where Shen Huan's ability came from, so he hurriedly found these long rope chains that were specially used to lock prisoners. Or, this is something that Shen Huan has prepared a long time ago, just waiting for the right time, and then take it out and use it......

According to Shen Huan's instructions, before the interrogation, thin iron chains should be put on the pipa bones on both sides of Xu Ke's chest. The reason Shen Huan said is very simple, Xu Ke has strong martial arts and excellent swordsmanship, and if he doesn't give him a chain for pipa bones, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not escape secretly. However, when Song Jinhua strongly opposed it and the prime minister did not approve of it, Shen Huan had to give up putting chains on Xu Ke's pipa bones, but instead put iron rings on his limbs and neck, and then fixed them on the wall with long chains.

At this moment, in this situation, Xu Ke is like the meat of the board, at the mercy of others. He smiled bitterly in his heart, and he really didn't know what to say.

At the time of the demonization of the world, humanity was on the verge of extinction, and he was deeply worried about the future of the human race, and he felt bitter, uncomfortable, and hopeless. Later, he tried all his strength to fight the monsters, and finally ushered in a bright and clean world. However, although the world has returned to normal and humanity has ushered in new hope, he still feels bitter, uncomfortable, and hopeless......

His human comrades-in-arms, who had worked hard and worked hard all his life, were now debating whether to put the lute bones at both ends of him on a chain!

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At this time, I only heard Shen Huan, the new governor of Tsing Yiwei, slap the wood in surprise and reprimanded angrily:

"Bold Xu Ke, you colluded with the demon Tsing Yi to bring nearly a thousand warriors of my Chang'an City into the Bashan Demon Cave, causing them to be poisoned by the demons, most of them became new demons, and the rest died at the hands of the demons, and you didn't invite me truthfully!"

Xu Ke sneered: "Shen Huan, you and I originally divided the two armies in front and rear, and agreed to rush to Bashan to converge on the fifth day of the second lunar month. Let me ask you, where were you at that time, and why didn't your thousand-man team come to Bashan?"

Shen Huan said angrily: "Xu Ke, it's this official who is trying you, but not you are trying me! This official is dispatching troops and sending generals, and he has his own official's reasoning, how can you, a spy of the demon clan and the scum of the human race, know?"

Xu Ke snorted coldly: "'The spy of the demon race, the scum of the human race'? Shen Huan, why do you say that I am a spy of the demon race? Which eye of you saw me colluding with the devil? The demon cave in Bashan is extremely dangerous, and the guards under my command are all killed in battle with those demon forces...... You yourself are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you dare not send troops, but now you accuse me of colluding with the demon clan! If I am a spy of the demon clan, why wait until today! Why didn't I open the gate of Chang'an City earlier and bring in all the demon soldiers, if that is the case, I am afraid that you Shen Huan will not survive today...... Today I would like to ask you, what is your intention in convicting me without any evidence......? Are you worried that my accusations will be exposed by me, and that the wicked will sue me first?"

"You...... Bold!" Shen Huan's originally red face turned blue when he was said to be bold, and he slapped the stunned wood again, and shouted angrily:

"Come on, punish him!"

Four guards rushed in outside the door, looked at Xu Ke, and then looked at Shen Huan, but their faces were full of confusion, where to find the torture tools in a hurry?

"Stupid, go find two sticks, beat me, beat me to death!" Shen Huan reprimanded.

"Slow!" Song Jinhua, who was sitting at the head of the right, waved his hand and said: "Shen Dudu, Your Majesty has a will, and Xu Ke cannot be punished before the case is clear!"

"Your Majesty, how can you have such a will?" Shen Huan wondered.

Song Jinhua nodded.

The eldest grandson Shunde, who was sitting in the middle, stroked his black beard under his chin and said slowly: "Shen Dudu, don't be busy convicting first! If this person is really a demon spy, why did he save His Majesty in Chang'an East City on the day of Shangyuan Festival?"

On that day, he swung his sword and killed the Golden-winged Demon King, but the old man saw it with his own eyes!"

Song Jinhua also said: "Yes! On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, I and the eldest grandson saw it with our own eyes, but fortunately, General Xu rescued him in time to save His Majesty's life!"

Shen Huan turned his head to Song Jinhua and said, "Lord Song, this thief has now been demoted to a civilian by His Majesty, and he is just a prisoner in my prison, and you still call him 'General Xu'?"

Song Jinhua consciously lost his words, but his face still did not change, and said in a deep voice: "Although Your Majesty has issued a decree to belittle Xu Ke as a commoner, the people in Chang'an City still regard him as a 'general' who saves the world! If you convict him at will without evidence and evidence, I am afraid it will be difficult to reassure the people!"

Shen Huan wanted to argue with Song Jinhua again, but was stopped by the eldest grandson Shunde waving his hand, only to hear the unusually tall prime minister say coldly: "Okay, okay! Shen Dudu, you better hurry up and interrogate the prisoner! Your Majesty is still waiting for us to rush back!"

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But then, no matter how loudly Shen Huan asked, Xu Ke denied all the charges against Shen Huan. Later, Shen Huan was speechless several times under Xu Ke's words. In this edict, in front of the eldest grandson Shunde and Song Jinhua, Shen Huan couldn't punish Xu Ke, so he was so anxious that his generous face was red and blue......

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Shen Huan still couldn't ask any results.

Song Jinhua got up and said: "Governor Shen, since there is no evidence, today's interrogation will end here! We will first present the results of the interrogation to Your Majesty, and as for how to deal with Xu Ke, it will be handed over to Your Majesty's Holy Judgment!"

Shen Huan suddenly smiled, waved his hand at Song Jinhua, and said, "Wait! Lord Song is not in a hurry, there are still a number of important witnesses......

"Oh, there are still witnesses?" Song Jinhua had to sit down again.

"Take Zheng Kai!" Shen Huan commanded loudly.

"Zheng Kai?" When Xu Ke heard this name, he immediately said in his heart that it was not good. If this person does come forward to testify, it will be difficult to do.

Sure enough, the one who walked in from outside the prison door was Zheng Kai, the captain of the hundred-man guard who accompanied Xu Ke on the expedition four days ago and was promoted by Xu Ke's firing line.

After Zheng Kai entered the cell, he didn't dare to look at Xu Ke's eyes, so he knelt down on the ground towards Shen Huan, and said respectfully: "Little Zheng Kai, I have seen the eldest grandson, Prime Minister Shen, General Shen, and Lord Song!"

"Zheng Kai, now I will receive the grace of the Son of Heaven, and I just took the position of Governor of Tsing Yi Wei today, you should call me 'Shen Dudu'!" Shen Huan did not forget to remind his subordinates to change his name.

"The little one has seen Shen Dudu!" Zheng Kai bowed down to Shen Huan again.

"Okay! Zheng Kai, you have been following Xu Ke in Bashan, and you will tell you all what you have seen in the past three days, to tell the truth!"

"Yes! Shen Dudu! Qi Qi adults, the small surname is Zheng Mingkai, and it was originally General Xu...... He was a subordinate of Xu Cheng, and was later temporarily promoted by him to be a guard captain of the 100-man team in the Bashan cave. The little one saw with his own eyes in the cave that the demon clan's Tsing Yi Demon King was actually with Xu ...... Xu Cheng called him a brother, and when the two of them were together, his demeanor was still extremely ...... Extremely intimate......"

At that moment, Zheng Kai put him in the Bashan cave, saw the Tsing Yi Demon King suddenly appeared, and took Xu Ke back to the Demon Cave, and later did not hesitate to offend the Demon King in order to protect Xu Ke, and almost did not fight with the Demon King and the White Rat Demon King.

Of course, Zheng Kai added fuel and vinegar to the plots of how the Tsing Yi Demon King got close to Xu Ke, how the two hooked up and called each other brothers, and how the two were reluctant to give up and weep when they parted......

Zheng Kai kept talking for nearly a moment, and when he finally finished speaking, Shen Huanfang looked at Xu Ke with a smile and asked slowly:

"Brother Xu, Zheng Kai is your subordinate, you yourself said with the conscience of heaven and earth, is what Zheng Kai said the truth?"

Although, Song Jinhua, who was sitting on the right, winked at Xu Ke again and again, which naturally meant that he would deny it. However, at this time, Xu Ke's heart was like ashes.

Just two days ago, in order to rescue Zheng Kai and the other eleven soldiers, he and Yiqing couldn't bear to escape alone, and would rather die with them. Who would have thought that just two days later, it was this Zheng Kai who would have become the one who pointed out that "he colluded with the demons". Moreover, what he testified about was indeed what had happened......

He said...... It's the truth," Xu Ke replied.

Seeing Xu Ke's face as if it were ashes, Song Jinhua knew that there must be a reason for this, so he immediately slapped the stunned wood and asked Zheng Kai loudly: "Bold Zheng Kai! As General Xu's personal subordinate, you were personally promoted by him in the battle formation, which shows that he trusts you a lot." If it weren't for his support, how would you have been able to get out safely? How could you have bitten your own generals indiscriminately with just a few words? Who are you worthy of doing this?"

Being scolded by Song Jinhua, Zheng Kai couldn't help but lower his head, inexplicably ashamed, speechless.

"Lord Song, don't be impatient! He is not the only witness!" Shen Huan leaned back on the wooden chair and waved his hand and smiled.

"Come on, bring the other witnesses!"

Not long after, I saw that as soon as the prison door opened, eleven soldiers walked in from outside, all of whom were the guards that Xu Ke brought back from the Bashan Demon Cave at the cost of his life.

Under Shen Huan's loud questioning, the eleven guards also confessed. Naturally, the confessions they complained about were similar to what Zheng Kai said before, but the words were not so rich.

Even, Shen Huan finally recruited his deputy general Shangguan Long. That day, Shangguan Long saw that the demon had been killed

, he was the first to abandon the formation and fled, causing his nine hundred-man team to be in chaos in an instant. Only then was the demon army led by the Tsing Yi Demon King took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, and he was bitten in a moment. Today, he actually bit back, saying that Xu Ke had made a plan with the Tsing Yi Demon King in advance, and ordered him to lead nine hundred people into the encirclement of the Tsing Yi Demon King. Xu Ke managed to enter the cave in advance, so all the 900 guards were bitten by demons, and all of them became new "demonized people...... All of this is a conspiracy that Xu Ke and the Tsing Yi Demon King have already colluded with! Otherwise, why was the entire team of 1,000 people under Xu Ke wiped out, but only the main general who led the troops could return safely?!

With the testimony of so many witnesses, and all of what they said was reasonable. At this moment, Xu Ke was already speechless, and even Song Jinhua could only sit there, although he was anxious in his heart, he couldn't say a word......

"Brother Xu, now, what else do you have to say?" Shen Huan asked triumphantly.

"I don't have much more to say...... Whatever you want to condemn me, you can condemn it!" Xu Ke replied lightly.

At this moment, he didn't want to say anything more.

For the witnesses, for the human beings who fought side by side with him yesterday, for the allies who had been drinking and swearing with him a few days ago, he really didn't know what words to use?

"This is human beings, this is human nature, this is the true face of human beings after the world returns to normal!"

Xu Ke's heart only felt a burst of sadness, indescribable sadness and helplessness......

He suddenly felt that those monsters who died in the sun were actually very pitiful. They are also a race, and they also have the right to live, who said that only humans have the right to live in this world?! Perhaps, it would be a good idea to let those monsters rule the land under their feet. At least, there is no such intrigue between demons and demons, right?

The world ruled by the demons, although it looks like black smoke covers the sun, and the earth is gray, but the inside is simple, and the monsters come out day and night, just to be full every day, and there is almost nothing else to ask for.

Although the world ruled by the human race, although the sky is clear, the sun is dazzling, and the earth under his feet is fresh and clean after the heavy rain, however, the darkness in people's hearts is afraid that even this one sunrise may not be able to shine through. The sins in human nature may not be washed away even by heavy rain.

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This interrogation lasted two hours, and the result spoke for itself. Under the testimony of many witnesses, the main culprit himself confessed, and the three presiding judges had no objection to it. At that moment, the eldest grandson Shunde, Shen Huan, and Song Jinhua hurriedly returned to the Xingqing Palace and explained the details of the interrogation of the criminal to Emperor Li Xiyu.

On that day, it is the time when thousands of families in Chang'an City sit together, share dinner, and celebrate the regain of light in the world. The emperor's decree was soon spread to the edict, and the Son of Heaven not only denounced Xu Ke in the edict for being treacherous and loyal, evil and good, colluding with the demons, deceiving the emperor's trust, and wantonly killing his kind, but also announced the results of his treatment at the end:

Xu Ke, as a traitor of the demon clan, committed a heinous crime, and three days later, he was escorted to the south gate of Chang'an City and executed by Ling Chi!

After Xu Ke heard the edict, he just smiled.

He only cares about it at the moment, no matter what crime you convict me and how I am punished, it won't affect my family, right?

However, no one answered this question for him.

His hands, feet, and neck were chained, and he couldn't move, so he could only lean against the wall.

He was pondering, at this time, should he activate the power of the Cloud Shadow Bead and return to the God King Pavilion?

However, even if he wanted to urge the Spirit Bead at the moment, his hands and feet were all tied, and he couldn't urge the Cloud Shadow Bead for a while.

What's more, even if he can go, if he just cares about himself in this situation, will it affect the four women in the family?

He's gone, and they're still alive in the world ten years from now. Now, there is no longer a threat from the demon race in human beings, the world will be dominated by Emperor Li Ci, and Shen Huan's power will also be in full swing, if he doesn't settle down the lives of the four women, how can he leave this world with peace of mind?

Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, it was the middle of the night again.

Xu Ke was closing his eyes to recuperate, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside the prison door. When he heard the sound, he knew that the man was coming to his cell. Moreover, the man's light skills are extremely high, and he walks almost untouched in the middle of the night, and is obviously a master......

It seems that the new Governor of Tsing Yi Wei couldn't wait even three days later, and even sent a master to get rid of him tonight. Xu Ke thought of this, and couldn't help but smile bitterly again, at this time, his hands and feet were already trapped, needless to say that the other party was a master, just a guard, with an ordinary knife, he could end his life!

"Ahem...... Could it be that I, Xu Ke, will really die here tonight?" Xu Ke couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"No! I am said to be a person who has crossed over, so how could I die here? But judging from the situation in front of me, it seems that I really cannot escape this fate!"

Suddenly, Xu Ke's arms lit up, and the cloud shadow bead that had been hidden in his arms suddenly emitted bursts of white light, Xu Ke couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, he knew that the "shadow" was coming to him again.

At the same time, only a "boom" sound was heard, and the cell door had been pushed open from the outside, and a thin man slowly walked in.

"It's you!"