[February 20, 71st year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, Si Shi, Tsing Yi Wei Hall]

After Xu Ke rescued Princess Lingyu Li Qi from the Black Tiger Spirit of Jinding Mountain, on the second day, Li Yi, the king of Zhao, took Li Qi back to the palace. Li Chongsheng was overjoyed when he saw his baby daughter return safely, and he didn't blame the princess too much for being naughty. In front of his father, Li Qi said a lot of good things for Xu Ke, but he didn't say a word about Murong Huan, the hero who really rescued him.

On February 20, the emperor issued an edict to reward Xu Ke for "deep heart, working all night, saving the princess from the tiger's mouth, which is really worthy of praise" In addition to giving Xu Ke a great merit, he also rewarded him with 30 catties of gold, 100 horses of silk, two pieces of porcelain for the court, two pieces of iron, two pieces of copper, and two pieces of silver, and at the end there were ten jars of fine wine. After this holy decree arrived at Tsing Yi Wei, Governor Shen Huan ordered more than 100 officials to gather in the council hall. In the end, Shen Dudu called on everyone to learn from Xu Baihu, not afraid of difficulties, overcoming thorns and thorns, braving the wind and rain, forging ahead, uniting as one, and working together to build Tsing Yi Wei into the most exemplary, most advanced and most efficient yamen in the entire Great Qianguo

After Shen Dudu finished speaking, all his subordinates had to slap their palms one after another. Shen Huan forced Xu Ke to say a few words. Xu Ke was helpless, so he also said some words that were appropriate for the situation. Finally, after this "commendation meeting" was held, Xu Ke hurried back to his office.

Unexpectedly, Nangong called Xu Ke again without saying anything. Xu Ke had to follow his direct official to his signing room. The two drank tea for a while and talked for a while. In the end, Nangong said silently that he wanted to stay on duty and invite Xu Ke to his Nangong Mansion as a guest.

"Brother Xian, my sister has prepared a good dish tonight, just waiting for Brother Xian to ......"

Without waiting for Nangong to finish speaking, Xu Ke hurriedly stood up, with a painful look on his face, and waved his hand one after another: "No! No! Brother Nangong, I had a bad stomach last night, so I have to go to the thatched house quickly......"

"Virtuous Brother ......" Looking at Xu Ke's figure of fleeing from the road, Nangong couldn't help but shake his head, and when he thought of being entrusted by his sister-in-law, he had to sigh helplessly.

What the Nangong Qianhu Committee really didn't expect was that Liu Bang escaped from the Hongmen Banquet by the ancient Liu Bang through the technique of "urine escape", and today's "thaumaturgy" was actually learned by Xu Baihu......

When Xu Ke returned to the official room, he immediately called his subordinate flag Ding Chunqiu. Xu Ke wrote a list and ordered Ding Chunqiu to arrest all these people in the Bei'an Ping Division within two hours.

After the order was completed, it was noon, Xu Ke returned to his home in Liquanfang, and shared lunch with Hu Yiyi, Shu Hattian, and Yao Zibei.

Although Yao Zibei has not been in Xu Mansion for a long time, he has gotten along with Hu Yiyi and Shu Haotian like family. At this time, seeing Xu Ke sitting beside her, she didn't feel panicked in her heart, and her face showed a blush from time to time.

"Brother Xu, this plate of Qinglu white jade soup, the tofu in it was bought by me at 'Xianyang Guo''s house early in the morning, his tofu is delicious! You can taste it!" Yao Zibei said with a smile while serving Xu Ke a bowl of tofu soup.

"Sister Xiaobei, you still go to buy tofu by yourself, Chang'an City is so big, what if you meet a bad person?" No......" Xu Ke said while eating.

"With my sister with me, what are you afraid of?" Yao Zibei smiled. She looked at Xu Ke eating heavily, her heart was full of joy and comfort, and she felt that there was nothing else in the world that could make her more satisfied than in front of her.

"Wow! This clear dew white jade soup is so delicious! I've grown so big, and I've never drunk such a fragrant and delicious tofu soup! Xiaobei, how did you do it?" Xu Ke drank the soup and praised it.

"Is it the easiest way to cook...... As long as Brother Xu likes it...... Becky will ...... in the future I make it for you every day......" Yao Zibei lowered his head as he spoke, only to feel that his cheeks were slightly hot again.

Xu Ke didn't pay attention to Yao Zibei's shy expression, and just nibbled on a fragrant braised duck leg in his hand. He ate with relish, and nodded frequently: "Sister Xiaobei, your cooking skills are amazing! Compared with Mr. Qiu's little jade girl! You girls, how can you all be so good at cooking! I have lived alone in Hangzhou since I was a child, and I will only cook a bowl of noodles for myself." ”

"Miss Xiaoyu, is she ......?" Yao Zibei couldn't help asking.

Shu Haotian next to him was only concerned about stuffing all kinds of delicious dishes into his mouth, but when he saw Yao Zibei asking, he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "I said Xiaobei! You can eat it too! Don't patronize it." The food you cook is so delicious, my old grandfather is spoiled by you. If I don't have you in the future, how will I live as an old man!"

Hu Yiyi glanced at Shu Haotian and said angrily: "What, don't you think the food I cook is not delicious?"

Shu hattian hurriedly smiled and said, "Old sister, the dishes you make are delicious, but it's ...... It's hard to cook, and it's not easy to taste your craftsmanship......"

Hu Yiyi knocked on Shu Haotian's chopsticks and said fiercely: "Why should you men be happy outside, and we women should do laundry and cook for you at home! Next time you want to eat, do it yourself!"

Yao Zibei hurriedly smiled and said: "Grandpa Shuxian, don't worry, Xiaobei will make food for you every day, and I will take care of your stomach! As long as you don't blame Xiaobei's cooking skills for being too poor......" After that, she looked at Xu Ke again......

Shu Haotian suddenly clapped his hands and laughed: "Great! This is simply 'a little Beibei falling from the sky'! From now on, we will be blessed! Xiaobei's cooking skills, it's not that my old man is a scholar who praises you, even if the emperor Lao'er's imperial kitchen, it can't be compared!"

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Everyone had lunch, Yao Zibei was about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but Xu Ke grabbed his arm and said, "Sister, follow me!"

Yao Zibei couldn't help blushing his cheeks again and asked, "Brother Xu...... Where are you going?"

"Follow me to Tsing Yi Wei!" Xu Ke said.

"Go...... What are you going to do in Tsing Yiwei?" Yao Zibei couldn't help but wonder.

"You'll know when you go......," Xu Ke said.

Shu Hattian smiled and said: "Xiaobei, you can go with him!" Don't worry, although there are more than 100 kinds of torture instruments in the Tsing Yi Guard, all of them are prepared for the bad guys. Your brother Xu will not be willing to torture you no matter what, hahaha!"

Although Yao Zibei didn't know why Xu Ke took her to the Tsing Yi Guard, he couldn't resist Xu Ke's insistence on pulling her away. She had to pack up a little, changed into civilian clothes, followed Xu Ke and Shu Haotian out, and went straight to Tsing Yiwei.

It turned out that after Xu Ke returned home last night, he heard Shu Hattian tell him that Yao Zibei suffered a lot along the way in order to rush to Chang'an to meet him. He was suddenly furious in his heart, and after he asked Shu Haotian in detail about all the people who had bullied Yao Zibei, he wrote a list of these people today and ordered Ding Chunqiu to go and get them......

The three of them came to the gate of Tsing Yiwei. When the guard guarding the door saw it, he hurriedly bent down and saluted: "Shout...... Lord Xu, you are on duty! Shu Zhangqi...... You're here too!"

Seeing that Xu Baihu led another beautiful woman into the door today, the guards were puzzled and surprised, but ...... After all, it's not weird.

Yao Zibei's first entry into the yamen of the official mansion was still the world-famous Tsing Yi Wei. She followed Xu Ke through the courtyard, looking around all the way, both curious and puzzled......

Xu Ke led Yao Zibei into his official room. After the three of them sat down, Xu Ke smiled at Yao Zibei and asked, "Sister Xiaobei, what do you think of my brother's office?"

"Hmm...... Magnificent and bright!Brother Xu, you are amazing!" Yao Zibei looked at the spacious office room excitedly and praised it sincerely. She thought that Brother Xu brought her over today to let her visit and understand where his daily value was.

"There's also an inner room inside! Usually, when my old master Shuxian is fine, I love to come to him to lie down, it's comfortable!" Shu Haotian pointed to the door of the inner room in the official room again, and introduced Yao Zibei warmly.

At this time, Ding Chunqiu walked in and said to Xu Keyu: "Lord Baihu, almost all the people you want have been arrested by your subordinates......"

Xu Ke showed a satisfied face, waved his hand, and said, "Xiaobei, let's go!

After that, Ding Chunqiu led the way, and Xu Ke and Shu Hattian led Yao Zibei to an interrogation room in the Bei'an Ping Division.

At this time, the interrogation room was already full of people in the room. The four Tsing Yi guards were like tigers and wolves, holding leather whips and sticks in their hands, standing on both sides. In the corner of the room, there are also various torture instruments such as braziers, long clamping sticks, iron chains and hooks. All the "prisoners" in this room were already trembling with horror when they saw this shocking scene in front of them......

"Xiaobei, you sit first!" Xu Ke helped Yao Zibei to a chair behind the table and took a seat, Wen Yan said.

Xu Ke sat down in the middle, Shu Qitian sat on his left hand, and Ding Chunqiu stood aside. Xu Ke pointed to the people in front of him and asked Yao Zibei, "Sister, take a look, do you still recognize these people?"

Yao Zibei also said at the beginning that Xu Ke would take her to visit the place where she usually interrogated cases. At this time, after seeing the "human criminals" squatting in front of him clearly, he couldn't help but immediately change his face, and his face, which was still smiling, became pale again. She lowered her head, only to feel a tightness in her chest and heavy breathing. She tore the corners of her clothes with both hands, and asked softly, "Brother Xu, what are you doing with these people?"

"Of course, I want to relieve my sister's anger! These people are so bold that they dare to bully my sister, how can I easily bypass them!" Xu Ke replied loudly.

"Brother Xu......" Yao Zibei wanted to speak and stopped.

Xu Ke asked Ding Chunqiu, "Ding Datou...... Have you caught all the people on the list?"

Ding Chunqiu hurriedly said: "Lord Qiyu, that Zhao Xiaogang didn't find it, it is said that he followed his parents and migrated to the border." Mama Zhang was sentenced to exile by the Criminal Department and has been exiled to Lingnan...... The rest of the people are basically here."

"Okay, first bring me the two cowardly dog things in the prison of the Criminal Department!" Xu Ke commanded.

Ding Chunqiu waved his hand, and immediately two guards took out two of them from the "human criminals" and threw them on the open space in front of Xu Ke's desk. The two were still wearing the prison uniforms of the Criminal Department, and they were the two jailers who tried to rape Yao Zibei that night.

Xu Ke slapped the shocked wood on the table, and angrily reprimanded: "Bold prisoner! As a member of the Criminal Department, you don't want to obey the law, but you dare to insult a female prisoner, you can be convicted!"

"My lord, we ...... We didn't do anything! The king was there that night, and he called us all out......" The two jailers confessed, falling to their knees.

Xu Ke snorted coldly: "The king head is here, you haven't done anything, what if the king head is not there?"

The two jailers begged bitterly: "My lord, the little one knows that he is wrong, he knows that he is wrong! Next time, the little one will not dare again!"

Xu Ke sneered: "Next time, if this official doesn't give you a long memory, I'm afraid you will still be a dog and will eat next time!

"My lord, my lord, spare my life, the little one will never dare......" The two jailers were still crying. But the guards around them begged for mercy, and immediately went up and stripped them of their shirts, and tied them hand and foot to prevent them from struggling.

Ding Chunqiu turned around and asked, "Lord Xu, do you brand their chests or backs, or ......?"

Xu Ke thought for a while, and was about to burn their lower bodies, but then thought about it and said, "Back it!"

Ding Chunqiu waved his hand and said, "Back, first burn three ways!"

The two guards received the order, and immediately took out a red-hot soldering iron from each brazier and pressed it tightly on the jailer's back. Hearing the "snort" sound of the flesh being burned, a puff of green smoke suddenly rose from the back of the jailer. The two jailers howled in pain, and their voices were like ghosts crying......

"Mom!" Seeing this, the "human prisoner" next to him couldn't help but let out a few exclamations. At this time, squatting in the interrogation room, except for Wu Dengkui and his wife, were all the leaders of Wu Dengkui's house and the most powerful cronies of Mrs. Wu's subordinates. At this time, when they saw that the guards had branded the backs of the two jailers with three deep blood marks, and the two jailers had died of pain, these people were so frightened that they couldn't help but flee.

"Disease-free brother, it's almost!" Shu hated the sky and persuaded.

Xu Ke slapped the shocked wood again, and shouted in a deep voice: "Can you two remember what the official said today?"

The two jailers knelt on the ground, endured the piercing pain in their backs, and replied weakly, "Big ...... Adult, the little one remembered! The little one...... The little ones will not dare to do it again in the future......! I beg your forgiveness!"

Xu Ke said coldly: "So that you can know! This official's surname is Xu Mingke, and he lives in a hundred households in Tsing Yi Wei! Although you are a member of the Criminal Department, but you misbehave and misbehave, this official will punish you well on behalf of your boss today! If you commit another crime in the future, this official will do it again

I will not be spared!"

Seeing that the jailers kowtowed and begged for mercy, Xu Ke waved his hand, and the guards dragged them down. After this punishment, the three deep blood marks on their backs are bound to follow them for the rest of their lives.

"Brother Xu...... Forget it!" Yao Zibei next to him whispered again.

Xu Ke waved his hand, manipulated the startling wood, and commanded loudly:

"Come on! Press all these family members to the ground and take 30 heavy responsibilities! See if they dare to act for the tiger and bully others in the future?"

There were not many people in the interrogation room, and this time Ding Chunqiu also went into battle in person, and together with the four guards, he arrested all the leaders of the family and the four old women, pressed them to the ground, and lifted the plank, which was a "snap" and a random beating......

At this time, the room was already full of crying fathers and mothers, ghosts and wolves. The guards, who were also experienced in executions, saw that they were young and strong members, and they struck them on the buttocks, and if they were old women, they only slapped them lightly on the thighs. Although it was only a few gentle pats, it was also so frightened that the old women trembled all over and almost fainted.

Seeing that the punishment was enough, Xu Ke waved his hand, and regardless of whether he had hit the thirty boards or not, he ordered his subordinates to stop the wooden sticks.

After all, there were too few guards for execution, and the average of these cadres and servants did not stand a few sticks. Although each of them had injuries to his hips, it was not serious. However, this fright was not light, and a few people were so frightened that their trouser legs were hot, and they had already peed their pants. Among them, the most frightened was the leader of the family who bullied Yao Zibei the most that day and wanted to ravage her.

After the guards stopped the stick punishment, these people were shocked, and they heard Xu Ke's awe-inspiring voice coming loudly: "Since you are a slave, it is not easy for you to think about the people who are suffering for your life, and if you help them, how can you harm them again and help them to abuse them! Don't bully them with good people! If there is anything illegal in the future, this official will definitely not forgive them!"

Listening to Xu Ke's loud reprimand, these people naturally knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for mercy repeatedly. With a wave of Xu Ke's right hand, the guards took these bully slaves down.

Next, it's the turn of the Lord. Xu Ke slapped the startled wood and said angrily:

"Take Wu Dengkui and his wife!"

The two guards immediately dragged Wu Dengkui and Pan Yanqun to Xu Ke and Yao Zibei.

Wu Dengkui didn't dare to look up at Yao Zibei's eyes, so he only knelt down and bowed his head at this time. His wife, Pan Yanqun, was already so frightened that her face was pale, and her whole body trembled.

That Pan Yanqun was originally staying at home and was having lunch with her husband Wu Dengkui. After experiencing the previous big trouble in the house, the relationship between the husband and wife seems to be closer. Pan Yanqun knew that she had fallen into her husband's face that day, and later made up for it. Wu Dengkui rarely went to Flower Street Willow Lane to sleep in the flowers and drunken willows, but had a lot of time to accompany his wife.

The two were having dinner when suddenly a group of fierce Tsing Yi guards rushed into the house, and without saying anything, they arrested them along with more than a dozen family leaders and cronies. After all, Pan Yanqun is also from an official family, and she recognized these people as from Tsing Yi Wei, she scolded loudly at first, and later explained euphemistically, but it was useless.

Detained in the interrogation room of the Bei'an Ping Division, Pan Yanqun still thought that her uncle was a member of the third rank of the dynasty, and after meeting the interrogator, she reported her uncle's name and threatened her. However, at this time, after she saw the means of execution by the guards, she was immediately shocked and inexplicable, and she was already six gods and no master in her heart. She heard Xu Ke stop drinking, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, wailing and crying, blindly begging for mercy......

"Bold shrew! As a wife, she should be virtuous and virtuous, and teach her husband and children, but you know that your husband is stained with flowers and willows, and you don't think of admonishing her, but you have tyrannized and wantonly destroyed a lonely and weak woman! Since your husband has spent money to ransom people, you still dare to return my sister to Wang Xiping, so that she returned to the devil's cave and entered the den of thieves, and was tragically poisoned by the wicked! This official asked you, you are also a woman, and you were also a beautiful girl, and your upbringing, have you ever remembered your conscience and been eaten by dogs?!"

Pan Yanqun was so ashamed that she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, crying:

"Lord Xu, the concubine is guilty! The concubine doesn't know that she is Lord Xu's sister, the concubine has eyes and no beads, please forgive your sins!"

Xu Ke snorted coldly: "You wicked woman, you are brutal and willful, for the sake of a mere eight hundred taels of silver, your heart is actually vicious! If I don't give you a good taste, I forgive you for not knowing how to restrain in the future! Come on, burn her first!

There was a sound left and right, and immediately a guard came over with a red-hot iron bar. The guard saw that although Pan Yanqun was over thirty years old, she was also quite beautiful, and at this time, seeing that her face was pale with fright, tears in her eyes, and her shoulders trembled, the guard was even more excited.

At this moment, Wu Dengkui next to him was glazed with dull eyes and mixed feelings in his heart. He secretly said to himself: "Miss Zibei, it turns out that Neizi actually arrested you and returned you to Wang Xiping that day, then I am really sorry for you! It turns out that the Brother Xu you said is actually a hundred households in the Tsing Yi Guard! If I knew this, I would rather die than touch a single hair of your hair!"

Seeing that a red iron bar in the guard's hand had already been handed to the back of Pan Yanqun's head. Everywhere Hongtie went, he only heard the sound of "snorting", and the large piece of hair on the back of Mrs. Wu's neck was also burned and fell out......

Xu Ke looked at this scene, and couldn't help but show a smug look. From the beginning of the two jailers scalding their backs, to the later beating up a group of old women, the more those who were tortured, the more they struggled to complain, the more excited he was in his heart...... Xu Ke himself didn't expect that once upon a time, how could he ...... Do you like to torture people so much?

Once upon a time, there was a person, who was smart by nature, practiced martial arts since he was a child, worshiped under the famous teacher of Shaoshan, and learned a handsome kung fu at a young age, and he was the best in the same class. Later, he became a teacher, went down the mountain to the capital, and with his kung fu, he threw himself into the command of Tsing Yi Wei. He started as a guard, worked hard for more than 20 years, and finally worked to a thousand households from three products. However, his original honest and simple character slowly changed with the change of environment, and in the end, he turned into a person with perverse manners and a cruel temperament. He loves to use torture, and he has taken the "nine dozen green characters" to the extreme, so that half of the people in Chang'an, when the name of "ghost face" is mentioned, everyone has to talk about the tiger's color change......

Somehow, Xu Ke suddenly remembered that "old friend" Sun Xun.

At this moment, the soldering iron in the guard's hand was still rolling behind Pan Yanqun's ears, and a large part of the hair on the top of the famous lady's head had already been burned......