[February 17, 71st year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, noon, Tsing Yi Wei Nan Anping Division]

Pei Caibao sat in his thousand-household office, and called his confidant Yang Wenbing, who was secretly teaching him.

Pei Caibao was worried that Yang Wenbing would be careless and forgetful, and he repeatedly explained important things, so Yang Wenbing nodded again and again, bowed down and took the order......

Emperor Li Chongsheng issued an order this morning, ordering Li Zuo, the king of Han, together with Dai Zhou, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Che Huiling, the imperial historian, to investigate and try the two cases of Xiao Yihong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, impeaching Qiu Mingli for privately releasing death row prisoners, and Qiu Mingli, the head of the household department, impeaching Xiao Yihong for accepting huge bribes.

said that it was a tracing trial, but after all, the identities of the two parties were extraordinary. Therefore, whether it is Dai Zhou, who is known for his upright and loyal temperament, or Che Huiling, who is decent, he does not dare to act rashly. The two of them thought that they were just accompanying the investigation, so they both coincidentally threw this "hot potato" to Li Zuo, the king of Han.

In the face of these two well-known court investigation experts, Li Zuo naturally made a polite remark, saying that he had always been just an "idle king" and had never asked about political affairs. After Dai Zhou and Che Huiling left, Li Zuo sneered and triumphantly in his heart.

What Dai Zhou and Che Huiling didn't expect was that Li Zuo, the king of Han, was waiting for this result.

Everything is going according to Li Zuo's plan. In this first step, Li Zuo asked Pei Caibao to investigate Xiao Yihong with all his might.

After all, Xiao Yihong's bribery is already a certainty, and what he is waiting for is nothing more than some human and physical evidence.

Speaking of which, he and Pei Caibao have been in secret for more than ten years, and no one knows about the special relationship between the two.

At this time, he couldn't care about so much. There is no way, who let him have it, only Pei Caibao is the only available person?

At the critical moment, Li Zuo couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart. Looking back on the past 40 years, I am really too idle. has never been like his eldest brother, second brother, and eighth brother, and he has gathered countless talents around him, almost inexhaustible, and he ......

"Ahem! Everyone else is okay, the eighth brother is younger than me, and it is said that the subordinates around him are better than the eldest brother, but I am far inferior to this ability!" Li Zuo thought back to the past, and then compared the situation in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

......

Yang Wenbing's actions were resolute, but only half an hour later, Zhao Xiaogang, who was blind, was arrested in Nan'an Ping.

It turned out that Xiao Yihong visited Zhao's mansion late that night, but he only told Zhao Yong to take care of his son and not to show his face. Where could Xiao Yihong have expected that his whereabouts have already been closely watched by Pei Caibao's subordinates.

After Xiao Yihong left, Zhao Yong knew that the case had alarmed a scholar and a waiter, but he did not dare to slack off, and early the next morning, he ordered the chief manager Zhao Dashan to escort the son to the Zhao Mansion Courtyard. While prolonging the diagnosis and treatment and taking care of him carefully, he was closely guarded to prevent him from leaving the Zhao Mansion for half a step.

However, Zhao Xiaogang is already a blind person, even if he is allowed to run, where else can he run?

Naturally, all these whereabouts have been detected clearly by Pei Caibao.

Zhao Xiaogang stayed in the courtyard, although he was disappointed and annoyed in his heart, but he gradually accepted his fate. In Zhao Xiaogang's mind, although he has lost his last eyeball, he can still save his life, not to mention that the woman who stabbed his right eye has been beheaded after gouging out his eyes, and Wang Xiping, who is related to this matter, has also been stabbed to death by him. Even if he wants to hate, except for the two "bearded girls" before, there is no one he has to hate in this world.

However, there is a way that the country is easy to change and the nature is difficult to change, Zhao Xiaogang is in the Zhao Mansion Courtyard, and he has only been recuperating for a day, so he ordered the head of the Ding family to get him another woman to come over. The leader of the family was forced to have no choice but to take a group of people out to "look around". Zhao Xiaogang waited in the house for a long time, but the woman didn't wait, but waited for a group of Tsing Yi guards who broke in like a vicious god. The group of guards pushed away all the family members, and couldn't help but say, stepped forward to tie up Zhao Xiaogang, and arrested him......

Zhao Xiaogang had just been arrested, and the head of the Zhao Mansion had already brought back a woman from the Qinglou. Hearing this, the leader hurriedly rushed to Zhao's mansion to report to the governor Zhao Dashan. Zhao Dashan didn't dare to delay, and immediately rushed to the yamen of the military department, and ran into Zhao Yong's official room in a hurry......

"Tsing Yi Wei, why did they arrest Xiao Gang? Are those subordinates right?" Zhao Yong heard that his son had been arrested by Tsing Yi Wei, and he was furious for a while, and asked urgently.

"Master, it's true! Which of those people's outfits would be wrong?" Zhao Dashan also said hurriedly.

"How can this be reasonable, these dog paws dare to bully Lao Tzu's head!" Zhao Yong got up angrily, slapped the table, and was about to go to Tsing Yiwei to find the other party's theory.

At this time, the doorman came to report that there was a person who claimed to be Captain Yang of Tsing Yi Wei, and he wanted to see Lord Shilang by name. Zhao Yong immediately ordered the doorman to let him in quickly.

The one who came in time was naturally Yang Wenbing, the captain of the Tsing Yi Wei Nan Anping Division. When he saw Zhao Yong, he didn't say much, but only said that on Pei Qianhu's order, he asked Zhao Shilang to go to Tsing Yiwei. Zhao Yong was annoyed in his heart, but he remembered that his baby son was in the hands of the other party, and it was not good to have a seizure on the spot, so he had to follow Yang Wenbing to the official room of Pei Caibao of Nan'an Pingsi.

As soon as Zhao Yong saw Pei Caibao, he immediately stepped forward, opened his eyes angrily, pointed at one of Pei Caibao's bosses' nose, and scolded him. Pei Caibao sat down

On the chair, he drank tea by himself slowly, until Zhao Yong was scolded enough, and his voice gradually faded, then he said leisurely:

"Lord Zhao, let's dissipate your anger, you hurt your body too much! You asked why the company wanted to arrest your son. Look at the confession yourself, Ling Lang has committed murder, and he has already confessed to it himself. ”

After that, Pei Caibao gave Yang Wenbing a look. Yang Wenbing hurriedly took Zhao Xiaogang's confession from the case and handed it to Zhao Yong for inspection. Zhao Yong carefully read the confession full of paper, and his heart suddenly became discouraged. On that confession, it was clearly explained that Zhao Xiaogang abused the people's daughter Yao Zibei in the hoard, but was blinded by the other party's right eye, so that he was angry in his heart, and stabbed Fengyue broker Wang Xiping to death with a knife. At the end, Zhao Xiaogang's name was signed, and his handprint was drawn.

After all, Zhao Yong is also a veteran of officialdom, his face was silent at this time, and he asked in a deep voice: "Pei Qianhu, even if the dog commits a murder, it should be tried and sentenced by the Criminal Department.

Pei Caibao snorted coldly, picked up a piece of silver-inlaid nanmu paperweight on the table, slapped it on the board with a "snap", and said angrily:

"Bold Zhao Yong! You are full of food, go and check whether your baby son has killed someone? This department is ordered to investigate the case, and it is you who is investigating! In order to clear your son's charge of murder, you ran to Xiao's mansion late at night and gave Xiao Yihong 8,000 taels of silver tickets, and you still didn't truthfully recruit with this company!"

When Zhao Yong heard this, his face changed greatly, and his heart was also terrified, he secretly said that such a top-secret matter, how could Pei Caibao know? Could it be ...... At this time, he couldn't think about it, and he was in a hurry to rush back to discuss with Xiao Yihong and ask the king of Chu for help. At that moment, he pretended to be calm and said coldly:

"Pei Qianhu, this official has no grudges with you in the past, and no enmity in recent days, I don't know why you want to fabricate charges at will and frame this official for no reason! This official bowed to himself, he has killed the enemy on the battlefield for more than ten years for my great cadres, and he has worked hard without merit, and now he has received the grace of the Son of Heaven and is ranked as an official of the military department. This official has no contact with Xiao Shangshu, how can you frame him out of thin air! You kidnapped the dog and intimidated the official today, and after the official returns, he will definitely surrender to the emperor!"

After that, Zhao Yong turned around and left, he was in a hurry to go out, but unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the door, he was blocked by Yang Wenbing, who was like a mountain.

Zhao Yong had the heart to break out, but he thought that with his little effort, it would be difficult to deal with one person, and if he wanted to fight the two people in front of him, he would definitely not be able to deal with it. So, he had to turn around and say angrily:

"Pei Caibao, you don't have the edict of the Son of Heaven, and you dare to detain a third-grade important minister without authorization. You...... You're so bold!"

Pei Caibao changed his leisurely expression again, and said with a faint smile:

"Lord Zhao, don't worry, this department doesn't want to detain you. You just need to listen to the words of the company, if you want to leave or stay, follow yourself, and the company will never stop you!"

Pei Caibao waved his hand and pointed to an empty wooden chair below, Zhao Yong snorted with his nostrils facing the sky, and walked to the chair and sat down.

Pei Caibao took a sip of the flower rain tea on the table, and then said slowly:

"Lord Zhao, I don't know if you have heard that we have a set of torture instruments in the Nan'an Ping Division. This set of torture equipment is very simple, but it is a rope with five iron claws. When the torture is carried out, the prisoner is made to lie on the ground, strip him of his clothes, and then fly out of the iron claws, and then pull hard, sometimes tearing out a piece of skin, sometimes pulling out a piece of meat, and when lucky, he can also pull out a few tendons, but it will not hurt the bones. This kind of punishment also has a name, called 'Qingzi Five Claws', which is the same as their original 'Qingzi Nine Dozen' of the Bei'an Ping Division. It's just that the 'green character nine dozen' was used a lot by the previous Sun Xun, but the limelight overshadowed our 'green character five claws', thinking of this, I ...... I'm angry!"

Zhao Yong felt extremely uncomfortable when he heard this, and immediately reprimanded: "Pei Caibao, what do you want to talk about, your Tsing Yiwei's torture equipment, this official doesn't have time to listen to ......"

Pei Caibao took another sip of tea and smiled indifferently:

"It seems that Lord Zhao is an anxious man, and this company will not go around the bend like you. Do you know how the division made Ling Lang confess? The division just told Ling Lang what Fang Cai and Lord Zhao had said, and then only shook the iron claws a few times, and Ling Lang only listened to the sound of the 'blue character and five claws' a few times, and then summoned all the words that the company wanted. It's a pity, until now, such a good set of 'green characters and five claws' has no chance to use it on Zhao Gongzi......"

When Zhao Yong heard this, his face turned blue with anger, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble slightly. He got up, pointed at Pei Caibao, and roared in a hoarse voice: "Pei Caibao......! How dare you!"

Pei Caibao sighed leisurely: "Ahem, Lord Zhao is right, you are the squire of Sanpin, and this department has not obtained the edict of the Son of Heaven, so naturally he can't punish you." However, Ling Lang doesn't seem to have half of his fame...... It's just a murderer, and the company can use the punishment as much as it wants. Lord Zhao is busy with official business, so he can pat his ass and leave, and the company will never stop him! However, if Lord Zhao leaves, at most an hour, your precious son, is not only blind, but the flesh and skin of his body are probably ...... None of them are intact!"

Listening to Pei Caibao's slow words, Zhao Yong couldn't help but fall on the wooden chair. At this time, he could no longer find the compelling momentum when he first came, only the face of a father full of pleading and begging. He hesitated for a while, and then asked weakly, "Pei Qianhu."

What can you do so that you don't embarrass me?"

Pei Caibao couldn't help laughing, and he couldn't help but look proud. He waved his hand at Yang Wenbing by the door. Yang Wenbing took out another confession that had already been written, handed it to Zhao Yong, and brought pen and ink and a seal box.

"Lord Zhao, you only need to sign this confession and put your handprint, and the company promises you, not only will it not torture Ling Lang, but in the future, it will also raise him with good food and drink......

Zhao Yong picked up the confession, and after just reading a few lines, he already understood that what was written on it was that he and Xiao Yihong had offered and accepted bribes. He knew that once he signed this confession, he didn't know how many people would suffer because of it, and the glory and wealth of his life would be in vain, and even his Zhao family would be affected......

"Pei Qianhu, I will sign this word, it's just that Zhao has another request, can you let me take a look at the dog first?" Zhao Yong raised his head again and looked at Pei Caibao, this time, his eyes were already full of a loving father's ardent expectations.

"Of course, not only today, but in the future, you can come here to see your precious son at any time. However, you have to ...... first," Pei Caibao said as he made a gesture of holding a pen and writing.

Zhao Yong turned his heart sideways, signed his name on the confession, and pressed his handprint. He said in his heart that it was the same to sign first and then sign, and now that he has ended up in such a situation, he can't complain about others, all things, no one persecuted, isn't it all done by himself......

Pei Caibao accepted the confession, and ordered Yang Wenbing to take Zhao Yong to another secret room. Zhao Xiaogang was being held in that secret room.

Zhao Yong followed Yang Wenbing into the secret room, only to see his son tied to a wooden chair, although his face was full of horror, fortunately he was not injured.

"Xiaogang ......" Zhao Yong hurriedly walked forward, touching Zhao Xiaogang's forehead while calling softly. On the way here, his heart was full of blame, disappointment, and hatred for his son...... However, the moment he saw his son, there was only one father full of love and self-blame left in his entire chest......

This is his only son, because of this reason, from childhood to adulthood, he rarely disciplined his son, only cared for and obeyed in every way, and now, it is too late to regret it!

Yang Wenbing casually untied Zhao Xiaogang. That Zhao Gongzi seemed to have suddenly changed his temper at this time, he had just loosened his restraints, and immediately knelt down facing Zhao Yong, crying and shouting, "Father......"

"Father" was a cry that Zhao Yong longed to hear. Less than a year after Zhao Yong got married, he was transferred to the frontier, and he stayed for more than ten years. After he returned to Chang'an, his son Zhao Xiaogang had grown into a tall teenager. Zhao Xiaogang has been close to his mother since he was a child, and the father and son have always been estranged, and Zhao Xiaogang is willful and stubborn, when he sees Zhao Yong, he either respectfully calls him "adult", or simply calls him by his name, but he just doesn't want to call him "father".

Because it was not easy for his wife to raise his son independently, Zhao Yong did not blame his wife for being too spoiled. It's just that seeing that Zhao Xiaogang has always been unwilling to be close to him, he, as a father, always feels regretful in his heart. Now, hearing Zhao Xiaogang's heartfelt cry: "Father!" Zhao Yong couldn't help but cry when he heard it......

Zhao Yong hugged his son, and for a while, even if there were thousands of words in his heart, all of them turned into tears......

The world is impermanent, and creation makes people. Zhao Yong would never have thought that the first time that father and son could be so close would be on such an occasion.

......

Before the unitary time, the confessions of Zhao Yong's father and son had already reached the hands of Li Zuo, the king of Han.

Li Zuo was overjoyed, he never thought that he had only obtained his will one day, and the harvest would be so abundant!

Li Zuo immediately straightened out his clothes, and he didn't have time to call the two old ministers who were ordered with him, only himself, took the confession, entered the palace overnight, and presented his father Li Chongsheng in front of him.

As Li Zuo expected, after the emperor read Zhao Yong's confession, he was furious and immediately issued an order, ordering Tsing Yi Wei to take Xiao Yihong, the secretary of the criminal department, and put him in prison to listen to the trial......

At this time, the world is still in a great drought, and the victims are still waiting to be fed, and the emperor heard that Xiao Yihong had taken bribes of eight thousand taels, how could he not be angry? !

Li Zuo received some words of encouragement from his father, and happily withdrew from the Daming Palace. After he returned to King Han's mansion, he locked himself in the study and did not allow anyone to disturb him.

He knew that after tomorrow morning, Xiao Yihong, the celebrity of the former Chu Palace, who was famous and enjoyed all the glory, would not have a good life.

However, this is definitely not his whole purpose.

This is just the beginning, to bring down Xiao Yihong, his plan is only the first step, and there are still many things he has to do next......

The second step of Han King Li Zuo's plan is naturally to deal with Qiu Mingli.

Why do you want to deal with Qiu Mingli? Of course, it is because behind Qiu Shangshu is Li Jin, the king of Wei.

For Li Zuo, he had no friendship with the King of Chu. Similarly, he did not have any friendship with King Wei.

If Xiao Yihong is unlucky, the king of Chu will inevitably lose an important arm. Judging from the current situation, the power of the King of Chu has been damaged, and the one who has benefited the most should be the King of Wei.

Of course, purely to make a wedding dress for King Wei, Li Zuo would never want to do it.

Li Zuo leaned in front of the bookcase, racked his brains, thought for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh, and finally had a plan......