Chapter 26 Punishments Reserved for High Officials of the Imperial Court
"Senior Brother Hu, Senior Brother will give you one last chance, and I advise you to tell everything you know. Otherwise, wait... Hey, hey, hey, that's enough for you. Looking at the evil smile on Zhou Budo's face, Hu Bubei couldn't help but feel a chill behind his back, and the chrysanthemum tightened. If you can go back this time, the disciples will all listen to your old man's teachings, and they will never listen to Uncle Liu's provocation, and they will not be against this demon if they are killed in the future. If you have a spirit in the sky, you will bless your disciples to survive this calamity, and when you go back, your disciples will help your old man reshape his golden body, pure gold!"
As a young man in his early twenties, arrogant and empty-eyed, how could Hu Bubei be embarrassed? That's right, if he doesn't know it, Zhou Budo is just scaring me. It must be yes!" Poor Hu Bubei was already panicked to the point of not being able to speak, although he did not say this. Although Hu Bubei said to himself in his heart: "This is bluffing." "But what if it's true? Hu Bubei decided! If he really can't hold on, then he will, himself... Just beg the elder brother for mercy.
Although Hu Bubei's heart is full of contradictions and fears now, the tiger will not fall (whether it is really a tiger or not, at least he himself thinks he is a tiger). The words that came out of one mouth were very tough: "Hmph, just two pieces of mulberry paper?" There is also a broken brush, Zhou Budo, are you okay? Why don't we go back to find a Lang Zhong first? No, you should rush back to Huashan and let the head of the house see if you have practiced qi to the point of going crazy, hahaha. "The end of pretending to be a man is to be slapped a few times by Zhuo Bufan.
Zhou Budo let Zhuo Bufan do it this time, Zhuo Bufan slapped Hu Bubei over and over again, and Zhou Budo said: "Senior Brother Hu, why bother to hold on? If you are not a man, don't pretend." "Zhou Budo was the successor of a big family in his previous life, socializing, interrogating prisoners or something, he also had to learn, since he was a child, his family found him Miao Liuye, who had a thousand doors, to teach him to observe words and looks, and use language to attract people into the game and so on. Hu Bubei can still hide this little bit of caution from him?" Look at you, your lips are tightly closed, and your eyebrows are raised and wrinkled together. Generally speaking, tightly closed lips usually indicate stress and anxiety, people will make this small action when they are uneasy, and the eyebrows are raised and wrinkled together to indicate that Senior Brother Hu, you are afraid in your heart. ”
"Phew! Zhou Budo, if there is a kind, he will be punished! Don't grind and chirp like a girl!" Hu Bubei was thought of by Zhou Budo, and quickly released his lips, trying his best to make a light and breezy appearance. However, the flush on his face revealed his current mood. Of course, we don't know whether this was beaten by Zhuo Bufan or caused by Hu Bu's grief and shame, but now even if Hu Bu wants to retreat, I'm afraid he won't be able to retreat, he has been forced to a dead end, and he never dares to retreat, if he retreats, I'm afraid the consequences will not be something he can bear. Hu Bubei can only persevere to the end now.
"Hi... Since you want to see this punishment so much, as a senior brother, I will naturally have to meet your request for Senior Brother Hu, extraordinary, go over and bring the water over, Chen Ming, Wang Tao, and hold him down for me. Zhou Budo summoned two outer disciples and told them to press Hu Bubei to the ground. Hu Bu struggled to the death, but he was sealed in several big points by Zhou Budo's extremely heavy technique, and his internal strength could not be used at all, how could he compete with two middle-aged people who were running with their true qi without any hindrance?
Hu Bubei was still gathering his true anger just now. The little internal force that can be sad without sorrow, don't say that there are people around, they won't sit idly by, even if there is no one around, or put him aside, let him impact the acupoint, just his shallow internal force to impact the acupoint that Zhou Budo sealed with a very heavy technique... I'm afraid that before Hu Bubei rushed away, he was already starving to death. Although he has that trick...
Zhuo Bufan brought over a bucket full of seawater, this wooden barrel full of seawater looked like it was about ten catties, and it seemed that there was no weight at all in Zhuo Bufan's hands, and people couldn't help but sigh that the Qi Sect was really extraordinary. Zhuo Bufan brought the sea water over, put it aside, and said to Zhou Budo: "Senior brother, the water has been brought over." ”
Zhou Budo saw that the bucket of seawater was brought over, so he said: "Soak that pen in the water, then who, Cui Bupo, you take a piece of mulberry paper and put it on your Senior Brother Hu's face." ”
I thought that Zhou Budo was going to use the method of scratching the soles of his feet, but he didn't know that he actually let himself put the brush in the bucket and soaked it. This can make Zhuo Bufan's second monk puzzled: "Senior brother, what the hell is this going on." "Soon... Zhuo Bufan understood what Zhou Budo wanted to do...
Zhou Budo asked people to put a piece of mulberry paper on Hu Bubei's face, and asked Zhuo Bufan to dip a brush in sea water and carefully brush it on the mulberry paper, because Zhuo Bufan had no experience in playing this, and he didn't brush it for the first time. It's okay, it's time to practice, then a second time, a third time... After using it seven or eight times, Zhuo Bufan finally succeeded in completely wetting a piece of mulberry paper. Then there was a second piece of mulberry paper on Hu Bubei's face, and Zhuo Bufan repeated the action just now, and the brush was dipped in sea water and carefully brushed on the mulberry paper, this time with experience, it was full after two uses: then the third mulberry paper, the fourth mulberry paper, until the fifth mulberry paper, seeing that Hu Bubei resisted a little weaker, Zhou Budo asked Zhuo Bufan to take off the mulberry paper, the five mulberry papers were stacked together, and the mulberry paper that was about to dry was uneven, like the mask of "sticking to the official" on the stage.
This is what Jinyiwei asked from the mouth of the old jailer of the former Yuan after a lot of hardships when he was used to torture the noble and important ministers of the imperial court when he was in charge of Zhu Hongwu's decree Hu Weiyong case and Lan Yu case. It's not that this old jailer has committed any capital crime, and Jinyiwei has not added bad words, let alone tortured him. On the contrary, they ate and drank well and entertained, serving the old jailer who came over in the pre-Yuan era like an ancestor.
They can't do it, and they don't want to! They are the Son of Heaven's own army! They actually went to serve an old jailer of the former Yuan, and finally sent him a hereditary Jin Yiwei Baihu! But who asked Emperor Hongwu to strictly prohibit them from using torture during the interrogation process, so as to cause obvious harm to those high-ranking officials and nobles. What these people say is that the Son of Heaven is pro-army, and they are also very majestic on weekdays, and in those days, they were even a wrestler who could arrest high-ranking officials and even super-grade lords. But to put it bluntly, these majestic Jin Yiwei and the Son of Heaven's pro-army are nothing more than eagle dogs raised by the Son of Heaven, and if anyone in the Jinyi Guard dares to disobey the edict of the Son of Heaven, no matter who it is! Even if he is the commander of the Jinyi Guard! As long as he dares to spoil the matter of the Son of Heaven and provoke Long Yan's anger, his fate will be much worse than those deep-rooted ministers. The honorable minister would not anger Long Yan for the sake of an irrelevant eagle dog. What's more, it is such a notorious one who has scourged their old brother, an old in-law's brocade-clothed eagle dog. Don't say that the Son of Heaven is angry, even if the Son of Heaven throws him aside and no longer protects him, he can't deal with those noble ministers who are like wolves and tigers, and the scheming court ministers.
If an ordinary punishment is used, even if it is an artifact such as tiger chair chili water, I am afraid that it will inevitably leave some traces of writing. If you accidentally kill a few, aha! This group of honorable and noble ministers are all old brothers who break bones and tendons, and fight the world together, a large number of relatives and relatives, if they are really all in trouble, even Emperor Hongwu is helpless against them. Even if Emperor Hongwu was not afraid to have a way, it was not easy for him to explain to those who were trusted by him or who were not moved, so they were not involved.
The reason why the Son of Heaven has this edict really makes the Jinyi Guards unable to deal with it and not move the punishment? Is it possible? In the Jinyi Guard's edict prison, the reason why there is no confession that cannot be asked is because of the 'thirty-three days' and 'eighteen hells' in the Jinyi Guard's edict prison, and now the emperor does not allow the punishment and still presses the confession every day, and at that time, there are many people in the Jinyi Guard who are worried about their gray hair. Later, it was still a small flag, and when I was drinking on the street, I heard someone boasting that it was silent that people died silently, and they couldn't be tested by old age. Xiaoqi had an idea and reported it, and Mao Xiang personally issued the order.
Jin Yiwei tried his best to please the former Yuan jailer, and then the old jailer didn't know how much punishment he offered, but Mao Xiang's commander felt that it was inappropriate, until this sentence, the old jailer said that using this punishment is not like beating people will leave traces, or ... Kill invisibly. Because the mulberry paper taken off is concave and convex, it is like the mask of "sticking to the official" on the stage, so it got the name of "sticking to the official". Later, it was spread that this punishment became a necessary subject for all yamen. Zhou Budo has never been to those large and small yamen, but this punishment is second only to the waist beheaded and Ling Chi in Zhou Budo's previous life, and the popularity of this punishment in the Qing Palace film and television drama is second only to the waist and Ling Chi, how could Zhou Budo not know? And the power of this punishment is enough to make Hu Bubei, who has not much knowledge, succumb.
After the layers of mulberry paper on Hu Bubei's face were uncovered, everyone saw that Hu Bubei's face was flushed, his eyes and nose were slightly swollen, and the green tendons at the corners of his eyes were blooming, and they couldn't help but praise and be amazed. Hu Bubei didn't care what kind of eyes others looked at him at this time, so he just took a big gulp of breathing in the air with a slight smell of sea. Hu Bubei has never cherished his every breath like now, he feels that this air smells so good, why has he never felt like this?
After a while, Hu Bubei finally relieved himself. Before he could come back to his senses, Zhou Budo spoke, looking so lazy that people wanted to go up and beat him twice: "What does Senior Brother Hu think of this taste of being an official? It's not bad, right? I think a hero like Senior Brother Hu, how can ordinary fresh water be enough? It is difficult to find fresh water here, so it is replaced by seawater." How's it going?It tastes good, isn't it?" Zhou Budo patted his thigh, looking distressed: "Originally, I thought that Senior Brother Hu would be able to last a little longer, at least when I got the tenth piece of mulberry paper! In the future, if you meet someone from the Demon Sect, they will use any kind of torture. When the time comes, you must not betray the master!" was so serious that Hu Bubei almost thought that his sin was unforgivable.
At this time, Hu Bubei didn't dare to be a good man in front of Zhou Budo anymore, let alone curse. I only dare to scold myself in my heart, "There is a kind of ** try? Where did the master pick up this demon? Why didn't he go to Jinyiwei? In the future, if I fall into your hands, will I have a fucking future? What kind of torture of the Demon Sect can compare to what you Zhou Budo came up with! You Zhou Budo is not the leader of the Demon Sect! The Guangning Patriarch is above, and what kind of evil did the disciple do in his last life! He actually met such a demon!"
Zhou Budo sat lazily on the deck: "Let's talk about it, Uncle Liu's plan this time, as well as your Sword Sect's plan." Otherwise. Zhou Budo pointed to the pile of mulberry paper on the side, as well as the bucket of seawater, "Let's continue! But don't say that my brother is unpredictable, every time this punishment is used, add an extra piece of paper." This punishment can only be enjoyed by high-ranking officials in the court. The junior brother is willing to enjoy it a few more times, and he is happy to fulfill the younger brother for the sake of the younger brother. ”
Hu Bubei thought that the hero would not suffer the immediate loss, and he would deal with a few words indiscriminately, that is, could you still go to Uncle Liu to find out if it was true? After making this idea, Hu Bubei pretended to be afraid: "This matter was originally just to get rid of you, senior brother, and then control the dominance of cooperating with the Fuwei Dart Bureau in my hands." After two years, when the results are out, Uncle Liu will run around the faction and try his best to promote me to replace Senior Brother and become the next head of the Huashan faction. This is also because there have been more and more disciples of the Sword Sect in recent years, and their strength has surpassed that of the Qi Sect. Originally, I was thinking that I would find an opportunity to drug my senior brother, and then chisel through the bottom of the ship to create the illusion of a shipwreck at sea. That day, I heard the conversation between Senior Brother and Senior Sister Han, and I knew that Senior Brother had suffered internal injuries. Every early in the morning, when the sun rises in the east, that alien true qi will come out to cause chaos, senior brother, you have to do your best, it will take two or three hours to suppress it, during this period no one can touch, let alone have violent movements. I changed my mind at this time, and persuaded Senior Brother to set off in the middle of the night, thinking about chiseling through the bottom of the boat when Senior Brother suppressed True Qi, even if Senior Brother Zhuo wanted to save Senior Brother, he would not be able to do it. When he returned to Huashan in the future, Senior Brother Zhuo could also prove that Senior Brother was unable to move because of internal injuries, and unfortunately died in shipwreck. No one would have thought that it was me, they would only think that it was a shipwreck, and even if they wanted to investigate, the ship had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and there were no clues. ”
Zhuo Bufan held back his anger and asked, "This is still more than ten miles away from Fujian, are you going to swim there? When did Senior Brother Hu have such a good water nature?"
Hu Bubei said: "I arranged a boat nearby, and when the time comes, I will pretend to meet by chance, anyway, the nearby waters are also the only way for fishing boats." ”
Zhuo Bufan didn't expect Hu Bubei to come up with such a poisonous plan, and almost became an accomplice to kill the senior brother, Zhuo Bufan, who couldn't swallow this breath, waved his palm, this time he had enough palm power, and if he palmed down, Hu Bubei might die.
When Hu Bubei saw this, he smiled gloomily, and said hurriedly in his heart: "You fight! You hit! But after waiting for a long time, he didn't feel Zhuo Bufan's palm touching his cheek. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Zhou Budo who stopped Zhuo Bufan.
"Senior brother, why are you??" Zhuo Bufan looked at Zhou Budo in disbelief, "Hu Bubei wants to kill you!!"
Zhou Budo pressed Zhuo Bufan's raised palm, squatted down and stared at Hu Bubei and said, "I know, and at the same time I know that... Senior Brother Hu did not tell the truth. ”
"How does he know?" Hu Bubei's heart was shocked. Hu Bubei himself knows that what he said just now is mixed with truth and falsehood, and Zhou Budo has no place to prove it, how can he see that it is fake?
"How do you know, brother? I did see him digging at the bottom of the boat just now. Zhuo Bufan asked in disbelief.
"You didn't notice his little movement just now. He pouted after he just finished speaking, which is a classic expression of leaking his heart, that is, he does not believe what he says, or is suspected of lying: he stares at us when he confesses, but the eyes of ordinary people look down to the left when they narrate, which means that the brain is recalling, and what is said is the truth, and lies do not need the process of recall. He shrugged his shoulders when he spoke, indicating that he was extremely unconfident in what he was saying, and that his body and language were inconsistent, and that he kept blinking when he spoke, indicating that he was lying. Senior Brother Hu, you said that Uncle Liu supported you to seize the position of my head disciple, this should be true, and it is also true that he wants to cause a shipwreck to harm me. But... When you said that you killed me for the position of the head disciple, you stared at me deadly, it shouldn't be just this reason, right?" Zhou Budo patted Hu Bubei's cheek, "Senior Brother Hu, did you say Senior Brother, am I right?"
Hu Bubei was stunned, what kind of person is this? He actually knows such a magic technique of observing words and feelings! What did he think in his heart, and he was actually guessed seventy or eighty.
Zhou Budo saw Hu Bu's sluggish appearance, and said, "If you have nothing to say, let's continue!" Senior Brother Zhuo?"
"Okay! Chen Ming, Wang Tao, hold him down for me. Senior Brother Cui, put on the paper!" Zhuo Bufan greeted him, and started the repertoire just now. Six more pieces of mulberry paper were covered on Hu Bubei's face, soaked by Zhuo Bufan's brush. When it came to the sixth sheet, Zhou Budo waved his hand, "Unveil it." ”
Another mask was freshly baked, and this time Hu Bubei's reaction was even more intense, and it took a while to ease up. Zhou Budo saw that he was almost resting, and asked, "Senior Brother Hu, it's time to tell the truth this time." ”
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