golden scales

Li Sanli glanced at him coldly, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, I heard that: don't do good because it's too small, and don't do evil because it's too small.. Now it's time for the court to do practical things and make evil things happen. How can you not punish because the evil is small? But the villain does not distinguish between the serious and the serious, and he should be punished, the villain accepts the punishment!"

Wu Weiye nodded and said: "There is some truth in what you said. Steal needles when you are young, and steal gold when you are old. Will you accept the punishment?"

"Master, the younger ones should be punished for messing up the public house." The leading yamen servant said.

Several other Kuaishou also responded one after another, expressing their punishment.

Wu Weiye suppressed the excitement in his heart, pretending to be calm and said: "Okay, since you all admit your punishment, and you are all minor offenders, I will give a lighter sentence - Li Sanli will be fined [-] yuan and will not enter the office."

"Thank you, Master, for your kindness." Li Sanli immediately took off the money pouch from his waist, and presented it regardless of the amount.

"I'll sentence you to twenty lashes." Wu Weiye said with trembling voice.

"Thank you, master, for your kindness." Several people let go of their guard and thanked each other.

They only thought that Li Sanli was deliberately inviting pets, and they were already thinking about how to punish this unreasonable colleague later.

Li Sanli looked at them with a vicious killing intent.

According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", redbud sticks three feet five inches long are used for cane and staff.The difference is that the cane is smaller than the rod, the diameter of the big end is [-]/[-]cm, and the diameter of the small end is [-]/[-]cm.The diameters of the sticks are three-fifths of two centimeters and two-fifths of two lis.At that time, it was generally believed that the punishment was light because the instruments of torture were small, so the cane was only used as a punishment, and it was not considered a severe punishment.

However, in this era, there is a lot of room for research in any type of work that is done manually.Regardless of the small number of torture instruments and the small number of beatings, it is the heirloom skill of the yamen servants to inflict much damage.

The masters in this industry have been trained since childhood, from punching sandbags to bean curd, step by step, just like the imperial examinations of scholars and martial arts practitioners, they must not slack off.When the practice reaches a great level, no matter if you want to beat blood and blood, but you can go to the ground after three days, or if you only have a red mark on the surface, but your inner muscles and bones are broken, you can do it with ease.

A few yamen servants stripped off the trousers of these people, their white buttocks lined up in a row, slightly stirring.

Li Sanli held the Vitex, and compared it with the copper mold pattern according to the procedure, and confirmed that it met the specifications of the torture instruments issued by the Ministry of Punishment before executing the sentence.He walked up to the leader Kuaishou, seeing that Kuaishou was still squinting at him, he couldn't help showing a sinister smile, and made a mouthful: It deserves it.

That Kuaishou's heart trembled, suddenly he felt bad, and was about to shout, only to hear the thorns piercing through the air, hitting him hard on the gate of life.

The cane is for beating and prostitution, but the definition of prostitution is not clear.Three inches above is the gate of life of the kidney mansion, if someone uses skillful force to penetrate it heavily, let alone twenty blows, it can kill someone in one stroke!

Li Sanli is a generational prince, and his ancestors have relied on this for food for generations. He was also beaten by his father since he was a child.At this time, the killer was launched, and the first blow made the prisoner so angry that his eyes were blackened, and he couldn't even shout.Then he was beaten hard, so that the bloody whip marks on his body covered the real fatal wound, even experienced fighters might not be able to easily see it.

After finishing the beating, he found that the man was exhaling more than inhaling, obviously he couldn't survive.

"Master Bing! This person is too weak to be tortured, and he is already dead." Li Sanli checked the man's breath, stepped forward and said.

Wu Weiye propped himself up, glanced at the corpse on the ground, felt nauseated for a while, and quickly sat back, saying: "Can such a physique be used as a fast hand! It seems that this government office needs to be cleaned up! What is the name of the person, and who brought him into the Yamen!"

The people below killed one of them when they saw it coming up. They were scared out of their wits. They immediately revealed the identity of the Kuaishou leader, and said in unison: "It was all arranged by Zhao Tongzhi."

With a dark face, Wu Weiye said: "It's about the imperial court's order, how can you make fools of it! Come and put them in prison for investigation! See what other unreasonable things you have done! Please come and speak with Zhao Tongzhi."

Zhao Tongzhi had been peeking from the side long ago. Hearing Wu Weiye's words, his legs were so frightened that his legs went limp.Let me hold on, hold on...

Li Sanli had seen Zhao Tongzhi a long time ago, so he went over immediately, and slipped to the front of the hall after being on both sides of him.

"Zhao Tongzhi, as an official of the imperial court, how can you accept such a wretched person as an official?" Wu Weiye asked in a deep voice, "Isn't it just using the public to seek personal gain!"

"Master, be merciful!" Zhao Tongzhi knelt on the ground with a thump, "It's because the subordinate was confused for a while, please be merciful!"

Wu Weiye calmed down, looked up at the sky, and sighed: "You and I are both ministers of the imperial court, and we are good friends, how can we do this favoritism? Alas, this government also believes that Zhao Tongzhi is probably confused for a while. As the saying goes It’s never too late to mend a dead sheep, who else have you used? Let’s talk about them one by one, and the government will help you take care of them.”

Zhao Tongzhi's heart turned cold at once, and he thought to himself: So you didn't have a relationship with this servant, and you didn't want to take me for a knife, but you want to use my mouth to clean up!

"Just this time, it's really gone!" Zhao Tongzhi had made up his mind in an instant.As long as he can carry it through, at least his family will not be implicated, and his children and grandchildren will be taken care of in the future.If he really listened to what this little boy said, and bit someone out, then the family would have no place to stand!

Wu Weiye was noncommittal, but said: "It's already dark now, put him in prison first, and try again tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he patted the hall wood and walked to the back hall.

Uncle Zhong hurriedly followed without saying a word.

Wu Weiye was so excited at this time that he almost tripped over his left foot and tripped over his right foot.He rubbed his hands, slowed down his pace, and said to Zhong Bo: "I really did it! There will be no mistakes!"

"The gate of the city has been closed now." Uncle Zhong said calmly, "Even if the city gets the news, it cannot be spread. As for those rats, there is no way to escape."

"Okay, okay." Wu Weiye said worriedly again: "I'm afraid there won't be a dog jumping over the wall..."

Seeing his young master repeating himself again, Uncle Zhong hurriedly said: "Young master, now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired, so we can't hesitate."

"I understand." Wu Weiye only felt his bladder tighten: "I'll go to change first, and report to me immediately if there is anything!"

……

Li Sanli followed Zhao Tongzhi to the cell, and already had two paperwork in his hand.

"Master Zhao," Li Sanli said with a smile, "one of these two is the confession document, and the other is your suicide note. If you know the current affairs, you can choose a signature and draw it, and the younger ones will naturally not bother You, if you are ignorant of current affairs, I am afraid that you will have to sign and stamp on these two documents."

——Even if you die, you can’t escape this scapegoat.

Zhao Tongzhi couldn't understand the connotation.Looking at the torches beating in the cell, Zhao Tongzhi thought of his hard study in the cold window, the hard work in the examination room, his wife, children and parents, slowly raised his head, and said, "You are also a husband, so you can see that you have too much sense." Better than a squire!"

"I didn't know before," Li Sanli said in a leisurely manner, "but the world today is probably different from before."

"Torturing the country gentry and be mean to the people, this is Li Chuang's old way!" Zhao Tongzhi shouted: "Go and tell Wu Weiye that he is looking for his own death! At that time, he must be a cunning rabbit and a dog! You are the same !"

The corner of Li Sanli's mouth twitched slightly.He knew this idiom, and he also knew that if things were going to get serious, someone would have to take the blame.It’s just that the scapegoat can be big or small, if it’s a small scapegoat, the servants below can help him carry it; if it’s a big scapegoat, he has to help the magistrate to carry it;

but……

Where is there any way out now?

"Are you signing or not?" Li Sanli asked.

Zhao Tongzhi untied the purse from his pocket and weighed it. There were still more than one tael of silver in it.He threw it at Li Sanli's feet, and said proudly: "Give it a good time!"

Li Sanli sighed secretly, and said: "It's useless even if you show loyalty. On this three-acre land, if the magistrate really wants to do the thing of destroying the house, who can stop it? Especially ours Master, he used to be the crown prince's husband. Even if those big families have hands and eyes, how many of them can really reach this level of heaven?"

"It's useless to talk more." Zhao Tongzhi closed his eyes, but his heart was beating like a drum: They can really keep my family!

Li Sanli cleared his throat, took a roll of hemp rope from the foot of the wall, looped it in a circle, tested his strength, and walked slowly towards Zhao Tongzhi. (To be continued.)