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Chapter 51: Chiseling the Top
Tingzuo returned to the left academy at the Zhicheng Gate and found some traces of Yishuo: "A famous guard had been cured of a cold and went to greet Yishuo when he came out of the city. According to the guard, Qiu Tiandian from the Qili clan was accompanying the covered carriage."

It will be easy if we have clues.

Guo Jie said in a deep voice, "Wei Guang, take three guards with you to Qili and capture Tian Dian, surnamed Qiu, and ask him where he took Yi Shuo."

Qili is not a neighborhood under the jurisdiction of Gaojie Duting.

When Ting Zuo heard that Guo Jie was going to Qili to arrest someone, especially Tian Dian, who was in charge of the flute, he was shocked.

"Wait a minute."

Ting Zuo said anxiously, "It's not that I want to stop Mr. Guo. Qiu Tiandian is a relative of yours after all. Don't be impulsive. We need to think long and hard. Even if we go to arrest him, we must wait until night to avoid causing trouble."

Gaojie Duting governed more than ten li, and Guo Jie had more than ten field officials under him.

The reason why a neighborhood caused Tingzuo to be wary of it was that the Qili was not comparable to the ordinary neighborhoods.

Emperor Gaozu married Shi Fen's sister as a concubine and moved his family to Chang'an City.

It is called Qili.

The emperor's relatives.

Qili is home to some of the foreign relatives from the reigns of Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Hui, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Jing. They have prominent identities and noble status. If they knew that Tian Dian from Qili had been arrested, it would be like a slap in the face.

The relatives in law would not let Guo Jie off easily.

"Mangtong."

Guo Jie, still unfazed by the explanation given by Ting Zuo of Chang'an, sneered, "Go and kidnap the man yourself, and bring him directly to Ting An of the Gaojie Duting. Interrogate him and ask him to whom he sold Yi Shuo!"

Fortunately, he had Mang Tong, who dared to assassinate the emperor, by his side.

Can’t kidnap people during the day?

nonexistent.

Not to mention Qi Li, even at the palace gate, Mang Tong could kidnap someone quietly.

"Let me go!"

A minor official in black clothes, wearing a thin hemp jacket and trousers and with a long beard, was tied to the gate of the pavilion. He kept shouting, "I am familiar with several of the relatives in the family. Release me immediately. There is still room for easing the situation. Otherwise, not only you, a small chief of the capital, but also Chang'an Wei Zhang Tang will not be able to deal with it."

This is the only thing that troubles many officials in Chang'an.

There are so many dukes and marquises, and all of them have some connection with the powerful and wealthy, so you never know when you might offend them.

As a result, officials were tied up, felt uncomfortable doing their work, and dared not offend anyone.

It is difficult to be an official in Beijing.

"Snapped!"

Guo Jie, with a fierce look on his face, slapped Qiu Tiandian's fat face and said, "Do you think I'm afraid of the relatives of my family? I've already killed two of Dou Ying's guests. How can you be afraid of the relatives of Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing? Tell me quickly, or I'll cut off your nose."

The punishment of cutting off the nose is called yi punitive punishment.

The Yuan clan of Yangdi was killed by Guo Jie, and the Jia clan of Nanyang was also killed.

Although the Chang'an government claimed that the Nanyang Jia family was burned to death due to a fire, there were rumors that Guo Jie, under the order of the cruel official Zhao Yu, robbed the Nanyang Jia family of 20,000 dan of millet for use in his plan.

In order to prevent the news from leaking out, Jia Ziguang and others from the Nanyang Jia family were burned to death.

Qiu Tiandian's heart trembled, and he swallowed hard, saying, "I don't know Yishuo, and I don't know where she went. I ask Captain Guo to let me go, and not to violate the criminal law."

Ah.

No more arrogance.

Nor do they boast about knowing certain powerful people.

Guo Jie slapped Qiu Tiandian hard on the face again with a loud slap. "You won't tell me? I'll leave Yi Zong to you."

Yi Zong's face was gloomy. He couldn't wait any longer. He drew the dagger from his waist and used the torture technique directly.

He held a dagger in one hand and pinched Qiu Tiandian's neck with the other, cutting off Qiu Tiandian's beard and sideburns.

Qiu Tiandian, who was often praised by his relatives and dignitaries for his beard, became a fair and beardless eunuch in the palace, a castrated eunuch.

"How dare you?"

Seeing his beard, of which he was most proud, cut off, Qiu Tiandian was in agony and wailed, "You are resorting to lynching! The officials in Chang'an haven't conducted an investigation yet and have sentenced me to death. How dare you cut off my beard?"

No more beard worthy of the praise of the powerful.

Like a castrated eunuch. Life is worse than death.

"Lynching?"

Yi Zong was furious and said, "I am the prison recorder. If you don't tell me where my elder sister is, I will teach you a lesson today."

Chiseling the head was a form of torture in the Qin Dynasty.

Use an iron tool to drill through the top of a prisoner's head.

"Have mercy on me."

Qiu Tiandian had endured the torture, and having heard that Yi Zong was the prison recorder, he knew that he would dare to use the punishment of chiseling the head. He could only say: "Yi Shuo was tricked by a petty official into going to Qiu Jing's Jiashe courtyard. As for what Qiu Jing wanted to do by having me kidnap Yi Shuo, I really don't know."

Kidnap!

Guo Jie gritted his teeth.

Yi Zong even showed a murderous look, his eyes staring straight at Qiu Tiandian, glowing red.

"I am a junior official in the government office."

Qiu Tiandian trembled all over and said in panic, "If Chief Guo wants to punish the official, he must hand it over to the Chang'an government. He cannot resort to private punishment. The official pleads guilty and should be sent to the Chang'an prison immediately."

The Chang'an Prison under Zhang Tang's jurisdiction was a place that everyone feared.

Talk about it and change color.

At this time, Qiu Tiandian wanted to go to Chang'an Prison even more and did not dare to stay in Ting'an.

The guard at the city gate hesitated to speak, wanting to suggest that Qiu Tiandian should be released and sent to the Chang'an official temple for interrogation, so as to avoid bringing blame upon Guo Jie.

Qiu Tiandian was, after all, a minor official and wore official uniform.

Lynching civilians is a serious crime.

What’s more, he was just a minor official in the government.

Qiu Tiandian felt relieved when he thought that he was an official wearing official clothes, and he was sure that Guo Jie would not dare to resort to private punishment.

Kidnapping Yishuo is not a serious crime, and he will be released from Chang'an Prison for a few days at most.

"hehe."

Guo Jie sneered and said, "Who knew you'd been to Ting'an, the Ting Pavilion on Gaojie?"

His voice was cold.

"You were abducted, too."

Every sentence was abducted.

Qiu Tiandian was so frightened that his body trembled and his legs went limp. If he had not been tied to the pillars of the pavilion, he would have fallen to his knees on the ground.

"Guo Guotingzhang."

Qiu Tiandian said in panic, "I won't dare to do it again. I beg you, Chief Guo, to let me go this time. I won't kidnap anyone again. I only beg you to spare my life. This was my first time kidnapping Yishuo. Since it was just one mistake, I beg you to send me to Chang'an Prison."

"just one time?"

Guo Jie narrowed his eyes and said, "That's right, everyone has a first time."

He suddenly turned around and looked at Yi Zong: "Ever since you joined Zhang Shangli as the prison recorder, you haven't used torture. Today is your first time!"

Yi Zong had been filled with anger for a long time, and he dragged Qiu Tiandian directly into the depths of Ting'an, into the darkness without any light.

Soon, miserable wails were heard from the pavilion.

"No, you can't resort to lynching."

"Ah! Zaodian! Don't come over here, don't come over here."

"Ah!!! Someone come quickly, someone save me."

No matter how Tian Dian wailed, it was of no use. Ting'an's executioners went to Liu City to repair the wall.

There were only Yi Zong and Qiu Tiandian in Ting'an.

When Yi Zong walked out of Ting'an again, his hair, face and hands were covered in blood.

The soap clothes turned into bloody clothes.

(End of this chapter)