Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 263 Quickly Closing the Case (1)

Compared with Li Xian's half-baked political IQ, Prince Li Hong's political skills are obviously much better. Before Li Xian could express anything, he had already sent Wang Dequan secretly to Li Xian overnight with a large stack of draft proposals. Documents, (transfer orders issued by the left and right prime ministers-according to Tang law, the transfer of officials below the fourth rank only needs to be proposed by the prime minister, and after being reviewed by the Political Affairs Hall, the Ministry of Officials can issue a transfer order. Just prepare it.) Although these proposed documents have not been signed by Yulan and do not have full legal effect, but at least the attitude of cooperation is fully done. Under the soft hand of others, Li Xian naturally You have to gather your energy and prepare to settle the case.

Although He Lanminzhi is a guy who personally hates ghosts, but before his downfall, he was the out-and-out darling of Empress Wu in the eyes of the world. There are more than 150 officials of all sizes involved in that account book, ranging from high-ranking senior officials of the fourth rank to low-level officials in various ministries. , its composition can be described as extremely complicated, and it is obviously not an easy task to try to clarify them one by one. According to conventional methods, it is impossible to sort out the clues without a few months. Obviously, It is impossible for Li Xian to have such a long time to squander. In this way, making a surprise move became Li Xian's only choice. Just like that, on July [-], all the people involved in the case received a letter from the British Palace. Summons, ordering everyone to wait for the next day to go to Dali Temple for a hearing, and they must not be absent. Violators will bear the consequences!
Over the years, Li Xian's ruthless methods have been seen a lot by the officials. Now that he has issued a summons, no one dares to disobey, and all of them rushed to the Yamen of Dali Temple honestly early in the morning. It was only when we got to the ground that we realized that something was wrong - Li Xian hadn't shown himself yet, but the lobby was full of guards of the Prince's Palace who were armed to the teeth. The row of eerie instruments of torture, this formation is really scary and tight, all the officials who were summoned were all frightened into silence, even though hundreds of people gathered together, there was no noise, only the sound of heavy panting One after another, there was a sound.

When Chenshi was on the right card, after a fake cough, Li Xian, who was dressed in royal clothes, had already turned out from the back hall, and all the guards of the palace who were standing upright immediately moved their legs together, shouting in unison like a tsunami He shouted: "See Your Highness!" The sound was so loud that all the terrified officials who committed the crime were terrified immediately, and I don't know how many people's legs were weak and trembling.

"Ascension!"

Li Xian ignored the terrified officials in the lobby, walked slowly to the desk, sat down, picked up the gavel, slapped it hard, and let out a loud sip.

"mighty……"

Li Xian gave an order, and the big drum placed at the entrance of the hall immediately thumped. At the same time, dozens of royal guards shouted in unison, full of unconcealed murderous aura. The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Take the prisoner!"

The applause hadn't subsided, Li Xian slammed the gavel once again, and roared like thunder, all the offending officials who were already panicked were shocked, stretched their necks involuntarily, and I wanted to see which unlucky guy was the first to be interrogated, and at the same time, I also wanted to see how Li Xian planned to pass this interrogation. Hou Shanye, the Minister of Dali Temple, came to the hall with the personal guards of the Royal Palace, but seeing Hou Shanye in a prison uniform with his hair disheveled and begging for his face, God knows how much he has suffered these days.

"Gudu, Gulu..."

The offending officials gathered in the hall looked at Hou Shanye's unlucky spirit. They were stunned, swallowing sounded from time to time, and they were all taken aback. The official, whose status is much higher than that of all the offending officials present, has been tossed into such a state by Li Xian when the imperial decree has not clearly condemned him. How will everyone be treated.

"Your Majesty!"

The two royal guards who escorted Hou Shanye to the court ignored what the offending officials were thinking. After dragging Hou Shanye to the court, they unceremoniously kicked Hou Shanye's legs hard. Kicking him to the ground in front of the copywriter, he screamed in pain.

"Who is kneeling in the hall?"

Li Xian ignored Hou Shanye's yelling, and asked in a deep voice with a straight face.

"Your Highness, you can't do this, Hou is a member of the imperial court, there is no imperial edict, you can't..."

Hou Shanye is ruthless by nature. Although he has experienced the "gracious treatment" of the royal guards these days, he does not intend to give in to Li Xian. Hearing Li Xian shouting and asking, he immediately endured the pain in his knees and knelt up straight Get up, protested loudly.

"This king has the right to arbitrarily judge the case by order. Why can't he say it? It seems that he will not be punished. I plan to resist to the end. Well, this king will do it for you. Come, let someone commit a crime with a toothpick." !" Before Hou Shanye could finish speaking, Li Xian had already cut off his throat, took out a stick from the stick on the document, threw it on the ground, and ordered the punishment mercilessly.

"promise!"

Now that Li Xian had given the order, several royal guards of the royal residence suddenly agreed and stepped forward, without any explanation, they picked up the struggling Hou Shanye, dragged him to the entrance of the hall, and pushed him down on the ground of all the offending officials. In front of them, the two suppressed Hou Shanye's body, one forcibly lifted Hou Shanye's left hand, and straightened his five fingers. One of his personal guards picked up a toothpick and inserted it into Hou Shanye's nails, and another person tapped it with a small hammer. Holding the tip of the toothpick, insert the toothpick deep into the nail continuously.

"Ah, ah ah ah..."

Inserting bamboo sticks is one of the tortures in Dali Temple. In the past, Hou Shanye often used this torture to extort confessions. This time, it was his turn to enjoy this torture. With his fingers connected to his heart, he felt so painful immediately. The sound of crying and howling was extremely horrific, but it was a pity that no matter how loudly he screamed, it was useless. Those few royal guards were all people who had been beaten out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. Without hesitation, he stuck all five fingers of Hou Shanye's left hand with bamboo sticks. The pain made Hou Shanye pass out several times, and he woke up from the coma several times.

"Who is kneeling in the hall?"

After the torture was over, Hou Shanye, who had already collapsed, slipped under the lift of two royal guards and was thrown in front of the copy again. Li Xian didn't care how sadly he moaned, and asked the same question again in an incomparably cold manner.

"Your Highness, you can't, you can't, Hou, Hou..."

Hou Shanye is worthy of being a member of the Jiuli court, even if he has reached such a situation, he is still unwilling to give in, and he refuses to follow Li Xian's pace.

"Can't? Hey, it seems that I haven't been tortured enough? Very good, I will accompany you to the end, come on, drag it down, and clean up!" Li Xian sneered, pulled out a stick again, and threw it on the ground.

"No, don't, my lower official Hou Shanye, please don't, Your Highness!"

Grooming is not just dressing up in the ordinary sense, it is using an iron brush to brush off the flesh of a person's body. This is a more terrifying punishment than Ling Chi. Hou Shanye himself rarely dares to use such inhuman punishments when trying cases. Punishment, when he heard that Li Xian was going to entertain him with this punishment, he immediately became cowardly, ignoring the pain, waved his hands carelessly, and begged.

"Yeah!" Li Xian waved his hand, let out a soft voice, and signaled the guards who had rushed forward to step back for now, and after coldly looking at Hou Shanye for a while, he opened his mouth and said unhurriedly : "Hou Shanye, can you be convicted, eh?"

"Your Highness wants to punish the crimes committed by the lower officials, so you must let the lower officials die to understand?"

Hou Shanye's ability in interrogation is not small, and his ability to counter-interrogation is naturally not bad. After escaping the punishment of grooming, his mind immediately became active again, he gritted his teeth, and answered lightly while avoiding the seriousness.

"Hey, don't you know about the crimes you have committed? Forget it, then the king will use the toilet to help you recall it well. Come on, execute the sentence!" The chance for the fool to pass the test, he smiled coldly, drank a sip, and several of the palace's personal guards rushed forward again, setting up Hou Shanye and dragging him to the hall.

"Your Highness, please forgive me, I'm recruiting, I'm recruiting!"

Although Hou Shanye was ruthless, seeing that Li Xian was even more ruthless than him, he immediately couldn't hold on anymore, thinking to himself that he was not guilty of death, how could he be tortured to death by Li Xian, so he yelled loudly in a hurry .

"Drag back!"

Li Xianyao's confession was a confession, and he did not intend to take Hou Shanye's life in the courtroom. Hearing his confession, he got off the donkey on the slope, snorted coldly, and raised his hand, signaling to the guards of the palace to come Hou Shanye dragged back to the hall.

"Hou Shanye, I asked you, on the second day of the first month of the third year of Xianqing, you gave Wu Minzhi a bottle of golden Buddha, worth three hundred guan; Two gold bracelets; in the fourth year of Xianqing, he gave 8000 pieces of money... In eight years, he gave Wu Minzhi a total of [-], two hundred and ten pieces of money, is it true? Tell me!" Li Xian picked up the account book that was placed on the copy , read it according to the script, with a blunt and cold tone.

"It is true."

Firstly, Hou Shanye was afraid that Li Xian would be punished again. Secondly, he also knew that Wu Minzhi’s confession and evidence were there. It was hard not to deny it. Thirdly, he also knew that even if he confessed to these bad debts, it would not be a death penalty. Since he didn't want to be beaten to death by Li Xian for nothing, he simply admitted it.

Xiao Mian, why stop pretending to be confused, start the beginning, and the ending is up to you!Upon hearing Hou Shanye's confession, the corner of Li Xian's mouth curled up, revealing a strange smile that was so faint that it was almost invisible...

(End of this chapter)