The splendor of the red mansion

Chapter 301
The Department of Punishment is affiliated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is in charge of the Three Banners criminal and prison cases, and of course it also includes the punishment of people in the Forbidden City.In an isolated small courtyard, there were seven or eight clean small cells, but today they are slowly filled with people.Naturally, these people were all sent from the Compassionate Ning Palace.Ever since the two young elder brothers and one little Gege in the Compassionate Ning Palace met each other, all the people in the Compassionate Ning Palace, including the nuns who were close to the Empress Dowager, were sent in for a two-day stay without exception.The officials of the Punishment Department even cheered up to interrogate these people. After all, the emperor and the queen mother issued several edicts a day demanding a thorough investigation. How dare they play it perfunctory?Those who had no problems at all were released as early as yesterday and were detained separately.The rest will have to be reviewed one by one.

"How many of you, are you convicted?" the head doctor of the Punishment Department asked loudly.

The two court ladies and two nuns kneeling under the hall are the people who usually served Hongchen. Originally, Hongchen had personal maids and nuns by his side, but Kangxi lived in the palace at a young age, fearing that there would not be enough people around her. , adding a few more examples to Princess Anheshuo.Several people in the hall repeatedly claimed that they were wronged, and the chief doctor frowned and said: "You are the people who serve Ge Ge closely, but now Ge Ge is seriously ill and dare to say that you are not guilty?" One of the maids with a handsome appearance said: "Your Excellency has learned from you. Gege is sick, of course it is our fault as slaves, but the servants are doing their best to serve Gege and dare not be negligent for a moment." The master doctor said oh, looked at the maid and said: "Which flag are you from? What is Ge Ge doing in front of you?" The court lady said: "The servant girl is the coat of Zhengbai Qi, Mrs. Cui. She usually only does some cleaning work in Ge Ge's room." The chief Lang Zhong nodded, and asked several other people, but it was true that there was no anything suspicious.He waved his hand and asked the person to let him go.

"Wait." Just when everyone was slightly relieved in their hearts, a slightly cold voice came from the door.The head Lang Zhong was startled, only to see a stern-looking man in white clothes standing at the door at some point, followed by four people dressed as guards.Although the Punishment Department is in charge of the Shangsanqi Prison, and its power is not small, but it is really not a role in Sijiu City where high-ranking officials and clans are everywhere.The chief doctor naturally did not dare to offend easily, he stood up and asked cautiously, "Dare to ask this sir?" Because Wei Ruolan did not have an official position, naturally he did not wear an official uniform and the chief doctor did not know the identity of this person.Wei Ruolan glanced at the people in the room indifferently, and said: "My lord, I will be in charge of this place from now on." The chief clerk was a little displeased, the man's so-natural attitude made him feel offended by his authority Unhappy, he took a step forward and asked: "May I ask who is this lord? Where is the order of the Shangguan? There are still a few people who have already finished their interrogation, so I want to let them go."

Wei Ruolan snorted softly, "Let's go? There are just a few people who want your lord to meet." With a wave of his hand, the court ladies and eunuchs were brought in, and the chief doctor's face changed slightly. These people were the ones he let go yesterday several.Just as Wei Ruolan was about to speak, Wei Ruolan raised her hand, but in her palm was a golden token, "Do you understand, my lord? Here... I will be in charge for the time being." The golden token marks the arrow!Seeing the token is like seeing the emperor, the chief doctor's legs were a little weak, and he tremblingly said: "Look...you can see clearly. If this is the case, I will retire." Wei Ruolan said: "Take your people away together."

After a while, the people from the Department of Punishment and Punishment retreated completely.Wei Ruolan went to the table in the hall and sat down, casually looked at the kneeling people in the hall, and said indifferently: "If you don't want to suffer, just explain the explanation clearly. Otherwise, don't blame me for being cruel!"

Hearing this, the people kneeling in the hall couldn't help but change their colors.People like them who can serve in front of their master are different from those who are rough envoys. They always have some background and connections.Therefore, even if there is no evidence in the Punishment Department, they will not be tortured easily, but this strange man swears directly when he comes in, which makes them have a bad feeling in their hearts.Wei Ruolan calmly drank the tea brought by his subordinates while ordering: "These people got out of the Punishment Department yesterday, I think you all know them too. Let me show you my methods first, so as not to smell like a waste Time." The two eunuchs and a little maid who were brought in were escorted to kneel on the ground.A woman in Tsing Yi walked up to the three of them with a little girl. On the tray in the little girl's hand was slowly a plate of long and short silver needles.The woman in Tsing Yi smiled and said: "My lord, can we start?" Wei Ruolan nodded indifferently, glanced at the three people and said: "I heard that there are many torture skills in the palace, show your methods to others Look." The woman in Tsing Yi smiled brightly and said, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will never let you down."

Walking up to the tallest and strongest eunuch, the woman in Tsing Yi turned around with a slight smile and took a silver needle from the tray, held it in her hand, found an acupuncture point, and stabbed it slowly.At the beginning, the few people next to me were a little unconcerned. After all, there are many private affairs in the palace. Some bad-tempered masters who like to take down people and vent their anger also like to stab people with needles, which is not unbearable live penalty.It's just that the eunuch's reaction was a bit unexpected. It's just that a small silver needle pierced it and it was okay at first, but then gradually began to tremble, the expression on his face began to distort, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down like rain.By the time the second needle went in, the eunuch had already started to howl, the voice was so miserable and painful that it made people shudder, but the body seemed to be frozen as if it didn't understand.The smile on the face of the woman in Tsing Yi was even more beautiful, and she was obviously quite satisfied with the reaction of the tortured person.Turning around without hesitation, he took the third needle and pierced it. The man began to scream, "My eyes! I can't see my eyes... Please forgive me..." The woman in Tsing Yi turned her ears to this until the needle was pierced. At the seventh point, the little eunuch could only lie on the ground and twitched all over, the woman in Tsing Yi turned her head and smiled at Wei Ruolan: "Young Master, you can ask now."

Wei Ruolan nodded in satisfaction, and someone beside her came forward to ask.The little eunuch lost his mind long ago, knowing everything.It turned out that it was Concubine Rong who stood in front of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and did not do anything she shouldn't have done, but just sent some news to Concubine Rong from time to time.

After the interrogation of the three people was over, the four people below looked at the woman in Tsing Yi completely as if they were looking at a devil.It seemed that the person in front of him was not a delicate and graceful beauty, but a demon who could eat people.The woman in Tsing Yi was not punished for moving the board or pinching her fingers and whipping the whip.It was just a silver needle that made the three of them go into convulsions, like a frightened bird, if they see the needle in this life, they will not be able to help being afraid.Wei Ruolan waved her hand to get the woman in Tsing Yi to stand aside, and said, "This is the simplest form of needle punishment under my command. If you don't like it, you can change it to something else. Now you can consider whether to say it or not."

(End of this chapter)