Rebirth of the third master of the ring of the Red Chamber

Qu Zehou's influence in the Northwest was deeply rooted, and he not only was greedy himself, but also encouraged his subordinates to be greedy. Those who had a close relationship with him could fabricate disaster figures and draw money from the state treasury on a regular basis.Officials from the five northwestern provinces were all bribed and bought by him. From the governor of a province to the small officials in the government office, they all listened to his orders, without knowing the laws of the king.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Northwest China is a country within a country, and that Qu Zehou is the king of kings.

As a result, the difficulty of interrogation has increased exponentially.Everyone gritted their teeth and refused to let go, and shouted for grievances when they were beaten hard, and some even hit their heads to death.

Midnight passed, but he didn't ask a single word. Meng Guliang rubbed his temples, and said with a tired face, "My lord, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask any more questions today, so let's go back and rest for now. How about rehearsing tomorrow when we have enough energy?"

"Middle of the night is when people are most tired and sleepy, and it is also the best time for interrogation. If you want to rest, go, this king will come to interrogate in person." The third prince waved to Xiao Ze who was standing behind him, "Go."

Xiao Ze's calves were trembling, and he looked at the bored Third Master Huan with pleading eyes.

Jia Huan drank a cup of strong tea, rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile, "I'll do it, I'm faster."

The third prince gave him a deep look, and finally nodded in agreement. At the age of 16, he is no longer young. It is time to let him go and fly, and I only need to protect him.

Jia Huan drew out his dagger, paced in front of a row of torture racks, finally picked a fat official, and said in a soft voice, "I wonder if you have heard of the skinning punishment? The knife is cut from the spine, and the skin on the back is cut with a knife. Divided into two halves, slowly torn apart like a butterfly spreading its wings, revealing the muscles, blood vessels, and meridians covered under it. The whole piece of skin peeled off, but the person was still alive and well, able to talk, eat, and even run and jump. I heard that this kind of punishment is the most difficult to cast on fat people, because there is still a pile of fat between the skin and muscles, which is not easy to separate. I will challenge the difficulty today." The ghost smiled and continued, "After the execution is over, Whether you recruit or not, I will let you go back. How, are you happy?"

The official was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart just by imagining, and he had the urge to confess before the execution.Others also turned pale and trembled all over.

Meng Guliang, who reluctantly stayed behind, felt chills running down his back, and peeked at Prince Jin, only to see that he was looking at the young man with a smile on his face, with an indescribably gentle and doting expression on his face, as if what the other party uttered was not something that was extremely frightening, but rather They were whispers of love.

"Turn him over, his hands and feet are tied tightly." Jia Huan waved at Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze hurriedly sent someone to tie the official upside down on the torture rack, and stripped off all his clothes.

"How much minzhi minjiao did you eat to grow such a thick suet? I'll scrape it for you today." Jia Huan patted the fat on his waist with the back of the knife, and when he was freezing and trembling for a moment, he suddenly raised the blade and quickly slashed across his back A line of blood.The fat man himself didn't feel the slightest pain, but the officials tied to the left and right torture racks could see it clearly, and all gasped.

The young man grasped the thin skin with his left hand, and split the shiny yellow fat with a knife in his right hand. The blood flowed between the throbbing muscles and jumping veins, giving off a strong fishy smell.

The so-called skin-peeling pain was so painful that the fat official howled miserably, and the only head that could move kept shaking like crazy.Everyone in the cell, except the third prince who was drinking tea leisurely, closed their eyes tightly and dared not watch.

"Ah, I forgot one thing." The young man stopped suddenly, turned his head and smiled at Xiao Ze, "Please open their eyes, such a wonderful performance cannot be done without the audience."

Xiao Ze swallowed, and made people hold up the eyelids of all the prisoners with bamboo sticks, and forced their heads to the direction of execution.

"Okay, let's continue." The boy cut off a piece of suet and threw it on the ground.

"My lord, spare me! I'll recruit, I'll recruit them all!" The man couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Can't recruit! General Fuyuan will be fine! If you don't recruit, there is still a way to survive. If you recruit, you will definitely die, and it will affect the nine clans! You have to think clearly!" A prisoner suddenly warned.

Obesity officials hesitated to hear this.Meng Guliang raised his jaw, motioning for the commander to cover his mouth.

"No need. If you have anything to say, let them say it." The third prince smiled lightly and waved his hands.

Jia Huan ignored these people's tricks or not. He was fascinated by the bloody smell in the room, his eyes were red, he was excited, and he couldn't stop. He picked up the dagger and continued to peel, with a happy smile on his mouth.

The skin on the back has been peeled off, the red muscles, purple blood vessels, and yellow fat are constantly shaking with the twitching of the fat official, looking extremely terrifying.

Meng Guliang covered his mouth and nose with one hand, and pressed his upset stomach with the other. He looked at Prince Jin beside him, but saw that he was still drinking tea leisurely, and the guards behind him did not change their expressions.Turning his head and looking back, his long suit had rushed to the corner and vomited, a sour smell mixed with the strong bloody smell, it was very unpleasant.

Just at this moment, seven or eight people vomited continuously, making the smell in the room even more smoky.

Prince Jin finally couldn't help frowning.

Jia Huan felt something in her heart, turned her head and smiled, "It will be fine soon, just be patient for a while."

Prince Jin smiled and waved at him, indicating that he was fine.Meng Guliang was startled by the boy's red eyes and almost jumped up, and he couldn't help but clenched the armrest of the chair tightly.

After a while, the fat official really couldn't bear it, and shouted for mercy again.Jia Huan gave up regretfully, and asked Xiao Ze to take the man down, and only then did he warn the man to continue.

I had already experienced cruel mental torture, but when it was my turn, the overwhelming fear overwhelmed me.As soon as a blood line was cut, the man shouted to be recruited, and when he was taken down, he showed an ecstatic expression of the rest of his life.

Jia Huan continued to pick and choose, whoever he looked at would shout for mercy, and the confession was particularly neat.Jia Huan had no choice but to go to the sink to wash his blood-stained hands, and sighed regretfully.

Meng Guliang rubbed his churning stomach, stood up and said with a forced smile, "My lord, I will take someone to transcribe the statement, and I will take my leave first."

"Master Meng, go slowly." The third prince smiled brightly, diluting the bloodiness in the room a lot.

Helping each other out of the torture room with the long follower, Meng Guliang had a dignified expression, "I am in the purgatory, but I am still at ease, leisurely and leisurely, the third prince is unfathomable. Jia Huan didn't know how he trained him, but he was a little angry No, it looks like an evil ghost soaked in a pool of blood! I have to write a letter to my master, telling him to take precautions."

"My lord, the war is raging in the northwest, and the bombardment is rampant. It is very common for people to die, why not..." Chang Sui said in a low voice.

Meng Guliang interrupted him immediately, "It's best not to act rashly until you find out their details. It's still the same sentence, first bring down the crown prince."

Chang Sui nodded in agreement, and helped him to go to the prison for interrogation.

When everyone was gone, Xiao Ze immediately propped himself against the wall and vomited.Jia Huan had washed his hands, walked slowly to the side of the Third Prince, lowered his head until the tip of his nose touched the tip of his nose before barely stopping, looking into his dark eyes.

"What's wrong?" The Third Prince pretended to be calm.As long as he was half an inch closer, he would be able to enclose the young man's crimson lips and suck the medicinal fluid in his mouth.He had to use [-]% of his self-control to suppress this crazy desire.

The young man came closer, seeing the young man's pupils shrunk slightly, showing a hint of retreat, he suddenly laughed lightly, stroked the corners of his eyes with his fingertips, and said, "There is a drop of blood here, bad luck, don't forget to take a bath with grapefruit leaves after returning to the house .” Without looking back, he waved his hands and strode away.He will not take the initiative to cross the boundaries between friends, but he can't help but want to pierce this person's calm mask.

It wasn't until the boy disappeared around the corner that the third prince let go of his held breath, and couldn't help touching the corners of his burning eyes, with a sad expression on his face.

After Xiao Ze vomited, he waited for a long time. Seeing that his master was still immersed in melancholy and unable to extricate himself, he urged, "My lord, the environment here is very dirty, you should go back to the room and wash up."

"Huh? Huh." The young man was stunned for a while, then nodded, stood up, smoothed his clothes, and walked out slowly.

More than 30 people all confessed. After combining the confessions, Meng Guliang found that the case was a hundred times more serious than he had imagined.

According to the laws of Daqing, officials who have embezzled more than 2000 taels of ink will be dismissed and investigated; those with more than 5000 taels will be beheaded for public display.However, none of the officials in Shaanxi can escape the death penalty, and even the chief servants around him have more than [-] taels of corruption.If they were executed according to the law, no one would be available in the five northwestern provinces, forming a political desert.

Among them, Kangtai's confession revealed a great news. Qu Zehou established the system of sitting on the governor's side, ordering provincial officials to send their own long-term followers to the government to pay tribute on a regular basis.During the long-term contact, he chose the head of his confidant Qin Guantao to follow Qin Ye in charge of the accounts.In the past seven years, the amount of money from ink corruption and disasters in all provinces has been recorded in the book. The money spent by myself is still a small amount, and the bulk is sent to the capital for the squandering of the crown prince and Queen Qu. After seven years, it has reached as high as 2000 million taels, which is more than ten times the total revenue of the national treasury. .

As long as the ledger is found, it will be solid evidence, enough to drive the Qu family and the prince into the abyss.

Meng Guliang immediately sent the confession to Prince Jin for reading. The two dared not delay, and rushed to Gansu to capture Qin Ye without stopping.

The Fifth Prince's position as the Great General of Dingyuan Pingkou is not based on the shelter of his ancestors, but on the military merits of hard work.As soon as his army stepped into the northwest, it took over two provinces one after another, and forced the rebels to hide in the Kunlun Mountains, the most dangerous and complex terrain.

Therefore, the third prince and his party did not encounter rebels and arrived in Lanzhou very smoothly.

"Hey, it's still one step too late after all!" Meng Guliang lamented at the Qin Zhai that had been burned to ashes.

The third prince paced back and forth among the scorched ruins of broken tiles, and waved at Xiao Ze after a while, "There are no corpses found in the Yizhuang, and there are signs of being searched in the ruins. Go ask the nearby residents if they have ever seen a mysterious person. Appear."

Xiao Ze took the order to go, turned around quickly, and reported, "My lord, I heard that the fire was set by the rebellious army. All 24 people in the Qin residence were burned to death, and all their belongings were looted. The next day, the imperial court sent troops. Take away all the corpses and items that were not looted, and embroider a word 'green' with gold thread on the black military flag."

"It's the fifth." The fifth prince's name is Tu Quexi, and his style name is Qingyuan.

The third prince stepped out of the ruins and wanted to board the carriage to the barracks. He seemed to think of something and turned around helplessly. He half dragged and half hugged the young man who was squatting under the broken tiles and buried himself in picking up supplies into the carriage.

Meng Guliang hurriedly followed.

At this time, during the truce, the defense of the barracks was unrelenting.The third prince took out the imperial decree and his waist card, and reached the core area after crossing the nine layers of security.

On the martial arts training field stood a crowd of soldiers, holding spears and broadswords in their hands and practicing, with a murderous look on their faces, shouting endlessly, and a majestic fighting spirit floating faintly, worthy of being called the tiger and wolf master by the enemy, a native of Daqing The elite teacher in the eyes.

The gushing killing intent and raging evil spirit made Jia Huan's blood boil.He stopped in front of the training ground, unable to move no matter what, squinted his eyes slightly, and deeply smelled the wanton smell of blood in the air.

"Huan'er, are you okay?" The third prince rubbed the corners of his blushing eyes with his fingertips.

"I'm fine." The boy's voice was hoarse, "Go in first, I'll stay here for a while."

It would be better not to see Lao Wu.The third prince's heartstrings were slightly relaxed, and he and Meng Guliang walked towards the commander's camp.

The fifth prince was naked from the upper body, allowing the military doctor to change the dressing on his injured arm.The military doctor cut off the blood-stained cloth, frowned when he saw the red, swollen and festering wound, picked up the hot dagger, and carefully removed the carrion.

The two people who entered the tent were all taken aback when they saw this scene, Meng Guliang quickly opened his mouth to express his concern, the third prince sat down by himself, sipped a cup of hot tea, and said neither salty nor weak, "Fifth, don't come here without any problems."

"This king is very well!" The fifth prince sneered, swung the wine jar with his uninjured arm, poured it down his throat, and ignored the spilled wine on the robes that had retreated to his waist.

"My lord, you are still seriously injured, so it's better to drink less alcohol." Meng Guliang advised me gently.

"Healed from a serious injury? Are you joking? It's just a small sting from an ant." The fifth prince glanced at him and ordered to the military doctor, "Cut it if you want, why are you dawdling!"

The military doctor only promised, but he was even more cautious when he started.

"If you don't have anything to go to the Three Treasures Palace, tell me, why do you come to see me?" After taking another sip of strong wine, the Fifth Prince cut straight to the point.

Knowing that the three kings and five kings have always been dirty, although they will not fight, they are definitely disgusted by seeing each other.Meng Guliang didn't dare to let Prince Jin, who had a cold face after entering the tent, talk, and quickly clasped his hands and narrated the matter euphemistically, begging for the corpses and belongings seized by the barracks.

"Who said that the thing is in the hands of this king? You have found the wrong person." The fifth prince sneered, caught a glimpse of the military doctor who was hesitating in front of a mass of carrion, and angrily said, "If you don't dare to cut it, get out, this king himself!" Do it!" After saying that, he wanted to grab the dagger.

"Is the thing coming?" came the clear and lazy voice, which made the Fifth Prince stunned for a moment, and then suddenly turned his head to look at the door, with a pleasant expression on his face.

"Huan'er, I'm seriously injured, Huan'er! Come and save me!" The general, who was alive and well one moment, was lying on the table and wailing angrily the next moment, as if he was about to die anytime, anywhere.

The third prince's hand holding the teacup suddenly tightened, his knuckles turned slightly white.

Meng Guliang looked at this scene in astonishment, and thought to himself, who said that he was stung by an ant?How can you be seriously injured in the blink of an eye?Your lord, your acting is a little fake!

Ji Yan turned his head silently under Xiao Ze's mocking eyes.