Zhu Huan was arrested in an instant. For the entire Dingyuan County, it was as exciting as Mars colliding with the earth.

But just like the people of Fengyang Prefecture, the people still have questions about whether Zhu Huan can be killed. After all, Zhu Huan is a relative of the royal country and is his nephew of today. I heard that his father saved the emperor's life before, so it would not be so easy to die.

I don’t know where the news came out, saying that the person who sponsored Zhu Huan this time was His Highness the King of Liao!

The people were puzzled. His Highness the King of Liao was also a relative of Zhu Huan. Can he deal with Zhu Huan?

Someone said again, why can't it be? The Pingyang Marquis of Fengyang Mansion knows that the emperor's adopted son is not much better than Zhu Huan in Fengyang Mansion. Our King of Liao is just killing him!

When the people heard this, they looked forward to it and waited for the day when Zhu Huan was taken to Caishikou to behead and displayed.

The people were full of joy. The officialdom of Dingyuan County was full of sorrow. Who was Zhu Yuanzhang? He was not ruthless in dealing with corrupt officials. Even though he had not killed Zhu Huan for the time being, he did not say he would not kill him. All officials in Dingyuan County who were involved in tax collection were arrested and handed over to Zheng Shiyuan for interrogation.

However, it was not Zheng Shiyuan who came to interrogate, but our King of Liao.

Early this morning, in the prison cell of Dingyuan County, Zhu Qi, wearing a prince's python robe, sat on the chair of the Grand Master who was moved over. The guards in front of him were all detained, and torches were lit in the torch, illuminating the prison.

Zheng Shiyuan also stood beside His Highness the King of Liao, and came to interrogate the criminal himself, which was of course what His Highness the King of Liao meant. He stood by and saw how His Highness the King of Liao interrogated him, and by the way he wanted to see how His Highness the King of Liao could do it. Without going to His Highness to advise, he could make Zhu Huan die within five days.

However, His Highness of the King of Liao had a request, that is, Zheng Shiyuan could stand by and watch, but not interfere with the interrogation.

The original prison was begging for mercy, but today it was different because Zhu Qi cleared all the prisoners and put them in other places in the government to be detained separately. At this time, there were no other prisoners in the prison.

Then he saw His Highness of the King of Liao waved his hand and said:

"Come on the first prisoner."

Soon, a trembling criminal wearing a prison uniform was brought up. The man had a beard and had clean and scars on his body. He obviously had not been tortured.

The criminal was taken to the chair in front of Zhu Qi, and then fixed his hands and feet with chains. Zhu Qi looked at the paper on the table, which recorded the identity of the criminal, and he asked:

"Is the prisoner Su Wenzhong, the former chief of the Tongke Department of Dingyuan County?"

The Tongke Department is a local tax bureau, and Su Wenzhong is the person in charge of taxation, so Zhu Qi was the first to review him.

Su Wenzhong immediately said tremblingly:

"When you go back to your highness, the guilty minister is Su Wenchen."

Zhu Qi slapped the agglomeration and scolded:

"Bold Su Wenzhong, his name is so angry that he looks very angry. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes. Unexpectedly, he is also a dog official who betrays the court and harms the people. Do you have anything to explain? Before I punish you, I will quickly explain everything!"

Su Wenzhong was naturally not a loyal person, otherwise he would not have done anything to harm the people. He immediately cried and told him as he did, and went downstairs to get things without paying money, to summon merchants and imposed taxes. However, while he was giving the instructions, he also said that this matter was instructed by Zhu Huan, and he was just an official who worked.

What a good guy, you are the tax bureau chief at the county level. Do you still dare to call yourself "just an official who works"? Do you dare to say that you are not making any money in it?

Zheng Shiyuan was angry on the spot and was about to speak, but Zhu Qi was faster. He directly slapped the gavel and shouted:

“Bold!”

Zheng Shiyuan also said, "In front of the King of Liao, why don't you explain honestly!"

But Zhu Qi then said:

"Zhu Huan is my cousin, a member of the same clan and clan in my Zhu family, a royal relative of the Ming Dynasty, and you, a small official, can be framed! To be honest, is this random tax collection in Dingyuan County the mastermind of you, the tax chief!"

Su Wenchen was stunned, Zheng Shiyuan was also a little confused, and whispered:

"Your Highness, have you been wrongly judged? Zhu Huan is the magistrate. The announcement is written in white and black. He will never know about it."

Zhu Qi rolled his eyes at Zheng Shiyuan and did not say anything. Zheng Shiyuan also remembered what he had promised before, so he stopped talking.

Then Su Wenzhong didn't know that His Highness the King of Liao and Zheng Shiyuan had agreed before. At this time, he thought it was His Highness the King of Liao who glared at him. The official dared not speak anymore. When he thought about what His Highness the King of Liao said, Su Wenzhong was panicked at that time.

What does this mean? This is to help Zhu Huan get rid of his crime and let himself, the tax official, take the blame!

Su Wenzhong immediately started crying:

"It's unfair! It's really unfair! The prisoner is just a small tax official. How dare you do such a thing? It's really done by Zhu Huan! He got empty documents from Luzhou Prefecture and wrote them himself! The prisoner is really only responsible for posting tax collection!"

Su Wenzhong was crying so hard that Zhu Qi didn't talk nonsense and directly asked someone to torture him.

Although Gao Jin was a guard of the big inner court, it was naturally not a problem for things like criminal law. He even took a series of bamboo pieces, connected them with a rope in the middle, and directly loaded the bamboo pieces on Su Wenzhong's left finger, and then pulled them hard from left to right. As soon as the bamboo pieces were clamped, Su Wenzhong immediately screamed.

That scream is really heartbreaking.

Zhu Qi was also frightened when he saw it. Gao Jin was really merciless. He cut off all the bones of Su Wenzhong's five fingers. According to the current medical level, there is no possibility of complete recovery in the future.

Zhu Qi looked almost done, raised his hand and asked Gao Jin to let go of the bamboo slices, then pointed at Su Wenzhong and said:

"If you don't want to be scrupulous, just hurry up and ask. You are the mastermind of this matter, right?"

Su Wenzhong curled up in pain at this time, and couldn't help but tremble all over his body, and he still said, "I, I'm really not the mastermind."

Even though he was a corrupt official who helped the evil, he knew that if this matter was exposed, at most he would die alone. But if the mastermind was convicted, he would be from the three tribes of Yi!

Zhu Qi smiled, stood up and walked to him, and said:

"I am not afraid to tell you the truth. Zhu Huan is my cousin and the emperor's nephew. We don't know more about his temperament than you. Zhu Huan will never do such a thing. And he also said that he was confused by you, so I advise you to take it all quickly. I promise to keep you full body."

After saying that, Su Wenzhong didn't understand. It was obvious that he wanted to protect Zhu Huan, the royal relative. Since he could not jump out of his life, he said tremblingly:

"If I confess this way, my family..."

"Don't worry, they'll go down with you, neatly."

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, Su Wenzhong's eyes were red and his mouth muttered for a long time without saying a word.

Zhu Qi smiled and raised his hand to send Su Wenzhong back to the room where he was arrested, saying:

"People come, send him back, prepare paper and pen, and let him write down all the confessions. I want to give them to the emperor and make sure to write them. If he doesn't write them, he won't sleep."

After saying that, Su Wenzhong struggled and cursed:

"You Zhu family must die well! It was obviously done by Zhu Huan, why should I rely on me? Why didn't he die? Why didn't he die? Just because he is a royal relative? I don't accept it, ah-"

The screams gradually faded away, but they were still extremely tragic.

Zhu Qi looked at Su Wenzhong's condition and was very satisfied. Zheng Shiyuan next to him had no idea what he was going to do. In this way, could the emperor make up his mind to kill Zhu Huan? The emperor is not here either!

Zhu Qi sat back on the position of the presiding supervisor and waved:

"Next."

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Chapter completed!