When Deng Fang and his party arrived at the temple, Quan Yilong was shocked when he heard the news. When he was at a loss, Deng Fang and others came to him.
Quan Yilong had no way to hide, so he had to pretend to be calm and said: "This is a quiet place. I wonder why all the donors came here?"
"snort."
Deng Fang snorted coldly, with disdain on his face, and said: "Don't you know what it means? Do you think no one in the world cares about such a thing?"
After saying that, Deng Fang strode towards the tablet, only to see that the place where the tablet was enshrined was empty.
Deng Fang was stunned for a moment, then asked Quan Yilong sternly: "Where are the tablets of the two dog thieves? Tell me!"
Quan Yilong shook his head and said with a confused look: "What tablet? There has never been a tablet here."
"How dare you try to get away with it!"
Deng Fang was so angry that he walked up to the official of the Ministry of Punishment, raised his hand and said to him: "Your Majesty, the tablets of the two thieves Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan were clearly enshrined here a few days ago. Now they are missing. They must have been stolen."
He is hiding, please search him."
Quan Yilong also knew that these officials from the Ministry of Justice had special status and did not dare to be presumptuous, so he quickly said: "Please don't listen to this official. He has a magic disease and talks nonsense everywhere. The people in my temple
Everyone can testify."
While talking, Quan Yilong secretly took out a few banknotes from his sleeves and wanted to give them to the officer.
When the officer saw that Quan Yilong dared to give him money, he was startled. Then he became furious and shouted: "How dare you dare to bribe me. How can I spare you? I'm going to tie you up."
This eucalyptus is listened to by heaven and managed by the officials. Whoever dares to reach out to take advantage of it will lose his head!
Quan Yilong was quickly held behind his back with both hands, unable to move.
"Search."
The officer waved his hand again and ordered people to search. Then dozens of people rummaged through boxes and cabinets in the temple, searching everywhere, and finally found the tablets of Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan in a cabinet.
"Take them all."
"Spare your life, spare your life."
The evidence of the crime was conclusive, and everyone in the temple was detained and arrested. Quan Yilong shouted loudly for his life, but no one paid attention to him, and all the people were taken to the county government to await disposal.
Quan Yilong was escorted to the lobby, where he saw Zhu Zhu sitting there with a serious face, looking directly at Quan Yilong, which made him tremble all over.
At this time, Na Lai Zhibao had a look of death on his face and had been kneeling there waiting for a long time.
With a "pop" sound, Zhu Zhu slapped the gavel tree heavily, and then said: "You have to deal with the matter of enshrining the tablets of Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan from the truth, but there is a single lie in an attempt to get through. I will show no mercy."
After saying that, Zhu Zhu looked at Quan Yilong with sharp eyes and asked: "Who enshrines this tablet? Tell me."
Quan Yilong was completely panicked, looked at Lai Zhibao, and cried: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what should we do now? What is going on?"
The word "brother-in-law" exposed their relationship.
Zhu Zhu banged the gavel tree again, scolded Lai Zhibao angrily, and shouted: "Lai Zhibao, what is your relationship with him? Tell me how to recruit him."
Lai Zhibao was in a nervous mood, with cold sweat dripping from his body. "Xiaguan,,,Xiaguan,,,Xiaguan, I don't know him."
Now Quan Yilong was even more panicked and shouted: "Brother-in-law, how can you not recognize me? This temple business was your idea."
Seeing their conversation like this, Zhu Zhu had already guessed eighty-nine points of the matter. He also knew that Lai Zhibao was trying to evade, so how could Zhu Zhu tolerate it.
"Come here, this treasure of Lai will be severely punished."
"Wait a minute."
Lai Zhibao mustered up his courage and said: "Although my official position is low, he is also an official of the imperial court. It is unreasonable for me to punish this official without authorization, and there is no way to rely on it. Please take back my order."
How could Zhu Zhu care about this? He sneered and said: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and I am in charge of the power of criminal law. I can decide whether it is legal or not, so why do you need to make noises?"
Then Zhu Zhu waved his big hand and ordered people to put Na Lai Zhibao on the clamp stick, put his ten fingers in the clamp stick, and cut off his fingers.
"Ah" screamed, Lai Zhibao howled in pain, his face and body were covered with sweat, and tears flowed out in pain.
"And they will be executed together."
Zhu Zhu ordered people to torture all the people in the temple including Quan Yilong. Suddenly there was a lot of wailing and screaming in the hall. Quan Yilong even screamed like the sky was falling. However, Zhu Zhu was completely indifferent to all this.
Keep it in mind.
It has to be said that Zhu Zhu was kind to people in the court and even more submissive to Zhao Yun. However, when he went to the local prefectures and counties, he was like the king of hell, and he felt like two different people.
Soon, Lai Zhibao fainted from the pain, then looked at Quan Yilong with Zhuzhu eyes and said: "How does this punishment feel?"
"The villain recruits, the villain recruits."
At this time, Quan Yilong had long lost his support. He had just been tortured by the criminal law, which made his liver and gallbladder split. How could he still bear it and tell the story like a dumpling?
It turned out that Quan Yilong and Lai Zhibao were related by marriage, and their wives were biological sisters. When Lai Zhibao came here to be the county magistrate, Quan Yilong also came with him, hoping to gain benefits from the land.
At this time, Lai Zhibao gave him an idea, asking him to build a temple and collect incense for worship. This business was a one-time investment, only the cost of construction, and the county government could also provide corresponding allocations, and then he would just sit back and reap endless rewards.
Money can be said to be a source of great profit.
In this way, the temple was built under their secret operation. Due to the support of Lai Zhibao, local gentry, wealthy households and common people flocked to it, came to offer incense, pray and contribute incense.
Little did they know that this temple was just a fake temple from beginning to end, just a tool for Lai Zhibao and Quan Yilong to make money.
They have made a lot of profits from this temple, and apart from the money for sesame oil, the biggest source of profit is the money collected from the people for offering memorial tablets.
This money is collected in advance, and it is a fixed amount of income every month every year. They naturally value it very much. It doesn't matter who is offering it, as long as the money is given, they will accept it.
The people who enshrined the tablets of Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan took advantage of their greed for money and colluded with each other, which ultimately led to such incredible things happening in the temple.
"Who is the person requesting the sacrifice? Recruit him from the ground."
Zhu Zhu continued to inquire, but Quan Yilong collected money in the temple during the day and had fun at night. How could he remember so much.
Fortunately, the official from the Ministry of Punishment conducted a search when sealing the temple and brought over various accounts, including the list of those who made offerings.