Zhao Yun also knew that this assassination took place in public, and it was impossible to keep it completely secret. If he really had to keep it secret, he was afraid that no one might believe it if the truth was announced.
Zhao Yun said: "What you said is reasonable and accurate."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Yuan Shao received permission, he immediately ordered Lin'an government offices to post notices, and ordered people to go through the streets and beat gongs to inform the people of the truth, so that everyone would know. When the people learned that Zhao Yun had been assassinated, they were all indignant. They no longer believed those things.
Instead, they came to the palace gate one after another and knelt down to pray to God for blessings and that Zhao Yun would be safe and sound.
Tens of thousands of people knelt down to pray for blessings. Zhao Yun was very moved when he learned about this, so Zhao Yun ordered Yuan Shao to go and comfort the people and tell him that he was fine.
Yuan Shao was an honest official, loved the people like a son, and was called "the Son of Buddha" by many people. This shows that he has always had prestige among the people and has an excellent reputation.
Yuan Shao came to the people, conveyed Zhao Yun's intention to the people truthfully, and advised them to go home. Everything went as usual. After hearing this, the people felt relieved and dispersed one by one.
In the prison of the Criminal Department, Zhu Zhu, Li Zongmian, and Jiang Wanli began to interrogate the assassin.
The assassin is in his thirties, and his accent sounds like someone from Shandong. He is well-trained in kung fu and has strong muscles. He is really good.
Standing beside the assassin were not only the jailers, but also several medical officers. The role of the medical officers at this time was to rescue the assassin at any time and prevent him from dying easily.
Zhu Zhu was stunned and asked: "You dare to assassinate an official's family. You are simply extremely audacious. Who is your name? Who is your instruction? You are summoned by me as it is."
The assassin didn't take it seriously. He glanced at Zhu Zhu with contempt and said, "My name is Zhou Cang. I am from Dongchang Prefecture in Shandong Province. I am a nobody. Don't ask about the others. I don't have an envoy. You can kill him if you should."
Just cut it when it's time to cut it, so as not to waste your breath."
To assassinate the emperor, one must die no matter what the reason, and the death penalty is cruel, so Zhou Cang did not want to survive this time, and looked indifferent.
"How dare you, you dare to speak contemptuous words and despise the Third Division Hall. Come on, I will serve you with severe punishment."
After that, the jailer took the iron-nose hook pliers and peeled off all ten of Zhou Cang's fingernails one by one. Suddenly, Zhou Cang's blood flowed like a column, and he screamed in pain.
, but no one paid attention to him.
After the first round of punishment, Jiang Wanli asked: "I know that you take life and death lightly, but you must know how important it is to assassinate the official family. Now that you have been arrested, how you live and how you die is no longer yours.
"Come on, let's say something that violates the taboos of the gods. Don't say you are a human being. You are the Great Luo Jinxian. When you get here, you can neither survive nor die."
After saying that, Jiang Wanli shouted loudly: "If you confess truthfully, you can still die. If you don't confess, you will be tortured and suffered in all kinds of ways. You can just go away!"
Zhou Cang had a tough mouth and sprayed saliva at Jiang Wanli, but Jiang Wanli didn't even hide and let his saliva splash on his face.
Then Jiang Wanli waved his hand and said: "Continue the torture."
This time, the instrument of torture was a fur and iron brush. A jailer poured hot oil and water on both sides of Zhou Cang's thighs. Zhou Cang suddenly screamed in pain, and several huge blisters appeared on his thighs.
But the jailer didn't look at it. He repeatedly poured hot oil and water on Zhou Cang's thighs until they were almost half cooked. Another jailer used a fur iron brush to brush his thighs. After several strokes, all the bones and flesh were exposed.
When he came out, he was horrified and horrified.
"Ah," "Ah,",,,
Zhou Cang wailed and shouted over and over again, and finally fainted.
The medical officer on the side came up quickly, the jailer stopped the torture, and the medical officer rescued Zhou Cang and applied herbal medicine to his wounds.
When smearing Zhou Cang's wounds, several medical officers couldn't bear to look at them. They had resigned several times before and did not want to do such a cruel thing. However, it was hard to disobey the emperor's order and the government was ruthless. They would have to come even if they didn't come.
Come on, you can't help yourself.
Zhou Cang came to his senses, and this time he was no longer as arrogant as before. He said feebly: "I have been studying martial arts since I was a child, following Jing Ke and Zhuan Zhu as examples, and determined to do something big and leave a name in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
This time, I wanted to assassinate the Jin Dynasty Emperor Wanyan Shouxu, but Wanyan Shouxu indulged in pleasure all day long.
It is difficult to assassinate without leaving the palace, so I set my sights on your emperor."
Zhu Zhu asked: "Do you have any accomplices?"
"No, I have been living in Lin'an for a few months, but I have never had a chance to get close to the emperor. I wanted to give up, but I didn't want to pass by Wujiazhuang. I happened to hear about the dry well in Wujiazhuang that water came out. I thought if I was lucky, maybe the emperor would come.
I took a look, so I got into the well at night, and unexpectedly I saw the emperor. God has been so kind to me."
"You are so bold. You have done such an unforgivable thing, and you dare to talk so shamelessly here and say that God bless you. It is simply unreasonable. Come on, I will serve you with severe punishment."
Zhu Zhu was very angry. If it was true as he said, he simply wanted to enter the history books by killing the emperor, so he came to kill the officials after failing to kill Wanyan Shouxu. Wouldn't the officials be the unlucky ones!
Several jailers were about to step forward to torture, but a medical officer immediately stepped forward, raised his hand to Zhu Zhu and said: "Your Majesty, this man's injuries are close to life-threatening. If he is tortured now, his life will not be saved. Please use it."
It’s not too late for you to wait for a day or two before punishing me.”
Zhu Zhu looked at Li Zongmian and Jiang Wanli. They both nodded. Zhu Zhu waved his hand and asked people to take Zhou Cang away.
The scribe who was taking notes handed Zhou Cang's oral confession to Zhu Zhu, Li Zongmian and Jiang Wanli for review.
After the three of them read it, Zhu Zhu said: "Two envoys, what do you think of this confession? How much truth or lies does it have?"
Jiang Wanli said: "This confession seems absurd, but it is also somewhat similar to his arrogant nature. At this moment, his name has been recorded in the history books, and he has achieved his goal."
Li Zongmian was silent for a while, and finally he said: "If this guy had no comrades, he would have spent the money given to him in the past. From the Jin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, although there were not all difficulties, there were still many obstacles. And he was from
Which route will come? If he can answer these questions, it may prove to be somewhat true or false. It is too early to judge now."
Zhu Zhu nodded and said, "What you two envoys said is reasonable. How about we try him again tomorrow?"
Jiang Wanli and Li Zongmian looked at each other, and finally Jiang Wanli said: "This person's life is of great importance. If we can't hold on and die, we won't be able to explain it to the people in the world, let alone the officials. It's better to take it easy."
How many days will it take?"
Zhu Zhu was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that this interrogation was just about striking while the iron was hot, so why should we delay it?
Change will happen later!
But Zhu Zhu soon understood Jiang Wanli's worries. Maybe Jiang Wanli was worried that Zhou Cang wouldn't be able to withstand the punishment and would bite him randomly. If so, it would be serious. Who was bitten by this crime? Let me ask.