"Open the door, open the door." A line of imperial guards patted the door of Yicui Building like wolves and tigers.
"Who are you, what are you yelling at in the middle of the night?" The concierge boy yawned and came out to open the door. As soon as the door opened, the boy was kicked down by a Forbidden Army soldier, and the shining steel knife was pressed directly on his neck.
In the green building, chickens, dogs, and dogs were dancing and crying and shouting could not be heard.
"Master Luo of Dali Temple has arrived." Following the roar of the Imperial Guards, all the men in the Yi Cui Tower stood silently with their hands down.
"Who is the madam? Where is Xu Siniang?"
"The woman here is here. Mr. Luo, we have known each other for a long time, and you are a frequent visitor here. Why are you mobilizing troops and people for something today?"
"Who is an old acquaintance of yours? Come and take him away. Everyone must be questioned. All the people in Yicui Tower are banned in the building. They will come as soon as they are called."
Xu Siniang was taken away by Mr. Luo from Dali Temple. Dali Temple was the highest court in the Southern Song Dynasty. Being able to come out alive after entering Dali Temple depends on luck...
In the court hall of Dali Temple, Luo Shixiang slapped the wood on the ground and shouted sharply: "Bold Xu Siniang, how did you structure the imperial court to convict Ying Xiaolian, the daughter of Yangzhou Governor Ying Tianxiong, please bring me the truth."
"Lord Luo, a commoner woman has never known Ying Xiaolian? A commoner woman runs a brothel and has nothing to do with imperial convicts."
"I think you have a tough mouth like a cooked duck. Come on, give me twenty hard slaps first."
When the officers on both sides heard the words from the adults, they beat her severely. One of them stepped forward to lift up her skirt and took off Siniang's shorts. The two picked up water and fire sticks and beat Siniang mercilessly on her buttocks. How could Siniang have ever been tortured like this?
, screamed and burst into tears. After ten blows, Xu Siniang's skin was torn apart and she could no longer scream.
"Sir, the female prisoner has fainted." The yamen officer was also afraid of losing his life and hurriedly reported to Luo Shixiang.
"Pour cold water on her to wake her up." A ladle of cold water hit her head, and Xu Siniang, who was lying on the ground, woke up faintly and coughed repeatedly.
"Convict Xu Siniang, can you plead guilty?"
"The women of the people have been wronged. The women of the people have been wronged. I ask the Lord Qingtian to see clearly."
"Okay, let me ask you if there is a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old in Yicui Tower. Where is he now?"
"I don't know, the peasant woman. Is this Feng Qingzhi you are talking about? She disappeared three days ago. The peasant woman really doesn't know who Ying Xiaolian is."
"Hmph, you are so eloquent. I have now found out that Ying Xiaolian came out of your Yicui Building, and she is Ying Xiaolian. She came to An'an to form a private gang to plot evil.
I was waiting for an opportunity to be detrimental to the emperor, but fortunately, the censor found out in time and put the rebels to death."
Only then did Xu Siniang realize that Feng Qingzhi was Ying Xiaolian. The poor girl had now become a wasted soul who died in vain, and she couldn't help but feel sad.
"Bah!" the alarm sounded, startling Xu Siniang out of her thoughts. "Convict woman, you still haven't recruited her from the truth."
"Your Excellency, it is clear to you that Ying Xiaolian was sold by a common woman from Mr. Bai Qixuan two months ago. The common woman really didn't know that what Mr. Bai was selling was a violator of imperial orders. Please be aware of it."
Luo Shixiang did not expect that the son of Bai Yuchun, the richest man in Lin'an, would be involved. He immediately frowned and said: "First put the prisoner in the women's prison, and then bring Bai Qixuan to court for retrial and then withdraw from the court." As soon as the alarm sounded, the yamen servant
Come over and pull up Xu Siniang's trousers, one person picked up Xu Siniang with the other and dragged her into the women's prison. Luo Shixiang came down from the hall and saw that it was not yet bright, so he rode his horse to the Yushi Mansion to report to Wang Ziqi. Wang Ziqi heard that the richest man in Lin'an
When Bai Yuchun's son Bai Qixuan was also involved in the case, he smiled sinisterly and said: "Lord Luo, I reported this matter to the emperor yesterday morning. Lord Luo is also here, right?"
"Yes, I still have a humble position. Later, Long Yan was furious and sent the imperial army to Dali Temple to investigate the matter thoroughly."
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"I understand the humble position, I will do it right now."
In the courtyard of Shizi Hutong, Bai Qixuan was sleeping soundly with four maids in his arms. The door of the courtyard was knocked loudly by a group of officers and soldiers. Bai Qixuan and Simei turned a deaf ear. Luo Shixiang snorted, "Smash the door."
All the soldiers' swords, axes and forks struck at the door together, and within a moment the door was broken open.
"Ah, what are you doing?" The soldier picked up the five white flesh worms that were still sleeping on the bed. Luo Shixiang looked at his sleeves and said, "Cheng He Titong, put on your clothes and take them to Dali Temple." He turned around and went out.
He got on the sedan and left.
Bai Qi
When the news was reported to the White Mansion, the whole White Mansion suddenly became a mess.
Lin'an County Magistrate Zhou An was called back to the Bai Mansion by his father-in-law. Zhou An also wondered why Bai Qixuan was taken away by Dali Temple. The only plan now was to save him first. Bai Yuchun, such a precious son, opened the warehouse and took out the gold.
One thousand taels were given to Zhou An.
Although Zhou An said that being an official was not a good thing, he had a very good brain. He took a thousand gold and hitched the carriage and went to the home of Su Wenwen, the minister of the Ministry of War in his hometown. Su Wenwen secretly didn't want to see this Zhou An, but he didn't
How to hide. Zhou An and the county government guard who drove the carriage each held a large box and came in and said: "Master Su, if you have something to entrust me with my humble position, please don't refuse."
"Haha, Brother Zhou is too polite. I wonder if there is anything Su can do to help Brother Zhou?"
"Brother Su, my unlucky brother-in-law, who knows what happened?"
Su Wenwen said in a deep voice: "Brother Zhou, there is really nothing I can do this time. Your brother-in-law Bai Qixuan got into a big trouble. Yesterday morning at the court, the Censor King had already informed the Holy One that the Yangzhou rebel Ying Tianxiong
My daughter sneaked into Lin'an with evil intentions. I didn't expect that your brother-in-law would be involved in this case. Now the only person who can save your brother-in-law is the Royal Censor Prince. Alas, Su's little fourth-grade official is really..."
Zhou An winked, and the county government guard put down the box in his hand and turned around to go out. Only Zhou An and Su Wenwen were left in the flower hall. Zhou An said: "Master Su, here are five hundred taels of gold. I only want Brother Su."
If you have any kind words in front of the Royal Censor, if there is any need, Zhou Anping will inform your father-in-law to prepare. There are still three hundred taels of gold here that I need to trouble Master Su to deliver to Master Luo of Dali Temple."
"Brother Zhou, look at this, you've seen this before. Don't worry about Mr. Yu Shi and Mr. Luo. Su will definitely do his best. Besides, Quanzi is still a good friend of Bai Qixuan." Zhou An saw Su
Wen Wen accepted the gold, exchanged greetings for a while, and then left home. Zhou An hoped most that Bai Qixuan could be punished and beheaded by Dali Temple. Then wouldn't the wealth Bai Yuchun left behind be his own? But again,
You can't make things too obvious, otherwise the tigress in your own family will give up and hide the two hundred taels of gold as soon as you return home.
After all, having money is easy to do. Bai Qixuan was neither summoned nor shackled in Dali Temple. The next night, Su Wenwen's son Su Lefu came to visit Bai Qixuan in prison. "Brother Bai, you are so good at choosing people this time."
.Did you capture the imperial prisoner’s head when you were taking photos of flowers? My father has already helped you arrange some, and Master Luo of Dali Temple has already decided it. Master Censor Wang wants one hundred thousand taels of silver, and Mr. Bai has already arranged it.
The two silk and satin shops in Lin'an City have been sold, so it's probably about the same."
"This time it's all due to Brother Su's high righteousness, and Bai can't repay him. If I don't dislike my younger brother, the villa in Shizi Hutong should be given to Brother Su." Bai Qixuan knew that Su Lefu had always been interested in the four maids in Shizi Hutong.
, this time it was considered as repayment to Su Lefu. Not long after Su Lefu left happily, Wang Baoer came with some food and wine.
"Open the door, open the cell door for me."
"Yes." The jailer opened the cell door.
"Get out." Wang Baoer entered the cell with a big belly.
"Brother Bai, today your father has given one hundred thousand taels of silver to my father to help you out. If nothing goes wrong, Brother Bai will be able to go out tomorrow. Come, brother, I brought some food and wine to Brother Bai today."
"Brother Wang, you are still thinking of me. Come on, come on, let me toast Brother Wang." Wang Baoer secretly laughed in his heart. The one hundred thousand taels of silver had already gone into his own pocket.
Luo Shixiang of Dali Temple had just returned from the Censor's Mansion, and the prince was in a particularly good mood. Because of Ying Xiaolian's incident, Emperor Gaozong greatly praised his loyalty and promoted the prince from the title of Censor to the Censor. This is
Now that this incident has happened, a scapegoat must be found to take the blame. This scapegoat is Xu Siniang. There are seventy-two kinds of torture instruments in the torture chamber of Dali Temple. Xu Siniang is currently hanging on a wooden pillar with disheveled hair, soaked in water.
The whip of water hit Xu Siniang's body, and the whip was like a knife, which could cut through the clothes, directly tearing open wounds in the flesh. Xu Siniang's head hung weakly on her shoulders, and the blood at the corner of her mouth had dried up and turned into black blood.
scab.
Luo Shixiang walked into the execution room. The strong smell of blood only made Luo Shixiang faintly nauseated. He covered his nose with a sweat towel and asked, "Is she ready?"
The executioner stepped forward and replied: "Sir, this woman just refused to kill her, and now she has fainted again."
"It is not a pity to die for such a cunning woman. Come, let me serve you with the fire wax. I want to see whether this woman's bones are stronger or the punishment in Dali Temple is harder." The fire wax is the cruelest punishment for female prisoners in Dali Temple, except for Ling Chi.
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The unconscious Xu Siniang was tied to a bench by the executioner. There was an iron pot filled with grease on the head of the rosin torch. After it was lit, the burning kerosene slowly dripped down in clusters of sparks. In the execution room
Luo Shixiang glanced at Xu Siniang and said: "Execution."
The executioner moved the torch to Xu Siniang's head, and a ball of sparks dropped on Xu Siniang's forehead. "Ah" a shrill scream woke Xu Siniang up from the pain. A puff of green smoke immediately rose from her fair forehead, burning the skin and flesh.
The smell filled the torture chamber. Xu Siniang's bound fingernails dug deeply into the bench, and her whole body was twitching sharply.
Luo Shixiang shouted: "Sinful woman, why don't you hurry up and get us here? How could you and Ying Xiaolian have evil intentions?"
Xu Siniang was trembling in pain as she spoke: "Sir, Ying Xiaolian was bought by a peasant woman from Bai Qixuan for 300 taels of silver. None of the other peasant women know about it."
"She still framed others when she was about to die. Come on, let me continue the torture. I don't believe I can't pry her mouth open, huh." The torch moved to Xu Siniang's head again.
"Sir, I, Xu Siniang, make a living by selling jokes in order to please the adults. Why would Xu Siniang plot something evil? Sir, you are aware of this. Cough cough. Cough cough." Xu Siniang was vomiting blood from her mouth.
"Even now, I'm still using rhetoric and torture."
Drop by drop, the fire ball fell on Xu Siniang's head, igniting her hair. Big blisters appeared on her face, and the muscles on her face were turning outwards. Xu Siniang's screams made the executioner unable to bear it.
I went to see it, and the screams gradually became softer.
"My lord, she is dead."
"Well, dead? Then throw it into a mass grave and feed it to the dogs." Luo Shixiang left without even looking at it. The case was concluded with the convict having committed suicide, and Xu Siniang's Yicui Building was confiscated.
It was confiscated. Two yamen servants took Xu Siniang's dead body on a donkey cart, but instead of throwing it in a mass grave, they took the body to Yicui Tower to exchange for silver. This is an unwritten rule in the yamen.
The yamen servant got fifty taels of silver and left Xu Siniang's dead body. Fortunately, Xu Siniang was always nice to the girls in Yicuilou, so the girls invited Qiu Langzhong from Huichun Pharmacy. When Qiu Siniang saw Xu Siniang in this state, he
He treated a dead horse like a living horse doctor. The silver needles were applied to Yingxiang, Baihui, and Renzhong acupoints at the same time. The silver needles were twisted and inserted slowly, and cold sweat fell from his face. But there was no reaction at all.
, just when Qiu Langzhong was about to pull the needle, Ruhua, the girl on the side who was burning the fire, suddenly shouted: "Siniang's finger has moved, Siniang's finger has moved."
In this way, Xu Siniang climbed out of the gate of hell and came back to life, and was secretly transferred to Caihe Village in the north of Lin'an City. Later, a new madam came to Yicui Tower, and most of the girls left Yicui Tower.