Chapter 335 The mastermind behind the scenes is not Sima Shi
Chapter 335 The mastermind behind the scenes is not Master Sima
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For three days, for three whole days, the sound of the whip hitting the flesh continued to echo in the dark and silent prison of Tingwei. Just listening to the miserable screams was terrifying and made my scalp numb.
No one cared about why the cruel jailer whipped a 36-year-old learned man, and no one questioned the learned man.
For the jailers who have barely read a book, the words of their superiors are right, and the instructions of the general Ma Di are right. Without the general, how could Ji Han have a good life?
Therefore, even though the man who was tied to the rack in front of him had a sanctimonious appearance and an impeccable temperament, and did not look like a bad person, their attacks were as ruthless as ever.
As for Qiao Zhou, who was whipped, what the jailers did was a bit unreasonable and a bit too insulting to scholars.
But no matter how he questioned or argued, he was greeted with whips all over his face.
Qiao Zhou's whole body was numb from the beating. He felt that there was no longer an inch of intact skin on his body. The pain coming from all over his body was like thousands of ants eating his heart, irritating his fragile nerves all the time, but the jailers were completely
There is no intention of stopping and taking a rest.
Moreover, it is outrageous that when the jailer gets tired of beating him, someone will change shifts and continue beating him.
Unfortunately, this kind of skin injury cannot kill anyone in a short time.
Qiao Zhou was so painful that he fainted, and was beaten to wake up again. He fainted again, and was beaten to wake up again.
The jailer even put a biting stick in his mouth, which made it impossible for him to commit suicide by biting his tongue.
When another jailer got tired and was about to change his shift, Qiao Zhou finally broke down and said with tears streaming down his face: "What do you want to ask? I said, I said..."
Hearing this, the two jailers looked at him inexplicably, confused.
The older jailer was kind-hearted after all. He took the whip from the young jailer and soaked it in a bucket. He shook his head and said, "Master Qiao, don't bother talking. We don't want to ask anything, and we don't want to."
You know. The order we received is to whip you. We will whip you without asking any questions."
Qiao Zhou hung all his body weight on the torture frame and said as he was dying: "I am an official of the imperial court and a close minister of your majesty. You have no right to arrest me or beat me... Is there any natural justice for you to do this? Is there any royal law?
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As soon as he finished speaking, a firm voice came from the door of the prison, "They have no power to arrest you, what about me?"
Ma Di took a square step, and Shi Shiran walked up to Qiao Zhou, waved his hand to order the jailer to take off the biting stick from Qiao Zhou's mouth, looked at this big man who claimed to be the leader of scholars in the world with his hands behind his back, and said with a slight smile: "Lord Qiao Zhou
, how are you these days?"
well?
I am well NM!
Qiao Zhou stared at Ma Su inexplicably with grief and anger, and asked with tears in his eyes: "Ma Su! Did you ask people to arrest me? You, you, you have no regard for the laws of the country and reject dissidents; you have monopolized power and you have evil intentions!"
"So what? What can you do to me?"
Seeing that Qiao Zhou still had the strength to fight, Ma Su shook his head, turned around and walked out, shouting as he walked: "Come here, keep fighting."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhou was completely panicked, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, I shouldn't have collided with the general. I deserve death. General, please give me a break."
"Do you want to have fun?" Ma Su turned back and looked down at Qiao Zhou.
Qiao Zhou nodded quickly. He couldn't stand this feeling of life being worse than death anymore. He mumbled, "Yes, yes... please give me a happy life, General."
Ma Di snorted coldly from his nose: "Qiao Zhou, don't you know why I arrested you? Don't waste your time and mine. I will only give you the opportunity once. If you don't tell me, I will take it to you."
Go to hell."
"Come here! Prepare to continue the torture!"
Qiao Zhou was already very scared. He immediately trembled when he heard this. He looked like he wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.
He is a highly educated man with a very flexible mind. From the moment the jailer started whipping him, he was sure that the person behind the scenes wanted to ask something from him. Therefore, the first time he saw Ma Di, he
Just think about where to say it, what can be said and what cannot be said.
"General, the subordinate is guilty. The subordinate should not have poisoned Fei Yi's family just to vent his personal anger."
After thinking for a long time, Qiao Zhou thought that his poisoning of Fei Yi's family must have been discovered, so he chose to start from here.
"No more?" Ma Su looked surprised.
"No more." Qiao Yiyi looked magnanimous. He admitted that he had committed minor crimes, but he had never committed major crimes.
Ma Su shook his head and laughed, "Qiao Zhou, I think you should tell me how you instigated Fei Yi to murder me. In this case, I might give you a good time."
"It's unfair, the general is aware of it." Qiao Zhou shook his head like a rattle, "I have no enmity or enmity with the general, so how could I do such a treasonous thing?"
"Oh, really? Then you said that you and Fei Yi had a personal grudge. Why did you help Fei Yi settle down his family after he was exiled? Isn't this very unreasonable?"
"This, this..."
Ma Su exposed the lie all of a sudden, and Qiao Zhou was immediately panicked. The latter's eyes, which were sharpened from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, were as sharp as knives, making it impossible for him to look directly. And the secret of settling Fei Yi's family was suddenly exposed.
came out, completely overturning his previous rhetoric, which caught him off guard.
"Tell me, who is the person behind your scenes?" Ma Su asked aggressively.
"...Yes, it's Xiahou Ba..."
When Ma Di heard the name, he sneered and shook his head, "After all this, you still don't have a word of truth in your mouth. It seems that I shouldn't come today. I will continue to beat you until you die."
After saying this, Ma Di walked out of the cell.
This Qiao Zhou has gone crazy and started catching and biting everyone.
Xiahou Ba? How could he be the mastermind behind this?
Xiahou Ba is a reckless man.
How could a reckless man come up with such a watertight assassination plan?
In fact, after the assassination, Ma Su had doubts: There are only a few people who can accomplish such a big thing, and Xiahou Ba must not be among them.
If we really conduct a thorough investigation, it is impossible that we will not be able to find out the truth at all. It is not that difficult to pry out the truth from Qiao Zhou's mouth.
But Ma Su no longer wanted to know the truth from Qiao Zhou. It was more important to let him die in despair than to know the answer from Qiao Zhou.
The opportunity has been given. If you can't grasp it, don't blame the cruel world.
"If it's not Master Sima or Sima Yi, then who is the mastermind behind this..." Ma Di closed his eyes, tried to calm down his thoughts, and investigated the suspects one by one.
He originally thought that the man behind the scenes would be Master Sima, but after discovering Qiao Zhou, this guess was overturned.
Surrenders like Qiao Zhou will only fawn over the strong and despise the weak. If in the original time and space, Wei was strong and Shu was weak, Qiao Zhou would definitely lick the Sima family, but in this time and space, everyone in Sima Yi's family is
It is impossible for Qiao Zhou's eyes to be lowered to a lower status.
Ma Su pulled his hair a little frantically.
This feeling of being hidden in a dark place is so unpleasant.
"General, why don't you listen to what Qiao Zhou has to say?" Qu Shang, who had been following behind, asked in confusion.
"No, he won't tell."
Ma Su shook his head: "Even if he can say it, I don't want to listen."
