Ge Pingyi ran to Li Chen and knelt down again, saying respectfully: "Your Majesty, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is a dank and unknown place. Your Majesty's body worth thousands of dollars is not allowed to enter."
Li Chen looked at Ge Pingyi coldly and said, "No entry? Are you giving me an order?"
Ge Pingyi trembled and said hurriedly: "I don't dare."
"Don't you dare to get out?" Li Chen said coldly, "Is there something shameful that you don't dare to show me?"
Just as Ge Pingyi was about to speak, Sanbao's knife was already placed on his neck.
"Sir Ge, the Ministry of Punishment prison does not allow people to enter, but the Dongchang Prison of Zajia welcomes Mr. Ge to have a look. I wonder if Mr. Ge wants to go?"
As soon as these words came out, Ge Pingyi did not dare to say anything.
At this time, Li Chen had already entered the Criminal Department first.
After Sanbao put away his sword and left, Ge Pingyi called an official and asked him to quickly call Qian Shiyan, the minister who was not in the Ministry of Justice, and then followed him fearfully.
Li Chen went all the way to the prison of the Criminal Department and entered the dark and damp prison. The screams, moans and pungent smell inside made Li Chen frown.
A prison is certainly not a good place.
What's more, it's the jail of the Ministry of Punishment, where all the felons are imprisoned.
These cells were purposely built to be very low, making it impossible for prisoners to straighten their backs inside. With heavy iron chains, anyone who was locked up in such a place for a long time would be either crippled or crazy.
Li Chen listened to the screams and shouts all the way and reached the deepest part of the prison.
In this cell, he saw Xu Changqing, who had been tortured into a human form.
Xu Changqing, who was huddled in a corner with his body covered in stains and wounds, almost thought he was dreaming when he saw Li Chen.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!?"
Xu Changqing never expected that Li Chen would come over in person.
He frantically climbed to the door of the cell, pulled at the cold iron pillar with both hands, and cried out in tears: "Your Highness, I, you are unjust!!!!"
Seeing Xu Changqing being tortured to this point, the fire in Li Chen's heart jumped up.
"Ge Pingyi!"
With a scolding, Ge Pingyi, knowing that a disaster was imminent, crawled up to Li Chen.
Pointing at Xu Changqing, Li Chen asked coldly: "Has Xu Changqing ever been convicted!?"
Ge Pingyi broke out in cold sweat, and he replied in a panic: "Still, still interrogating..."
"I ask you whether Xu Changqing has ever been convicted of a crime!"
Ge Pingyi's heart nearly jumped out of his throat, and he answered with a cry: "No, no."
Li Chen's voice was louder and he shouted angrily: "Since there is no such thing, Xu Changqing is still a fourth-rank official of the imperial court. According to the law, even interrogations must have official documents from the three-level interrogation. If they are not convicted on one day, they cannot be tortured or extort confessions.
As the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, you have eaten all the laws of the Qin Empire!?"
Ge Pingyi's eyes were panicked, and he subconsciously defended: "I, I am also following orders."
"Whose order? Who asked you to carry the boxes to Xu's house, and then pointed to the boxes you brought and said those were evidence of crime? Who was it?"
As soon as Li Chen said this, Ge Pingyi's face turned pale.
Li Chen sneered: "You can't speak, right? That means you admit it."
"Open the cell, bring Xu Changqing out, and you, Ge Pingyi, go in for me!"
As soon as he said this, Sanbao immediately signaled Dongchang Jinyiwei to take action.
Ge Pingyi was picked up from the left and the right. He was frightened, struggled and cried: "Your Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, please spare your life!"
"Spare your life? Not only am I going to punish you today, but also the entire Ministry of Punishment, you guys who are doing things haphazardly, both privately and secretly, I will straighten them out, one by one!"
