Just when these people were exchanging business blows.
Li Chengqian, who was the protagonist of the discussion, had also returned to the East Palace humming a ditty.
In fact, there is no need for him to arrange anything next.
After all, before he went to see Li Shimin again, he had already laid out what he was going to do next.
Next up.
He just needs to wait quietly for news from Gao Zhixing and Fu Laoliu.
As for Fu Laoliu and Gao Zhixing.
It's not difficult to deal with this matter.
After all, Li Chengqian had already provided them with the list.
One of these two people is the actual person in charge of the current Dali Temple's nominal Shaoqing, and the other is the current commander-in-chief of the Liuli Institute.
Asking them to deal with some merchants and minor officials, even if they are not easy to capture, it can be done easily.
After the two returned to their respective stations, they immediately began to dispatch manpower and assign tasks.
But that night.
So a few unlucky ones were invited to Dali Temple for tea.
And when these people started, ten were dissatisfied and eight were dissatisfied.
Facing the Dali Temple government officials who came to arrest them, they kept yelling for half the night without stopping.
but……
No matter how much they shouted, no one paid attention to them.
The government officials from Dali Temple threw them into jail and left without looking back.
They didn't mention the interrogation, and they didn't tell them why they were arrested.
This time, they were confused.
The three unfortunate men in the same cell looked at each other.
"Brother Zhao!"
One of them asked first: "Why were you arrested?"
"I do not know either!"
"I was eating well at home, and they came in with an arrest warrant."
"They said they found some cases related to me and needed my cooperation in the investigation, and then they threw me here."
The family named Zhao
The guy turned his attention to the last person again and asked: "Brother Wang, what about you?"
"I?"
"same here!"
The man surnamed Wang put his hands behind his back and said helplessly: "I just went out for a walk, and they brought me here."
"I really don't understand whether these people in Dali Temple have nothing to do."
"Instead of catching the assassins of the Supreme Emperor, they started to target us merchants."
But when I heard his words.
The expressions of the other two people were somewhat abnormal.
Seeing this scene, the guy named Wang couldn't help but frowned and said, "What do you two mean by these expressions?"
"Could it be that this assassin has something to do with you? Did you send him there?"
The two immediately shook hands.
"No, no, how is this possible?"
"Don't you, Lao Wang, understand my Lao Zhang's character?"
The man surnamed Zhang smiled dryly and said: "Even if I have great courage, I don't dare to ask someone to assassinate the Supreme Emperor..."
"Yeah yeah."
"We are all ordinary people doing business."
The man surnamed Zhao also said: "How could someone do such a bold thing..."
These three people obviously knew each other.
And judging from the way they chat, they are also very familiar with each other.
After hearing what the two of them said, Lao Wang's expression obviously started to look a little strange.
He directly reached out and grabbed the collars of the two of them, pulled them to the corner, and whispered: "The three of us were members of that chamber of commerce before."
"When the Chamber of Commerce asked for money and people, you two gave it, and I also gave it."
"So, the three of us are grasshoppers on the same rope. If anything happens, you two had better tell us in advance.
If I tell you, I can help you two hide it when the time comes."
"Otherwise, if there is anything missing, the three of us will die holding each other, do you understand?"
Hearing what Lao Wang said, the man named Zhang and the man named Zhao looked at each other.
"I, what are we hiding from you?"
"When I was at the Chamber of Commerce, you were the leader, and you were the one who informed everyone about anything."
"Although the Chamber of Commerce has been disbanded, you are still the leader. If there are any arrangements there, they must be conveyed to you, right?"
Lao Zhang tugged at the corner of his mouth and said with a forced smile: "You didn't get any news, and naturally we can't get it either..."
"Yeah yeah."
Lao Zhao followed up and said: "If there is anything, we can't hide it from you, right?"
And just when Lao Wang wanted to say a few more words.
The cell door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
Immediately afterwards.
A group of people walked in from outside.
Seeing this scene, the three people immediately shut their mouths.
And those people ignored them and walked straight to a cell at the end.
"Luo Qiangui!"
"Your companion has taken the initiative to confess."
"He said you were the mastermind and it was you who spent money to support the rebels."
"Your Excellency has just asked His Majesty the Crown Prince for his opinion."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that those who proactively provide information have merit and can be fined with confiscation of property in lieu of death, so your friend has been released."
At this time, the guy who had been lying in the cell suddenly jumped up.
He grabbed the cell railing and said urgently: "Then, then I, I will also confess, I will confess, and I will also confiscate my family property in lieu of death..."
"You want to say it now? It's too late!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already decided on this matter."
"Since you are the leader who supports the rebels, you must shoulder the responsibility of the leader."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is grateful that Heaven has the virtue of a good life, so he has provided you with two punishments for you to choose."
The young yamen officer said in a calm voice: "First, cut the middle into eight sections, and all the young and strong men in the family members will be sent to Lingnan to open up wasteland. All the women in the family members, old and young, will be sent to the military camps and become slaves of the soldiers."
"second."
"You'll get 3,600 knives on yourself!"
"The children and elders in the family will be exempted from being enslaved and exiled three thousand miles to the north!"
Three thousand six hundred dollars.
Isn't that Lingchi?
When they heard this, the three of them couldn't help but look at each other.
Who knows about the Lingchi torture?
Not long ago, a group of people were thrown to Caishikou by the emperor because they injured the prince, and they were publicly cut for 3,600 times.
The screams and the miserable sight were all terrifying.
And the three of them all turned pale when they thought of that scene.
"I choose second!"
"I choose second place, Mr. Guan."
The guy named Luo Qiangui said with snot and tears: "My mother is already eighty, my wife is also old, my daughter is a married woman, and my granddaughter is only ten years old this year. I would rather suffer 3,600 knives myself."
, I don’t want them to suffer this crime..."
"If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"
The officer said impatiently: "Hurry and drag him out, the executioner is still waiting outside!"
Several government officials around him responded, and then they dragged Naluo Fugui out of the cell with all kinds of tricks.
The three of them just watched helplessly without saying a word.
And it doesn't take long.
Outside the cell, heart-piercing screams could be heard.
The screams seemed to have turned into small knives and stabbed into the chests of several people, causing their crotches to soak in cold sweat...