Xu Zhiqiong interrogated Shan Zhongming for more than an hour and asked many questions from Shan Zhongming.
Shan Zhongming felt that he had said everything he could, and thought that Xu Zhiqiong could let him go, so he begged: "Marquis Yun, I have told you everything I know, and I have not deceived you at all. For the sake of the reconciliation between the two countries,
You let me live,
The court is about to begin in the morning. If the time is delayed and the Lord Shen investigates, it will be difficult for me to explain, and it will be difficult for you to escape. Even King Shu can't tell the relationship."
"Let you go? You know that I am the judge, and you still ask me to let you go?"
Does Shan Zhongming still not know that he is dead?
He really didn't know. Shan Zhongming said slowly: "I know that your sect likes to do tricks like the underworld and judges to try cases. I don't mean to look down on you, but I really don't believe in your tricks. After this,
Well, if we don’t pursue it, I have to go back quickly to prepare for the morning ceremony!"
This morning, this was really a troublesome thing.
Xu Zhiqiong listened to the process of the morning court. In the Yelang Kingdom, the rules and etiquette for monarchs and ministers to report to each other were much more complicated than those for Daxuan.
Xu Zhiqiong cannot learn these rules and etiquette, nor does he want to learn them. It is impossible for Xu Zhiqiong to just kneel down.
Forget it, take a leave of absence.
He asked Shan Zhongming about the process of asking for leave, but Shan Zhongming refused to answer: "Marquis Yun, I can't ask for leave anymore. I asked for leave once before. If I ask for leave again today, the Lord God will not forgive me!"
Xu Zhiqiong was furious and had just pressed Shan Zhongming into the oil pan when he suddenly saw Chang Decai coming to Zhonglang Courtyard and bringing news to Xu Zhiqiong.
"Everyone knows that the eunuch in charge of the imperial edict has come to report that their divine king is ill and there is no need to go to court early in the past two days."
Chang Decai managed the eunuchs, and Chang Decai could always receive news from the Shenjun Palace as soon as possible.
There is no need to go to court early, but it saves a lot of trouble.
Xu Zhiqiong took Shan Zhongming out of the frying pan and asked him some more questions, including the temperaments and hobbies of his wife and his wife. After only hearing a general outline, he took Shan Zhongming back to his crime.
It had been a long time since he stayed overnight at Zhonglang Courtyard. Xu Zhiqiong wanted to wait for Xia Hu to come back and have some fun, but the dancing girl was fighting for an hour on the Xingxiu Corridor.
Went to sleep.
He slept until noon the next day, when Xu Zhiqiong went to the east cross courtyard of the capital. Han Di sat tremblingly in his bedroom, carefully handling the servants coming and going.
"Senior brother, where have you been? The housekeeper came over and urged you several times to go to court. I don't know how to deal with it."
"What should you do to him? If he dares to break in, just beat him." Xu Zhiqiong put away the puppet and asked, "Then the housekeeper keeps coming to urge me?"
Han Di shook his head: "After Mao hour, I stopped coming to urge you. It seems that I received news from the palace that there will be no morning court today."
The Lord Shen is indeed ill.
Taking advantage of the lack of early morning attendance in these two days, Shan Zhongming simply suffered a sudden illness and "died suddenly". The matter was explained clearly and it was over.
But Xu Zhiqiong thought again and again and did not do so.
Doing this is indeed safe for Xu Zhiqiong, but it will deceive Hong Zhenji.
After having a drink at King Shu's house, sleeping with a beautiful woman, and then dying suddenly when he returned home, Hong Zhenji must have had something to do with it.
Moreover, this also missed a rare opportunity. Xu Zhiqiong really wanted to go to Shenji Division to have a look.
After lunch, Xu Zhiqiong continued to dress up as Shan Zhongming and asked his junior sister to stay at the Dongkua Courtyard. He ordered someone to prepare a sedan and went to the Shenji Division.
The architectural style of the Shenji Division is similar to the combination of the Imperial City Division and the Yin-Yang Division. From the outside, it looks like a government office. Inside, there are courtyards connected by layers. Every time you pass through a door, you have to go through an interrogation. The security is very tight.
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Of course, this was aimed at outsiders. When they saw the chief's sedan chair, the sergeant in charge of the interrogation had to kneel down and kowtow. Not to mention the interrogation, he didn't even dare to say a word.
After passing through seven gates in succession, Xu Zhiqiong arrived at the pivot building.
This is the special office of the Lord Shenji. The first floor is the conference hall for meetings, the second floor is the cabinet where the subordinates handle official business, the third floor is the main hall where the Lord handles official business, and the fourth floor is the elegant room where the Lord rests.
room.
Xu Zhiqiong went straight to the main hall and first called two of his subordinates, Shenji Colonel Luo Hui and Li Jie, and asked them to bring over the files related to the succubus.
Luo Hui and Li Jie found it very strange that Chief Shan did not like to read files. His favorite thing was to summon the entire Shenji Department for a meeting.
In the morning, the chief minister went to the imperial court, and the chief minister was quiet.
Beginning at noon, a noon meeting will be held to convey the teachings of the God King to everyone.
After an hour of the lunch meeting, the day meeting will be held again, where the chief minister will use the insights from the teachings of the god king to teach everyone in the Shenji department.
The lunch meeting will be held for more than an hour, and at dusk, according to the rules, there will be another evening meeting. This meeting will talk about some serious business and prepare for tomorrow's morning meeting.
Ever since the two of them started working under Chief Shan, they had never had to deal with getting files.
The file library was full of dust and cobwebs. It took a lot of effort for the two brothers to find the file and send it to the main hall.
Xu Zhiqiong looked through the files of the succubus and discovered that the succubus appeared more than once in the history of the Qiancheng Kingdom. As early as the founding of the Qiancheng Kingdom, there were records of the succubus harming people and the killing of the succubus.
The most recent slaying of the succubi was in the twelfth month of last year, and was accomplished by Shan Zhongming himself. He led twenty of his men to the succubus lair and fought fiercely all night, capturing fifteen succubi alive and killing eight of them with his own hands.
With Shan Zhongming's little ability, can he still kill the succubus with his own hands?
Maybe it's because his subordinates are so powerful.
Xu Zhiqiong casually opened a file, took a look, and learned that the charmer's name was Liu Xiangping. After being captured alive by Shan Zhongming, he was still imprisoned in the Shenji Division Prison.
Does Shenjisi still have a prison?
Xu Zhiqiong ordered people to bring the enchantress Liu Xiangping. Li Jie and Luo Hui looked at each other and smiled. This is what the Lord Privy Council likes to do.
Not long after, Li Jie came in and said, "Sir, the enchantress has arrived!"
Seeing that there was no one else around Li Jie, Xu Zhiqiong asked, "Where did they take him?"
Li Jie was also stunned: "This, isn't this brought to the elegant room?"
Luo Hui and Li Jie took Liu Xiangping directly to the private room on the fourth floor. Xu Zhiqiong was puzzled and followed him to the private room on the fourth floor. Luo Hui and Li Jie closed the door and stopped at the stairs.
, prohibit others from going upstairs to disturb you.
Liu Xiangping knelt in the center of the elegant room, holding a riding crop in her hand.
Judging from her appearance, she was around 20 years old, wearing a prison uniform and no makeup, but she did look pretty.
Before Xu Zhiqiong could ask questions, Liu Xiangping handed the riding whip to Xu Zhiqiong, took off her prison trousers, lifted up her clothes, raised her peaches, put her cheek to the ground and said, "Please punish me, Your Excellency!"
Xu Zhiqiong looked puzzled: "What are you trying to do?"
Liu Xiangping said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I will spare the prisoner's life, and I will punish you no matter what. If the prisoner does not cry, I will count her down."
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said: "Put your clothes on first, then stand up and answer."
Liu Xiangping did not dare to get up, but still buried her head and said: "If you don't punish me, the convict woman will not dare to get up! Let me give you a hundred lashes first, and the convict woman will count loudly!"
"I asked you to get up, but you couldn't understand!" Xu Zhiqiong's voice was deep and stern.
Liu Xiangping trembled with fright and stood up tremblingly.
With this kind of courage, it is impossible for him to be a succubus.
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Where are you from? Where do you live? What is your profession? Why did you become a monster?"
Liu Xiangping didn't dare to speak for a while, but Xu Zhiqiong pressed her again and again. As soon as Liu Xiangping opened her mouth, she burst into tears before she could speak.
"Sir, don't kill me. A guilty woman knows her fault. A guilty woman admits her punishment. She sincerely accepts her punishment!"
This was not the first time she met Shan Zhongming.
In the past, when I met Shan Zhongming, I would first receive a hundred lashes, and then let Shan Zhongming torture him in different ways, and the interrogation would be over.
Shan Zhongming once warned her that if there was a day when she no longer wanted to punish her, that would be the day when she would ask for punishment.
Liu Xiangping thought she was going to be killed and cried unnaturally. After hearing the reason, Xu Zhiqiong first promised not to kill her, gave her a cup of tea, and then let her eat some cakes. After she calmed down, he asked about it
Details.
Liu Xiangping is a woman from Xiejia Village outside Beijing. She was married at the age of seventeen and widowed at the age of nineteen. She is twenty-one years old this year.
According to the Thousand Vehicles Law, a woman who loses her husband is not allowed to remarry and must remain a widow for the rest of her life.
Liu Xiangping really guarded her, but her mother-in-law overheard some rumors and concluded that Liu Xiangping was having an affair outside, so she went around saying that her daughter-in-law supported a cheating man.
It happened that Shan Zhong was arresting the succubus at the end of the next year. As soon as he heard some rumors, he immediately confirmed the charges and designated Liu Xiangping as a succubus.
The so-called Shan Shushou broke into the succubus' lair alone, that is, he broke into the widow's house and captured her alive.
Capturing Shen Ji Si was considered a meritorious service, but he was kept there like this. When did Shan Zhongming think of it, someone would bring him out for his entertainment.
If you encounter anyone who is disobedient, disobedient, or looks undesirable, then kill them with your own hands!
This is the enchantress captured by Shan Zhongming himself!
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "How many enchantments like you are there in the prison?"
Liu Xiangping cried: "The prisoner is a fool. She can't remember. There may be hundreds of them, and she has been in prison for five years at most."
Xu Zhiqiong touched the horns on his chest, Shan Zhongming's horns, gritted his teeth and said, "I'd better hit you more lightly!"
When Liu Xiangping heard this, she thought he was talking about her, so she quickly knelt on the ground, took off her prison pants, lifted up her clothes, exposed her peach and said, "Please punish me, sir."
Xu Zhiqiong shouted angrily: "Stand up, stand up straight and speak!"
Liu Xiangping trembled and cried again.
Xu Zhiqiong sighed, softened his tone and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to wrong you for a few more days."
Liu Xiangping was stunned for a long time, not understanding what Xu Zhiqiong meant.
"I'm back in the cell. I'll eat well, sleep well, and recuperate. I'll wait for justice."
"Justice?" Liu Xiangping couldn't understand these two words.
"Yes, justice!" Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "Where there is justice, there is justice!"
Xu Zhiqiong ordered people to send Liu Xiangping back to the prison, and ordered Luo Hui and Li Jie to prepare some delicious food for the charm monsters in the prison.
Luo Hui and Li Jie were even more surprised. Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Look at Liu Xiangping, she doesn't even have any flesh on her body. How can she look like a succubus?"
Luo Hui and Li Jie understood that the adults wanted to make them fatter.
The two of them ordered the kitchen to prepare food, and Xu Zhiqiong continued to read the files.
Shan Zhongming has maintained the habit of catching "charmers" in the years since he became the chief minister, and he would catch more than ten or twenty women every year.
Why is he so keen on catching succubi?
In addition to his special temperament, there is another reason.
He is afraid that others will compare him with Yuan Chengfeng.
What Yuan Chengfeng caught back then was a real enchantress.
This succubus has been haunting the Northland for more than ten years and has killed more than a hundred men.
The man she killed in the end was Hong Huaxiao, the eldest son of Qiancheng Divine Lord Hong Juncheng.
This happened nineteen years ago.
Nineteen years ago, what did the eldest son of the emperor go to the north for?