Several figures stood by the river, watching the soaring flames gradually disappear downstream of the river.
A strong man suddenly said: "Fifth Master, do you want someone to follow you and take a look?"
"If he can survive, it can be regarded as his good fortune." The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "What's more, he is also a member of the Qin family. If he dies at the hands of the Qin family, what is the big deal..."
"How can you say it's fate..." The big man scratched his head and said: "What if he runs away and comes back to take revenge in a few years or more? This is how it is played in the drama. He will suffer so much.
After the humiliation, he endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden, and finally staged a drama of revenge..."
"A play is just a play. It's hard work and courage, and humiliation and revenge. How can it be as simple as you say?"
The big man scratched his head and said: "Why do I feel that this routine seems to have appeared in more than just dramas..."
The middle-aged man thought for a while and then said, "Let someone go and take a look."
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Dali Temple Tianlao.
There are many prisons in Kyoto, and ordinary prisoners can be held in the county and government prisons. Only when major cases or extremely vicious criminals are encountered, the Ministry of Punishment will take action.
If the case involves officials and dignitaries in Kyoto, it will usually be handled by the Dali Temple.
Those involved in the case of the Cui family and the King of Shu were imprisoned in the Dali Temple Heavenly Prison.
In front of the gate of Dali Temple, the minister of Dali Temple who had just received the news hurriedly walked out, bowed and said: "I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess, I have met the Crown Prince, and I have met Mr. Li."
"No gift."
"Thank you, princess."
…
Li Yi and the others did not come here to make fun of the Cui family. Although Cui Qingze has confessed to all the crimes, many details of the case still need to be investigated. Li Yi and the others just followed Liu Yishou here to take a look.
After all, the people in the prison are the Cui family, their opponents who have been fighting for several years...
There was a lot of wailing in the sky prison, and when several people passed through the prison, the sound was even more harsh and intense, as if it was about to pierce the eardrums.
It wasn't until he entered the innermost cell that the sound gradually became quieter.
Cui Qingming, the head of the Cui family who had just taken office and had not been in charge of the Cui family for a long time, was no longer as high-spirited as before. He was wearing a white prison uniform, unkempt, and was locked in a prison with iron chains. When the cell door opened, he looked up and quickly
He looked down, with no expression on his face.
Cui Qingming is a vicious and sinister person, and he does not hesitate to use means to achieve his goals. If he did not meet an opponent who flipped the table if he disagreed, he could barely be regarded as a traitor. He also had a very strict tone. No matter how Liu Yishou asked him, he would not say a word.
Didn't reveal it.
A Dali Temple official behind him couldn't help but whispered: "Sir, the most effective way to deal with such a tough-talking criminal is to punish him..."
Liu Yishou waved his hand, "Take me to Cui Qingze's cell."
Cui Qingze is the former head of the Cui family. He knows as much as Cui Qingming, but he is not as temperamental as Cui Qingming. He is a better breakthrough point.
When Liu Yishou examines cases, he always adheres to the principle that unless it is absolutely necessary, no punishment will be used. When he breaks this principle, he will definitely leave indelible memories for the criminals he is interrogating.
"Marquis of Li County."
When several people walked out of the cell, Cui Qingming suddenly said something.
Li Yi, Li Mingzhu and Li Xuan turned around at the same time.
Cui Qingming still lowered his head and was speechless.
Li Yi looked at them and said, "You guys go over first."
"Be careful." Li Mingzhu looked at him for a moment, nodded, and turned to leave.
Li Xuan's face was full of curiosity. Cui Qingming made it clear that he only wanted to say something to Li Yi, but he shouldn't say it in front of him. The fire of curiosity in his heart was burning, but he also
He could only leave with Li Mingzhu.
Li Yi walked up to Cui Qingming, but he still didn't raise his head and whispered: "Did you do that thing?"
Li Yi didn't know which thing he was talking about, but there was nothing that happened to the Cui family that he did not do. No matter what Cui Qingming said, he would not be wronged.
Cui Qingming raised his head slightly: "It was you who had more than forty dignitaries tied up. It was you who forced the King of Shu to leave the capital. It was you who pushed the Yu family and the Chu family down behind the scenes. It was you who turned Liuli into glass.
It almost shook the foundation of the Cui family... I never thought that even Zeng Shichun would be caught by you."
Li Yi shook his head: "You really misunderstood this. Mr. Zeng did it voluntarily. That's called abandoning darkness and turning to the light."
"Abandoning darkness and turning to light, these words are enough to deceive a three-year-old child," Cui Qingming smiled disdainfully: "What is light, what is darkness, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, the winner is the light, the loser is the darkness..."
Li Yi looked down at him, "You called me here just to say this?"
A smile suddenly appeared on Cui Qingming's face, "Do you think you really won?"
Li Yi did not speak because he knew Cui Qingming had not finished speaking.
"I admit that you are very powerful. If His Highness the King of Shu had not provoked you, my Cui family and himself would not have fallen into the situation today." Cui Qingming shook his head and said: "You did it step by step.
Let the King of Shu get farther and farther away from that position, and pull out the muscles and bones of the Cui family one by one..., you can control what the people say and do, you can make all the officials and dignitaries in Kyoto unable to sleep well, you
You can force the emperor's eldest son to be expelled from the capital. In front of you, a century-old family is just a chicken and a dog..."
"But, do you think you really won?"
"Although your surname is Li, you are not that "Li"!"
Cui Qingming sneered twice, and the expression on his face immediately turned ferocious. He said in a serious tone: "The more you win now, the worse you will lose in the future. How many days does your Majesty have left? Even if the King of Shu cannot ascend the throne, he will always
If there is another prince to replace you, can they tolerate someone like you appearing in Kyoto and Jingguo? The day when the new emperor ascends the throne will be the day of your death!"
"And the eldest princess, haha, you think that with the protection of the eldest princess, everything will be fine. When a few days pass, she will not be able to protect herself, so what thoughts will she have to protect you?"
The sneer on his face gradually turned into a wild laugh: "Li Yi, Li County Marquis, Doctor Li..., I will wait for you under the Nine Springs!"
"Going early doesn't mean you'll do well." Li Yi looked at him, shook his head, and said, "It's not easy to build a foundation down there. The right way is to guard it well. You'd better not wait for me..."
…
Li Xuan leaned against the wall outside a cell and murmured: "The relationship between the Cui family is really messy. The third son of the Cui family actually has an affair with the elder sister-in-law..."
Although Liu Yishou is investigating serious cases, there are always some irregularities mixed in with serious cases.
I just asked a servant of the Cui family to correct Cui's crimes in order to reduce the punishment as appropriate, but I didn't expect that such a scandal would break out...
He was surprised, looked at Mingzhu, and saw her staring blankly ahead, looking very lost in thought, and asked doubtfully: "Mingzhu, what are you looking at..."
"Pearl, Pearl..."
There was a hand dangling in front of her eyes. Li Mingzhu finally came back to her senses and shook her head, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something."
Li Yi walked out of the cell in the distance, and Li Xuan hurried over and asked curiously: "What did Cui Qingming say to you?"
"He said there was no escape this time and asked me to burn some more paper money for him."
"Why..." Li Xuan curled his lips, "It's not your turn to burn whoever is burning, so don't burn him, leaving him down there with no clothes to wear and no money to spend..."
Li Mingzhu looked at Li Yi, her lips slightly opened, as if she was about to say something, but in the end nothing came out.
Li Yi smiled and did not continue the topic. He pointed to another area in the sky prison and asked, "It's noisy there. Who is locked up?"
An official from Dali Temple hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Those are officials from Shuzhou who have taken refuge with the King of Shu. They have done a lot of evil things with him. Once the affairs of the Cui family are finished, they will be dealt with..."
