Three days later, it was also June 1, the 19th year of Yongle.
The Dongchang team of 500 people walked into the gate of Gongchang Mansion under a long line of carriages.
In the government office hall, Duan Tianming and Wei Li, the governor of Gongchang Prefecture, personally carried the kettle and poured tea for Xiao Chen, Du Shaoqin and other Dongchang "heroes" who had returned from raiding their homes.
The weather was hot, so Xiao Chen drank three bowls of herbal tea in a row to relieve his strong thirst.
"Has the supervisory censor of Shaanxi Province arrived?" Xiao Chen asked in a low voice as he put down his tea bowl.
"Here we come, all the armaments, corpses, confessions, witnesses, and the supervisory censor have been verified one by one." Duan Tianming chuckled.
"You haven't met Ding Xihou, have you?"
"No one can see such an important person except us from Dongchang."
"Yes." Xiao Chen nodded, "Where is the censor? Still in Gongchang Mansion?"
"No. Early yesterday morning, I took the materials I had compiled and went back to Beijing."
Xiao Chen turned his head and looked at Wei Li on the side: "Wei Tongzhi, how is the progress of the water conservancy project in Gongchang Mansion?"
"Each line has been decided and construction will officially start tomorrow."
"Wei Tongzhi has a very good ability in doing things. I leave the water conservancy project to you. I have found the right person." Xiao Chen stood up, "Okay, I haven't seen Ding Xihou in the past few days. I really miss him.
Everyone goes about his or her own business, I’m going to take a walk around the prison.”
Du Shaoqin also stood up and followed Xiao Chen towards the prison.
Inside the prison, Dingxi Hou Wang Rong had been let down from the high fence.
At this moment, he was sitting quietly in the straw pile in the corner with heavy shackles on his body, his eyes were dull, and he was almost like a dead person.
According to the hatred between Xiao Chen and himself, he should torture himself every day.
He has not been seen for five or six days in a row. He must have gone to Dingxi and ransacked his home.
Even if his affair was exposed and he was convicted of treason by the emperor, it would only be a failure on his part.
But being captured by Lan Yu's son who slipped through the net, Dingxihou Wang Rong felt very unwilling.
"Master Hou, I haven't seen you for the past few days, have you missed me?" Xiao Chen slowly walked into the cell with a smile on his face.
"Miss you? A rebellious son who slipped through the net. I wonder how the imperial court allowed you to grow up and didn't find out." Ding Xihou said coldly.
"We haven't seen each other for a few days. Master Hou's temperament has changed drastically, and even his tone has become so cold?" Xiao Chen couldn't help laughing, "But it's useless. Not only have I grown up, I'm also the purple-clad captain of Dongchang, dominating you.
However, I still have regrets. Even though I ransacked your home and killed all the servants and guards, I still could not find your original false edict and the fake jade seal used to create the false edict. Otherwise, you
Just tell me, where are these things hidden?"
"Didn't find it?" Marquis Dingxi was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, "Why, what if we found it? Could it be that you still hope to bring this fake imperial edict to make the current emperor admit Taizu's fault?
To restore Lan Yu's innocence? I think you are dreaming."
"Bah." Ding Xihou spat out thick phlegm on the ground.
"Don't be so rude, it will make you lose your value even more." Xiao Chen smiled faintly, "I can understand your desire to die, but this inferior provocation method is too superficial. Originally, I planned to kill your family members one by one.
They will be executed in front of you to see how long you can hold on. However, your eldest son and several grandsons actually dared to take up arms and were powerless to stop Dongchang from ransacking his house. Although other guards and servants who dared to resist were killed on the spot.
But your son and grandson still have the purpose of torturing you, so I cut off their limbs to make them lose their ability to resist."
"As a result, I searched the Marquis' Mansion too hard. When I remembered that their wounds had not been bandaged, they had already bled too much and were dead. Now, I will give you a funeral report for the Marquis first. The white-haired person will send the black-haired person.
, my condolences.”
With his hands clasped into fists, Xiao Chen solemnly saluted Ding Xihou.
"You, you don't have to die well, and your Lan family doesn't have to die well." Pointing at Xiao Chen, Ding Xihou couldn't hold it in any longer and started to curse loudly.
"You are right. My father was skinned and stuffed with straw and hung in front of the city gate. How can it be considered a good death? As for me, I don't know how I will die. Maybe I will comply with your words and not die a good death. But
Well, I am a kind-hearted person and will not resent you because of your viciousness and curses." Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Are you kind-hearted?" Ding Xihou looked at Xiao Chen like a fool. When he saw the weird smile on Xiao Chen's face, his heart suddenly throbbed, "You, what do you want to do again?"
Turning around, Xiao Chen looked at the fence at the door of the cell: "Hiding arms and intending to rebel, how can one person be enough? Although your son and grandson are dead, your two wives and several concubines
Still there. I don’t believe they know anything about it.”
"They are all women, they don't know anything." Ding Xihou shouted loudly and urgently.
"As my bedfellows, will they not know about your rebellion?" Xiao Chen turned around and stared at Ding Xihou with disdain, "Are you bullying me for not having a wife? If you don't torture them, how can they succeed?
confession."
"Come on me if you have the guts, what kind of hero is bullying a woman?" Looking at Xiao Chen, Ding Xihou almost broke his throat.
"I only have the court in my eyes. For the fairness of the court's laws, and for the fairness of your rebellion case, I need the confessions of everyone in the Hou family." Xiao Chen looked at Dingxi Hou and smiled, suddenly turning his head,
He shouted toward the outside of the cell, "Take Li."
There was a sound of a woman crying, and in a short time, Li, who was tall and burly with a sinewy face, was escorted in.
His hands were twisted behind his back and tied up with ropes. His hair was disheveled, his face was pale, and his lips were purple.
Where is the dignity of a Marquis lady?
Seeing Xiao Chen, it was like seeing the living King of Hell, and he knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound.
"Master, please spare me. I know I was wrong. Please spare me. I don't dare to mess around anymore. I don't dare anymore."
Li cried and begged for mercy, but his words aroused unanimous ridicule from everyone present.
"Master Marquis, did you hear that? This is the head wife of your Dingxi Houfu." Looking at the angry Dingxihou, Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Bastard, if you lose your head, you'll have a scar as big as a bowl. You've ruined the reputation of the Marquis." Ding Xihou waved his big hand, and the shackles on his hand made a clattering sound, and he turned away with a look of disgust on his face.
head.
Hearing the familiar voice of the Marquis of Dingxi, the Li family became prosperous. The pillar of their house was right in front of them.
Bypassing Xiao Chen, using his knees as feet, he "walked" towards Dingxihou.
"Master Marquis, save me, save this slave. They have killed all the servants and guards in the Marquis' mansion. You have to make the decision for them."
As if she had seen a life-saving straw, Mrs. Li burst into tears, seemingly not seeing that Ding Xihou was wearing two heavy shackles.
Dingxihou was so angry that his eyes were straight, but he didn't know how to express his anger.
I could only curse two words in my heart: "Idiot."
Du Shaoqin, the warden of Dongchang Prison who had been watching the show next to him, took a step forward and raised his fists towards Xiao Chen: "Sir, based on my subordinate's many years of prison experience, this person is using her cowardly nature as a woman to confuse us."
"Oh, really?" Xiao Chen was stunned.
Du Shaoqin nodded: "This kind of person belongs to the kind of master who won't shed tears until he sees the coffin. If they are not tortured, they will always be crazy and pretend to be crazy. The emperor is very concerned about this case. We can't follow her pace and be delayed by her.
.”
"What does Chief Du mean?" Xiao Chen asked seriously.
"You have to use torture." Du Shaoqin said with a serious face, "This kind of person is the type who will accept the hard and not the soft. If torture is used properly, everything will happen one by one."
"Then follow Chief Du's idea." Xiao Chen nodded.
Ding Xihou stood in the corner, his heart bleeding.
Although Mrs. Li has no brains and no appearance of a woman, she has given birth to two sons after all.
Seeing that he was about to be tortured by the people, but there was nothing he could do, Ding Xihou really wanted to die on the ground.