Chapter 173: A stomach full of bad water

The sound and diaphragm of the horse's hooves was scarce, surrounding a large man with a transparent look. After a while, a short and fat man was caught in messy clothes by Deng Long.

"Who are you? You trespassed into a private house in the middle of the night. Are you not afraid of the king's law?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "You are Jingtai? You are looking for you. Several officials from the Ministry of Revenue have called you out. You colluded with the government and stole the national treasury rice storage. The crime is unforgivable. After the incident, he was afraid that the officials would investigate it, so he was furious and instigated people to burn the grain warehouse." After a pause, he said with a grim smile: "You just wait for thousands of knives to be cut! Come and take him away."

Jingtai was stunned and couldn't help but say, "I was not the one who instigated me to burn this grain warehouse." After saying it, I suddenly felt something was wrong. After saying this, wasn't it just to admit that he had stole the rice storage and colluded with officials and businessmen?

Several imperial guards took him, Chen Ao sneered, "What else do you want to quibble? Several adults from the Ministry of Revenue have confessed. You are the one who planned and participated in the burning of the grain warehouse!" Then he looked at the others and said, "Don't waste any more quarrels with him, take them away directly, and leave the people who are optimistic about the house. All the relatives in the house will be optimistic. The government will have an order soon. No one can afford to escape if anyone escapes or commits."

When Jingtai heard this, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He couldn't help but think: "They have confessed? And they have pushed me as the mastermind? I, a small businessman, can't afford to be guilty? This... this is a huge crime. It's not an exaggeration to kill all the families and slaughter the three tribes!"

Jingtai was pushed into the prison cart in a daze, and then took the way out of the city and headed straight for Bianjing.

At dawn, Dali Temple lit candles and Jingtai was taken to the court. Along the way, he thought a lot. Judging from the people who captured him, they should not be like servants, but imperial guards; they did not directly escort him to Jingzhao Mansion. However, it was the Dali Temple yamen. Dali Temple only tried serious cases and official cases, which were the same nature as those of the imperial prison. On this point, he felt that something was wrong.

Lying under the hall, Jing Tai shivered, gritted his teeth, and said, "Sir, I'll confess, I'll confess, I'll confess all!" Killing is death, and not killing is death, but if you kill, you may still protect the clan members. Once someone else puts the shit pot on his head, everything is over.

Chen Ao sat on the Jindun. He was not an official, so he was not qualified to sit behind the case. However, he was pregnant with a golden arrow, so he served as the chief judge.

Chen Ao's mouth quickly brought a strange smile and said, "What are you trying to do? You have already done it. It's too late for you to confess now. Come on, take it down, fight for half an hour, and then drag it up."

There is never such a rule in the world that people interrogate the case, and people want to confess but don’t allow it. What is this?

After hearing the order, the officers of Dali Temple rushed up like wolves and tigers, grabbed Jingtai and then a shrill roar came from the punishment hall next door.

Chen Ao was leisurely, and slowly drank a sip of tea, and became a little energetic. Dali Temple Minister Jiang Min and a few Shaoqings were coming one by one. Seeing that the case had progressed, they were all excited. Chen Ao did not sit in front of the case, so Jiang Min naturally had no choice but to ask someone to move Jindun, and a group of officials from Dali Temple were all sitting down.

After waiting for a long time, Jingtai was pulled up like a dead dog. At this moment, he was unkempt and covered in scars. He was crying with tears. He lay down in the hall and said, "Sir, the little one is wronged. The matter of burning the grain warehouse has nothing to do with the little one. It is all the ideas of Chen Yuan, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Revenue. Please tell me."

"You don't need to confess, it's too late for you to confess. Come on, and you'll find it out and beat it, as long as you don't beat it to death." Chen Ao had no awareness of asking the case at all, and it was another typewriter!

Forced to confess? That's really wronged Mr. Shen. He only hit people and never asked about confessions.

Waving to Deng Long, Deng Long understood and walked to Chen Ao and said, "What are the instructions for the young master?"

"Take a few brothers and go and catch Chen Yuan."

Deng Long said hesitantly: "Chen Yuan is a sixth-rank official. If he doesn't ask for an order first, he will go to his official position, just fear..."

Chen Ao glared at him: "Go quickly, I will bear all the consequences."

Deng Long went immediately; after a while, Chen Yuan was taken over. He was dressed in messy clothes and obviously not dressed yet. Although he was a prisoner, Chen Yuan had been an official after all. When he saw the people in the hall, he sneered: "I wonder what the matter is that you all invite the official?"

He seemed surprisingly shocked, but there was no fear on his face. Even if he had no fear for Dali Temple Minister Jiang Min.

Chen Ao smiled, stepped over to hold Chen Yuan's hand, and said, "Mr. Chen, I invite you here today. There is something to ask clearly."

"Hmph!" Chen Yuan sneered: "It's both to ask questions, but it should be like asking questions. What does it mean to send someone to catch me like this? I am an official, and I am guilty. I haven't taken off my official clothes..."

Chen Ao interrupted him with a smile and said, "What did Lord Chen say? You are the official of the court. Who dares to say you are guilty? I, Chen Ao, disagree. Come on, put on chili water and bring a tiger bench to invite Lord Chen to sit down."

The officers looked at each other, "Ci pepper water?" What is this pepper? Could it be tea? As for this tiger bench, it is even more unheard of.

Chen Ao then realized that the torture of this era was too backward, and there was not even pepper water or tiger benches. How could this be favored? He had to say, "Then let's fight, take it out and fight for an hour or two before talking about it. Hello, take off his clothes first, don't be polite."

"You...you are crazy." Chen Yuan was furious and was stunned when he saw several servants coming. Such a madman was unheard of. He could not be treated as a commoner and punished as a doctor. This is the rule since ancient times. How dare he fight a genius and a doctor?

"I'm not crazy." Chen Ao smiled bitterly and took out a golden arrow: "This arrow is like a face of the king. It's the official family who wants to beat you and has nothing to do with the students. What did you say just now? You said I'm crazy? OK, write down this charge for me. He is slandering the court."

Deng Long couldn't hold it in, "Young Master, is this also called slandering the court?"

Chen Ao sneered: "Of course, he said I was a madman just now, right? If I were a madman, the official gave me a golden arrow, what is this? Does it mean that the official has no eyes and no knowledge of people? Our emperor is wise and wise, and has a sharp eye. Why did he become a fool in his mouth? Tell me, is this a ruthless emperor? Is it a slander of the court?"

Deng Long was stunned for a moment and murmured: "It seems to make sense."

Chen Yuan shouted: "You are slandering people, and you have no choice but to add to the crime..." He had to say it again, and he had been taken out.

When he was pulled up, Chen Yuan was already dying. Nowadays, officials lacked physical exercise. After hitting his butt, they couldn't stand it anymore. He lay down in the court, but his mouth was very hard and sneered, "Ha...ha... you hit me today, and I will teach you ten times and a hundred times in the future."

Chen Ao took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "There is no need for this. Anyway, your life is over. Okay, you have to beat it. What else does Lord Chen have to say now?"

Chen Yuan smiled grimly and said, "Yes, I want to impeach you, a little student, and dare to beat the official. He is unruly and abuses the law."

Chen Ao sighed: "At this time, are you still stubborn? Come on, slap him."

"Who dares!" Chen Yuan stared at the officer who was walking forward.

Chen Ao shouted: "Fight!"

The officers flocked to the ground, either grabbing their hands or hooking their feet. A officer fired his bow and slapped Chen Yuan several times. Chen Yuan was stunned by the slap in the head and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Chen Ao sat down with a dangerous heart, smiling like a spring breeze, which scared several Dali Temple officials beside him, and only felt that this guy was too lazy.

In fact, they didn't know that Chen Ao knew better than anyone else. The emperor wanted him to try the case, and this was the effect. If Chen Ao still went to invite Chen Yuan to have tea in a gentle manner, what else would he need to do? Who can't do such a thing?

"I'll ask you again, what do you have to say? Tell you the truth. Since you have captured you here, you will never think about going out in your life. Think clearly, don't miss yourself, and think about your tribe members more."

Chen Yuan laughed: "Hmph! There is nothing to say." He was very tough and gritted his teeth and never said a word.

Chen Ao sighed: "If you don't say it, I'll tell you. You colluded with the grain merchant Jingtai and sold the rice stored in the warehouse to him privately. As the Chinese New Year approached, the court was about to inspect the warehouse. You were afraid that the truth would be revealed, so you simply found accomplices and burned the grain warehouse. You did it all the time, right?"

Chen Yuan sneered: "Little little supervisor, he is very good at imagination."

Chen Ao's eyes tightened, he looked at Chen Yuan coldly and said, "Come on, bring Jingtai up."

Soon, Jingtai, covered with scars, was taken up. Chen Ao pointed at Jingtai and said, "Can Lord Chen know him?"

Chen Yuan didn't even look at it: "I don't know you."

Jingtai said: "Sir, I know him, and I know him. He has a deep friendship with me. He instigated people to burn the grain warehouse."

Chen Yuan glared at Jingtai and said, "Don't swear by others, be careful of your head." This sentence implies threatening, which makes Jingtai shrink his neck and dare not say it anymore.

Chen Ao didn't care: "It seems that there is no need to be torture. Lord Chen will not confess? I just want to ask you, who else is involved in this matter in your case? Don't argue. With your little work, you can't do such a shocking thing. Who instigated you?"

Chen Yuan just sneered and didn't answer; he knew in his heart that as long as he bit him and didn't let go, no one could do anything to him.

Chen Aohu said with a face: "Please act as a punishment."

Several officers came forward with water and fire sticks, and Chen Ao waved his hand again: "Let's go." It's too uncreative. To be assaulted as a spanking? This thinking is too rigid, right? No wonder Chen Yuan is so brave!

Chen Ao looked at Chen Yuan with a smile, but no one could see that smile, she felt invisible fear, and she was afraid that Chen Yuan would really meet the nemesis of this life today.

Chen Ao said calmly: "Take off Lord Chen's clothes and put them on the street, tie his hands and feet and put them on the ground, and apply some honey water all over his body! Lord Chen is a nobleman, so spanking is a shame to his innocence? Come on, do what I said!"

Chen Yuan first heard Chen Ao take off his clothes and put it on the street, and his face was so scared that he looked like a rustle. After all, he was a scholar. Although he had committed all the things in the world, he knew how to write the word "shame". When Chen Ao then heard Chen Ao spread honey on his body, he didn't know what criminal law it was!

Deng Long beside him asked the curiosity in his heart: "Young master, what are you doing to apply honey?"

Chen Ao looked at Deng Long with appreciation. This guy had a future and knew how to sing with him. He sneered: "When you apply honey, the insects on the ground, the ants and so on naturally. Although the ant, the insects cannot bite people, the little guys with success or failure kept biting them. Hehe, he will not kill Lord Chen, but he can also let Lord Chen taste the taste of raising insects. He will leave him for a few hours to ensure that he will get everything."
Chapter completed!