Hearing the words, everyone responded in unison, led their horses out of the house, and galloped everywhere.

The police were dispatched, and the chief clerks and civil servants in the mansion were immediately called together to assign errands. When the police caught the person, they would immediately conduct separate interrogations. It was necessary to arrange for someone to write a confession and sign a signature in advance.

The next thing to do is to wait. Since he doesn't know when the court will disperse, he is not sure when the police will catch the person. According to his estimation, there will be a large number of officials impeaching him this morning. It stands to reason that at this time

The court meeting should not have ended yet.

After waiting for two quarters of an hour, no one came back. I was relieved. The policeman who had been sent out for such a long time had not returned yet, which meant that the morning court had not ended yet, and everyone was still squatting separately.

At half past midnight, the policemen who had been sent out began to return one after another. The returning policemen successfully arrested the people. The arrested officials were all tied up and gagged.

He continued to wait outside the house and ordered the police officers to take the captured officials to prison and keep them under strict supervision without interrogation for the time being.

Since all those arrested were officials of the fifth rank and above, and they all left the palace at the same time, the time interval between their arrests was not long, and each was only a stick of incense. All thirty-six civil and military officials on the list were arrested.

Those who were brought to justice included the high official from the province.

With an order, all the doors of the mansion were closed, and the police officers patrolled the mansion and were on strict alert. No one inside the mansion was allowed to leave, and no one outside the mansion was allowed to enter.

Then he went to the prison in person. At this time, all the captured officials had not had their gags removed. Everyone's reactions were also different. Some were so scared that they peed their pants, while others were full of anger, hesitating and cursing, and some were speechless.

Just wait and see what happens.

Knowing that there was no turning back, he directly ordered people to bring Gao Shizhong out.

Although Gao Shizhong was imprisoned, he was still calm. After the gag was removed, he immediately shouted, "You are so outrageous that I will be the butcher of the court..."

Before the high servant could finish speaking, he went up and slapped him, "Old man, you and the eunuchs have controlled the government these years, deceived the emperor, ignored the superiors, practiced favoritism, perverted the law, and harmed the country and the people. I have been ordered to investigate and deal with it. You'd better tell the truth to avoid being exposed.

bitter."

He was determined to use Gao Shizhong to kill chickens and scare monkeys. Before he could say anything, he winked at the big head. The latter understood and directly picked up the soldering iron from the brazier and pressed it on Gao Shizhong's left chest.

Branding is a form of torture, and it stands to reason that the prisoner's clothes must be taken off before execution, but Datou knew that every second counts, and directly burned him. Accompanied by screams like a slaughtered pig, Gao Shizhong's clothes caught fire, and the skin and flesh were torn apart.

People who have never been in prison cannot imagine how cruel the punishment is. The skin and flesh scorched by the iron emit a pungent smell. The cell is closed and the smell cannot dissipate.

The entire prison was filled with hesitation.

"Are you going to tell me?" he asked coldly.

After finishing speaking, there was no reaction from Gao Shizhong. He frowned and took a closer look, only to find that Gao Shizhong had fainted.

Without waiting to speak, Da Tou picked up the water ladle, scooped out a ladle of cold water from the wooden bucket and poured it on.

Gao Shizhong was stirred up and woke up. He was so frightened when he saw that he was really ruthless. "I have always been on good terms with Longhushan. Do your masters know that you are acting like this?"

"I am an official of the imperial court, and I only take orders from the emperor," he said loudly, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "I am asking you, do you know your guilt?"

The reason why Shizhong Gao was chosen to attack was because this person was the head of the civil service. As long as this person opened his mouth, other civil servants would naturally fall apart. And Shizhong Gao himself knew this. Although he was frightened, because of his face, it was inconvenient to admit his guilt in public, so he just forced himself to do so.

He scratched his head and shook his head slowly, "I don't know what crime I am guilty of?"

Turning to look at Datou again, Datou was unambiguous and directly used a red-hot soldering iron and slowly moved it towards the left side of Gao Shizhong's face.

The high-ranking servant was so pampered that he had never been subjected to such a punishment. He had been burned before, and when he saw the iron coming to his face and knew the consequences of stubborn resistance, he was so frightened that he could not care about his face. His voice was so frightened that he said out of tune, "Don't use torture.

Don’t use punishment, I will plead guilty.”

"Louder, I can't hear you." He raised his eyebrows and scolded.

"I'm guilty, I plead guilty, and don't use any more punishment." Gao Shizhong repeatedly begged for mercy.

After confirming that all the officials detained in various prisons had heard Gao Shizhong's words, they waved their hands to the jailer and said, "Take him to the inner room and interrogate the prisoner."

After the jailer dragged away Shizhong Gao, he discovered a puddle of yellow urine on the ground. The torture was really not something that ordinary people could bear, especially the punishment that might lead to physical disability. It would scare the prisoners to the point of peeing and pooping.

Then he raised his voice and said, "Listen to me, the emperor has an edict. After the case is brought, as long as you confess truthfully and expose the crimes of the eunuchs, you can avoid the death penalty. Those who stubbornly resist and avoid the more serious ones will be punished."

As he spoke, he was walking slowly in front of the prison cell. Everyone was frightened out of their wits after being taken to the prison. The high servants had been burned earlier, which frightened them to death. When they saw Mr. Zi walking by the cell, they hurriedly struggled and hesitated.

, expressing his willingness to confess.

Ignoring them, he found the Minister of Punishment from the seventh cell.

, personally pulled out the gag cloth of the Minister of Punishment.

The Minister of Punishment felt guilty and fell to his knees with a plop, "Sir, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare your life."

"Can you plead guilty?" he asked coldly.

"The lower official pleads guilty, the lower official pleads guilty." The Minister of Punishment kowtowed as if pounding garlic.

"I've heard it all. Wen Shangde, the Minister of Punishment, committed a heinous crime, but refused to plead guilty. Come here, burn it for me." He ordered in a loud voice.

Feeling that others were not quick enough, Datou took matters into his own hands and ordered two jailers to grab Wen Shangde, pick up a soldering iron and press it directly on his chest. With a horrifying scream, Wen Shangde fainted and died.

After being splashed with cold water to wake him up, Wen Shangde shouted loudly before he could speak, "I'm willing to recruit, I'm willing to recruit."

"Oh, since you refuse to confess, then let's do it again." He winked at the boss.

At this time, there was a brazier burning outside each prison cell. Da Tou approached and picked up a red-hot iron. Ignoring Wen Shangde's frightened screams, he gave him another blow.

Wen Shangde immediately fainted, peed his pants, and said loudly, "This man is stubborn and in vain. In vain of the emperor's favor, he was dragged into the inner room and tortured."

After saying this, the two waiting jailers immediately stepped forward and dragged away the dead pig-like Wen Shangde.

Seeing that Wen Shangde wanted to confess but still refused to let him go, the remaining officials became more and more frightened, because this showed that he ignored the law and acted wantonly. Whether he should be punished or not only depended on his likes and dislikes. Even if he wanted to confess, it would also depend on his mood.

More than thirty people, who said little and little, then gave instructions one by one. The jailer and the police officer came forward to remove the gag. Once they were able to speak, everyone begged for mercy, saying that they were willing to confess and expose the crimes of the eunuchs.

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Although the prison at Yushitai was not as big as the prisons at the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, it was still very large. Officials were taken to different cells and interrogated by special personnel and wrote down confessions.

Not everyone is afraid. The generals who lead the army think that they have experienced actual combat, are passionate, and are not willing to give in. In fact, there is no need to ask. You can know what they are thinking just by looking at their unhappy eyes.

Seeing that he was embarrassed when they met, Datou took the initiative and shouted to the jailer on the side, "Bring out that guy who is squatting on horseback."

These generals were captured by Shi Xuanming. Shi Xuanming was proficient in the art of acupuncture. After sealing the acupuncture points, he could not move. This general was caught by Shi Xuanming when he was riding back. He was still riding a horse at this time.

After the jailer carried the general out, he stepped forward and pulled out the man's gag.

As soon as he had the chance to speak out, the general immediately yelled loudly, "You don't know how to live or die. Although we are plotted by you, it won't be long before my adoptive father gets the news and sends people to rescue you. Then it will be the time for your death."

The big head ignored him, took a red iron in his hand, and shouted to the jailer, "Tear off his pants for me. Since he recognizes the eunuch as his father, let him also become a eunuch."

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The jailer also knew that both sides were at a critical moment of life and death and did not dare to delay. Upon hearing this, he immediately stepped forward and pulled off the general's trousers.

There may be some people who are not afraid of death, but no one is not afraid of being castrated into a eunuch. Seeing the red iron close at hand, the general collapsed instantly, "Don't burn it, don't burn it, I'll move, I'll move."

Datou saw this and turned his head to look.

Knowing that Datou was asking him whether to continue the torture, he hated these military generals even more than the civil servants who had defected to the eunuchs. As military generals, they should be passionate and loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but they were just like those deceitful and disloyal civil servants.

He who deceives the king and ignores his superiors recognizes his thieves as his father.

There was no expression on his face when he met, and his big head glared directly at him. He screamed horribly. In addition to the indescribable severe pain, he also felt hopeless that life would be worse than death.

Seeing that he had really ruined the descendants of the general, the rest of the people finally believed that he could really do anything. They stopped pretending to be a hero and pretended to be a good guy. They bowed their heads one after another and no longer dared to look coldly at each other.

Seeing that all the arrested people surrendered, he ordered the jailer and the police to take them away for interrogation. Then he quickly left the prison, regained his strength, and flew away from the censor's desk to the medicine shop.

This medicine shop was owned by the Ni family. After entering, he immediately opened the medicine cabinet and grabbed more than ten different medicines from various drawers. He then returned eagerly with the medicine bag.

When he returned to Yushitai, he immediately began to prepare the medicine. Datou's previous actions gave him a lot of inspiration. Men may not be afraid of death, but they are most afraid of being a eunuch. His sudden attack was purely helpless. The biggest problem he faced now was that he could not control it.

He wanted to take a gamble on the military power of the military camp outside the city. He would poison the generals, apply them externally or internally, and force them to atone for their sins and lead the troops to protect them.

After preparing the medicine, he returned to the prison. At this time, all the cells were interrogating and confessing in an orderly manner. He called the boss aside instead of speaking his mind.

"Do you think this method can scare them?" asked.

"It should be possible," Datou nodded, "but the pain must gradually increase, otherwise they may take chances."
Chapter completed!