Zhou Jinghong said angrily: "You are nonsense, how could my father slander the money from the Jiangnan salt tax?"

"Then what are you doing in Jiangnan?" Shao Shuhuan asked with a smile.

"Can't I come to play?" Zhou Jinhong stared at him, his eyes gushing out of fire.

"I don't look like it." Shao Shuhuan shook his head, played with the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile, "I have evidence, so I will kill the Minister of Revenue and send you to Jiangnan to destroy evidence."

"Evidence?" Zhou Jinhong saw him rewinding to the topic and said angrily, "I want to see if you have any evidence. If you can't come up with evidence, we will never finish this matter."

Shao Shuhuan laughed: "Isn't your confession the best evidence?"

"You..." Zhou Jinhong was so angry that he was about to explode his lungs. He was furious, but he couldn't help but smile, "I think you are crazy. If you handle this case like you, I, the Great Zhou Kingdom, would have only unjust cases."

"I said, Master Zhou, you don't have to be so angry, right? Haven't you done the same thing yourself?" Shao Shuhuan smiled reservedly, his smile was calm and gentle, which made people feel as if he was bathed in spring breeze, but what he said made Zhou Jinhong urge to go crazy.

"Shao Shuhuan, you are taking personal revenge on the public." Zhou Jinhong said furiously.

"Avenge private revenge?" Shao Shuhuan asked with a smile, "Do I have it? Do you think I have it?"

Zhuang Meng and many Xuan Ji inner guards laughed and said, "Young Master is handling the matter impartiality, where is there any personal grudge?" "Young Master Zhou, did you hear it? We don't have any personal grudges, and some of them are public grudges. So, I would like to advise you, it's better to confess honestly. Otherwise, the young master who is as pampered as you can't stand the great punishment in the court." Shao Shuhuan said lightly.

Zhou Jinhong was so angry that he smoked his orifices, pointing at Shao Shuhuan and scolded: "Who do you think you are? Do you dare to torture me?"

Shao Shuhuan lowered his face and said coldly: "Young Master Zhou is really forgetful. Why don't I dare to do things you dare to do in the capital? Don't think that anyone is more noble than anyone else? Or do you think that your Zhou family is one head taller than the Shao family?"

Zhou Jinhong was speechless at the entrance. When he was in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, he had lynched Shao Shuhuan himself. He was the prince of the Minister of Revenue, but Shao Shuhuan was the son of the prime minister. In terms of status, it was indeed not his turn to shout.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shao Shuhuan said again: "Mr. Zhou, I'm asking you a question - did Lingzun benefit from the position of Minister of the User Department and gave up the imperial court seven million taels of salt tax in Jiangnan?"

"Nonsense!" No matter how confused Zhou Jinhong was, he knew that this topic must not be nonsense. Otherwise, once Shao Shuhuan really asked him to come forward, the Zhou family would have something to say. Besides, when the official position in the court is, everyone will be cleaner than anyone else? It would be fine on weekdays, but once it is exposed, His Majesty must take a good look at the face, and the people will naturally ask...

At that time, it is hard to say whether my father can keep the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Now the Shao family is in charge of the Ministry of War. Shao She is also the prime minister. If the Ministry of Revenue becomes his confidant in the Shao family, who else can say anything in the court? At that time, the Zhou family will still let him rub it?

Zhuang Meng Shao smiled and said, "Why do you have to say more to him with your heart? Let the young man come and ask him to ask him and keep him obedient."

"That's fine!" Shao Shuhuan smiled indifferently and nodded, "Let me leave it to you!"

"What are you? How dare you ask me?" Zhou Jinhong said angrily. He was in the capital on weekdays, and even if ordinary officials saw him, they would be polite. How could an ordinary person be rude in front of him?

Young Master Zhuang Meng didn't care, and smiled and ordered someone, "Take him to the torture room to ask questions." As he said that, he bowed and helped Shao Shuhuan walk forward first.

The ones who served Shao Shuhuan were all masters of Xuan Ji's inner guards. They had already opened the prison door, pulled Zhou Jinhong out, and took them to the torture room. This torture room was in the prison, and they were used for lynching on weekdays, and all the torture instruments were available. Zhuang Meng Shaoxian helped Shao Shuhuan sit on a carved magistrate chair. He watched the two Xuan Ji's inner guards bring Zhou Jinhong over and forced him to kneel on the ground.

Zhou Jinhong was willing to go out of his way, thinking that Shao Shuhuan was just going to beat him and avenge his personal grudges in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, so he didn't speak, just glared at him angrily.

Zhuang Meng Shao smiled and said, "Young Master Zhou, you should confess the crimes of how Lingzun was ignorant of the court's taxes, how to kill people to silence, destroy evidence, etc., so as not to suffer from flesh and blood..."

"Shut up, what are you? I deserve to come and ask me? Wait for me to return to the capital and be careful of your life!" Zhou Jinhong said angrily.

"You have to go back to the capital." Zhuang Meng Shao smiled slightly, raised his hand slightly, and the two inner guards who were waiting in the torture room stepped forward and forced Zhou Jinhong to a characteristic bench.

Zhuang Meng Shao smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, let's warm up some elegantly first. How about it? Come on, give me a fifty board first so that our Master Zhou can understand some rules."

"Dare you?" Zhou Jinhong was about to burst into anger even with his lungs.

Shao Shuhuan chuckled and said, "All done is done, what else can you dare to do?"

The Xuan Ji inner guards had already stepped forward and tied his hands and feet to the stool with ropes. Zhuang Meng Shao walked to him, took out a small dagger, gestured in his hand twice, and picked up Zhou Jinhong's sweat towel with a frivolous manner. The inner guard stepped forward and pulled him hard, pulling him off his pants.

Zhou Jinhong has suffered such humiliation, and not only has he cursed him.

Mr. Zhuang Meng turned a deaf ear and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, if I were you, I would save some effort." As he said that, he took two steps back and served Shao Shuhuan respectfully.

The two inner guards took the bamboo board soaked in water and put it on his buttocks. Shao Shuhuan played with the folding fan in his hand and said carelessly: "Boll!"

The two bamboo boards in the hands of the two inner guards had already accumulated enough energy and thrust hard at Zhou Jinhong's usual pampered buttocks.

Zhou Jinhong has suffered such pain? He is the only son of the Zhou family. He always serves people at home to eat and walk, and he has never even received a single word of heavy words. In an instant, he just felt like his whole lower body was exploded, and his eyes were so painful that he couldn't help but scream.

After the fifty bamboo board was beaten, he was left with only moaning. It was Xuan Ji's inner guard who knew that he was not used to being beaten and showed mercy. Otherwise, he would be afraid that he would not even say anything at this time.

"How is it, Master Zhou, why don't you confess it?" Zhuang Meng Shao asked.

"Young Master..." As he was speaking, someone outside suddenly shouted anxiously.

Shao Shuhuan and Zhuang Meng Shao both turned around and saw Wang Tai coming quickly. Seeing Shao Shuhuan, he was busy whispering a few words in his ear. Shao Shuhuan frowned when he heard this, and after a while, he said, "I understand, let's talk about it later."

Wang Tai hurriedly bowed and agreed, and Zhuang Meng Shao asked, "What's the matter?"

Shao Shuhuan shook his head and said, "Continue to interrogate and talk about it after you go back."

"Shao Shuhuan, I tell you, you have the affair to beat me to death today, otherwise, you can't ask a word from me. I want to see how you can explain to Your Majesty after you return to Beijing." Zhou Jinhong knew in his heart that once he confessed according to Shao Shuhuan's wishes, the Zhou family would be finished. He didn't dare to beat him to death, but he would give it his best.

Shao Shuhuan didn't expect that he was a little tough, and looked at Mr. Zhuang Meng. He really didn't understand much about him and the prisoner's confession.

"Come on, put a stick on me." Zhuang Meng Shao shouted.

The two inner guards were about to get the clamping sticks, but Wang Tai suddenly shouted: "Wait... This is not the lobby, what kind of clamping sticks are used? Besides, Mr. Zhou is the young master of Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He was injured by your reckless actions, which was not good."

Shao Shuhuan and Zhuang Meng Shao were both surprised and asked, "Do you have any solutions?"

Wang Tai smiled proudly and said, "Young Master, sit and rest. Leave this kind of rough work to the slave. I keep it before dawn. If you let him lie on the ground and learn from dogs, he will never dare to learn from cats..."

"Oh?" Shao Shuhuan and Zhuang Mengshang were both surprised. Wang Tai did not dare to tell Shao Shuhuan. He walked to Zhuang Mengshang and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhuang Meng Shao smiled and nodded, "My father-in-law is really smart!"

Zhuang Meng Shao bowed and said, "Young Master, go outside to use some snacks and rest. Let me and Eunuch Wang leave it here."

Seeing that they were so mysterious, Shao Shuhuan nodded and said, "Forget it!" He immediately walked out, and Zhuang Meng Shao was busy sending him out. Shao Shuhuan whispered, "Don't kill and mess up, otherwise--it's impossible to explain, his aunt is the Empress Yun Guifei."

Zhuang Meng Shao smiled and said, "Young Master is willing to be 100 times, and you will never kill him." Shao Shuhuan just asked, and walked out with his hands on his back. Outside, Yangzhou County Magistrate Lin Pu came up and said, "You have met the young master."

"Hello, Lord Lin!" Shao Shuhuan just nodded. Lin Pu was busy asking him to sit in the back hall. Shao Shuhuan shook his head and said, "I'm just waiting here. Lord Lin is busy with your trip."

Lin Pu brought him tea, but Shao Shuhuan took it casually, and he was extremely suspicious. What could Wang Tai do to let Zhou Jinhong listen to him? Zhou Jinhong was a key piece. He was originally planning to use a torture to force his confession and let him bite the Fang family...
Chapter completed!