"Where were you two having wine yesterday?"

He was covered with wet paper on his face again, and Pan Dahai looked straight ahead with his eyes blank. ￠￡￡ Xu Ping sat on the chair, asking casually while flipping through the paper in his hand.

"In Uncle Chen Er's little feet shop at the intersection of the street." Pang Dahai replied stupidly.

Xu Ping nodded: "When did you enter the store? How many people are there in the store?"

"I can't remember."

"How much did the two of them drink in total? What did they eat?"

"I can't remember..."

Xu Ping shook his head, stood up, and said to the soldiers: "You guys will interrogate slowly, I'll go out for a walk. When will this guy remember these things, go out and call me."

The soldiers promised.

Xu Ping left the room and thought that there was nothing else to do, so he walked towards the Military Case Hall.

Liu Han, Sima Chi, Wu Zunlu were so busy that he was lying on the table and looked at Sansi's famous books.

It was coming to an end. After nearly 400 people, seventy or eighty people had their names not matched. In addition to the 10 or 20 people led by Liu Han, there were fifty or sixty people who were unknown.

Seeing Xu Ping coming in, the three of them quickly got up to greet him.

Sima Chi introduced the situation to Xu Ping and sighed: "Now it seems that these people who don't match their names are the ones who cause trouble, but don't know where to find them. If we just deal with those blind officials, not saying that they are inconsistent, the people who took the lead in causing trouble yesterday are afraid that they will do something in the future. How can we handle the job?"

Xu Ping looked at the list on the table and said to Sima Chi: "Catch the person first and you will interrogate them separately. Everyone asked who could recognize yesterday. Whether these people were on the list or not, they would arrest them together for interrogation."

Sima Chi should discuss with Liu Han and Wu Zunlu.

Xu Ping said again: "Don't rely on the minor officials below when interrogating. If you can't stand it, go to the Censorate to call some public officials over. The public officials of the Third Division will inevitably have feelings for the people who are causing trouble, and they cannot believe them all."

The public officials in the Censorate have high requirements and are trustworthy compared to other yamen, but the number of people is too small and there are not many people to adjust.

Sima Chi thought it was reasonable, so he wrote a post and called a general to come and ask him to go to the Censorate to call someone.

The few of them talked for a while, and the soldiers guarding the door came over to report to Xu Ping that there was a result there.

A ray of sunlight that came into the crack of the window jumped around with the shaking of the window, adding a lot of vitality to the dark room. Looking at this ray of sunlight, even the feeling of coldness faded a lot.

Pang Dahai's face was pale, and his whole body shivered beside the pillar and shivered. Hearing the sound of the door, he couldn't help but tremble all over. It was not until Xu Ping walked to him that he raised his head and his eyes were full of panic.

"Tell me, who did you make trouble yesterday as a public official?"

Xu Ping asked straightforwardly without saying nonsense.

"Report to the official, Feng Lixing, the head of the urge to drive the office. He said that as long as we two do this, we will give each of us ten cents of money. If we give it away, we will————”

Speaking of this, Qin San, not far away, shouted: "It turns out that the money given by Master Feng is ten stagnant per person. Why do you tell me it is five stagnant? You even swallow my money!"

Xu Ping shook his head. No matter how the two of them quarreled in the house, they called soldiers outside and urged the driver to arrest the chief who was named Feng Lixing.

The urging department was not under Xu Ping's jurisdiction, but the three commanders Kou Yu had already handed over the matter to Xu Ping with full power. Since there was a definite news, he would just arrest the person directly.

After arranging the soldiers, Xu Ping thought for a while, returned to his official hall, spread out the paper, and wrote down what happened today. Then he called a miscellaneous official and asked him to send the letter to Kou.

No matter what, Kou Yu is the chief of the Sansi, he still has to tell him these things so that he will not know anything suddenly when asked. It will look ugly. Although Kou Yu has no power in the court, he has put a lot of pressure on Xu Ping, and Xu Ping is grateful to him from the bottom of his heart.

The list of Liu Han has been proofread. In addition to Liu Han’s people yesterday, there are about sixty or seventy people whose names cannot be found on the Sansi’s name. Either they are not from Sansi’s people or they are fake names made up yesterday.

At this time, the yard of the Yantikang Department was already full of people, all of whom were the lower-level public officials who went to the streets yesterday. Although there were soldiers suppressing order on the side, they were still noisy and even more chaotic than the vegetable market.

At this time, these little officials knew that they had caused a big disaster. Some were at a loss, some were at a loss, some were secretly wiping their tears, some were pulling people to cry, and some were even out of control and cursing at the sky.

Liu Han, Sima Chi, Wu Zunlu and the other three came to the yard and frowned when they saw the chaotic scene. Hundreds of people interrogated one by one and didn't know how much time it took, but they couldn't find a clue if they didn't calm down.

Not long after, more than a dozen public officials from the Censorate came to the Third Division and saluted Sima Chi.

Sima Chi told Liu Han and Wu Zunlu: "These people are old officials. They are familiar with the prisoners and don't need to be taught by others. But there are too many people, and we can't stand them and we can't let them go for trial at will. It's better to do this. We discuss the rules and make clear what we ask for, and we don't have to worry about the rest."

"Okay, just follow the words of the wise and miscellaneous."

Liu Han and Wu Zunlu naturally had no objection, and this was the only feasible method. If they asked each one clearly, these hundreds of people would not know which day they would go.

The three of them gathered together to discuss the content of the interrogation, which was nothing more than name and duty, the resume of the three departments, why did they go to the streets to cause trouble yesterday and who was instructed by someone. In the end, they added a reminder from Xu Ping, and wrote down all the people they knew on the street yesterday and which yamen they worked in.

In the chief hall of the Salt and Iron Department, Xu Ping looked at a thin and lean middle-aged man standing below and asked in a deep voice: "Are you urging Feng Lixing, the head of the Department?"

Feng Lixing bowed and said, "The younger one is Feng Lixing, who is the one who is in charge of the urging department."

"You are the head of the urging department. You have salary every month, you have cotton in winter and meat in the New Year. Where can the three departments not treat you?"

Feng Lixing didn't know why he was taken to the Yantioxuesi. Seeing Xu Ping's bad expression, he quickly apologized for guilt: "Why did the deputy envoy say this? The small family relied on the money and food paid by the Sansi, and they were only grateful."

"Is that true?" Xu Ping looked at Feng Lixing and slapped the table suddenly, "Then why do you instigate the street idle guys to go out to make trouble on the streets? Now the matter has been reported, and you are still here to be sarcastic! Are you going to ask for a fight!"

Feng Lixing's heart skipped a beat. Unexpectedly, Xu Ping touched him so quickly, but he couldn't admit it: "Where did the deputy envoy hear the gossip? The little one has always been doing this in the Sansi. How could he do such a thing?"

Xu Ping snorted coldly, stood up, arrived at the door, and ordered the guards: "Bring that guy here!"

The two soldiers grabbed Feng Lixing's arm and carried him behind Xu Ping like a chicken.

After entering the hut that interrogated Pang Dahai and Qin San, Xu Ping said: "Put this guy down and let him recognize the person he was looking for."

The soldiers agreed and pushed Feng Lixing to the ground.

Pang Dahai had already been scared to death for half of his life. Seeing Feng Lixing on the ground, his expression was dull, but he frowned. Qin San on the side did not suffer as much as Pang Dahai. At this time, he had recovered. When he saw Feng Lixing, he immediately shouted loudly: "I have been hurt by you this time, Master Feng! Your money has not been spent yet, and you will be sued!"

Feng Lixing got up from the ground and shouted sternly to Qin San: "Qin San, what are you talking nonsense! You are just a idle man on the street, what does it have to do with me!"

Xu Ping walked to the desk and picked up the paper and said, "Here, Pang Dahai and Qin San both explained clearly that they were urging the head of the department, Feng Lixing, to grant them money and provide public service to them go out to cause trouble."

Putting down the case, Xu Ping turned to Feng Lixing and said, "Your sin is enough to be executed in the autumn! I honestly say who is the master of the lord and why, doing this, making meritorious contributions, and you can still save your life!"

Feng Lixing twisted his neck: "I don't know what the deputy envoy said is small!"

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head: "That Pang Dahai, his mouth was harder than you before, but now he is honest. He said it out loud and suffered less. Why do you have to?"

"Hmph, the deputy envoy set up a private punishment hall here and tortures and confesses. He can't believe any words of these street thieves! I'm innocent, no matter how much I ask, it has nothing to do with what they said!"

Xu Ping looked at Feng Lixing and said helplessly: "I don't want to use torture, but it's just strange. Since you have done this, why aren't anyone honestly confessing? Do you dare not act like you? You are different from them. You are a three-company official. There is no truth in front of the chief. You will not be as easy as the two of them!"

Feng Lixing said with a cold face: "The deputy envoy must be wronged by the young man, what do I have to say?"

"Come on, tie up the person!"

The soldier stepped forward to tie Feng Lixing, and Xu Ping walked slowly to him and said in a deep voice: "The confession of the two of them is clear, and the public uniforms copied from the home are in line with what they said. You took them out of the urging department, don't say you are wronged! Since you are fighting for the torture and don't want to say it, then I will fulfill your wishes. But this time it's not as easy as the two of them. If you keep your mouth hard, your hands will be ruined. Even if you encounter amnesty in the future, you will be a useless person, think it through!"

Feng Lixing closed his eyes and ignored Xu Ping at all. It was obvious that he was determined to take it.

Xu Ping asked the soldiers to tie Feng Lixing to the pillar, stretched out their hands, and stretched their fingers straight. He also asked the soldiers to take a slingshot made of cow tendons, and only took off the cow tendons and flicked them towards his joints.

This is the torture of the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei who was learned from miscellaneous books in his previous life. It was not very powerful at first, but the more it went, the more painful it became. This punishment was heavier than what was used on Pang Dahai and Qin San just now, and the pain was getting worse and worse.
Chapter completed!