From leaving Jizhou to returning to Jizhou, Li Chi left for about three months.

When I returned to Jizhou, I was about to celebrate the New Year again.

This life is so fast, year by year, when looking back, it seems that everything I did was yesterday.

Even young people like Li Chi who are less than 20 years old often feel sad about getting old.

Fortunately, whenever I look in the mirror, I can still be sure that I am so young and beautiful.

And deeply impressed by it.

Jizhou City.

After Li Chi entered the city, he immediately arranged military affairs, dispatched troops, and escorted food and grass to Yuzhou.

Although Yuzhou is a grain-producing place, it was very necessary for Li Chi to transport grain and grass in the past.

The first is to tell the soldiers of the Nanzheng that the support was continuous.

The second is to let the surrendered people in Yuzhou see that Ning Jun is strong.

After everything was arranged, it was already late at night. I only realized that Zhang Tang was waiting outside when I left the military camp.

Li Chi's carriage and horse passed by the street. In the middle of the night, the sound of the wheels rolling over the stone road seemed so clear.

In the carriage, Li Chi glanced at Zhang Tang: "You have been waiting outside the camp for a day, but you didn't report it. You just waited for me to come out and said that something was wrong. This day, the water and rice had not entered?"

Zhang Tang leaned over and said, "When he returned to Ning Wang, he didn't dare to delay Ning Wang's military affairs, so he waited outside. He didn't know when Ning Wang would leave the camp, so he kept waiting. Indeed... the water and rice had not entered."

Li Chi said: "I didn't eat either."

He opened the car window and looked out. The shops on the street had already closed. It was midnight. If you wanted to eat something, you could only go to the brothel.

Li Chi closed the car window: "I'll cook some noodles when I go back, and I'll eat it again."

He asked Zhang Tang: "What are you asking for me?"

Zhang Tang took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Li Chi with both hands: "This is what my ministers think along the way back from Youzhou. I also ask my Wang Gui to read it."

Li Chi took it and looked at it, and then his eyes changed slightly.

Because Zhang Tang’s book contains various methods of torture, interrogation and confession, one page, one, the first thirty-six pages, and thirty-six kinds of punishments.

When he was in Youzhou, Li Chi had seen Zhang Tang's ruthlessness.

Seeing these various punishments today, Li Chi realized that the cruelty he saw was just a drop in the bucket.

Li Chi asked while looking, "Why do you think of these?"

Zhang Tang replied: "The affairs of the duties and the ways of the ministers, King Ning asked the ministers to join the army of the Tingwei. The ministers made a mistake and used the things they were good at, so they did not dare to slack off along the way, and finally achieved something."

Li Chi slowly let out a sigh of relief, and all the punishments made him a little surprised.

After the overturn, there were various suggestions for the spy guards and the Tingwei Army. Many wonderful ideas really made people shine.

Li Chi looked at Zhang Tang: "Do you want me to give you some clear errands?"

Zhang Tang leaned over and said, "I dared to ask my king for an errand."

Li Chi said: "You said."

Zhang Tang sat upright and said solemnly: "My dear, the mountains and rivers are sealed in Jizhou and the remaining poisons are not clear, and what my king should pay attention to is the war to the south. If you take care of all your energy, it will be a little more than worth the loss."

"What my king values ​​is the mountains and rivers, not the mountains and river seals. Mountains and rivers are big, mountains and rivers are small, mountains and rivers are like heavy ink, and mountains and rivers are like distant shadows."

"So my subordinates requested to leave the remnants of the mountains, rivers and seals in Jizhou to me."

Li Chi was silent for a moment and said, "I won't ignore it because you are with me, nor will I despise you because you are under 20 years old. But you should know that you don't know much about the things in Jizhou, and you just have the heart to do things..."

Zhang Tang leaned over and said, "My king is forgiven, please listen to what my ministers say."

Li Chi said: "You said."

Zhang Tang sat up straight again and took a deep breath.

"King Ning, I walked for sixteen days on the way back to Jizhou from Youzhou. Before leaving Youzhou, I will ask for it.

When he met General Xiahou, he asked him for a list of Youzhou officials and where he came from. It took him four days to remember all these people in his mind."

"The courts and counties that passed later, all the officials' names and backgrounds were kept in mind. The ministers did not take all their time to draw and record these punishments. After returning along the way, the ministers only slept for two hours a day."

He said so much in one breath, and then continued, "A subordinate came from a humble background, and he knew that what he learned was not enough to be valued by my king. Only by working hard and earning more than others can he deserve the trust of my king."

Li Chi was shocked: "You..."

"Please listen to me."

Zhang Tang said: "Ministers are conscious that they are most suitable for such investigation and torture. There are three reasons."

He looked at Li Chi and said seriously: "First, the ministers are born in a miserable and are orphans, without any worries, and will not be threatened by their families. The ministers have already sworn that if they do not marry their wives in this life, they will not have children."

"Secondly, those who do this should not only face threats but also temptations. The ministers started from Youzhou and went to Shenyitang for medicine. They have been taking it for 16 consecutive days. They will take it every day in the future to suppress their desires and have no desire for women. The ministers of the Tingwei Army have also told the Tingwei Army that the salary of the Tingwei Army does not need to be paid, and the food and clothing are provided by the Tingwei Army, and there is no need to spend money. The ministers are also greedy for yellow and white things."

When he said this, Li Chi's eyes were already wide.

"Third, the ministers know that if they want to win this important task, they can only take out what the ministers are best at. If they get something, they will be able to dig three feet of the ground and not let go of clues. The ministers..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Chi couldn't help but interrupt.

"No need to take that medicine!"

Zhang Tang was stunned, and then a flattering expression appeared in his eyes.

"My king."

Zhang Tang leaned over and bowed and knelt in the car.

"My subordinates were summoned to the spy guard by Lord Gang. Lord Gang said that there are three things about the spy guard, be loyal to King Ning, live up to his brothers, and eliminate all evil things."

He looked up at Li Chi and said, "This is what the minister wants."

Li Chi said: "Then you don't have to ruin your body like this."

Zhang Tang shook his head and said, "My king knows that the reason why people make mistakes is because of desire. The ministers are not sages and cannot do without desires. Then they will be restrained by strong law. My king is kind and treats his subordinates kindly, and the subordinates are grateful. But my king... needs someone like his subordinates."

For the first time, Li Chi was so shocked by a person's cruelty.

Zhang Tang kowtowed and said, "Please ask me Wang Chengquan."

Li Chi was silent for a long time, then nodded: "From now on, you will be the Tingwei Army Office. I will tell you to Lord Du Tingwei that you can separate a team and hand it over to you."

Zhang Tang kowtowed again: "Thank you, my king!"

Li Chi didn't know what to say for a moment. Li Chi couldn't persuade someone like Zhang Tang to make the decision he made.

Two days later.

The garrison of the Tingwei Army.

The three hundred black armored lieutenants stood in the yard and stood solemnly.

Zhang Tang, wearing a black Qianban brocade dress, walked in from the outside with all the black armor leaning over: "Meet Lord Qianban."

Zhang Tang waved his hand: "Everyone stands straight and listens to me."

"You may not know me yet, I only use three sentences to introduce myself."

"One, my name is Zhang Tang, Qianban Zhang Tang, the head of the Tingwei Army's Punishment Office."

"Two, from now on, what I say is, you only need to implement it and cannot question it. Those who disobey military orders will be dealt with in accordance with the law of the criminal yamen."

"Three, I will take you with you to dig out all those who have evil intentions towards King Ning."

He paused for a moment and glanced at everyone.

"There are three things next."

He said loudly: "First, I was originally a spy guard, but now I am a Tingwei. I have the power to use the two yamen. I will assign people to the spy guard to see General Yu. I will transfer all the information archived by the spy guard in the past few years. I will then go to the Tingwei army to see Lord Du Tingwei, and also transfer all the archives of the Tingwei army, copying two copies as many.

You all read books and read words, and you will divide them into half of them. You must complete the work within ten days."

"yes!"

The subordinate lieutenant responded neatly.

Zhang Tang said: "The second thing is that I personally designed some torture tools. Within ten days, you must do it according to the drawings."

"yes!"

"The third thing, ten days later, I will take you out of Jizhou City. This time I will go out without a return date. Maybe half a year, maybe three or five years. If any of you find it difficult to accept it, it is still time to say it is too late."

"Respect the Lord's Destiny!"

Zhang Tang nodded: "Now you go and do things separately and do things with me. You will know how cruel I am and how good I will treat you in the future."

He waved his hand and said, "Split!"

"call!"

The three hundred court lieutenants responded and immediately turned around and dispersed.

Standing in this yard, Zhang Tang looked down at the black brocade clothes on his body, his eyes a little confused.

After a long time, he subconsciously raised his hand and gently rubbed it on the brocade clothes.
To be continued...