Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 396

Li Qinzai felt a little regretful.

Di Renjie is actually more expert than him in deciding cases and interrogating such matters, but unfortunately, Di Renjie had been transferred to Bingzhou Biejia before the case happened.

Moreover, what Di Renjie did was more important, so Li Qinzai had no choice but to interrogate him himself.

There is no need to extort a confession, let alone torture. What Li Zhi wants is the truth, not false answers.

After following Li Zhi's order, Li Qinzai found himself in the center of the storm.

The affairs of the palace have always been kept secret, and the slightest touch will end in pieces, especially when it comes to witches and Gu, there are even killing mistakes, and they are not let go.

When Li Qinzai entered the palace in the afternoon, he saw groups of eunuchs and maids kidnapped outside the palace gate. Most of these eunuchs and maids were actually innocent, but whether they were innocent or guilty, most of them were in danger of losing their lives.

And if Li Qinzai finds out the truth here, more people will die. The scourge of witchcraft during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was implicated and killed as many as tens of thousands. This incident in Datang is probably inevitable.

Rubbing his tired cheeks, Li Qinzai sighed, "Let's interrogate Guo Xingzhen."

Not long after, Guo Xingzhen, who was also wearing heavy shackles, limped into the execution room.

Guo Xingzhen had been severely tortured, his body was covered with whip marks, one arm was drooping weakly, it looked like a broken bone, and he looked very miserable.

After entering the torture room, Guo Xingzhen looked at the person in front of him, and suddenly found that it was Li Qinzai who had clashed with him in front of the Jinshui Bridge in the Taiji Palace a few days ago. before.

Li Qinzai looked at him coldly, with scrutiny in his eyes, and Guo Xingzhen had a panoramic view of every subtle movement.

"Guo Zhenren, it's been a long time." Li Qinzai said with a smile.

Guo Xingzhen trembled, and a look of despair appeared on his face.

I have been involved in such a horrific case, the torture I received this morning has left him half dead, and the person who is interrogating him at this moment has had old grievances with him, so it is impossible to survive today.

"Li, Uncle Li... the poor are wronged." Guo Xingzhen's explanation sounded weak.

He was the only Taoist priest who often went in and out of the palace, and he got very close to Empress Wu and Fan Yunxian. From Fan Yunxian's residence, he found magical artifacts, puppets and the emperor's birthday talisman...

Even Guo Xingzhen himself couldn't help wondering if he did it himself.The witness and material evidence is too complete to be debated.

Li Qinzai stared into his eyes, and said slowly: "Let's not talk about the technique of being disgusted with victory first, but I would like to ask, which noble person in the palace do you have a close relationship with when you often go in and out of the palace? This noble person needs a Taoist priest to enter the palace to act very?"

Guo Xingzhen hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Poverty...was summoned into the palace by Empress Wu. When Wang Liwu was abolished, the empress hanged Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu to death. Since then, the empress often had nightmares. The Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu demanded her life."

"The empress was deeply disturbed, so she often called poor Taoists into the palace to exorcise evil spirits for the empress and suppress the souls of the dead."

Li Qinzai suddenly asked curiously, "Is it effective?"

"Ah?" Guo Xingzhen opened his eyes wide in bewilderment.

"I'm asking, is it effective for you to exorcise the queen?"

Guo Xingzhen endured the pain in his body, and said: "The poor Taoist may not have deep knowledge. It has been more than two years, and the poor Taoist has been promoted to the altar countless times, but the queen still often has nightmares."

Li Qinzai said: "In other words, you are actually a charlatan, and you have tricked the queen, right?"

Guo Xingzhen was surprised, and hurriedly said: "No, the poor Taoist came out of Xihua Temple, learned the way of subjugating demons since childhood, and once practiced it for Prince Hong to exorcise evil spirits. It was quite effective and was praised by the emperor. Pindao is definitely not a charlatan !"

Li Qinzai smiled noncommittally, and said again: "Does Master Guo know your current situation?"

Guo Xingzhen said dejectedly: "I know, there is nothing to argue about being poor."

"Do you often go in and out of the palace, just to exorcise the queen?"

"Yes, Pindao dares to swear in the name of the Patriarch of the Three Qing Dynasty. Except for exorcising evil spirits for the queen, Pindao has never done such a rebellious thing. How can people outside the Pindao get involved in this palace dispute? Don't you think it's fate? Is it long?"

Li Qinzai said indifferently: "Perhaps you have already seen the secret of heaven, and you are about to ascend into the sky. Before you leave, make a big ticket and let the emperor help you to go to Qingyun..."

Guo Xingzhen: "..."

Has this man ever had arsenic?Why is talking so poisonous.

Li Qinzai sighed leisurely, and said: "As for me, I really don't like to interrogate criminals. Before you, I just interrogated Fan Yunxian. I told him to give his relatives of the nine clans a chance to survive and to tell the truth about everything."

"As long as you take the initiative to admit that you are the ones who did it, the lives of you and Fan Yunxian will not be saved, but you and his relatives from the nine clans will be spared. I just gave Fan Yunxian the opportunity, and now I will give it to you, Guo Zhenren, Do you want to consider pleading guilty?"

"The technique of disgusting victory is making a lot of noise. Countless people will fall to the ground in the Taiji Palace. In order to avoid murder, I hope you will take the initiative to confess. I don't want to torture you, and I don't like to make blood and blood. Everyone cooperate with each other. Let's admit this, the world is still peaceful, Guo Zhenren, what do you think?"

Guo Xingzhen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head decisively: "No, I will never plead guilty to something that I have never done. This is someone who framed me, how can Li Xianbo kill innocent people by mistake?"

Li Qinzai smiled: "Don't rush to answer me, you can think about it when you go back, the matter has come to this point, whether you plead guilty or not is a dead end."

"Before you die, take things down and save those truly innocent people from dying, you will accumulate great merit, and you may not be reincarnated as a prime minister in your next life."

Guo Xingzhen's temper seems to be much stronger than Fan Yunxian's. Hearing this, he shook his head firmly: "No, the poor will never plead guilty. I didn't do it. Why should I plead guilty? Even if I am wrongly killed, I will leave a clean reputation in the world."

Li Qinzai looked at him deeply, for a long time, got up and said, "Okay, aside from your ability to play tricks, you are still a man."

"You go back to the cell first, and weigh the pros and cons tonight, and I'll hear your answer tomorrow."

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After walking out of Dali Temple, I took a few breaths of fresh air, and the depression in my heart gradually eased.

Song Sen, Liu Asi and other trilogy were waiting outside the gate of Dali Temple. Seeing Li Qinzai coming out, Song Sen rushed to greet him.

"Uncle Li, what's the result?"

Li Qinzai said with a half-smile, "Old Song, I, the presiding judge, are not in a hurry, what are you in a hurry for?"

Song Sen smiled wryly and said, "When Uncle Li was interrogating criminals just now, there was news from the palace that Zongzheng Temple had just beheaded 96 eunuchs and maids, all of whom were implicated by the disgust of victory."

"Although the lower official is not in his position, he still hopes to end the case as soon as possible, otherwise the murder will become bigger and bigger, and the name of the emperor's benevolence will be tarnished."

Li Qinzai was startled, and said, "Have you killed more than 90 people?"

"Yes, rivers of blood flowed in the open space in front of Zongzheng Temple. The heads were carried away in bamboo baskets one by one, and cart after cart of corpses were sent to mass graves outside the city. It was too scary!"

(End of this chapter)