I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Li Yangzheng clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness and righteousness!"

Wei Ximeng turned around when he heard this, and said coldly: "We have no benevolence and righteousness. Li Butang is going to use these self-deceiving words to praise us."

"I, Wei Ximeng, am a member of the Wei family, and my reputation is not very good! If others listen to what the minister said, I'm afraid my reputation will be ruined!"

"Farewell!"

Li Yangzheng opened his mouth, but couldn't speak any more, Xue Fengxiang did the same, he sighed: "Oh! It seems that I really have to abdicate as soon as possible."

"The water in this capital is so deep that if I stay for a few more years, I'm afraid that even I won't be able to protect myself."

After saying that, he bowed to Li Yangzheng and left.

Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, had nothing urgent to do, he stood aside and snorted coldly, "This Dongchang fan is really unreasonable, he won't be happy if you praise him."

Li Yangzheng looked calm and said:

"They also have difficulties. In such a big case, even I can only find these clues. If we want to investigate thoroughly, it will be difficult to reach the sky."

"The reason why Dongchang handed over the evidence to the Ministry of Punishment was not because of Li Yangzheng's thin face, but because of Daming and His Majesty!"

"If Wang Xian can be caught and brought to justice, the case will be considered closed..."

With that said, Li Yang had a solemn face, cupped his hands in the direction of the Forbidden City and said:

"Your Majesty can tell the world based on this, and if the siege is resolved, it can be regarded as preserving the face of the royal family and the authority of the imperial court."

Xue Lian nodded and said:

"Such a bizarre case may have been brewing for many years. If we want to figure it out, only Dongchang and Jinyiwei can do it."

"That's all we can do."

That night, the whole city of Beijing was looking for a person, which was the first time in many years. It was Chen Xian, the chief craftsman of Wang Gong Factory who was at large.

He has always been in charge of the servants employed by Wang Gong's factory.

The Wucheng Bingma Division quickly sent more soldiers to patrol the streets, and notified the subordinate Shuntianfu Yamen to temporarily restrict the entry and exit of various gates in the city.

And, with Chen Xian's home as the center, search in a roundabout way.

In addition, the soldiers and horses of the five cities all offered rewards, saying that if they can provide Chen Xian's whereabouts, they will be rewarded with [-] silver, and those who capture the government office will be rewarded with [-] silver.

This kind of reward, in today's era when ten taels of silver can be eaten by ordinary people for a year, is not too high. Under the so-called heavy reward, there must be a brave man!

It didn't take the guards and soldiers to check, someone reported that Chen Xian had been found at Bali Bridge.

"Hey, didn't you say that there is a reward for reporting the whereabouts of the criminals?" The person who came to report was a beggar with ragged clothes and unkempt hair.

But behind him, there is still a mother and a son.

Apparently, they came to the capital from the famine in other places. During this kind of festival, a large number of disaster victims arrive in Beijing every day.

The Commander Sitting in the hall looked at this person, ordered his family of three to be picked up, served tea, and said lightly:

"Wangtou, send someone to Baliqiao to have a look."

"If the news is true, 500 taels of silver, even one tael will not lose you. Relax, the rewards given by the imperial court will not be fake!"

The man smiled, looked at the tea brought by the soldiers, swallowed, but turned around and handed it to the woman when he picked it up.

The woman was also very thirsty, but she didn't drink, and gave it all to her little daughter who was a few years old.

The conductor in the hall glanced at them, and said lightly: "Give them a few more bowls of tea, let them drink enough, don't worry, everyone has a share."

The man was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and said:

"Thank you, Master Qingtian!"

Commander Bingma still had a cold face, didn't speak, just lowered his head to deal with official documents, he had seen such things a lot.

The soldiers immediately rushed to Baliqiao and searched the surrounding area from house to house. Soon, Chen Xian was found hiding in a dilapidated courtyard.

As soon as Chen Xian heard footsteps, he fled immediately.

"Don't let him escape!"

"Block Front Street!"

"Notify the Yamen, send people to arrest, and find the prisoner who set the fire!"

The soldiers of the Bingma Division swarmed up from all over, and after chasing and blocking half the street, one of them finally jumped forward and pressed Chen Xian under him.

"Run? Run again!"

……

Early the next morning, the Ministry of Criminal Justice was in prison.

Since Chen Xian was an important figure in the case to be closed by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dongchang did not intervene under Wei Zhongxian's instructions.

The Ministry of Punishment is different from Dongchang, in fact, it rarely uses torture on criminals, but this person is different, no matter what, they want to pry things out of his mouth.

After being tortured in the middle of the night, Chen Xian's eyes were already glazed over, and he didn't have the energy and energy he had when he was caught last night, but he just didn't let go.

The Ministry of Punishment had used everything it needed, and there was nothing to do with him. As a last resort, Li Yangzheng had no choice but to send someone to Dongchang to invite Wei Ximeng back.

"Put your sentence on, I won't say anything!" Wu Mingguo spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm on the face of the officer of the Ministry of Punishment.

The guard became furious and punched and kicked for a while, but he was unmoved, and instead laughed, "Hit, hit quickly!"

"Could it be possible that you servants of the Ministry of Punishment haven't eaten breakfast?"

His crazy appearance frightened the guards for a while. After all, they are all living for a living. For so many years, no one has seen such a hard stubble from the Ministry of Punishment.

In the real execution, they didn't have torture tools, and they didn't dare.

Chen Xian sneered again and again, but suddenly, the surrounding air seemed to condense, and the surrounding criminal officers all took two steps back.

A sound of footsteps came from outside the prison of the Ministry of Justice, followed by words that made people feel bone-chilling.

"Chen Xian, do you know who I am?"

Chen Xian raised his head and saw that there were three Dongchang fanzi wearing soap boots and wearing white clothes. The leader was a flag officer. He opened his mouth wide in fright and stuttered.

"East, East factory?"

Chapter 773 Is this the case closed?

"Why did you come to the prison of the Ministry of Justice?"

Chen Xian panicked. The officers of the Ministry of Criminal Justice tortured him all night, but he didn't read the fluster that is now visible on his face.

This is from the deepest fear in my heart!

The Dongchang fanzi are famous outside the country, no matter how tough people are, in the hands of these fanzi, there is no one who will not keep their mouths open.

Moreover, the methods they use to torture you are outrageous, and they are completely capable of making you unable to survive or die!

The flag officer ignored the prisoner, because in his eyes, this person was already a dead person, and it was obviously meaningless to talk to the dead person.

"Wei Taitou found another important clue at Wang Gong's factory site, so he can't come, but the three of us are enough to deal with this stinky dog." He explained to Li Yangzheng who looked puzzled.

Then Li Yangzheng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "This prisoner is very stubborn, I can only ask you to take action, but remember, you can't kill him before the questioning comes out."

"Otherwise, our Ministry of Punishment will not be able to do business..."

Listening to their conversation now, Chen Xian felt very complicated.

On the one hand, he felt that he was not afraid of death at all, on the other hand, he avoided suicide a little bit, and was even more afraid of these methods of torturing people.

"I know, don't worry, the minister, over the years, there have been eighty if not a hundred honorable gentlemen who have died at the hands of villains."

"No real tricks are needed to deal with such a thing."

The flag captain smiled indifferently, pinched the back of Chen Xian's neck with one hand, and forced him to look into his eyes with a little force.

"Chen Xian, sir, I only give you this chance. If you tell me now, maybe you can avoid torture and leave a whole body."

"Don't say it now, sir, I will make it difficult for you to want to die in the future! Against His Majesty, and don't look in the mirror, what a piece of shit you are!"

As he spoke, his eyes gradually became ruthless.

Chen Xianzhi felt his heart pounding when he heard it, but he had to look at him, his eyes bumping around in his eye sockets, and he was filled with cowardice.

Seeing that he still didn't intend to speak, the flag officer didn't look angry, got up and said with a smile from the other two fans behind him:

"Okay, it looks like the torture tool doesn't have leucorrhea, so please greet me well?"

Hearing this, a fan stepped forward with his boots, took out a small special bamboo stick from his pocket with a smirk, pressed Chen Xian's hand, pointed it at the crevice of his nails, and inserted it little by little.

Ten fingers connected to the heart, this kind of pain is definitely beyond the tolerance of ordinary people, most of the Donglin Qingliu who are screaming outside can't bear this move.

What's more, this is a successful move, and the speed of inserting the bamboo stick is extremely slow.

At first, before reaching the flesh, Chen Xian was sweating continuously, his breathing quickened, and his heart became more and more frightened. Later, when he reached the flesh, the pain continued even more, making him shout uncontrollably.

"I say!"

"I'll tell you everything!"

Upon hearing this, Fanzi immediately stopped, got up and smiled, "I thought it was some kind of hard bone, this instrument of torture is just the same!"

Another fan also laughed and said, "This is the most soft-spoken thing we have seen this year. Brothers in the Ministry of Punishment, it's time for you to update your instruments of torture!"

The flag officer stepped forward again, met his eyes, and said coldly: "Wang Gong's factory fire, did you ignite it in the gunpowder depot?"

Chen Xian gritted his teeth and said, "It's not me, it's... it's Jin Guo's secret work..."

Hearing this, Li Yangzheng's expression changed immediately, but he didn't intervene. He knew that matters such as extorting confessions by torture should be handed over to more professional ones.

The flag lieutenant narrowed his eyes and continued to ask:

"Shiqishui, there is no such thing in our Daming territory, where did it come from?"

Chen Xiandao: "It was also purchased from Jinguo Xizuo, and a large amount was sprinkled in the soil, and some of it was also mixed into the water tank used to extinguish the fire."

Hearing this, Li Yangzheng kept nodding his head, it was a match. It seems that what Chen Xian said was indeed true, but if he wanted to verify it, he had to get the list of Shiqishui.

"Where is the list of stone lacquer water purchased?"

"Is Jiannu Xizuo still alive? Is he still in the capital?"

Chen Xian said: "The list of Shiqishui has been buried in the soil. I only know of one person named Nihutu, who changed his name and surname to pretend to be a Mongol, and hid in the Three Thousand Battalion."

When asked here, the flag captain paused, turned around and said:

"My lord, the situation has become clear now. As long as the Ministry of Criminal Justice arrests Nihutu, it can close the case with His Majesty. This Chen Xian will be handed over to our East Factory, and we will ask him more strictly."

Li Yangzheng also noticed that this Chen Xian seemed to know something else.

The flag captain of Dongchang didn't dare to ask in depth, and he stopped when he clicked, just because this is the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, not Dongchang. Can't live.

If it was in Dongchang, this matter could be settled quietly.

Li Yang was the one who understood and didn't stop him. After all, Dongchang and the Ministry of Criminal Justice had done their best in this matter and put aside their previous suspicions.

If I still remember the past and messed up the major affairs of the East Factory, I will be ignorant.

What's more, Li Yangzheng has always had an intuition in his heart.

This matter could never be just the one asked now. It was Jin Guo's spies who used the lacquer water to ignite Wang Gong's factory. He only felt that there were still black hands behind the scenes and they were getting away with it.

But this matter is definitely not something he can interfere with. Some people cannot be investigated or moved by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so they can only be handed over to Dongchang.

He cupped his hands and said: "This department is not an unreasonable person. If you arrest Nihutu and give an explanation to the people in the capital, you can take Chen Xian away."

The flag captain nodded, clasped his fists and said:

"Thank you, Ministry Hall, let's go!"

……

"Creating slaves?" Zhu Youxiao stood outside the palace, and threw the memorial book handed over by the Ministry of Punishment to his feet, "Who is in charge of the Three Thousand Battalion, let me get him to the end!"

"Jiannu turned into a Mongol and hid in the Three Thousand Battalion for many years, yet he didn't even know about it?"

Chao Fu was a little embarrassed, and said: "The Three Thousand Battalion is under the command of Duke Ding's son Xu Yunzhen. This family of Duke Ding has been in charge of the Three Thousand Battalion for many years, so it should not be moved lightly?"

"Don't move lightly? When something like this happens, don't you move lightly?" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wang Chaofu, walked back into the palace, and said:

"Do we have to wait until they blow up the Forbidden City before moving?"

"According to my decree, the governor of Dingguo Gong's [-] Battalion, Shenji Battalion and the Governor of the Fifth Army Battalion, Xungui, will be abolished together!"

"The three major battalions of the Beijing Army have been corrupted for so long, it's time to rectify them."