Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Penal Department

Zhou Yanze glanced down at the people sent by Butler Zhou and said coldly, "Who are these people? Do you need to send them here in person?"

Butler Zhou said respectfully, "Master, these are the shopkeepers under the princess. They are dishonest and embezzled the money from the princess's shop. The princess checked the accounts today and found out. She asked the servants to send them over."

Zhou Yanze curled his lips slightly and smiled coldly, "Give all these account books to Gao Ping and let him check them carefully! By the way, have they recovered the money they embezzled?"

Steward Zhou said respectfully, "Your Highness has seized all the drugs. They are now placed in the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice! Boxes after boxes have taken up most of the courtyard, and they are still being carried in box by box!"

Zhou Yanze said coldly, "Arrange someone to count these, register them, exchange the unnecessary ones for silver bills, and then send them back to the princess's mansion."

Butler Zhou said respectfully, "Okay, Your Majesty, I will arrange it right away."

Zhou Yanze looked coldly at the group of people kneeling on the ground, and said to the yamen runners beside him, "Send them to the torture room at the back, and let them relax their muscles and bones. Don't kill them all at once. Bring them to Gao Ping for interrogation tomorrow."

Several yamen runners bowed and saluted, "As you command."

As he spoke, he pulled the rope, held the whip, and dragged the dozen people on the ground into the Ministry of Justice's prison. The prisoners on both sides were so scared that they shrank back and minimized their presence.

Zhou Yanze put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, looked at the people howling and screaming, and said helplessly, "Yanyan is really too kind, and these parasites are getting bigger and bigger. If all these things are searched out, I'm afraid they will fill up the entire courtyard of the Ministry of Justice! So much silver was not found, Yanyan is really rich! Duke Liu is really good to her, I'm afraid he gave most of his wealth to her."

Soon, shrill cries were heard from the Ministry of Justice's prison, which made the prisoners in the prison tremble with fear. The dark prison cell, illuminated by the candlelight, looked even more eerie.

"What a big deal! The beating was so severe."

"Who knows! Murder?"

"Robbers?"

"I don't know! The butler of the palace just sent more than a dozen of them."

"He doesn't look like a robber! Just look at his physique!"

"Who knows! He hit me so hard."

"Phew~ I was so scared that I almost peed my pants. Fortunately, I got out quickly."

"How shameful! You peed your pants!"

"You said that as if you weren't afraid."

"I'm scared, I'm scared to death!"

"Who isn't? This is too scary."

"A strong smell of burning mixed with the smell of blood. I'm afraid they used several torture instruments. Tsk tsk."

"If you offend the Regent's Palace, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out alive."

"Of those who came in, only a few came out alive, but few were beaten so badly. Judging from the voices, there must be more than a dozen people! They are so brave!"

"I have goose bumps all over my body, and this wound that just healed is starting to hurt again."

"Who isn't? I'm scared too!"

At this time, a dark and strong yamen runner came over with a whip and hit the wooden stake in the cell again and again, "Shut up, it's not decent to make such a noise."

"To shut up"

"If you keep talking, you won't be able to eat tomorrow. I'll starve you for a few meals."

The prisoners shrank back in fear and dared not speak again.

Seeing that they all stopped talking, the bailiff turned back.

The prisoners behind him stared at him viciously, like poisonous snakes in the darkness.

He whispered, "You're just a prison boss, what's there to be proud of? I'll kill you when I get out."

Late night

After Zhou Yanze finished dealing with the case files in his hand, he put down the wolf-hair brush and rubbed his sore neck and wrists.

Xiao He poured a bowl of hot soup for the prince and placed it next to him. "Sir, this is sent by the princess. She said she was worried that you would be hungry at night. Please drink it quickly! I have been warming it for you. It is just right for you to drink now."

Zhou Yanze felt a surge of warmth in his heart, his eyes full of tenderness, thinking that this was Yanyan's concern, even though he was not hungry, he still drank the soup in one gulp, "Stop worrying about me, a grown man, am I really going to starve myself?"

After saying that, he put down the bowl, picked up the things on the table, turned around and locked them in the cabinet behind him.

He picked up the black gilded python-patterned cloak and put it on. He led Xiao He and a group of guards to the torture chamber of the Ministry of Justice. Seeing that the shopkeepers inside had all fainted, he said coldly, "Wake them up with water, and then beat them hard. The things that moved the princess really don't want to live. Just leave them a breath."

A dozen yamen runners were shocked and saluted one after another, "As you command."

Zhou Yanze looked at the yamen runners coldly, watching them pour salt water to wake up the shopkeeper and his men.

The shopkeepers' faces were distorted by the pain, and they opened their eyes weakly, "Don't come over, I confess, I confess everything."

"what!!!"

"Sir, please give me some pleasure!"

"It hurts~"

"Sir, I confess. Please stop hitting me."

"It hurts so much, I'll admit it."

"Ah!!! Lord, please spare my life!"

"I! Recruit!"

"Ah!!!! Stop hitting me!!! I admit it!!!"

"Stop fighting, it hurts me so much!"

"My lord, spare my life. I am the old man left behind by the princess mother."

“Ah ...

Zhou Yanze looked at the miserable appearance of these shopkeepers and said coldly, "Whoever left here, if you dare to touch the princess's things, you will pay the price." After that, he picked up the red-hot iron beside him and walked closer step by step. Looking at the fear in his eyes and smelling the burnt smell, he couldn't help but frowning.

"He is an old man, and he dares to betray the princess. This is bullying the princess's kindness! He deserves death!"

"Ah! Your Majesty, I know I am wrong. Please give me a quick death!"

Zhou Yanze put down the branding iron and said to the yamen runner beside him, "Deal with them well, don't let them have an easy time."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhou Yanze then took Xiao He and the guards away. The prisoners around him lowered their heads, not daring to move, and trembling with fear.

When Zhou Yanze returned to the palace, he wanted to go to the main courtyard to see Yanyan, but he was afraid of scaring her with his bloody body, so he went to his room reluctantly.

For the first time, I felt that the decoration in my own room was not as comfortable and soft as Yanyan's, and my room always felt cold.

He sighed and unbuttoned his coat, took the hot water handed to him by the servant, gently washed off the blood on his body, and changed into a sky blue robe.

I turned around, walked to the bed and lay down on it, thinking I would fall asleep in a short while. However, I tossed and turned in my arms under the quilt and could not fall asleep.

Thinking of the soft quilt on Yanyan's bed and the faint fragrance, he couldn't fall asleep. He had no choice but to get up and walk to the main courtyard. He turned over and went straight into Yanyan's room. Smelling the familiar fragrance in the room, his restless heart calmed down.

Yanyan was sleeping soundly, with a faint smile on her lips.

Seeing this, Zhou Yanze walked up to the bed quietly, unbuttoned his coat, put his arms around Yanyan's slender waist, smelled her faint fragrance, gave her a restrained kiss on her hair, and fell into a deep sleep.