Clear water and jade in the Red Chamber

He walked down with his face and hands behind him, followed by several officials from the Ministry of Punishment and many guards.The women, women, and guards in the prison quickly lined up and knelt down to obey orders.

"Slave waits to see Lord Shangshu!" Mrs. Guo kowtowed tremblingly: "Greetings, sir!" This new Shangshu is young and promising, and although he has no family background, he is highly valued by the emperor.Less than a month after taking office, he started to deal with many corruption cases in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.

"You old slave, where are you going to lead these female prisoners?" Liu Xie spoke calmly, but behind the calmness was hidden great anger.

"Responding to your lord's words, slave... this slave, under the order of Lord Guan, brought these female prisoners to, to interrogate!" Mrs. Guo opened her eyes and made up nonsense, hoping that it would be best to hide it!

"What an interrogation! The prisoner proposed to the cell without torture tools or shackles, which is very kind!" Liu Xie sneered and said, "Thirty with the rod! If you dare to lie, you will be beaten for sixty!"

"Yes!" The soldier stepped forward, dragged the woman, pressed her to the ground, and started beating her. This was no ordinary county yamen's stick duty, it was really red with a stick, and her flesh was flying!The mother-in-law howled like killing a pig, and the female prisoners in the prison were terrified.This old lady used to show off her might, beating people like eating, but today she was also severely punished, I don't know what happened, she only heard shouts, but couldn't see what happened at the gate of the prison.

Less than ten sticks later, the mother-in-law begged for mercy loudly, and said that the master of the prison hall ordered someone to accompany the wine!

Liu Xie didn't order people to stop the punishment, but brought the jailer, who was kneeling behind her, to interrogate her.Mrs. Guo's lower body was bloody and bloody from the beating, and she wailed terribly. All the servants were trembling with fright, and several women even lost control of themselves.There is no need for interrogation, one hundred and fifty one, not only confessed the fact that Mr. Guan used female prisoners as prostitutes, but also revealed all the ugly and dirty things in the prison.Someone had recorded the evidence from the side and put their fingerprints on it.

With a wave of Liu Xie's hand, the guards immediately called the more than [-] women who were waiting at the door to enter the prison, took off the keys and credentials from the waists of the original slaves, took over the female prisoners who committed repeated crimes, and sent the newly selected female prisoners to the jail. The female prisoner rushed back to her cell for a medical examination.

He came prepared, he had heard about the situation in the prison since he entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and later visited twice, both openly and secretly, only the original Ma Shangshu had a very good friendship with Guan Cheng's uncle, and what's more, It is an unspoken rule to humiliate and mistreat prisoners and exploit prisoners' families. Ma Shangshu is very content with the status quo and does not want to break it.

However, all the corruption will soon end in Liu Xie's hands. If he doesn't return the court's legal institutions to clarity, what face will he have in facing the emperor's trust!

"Where is Guan Cheng!" Liu Xie asked coldly.

"Respond to the words of the adults, and they have been brought to the door!" The guard replied.

"Bring it in!" Liu Xie yelled, and the kneeling people trembled in fright.

I saw Mr. Guan, who usually flaunts his power, was escorted in by two guards. His robe was loosely tied, most of his chest was exposed, and there was a flower pinned to his topknot. He looked like a frequent visitor to a brothel.Together with three or four small officials who drank and had fun together in the prison, they were taken in together.

"The next official kowtowed to Master Shangshu..." Guan Cheng and the others were waiting in the room for Mrs. Guo to send the female prisoner to drink and have fun. They didn't want the inner guards to break in suddenly, and he had no time to clean up, so he was arrested.

"Master Guan, you are so excited!" Liu Xie stepped forward and took the roster from Mrs. Guo, and walked to Guan Cheng while flipping it over. It recorded which woman was ordered to stay overnight, whether she was taken care of for daily life and food, etc. It was Mrs. Guo who remembered it so that she would not forget it.

Raising his hand and throwing the booklet on his face, Liu Xie reprimanded: "What a Guan Cheng! What a prisoner! He still has the face to say that he is busy with official duties day and night, and he has passed through the gate of the house three times without entering! He has the power to do licentious things, and as the official in charge of the prison, he dares to defy the law! The evidence is convincing, come!"

"Here!" The guard stepped forward to obey the order.

"Put Guan Cheng and a group of slaves into the sky prison! I will deal with it after I report to the emperor!" Liu Xieling said.

"Yes!" The guards came in a lot, and dragged people outside.Liu Xie got the true story of the emperor and Prince Beijing's thunderous and swift actions, and they were all resolved within a moment. Before Guan Cheng and the others even had time to say a few words of mercy, they were dragged out and put into the corresponding sky prison.

"There are 130 female prisoners who have been sentenced to death in the death row, and 94 family members who have not been sentenced but are felons such as treason and deception." Guan Cheng began by insulting the female prisoners on death row, and they questioned them one by one to expand the evidence. Although they are on death row, they have been punished accordingly for their crimes, and they cannot be insulted and lynched at will. Afterwards, the entire prison is cleaned up, and no concealment is allowed ,otherwise……"

"Your subordinate understands!" An accompanying official from the Ministry of Punishment hurriedly replied, "According to what I have heard, many female prisoners in this prison offered their lives in exchange for food..."

"The food supply in the prison costs a lot of money every year, but it is deducted layer by layer. The evil slaves in the prison also use the method of restricting food to force the prisoners to obey their malicious intentions." Liu Xie thought deeply: "Tomorrow I will pay more attention. Look at the accounts, first order people to provide food for a few days, and even if they are executed in the future, let them feel the emperor's grace!"

"Yes! Another unconvicted female prisoner..." The official asked for instructions, "Should we also ask questions?"

"Trial first." Liu Xie stopped in front of Jia Mu's prison, and smiled slightly: "Only the members of Jia's family are not protected, and they will be dealt with by the slaves in the prison!"

"Why! Why!" Mother Jia knew that Liu Xie was telling her intentionally, her old eyes widened, and she said viciously: "I thought I was really a good official from Qingtian, but it seems that I just added insult to injury!"

"Because the emperor said that the Jia family deserves what they deserve, and no amount of hard work can be too much!" Liu Xie mocked, "Old lady Jia, all this is thanks to your son Jia Zheng! You don't know it! Qin The ghosts of more than a hundred people in the family are watching you! Come on, take this old thing to the torture room, and make her comfortable for so many days, it's time to clean it up!"

"I'm not going! I'm not guilty! I'm not guilty!" For such a long time, Jia's mother has not been tried, and she thought she had escaped by luck, and it was all on Jia Zheng's head. The sudden news of the interrogation made her panic. , although useless, but struggling.Mrs. Xing hated the second room and Jiamu to death, and hid far away so that Jiamu would not catch her.

"You have been shouting here for many days to see Mrs. Ding Beigong, and now you are taking you to see someone, why don't you go?" Liu Xie laughed.

"Min'er is here? Is my Miner here!" Mother Jia stopped struggling when she heard this.

112 Uncovering the True Shape of the Pseudo-Lovely Mother

"Slap!" A slap was slapped on Mother Jia's face, and the guard scolded, "How dare you call Mrs. Yongxian by her name! Disrespectful!"

"Dingbei Gong personally accompanied Mrs. Yongxian here, Prince Beijing and Princess Zhen Guo came to hear the trial in person, and the new Dali Temple Chancellor and Grand Uncle Mo Lan personally tried it! Old lady Jia, you are very proud of yourself!" Liu Xie waved his hand: "Take it away!"...

After dinner, Zijuan told Chunxian some trivial matters, Xueyan helped Daiyu put on the princess's costume, and then sat down and waited for Shui Rong to pick her up.Under the table, the new black cat was eating steamed fish very delicately. Mao Qiuer, contrary to the normal state of being greedy and sleepy, lay down next to the black cat, watching her eat contentedly.You know, on weekdays it has always been very strict with its own dishes, and the little girls would yell and protest if they moved.But right now, it gave the plate to the black cat, and waited for her to eat enough before eating.During the day, he followed the black cat idly, and even gave up half of the sleeping basket.

"This bastard is sometimes restrained!" Xue Yan covered her mouth and smiled lightly.

"It's better than fighting!" Daiyu said with a smile, "I'm married to a daughter-in-law, and I'm looking pretty good! Second brother is careful, this little black cat and furball get along very well!"

"I think the lord is in a hurry!" Xueyan leaned over Daiyu's ear meaningfully and smiled, "The cats are already married, so the lord may be so eager to count the days! I'm afraid the girl will forget about the engagement. "

"You dead girl, see if I won't pull out your sharp teeth!" Daiyu finally realized that Xueyan was talking about the two of them, and she grabbed Xueyan to scratch it, Xueyan couldn't laugh, and leaned on the bed begging for mercy.

"Yu'er?" Jia Min was ready, and when she came in, she saw the two girls playing and couldn't help but smile, and stepped forward to separate the two: "There is still a bit of cold wind at night, and the two of you will catch a cold later." , but what to do!"

"Mother, is Second Brother here?" Seeing Jia Min coming, Daiyu stopped and took her arm, and sat on the side of the couch together.Xueyan straightened her hair and hurried out to pour tea.

"Not yet, your father went directly to the prison from the palace. I'll get ready first, and there's nothing else to do. Xin'er has a nanny to take care of her, so I'll come to see you..." Jia Min hugged her daughter and patted her gently. In the meantime, she loved her infinitely: "The dungeon is damp, dark, and filthy. In my opinion, Yu'er should stay in the mansion..." She had persuaded her several times a day, but she really didn't want her daughter to go there. To accompany myself.

"Mother, I've already said that I must accompany mother there!" Daiyu knew that Jia Min was afraid that she would feel awkward when she saw something dirty, but today she must accompany mother: "Going to Beijing for more than a year I came here for today! My daughter is too small-hearted to accommodate her family and country, and she only wants to find out the murderer who killed her mother! Now it can be said that the truth is revealed, but my mother is still a little bit unwilling, otherwise she would not go there in person today. .”

"Yu'er, I can't hide anything from you..." Tears welled up in Jia Min's eyes