walk to the water

After entering Jiangning City, I saw that the familiar streets and alleys were decorated with lights and festoons, with Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures on every door, bright red lanterns hung, and the sound of firecrackers was even more frequent. Although there were not many pedestrians on the street, but the reunion night, Faint laughter came from everywhere, and the air smelled of gunpowder was full of festiveness... The prison car did not stop, and entered the compound of Dali Temple.The escort released Chu Xiang, instead of sending him to the prison, he directly escorted him to the lobby.

The hall was brightly lit, and two rows of yamen servants stood majestically, holding water and fire sticks, all of them glaring and vicious.Sitting right in the middle were Mr. Li from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Mr. Xue from Dali Temple, and Mr. Zhang from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Chu Xiang's heart sank. On New Year's Eve, the three judicial divisions were able to use the three judiciary for an overnight interrogation.Before he could think about it, he was pushed down to kneel by the yamen servants. Among them, Mr. Xue slapped the gavel and said sharply, "Chu Xiang, the traitor, are you guilty?!"

Chu Xiang straightened his body, looked straight at Master Xue, and said, "Chu Xiang was ordered to return to the south, but he really doesn't know what crime he has committed? Please meet the Holy One to report the details!"

Master Xue said: "Holy Majesty, is it that you can see if you want? Chu Xiang, how did you surrender to the enemy in front of the battle, and how did you willingly become the favorite of Fu Ling's plaything, sold yourself for glory, and even colluded with the generals of the court to serve as Qin's domestic response? Why don't you quickly recruit them?"

Chu Xiang secretly said: Sure enough, he is making a fuss about Fu Ling!At this time, the mood was calm, and he only raised his head and replied: "My son is nothing, how can I confess? When Chu Xiang was guarding Xiazhou, he dared to open the door to dedicate the city when he got the imperial court's order. Ling threatened and lured me, and I did not surrender. Later, I saw that the two brothers had an opportunity to take advantage of it. Fang falsely pretended to be a snake in order to sacrifice himself, but in fact he secretly provoked Fu Ming. In the end, Fu Ming rebelled. Afterwards, I also asked someone to bring back the secret letter of the military letter to prevent the Qin army from going south. Although it was not a great achievement, it was of little help. Now I refuse to be detained by the Qin State and return to my homeland. I have detained the Qin State for more than a year, and Chu Xiang has a clear conscience. I don’t know what’s wrong with it?”

Master Xue slapped the gavel again, and shouted: "Bold Chu Xiang, you dare to talk tricks and try to sophistry! You colluded with the traitor An Lan in the matter of treason, and An Lan has already confessed. If you don't do it, don't blame me for being merciless." !"

An Languo has been arrested!Chu Xiang sneered secretly, the traitor finally showed up!All kinds of pretense are just to frame An Lan.He lowered his head and said nothing.Master Xue waited for a while, and then asked: "Chu Xiang, are you recruiting? Today's New Year's Eve, I don't want to make things difficult for you, so that you can confess and avoid suffering more."

Chu Xiang said: "Treason is a serious matter, Chu Xiang dare not make it out of nothing, and frame Zhongliang!"

Master Xue said angrily: "Well, you Chu Xiang, you are so cunning! I think you will not cry when you see the coffin, come here, and serve you with great torture!"

The left and right yamen servants obeyed the order and stepped forward, with a few bangs, they threw down boards, clamps, iron chains and other instruments of torture.Chu Xiang still lowered his head, turning a blind eye.Lord Xue threw a lottery suddenly: "Give me a [-]-point replay first!"

All the yamen servants came up to strip Chu Xiang's clothes, held him down, and tore off his coat, but saw a green jade lock hanging on his chest, so they took it off and presented it to Master Xue.Chu Xiang yelled inwardly, "Oops!"How could Fu Ling's keepsake fall into their hands?After he entered the lobby, he had been calm and composed, but at this moment his heart became flustered.Sure enough, Master Xue took the jade lock and looked at it, and laughed loudly: "There is no place to find it if you break through the iron shoes, and it is easy to get it! Chu Xiang, what is this? How dare you deny it?" Suo Chuan looked at Master Li and Master Zhang.

Li Daren said: "This dragon and phoenix jade lock is rumored to be an inexistent treasure of the Qin royal family, how did it come into your hands?"

Chu Xiang forced himself to be calm, and replied: "In order to deceive Fu Ling's trust, I once saved the life of the prince of Qin, and Fu Ling rewarded me with this jade lock."

Master Li sneered and said: "You treat me like a three-year-old child, and you will listen to your nonsense? If you saved his crown prince, it is still possible for him to reward you with gold, silver and jewelry. Why should he reward you with this personal jade lock? What's more, I heard the news that Fu Ling built a palace for you, selected a large number of beauties, and had sex every day, is there such a thing?"

Chu Xiang shut his mouth tightly, without saying a word, with a dull pain in his heart, he didn't want to make any more excuses, and he didn't want Fu Ling's affection to be trampled and tainted by these people.

Seeing that Chu Xiang was silent, Mr. Zhang thought that he had acquiesced, and said, "This jade lock is a vital physical evidence. We will make a decision after we present it to the emperor before entering the palace." The other two officials nodded in agreement.

Lord Xue sealed the jade lock and put it away, and slapped the gavel again: "Chu Xiang, now that the evidence is so strong, why don't you recruit?"

Chu Xiang said: "I have stated all the reasons truthfully, and there is nothing more to say."

Master Xue shouted: "Call me!"

Soon Chu Xiang was stripped naked, revealing his smooth ivory skin.Master Xue said with a smile: "With his appearance, it's no wonder that he can confuse Fu Ling." Chu Xiang was naked in public, and it was extremely embarrassing. Hearing his vulgar words, he was so ashamed and angry that his face flushed red and his lips were bitten. Bleeding came out, but he was pinned down on the cold floor by the yamen servant, unable to move.

The gang of yamen servants had to come to interrogate the prisoners on New Year's Eve, and they couldn't be reunited. They were all furious, but they dared not speak out. Normally, this gang of people were like wolves and tigers, and now they were full of resentment. All vented on Chu Xiang, the plank went down ten times harder, and there was a sharp wind sound between the plank and plank!After a few boards, Chu Xiang's thighs were ripped apart and dripping with blood, and then the wrench rained down on his thighs, back, and lower back.Chu Xiang gritted his teeth and held back a word.He has been seriously ill for several months, although he has just been cured by the magic medicine that Fu Ling asked for, he is weak after all, and he was pierced through the pipa bone and lost his martial arts. This torture was only the beginning, and he couldn't just show weakness. He was just struggling, and his whole body was already drenched in sweat.

After the forty boards were played, Chu Xiang was brought to the front of the hall again.Master Xue asked again: "Are you recruiting?" Chu Xiang shook his head.Lord Xue threw another stick, "Come here, put me on a stick!" The yamen servant deliberately chose a short wooden stick, pressed Chu Xiang's upper body, put his legs into the stick, and shouted together, the two people on the left and right Give it a hard pull!Chu Xiang only felt a sharp pain in his leg, deep into the bone marrow, and was about to faint, but the yamen servant loosened the rope a little bit, Chu Xiang took a breath, and Master Xue asked again: "Are you still recruiting?"

Chu Xiang tried his best to squeeze out a miserable smile: "Chu Xiang can't get the confession your lord wants."

Mr. Xue said: "Take it again!" The clamp stick was put away fiercely again.

Those yamen servants were very careful, and each time they received it, seeing that Chu Xiang was about to faint from the pain, they let it go for a while.After coming down several times, Chu Xiang's legs seemed to be broken every inch, and the pain was so extreme that he couldn't move any more.Master Xue saw that Chu Xiang would not move, and ordered: "Knock more!" The yamen servant who was in charge of the punishment tied a rope to the stick, and hit the stick with a board.