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Fan An said: "I am in very good health! Why do you have to suspend the criminal duties? I am still the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Get out of the way. I am going to Dali Temple!" on the ground.

The guards of the royal forest looked down at him and said, Sir, you have received the paperwork and dismissed you, and you cannot enter Dali Temple.Even if you enter Dali Temple, you will not be able to see Mr. Li without an order.These people let out an ouch, saying that your ass is bleeding, my lord!

Several house slaves standing next to the official hall came up to help Fan An up, and also persuaded: "My lord is not recovering, so let's rest for a while before worrying about these things."

But Fan An didn't listen, he scolded the servant a few times, and forced someone to carry him to the palace.Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the eunuch outside the Sanchong Hall, saying that it was inconvenient for the Holy Majesty not to see the minister.Fan An pushed away the little eunuch who was passing on the message, his head was hot and he wanted to rush in. Feng Xian, the palm print eunuch, saw him, came over and scolded him, saying do you want the Yulin Army to beat you out with a stick? !

Fan An knelt down and grabbed Feng Xian's hand, saying, father-in-law, please do me a favor, I have a big wrong, and I want to avenge the sage.After speaking, he howled with snot and tears, the cry was earth-shattering, and the emperor inside would hear it after passing through several forbidden doors.

Feng Xian's face turned cold, and he said that he respects himself, if you are such a person again, he will call someone to beat you.It is a crime of disrespect that is not punishable by death.Fan An was taken aback when he heard the words, he sniffed and lowered his head, as expected he stopped howling.

Feng Xian looked at him and sighed, and said, I know you must have come for Master Li, do you think you are the only one who complains for Master Li?Just now, nearly a hundred officials, big and small, from Yushitai pleaded for orders here, but they were all driven away.I know you have just been dismissed, and you feel a great grievance in your heart, but now is not the time, at least wait for the Holy Spirit to get over this anger before you come to ask for reinstatement.

Fan Andao: I am not seeking reinstatement, I just want to ask for an order to meet Mr. Li.

"But the Holy Majesty will not see you now." Feng Xian said.

"One day the Holy One doesn't see me, I'll kneel here for the whole day." Fan An said, "I'll kneel here to die and won't leave."

Feng Xian glanced at him, didn't speak, didn't ask anyone to drive him away, just turned around and left.

Li Jianbi was sent to Dali Temple and spent a day in prison.Conspiring treason is not an ordinary crime, and the leader of his Lantai is not an ordinary person, so he has been given special care since he came in, and he has been locked in this most important Guansuo dungeon.

Li Jianbi's criminal case was filed last night, and the presiding judge was appointed at noon the next day. Unexpectedly, it was not Bai Hezhou, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but Shang Zhongxi, the eunuch in charge, and Xue Gang, the governor of Jinyiwei.

Such a major case would not be submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, nor to the Yushitai, and directly skipped the Dali Temple, and chose these two people.Liu Xi's intentions are well-intentioned, and anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly: Li Jianbi was born in Yushitai, and it is really unreasonable to hand him over to Bai Chenping for interrogation.And Fan Pingqiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, has an affair with Li Jianbi, so he will definitely protect him if he entrusts him.Because of Yang Qian's case, Dali Temple had resented Li Jianbi early, and handed Li Jianbi over to Baihezhou, which must have grievances.None of these three divisions can interrogate, and as a last resort, they can only be handed over to Jin Yiwei and the Supervisor of Rites.

But the grievances and grievances between officials are intertwined. Even though Liu Xi is aware of every detail, he is human after all with only one pair of eyes, so how can he be comprehensive?Among these two people, not to mention that Shang Zhongxi originally hated Li Jianbi, Xue Gang was born in Jin Yiwei, and he is best at torture.Liu Xi's original intention was to be fair and clear, but this case was an unjust case from the very beginning. With these two people involved, how can we expect any good results from the trial?

As soon as Xue Gang received the documents, he rushed to the Dali Prison non-stop. He and his party took five or six Jinyiwei hundreds of households, passed through many forbidden gates, and arrived in front of Li Jianbi Prison.

He ordered someone to open the cell door, and directly asked someone to drag Li Jianbi to the torture room.The two guards held Li Jianbi to his knees. Xue Gang was dressed in a dark red python suit, with boots heavier than armour. He was tall and strong. Sitting casually on a wooden chair, he really had the ability to intimidate people.

"Eunuch Shang hasn't come yet. I am the presiding judge in this case. Master Li, do you plead guilty?" Xue Gang acted vigorously and decisively, unlike civil officials who like to go straight to the point. He has never had much patience.

Li Jianbi said, "What crime have I committed?"

Xue Gang snorted coldly, took a scoop of salt water from the torture bucket behind him, and splashed it on Li Jianbi's face in an uproar. "I think the lord may not have woken up." He took the case file from the table, unfolded it in front of Li Jianbi with a flick, and said, "I'll ask you again, do you plead guilty?"

Li Jianbi glanced at the case file, without changing his face, he said: "I haven't done these things, what crime do I plead?"

Xue Gang closed the file and put it back on the table, then drank a cup of tea with his head up.He signaled several hundred households to stand outside the door, walked up to Li Jianbi, and asked, "Xijiang Commander Wang Chunbao caught you privately communicating letters with Minguan General Meng Pingshan. The evidence is convincing. Is there such a thing?"

Li Jianbi knelt straight, but did not speak.

Xue Gang stood in front of him, waited for three counts, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he slapped him with his hand.Li Jianbi was beaten to the side of his face, he wiped the corner of his mouth, and looked up at Xue Gang.Xue Gang met his eyes, sneered, and slapped his backhand again, and asked: "Let me ask you again, you have a private letter with Meng Pingshan, is there such a thing?"

Li Jianbi closed his eyes and said, "Yes."

"Where are the correspondence?" "I burned it."

"Is the letter plotting rebellion?" "No."

"Is there any rebellious words?" "No."

"Neither intending to rebel, nor saying anything against it, why did you burn it?" Xue Gang said, "If you want to cover it up, there must be something hidden."

If you want to add a crime, you have no words.Li Jianbi said: "When Meng Pingshan didn't follow King Guangyang, he already had a personal relationship with me. He and I are as good as ever, and can be regarded as close friends. What the letter says is just a trivial matter of inquiring about one's health. What secrets do I have?!"

"Ridiculous!" Before Li Jianbi finished speaking, Xue Gang had already swiped the thorn whip on the wall towards Li Jianbi, and the whip was thrown across Li Jianbi's back, causing him to fall to the ground, as if his body was cut in half in an instant , The pain caused him to almost lose consciousness in an instant.

Xue Gang said: "The post couriers who delivered the letter for you have all confessed, so what if you don't admit it. Seven confessions, the words are convincing, you want to quibble?!"

Li Jianbi couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the words. He threw himself on the ground, turned his head to look at Xue Gang, his eyes were as cold as skates on ice skates: "Confession? Do you dare to say that Wang Chunbao did not extract a confession by torture?! Seven confessions, there are How many copies were drawn by you with the hands of the dead! Is there still one alive!"

Xue Gang didn't answer, he swung the whip again, the barbs on the whip slid across Li Jianbi's side face, and a blood mist flew up immediately, the tail of the whip was retracted, and dozens of bloody broken hairs were wrapped around it.He walked over and straddled Li Jianbi's waist, turned Li Jianbi over with his backhand, stared at him word by word and said, "I don't care where these confessions come from, the person I'm interrogating is only you." He held Li Jianbi up with the whip handle chin, said: "Don't say things I don't understand, you just need to tell me whether you plead guilty or not."

Li Jianbi opened his eyes and looked at him bitterly, but didn't speak, but spat on his blood.

Xue Gang was right next to him, before he could dodge, the mouthful of blood was spitting on the left side of his face.His face was angry, and he stretched out his hand to grab Li Jianbi's neck. Li Jianbi stretched out his hand to push him, but he let go of his hand again. There was a wooden stick with his fingers on the side of the wall. Xue Gang took it with his hands and grabbed Li Jianbi's. Ten fingers were randomly stuffed into the torture rod, he wrapped his hands around the hemp rope, and pulled hard to the sides, his fingers connected to his heart, Li Jianbi felt a piercing pain sweeping over him, the pain made his chest throbbing, and he lost consciousness instantly.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Xue Gang was still not relieved, got up, picked up the thorn whip and swung at him twice.Fortunately, he didn't dare to take Li Jianbi's life after all, seeing that Li Jianbi was unconscious, he stopped doing anything.

He washed his hands with salt water, went out to confess to the jailer, and poured some refreshing decoction on Li Jianbiduo. He will be interrogated by his father-in-law tomorrow, and this man must not pass out.

The jailer repeatedly said yes, and immediately after Xue Gang left, he ordered people to boil the herbal medicine, which can make people sleepless for three days. , often pour soup on people before execution.

Li Jianbi was fed a bowl, but he woke up after a while.He opened his eyes and saw a figure standing outside the prison fence, squatting down and calling his name.

Master Li... Master Li... are you okay?Li Jianbi only felt severe pain all over his body, he frowned and helped his forehead, and murmured: "Fan Pingqiu...is that you?"

The man was quiet for a while, and said: "Master Li made me sad, it was me."

Hearing the voice, Li Jianbi opened his eyes vigorously. He must have stared at it for a long time before he realized that it was Liang Yenian.When the man saw him turn around, his face was very moved, and he shed tears: "Master Li, you finally woke up. What kind of suffering have you suffered to look like this after only one day in prison? Who is so bold and dares to give up?" Abuse of lynching against you, I will sue him to the Holy One!"

Li Jianbi watched him act and said, Mr. Liang, you are really disgusting...

Liang Yenian lost all expression at what he said, stood up and took a few steps back, and sat down on the flower chair.He sighed and said, "Master Li, the evidence is solid this time, and you can't escape it. Those who accused you of conspiring to rebel have all been charged, so you should plead guilty and suffer less, I can't bear to see it."