knife cut mountains and rivers

Zhou Heng took Fucheng to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the middle of the night, where he had been temporarily employed before.The vassal kings outside of Kyoto have fiefs, while the clan members in Kyoto have some temporary positions.Those who are good at it can take second jobs in Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of Household Affairs, while Zhou Heng, who fell out of favor, worked in the Ministry of Punishment for a year.Although it seems that he is a high-ranking official belonging to the six departments of the three provinces, it is not a good job. After several cases come and go, it is inevitable to offend others.

The Ministry of Punishments of the Great Zhou Dynasty was originally set up with only the function of punishment, but over time it added the function of interrogation.This is no surprise, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Jingzhao Mansion can all be tried. In this chaotic year, there is no shortage of people to be tried.

Zhou Heng came here to investigate the cause of Empress Chen's death. He went to Dali Temple for a temporary post in the first year, and came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the second year.By the way, he learned how to do kung fu, and also learned a little about torture to extract confessions.It can be said that Zhou Heng, the prince, has completely deviated from the path of the heir to the empire since the death of Empress Chen.

Zhou Heng grew up according to the template of an emperor in the past ten years, and his character is neither lively nor cold.The experience after Queen Chen's death injected a little paranoia into him.

The Ministry of Punishment had just woken up because of the barbarian dancer that had just been sent, and had to get up to do things in the middle of the night. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment saluted respectfully after seeing Zhou Heng.This prince is not a dandy. After several years of getting along, Master Shangshu recognized Zhou Heng's ability very much. It is by no means an easy job to handle the case well and keep the mouths of all parties shut.

Hearing the screams of the dancers inside, Fucheng was a little puzzled, why did Zhou Heng bring him here.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs said that [-]% of the trial will not come out tonight, so the prince should not wait.Zhou Heng responded, he really didn't come to see the confession of the barbarian dancer, he brought Fucheng to see it.

Fu Cheng didn't know, so he stood next to Zhou Heng. He asked Fu Cheng to watch, and Fu Cheng watched.

Before they approached, they heard the voice of torture to extract a confession, "Are you recruiting or not?"

"Is this your first time coming in?"

"Then let me tell you, what happened to the last person who refused to admit death. He has 36 holes in his body, and his ribs and pipa are all pierced. He can't live or die. I have to hang him with the best ginseng soup." I am afraid that he will die in one breath."

"Let me tell you, don't underestimate our business, fine work is slow work, I can neither play you to death, nor let you be too relaxed, I have time to spend slowly with you..."

The screams of the dancers came, and there was a smell of burnt flesh in the air.After watching this kind of human tragedy for a long time, it is easy to get scalp numbness. Fucheng is used to seeing fights in Liuyin Lane, and most of them are for fun, not so tormenting.Compared with this group of people, Yang Lei, who is famous for torturing people, is really as bland as plain boiled water.

"I grew up like this before." Zhou Heng said abruptly.

Fu Cheng tilted his head and glanced at Zhou Heng. Zhou Heng's face was illuminated by the red candlelight, as if the cold white jade was coated with a layer of blood.Zhou Heng was confessing to Fucheng, letting Fucheng know what kind of person Zhou Heng is.

Fucheng dragged him away from the bloody light, and dragged him all the way to the moonlight, the screams gradually faded away, there was a bit of vitality here.He glanced vigilantly, there was no one around, and only a few officials were interrogating inside.

"Did you drink too much?" Fucheng asked, he saw that Zhou Heng drank a lot at the banquet, and Zhou Heng was not very good at drinking.

Zhou Heng was really a little dizzy, he didn't reach the point of insanity, but he was a little more noisy than usual.He was not drunk, but the conversation with King Qi aroused something in his heart, and he wanted Fucheng to see it.

"I've finished reading, let's go." Fu Cheng felt that this place was really spooky.

Zhou Heng hummed, clasped Fu Cheng's hand and left, Fu Cheng suppressed his voice and said, "Hey hey, there are people outside." This is the agreement between Zhou Heng and Fu Cheng, don't make any moves outside, restrain yourself to avoid cause trouble.Fu Cheng didn't dare to touch him even when his hands were itchy, but now he was led away by Zhou Heng, his wrist was locked, and he couldn't even break free.

"Don't let go." Zhou Heng said without turning his head.

Fu Cheng turned his head and saw a guard. He was a little embarrassed to see this scene suddenly. The guard lowered his head and pretended that he didn't see anything.I just thought that the prince's taste is peculiar, even eunuchs like it.Fu Cheng thought that Zhou Heng was already shameless, so what face did he need?

Just like that, Zhou Heng took Fucheng to visit the Dali Temple in the middle of the night. The Dali Temple was heavily guarded, and it was a bit exciting for the two to sneak in.But Zhou Heng insisted on taking him to see the file room where he used to sit.

Fucheng entered Dali Temple with him, and didn't go home to sleep in the middle of the night. It was really interesting to read the files there with the prince.

"I used to look through the files here all the time, and they were almost torn." Zhou Heng thought of his past, sitting here alone and flipping through the files, there was no evidence left in the files.It stands to reason that Queen Chen's dossier should be stored inside the royal room, and as a nobleman, she should not appear in a place like Dali Temple.At that time, Zhou Heng insisted on overturning the case against Empress Chen, so he went to Dali Temple, but the information here is only a simple record of the cause of death, and there is nothing more.Zhou Heng turned to the page on the cause of Empress Chen's death, and read it over and over again.Empress Chen died because she was depressed in the cold palace. Depressed, ah, these four words do not match Empress Chen at all.Zhou Heng knew that his mother was an absolutely ambitious and courageous woman, and such a woman would not give up her life because of a temporary cold palace.

While listening to Zhou Heng's words, Fucheng carefully listened to the movement outside, for fear of attracting guards.

Fu Cheng and Zhou Heng sat on the ground together, the moonlight outside was a bit dim, unable to shine on this shadowy place, only the poor twilight brought them together.

Zhou Heng looked at it for a while, and he could memorize the dossier backwards, but every time he read it, it was like reading it for the first time. He suddenly said: "Concubine Xiao Shu, Xiao Wenyue, nobleman Xi Wanliuxi, nobleman Chen Lai, grand lady Lushui, Gong'e Xiaochun, Gong'e Xiaochan, Gong'e Manzhi, eunuch Xiao Guizi, Dongchang Liu Xi..."

Zhou Heng read their names word by word, and Fucheng recognized that these people were probably the ones who killed Empress Chen, but he didn't expect Zhou Heng to remember them so clearly, without missing a single word.Fucheng felt sour when he heard that, these names formed a high wall that could not be seen, trapping Zhou Heng himself, Zhou Heng finally stopped after reciting 47 names.

Zhou Heng paused, then sneered, "They're already dead."

Fucheng was stunned, Zhou Heng did not do nothing during his fall from favor, he used his meager strength to pull down everyone who participated in the death of Empress Chen.Everyone who participated in the death of Empress Chen, those who sharpened the knife, opened the door, watched the wind, cleaned up the corpse, covered up the truth, and lied.No matter whether it was forced or voluntary, as long as it had a little relationship with Queen Chen's death, they couldn't escape Zhou Heng's test.

Even Zhou Heng, who was at the bottom of his life, never gave up revenge, and he did it seamlessly. He is patient and resourceful, and he is the most terrifying avenger.

Fu Cheng raised his eyebrows, but he didn't think Zhou Heng was cruel, he just thought that his man was quite powerful.

Zhou Heng paused, and said, "Zhou Sheng."

Fucheng thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out who this person was, Zhou Heng said slowly: "Zhou Sheng, his name is Ningyuan, and his name is Yongle."

Fucheng gasped, this is Emperor Yong Le!

Zhou Heng had no expression when he spoke. On the contrary, he was quite relaxed and calm. He hated it for too long, and when he thought about it again, there was no disturbance in his heart.

"This is the last one." Zhou Heng said.This was the last person who killed Empress Chen, Zhou Heng returned to the capital for this, he was waiting to see the day when Emperor Yong Le died tragically, for this day he endured the humiliation and was willing to sacrifice everything he had.

"Let's go." Zhou Heng rubbed the center of his brows. He was a little tired and wobbled a little when he stood up.

Fu Cheng hummed, and he acted as a listener knowingly, without showing excessive sympathy.Fucheng thought that Zhou Heng should have had enough fun, and he should feel better after venting his innermost thoughts.As a result, Zhou Heng insisted on going to the Forbidden City in the middle of the night, making Fucheng think that Zhou Heng wanted to kill the emperor in the middle of the night.

Fucheng hugged him, thinking that even a swordsman like him would know that the gates of the Jiudao Palace were closed, even the crown prince would not be able to enter unless Zhou Heng showed the dragon talisman, but that would be no different from rebellion.What's more, people from the Double Knife Club are being arrested everywhere in Kyoto. The Jin Yiwei and the Imperial Guards are still patrolling, and they don't know how to explain when they encounter them.

"Hey, hey, let's go tomorrow." Fucheng coaxed a child.

In the end, Zhou Heng bumped his elbow into Fu Cheng's stomach. Fu Cheng didn't expect Zhou Heng to go drunk so badly, so he let him slip out without paying attention.

Fu Cheng screamed, and he didn't dare to move with Zhou Heng. Fu Cheng dared to beat Zhou Heng today, and he could be tied up by him to play with eighteen tricks.

Zhou Heng's eyes were very bright at night, and he said, "Do you dare to break into the imperial city at night?"

Fucheng also said very seriously: "Don't dare." Everyone in the Double Swords Club wanted to go to the imperial city at night to assassinate, but Zhou Heng wanted to take Fucheng to do what they couldn't do after all the hard work. There is no reason for the reason, just to have fun.

Zhou Heng glanced at him sideways, and said, "Countless."

Fucheng was still dying, saying: "Don't go if you don't dare."

Zhou Heng sneered and said, "If you don't dare, then follow me."

Fucheng didn't want to understand how this conversation got here, but Zhou Heng's people had already left, so Fucheng could only follow, he couldn't let such a Zhou Heng go out and run around, right?

Zhou Heng was familiar with the imperial city. The two of them hid and jumped up and down to avoid the patrolling guards. They finally came to Chonghua Gate and walked along the wall. There was no guard guarding this place. Zhou Heng lowered his voice and said : "They change the guard, half a stick of incense time."

Fucheng thought to himself, Prince, you understand the laws of the capital's operation, but you don't use it like this.

Just as Fu Cheng thought about it, Zhou Heng had already stepped up the imperial city wall. He stepped on the wall like he was walking on the ground, and he jumped to the top of the wall in a moment.This is an extremely conspicuous position, as long as the guards look up inadvertently, they can see that their prince is insane from alcohol.

But Zhou Heng didn't leave immediately, he stood on the wall between square inches to stabilize his figure, and then stretched out his hand to Fucheng like this, "Come up."

Zhou Heng's whole body was illuminated by the moonlight, and he was still wearing the blue robe he wore when he went to the banquet. When a breeze blew, the details of the dark patterns embroidered on the robe appeared, and Zhou Heng seemed to be at the bottom of the water. The body is inadvertently sparkling with water.

Fu Cheng stared at Zhou Heng's outstretched hand, the fingers were long and slender with distinct joints.And he also heard the guard's footsteps. He was already at the corner, and he was coming in the next moment.

Crazy, really crazy.

Fucheng stepped on the city wall and jumped up without setting a buffer force. He rushed towards Zhou Heng like a cheetah. At the moment the guard turned around, Fucheng had already thrown Zhou Heng down and spun in the air. It landed quietly in a circle, not even a corner of the clothes was seen.

"Did you hear anything just now?"

The guard stopped and listened carefully for a while, only to hear a meow, and said, "Wild cat."

On the other side of the city wall, Fucheng held Zhou Heng tightly in his arms, and in front of him was a big orange cat, whose hair was all blown up as if frightened, staring at the two with its teeth bared. An uninvited guest, he wished he could do the job of guarding the gate for the two blind guards outside the gate.And Fu Cheng embraced Zhou Heng, blinked at the big cat, and at the same time evoked a smile, showing two dimples.

Hush

After looking at it for a while, the big cat thought that they were probably two lunatics, so he walked away with his buttocks swaggering like a plump imperial concubine.

Fucheng has already figured it out thoroughly, Zhou Heng is not drunk at all, Zhou Heng just came out to indulge himself today, so Fucheng is not disappointed, this is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, but with Fucheng here, nothing will happen.

"Where are you going next?" Fu Cheng asked, with a doting energy when he spoke.

"Go to the East Palace." Zhou Heng pulled Fucheng's hand again, this time Fucheng did not refuse and let him lead.