Chapter 15 Ordered to Interrove

The supervisory institute, as the name implies, is to monitor. There are two top officials of the supervisory institute, Ke Chengyang. His father is Ke Wu, the Marquis of Ning, who holds 500,000 military power, and his sister is the current crown princess. Although Ke Chengyang himself is thin and looks as soft as a woman, the whole court and the opposition know that this powerful young man in the background is not so easy to mess with. Once an official laughed at Ke Chengyang's appearance as a woman. The next day, the official was killed by an imperial edict by Emperor Xia, and he was the most horrible Ling Chi.

Another right-du imperial historian of the Supervision Institute, named Wu Yong, is about 50 years old. He is mainly responsible for reviewing the progress and copywriting of the case. In other words, Ke Chengyang specializes in using his legs, while this old man is a person who sits on a rattan chair and leisurely organizes the results collected by Ke Chengyang.

When the Supervision Institute fulfills its duties, it will wait for the will of Emperor Xia. If the criminal is involved in the royal family or princes and nobles, the minor circumstances will directly enter the Taichang Temple. If it involves conspiracy and serious crimes, it will be directly handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. However, sometimes, Emperor Xia will personally order the execution of prisoners to the supervisory court. Of course, this is only a few cases.

I have to mention here that in fact, there is a dean at the top of the two imperial historians of the supervisory institute, but no one has seen it, and they don't even know whether it's a man or a woman, but the existence of this dean is beyond doubt. The reason why it is so certain is completely an internal matter of the supervisory institute. There is no point in delving into it.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice, to some extent, the workload of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is the largest. It is not only necessary to deal with the cases left by the supervisory court, but also to deal with their own work, interrogation, submit confessions, determine the punishment and then to execution. Each step has extremely cumbersome procedures and things that need to be done. Sometimes, when the high-ranking Emperor Xia was happy, he even directly asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice to help a lost kitten catch a cat, or Emperor Xia felt that the cicada was too noisy, so he asked the people of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to catch all the cicadas in the whole palace. This kind of nonsense happens several times a month.

Taichang Temple is the most relaxing place, mainly responsible for the detention of royal nobles. It can be said that it is the most comfortable but also the most oily one in all official positions. As the saying goes, a thin camel is bigger than a horse. Even if it is a prisoner, it is also a royal aristocrat. The oil and water that can be obtained on weekdays are really indispensable.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice is located in the westernmost remote place of the palace, which is divided into the main court, the hall of Yanluo and the heavenly prison. The main court is the first place to interrogate, and the heavenly prison is the place where prisoners are imprisoned. The so-called Yanluo Hall was originally called the execution hall, but later, after Mei Nian, the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, invented the ninety-nine methods to concoct prisoners, people nicknamed it the Yanluo Hall and made the murderous Mei Nian method the king of Yanluo.

"Wu Shanggong, just wait here." Xiao Ruyan's voice was as clear and cold as a clear spring in a mountain stream. After responding, Wu Shanggong respectfully retreated to the side.

As soon as Xiao Ruyan approached the Yanluo Hall, she was stopped by the soldier guarding the door. She took out a gold medal from her waist and said coldly, "I am ordered by the emperor to come to interrogate the prisoner. Do you dare to stop it?"

"I'm sorry, we are also ordered to act. Miss Xiao, please come in. Lord Mei is also inside at this moment."

Entering the dark corridor, a strong bloody atmosphere came to his face. The more he went in, the stronger the blood became. Xiao Ruyan could even hear the heartbreaking shouts of the prisoners. At the end of the corridor is an iron black gate, and the nail on it is rusty. After buttoning the door ring, the door was opened from the inside in a short time.

"I'm interrogating the prisoner. If Miss Xiao can't see this bloody scene, she can go to the next room to rest for a while." Mei Nianfa, about 50 years old, is sitting on a black iron chair, with several dishes and a pot of sake hot in the copper stove in front of him.

In front of Mei Nianfa, there was a man with a bloody face. Rather than bloody, Mei Nianfa tore off the man's whole face, so it gave people the illusion of flesh and blood.

Xiao Ruyan gently glanced at the kneeling man and dusted his skirt: "Lord Mei, this time I came to interrogate a person under the order of the emperor. I hope it's convenient for you."

Mei Nianfa waved his hand, and the man who was kneeling was immediately dragged down. Mei Nianfa took the sake out of the copper furnace without hurry, poured a glass, tasted it carefully, and then looked at Xiao Ruyan with a slight smile: "Miss Xiao, you are the celebrity around the emperor. How dare you not listen to what you said? I don't know which prisoner Miss Xiao wants to interrogate?"

"Jiang Mozhu."

"This Jiang Mozhu has been specially told by the emperor. I don't know what happened to Miss Xiao to interrogate him?"

"You don't need to know this. If Lord Mei is really so curious, why don't you ask the emperor directly?"

"Ha ha, it seems that Jiang Mozhu is really not simple. The emperor not only asked the imperial doctor to take care of him, but now he also asked Miss Xiao to interrogate him. It seems that the emperor doesn't believe me." Mei Nianfa's smile was even stronger. "Since Miss Xiao wants to interrogate in person, I will let my subordinates prepare, but anyway, I am also the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice here, so this arraignment prisoner must be present."

"It's up to you."

After a while, a pale young man was driven to the room by two jailers. As soon as the two jailers let go, the young man fell down. Xiao Ruyan was shocked. As soon as he remembered, he found that Mei Nianfa was looking at himself with great interest. He could only pretend that nothing had happened and looked coldly at the young man who fell to the ground.

"Lord Mei, did you torture him?"

"Ha ha, officials can't use the punishment indiscriminately without the emperor's order. That's what he looked like when he came here. I heard that the third prince took a lot of effort to bring him back alive.

Jiang Mozhu coughed a few times and stood up from the ground tremblingly, but because his body was too weak, he looked a little shaky.

"Jiang Mozhu, I didn't expect you to have today."

"Cough... Yes, I didn't expect that you became the first military division of the State of Xia after only two years."

"Two years is enough to change many people and things. Even your beloved Princess Ling Yue has now secretly become the Qinghe princess of the State of Xia. Don't you think it's ironic?"

Jiang Mozhu's eyes drooped and looked a little lonely.

"What? Are you so sad that you can't speak? Three years ago, you rejected me for her, so I want to destroy her country and make her a living person written by historians. I want you to watch her die with eternal curses.

Mei Nianfa didn't have any expression on his face, just drank one cup after another.

For a long time, Jiang Mozhu slowly raised his head: "In fact, why do you have to make me suffer so much? Anyway, I will die soon."

Xiao Ruyan sneered and said, "Do you want to die? I just won't let you die."

"I want to live more than anyone else, because only by living can I see your smile and listen to you talk about the whole world. Unfortunately... Unfortunately, I'm going to die."

"What did you say?" Xiao Ruyan seemed to have a premonition of something. Suddenly, he stood up from the chair and walked to Jiang Mozhu, "What do you mean by that?"

At this time, Mei Nianfa, who had been silent, suddenly said, "He has been nailed in twelve places all over his body, and his internal strength has been lost. If it hadn't been for the depth of his interior, I'm afraid he wouldn't have survived now. However, according to the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, he will definitely die within a year.

"Bone-through nail?" Hearing this, Xiao Ruyan could no longer calm down. She grabbed Jiang Mozhu's arms and found that she was so weak.