The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

In the East Palace, Prince Li Chengqian and Prince Zhan Shiyu Zhining are discussing the political affairs of the early dynasty. Although they are only princes, there is no difference between the official office of the East Palace of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty and the three provinces and six departments of the court. To put it simply, the East Palace also has a simple small court.

The position of Prince Zhan Shi is very important, which is equivalent to that of Fang Xuanling, the emperor's servant and prime minister.

Although Yu Zhining was old-fashioned and ignorant, Li Chengqian disliked him very much, but his ability to do things was not too bad, but he was a little less tactful, but in terms of loyalty and orthodoxy, the crown prince believed him.

When Fang Yiai came in, Yu Zhining had just finished talking with the prince, and the two had a face-to-face meeting. The prince thought about it and asked Yu Zhining to stay for now.

"...The captured woman can be handed over to Hegan Chengji for interrogation." Li Chengqian took a sip of tea.

Yu Zhining next to him frowned in disgust, but he also knew that it was difficult for the prince. If the real culprit who poisoned King Jin was not caught, even the prince himself would be suspected of murdering his younger brother.

Yu Zhining sighed and said, "Your Highness, the old minister still has business to do."

Li Chengqian couldn't force him, so he let him go.

It's just that he was also in a very unhappy mood. Yu Zhining couldn't be his confidant, he could only be the emperor's running dog.

Fang Yiai glanced at Li Chengqian, knowing that there are too few real people around the prince, otherwise she wouldn't be reprimanded and impeached by the prince Zhan Shi for [-] yuan, and she wouldn't even have to ask for another teacher herself .

This small imperial court in the Eastern Palace is actually useless unless the emperor travels far away from Beijing. On the contrary, it shows that the prince is too powerful, and his every move attracts attention.

"Is Yiai against Hegan Chengji's interrogation?" Li Chengqian saw that Fang Yiai's expression did not agree with his explanation just now, and she still stood here and did not leave.

"Exactly." Fang Yiai replied: "It's better to leave this matter to Zhao Dezi. He is also responsible for escorting and guarding this journey. The suspect is not dead yet." His tone was flat, but his words implied that the suspect would commit suicide or be murdered. possible.

Li Chengqian obviously paid attention to the lessons learned from the extermination of the little eunuch in Dali Temple and the East Palace.

only--

He looked up at Fang Yiai.

"You suspect Hegan Chengji?"

Fang Yiai's long black eyelashes drooped and she looked at the ground, and said flatly, "There is no evidence."

Is there any doubt... Li Chengqian frowned, but he didn't insist. He listened to Fang Yiai's words and asked Zhao Dezi to take charge of the matter.

Zhao Dezi was really not good at interrogating people. Although he was the chief eunuch in the East Palace, torture was not as easy as beating a young eunuch with dozens of boards.

It's harder than killing—

Zhao Dezi interrogated him all night, and with red eyes, he came to the prince and Fang Yiai to beg for forgiveness.

Li Chengqian is helpless, the few people he trusts who can do things are them, but at the moment his new confidant Fang Yiai says that his confidant Hegan Chengji is suspicious.

Li Chengqian grew up in the palace and has seen many betrayals. It's not that he doesn't believe it, but Hegan Chengji has always been brave. Once he was assassinated, he almost saved his life. Otherwise, a small soldier is a foreigner , How could he be on duty in the East Palace.

What's more, Fang Yiai's temperament has always been... Li Chengqian looked at Fang Yiai suspiciously, and he wondered if Fang Yiai and Hegan Chengji were not on the same page, and would retaliate when he found the opportunity.

Li Chengqian suddenly realized that he was a little bit insecure about Fang Yiai's "temper".

Fang Yiai didn't seem to feel the doubtful eyes that fell on him, his expression remained unchanged, he just looked up at the prince, and said: "It's okay to hand over the presiding judge to Zhang Sizheng, but the minister still said the same thing. I hope the crown prince will not let Hegan Chengji interfere."

Li Chengqian pondered for a moment, then Fang said: "Since I said before that I will leave this matter to you, then you have the final say."

Zhao Dezi at the side also took the opportunity to say it again, Li Fang Yiai discovered the loophole in the woman's words lightly and skillfully yesterday...

Although Zhao Dezi's brains are not bad, Fang Yiai's quick wit is absolutely inferior to him. At that time, he was helpless, and he didn't realize that the woman "has a problem" at all.

Here, after Li Chengqian finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Fang Yiai was a "spoiled" gentleman of the prime minister's family. Although people like them beat and scolded slaves, they didn't need to do it themselves.

Li Chengqian believed in Fang Yiai's "intelligence". If the prisoner spoke up, Fang Yiai was very likely to get something out of it, but——

He glanced at Fang Yi'ai worriedly, worried that he would not be able to bear it. At this moment, he looked at Fang Yi'ai without changing his face, but he saw many people making tricks, and he was really on the verge of killing Sometimes, but afterwards or nausea or nightmares.

"You take Zhang Sizheng with you, he is also a good torturer." In short, be prepared, I hope Fang Yi'ai will not be frightened.

Fang Yiai followed Zhao Dezi and Zhang Sizheng to Prince Neifang, but did not go to the Prince's Suigeng Temple. The functions of the Suigeng Temple in the East Palace and Dali Temple are almost the same, but this time because of Fang Yiai's insistence, the woman was detained Entered the Neifang in charge of the eunuch.

Zhao Dezi chose someone he trusted to guard, and Neifang had its own dungeon for dealing with offending eunuchs.

"That woman's mouth is so hard." Zhao Dezi complained as he walked, the torture should not be too severe, otherwise he would be tortured into a trick, or accidentally killed, and everything would be over.

In short, Zhao Dezi had a headache. He was grateful for Fang Yiai's trust in his heart, but he really couldn't do this job.

"What about the shopkeeper?" Fang Yiai asked casually as she stepped into the dungeon.

"He... hmph, he doesn't say anything when he's scared. He's just a prick! After repeated interrogations, there is no problem with his confession. In fact, his wife is a secret person, and they are not husband and wife at all." Zhao Dezi frowned. , I also feel that the situation is getting more and more complicated. The root cause of King Jin's poisoning is probably still in the East Palace.

At this time, Zhao Dezi was worried that there were other dark sons around the prince, and the prince's surroundings were very dangerous.

Although the Neifang dungeon is small, it has all the internal organs, and with the torture equipment Zhao Dezi borrowed from the Shigeng Temple, it is quite bluffing.There was still some blood and rotting meat residue on those instruments of torture, which only made one's heart beat faster and nauseated.

"...Are you still not going to speak?" Fang Yiai stopped the little eunuch from torture, and sat on a brown carved bearded chair.

The woman didn't say a word, even the iron chains binding her limbs didn't make a sound, they didn't move at all.

It's a tough guy!

The corner of Fang Yiai's mouth curled slightly, and suddenly said to Zhao Dezi and Zhang Sizheng: "You must have never heard of a torture—"

Zhao Dezi waited for him to continue, but Zhang Sizheng was not convinced.

Although he is not responsible for these dirty jobs like He Gan Chengji, he is not someone who has never seen it before. Fang Shanlang was born to be a wealthy and idle person, at most he would beat the slaves at home, what torture could he witness? !

Zhang Sizheng only thought that Fang Yiai was bragging, but Fang Yiai continued to say in a flat tone: "... If I interrogate a prisoner, I will bury him in the soil first, and then leave only his head sticking out of the ground. Cut a crucifix with a knife... In this way, pour mercury from the top of the head, and the flesh of this person's whole body will be separated quickly—"

Fang Yiai paused at this point, still in the mood to drink tea, but Zhang Sizheng and Zhao Dezi had goosebumps, and even the well-informed eunuchs who tortured them personally had their legs trembling, crotch It was all damp.

As for the woman—the iron chains that bound her limbs rattled.

Especially Fang Yiai finished the last sentence: "——Don't wait until the end, the prisoner will beg me, begging for a knife, and tell all the secrets..." After finishing speaking, he slightly raised the corners of his lips, and at this moment, he entered the room alone. dungeon.

He lowered his head, and the dungeon was dimly lit, so that people could not see his face clearly, but it was even more creepy and eerie, because the man was holding a skinned rabbit in his hand, the flesh was bloody, but there was still a layer of blood on it. Silver, under the light of the lamp, sometimes reflects a faint silver light.

"Fang Shanlang, according to your instructions, the rabbit skin is ready." The man reported, but his voice was hoarse. "It's just that the rabbit is still alive..."

"..." The woman on the chain moved, and there was a rattling sound, which made people's hearts tremble, and felt that she was pitiful.

Not to mention that Zhao Dezi and Zhang Sizheng looked at Fang Yiai trembling with fear, but Fang Yiai glanced at the woman and continued: "I still have nine methods of torture..."

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Fang Yiai said that the fourth was over, Zhao Dezi had already vomited, and even Zhang Sizheng walked away from Fang Yiai, looking at him with an inexplicable look.

This man is simply too terrifying!

It suddenly occurred to him that Hegan Chengji would pull him to exclude him before, Zhang Sizheng's heart tightened, and he quickly recalled it, fearing that he might offend Fang Yiai by mistake, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, he remembered that a while ago, his good friend Hegan Chengji had offended this son-in-law!

"—I'm recruiting! Needless to say! I'm recruiting!" The woman shook her head at this moment, shouting in a broken expression.

At some point, a bloody "skinless" rabbit hung in front of her eyes.

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"Fang Shanlang, what you just said... that mercury peeling, is it true?" Zhao Dezi swallowed a mouthful of saliva on the way back with the confession in hand, but he still couldn't hold back his probing question.

Fang Yiai glanced at him and said, "Would you believe me if I said that I just threatened her?"

Zhao Dezi nodded, then immediately shook his head.

When they arrived at the Lizheng Houdian where the prince lived, Zhao Dezi stopped talking several times, which made Li Chengqian annoyed.

"Zhao Dezi, if you have something to say, just say it."

Zhao Dezi's face turned pale, thinking of Fang Yiai's "cold face", he swallowed the words back.

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