Order of Heaven

Chapter 30 Chapter 30

It was getting colder and colder, Yue Yin and Gong Yu had to thicken their clothes when they went to the government office.The streets and alleys where people used to come and go have become more and more deserted. Occasionally, a few pedestrians are also in a hurry. Except for those shops that want to open their doors to welcome customers, basically everyone closes their doors.

As soon as Yue Yin and Gong Que sat down in the government office, Gong Que asked someone to make a pot of hot tea and then poured Yue Yin a cup.

"Thank you." Yue Yin just came in from the outside, his whole body was covered with cold, and after drinking a cup of tea, his whole body warmed up.

"Mo Ran, go and bring Wang Shudao to the hall, I'll come over later." Gong Que also said to Mo Ran after drinking a cup of tea.

"Yes, young master." Mo Ran responded and left.

"Yue Yin, you can sit by the side and listen in a while, and let me know if you have any questions." Gong Que said to Yue Yin.

"You can just ask, don't worry about me too much." Yue Yin said.

"Then let's go there." After Gong Que finished speaking, he led Yue Yin to the hall.

When the two of them went in, Moran had already besieged Wang Shudao there.Wang Shudao, who had been in prison for several days, was disheveled and sluggish, and he didn't react when he saw Gong Que and Yue Yin coming in.

Gong Que went up and sat at the main seat in the middle, while Yue Yin sat on the seat prepared for him below, and there was a pot of freshly brewed tea on the table at hand.

"Sinner Wang Shudao, don't kneel down when you see my lord!" said a guard who was escorting Wang Shudao.

Wang Shudao didn't respond to this, he just looked at the palace and said, "What's wrong with me?"

The guard next to him wanted to kick Wang Shudao's knee to force him to kneel down, but Gong Que raised his hand to stop him: "Now that things are going on, do you still want to make unnecessary struggles? If you confess your crime honestly, you may be able to treat you with mercy .”

Wang Shudao, who was standing below, laughed: "I'm innocent, how can I accuse myself of the crime?"

"Are you trying to say that these are all fake?" Gong Que threw the ledger that Yue Yin had seized that day on the case.

"What's that? I've never seen it before, so how can I know if it's true or not?" Wang Shudao still denied it with a persistent face.

"You haven't seen it? That's funny, you said you haven't seen the things that came out of your house?" Gong Que looked at Wang Shudao and wanted to pretend to be stupid and refuse to admit it.

"My lord, do you just find a few fake account books and want me to claim them and admit to some trumped-up charges?" Wang Shudao said with disdain.

"The imperial court will distinguish between real and fake. If you are still so obsessed and stubborn, don't blame me for being rude." Seeing Wang Shudao's reassuring look, Gong Que was a little annoyed.

"My lord, are you going to torture me?" Wang Shudao was still unmoved.

"Come here, let's execute the sentence." Gong Que didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore.

Immediately, someone brought up all the instruments of torture for interrogation and placed them one by one in front of Wang Shudao. At that moment, a trace of fear flashed across Wang Shudao's face, but soon he forcibly covered it up.

The palace naturally caught the change in Wang Shudao's expression, and knew that he was pretending to be calm: "Do you choose to confess to the crime of filling your own pocket, raising taxes privately, and colluding with important court officials? The taste of torture tools used to torture prisoners?"

Wang Shudao glanced at the instruments of torture in front of him. He had used them a lot in interrogating prisoners before, and he was well aware of the power of these instruments of torture.But what he knew in his heart was that if he really recruited everything, then he would really be finished.He knew that the things in Gong Que's hands were enough to punish him, no matter whether he admitted it or not, he couldn't run away, and those ledgers were simply the ironclad proof of his crime.Fortunately, Gong Que didn't get all the ledgers, and those related to the master were successfully taken away. The reason why Gong Que didn't attack him now was that he was still valuable, and he wanted to recruit the master.But Wang Shudao is not stupid, he knows that now he has to bite his own innocence and keep the master's secret to have a chance of survival, because he is definitely valuable to the master, and he must hold on until the master's rescue.

"I have never raised taxes privately, nor have I colluded with any important officials of the court. I hope you will not impose crimes on me." Wang Shudao insisted on holding back his trembling legs.

"Do it." Gong Que directly ordered the torture.

As soon as the instruments of torture were put on, Wang Shudao couldn't hold on any longer, his calmness and persistence just now disappeared completely, and miserable cries kept coming out of Wang Shudao's mouth.After using the punishment once, the guard let go of Wang Shudao, and Wang Shudao couldn't bear it anymore and sat down on the ground, his whole body was in a mess.

"Can we talk now?" Gong Que looked at Wang Shudao below and said.

"If you want to commit a crime, there is no end to the trouble." Wang Shudao struggled and said, "I am not guilty!"

Gong Que snorted coldly at Wang Shudao's plea of ​​not guilty, and said to Mo Ran next to him, "Bring Wang Ziming here."

"Yes." Mo Ran turned and went out.

Yue Yin watched from the side, and understood that it would be very difficult to get Wang Shudao to speak. Wang Shudao obviously wanted to bite his tongue and wait for the people above him to rescue him.To be honest, it was the first time for Yue Yin to see such a cold and heartless Gong Que. Even when Gong Que first met him, he was only cold and polite in front of him. Later, when he became familiar with him, he gradually became gentler. He would also laugh at himself, not to mention that Gong Que still cares about himself in some details all the time, which is completely different from the current Gong Que.But Yue Yin also understands that, given the environment that the palace has been in all along, it would be difficult to sit in the current position and still be safe and secure without some means.

After Wang Ziming was brought up, he saw Wang Shudao sitting on the ground and immediately ran over to help him up in panic: "Father, are you alright?"

"Father is fine." Wang Shudao stood up with the help of Wang Ziming.

"How dare you torture my father?" Wang Ziming yelled at the palace, and after looking at it for a while, he found that the person sitting on it was the person he had seen on the Quan Ming painting boat on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, "Is it you?"

"So what if it's me." Gong Que had no interest in Wang Ziming at all, "If you know something, then recruit, lest your father suffer."

"What are you recruiting? My father didn't do anything!" Wang Ziming had already been entrusted by Wang Shudao, so he naturally knew that he couldn't say anything.He looked at the palace, thinking that that night he looked like a capable person who wanted to make friends with him, and now that he has brought himself down to this point and wants to punish his father, he was really blind at the beginning !

"You guys are working together, come here, and hit [-] big boards." Gong Que had been tortured by Wang Shudao for so long before, and he didn't want to talk to them anymore.

Immediately, Wang Ziming was pushed down to the ground and was about to start his execution. He was full of horror and begged Wang Shudao, "Father!"

"Gongque! What do you mean? Ziming doesn't know anything, so why do you torture him!" Wang Shudao couldn't pretend anymore when he saw his precious son being pinned down on the ground. Pointing to the palace, he asked sharply.

"Don't know anything? He's your son. Will he not know what you've done? Covering up a crime is knowingly breaking the law." Gong Que looked at Wang Shudao calmly, and remained unmoved even though he was furious, "Do it. "

After receiving the order, the guards immediately hit Wang Ziming with the board one after another. Wang Ziming couldn't stand it after a few boards, and turned his head while screaming: "Father! Father! Help!" I!"

Wang Shudao's heart ached as he watched from the sidelines. Watching his son being tortured was even more uncomfortable than just being tortured himself, but he couldn't speak, because once he told everything, they would really be at the end of the road. Time is not just as simple as hitting a few boards.In order to prevent himself from being unable to speak, Wang Shudao turned his head away from looking at Wang Ziming, but Wang Ziming's cry kept coming from there, tugging at his heart.

When the rod punishment was more than halfway through, Wang Ziming's delicate body finally couldn't bear it and passed out.When Wang Shudao heard the sudden silence, he thought it was a stop, but when he turned his head, he saw that it wasn't a stop, but that Wang Ziming had passed out and couldn't yell out.When Wang Shudao saw such a scene, he couldn't help it immediately. Since he was a child, Wang Ziming was raised by himself in the palm of his hand, and he never let him suffer like this.

Wang Shudao let out a sigh of relief: "Stop it, I'll do it."

Gong Que waved his hand to stop his subordinates: "Speak."

"The records in the account book are all true. I accepted bribes, raised taxes privately, and made false accounts to hide the court in order to collect property." Wang Shudao said slowly, heartbroken, "But these are my Madam and Ziming didn't know anything about it, and I kept it from them when I did it, they really didn't know anything and there was no cover up."

"Who ordered you to do this?" Gong Que asked.

"No one instructed me, I did it because of my insatiable greed." Wang Shudao said.

"No one instigated? Are you saying that with your own efforts, you can hide the truth from the court and collect taxes for so many years without being discovered?" Gong Que saw that Wang Shudao was lying. First of all, take it on yourself, leave a way out for yourself, and think that the people above him will protect him.

"It's true that no one ordered it." Wang Shudao insisted.

"Okay, can you explain why you attacked Zuixianfang a few days ago?" Gong Que changed the question.

"The Yue family's reputation in Yizhou is too high, and they often disobey me. They don't have the savvy of others. The last time they made a move, they just wanted to teach the Yue family a lesson." Wang Shudao made up casually.

"Very good, because the Yue family doesn't flatter you and don't give you money like other people, so you poisoned the wine sold in Zuixianfang?" Gong Que couldn't help snorting.

Wang Shudao's reticence was a tacit consent.

"Do you think I'll believe it? Don't play tricks with me," Gong Que patted the case with anger on his face, "Say, who else was involved in the Zuixianfang incident last time?"

"I did it all by myself." Wang Shudao remained unmoved.

Yue Yin saw that the situation had been deadlocked and there was really no way to break it, so he shook his head at Gong Que, indicating that he would stop here today, and that if the trial continued, he would just listen to Wang Shudao making up nonsense here.

Gong Que understood Yue Yin's meaning, and knew that it would be a waste of time to continue like this, so he raised his hand and pinched the center of his brows, then waved: "Take them down, and we'll try again at another day."

"Yes, my lord." The subordinates carried the fainted Wang Ziming down, and escorted Wang Shudao back to the cell.

Gong Que came down and sat next to Yue Yin, resting his hands on the table and supporting his forehead.

Yue Yin knew that he must be tired from the palace trial for so long, Wang Shudao still talked about him, saying that he had been perfunctory and procrastinating for time.The tea on the table has been replaced several times, and now there is Gong Que's favorite clear dew on the table, Yue Yin took a cup and poured it for Gong Que and pushed it in front of Gong Que.

Gong Que raised his head when he smelled the fragrance of clear dew, and seeing a cup of steaming tea in front of him, the fatigue just now slowly subsided, and he smiled gently at Yue Yin.

"No hurry, let's take your time to interrogate, there is still time." Yueyin said in relief, in fact, Yueyin himself also wanted to get the result of the interrogation as soon as possible, and wanted to know which pair of eyes were staring at the Yue family behind his back, but at present, Wang Shudao Judging from my attitude, there is no rush.

"Yeah." Gong Que slowly drank the cup of tea Yue Yin poured for him, and his mood gradually calmed down, "Yue Yin has been interrogating with me for a long time, and it seems that he can't ask anything today. Stay here and look through the files to see if you can find anything, and if you get tired of singing, go back first."

"Then I'll go back first." Yue Yin got up and walked out, and turned around when he reached the door: "You, don't be too tired."

"Well, I see." Gong Que felt warm in his heart when he heard Yue Yin's concerned tone.

After Yue Yin finished speaking, he opened the door and went out. In fact, he was not tired, but he had no reason to stay, not to mention that he was not suitable to be present for such things as checking files. After all, he had no position or identity, so leaving was the best choice .

The wind in the streets and alleys was a bit strong, and when Yue Yin walked out, he felt a slight chill, but it didn't matter, anyway, Yue Yin grew up practicing martial arts since he was a child, so he could still withstand the cold.

There was no one on the street, even a bit too chilly, Yue Yin always felt that something was wrong, as if someone was following him behind.Yue Yin looked around, but didn't find anything, but the feeling of uneasiness never faded, and Yue Yin's whole body fell into a state of alert.

When Yueyin passed a bend in an alley, several masked men in black suddenly jumped off the walls on both sides, and a group of people approached him behind him.

Yue Yin dodged the attack of the oncoming people, and roughly looked at the number of people, there were at least dozens of people.

"Who is coming?" Yue Yin said in a defensive posture.

The men in black surrounding Yue Yin ignored Yue Yin, and only exchanged glances before swarming towards Yue Yin, attacking Yue Yin from all directions, Yue Yin had no time to think about countermeasures and could only continue to attack in front of him.Although it was difficult for those men in black to hurt him with Yue Yin's skill, after all, he was hard to beat with two fists and four hands. The frequent besieging Yue Yin was still a bit unbearable, and after a long time, it caused the injuries he suffered a few days ago.

But Yue Yin slowly discovered that the other party didn't seem to be killing him, it seemed that he wanted to capture him alive.Just when Yue Yin was distracted from his thoughts, there was a strong palm wind coming from behind him. Yue Yin noticed it and immediately turned around to avoid it. He never thought that the man withdrew his palm and threw a bag at Yue Yin The medicine powder, Yue Yin couldn't dodge it in time, and he was hit. As soon as the medicine powder was inhaled, Yue Yin passed out.

After Yue Yin fell to the ground, a man wearing a black hat came out from the side: "Take it away."

When the man in black next to him heard it, he worked together to put Yue Yin into the carriage that had been prepared, and the carriage was immediately driven away by the driver.

After the man in black followed the carriage away, the alley returned to its usual calm, as if nothing happened just now.

After the wind blows, even the remaining medicinal powder in the air dissipates.

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