After walking a few steps forward, Xu Xianchun was slightly stunned, and then retreated.

He looked at Chen Hong hesitantly and asked, "Eunuch Chen, I want to ask Yan Shenggong some things, don't you know if it's okay?"

Chen Hong had already turned around and left, but when he saw Xu Xianchun coming back, he was a little stunned and knew that he had something to do.

After hearing Xu Xianchun's words, Chen Hong's heart moved. However, Chen Hong was not Xu Xianchun, but he understood His Majesty's thoughts even more.

Chen Hong coughed softly and said unhappily: "Xu Xianchun, are you deaf in your ears or something? Or are you deliberately unable to hear them? What did Your Majesty just say?"

"When I go back to my father-in-law, Your Majesty said that you will investigate strictly to the end. No matter who you are involved, you will not tolerate it." Xu Xianchun turned his face seriously and said quickly: "I know what to do."

"Then go and do it quickly." Chen Hong waved his hand and said.

After leaving the house, Xu Xianchun quickly found his subordinates outside.

Waving at them, Xu Xianchun asked, "Are the people that Eunuch Chen caught before still there?"

"Sir, we are all in our custody." The subordinate said quickly.

"Those people" are naturally the people who resell the grain that Chen Hong arrested before. According to the investigation by the Jinyiwei, these people are all from the Kong family, but they have been custody and have not been interrogated yet.

These people did not reveal their masters. After all, according to the Ming Dynasty law, they could not say anything. In the Ming Dynasty law, there is a saying that they are close friends and hide each other.

As early as the Han Dynasty, Confucian classics were used as the theoretical basis for referring to cases, known in history as the "Spring and Autumn Prison Decision", and formally determined the judicial principle of "feeling relatives and hiding each other".

Since then, all dynasties have continued this principle and put it into practice. The Tang Dynasty has expanded it to "living together and hiding each other", which means that slaves and servants who have no relatives also have the obligation to conceal each other's crimes.

The "Ming Dynasty Law" also stipulates the legal principle of "the relatives living together are guilty and mutually compatible with each other and hide their brothers but do not prove their brothers, the wife does not prove their husbands, and the slaves do not prove their masters."

If the son, including the daughter-in-law, report his father-in-law's crime to the government, the government will punish his son for "unfilial piety" and the daughter-in-law will be severely punished.

Of course, there are exceptions to the application of the principle of "kindness and mutual concealment". Since the theoretical basis of "kindness and mutual concealment and mutual concealment lies in "filial piety", according to Confucian theory, the highest interest of feudal society is naturally the "loyalty" of subjects to the monarch.

Then, when there is a conflict between loyalty and filial piety, only filial piety can be sacrificial. Therefore, it is stipulated: "The three things of rebellion, great rebellion, and rebellion cannot be hidden, so there is no law of hiding each other."

In other words, the three crimes of rebellion, major rebellion, and treason are not subject to the principle of cohabitation and mutual concealment, and must be exposed.

Originally, these people were hidden by the Kong family. If they really wanted to interrogate, they would easily cause trouble and could not be involved in the Kong family.

But now it is different. The whole case has become a case of treason. His Majesty was assassinated and had long been in the name of his name.

If it involves a case of rebellion, then it will involve Zhong, and it will not be an exaggeration to do anything.

The moment he left Eunuch Chen, Xu Xianchun had already thought of what to do.

"Take all those people here, I must review the article carefully." Xu Xianchun said with a sneer.

"Yes, sir." The people under his command couldn't help but tremble when they saw Xu Xianchun's smile. Naturally, they did not dare to neglect them. They quickly agreed, and then went to greet people, preparing to ask them to pick up the criminals.

When they came back, all the prisoners were taken over.

"What is the name of the leader?" Xu Xianchun looked at the rows of unkempt criminals in front of him and said directly: "Pick him up first, and start with this leader today."

"Sir, this leader is called Kong Shangli, and it is said to be the side branch of the Kong family." The subordinate said hurriedly.

"Then it's him." Xu Xianchun nodded, sat on the chair, picked up the teacup and took a sip of water and said, "Hold it up first, and whip twenty whips. By the way, don't forget to dip it in salt water. You guys are just careless. It's boring not to dip it in salt water. You can't save it by torture. How can you get promoted by laziness?"

The person below quickly echoed with a timid voice: "Yes, sir, we'll do it right away."

The subordinates respectfully agreed and quickly carried Kong Shangli up.

At this time, Kong Shangli was very frightened and twisted to break free. He couldn't help but scream, "Sir, what are you going to do?"

These Jinyiwei were not easy to meet. They took Kong Shangli's top and pants off, leaving only a pair of shorts on him.

Kong Shangli looks in his forties this year. He is used to being pampered and elegant on weekdays. His whole body is thin and white. Although his body is not very thin, he also has flesh. Now he takes off his clothes and feels panicked.

Xu Xianchun ignored Kong Shangli at all and raised his hand to signal his subordinates to use torture.

The people from the Jinyiwei naturally would not hesitate. The whip in his hand instantly waved and fell on Kong Shangli with a crackling sound.

The whipping speed is very fast and the force is very strong. Obviously, they are all professionals. After sucking twice, they will put the whip in the bucket next to them.

What is placed in the bucket is naturally not clean water, but salt water that has been mixed long ago.

Then they picked up the whip, whipped Kong Shangli again, and then dipped it in salt water again, and then went on and on.

Kong Shangli was so painful that he had nowhere to hide, so he could only scream in horror, and the expression on his face began to suck.

"Sir! Sir! If you have any questions, I will definitely tell you everything I can!" Kong Shangli had tears on his face, and he begged and his attitude was sincere.

Xu Xianchun looked unmoved, gently scrubbed his ears and bounced into the air, as if a large piece of earwax popped out.

The person next to him immediately understood it, took a smelly sock and stuffed it into Kong Shangli's mouth.

Xu Xianchun then withdrew his hand, picked up the teacup and continued to drink tea.

It was not until the twenty whip was finished that the Jinyiwei's men pulled out the smelly socks stuffed into Kong Shangli's mouth, then retreated aside, waiting for Xu Xianchun to ask questions.

Xu Xianchun stood up gently, took a silk squid and covered his mouth, and walked to Kong Shangli with a blank expression, "I actually don't want to interrogate you today, I just feel a little bored."

Xu Xianchun said slowly: "I feel uncomfortable when I have a life without torture. Anyway, you have a tender skin and tender flesh like this, so you should feel a lot of torture."

"But you are disappointing, how can you be so unscrupulous? Our Jinyiwei has a lot of torture instruments, so he just whipped a few whips, why did he cry and call him mother? Are you not from the Kong family? What about your backbone? It's so disappointing!"

When Kong Shangli heard this, he was scared to death.

The Jinyiwei is indeed perverted!

You should know that among the rumors outside, the reputation of the Jinyiwei has never been better. There are more and more legends about the Jinyiwei, most of which are negative.

Some people even say that people in the Jinyiwei eat children, and they say that Xu Xianchun is even more heart-wrenching, and have also developed a dish called "Dragon Liver and Phoenix Gallbladder", which is very terrifying.

Things like to torture people for fun are already the most normal thing in the Jinyiwei.

Originally, Kong Shangli didn't care much about it because these rumors had nothing to do with him, so he just took it as a joke.

Now that Kong Shangli was so angry that he saw Xu Xianchun torture himself, he was panicked. Thinking of the rumors, he was in a state of discomfort.

He hurriedly said, "My lord, although the villain's surname is Kong, he is not considered a member of the Kong family. Besides, you represent the court and His Majesty. Naturally, the villain must be loyal to the court and His Majesty. In the villain's heart, there is no one except the court and His Majesty!"

Xu Xianchun looked at Kong Shangli up and down and said with a tsk voice: "You guy didn't see it, you are still a talented person. If you hadn't met you here, you would really want to take you as my subordinate. But since you met you here, there are some things that are amazing."

"Sir, the villain knows that he is guilty, but the villain is willing to commit crimes and make meritorious service." Kong Shangli hurriedly said: "As long as the adult is willing to give the villain a chance, the villain must do his best for the adult."

Looking at Kong Shangli, who was clearly in pain and sweating coldly, but wanted to force himself to smile enviously and say such words, Xu Xianchun really didn't know what to say.

If this person reaches his subordinate, he will definitely be a qualified subordinate, or even an outstanding subordinate. At this moment, Xu Xianchun actually developed a love for talent.

"Don't say I didn't give you a chance," Xu Xianchun turned around and sat back, saying, "I'll ask you, who was instructed by you to embezzle disaster relief food?"

"Sir, do you need instructions to do this? Everyone does this." Kong Shangli said hurriedly.

After hearing this, Xu Xianchun raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "I originally thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be smart. At this time, I didn't tell the truth. Is it really easy to be a scam?"

"Sir, sir, I haven't finished speaking yet!" Kong Shangli said quickly: "After so many years, everyone has been doing this. As for whom he was instructed, there is nothing he would not be instructed."

"The people of the Kong family have established relationships. Which yamen in the Shandong government office does not have the Kong family? As long as the people of the Kong family are willing, there will be nothing they can't do, and it's just a matter of just one sentence."

"It's just some food for disaster relief. They just change it out and they can resell it at will. In this case, there is no instructing or not. This is a business that exists every year, and everyone has long been accustomed to it."

"So, is your business done for the Kong family?" Xu Xianchun said to Kong Shangli.

"Of course that's it." Kong Shangli nodded quickly and said, "With this ability of a villain, how dare you do such a thing on the ground in Shandong? Who would be willing to do such a thing with a villain? If there were no people from the Kong family behind him, the people from the Prince Lu's Mansion would have eaten me long ago."

Xu Xianchun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then have all the money you earned given to the Kong family?"

"This is the transaction of the Kong family." Kong Shangli said quickly: "I am just a shopkeeper and receive a fixed amount of wages every month. The money I earn will naturally be transported to the Kong family."

After hearing this, Xu Xianchun nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, these things are definitely not enough.

So Xu Xianchun continued to ask, "This time you have sold all your food to the White Lotus Sect. Do you know what the White Lotus Sect does?"

"Sir, the White Lotus Sect is a rebel of the court." Kong Shangli said hurriedly.

In fact, in Kong Shangli's heart, he had no idea what White Lotus Sect the grain was sold to. But this matter must be said, so he was going to hear what Xu Xianchun said.

"You may not know that these thieves dare to assassinate Your Majesty!"

"We have arrested some rebels. According to their confessions, all the food you resold for disaster relief was given to the White Lotus Sect, and they were used as military rations, preparing to rebel against the will of heaven. So you are already colluding with rebels and accomplices. Do you know what the charge is?"

After hearing this, Kong Shangli suddenly became panicked.

This is the crime of rebellion!

If this is tied to me, I will be done and no one in my family can survive.

"Sir, I have no idea about this matter at all. It was not done by villains!" Kong Shangli said quickly: "We just take the grain, then sell the grain and collect cash. As for where the grain comes from and who we sell it to, where do we servants know?" Kong Shangli said quickly.

"Who is the person in charge of this matter in the Kong family?" Xu Xianchun asked, sitting upright.

Kong Shangli was stunned.

Who is doing this?

It is Kong Shangsheng, the chief butler of the Kong family.

Kong Shangli hurriedly said, "Sir, Kong Shangsheng is doing this. He is the direct descendant of the Kong family, and it is not something that we little people can compare with."

"Kong Shangsheng?" Xu Xianchun said hesitantly: "What is this person in the Kong family?"

"Sir Hui is the manager of the Kong family's foreign government. All of us are under his control, and most of the business and land outside the Kong family are under his control, or his subordinates. In terms of relationship, he is the uncle of Yan Shenggong."

After hearing Kong Shangli's words, Xu Xianchun nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Not bad, you can serve the court sincerely, recognize your mistakes, and confess Kong Shangsheng, and do a good job. This is your contribution. I will report it back to see if you can relieve your guilt."

"Yes, sir." Kong Shangli said excitedly: "My little man thanks you for your life. In the future, as long as you have any instructions, the little man will do his best to do everything for you."

Xu Xianchun looked at Kong Shangli and said, "Take him down and let the doctor show him his injuries. Go back and prepare some delicious food to replenish him. By the way, remember to change to a prison cell and don't treat him badly."

His subordinates naturally knew what Xu Xianchun meant, so they hurriedly said, "Yes, sir, let's do it now."

When Kong Shangli was taken down, Xu Xianchun said, "I will be preparing to arrest people with me. This time I will catch Kong Shangsheng back."

"Sir, what name should I arrest you?" the subordinate said hesitantly: "We have no evidence of him reselling food at hand now."

"Reselling grain?" Xu Xianchun snorted coldly, went up and slapped his subordinates, and said, "Now I suspect that he is the White Lotus Sect, and intends to assassinate His Majesty and catch him back for trial."
Chapter completed!