Hidden in the court

Chapter 122 1 code returns to 1 code

As if he had accepted his fate, he just mechanically answered: "During my tenure... I embezzled and accepted bribes worth more than 10 million taels. It is not a pity to die..."

Li Yi snorted coldly when he heard this, "Then may I ask about your business, and the merchants you cooperate with, are they all related to King Jin?"

The prefect remained silent.

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Since you don't want to talk about it, let's meet your family first."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Jinling prefect's eyelids suddenly raised.

"You...you guys!"

Without paying attention to what he said, the jailer opened the door and three old, weak, women and children were driven in, standing aside trembling.

The three were all acquaintances, his mother, wife and son. He didn't say anything, but when he saw his mother again, he understood that Ji Mingshang didn't kill his mother at all, so he could rest assured, so he chose to keep silent again.

"What is the prefect going to say?"

Li Yi asked with narrowed eyes, but the only response he got was still silence with eyes tightly closed.

"Oh~ I understand. Someone, come and help the young master try the nail board."

The son was pulled to his father's side, turned over and lay on the ground. A jailer picked up a wooden stick full of nails from the corner of the wall.

As expected, the son started crying again, begging for mercy and calling for his father.

"Stop! Marquis Jiang Ning has already promised to let my family go. How can you still be so dishonest?"

Finally, the Jinling prefect couldn't help himself and spoke.

Li Yi didn't take it seriously, "My lord, please don't make a mistake. It was Marquis Jiangning who said to let your family go. What does it have to do with me?

Let's put it one way or another. He let you go because you were corrupt and abused your power. I didn't ask you about this. Keep fighting."

The jailer swung the nail board in his hand down, piercing into the flesh, and when he pulled it out again, some blood and flesh would always come out.

"Ahhh-"

Until his buttocks were torn apart and there was no trace of intactness left.

He waved his hand again to signal the jailers, who immediately stepped forward, tied the man up, and fixed him on the rack. The jailer walked aside again, picked up a whip, and waved it in front of everyone.

"Snapped--"

With a crack of the whip, the whip hit the prisoner's body fiercely, making a dull sound. The son tied to the rack screamed and his body trembled violently. The jailer was unmoved and continued to swing the whip in his hand, whipping him again and again.

The screams of the young man and the sound of whips echoed in the cell, like a mournful symphony. The jailers around Li Yi watched this scene expressionlessly, as if they were used to it.

In this gloomy and terrifying prison, interrogation and torture always make the prisoners feel endless pain and despair, which is a psychological attack.

Hearing his son's screams, the Jinling prefect, who had been silent for a long time, actually laughed strangely.

“Hahaha, fight…fight…”

At this moment, Li Yi suddenly asked everyone to stop and stared at the man with suspicion.

"Sir Prefect, what do you want to teach me?" Li Yi asked in a normal tone.

The Jinling prefect had a sinister smile on his face, which was particularly presumptuous:

"Fight, keep fighting...

You can never defeat him because you are too soft-hearted and can't do it. You guys will never have the courage to kill someone, not only you, but also Ji Mingshang..."

"you!"

When the jailer who was carrying out the flogging heard such provocative words, he became so angry that his face turned red. He swung the whip in his hand even more fiercely, hitting the magistrate's son hard.

However, Li Yi realized the deeper meaning of the words and hurriedly stopped the jailer.

"Everyone, get out first!" Li Yi ordered loudly.

"Sir, we are all gone. What if he does something bad to you?" a jailer said worriedly.

Li Yi glared at him impatiently and asked, "He's been beaten up like this, can he still jump up and beat me up?"

Soon, only Li Yi and the prefect of Jinling were left in Old Fanglin.

"Sir, please speak. There are only two of us here."

The Jinling prefect did not answer in a hurry, but looked at Li Yi solemnly, "I want you to keep my family safe!"

Feeling his determination, Li Yi naturally lost his playful smile and answered solemnly.

"It's natural!"

"I also want you to vindicate me!"

Hearing this, Li Yi frowned, "This is not something I can decide, and it is a fact that you are corrupt, so it depends on what you can say."

The Jinling prefect stared at her for a long time, sighed deeply, nodded resignedly, and began to tell the story: "This is a long story, and it has to start from when I took office a few years ago. When I first arrived in Jinling, officials and merchants from all over Jinling came to my door. Some gave me money, some wanted to make friends, and some wanted to cooperate. I am not someone who claims to be honest, and what these people did is harmless to the people. I have collected all the money that should be collected, and I have given all the conveniences that should be given.

Later I discovered some problems. No matter how these people’s business is, most of the money and goods will flow into Jin State in the end, even if these businesses are not as profitable as those in the south…”

"That's it, what else?"

While listening to his statement, Li Yi quickly recorded the confession. When he heard the last sentence, he had just finished writing the last word.

She nodded noncommittally, put down her pen and asked.

"That's all I know. I don't know anything else. Maybe you can check according to the list I mentioned." The Jinling prefect said calmly.

Li smiled and nodded to express his gratitude, then turned around and walked out of the torture room in a hurry, his steps brisk and firm.

After leaving the torture chamber, Li Yi went straight to find his father without any pause. Along the way, he was extremely excited because this big thing seemed to be much easier to solve than he had imagined.

She saw her father Li Chi sitting at the desk, so she walked over and slammed the paper on the table.

"Everything has been confessed. These are the lists. You can check them!"

Li Chi stood up suddenly, staring at his daughter's face, looking left and right, with a strange expression, and finally shook his head helplessly: "If I had known it was so simple, I wouldn't have asked you to come here. Why would a girl go to the prison every day?"

Li Yi blinked mischievously and replied with a smile: "Dad, the results have already been found out! Besides, I am just trying to relieve your worries."

Li Chi sighed helplessly, but a hint of relief flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, now that the matter has been resolved, let's go home early. Don't go to the prison all the time. It's not good if people see you." Li Chi instructed.

"Don't worry, Dad. I will pay attention." Li Yi nodded obediently and agreed, then turned and left, feeling particularly happy.