My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

When Hu Gui heard this, he immediately knew that Chang An was not framing him, and this punishment might be more than that.

"Does this method really work?"

"Sure." Chang An nodded. "How about I follow you, Mr. Hu, to set up the place later?"

"Okay, but your method can't be too detrimental to nature." Hu Gui nodded in agreement, but out of concern, he still mentioned it.

"No problem, as long as he confesses, it won't be considered as hurting Tianhe, right?" Chang An said with a smile.

......

After arranging everything, Chang An asked, "Can I go back now?"

"Okay." Hu Gui nodded. Anyway, the matter has not been told to the emperor yet. If he asks, just say it is still under trial. Anyway, it is a false accusation, so just wait a few more days and see.

"Young friend Chang, just go to the prince's class as usual. As for the false accusation, I will help you arrange it. I will also send someone to inform Madam Gu, so don't worry."

Chang An smiled and said, "In that case, I'll trouble you, Mr. Hu."

"No trouble." Hu Gui said, and then instructed the constable:

"You, take this prisoner to that chair and tie him up. Find a basin, make a hole in it and put it on that shelf."

"Yes!"

After seeing that there was nothing for him to do, Chang An turned around and left. Today, he did not have a sedan chair, so he could only walk to the Prince's Palace alone.

But halfway through his journey, he was spotted by Li Linfu, who was on his way to court. Li Linfu's eyes fixed, then he shook his head and continued walking towards the Xuanzheng Hall.

Chang An walked to the Prince's Palace. Li Ying was also a little surprised and asked, "Chang Yonghe? Why are you late today?"

"It's nothing, I was just thrown dirty water again." Chang An waved his hand, picked up the tea on the table, and asked, "Is this cup mine?"

"Yes......"

But before he could finish his words, Chang An drank it all in one gulp, which made Li Ying's eyelids twitch.

At this time, Chang An finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Li Ying's strange expression, he asked, "What's wrong, Your Highness? Why do you look so bad? Are you feeling unwell?"

Li Ying shook her head like a rattle and said, "It's okay, I'm not sick, I'm healthy, I can listen to two more lessons, yes."

Chang An was immediately confused and asked, "What happened?"

"You..." Li Ying raised her hand and pointed at the teacup in Chang An's hand, and said with a complicated expression: "The cup you drank from is mine..."

Chang An paused for a moment, then looked around quickly—no one was there, so he put down the cup and said:

"We are all brothers. Even if we can't be in the same robe, we still have to drink the same cup of tea and the same glass of wine."

Li Ying was stunned, her cheeks suddenly turned red, and after two dry coughs, she said, "You should save these words for Madam Gu. I don't have that kind of preference."

"Go away, go away. Believe it or not, I will give you two more homework assignments today?!" Chang An said with an attitude of a "strict teacher".

"No, no, no! We are all brothers, it shouldn't be that serious." Li Ying quickly laughed and said.

Chang An was speechless, and then Li Ying asked: "By the way, what did you just say about being splashed with dirty water?"

"Well, didn't I send that monk Mingwu to the Dali Temple some time ago?" Chang An explained, "Then that monk Mingwu was killed, and the person who killed him was arrested on the spot."

"Then early this morning, Mr. Hu brought people to arrest me, saying that I was the mastermind behind the incident. So I went there first."

Li Ying was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "Those good-for-nothings! Can't you see that this is a false accusation?"

"What happened next? Why did you come back so soon?"

Chang An said, "Then, I revealed his true colors with just one sentence, which made his accusation fall apart. In fact, it was because this fool was careless and blurted out everything."

"Then Mr. Hu was so angry that he took him directly to the torture room to continue questioning him."

"Well, I think Mr. Hu's direct torture is a bit mild, so I suggested a method to him, the drip torture." Chang An said.

Li Ying frowned slightly and asked, "Dripping punishment? What is dripping punishment?"

Chang An explained the punishment of dripping, and then asked: "Your Highness, don't you know what the punishment of dripping is? Isn't this a punishment that has existed since the Shang and Zhou dynasties?"

Li Ying shook his head and said, "Most of the tortures in the Shang and Zhou dynasties were against the harmony of nature and human ethics, so most of them were not circulated. The dripping punishment you mentioned should have been eliminated, right?"

"That's fine. It should only be used this time anyway." Chang An nodded and said.

Li Ying said at this time: "It's you again. Last time you lit the sky lantern, and this time it's the dripping punishment. Do you tinker with these things every day? Who are you going to use them to deal with?"

Chang An shrugged and said, "It's better to hold it in hand just in case than to have no way to deal with it."

Li Ying nodded in agreement this time and said, "True, but we can't be too defensive, right? Last time you lit the sky lantern of Quan Chubi, even now, many ministers in the court still scold you for 'harming the harmony of heaven and earth'."

"Don't hurt Tianhe but Yonghe." Chang An snorted coldly and said, "Don't advise others to be good without experiencing their suffering. Don't speak ill of others without knowing their affairs."

"Only those corrupt scholars, their wives are lost, and they still cry and beg His Majesty to make a decision. They can't save their own wives, so they say that what others have done is against the will of heaven, bah!"

Li Ying listened to Chang An's scolding and agreed very much: "You are right."

"Those guys are just good at talking. Who knows, one day your wife might be robbed and you'll have to swallow your anger and marry someone else."

Li Ying said this not because he knew that Li Qing's wife would be taken away by his own father in the future, but because such things were not uncommon in Chang'an City.

"By the way, how long will it take to get the result of the torture you mentioned?" Li Ying brought the topic back to the interrogation of the prisoner.

Chang An thought for a moment and said, "It will probably take four or five days. The water used is sugar water."

This kind of sugar is certainly not the white sugar washed by Chang'an himself, but the raw sugar that can be found everywhere outside. It is black and has a high sugar content. Once the sugar water is dissolved, it is very sticky.

It is now July, the hottest time of the year, and it may not get cooler in August, not to mention that this year is hotter than in previous years. In this case, the sugar water dripped on the wound will not only accelerate the rotting of the wound, but also attract insects to bite the wound.

This kind of pain is a double torture of physical and mental, which is not something that ordinary people can endure.

When Li Ying heard this, she blurted out: "You are so cruel."

"It's just so-so, third in the world." Chang An waved his hand pretending to be "modest". "In fact, the whole punishment can last for about two or three years. The prisoners are fed and well-nourished every day, and in the end, they will be in so much pain that they wish they were dead."

"No, you have improved the lighting of the sky lantern, and now you have also improved the dripping punishment. If you are sent to fight, you will be the second Bai Qi, the butcher." Li Ying said.

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking about this." Chang An picked up the ruler at this time, "We've talked so much, but today's work is not yet finished. I'll speed up and try to finish the get out of class on time."

"no problem!"

......

It was past midnight, and Gu Li was sitting in his and Chang An's room, tapping the table with his golden fan in annoyance. Chang Qi and Chang Qi went out to check for an hour or two, but found nothing.

Although someone from the Dali Temple told her some time ago that Chang An was indeed falsely accused, she was still upset about who was slandering her lover.

I just stayed at home, taking care of all the things at home. I only knew the old ministers who had a good relationship with me in Chang'an. Then there were Wang Wei and Li Weihao, and there were no more.

Just when I was getting annoyed, Chang An's voice came from the door: "Mother Gu, I'm back."

Gu Li immediately raised his head, all the dissatisfaction in his heart was swept away, and he shouted happily: "Chang Lang! You are back!"

She threw away her fan, held her belly, and ran forward, hugged him, and murmured happily: "Chang Lang really came back soon!"

"So, when has your Chang Lang ever lied to you?" Chang An touched her face with a smile, and then Gu Li stood on tiptoes and took the initiative to give Chang An a kiss.

"By the way, is Chang Lang okay?"

Chang An shook his head and replied, "It's okay."

"Who framed Chang Lang? Does Chang Lang know about it? I'll let Sister Qi and Sister Qi teach them a lesson!" Gu Li asked again at this time, clenching his white fists and waving them as if he was going to hit someone.

Chang An helped Gu Li sit down at the low table and said, "We don't know today, but we should know in four or five days. But if he can't hold on, three or four days will be enough."

"Four or five more days?" Gu Li counted on his fingers and said, "Doesn't that mean it will be the end of the month?"

"It's okay, he will tell you. Even if he doesn't, we still have a way to make him tell it himself." Chang An said.

"okay."

Gu Li nodded, then thought for a moment and asked, "How did Chang Lang prove his innocence?"

"This is very simple, it's just a matter of one sentence." Chang An smiled and tapped Gu Li's nose, saying, "At that time, I pretended that I was really the mastermind behind the scenes and shouted, 'You evil beast, you even betrayed me.' Then he acted out his trick and said, 'I'm sorry, Duke Kangguo.'"

After hearing this, Gu Li covered his mouth and laughed, saying, "But in my family, we all call him Marquis or Young Master. This person is so stupid."

"So now this person has been taken away by Mr. Hu and put back in the torture room to be tortured."

"But ordinary punishment may not be effective for him."

"But Mr. Hu used the punishment I suggested, so that person will definitely confess." Chang An smiled and said.

"The punishment Chang Lang imagined is so terrible..."