I want to ruin the country

After Ma Yu was arrested, Wang Jindou publicly tried his case.

Even though Ma Yu was usually very dissatisfied and indignant, when he was really in the court, the yamen runners on both sides shouted and slammed the water and fire sticks to the ground, and Ma Yu was scared to death!

He is not stupid. His backer is Qi Ying. Now that his backer has fallen, what else can he rely on!

Just say whatever you want to say. You will get hurt whether you stick your head out or not. It's better to be single and suffer less physical pain!

Wang Jindou was asking questions at the top, and Ma Yu was saying at the bottom that each case took three days to try!

Even though Ma Yudu admitted his guilt, the key point is that he couldn't remember some of the cases. Who knows whether he did it himself?

In the end, Ma Yu's legs couldn't bear it anymore.

"Sir Wang, I handled all these cases. Don't ask me about them one by one. Just write them down and I'll sign them!"

Wang Jindou sneered,

"Even if you plead guilty, I will examine you thoroughly. Executing without instruction is not my style!"

Ma Yu thought that he was going to die anyway, so he might as well just accept it!

But Wang Jindou can't do that, these cases must be sealed and kept!

When it comes to matters concerning human lives, there must be no fault to be found at any time!

Otherwise, if the censors impeach you for taking human life lightly, you may not even be able to keep your head!

The case became bigger and bigger during the trial, and several other evil young men were dragged into the case. Ma Yu himself could not survive, so how could he save them?

They have done a lot of bad things together over the years. They are really grasshoppers on the same rope. You can't escape and he can't jump!

Wang Jindou had a headache. His main task was to try Qi Ying's case of treason. But now he hadn't done the main task yet, and this mess seemed to be endless!

I have no choice but to come and see the emperor!

"Your Majesty, this case is getting more and more complicated, and more and more people are being involved. Even many officials of Shuntian Prefecture have been implicated. If this continues, I'm afraid it will never be resolved!"

Yining Road,

"They committed evil in the capital. Without the tolerance and protection of Shuntian Prefecture, how could they have achieved such great success?

Even if the Shuntian Prefecture governor didn't accept the stolen property, he should be beheaded for dereliction of duty. Arrest whoever is involved. If you can't do anything about it, come and tell me, and I will take care of it for you!

Wang Jindou grinned,

"Your Majesty has ordered me to investigate Qi Ying's case of treason!"

Yining comforted him,

"You can try both cases at the same time! Find some time to have a trial with Qi Ying. He definitely won't confess so easily. Then take him back and lock him up for two days, and then you can continue trying these cases!

Why not re-examine Qi Ying in a couple of days and then come back to try this case?"

Wang Jindou asked

"Your Majesty, you are not anxious about this serious case of treason?"

Yining laughed and said,

"Haha, isn't it just about taking care of his meals for a few more days? I can still afford it!"

Wang Jindou's eyes widened.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to conduct the trial for fun?"

Yining shook his head.

"I didn't say that. If Qi Ying doesn't say anything during the trial, you can give him a few dozen lashes.

Don't beat him to death. Wait a couple of days until he feels better, then we can continue beating him. What do you think?"

When Wang Jindou saw the emperor's smiling face, he felt a chill in his heart. My emperor, you are going to torture Qi Ying to death!

You know what, Yining thought so too. Qi Ying was locked up inside, and he could do nothing outside without being delayed. It was like a pot of porridge, so he could just cook it slowly!

With the emperor's order, Wang Jindou knew what to do and took on both cases at the same time.

On this day, the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Censorate jointly tried Qi Ying.

When he arrived at the lobby, Qi Ying was not afraid at all. He knew that the emperor had no direct evidence, Lianxin was already dead, Mu Zhang'a could not come out to testify against him, and Senglinqin did not know that he had asked Lianxin to assassinate the emperor.

At this point, even Senglinqin would not admit what they had conspired together, so Qi Ying made up his mind to fight to the end!

Leniency for confessing, life imprisonment, severity for resisting, go home for the New Year!

After asking for a long time, Qi Ying kept repeating the same thing over and over again, and refused to admit anything. Finally, Wang Jindou threw down a bamboo stick.

"Give him thirty lashes!"

In this era, beating with a stick and using a pair of tongs are common practices during interrogations. Even if a prisoner is beaten to death in the hall, the presiding judge will not compensate you!

However, beating with a stick requires some knowledge. If you bribe the bailiff who is carrying out the execution, the sound of his beating with the stick can be heard two miles away. But the wound will only be a minor one and will heal in a few days!

If you don't have any connections, the noise from their boards when they hit you is muffled. Your injuries may not look serious on the outside, but they can still break your body inside. The yamen runners make gray income by relying on this!

The two yamen runners who beat Qi Ying today were not very cruel. The "crackling" sound was quite loud, but it did not feel painful to the bone.

Qi Ying thought to himself, someone must have given him money, could it be Mu Zhang?

How could he know that this was all Wang Jindou's order. He was afraid that if Qi Ying was beaten badly in one go, they would save the fight for next time!

In fact, even superficial injuries are unbearable, and feeling better is just a relative term.

Qi Ying was locked up and had no access to any news from the outside world. He only knew that his house had been ransacked. As for what happened to his family members, the eunuchs and guards who were guarding him didn't say a word!

He thought these people were after his money, but he didn't know that the Iraqi defense had already issued an order that anyone who spoke to Qi Ying would be beheaded!

If a fly flies in, the person on duty will be beheaded!

Of course, there were no flies at this time of year, so Iraq's defense was changed to rats.

"Forget about people, if even a mouse goes in there, you'd better watch out for your own brains!"

Everyone knows that this is a crime of treason, who would dare to take it lightly?

So, even if Qi Ying wanted to know something, it was wishful thinking!

These people did not abuse him, nor did they beat or scold him, and they gave him food and water in a timely manner.

Even so, Qi Ying's crime was serious.

Take the prison for example. Since it never sees sunlight all year round, it is dark and damp. Moss has grown in the corners of the walls and there is a musty smell. If it were just like this, it would be fine!

Since the Ming Dynasty, this cell has held hundreds or even thousands of prisoners. All prisoners were beaten with sticks, and injuries were inevitable. Injuries would cause bleeding, suppuration, and sores.

In order to prevent prisoners from digging tunnels to escape, the prison floor was paved with large bluestone strips.

Some wheat straw, rice straw, etc. were laid on the stones to serve as the bed. These beddings had long been soaked with blood and pus from who knows who, and their colors had changed. They were neither black nor red, and the smell was terrible. There were plenty of lice and fleas in them.