On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Hou Chun's expression was tense, with a hint of cruelty on his face. "Prince, should we lead the troops to surround the Suo Mansion? What if Suo Liwen escapes?"

"Run? Ha, where are you going?" Lin Zhen sneered, "What you know, Murong Yan must know too. I guess the Imperial Guards have already taken Suo Liwen away by now."

"Then we should keep an eye on his family. We can't just do nothing, right?"

"Although a cunning rabbit has three burrows, the incident happened suddenly, and Murong Yan didn't give Suo Liwen any chance to react. His family must have been taken back to the Ministry of Justice. There's no way they could have escaped."

"Prince, is the Suo family finished?"

"Not necessarily. Although Suo Liwen committed a serious crime, if he reported other corrupt officials, he might be able to save his life. After all, His Majesty is reluctant to kill those old ministers."

"Your Majesty is so indecisive. If it were me, I would just kill all the corrupt officials and restore peace and order to the world!"

"Hahahaha." Lin Zhen smiled and patted Hou Chun's shoulder: "So you can only be my bodyguard."

"I..." Hou Chun's face fell instantly, like Cai Kunkun being scolded in front of a chicken: "Are you saying that I am not capable of such a big responsibility?"

"It's not your fault. With your experience and knowledge, you haven't thought about what happens after killing everyone. Let me put it this way, corrupt officials have existed since ancient times, and they are endless, but why has no emperor ever resorted to the simple and brutal method of killing everyone?"

Lin Zhen was in a good mood today, especially when he saw the white legs of the two sleeping beauties, he was in an even better mood, so he talked a few more words with Hou Chun.

"The main reasons are power vacuum and institutional problems. If a large number of corrupt officials were purged overnight, a power vacuum would be created in a short period of time. The normal operation of the court institutions depends on the personnel in various positions fulfilling their duties. The sudden loss of a large number of personnel would throw many administrative affairs and public services into chaos."

"Secondly, there will be social panic and a crisis of trust. This extreme approach will trigger social panic. The people may develop excessive suspicion and distrust of the entire imperial system, believing that there are huge problems with the court's governance system. Moreover, this panic may spread to the economic sphere, affecting market confidence, leading to negative consequences such as reduced merchant investment and price fluctuations."

Hou Chun was stunned: "Sir, your system is in crisis all the time, I don't understand."

"Forget it if you don't understand. Look, starting today, the imperial court will probably be undergoing a major purge."

"Why?" Hou Chun looked confused.

"Your Majesty will not let senior official Lian Qiang go. He will definitely extract the names of more corrupt officials from him so that he can profit from them. She is almost crazy about money now."

Hou Chun became even more confused.

"Prince, didn't you just say that His Majesty wouldn't kill them all?"

Lin Zhen nodded calmly, as if it were a matter of course. "Yes, Your Majesty won't take action against other corrupt officials, but it is still necessary to seize their illegal gains. If you want your life, hand over the money. Then we'll do what needs to be done. It's that simple."

Knowing that Hou Chun wouldn't understand if he talked too much, Lin Zhen decided to end the conversation: "Arrange more people to keep an eye on the officials from the Gu family faction, and don't interfere in other matters. Just wait and see."

"Yes."

Hou Chun left in a hurry, his eyes fixed on the ground, not daring to look in the direction of Liu Shuyao.

Lin Zhen looked at the sun rising in the distance, with a smile of watching the fight between tigers from the mountain.

"The sky is going to change."

......

Lian Qiang was taken back to the Dali Temple overnight.

Song Li, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, is Gu Yunting's man, but now Murong Yan has made up her mind and no one can plead for Lian Qiang.

As long as Lian Qiang wants to survive, he must reveal enough information, otherwise he will be in a dilemma between life and death.

There have never been any good men and women in the yamen, including in later generations.

Whether they were yamen runners, legal advisors, or judges, they had all received professional training and knew how to inflict the most painful beatings when no external injuries could be detected.

Basically, there is nothing they can't find out, and there is nothing we can do to them afterwards.

Lin Zhen once saw a yamen runner carrying out an execution.

First, three books are placed on the prisoner's chest, and then a short stick as thick as a baby's arm is used to hit him hard. This way, there will be no external injuries, but the prisoner will be left with a life worse than death.

There is also waterboarding, which is also a common interrogation method.

The prisoner lay on the execution chair, a towel covering his mouth and nose, and water was poured into his mouth. He would choke if he tried to breathe, but not breathing was also unacceptable. The most terrifying thing was the pepper spray... A single choke would make him want to die.

Solitary confinement is also a harsh method, and it is the only punishment recognized by all countries. However, this method works well for ordinary people, but it is of little use for professional killers or lonely people.

And... forget it, I don’t want to talk about it anymore.

But Lin Zhen can tell everyone responsibly that solitary confinement is definitely not as simple as imagined. Many people would rather be beaten than be put in solitary confinement. There are even authoritative organizations that say that solitary confinement for more than seven days can result in death.

......

At noon when the morning light was bright, Liu Shuyao woke up slowly with a soft but somewhat helpless sneeze.

“Hehe!”

She gently rubbed her small and straight nose and slowly sat up straight. An inexplicable sadness and fatigue instantly swept over her body, as if every cell was telling about the length and discomfort of the night.

She gathered herself and was shocked to find herself still in the pavilion outside her bedroom door. She slammed the stone table in anger, "Bang! How ridiculous! I was made to sleep here all night!"

After saying that, she sneezed violently again: "Ha!"

Damn it, I must have a cold.

Damn Lin Zhen, sooner or later I will make you die on my belly!

Liu Shuyao cursed inwardly and poked Xiao Cui, who was sleeping beside her, in dissatisfaction: "You lazy pig, you're still sleeping! No one is paying attention to us!"

Xiao Cui was awakened by the poke, and blinked dazedly at Liu Shuyao: "Miss, who ignored us?"

"Who else could it be? Lin Zhen!" Liu Shuyao said unhappily.

"Ah?" Xiao Cui suddenly realized what was going on when she heard Lin Zhen's name. She asked anxiously, "What should we do, Miss? We've dressed like this, but Lin Zhen still isn't interested!"

"Humph, I don't believe it. He was anxious to sleep with Huanbi yesterday. Let's see who you sleep with today!"

"Let's go, we'll come back tonight!"

Liu Shuyao, with her long legs, led Xiao Cui to her own room. Along the way, she shouted at a man who stopped by, "What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I'll dig out your eyes!"

"Bastard!" An angry shout shook the air.

Liu Shuyao's eyes were a little blurry due to the cold night. When she looked carefully, it was Lin Zhenxian!

Lin Zhenxian was furious, his beard standing on end. He pointed a trembling finger at Liu Shuyao and Xiao Cui: "What are you doing dressed like this? Are you thinking about men again? Why did my grandson marry a lowly woman like you? Come here!"

"Here!" the two guards shouted.

Upon hearing this, Liu Shuyao was terrified, her face pale, her knees weakened, and she immediately fell to the ground, begging for mercy in a trembling voice: "Grandfather, please calm down! I know I'm wrong."

Seeing this, Xiao Cui hurriedly knelt beside Liu Shuyao, tears welling up in her eyes, but she could only sob and dared not say anything.

Lin Zhenxian was so angry that his face turned ashen. He put one hand on his waist and pointed at the two women on the ground, shouting angrily, "Come here, take these two shameless bitches out and parade them through the streets!"

"Yes!" The guards responded and prepared to move forward.

"Grandfather!" Liu Shuyao burst into tears in despair upon seeing this, her voice filled with endless pleading: "Grandfather, please have mercy! If my grandson's wife is paraded through the streets dressed like this, how can she still have the face to live in this world!"

Xiao Cui cried even more sadly, her tears rolling down like beads from a broken string, but she still didn't dare to make a sound.

Lin Zhenxian was furious, her face flushed red. "How dare you cry? As the young lady of the royal palace, you dress worse than a prostitute. How can you be so shameless?"

After he finished speaking, he turned his sharp gaze towards the two stunned guards and shouted, "What are you still doing standing here? Do you really want me to do it myself?"

"Yes!"