Before Zhao Huan could speak, Li Bangyan fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Li Bangyan, has failed to educate his son. I was truly unaware of this matter. If it was truly that little bastard who committed this crime, I beg Your Majesty to punish him severely and without mercy!"

"Dad!" Li Xiaoyi next to him felt something was wrong.

"Shut up, you little bastard." Li Bangyan said in a low voice.

What a jerk! Zhao Huan thought to himself. Before I could punish him, Li Bangyan had already done something righteous and killed his own family. Humph, but it's still too late. If I let you go now, Li Bangyan, it will be difficult to deal with you later.

"Li Bangyan, you are the current Shaozai. You allowed your son to commit a crime. Considering your contributions to the Song Dynasty, I will strip you of your position as the Right Prime Minister and ask you to reflect on your mistakes at home."

At this point, Li Bangyan had nothing else to say: "Your Majesty, Li Bangyan obeys your order!"

Old Man Jin was so stunned that he couldn't speak. How could he have imagined that the official in the hall before him was actually the current emperor.

Zhao Huan slammed the gavel and said, "Li Xiaoyi, you forcibly abducted a woman. You raped and then killed Jin Cui Lian. Do you plead guilty?"

Li Xiaoyi refused to admit it: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am innocent, innocent. I was about to marry Jin Cui Lian as my concubine, why would I kill her?"

Zhao Huan picked up the gold button on the table and sneered, "You said you didn't kill her, so why did the deceased Jin Cui Lian have a button from your body in her hand?"

Li Xiaoyi hurriedly touched his body and found that the button on his collar was missing. His eyes rolled and he knew that he was doomed. He jumped up and grabbed Li Bangyan's neck: "Don't come over here, I will strangle anyone who comes over."

Zhao Huan was overjoyed. "You unfilial son!" he thought. "I wish I could strangle Li Bangyan to death." But he pretended to be concerned. "Li Xiaoyi, what do you want to do?"

Li Bangyan was being held hostage by his own son, and he couldn't help but feel angry and furious: "Little bastard, are you tired of living?"

Li Xiaoyi was going to die anyway, so there was nothing else to worry about. He immediately ignored everything and laughed, "Humph, who the hell is that Jin Cui Lian? Is she worthy of entering my Li family? I wanted to kill her that night, but who knew she looked so coquettish? Humph, it would be a waste if I didn't play with her."

Li Bangyan was furious: "You little bastard, you..."

Li Xiaoyi was like a madman: "Dad, you are a coward in everything. What's going on now? The emperor still wants to kill our Li family. We should have listened to Deng Gui in the beginning."

"Shut up!" Li Bangyan almost fainted.

It's said that brains are a good thing, but unfortunately Li Xiaoyi doesn't have one. This idiot said everything.

Zhao Huan had originally planned to sit back and watch, waiting to see if Li Xiaoyi could finally take on Li Bangyan. But upon hearing the name Deng Gui, he immediately ordered Zhan Yunpeng, "Capture him alive!"

Zhan Yunpeng slashed at Li Xiaoyi with a backhanded palm. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaoyi was still quite skilled and held out his left hand to block. Zhan Yunpeng then grabbed his wrist, and Li Xiaoyi released his grip on Li Bangyan's right hand, and the two began to fight.

Although Li Xiaoyi was skilled in martial arts, he was addicted to alcohol and women. How could he be a match for Zhan Yunpeng? After just a few rounds, Zhan Yunpeng captured Li Xiaoyi.

"Li Bangyan, who exactly is this Deng Gui?" Zhao Huan asked.

Li Bangyan's face changed drastically: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I don't know what this little beast is talking about."

Zhao Huan smiled. Since Li Bangyan refused to speak, then he would stop there. He would torture Li Xiaoyi severely. Who would be afraid that he would not confess?

"Come here! Send Li Bangyan back to the mansion. And take this Li Xiaoyi to the prison and keep him under strict guard!" Zhao Huan wanted to throw the sticks in the stick box on the table to satisfy his desire. So he stood up, pulled out a green stick from the stick box and threw it on the ground: "Dismiss!"

Green-headed slips were used to arrest criminals, while red-headed slips were used for torture. At that moment, many people had gathered at the yamen, making it difficult to interrogate the suspect. This made Zhao Huan very unhappy. He had originally planned to give Li Xiaoyi a beating to vent his anger.

A group of guards escorted Li Xiaoyi out. Li Xiaoyi panicked and kept shouting, "Dad, save me. Save me, Dad!"

Li Bangyan could hardly save himself at this time, so how could he have the time to save this unfilial son?

Zhao Huan finished speaking and walked down the hall. He walked over to Zhan Yunpeng and whispered, "Send the guards to surround Prime Minister Li's residence. Don't allow Li Bangyan to take even a single step out of it."

"As you wish."

Zhao Huan went over and helped Old Man Jin up. "Second Brother Jin, I am the current emperor, Emperor Zhao Huan. I will definitely make the decision for you and have Li Xiaoyi beheaded in public."

Old man Jin was so excited that he couldn't speak, and he just wiped his tears with his sleeves.

Zhao Huan raised his head and walked slowly out of the yamen.

"Get going!"

The common people outside had already knelt on the ground, and Zhao Huan suddenly felt that being a good emperor was quite refreshing.

After the emperor and his guards left, the yamen runners huddled together and breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor hadn't punished them, and their entire family's lives were saved.

Zhan Yunpeng was the last to leave. He pulled out a purse from his pocket and tossed it to Old Man Jin: "Take it. Bury your daughter properly."

The prison was a huge prison, especially the torture chamber, which was a place where one could live a life worse than death.

Li Xiaoyi's hands were tied to a wooden stake, and the jailer was whipping him with a cowhide whip.

The case that the emperor ordered to be investigated strictly could not afford any mistakes. Wu Ge sat aside and sipped his tea slowly, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

"Ah! Ah~!" Li Xiaoyi was in excruciating pain as the whip hit his body.

Finally, it was almost over. Wu Ge waved his hand, and the jailer stopped beating.

Li Xiaoyi was covered in blood and his shirt was torn into strips.

Wu Ge slowly approached and said, "This is just an appetizer. Li Xiaoyi, you will inevitably be sentenced to death. As long as you tell me the relationship between Deng Gui and your Li family, I can make your death more painful."

Li Xiaoyi knew that he was doomed anyway. If he betrayed Deng Gui, the Li family would be finished. Although he was terrified, he gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Wu Ge wasn't in a hurry; they had plenty of options. As he'd said, whipping was just an appetizer for the Heavenly Prison. Those who'd experienced the torture afterwards felt that compared to this place, hell was heaven.

"Li Xiaoyi, the things you have done are not enough to deserve chopping off your head a hundred times. But you should also know that since the day this prison was built, no one has been able to refuse to confess." Wu Ge smiled sinisterly.

Li Xiaoyi's mouth twitched, and he said weakly: "It's all going to be death anyway, so feel free to use whatever tricks you have."

Wu Ge clapped his hands and said, "I admire you. What I admire most in my life is men. However, many people who come here say the same thing as you, and in the end they all beg for death. The emperor has already issued an order to remove Li Bangyan from his position. Your Li family is finished. I advise you to confess as soon as possible to avoid suffering."

Wu Ge brought over a pair of splints and waved them in front of Li Xiaoyi: "Let's start with the simplest of the eighteen tortures. So, let's try this splint first? Come on, help Master Li put on the splint!"

"Ah! Ah..." The screams continued.

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