Chapter 109 Born to be cannon fodder
Hu Er had fainted and didn't know anything, but the prefect was shocked.
He just hoped that after Hu Er's matter was over, Prince Qi would not turn around and point the knife at him.
If the whip hit him, he felt it would be more painful than stabbing him in the neck.
After one whip, Hu Er woke up, and the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling could be heard ten miles away.
Qi Muzhao frowned and patted his ears, saying impatiently, "It's so noisy."
Someone with good sense immediately stepped forward and covered Hu Er's mouth.
Before the rag was stuffed in, Hu Er screamed, "I confess, I confess, I confess everything."
The Saibu man glanced at Qi Muchao, and seeing no sign of emotion from him, he immediately understood and stuffed the rag into Hu Er's mouth without hesitation.
No matter how hard you try, you still have to endure the punishment you deserve.
A yamen runner who came in from outside quietly moved to the side of the prefect and whispered, "Sir, Minister Yan from the Ministry of Justice is here."
Why are there so many huge Buddha statues in his small temple?
The magistrate was so worried that he almost let all the hair fall out.
Why did Minister Yan come to him? "Did he say what he came for?"
The yamen runner replied, "They said they came here because of Hu Er's matter."
This is really a series of bad things happening one after another.
After hesitating for a moment, the prefect moved in front of Qi Muchao and said, "Your Highness, Minister Yan is here too. Look..."
He paused, looked at Hu Er, and reminded him, "How about we deal with this guy first?"
I heard that Minister Yan is a very stubborn person. He does things in a very rigid manner and has no idea how to adapt.
If he saw Hu Er's appearance, he would definitely report them for lynching.
Prince Qi didn't care. After all, His Majesty's favoritism towards him was obvious to all. But he was different. A small fry like him was born to be cannon fodder.
But Qi Muchao didn't even raise his eyelids, "No need."
The prefect: “…”
Of course you don't need it, but he didn't dare to confront Qi Muchao at this time, so he could only wave his hand helplessly, "Forget it, go and invite the person in."
Yan Mingchang arrived soon. He was not surprised at all when he saw Qi Muchao. He just frowned slightly when his eyes fell on Hu Er who had fainted.
"Fainted?"
Qi Muzhao nodded. "I didn't torture him much. I just asked him a few questions. Maybe he's been living a life of drunkenness and his body is too weak."
Yan Mingchang: "That makes sense."
The two of them acted in unison and ignored the wound on Hu Er's body that was still dripping with blood, as if no one could see it.
Knowing that Lu Wanning had already told Yan Mingchang her identity, Qi Muchao now looked at him with a little more favor.
In a relatively good mood, he asked, "Why did Minister Yan come?"
"A couple of days ago, I came across a woman crying about being bullied by Hu Er. Her husband was even beaten by Hu Er and his men to the point where he can't get out of bed. I investigated and found that this was indeed the case."
He cleared his throat. "Yesterday, I heard that Hu Er was so reckless and disrespectful to the Crown Prince's Consort. This beast has done countless such things. I intend to bring him back to the Ministry of Justice for a thorough trial."
Qi Muchao nodded, "That's perfectly fine. This prince is only here to watch the fun today. Minister Yan will have to handle the interrogation."
He smiled very kindly, if Yan Mingchang couldn't see the slight pride and happiness in his eyes.
Yan Mingchang pursed his lips, but he didn't feel angry. After all, if he was the one who married Lu Wanning, he would probably be much prouder than Prince Qi.
Although Qi Muchao agreed to let him take the man away, he was a little worried about Yan Mingchang's habit of following procedures. "How do you plan to interrogate him?"
"The jailer at the Ministry of Justice is no worse than the prefect's." Yan Mingchang directly pointed out his thoughts, "Why don't you just tell me directly, Prince Qi, what kind of torture do you want Hu Er to suffer next, and what kind of treatment will he enjoy in prison?"
Hearing him say this, Qi Muchao stopped asking questions and said, "Minister Yan, it's up to you to decide. However, Hu Er has clearly done something wrong, yet the Hu family came to plead for mercy and sent food yesterday. I think Hu Er's lawlessness over the years was only possible with the Hu family's connivance."
Speaking of yesterday, Yan Mingchang's expression was not very good. "I investigated Hu Er's affairs, and the Hu family must have known about it. After hearing about Hu Er's affairs yesterday, I quickly sent people to stake out the woman's house. As expected, I found the person who wanted to silence her."
"But the results haven't been released yet. They're all tough guys. They're just thieves who want to rob people."
This statement simply treated Yan Mingchang as a fool. Whose family would have so many thieves and would specifically target poor families?
Are the stolen items enough for us to share among ourselves to fill our stomachs?
He would have to interrogate those people together when he returned, so he winked at his men, who immediately went forward to bring Hu Er over.
Yan Mingche bowed slightly and said, "I still have many prisoners to judge, so I'll take my leave now."
The prefect breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the giant Buddha leave. But when he turned around and saw Prince Qi looking at him with a smile, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, "Prince, why is your Highness looking at me like this?"
Qi Muchao curled his lips at him. As long as this man wasn't staring at others with a sinister look, his smile was still very friendly. The prefect breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to speak, Qi Muchao beckoned to Changkong, "Catch him."
The prefect was pinned to the ground, and there was a disgusting stain of blood on the ground, which had spread all the way when Hu Er was dragged out.
When his face was pressed against Hu Er's blood and he smelled the horrifying smell in his nose, the prefect finally realized that Prince Qi had never intended to let him go from the beginning.
I just want them to come one by one.
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Hu Er admitted his guilt very quickly. On the third day, Yan Mingchang laid out all of Hu Er's crimes before His Majesty.
He seized women from the common people, bullied the weak, beat up the common people, abused a prostitute to death after drinking, killed someone in the street with his horse, and claimed that his sister was a concubine in the palace. He treated the concubine of the prince Qi as an ordinary citizen and was disrespectful to her...
There are so many crimes, one after another, that it is impossible to list them all.
And when he did these wrong things, the Hu family would often follow him and help clean up the mess.
As a result, Hu Ercai has become more and more unscrupulous in recent years.
Coupled with the fact that the Hu family wanted to silence the bullied woman that day, the emperor's face was gloomy. He suddenly threw the memorial in his hand to the ground and said, "Come here!"
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