Chapter 134 Someone, come and treat Young Master Yuan's headache.
Before anyone could react, Yang Jingyan slammed his gavel and shouted, "Guards, bring on the severe torture!"
"yes!"
The officials brought by Yang Jingyan immediately stepped forward, carrying two sets of bamboo clappers in their hands.
Others may not be familiar with this punishment, but people like Yuan Shijie certainly do; it is known as finger-crushing torture!
Connect multiple bamboo sticks with ropes, clamp them between the prisoner's ten fingers, and pull suddenly, pulling the ten fingers back to the heart, causing excruciating pain!
This punishment is often used, especially when interrogating female prisoners.
Yuan Shijie's expression immediately changed, and he looked up to question, "Lord Yang, I am a scholar who has passed the imperial examinations. You cannot force a confession out of me!"
Yang Jingyan shook his head and smiled, "That's not quite right. Didn't Young Master Yuan say he had a headache?"
Did you not remember anything? How come you suddenly remember everything? What kind of punishment is this?
But that's alright, Young Master Yuan, rest assured, I will not wrong any innocent person.
We won't let any bad guys get away with it! So, this isn't about punishing you, it's about treating your headache!
Seeing Yuan Shijie's deathly pale face, he sneered inwardly.
Should we play these tricks on him?
You're still too green!
"You probably don't know, do you? The Valley Master of Medicine King Valley has taken Yun Zhao as his disciple, and she's right here in this courtroom."
You could ask her if this finger-crushing torture can cure your headaches.
Yun Zhao was very clever, and he immediately knew that Yang Jingyan wanted to scare this young master Yuan!
She quickly stepped forward to take a look, then began to lie through her teeth, nodding as she did so.
"Uncle Yang, Zhao Zhao thinks this should be feasible. The saying goes, 'The ten fingers return to the heart.'"
This older brother can't remember things because someone hit him on the back of the head. This is usually because...
The blood stasis in the brain is causing the inability to remember things! As the saying goes, "The ten fingers return to the heart."
This stimulates the blood circulation in the fingers, causing the blood and qi to rush upwards, and who knows,
This will clear away the blood clots that were previously stuck in the back of his head.
In this way, the older brother will likely regain his memory and know who hit him and who stole the official seal!
Upon hearing this, Yang Jingyan immediately nodded seriously.
"Yuan Shijie, you see, what I said is true, isn't it? Even the disciples of Medicine King Valley say so. Young Master Yuan, don't be afraid."
"I would never wrong an innocent person! Guards! Quickly, come forward and treat Young Master Yuan Shijie's headache!"
The officers under his command suppressed their laughter, replied "Yes," and immediately stepped forward to clamp Yuan Shijie's fingers between the clamps!
Before he even started to exert any force, Yuan Shijie already felt something pinching his fingers, and it started to hurt!
He quickly called out, "Wait a minute! I think I remember now!"
Yang Jingyan sneered: "Oh, it seems the treatment is quite effective! We haven't even started yet, and Young Master Yuan's headache has already been cured!"
Yun Zhao immediately smiled and clapped.
"Uncle Yang, you're a miracle doctor! Even my master wasn't this quick!"
Yuan Shijie knew they were talking nonsense, of course. His expression changed, and he explained, "Sir, I have a peculiar hobby when I get home..."
I don't like using the main entrance; I prefer to use the dog hole in the back alley. Those thieves use the dog hole.
They knocked me unconscious! As for what those thieves looked like, I have no idea! Your Excellency must avenge me tonight!
Yun Zhao touched his chin and suddenly realized.
"Oh! Brother, it's you! I knew you looked so familiar!"
Uncle Yang, yesterday when Zhaozhao went to rescue Sister Lu, she found a dog hole in the bad uncle's house.
Sister Lu said that the person who crawled in through the dog hole was the one who kidnapped her! Zhao Zhao panicked for a moment...
He knocked the man unconscious and ran away with his sister! "Oh, it was you, brother!"
"Oh? Zhao Zhao, is this the villain you told me about, the one who kidnapped and imprisoned innocent women?"
Yang Jingyan wore an "I see" expression and said coldly, "Yuan Shijie, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Yuan Shijie's expression immediately changed.
Really?
Was it really this child who knocked me unconscious yesterday?
Impossible! How could a child have that much strength!
Yuan Shijie claimed that he was beaten so badly that he couldn't remember anything, but this wasn't entirely fabricated.
He was really hit hard and couldn't remember many of the things that happened that day.
All he remembered was that when he quietly returned home, he found other people through the dog hole.
He was even knocked unconscious by those people!
He knew perfectly well that he would be stripped naked and thrown into the street, and that this was probably what those people had done.
But he didn't know who those people were.
After all, he had offended far too many people.
Seeing his expression, Yang Jingyan said, "Bring the victim, Lu Xinnian, up here!"
Upon hearing this name, Yuan Shijie's previously fearless face immediately showed a look of panic.
Seeing his expression, Yang Jingyan knew that what Lu Xinnian said was true.
When Lu Xinnian stepped forward, she gave a graceful bow, her every gesture exuding the poise of a well-bred young lady.
"This humble woman, Lu Xinnian, greets Your Excellency."
Yang Jingyan asked, "Yuan Shijie, do you know this woman?"
Yuan Shijie immediately denied it: "Your Excellency, I do not know this woman!"
Yang Jingyan then asked, "Lu Xinnian, do you recognize who is kneeling below the hall?"
Lu Xinnian looked at Yuan Shijie with a firm gaze: "Your Excellency, I recognize this man. It was this man who abducted me to his residence."
"Thanks to Princess Jinglan for rescuing me from the basement of her mansion! I beg you, Your Excellency, to do me justice!"
Yuan Shijie immediately cried out in protest: "Your Honor, I am innocent! I do not know this woman at all!"
She's making baseless accusations! I am the son of the county magistrate; how could I possibly know a mere village woman?"
“Young Master Yuan, do you still have the fifty taels of silver you gave me, and the letter you wrote yourself? You can’t deny it!”
Lu Xinnian said coldly.
"Now that you mention it, I do recall, sir. A few days ago, her uncle wanted to sell this village woman to me."
But I am a scholar who has studied the classics and will soon participate in the imperial examinations. How could I possibly engage in such an act of buying and selling respectable women?
"I already refused then! Sir, this village woman must harbor resentment towards me, which is why she has wronged me like this!"
Yuan Shijie returned home late yesterday because he had given the silver to the Lu family and needed to have their seal affixed to the document.
The letter has been signed, and the Lu family has received the money.
He refused to believe that the Lu family would trade their son's future for this orphan girl!
Lu Xinnian's expression changed drastically.
The fact that he dares to openly accuse him of slander means he must have already reached a settlement with the Lu family!
Seeing this, Yun Zhao, taking advantage of being a child, quickly stepped forward.
"Uncle Yang, Uncle Yang, Zhao Zhao can testify that it was this bad brother who tied up Sister Lu!"
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