The cells are heavily guarded and have been taken over by the Imperial City Guards.
There is a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps. There are guards at every gate, and three shifts of patrol soldiers patrol 24 hours a day.
The further Zhao Jun walked inside, the more screams he heard. When he reached the inner torture room, he saw Chen Zhongzheng, the bailiff of the Imperial City Division, coming out with a stack of documents in his hands.
"Chisi."
Chen Zhong bowed.
Zhao Jun asked, "Who are you torturing?"
"A judicial officer from Kaifeng Prefecture named Zhan Wu."
"Have you recruited yet?"
"He confessed everything. The evidence is much more complete than what Zhisi gave."
"Well, send it back to the treasurer for safekeeping first."
"By the way, Zhisi, that Liao Yu guy has been clamoring to see you."
"Where is he?"
"I'll take Zhisi there."
Chen Zhong diligently led the way.
Now Zhao Jun has established his authority in the Imperial City Bureau.
After all, he had dismissed Wang Shilong, three civil servants from the Imperial City, and six commanders. Except for Wang Shilong, the other nine were also imprisoned here for collaborating with foreign enemies.
Chen Zhong had gone to see Li Bin and the others before, and they were whipped until they were covered in blood. Not only were all the profits from buying and selling information confiscated, but they were also sentenced to exile. It was really miserable.
Zhao Jun nodded after hearing what Chen Zhong said, then stood at the door of the torture chamber and took a look inside.
I saw Zhan Wu in the torture room, shackled to a wooden pillar, his body covered with bruises and blood, completely different from the aloof judicial officer he once was.
Zhao Jun had no sympathy for this kind of person, because Fan Zhongyan gave him all the evidence of his crimes, and any one of them was unforgivable.
For example, this judicial officer had a relative who opened a restaurant. In order to crack down on his relative's competitors, he sent people to detain the restaurant owner for two and a half years on false charges.
Finally, the restaurant owner's family sold everything they needed to sell and handed the money to him, and only then did they release the man.
He also accepted bribes from Wuyoudong and Guifanlou, delayed the cases of those who reported stolen children to the authorities, and protected thugs from Wuyoudong, Guifanlou and other gangs.
There were even several concubines in his house who were seduced by him using various means, having spotted beauties on the street.
It can be said that in the eyes of the lower-class people, this judicial officer and his other colleagues in Kaifeng Prefecture were like a mountain pressing down on the heads of the victimized people, causing them to lose everything and even their families and lives, and filling them with despair.
And now, these people will also face despair.
Just like how they treat the lower class people.
Zhao Jun followed Chen Zhong all the way to the depths of the cell.
After walking about fifty or sixty cells, he arrived at the door of a cell.
At this moment, a bloody man was lying on the straw in the cell.
Liao Yu's ten fingers were chopped off, his teeth were stripped out, and his body was covered in blood.
Chen Zhong walked to the door and said, "Liao Yu, the director is here."
When Liao Yu heard the sound, he raised his head with difficulty, then crawled to the door with his hands and feet, and looked up at Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun looked down at him through the prison door.
Who could have thought that in just less than twenty days since we last met on Nantang Street, things would turn out like this?
Seeing this unpredictable opponent, Liao Yu forced a rueful smile and said, "Zhao Jun?"
Without teeth, my speech becomes unclear and my voice becomes muffled.
Zhao Jun looked at him coldly and said, "I heard you have something to ask me?"
"I just want to know, where did I lose?"
Liao Yu asked.
He claims to be a smart man, and the methods he uses are strategies that ordinary people cannot cope with.
Why could Zhao Jun not play by the rules, completely ignore his conspiracies and schemes, and arrest people without regard for any official rules or court laws?
"First of all, you are worse than an animal. It is my duty to arrest you."
Zhao Jun looked down at him and said softly, "Secondly, you are worse than an animal. In the face of absolute power, all conspiracies and tricks are useless. Finally, and most importantly, be more careful in your next life and do less evil."
"oh."
He paused for a moment and said, "You may not have a next life. Even if there is an underworld in this world, you will be reborn as an animal in your next life. You may not even be able to be an animal."
Liao Yu was not only the umbrella behind Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower, but also ran gambling houses and pawnshops. Many women in the city went missing, having been abducted and sold into prostitution by his men. He also obstructed the public from reporting crimes and allowed his men to bully, beat, and even kill people.
He caused so many people in Bianliang to be separated from their wives and children. To call him an unforgivable criminal is an exaggeration.
Next life.
I guess even animals can't do it.
(End of this chapter)
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