Chapter 33 The Cold Judge
"Oh? So what news did you hear?"
The queen frowned.
Could it be that it’s not a favored palace maid, but an old nanny?
Then the bowl of medicine she just threw would be wasted.
How can the old lady be competitive? She doesn't even take it seriously.
"I heard that it was a former guard of Yu who almost molested the maid in Yu's study after having lunch in the palace. The emperor sent someone to summon the imperial physician, and then sent someone to send him home."
Hongye was puzzled when she first heard the news.
How could the former guard be so bold as to have such evil intentions in the palace?
In the palace, no matter whether they are palace maids or nannies, they are not people that outsiders can care about.
Otherwise, not only will he be punished with a slash of red, but his family will also be implicated.
If you are not careful, you may be exiled or even have your head cut off.
"What did you say? It's the guards..."
The queen never expected such news.
She would rather believe the first one than believe Hongye's words.
If it was the first case, Emperor Yongping would suspect her, but if he couldn't find the problem with the bird's nest, he would check the kitchen.
This way, no matter what is found out, it has nothing to do with her.
But if it was a guard, what if Emperor Yongping happened to give the bird's nest she sent as a reward to that guard?
The palace's chef would provide uniform lunch to the guards.
If there was something wrong with the food, it wouldn't be the fault of one guard.
"What did this guard eat to have such thoughts? Isn't he abandoning his family?"
The queen pretended to ask casually. She just wanted to know who had eaten the bowl of bird's nest.
The guards in front of the emperor were not ordinary guards. It would be impossible to become such a guard without a clean background and meritorious deeds of ancestors.
It was common for Emperor Yongping to reward people with food and drink.
"This...I haven't heard of it."
Hongye certainly hadn't heard of it.
Just don't hear it.
What Emperor Yongping wants is a mixture of truth and falsehood, falsehood and truth; that’s what makes things interesting.
"You didn't hear it? No one would listen to half of the news. Go and find out for me."
Hongye hurried out.
The queen always felt that something was wrong with what happened today, but she couldn't figure out what it was.
She was so anxious that she kept shaking her head.
It's really annoying, those damn lice are out again.
That night.
The prison cell in Dali Temple was cold, dirty and messy.
The oil lamps embedded in the wall flickered and made crackling sounds.
The wick of the lamp was burnt, but no one came to trim it, and the light became dimmer and dimmer.
From deep inside the cell, there was the sound of iron chains rustling. It was the prisoner who had just been tortured...squirming.
It could be painful, or it could be freezing.
Yu Jinming, the Minister of the Dali Temple, folded up the signed confession and carefully put it in his arms.
Then he left accompanied by several "jail guards".
"Oh no, there's a fire, hurry... hurry and get some water, cough cough..."
Yu Jinming paused and said to the people behind him, "Go put out the fire."
"You adults can't do that, little ones..."
The jailer did not move. The prison cells of the Dali Temple were rarely uneasy, but today...
"Why don't you go now? Are you waiting for the fire to burn me to death before you go?"
Yu Jinming shouted angrily, then covered his mouth and nose and walked out with his head lowered.
The few "jail guards" behind him also followed his example and crouched down to run towards the water storage area.
Just a few moments after they left, a man in black appeared like a ghost in the cell where the prisoner had just been tried.
“Woo…wooo…”
The prisoner had all his teeth knocked out, and his body lay on the ground like a pile of mud.
It looks like he can neither live nor die.
"My master asked me to take you on your journey..."
The man in black raised his hand, but the knife did not fall.
Because a huge iron net fell from the sky and covered him tightly from head to toe.
In a moment, all his teeth were knocked to pieces, and the poison sacs hidden in his teeth were removed.
When he struggled to see who it was, he was instantly trembling with fear.
Standing outside the cell was Yu Jinming.
Cold-faced judge?
He was actually caught by the cold-faced judge?
It’s over. My life is over.
While he was stunned, six "jail guards" had already started to remove his bones.
"Dislocating bones" is a more polite way of putting it, but in reality it means all the joints in his body are dislocated.
In this way, he became a shapeless pile of...soft bones and flesh.
“Ah~~~~Ah~~~”
Cries of pain echoed throughout the cell.
Then, he was placed in an extremely... weird posture by the six 'jail guards'.
"How dare you come to my Dali Temple's cell when you are so noisy?"
Yu Jinming spoke in a deep voice, and his tone was so cold that even the Shura from hell could not be as cold as him.
The fact that the man in black trembled when he saw him showed his reputation in the capital.
The cold-faced judge is talking about him.
The six 'jail guards' beside him were actually his trusted aides in disguise, with the purpose of misleading certain people.
They are not so timid and humble in their daily lives.
But like their superior Yu Jinming, he has a resounding name.
The soul-claiming messengers are referring to these six people.
"Killing heat... killing heat... oh... bad..."
The man in black had no teeth and his words were not very clear.
But Yu Jinming knew just by looking at his lip movements that he was asking for death.
"Would you like to confess yourself, or would you like me to examine it again in person?"
This is the third one he has caught since last night.
I wonder if their master is stupid?
None of the people who came here have returned, so don't you have any doubts? Yet you are still trying to send them in.
He accepts everyone who comes.
Anyway, the more people come, the more confessions he will have.
"Burn...burn...oh...burn."
The man in black was crying in pain, his face distorted.
"Well, you want to recruit? Then go ahead."
The table and chairs had already been placed in front of Yu Jinming, and he sat down slowly.
As for the other six, one recorded the confessions, one ground the ink, and the remaining four were responsible for creating a lively atmosphere.
Half an hour later, the signed confession was in his hands.
The man in black was breathing out more than breathing in due to the pain.
But they all knew that he was far from dead.
"Let's go."
A few people closed the cell door, waved their sleeves, and quickly disappeared in the Dali Temple.
Two quarters of an hour later, Chu Chengyi received news that the cases of assassinations against him in Jingzhou and Heishankou had been concluded.
In addition, three witnesses were arrested and their confessions were also obtained.
The person behind the scenes was the same person he suspected.
When Emperor Yongping heard that the Dali Temple had identified the mastermind behind the assassination of Chu Chengyi, he summoned Yu Jinming overnight.
"Your Majesty, this is the testimony regarding the assassination of the Crown Prince."
Yu Jinming presented the five testimonies to Emperor Yongping.
Emperor Yongping did not delay and opened it to read immediately.
In the end, he was left silent.
"My dear Yu, is this... possible..."
He wanted to ask if it was a mistake.
But when he thought of Yu Jinming's reputation and the cases he had handled in the past, he didn't ask.
"Your Majesty, the knife used by the Jingzhou assassin to injure His Royal Highness was smeared with poison, and the news that 100,000 dan of lost disaster relief grain was hidden in Heishankou was also spread by the same group.
There are more than a hundred assassins in Heishankou. If it weren't for the luck of the day that a convoy from the southern escort agency passed by and helped Your Highness, the consequences... I dare not think about it."
Yu Jinming knew what Emperor Yongping was thinking.
So he reiterated the key points of the facts listed in the confession.
The main point is to touch the heart of Emperor Yongping.
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