Chapter 248

At critical moments, they could gather intelligence, or even assassinate!

Subsequently, the theme of the morning court, as expected.

Was centered on the theft case of the City Guard and the evidence of treason by the two great Duke households and the Marquis household.

This was the theme of today.

The matter between Jia Hui and Wang Ziteng just now was at most a farce.

This time.

Unlike the small scuffles of Jia Hui being impeached before.

Almost all top-tier ministers participated!

Chief Qi Mu and other 'Pure Stream' members were like sharks smelling blood!

Crazily impeaching the founding generation!

Impeaching many evil deeds of the founding generation, such as forcibly seizing women!

Demanding the court strictly investigate all military generals of the founding generation!

For a moment, it seemed the founding generation was swaying in the wind and rain!

And Wang Ziteng himself was personally impeached by Chief Qi Mu, who caught the wind and grasped the shadow, saying he had signs of treason and demanding his removal from office and the removal of his position as Jingying Military Governor.

And Wang Ziteng and the others felt their scalps go numb, having to desperately deny it.

Arguing, it became a mess!

It was even livelier than a vegetable market!

Jia Hui, the initiator, the one who fired the first shot.

Instead, he became a spectator most of the time.

Regarding this.

Last night, Chen Gong, Jiang Ji, Cheng Yu, and Mao Jie all explained to Jia Hui what would happen today.

They basically guessed it thoroughly!

It did not exceed expectations at all.

And Chen Gong and the others told Jia Hui.

This time.

It seemed very unfavorable to the founding generation, as if they were about to fall at any moment!

But in reality, it was just thunder and little rain.

It was fundamentally difficult to truly shake their foundation.

Mainly because no other evidence was found.

Emperor Yongshun did not have such great power, and even if he had the heart, he had to consider the Retired Emperor!

And the attitude of the Retired Emperor, who had long lived in the deep palace and was always a dragon that saw its head but not its tail, was.

Although he would actually be vigilant against the founding generation in his heart.

But he would not eliminate them.

Because he believed.

Wang Ziteng and the founding generation, at most, wanted to avenge the former Crown Prince and overthrow the current Emperor Yongshun.

But they would not dare to move him, the Retired Emperor who was high above.

Based on this.

The Retired Emperor would protect them.

Another reason was.

If they were eliminated, then the Retired Emperor's power would decrease significantly.

For the Retired Emperor who had abdicated but still clung to power, this was difficult to do!

Therefore.

As long as the Retired Emperor himself did not want the founding generation to fall completely!

Only the two Duke households and one Marquis household falling!

Was the best result!

The founding generation had losses, but the main ones like Wang Ziteng were still there.

Then the situation was still under his control.

The court had not lost its balance.

Therefore, to summarize.

Today, Wang Ziteng and the others would turn bad luck into good.

Sure enough.

The subsequent trend was basically like this.

The Emperor and some officials only asked Jia Hui and Xu Lingyi.

About the progress of the case.

Progress, well.

Of course, there was no progress.

Xu Lingyi, including the Imperial City Guard, had all used severe means.

Torturing Jia Zhen and his son and others until they didn't look like humans!

Inserting needles or bamboo splinters under their fingernails, whipping, caning, combing, etc., were all used.

Without exception, they were extremely cruel tortures in the human world.

For example, combing.

The combing mentioned here is not a woman's grooming, but a very cruel punishment, which refers to using an iron brush to comb the flesh off a person's body bit by bit until the flesh is gone and the bones are exposed, finally gasping their last breath.

And the caning is not the pediatric stuff of hitting the buttocks.

The caning mentioned here is not hitting people with a stick. The caning mentioned here is taking a stick and inserting it directly from a person's mouth or excretory organ, burying the whole thing in, piercing the stomach and intestines, making people die in extreme agony.

The executioners even gave this cruel torture a beautiful name, "Open Mouth Smile"!

Jia Hui had not seen Jia Zhen and his son and others being tortured with his own eyes.

But he heard Zang Ba and the others talk about it!

In short, it was unbearable to look at.

They didn't even look like humans anymore!

The key was that these executioners were experts, because the imperial decree was to punish Jia Zhen and the others with death by a thousand cuts at the end.

So even though they let them enjoy many tragic tortures.

They still let them have breath left!

But that was only for today!

Emperor Yongshun believed that this group of people was hidden very deeply and their crimes were unforgivable.

But they did have some backbone.

They would rather die, and even after suffering so many tortures, they would not implicate other accomplices.

Jia Zhen and the others, filled with grief and indignation, only wanted to say: "Your Majesty, you have wronged us again, but it's not that we have backbone and value righteousness! We wanted to confess! But we really don't know!!"

Emperor Yongshun saw that his two capable subordinates, Jia Hui and Xu Lingyi, together with the Imperial City Guard and others, had made no further gains.

He had to give up.

And he received orders from the Retired Emperor.

To conclude this case as soon as possible.

So Emperor Yongshun, after the court officials finished arguing, concluded blandly: "The matter is settled; the only ones involved in the treason this time are the Ningguo Prefecture, the Liguo Prefecture, and the Jingtian Marquis; confiscate all their property... execute the ringleaders by death by a thousand cuts, execute them immediately!"

The dust settled!

Even if some were unwilling.

Everyone had to shout that the Emperor was wise!

The only ones praised in the whole court were Jia Hui and Xu Lingyi.