Chapter 249: Living King of Hell Du Zhuo

The study room of Li Ke in the Han Palace was different from the living room of Dali Temple. Li Ke and Yang En sat facing each other and put all their energy on the chessboard in front of him, while Deng Tongda and Chen Qi sat respectfully on the side and stared at the chessboard. Yang En held the black chess and Li Ke held the red flag, and the two were fighting hard to distinguish.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the two of them thought longer and longer. Deng Tongda and Chen Qi, who were watching the game, were extremely nervous because of the murderous intent in the chess game. In the end, it took them half an hour to finish the game, and Yang En was defeated and handed over the chess piece in his hand.

"Your Highness's chess skills have increased a lot!" Yang En did not feel displeased because of his defeat, but instead said to Li Ke with a smile, "I admired the chess piece that I used as bait to lure my old slave into the overall situation in the end."

"Old Mrs. Yang is too proud. This game of chess is also a dangerous victory, and I will be put to death before I can live." Li Ke smiled, and then asked Chen Qi to put the chessboard away and asked Yingwei to make tea. Then he asked Deng Tongda beside him, "Dingbo, how is the matter done?"

"When you go back to your highness, I have recommended Feng Guan to Dai Zhou, and Dai Zhou reacted strongly to Wei Chen's last words, and he would not refuse to take prompts." Deng Tongda said respectfully.

"Yeah, that's good!" Li Ke nodded with satisfaction, "By the way, is there anyone in Chang'an County who can be more outstanding in interrogating prisoners?"

"Your Highness is talking about the prison guards who are specifically interrogating prisoners?" Deng Tongda asked.

"Yes!" Li Ke said lightly, "It is the prison guard who interrogates the prisoner. If I am the prison guard who can ask him to speak no matter who he interrogates."

Deng Tongda didn't know why Li Ke asked him if there was such a person in Chang'an County. But he understood Li Ke's temper, so naturally he didn't ask why Li Ke needed such a person. But he himself knew that the person Li Ke wanted was extraordinary and could not be comparable to that of ordinary prisoners in the county government. He could only answer truthfully, "Your Highness, although there are many prisoners in the Chang'an County Government in the trial of prisoners, there is no explanation for the outstanding people."

After Deng Tongda said that, Li Ke's face was obviously disappointed. Deng Tongda naturally saw Li Ke's reaction and then said, "Your Highness, there is no such person in Chang'an County. However, I heard that there is a man named Du Zhuo in Dali Temple. Any prisoner who keeps his mouth shut will not speak as long as he is tortured. Therefore, people gave him the nickname "Living Hell," meaning that he can make the dead speak."

"Oh?" Li Ke was surprised. The person who could be called the "Living King of Hell" would definitely not be a mediocre person. But he didn't expect such a person to be in Dali Temple. He couldn't help but wonder, "Dingbo, since Du Zhuo is in Dali Temple, why didn't Sun Fujia mention his name to me?"

"Your Highness, I also heard that there is such a person in Dali Temple. It's just that this person used too many means of torture and was disgraceful to everyone. Therefore, he could only stay in Dali Temple prison and was ignored by the world." Yang En said, afraid that Li Ke would suspect Sun Fujia because of the Du Prison incident. Then he explained, "I think the Dali Temple Minister had never told Your Highness that this person may be because of this reason!"

"Yeah!" Li Ke nodded. He also agreed with Yang En's statement. People like Du Yu are called cruel officials. In an era when benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness are the standards, no one will accept what he does. No matter how outstanding he does.

"Your Highness, another thing is that Du Zhuo has a bad temper. He knows that the means he used to interrogate prisoners are not ashamed of, but he still does his own way." Yang En continued to remind Li Ke, "and he also threatened, 'I did this only because of the jailer's duties. There is no morality in front of the jailer's words. His words also angered the people of Dali Temple. Therefore, he made many contributions during the interrogation process of Dali Temple and could only be a jailer who was punished."

"It's a rare talent!" Li Ke sighed. It is not an exaggeration to understand Du Yu's sentence as his dedication to his profession. However, in the eyes of those who are deeply influenced by etiquette and morality, his words are rebellious remarks, and they will be disgraced by everyone. The Black Guard he formed requires talents from all aspects, and he lacks people in the interrogation. He is a good candidate, but he can use them for himself.

When Li Ke thought of this, he had a plan in his mind, but said calmly, "The little prisoner is so bold. I want to see what he said so ruthlessly."

Yang En and Deng Tongda did not speak when they heard Li Ke say this. Only Chen Qi said, "The general is also very curious about this person!"

"Yes, you will all see him!" Li Ke smiled slightly and said in a pun, making Chen Qi and Deng Tongda, who were besides Yang En, confused.

Just as the four of them were chatting, the Yinggu outside the door reported that Sun Fujia, the minister of Dali Temple, asked for a meeting. Li Ke hurriedly asked Yinggu to lead the study. Sun Fujia walked into the study and was about to salute Li Ke, but was stopped by Li Ke. Then Li Ke asked him to sit down and talk. Sun Fujia was humble and did not refuse. When he sat down, Li Ke ordered Chen Qi to arrange for Yinggu to strengthen the guards in the study.

However, before Li Ke could ask, Sun Fujia suddenly "stopped" and knelt in front of Li Ke and said in a slight manner, "Your Highness, I am sorry for you, I am sorry for you, I am sorry for you!"

Li Ke did not expect that Sun Fujia would visit the Han Palace late at night. The first thing he said would be to apologize to him. He hurriedly stepped forward and helped Sun Fujia up and said softly, "What do you mean by Sun Qing? What exactly happened?"

Sun Fujia was helped to the chair by Li Ke, and then calmed down his emotions before telling the story of Zhang Zhong's murder.

Because the perjury made by Zhang Zhong can simply clear Li Ke of the crime of poisoning and is the key to solving the poisoning case of the queen and imperial concubine. Therefore, when Zhang Zhong died and died in the dungeon of Dali Temple, Sun Fujia apologized to Li Ke and said he was sorry for Li Ke.

After hearing Sun Fujia's words, Li Ke remained silent, while Yang En, Chen Qi and Deng Tongda also looked incredible, and at the same time, his face showed regret and incomprehension. He suddenly fell into a lonely quietness in the study.

After a long time, Li Ke said, "Sun Qing, it's not your fault that Zhang Zhong was killed. You have to blame yourself too much."

"Your Highness!" Sun Fujia said with guilt, "I am not sure what to do with you..." Only Li Ke interrupted him and said in a kind tone, "Sun Qing, it doesn't matter if Zhang Zhong dies. The main reason is how to find the evidence in his hands. This is the key to the problem."

As soon as Li Ke said, Sun Fujia said in surprise, "Your Highness, does Zhang Zhong have any evidence in his hands?"

Li Ke's words were not only surprised by Sun Fujia, but also Chen Qi and Deng Tongda were both surprised. Even Yang En looked at Li Ke in confusion, wondering why Li Ke had such an assertion.

Seeing the reaction of everyone, Li Ke was particularly happy on Sun Fujia's face, and he spoke, "Sun Qing, Zhang Zhong has evidence in his hand, and it is my guess. That night, when my mother was in Qianqiu Palace, she ordered her maids to go to the medicinal kitchen to get medicine. After the palace maid came back, she told her mother that the eunuch of the medicinal kitchen did not give her the medicinal kitchen. When the king personally told the medicinal kitchen, Zhang Zhong took the initiative to hand the medicinal kitchen to the king. At that time, Zhang Zhong took the initiative to hand the medicinal kitchen. At that time, Zhang Zhong took a look at the medicinal kitchen and then automatically prepared the medicinal kitchen for me. With his carefulness and caution, I don't believe that he did not leave any evidence."

"Well, Your Highness is right. After hearing what Your Highness said, I also think that Zhang Zhong may have left something." Sun Fujia said, and then told Li Ke about the results of Wei Zheng and others' discussion in the living room of Dali Temple.

The result of the discussion between Wei Zheng, Li Xiaogong, Sun Fujia, Wang Gui, Liu Zhenghui and Dai Zhou was that the whole city was searching for the murderer and publicizing that Zhang Zhong was safe and sound, mainly starting from the imperial physician. After all, as an imperial physician, he mistakenly found out that Xianglan was obviously instructed, and it could not be negligence or personal actions. In addition, he strictly interrogated the palace guards, investigated the situation of the people entering the palace before and after the incident, and strictly interrogated the medicinal kitchen and the eunuchs and palace maids around the empress and the concubine.

After listening to Sun Fujia's report, Li Ke did not express his opinion. He also knew that the only way for Wei Zheng and others was the only way to do this. It would probably be difficult for them to come up with a better solution. After all, Li Ke knew very well about the conflicts and relationships between the people who were being tried in front of him. Except for Wei Zheng and Sun Fujia, the other three were just not working hard. Not only that, he also had an obstructive effect for Liu Zhenghui.

However, when Sun Fujia made another decision to let Dai Zhou participate in the trial of the case, Li Ke smiled. For Li Ke, who Dai Zhou understood more, Dai Zhou's participation was a good thing for him. Perhaps the gap in the case might be a breakthrough from Dai Zhou.

Sun Fujia reported to Li Ke on many situations in Dali Temple, and Li Ke asked him about the situation of Du Zhuo. Sun Fujia seemed very surprised when Li Ke asked Du Zhuo. He didn't know why Li Ke suddenly asked him about a person despised by the world. However, Li Ke naturally did not dare to neglect the situation of Du Zhuo, and told Li Ke in detail about the situation of Du Zhuo. Sun Fujia, the prison guard of Dali Temple in Du Zhuo for several years, was very clear about Du Zhuo's situation. He told the story of Du Zhuo in his mouth, which was another feeling for listening to Li Ke.

"Sun Qing, if I want to meet Du Yu, can you arrange it?" Li Ke asked after Sun Fujia finished speaking.

"Your Highness wants to see Du Zhuo?" Sun Fujia said in confusion.

"Yes, I want to meet Du Zhuo, and I want to ask him about some things." Li Ke said very obscurely.

"Don't worry, your highness, I will make arrangements for this matter immediately after I go back and let Du Zhuo come to the mansion to visit you tomorrow morning." Sun Fujia said.

"Yeah!" Li Ke said happily, "Then I'll bother Sun Qing."

Then, Li Ke learned that the purpose of Sun Fujia's visit to him late at night was to tell him what happened in Dali Temple today. Now that the matter has been finished, it would be not good if he wanted to stay in the mansion for a long time, so he asked Chen Qi to send Sun Fujia away from the Han Palace.
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