After the thirty-four slabs came down, Li Ling's back had already been blooming, and he could only whimper and howled without much noise. When the soldiers were dragged to the front of the case again like a sack, his whole body seemed to have been removed from his bones, and it was difficult to move.

The presiding judge Jiang He glanced from him and then fell to the corner. Sure enough, he saw that other officials from the Ministry of Revenue were all frightened, which obviously had a good effect of killing chickens and warning monkeys. He immediately asked again: "Li Ling, do you still dare to say that you were wronged?"

"The official is not guilty..." Li Ling raised his head slightly with great difficulty, and looked at him without any permission. "Are you not afraid of being criticized for being criticized for being so useless?"

"What a sharp mouth. It seems that you will really have to be punished to you to confess your guilt honestly." Jiang He calmed down at this time, and then looked at several other officials of the Ministry of Revenue, "What do you say? You also want to learn from him to the end and have to suffer this kind of flesh and blood?"

Lu You and others' faces turned pale, and they immediately said, "I... I dare not wait, this is all done by Li Ling..." But they directly pushed all the mistakes on him.

"Li Ling, I will ask you the last time, have you tried to mess up the morale of our army with your power?"

"No!" Li Ling's answer was firm, "This is all accusation of the Censorate. Even if I come to His Holiness, I will have the same answer."

"Okay! Put a stick on me, I don't believe that his mouth can be stronger than the torture instruments of our Censorate!"

As he slapped the table, some soldiers moved out a set of sticks divided into several sections. This time, there was no need to throw the fire sign anymore. They quickly put Li Ling's legs between two thick levers. As long as the torture instrument was pressed hard to the side, the stick in the middle was clamped, it would be enough to make the tortured person feel exhausted.

Li Ling's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He knew that he had reached the limit that his body and spirit could bear. After all, he was not those fearless revolutionaries, and he was not strong enough to ignore the torture of his body. He even prayed in his heart: "Come quickly, if you don't come again, I really can't hold on..."

"Use torture!" Jiang He, who was in front, suddenly shouted low, and the two soldiers behind him had agreed to hold it hard. The two sticks had been quickly closed and were about to use force. Li Ling gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, but he knew that he could not hold on anymore. At this moment, a group of people quickly came to the hall, and the first one shouted loudly: "Jiang Zongxian, wait!"

This shout suddenly made the executioner's actions pause, and everyone in the hall was stunned, looking up one after another, while Li Ling breathed out loud: "I finally came in time, I'm going to be half a minute later, I'm afraid..."

The person who spoke was Xu Yunshu, who had taken Li Ling to the Green Yang Villa that day. However, compared to his low-key attitude in front of the emperor that day, he was very arrogant at this moment. Standing there, Ru Yuan, Yue Zhi, his eyes were like a torch: "Jiang Zongxian, in accordance with His Majesty's oral order, the Ministry of Revenue case involved major affairs in the northern border, Your Majesty wants to personally inquire. He also asked the Censorate to bring the relevant people and others into the palace for trial."

These words shocked people's hearts, and Jiang He's brows quickly frowned: "General Xu, this interrogation of the criminal is the responsibility of my censor. Why should your Majesty be so hard..."

"It's important, Your Majesty naturally wants to ask in person. Why? Is Jiang Zongxian planning to resist the order?" Xu Yunshu's eyes swept Li Ling's blood-stained and miserable body, but his tone was tougher than before, and he even had a threat.

Jiang He raised his eyebrows and quickly stood up: "I dare not. I will follow His Majesty's order and take relevant people to the palace to see the driver. People come to prepare prison carts, load all the relevant prisoners into the palace!"

Soon, the soldiers outside had prepared several prison vans. Li Ling was carried out and left the hall. Under the gaze of many censors around, he was sent into a large cage. He only had his head and hands left outside, but his body in the cage could not move at all.

As for the others, the situation was not much better than that of him. Bian Xuedao did not have such "treatment", but he could only follow the soldiers and walk towards the palace.

Not far away, Tao Yun looked at Li Ling, feeling extremely complicated. He saw all the punishment Li Ling had just received, and he saw it with his own eyes, and he wanted to come forward to ask for love for him. Now he felt even more moved, but when he looked at this fellow villager of the same year, he was surprised to find that Li Ling had not only not seen fear, regret and other expressions on his face, but instead saw a different murderous intent.

At this glance, he felt a chill on his back, as if the situation had turned upside down. Li Ling was the one who could dominate the life, death, honor and disgrace of everyone. When he calmed down slightly and wanted to see again, the prison carriage that had installed Li Ling had turned around, leaving him with only one back.

...

Half an hour later, the Chongzheng Hall of the Imperial Palace and the Partial Hall.

The emperor sat high above the imperial throne, and there were two prime ministers standing on the left and right, several officials from the Ministry of Justice, including Yongwang Sun Lin, and several major officials from Dali Temple.

Asking questions of such standards has been quite rare since this dynasty. Only those serious cases, major cases that are related to the stability of the country and the country, will be tried in such a situation. Such solemn atmosphere naturally made these ministers feel nervous, especially King Yong, who was even more nervous and sweaty on his forehead.

"King Yong, are you wearing too much? Why do you sweat so much?" The emperor asked with a smile when he saw him.

"When I go back to my father, maybe it's because the palace is a bit too boring, so my son will be able to adapt soon." King Yong quickly found an excuse and said.

"That's good. You have been in charge of the Ministry of Justice for some time, and I believe you have some experience in determining and asking questions. Today, this matter is just right for me to hear your opinion."

"My son thinks that since the Censorate has found out the truth of the case, it is impossible to be wrong." When King Yong said these words, a hint of panic flashed in his eyes. He did not expect that the matter would be so big, and now the emperor is directly involved in it. If Li Ling really involves him, the consequences would be too serious.

Fortunately, the emperor did not pay much attention to him, so he turned to the two prime ministers: "Two dear ministers, what do you think?"

Lu Zhen smiled faintly: "I have read the impeachment memorials and always feel that the matter is too straightforward. With Li Ling's talent and knowledge, it is better not to make such a mistake."

"I think Your Majesty has his own saints and will definitely be able to do without any indifference." Wang Han, as always, focused on singing praises, but involved his true position.

Seeing this, the emperor just smiled, and then he saw Xu Yunshu strode to the front of the hall: "Your Majesty, the Censor Jiang He, the Censor of the Censorate, has brought relevant people to the front of the hall..."

"Then let them come in and speak. I also want to understand what purpose they are singing this song." The emperor raised his hand, and Wei Tang beside him had already dragged his tone and shouted loudly: "Xuan Jiang and a group of officials from the Ministry of Revenue entered the hall--"

In a moment, more than ten people came into the hall. Among them, Li Ling was the most eye-catching one, because there were people on his side and around him. Every time he took a step, he hissed and screamed. When he arrived at the place, he knelt down with everyone and then reported his official names.

"Jiang Qing and the Censorate will get up first." The emperor said, his eyes swept over the officials of the Ministry of Revenue again, and finally fell on the bloodstain on Li Ling's back. He smiled and said, "I have also seen the bulletin board submitted by the Censorate a few days ago. It is really shocking. I didn't expect that in the center of the Great Vietnamese Central, there were such a wolf-like ambitions in the Ministry of Revenue. He was trying to rip hundreds of thousands of troops in danger and put dozens of border towns on the border of the Great Vietnamese border into the enemy. If this matter is true, it is really a crime that cannot be punished, and I will never refuse to die!"

"Your Majesty, you must be punished by such acts!" Jiang He also followed without hesitation, and the others followed one after another, and in a few words, he meant to be guilty of Li Ling.

All these words of the monarch and ministers fell into the ears of the Ministry of Revenue officials who were still kneeling there, but they were scared to death and trembled like sieves, trying to complain, but they didn't have the courage to speak in front of the emperor.

Only Li Ling, after the officials agreed, suddenly looked up and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I have no intention of harming the soldiers of the border army. I have just entered the officialdom for the imperial examination this year and am still a small head of the Ministry of Revenue. There is really no need to do such a disaster to the country and the people. I hope Your Majesty will understand clearly!"

"Bold! How can you allow you to be so arrogant in front of you!" Jiang He suddenly shouted. He really didn't expect that Li Ling would be so brave that he would come up and shout for injustice.

But what was even more unexpected was the emperor's reaction. The emperor was not angry at all and waved his hand: "Jiang Qing doesn't have to be angry. Although he is suspicious, he still wants him to say something. Li Ling, you always say that you are wronged. Then I ask you, the supply of food and grass in the border army is an errand of your Ministry of Revenue, but what you have taken it?"

Li Ling continued to kneel down and replied: "Your Majesty, this is true. But I and my colleagues have been trembling this month, sleeping day and night, and dare not slacken at all. They just want to work hard to get the job done."

"Since that's the case, why do many censors in the Censorate impeach you to take this opportunity to cut off military rations? Their chapters are clearly written. You want to mobilize Huguang's military rations to go north, but you completely forget that the court had severely punished Huguang before. Now there is not much food left in the local warehouse, and it is impossible to supply the front line."
Chapter completed!