Zhao Xu didn't believe it at all and suspected that Su Shi either couldn't survive the torture or had a bigger secret to hide. So he asked Li Ding if he had ever used torture.

Li Ding replied: "When Su Shi was famous, his words could confuse the public and he did not dare to use punishment to avoid people's words."

Zhao Xu immediately thought of the conservatives in the court and ordered the Yushitai to conduct strict inspections and must find everyone.

After getting this Shangfang sword, Li Ding immediately began to collect a large number of poems from all directions that Su Shi had sent to others. A total of more than one hundred poems were presented during the interrogation, involving thirty-nine people.

Among them, the one with a higher official position was Sima Guang. It was this poem that Li Ding interrogated today.

After more than a month of torture, Su Shi's spirit was obviously in a trance. Facing the gloomy-looking Li Ding and He Zhengchen, he was already frightened.

Li Ding took pictures of several cases: "Su Shi! Now there is a scholar in Beijing selling strategies, and the person who entrusted Mo Jun to do something is extremely treasonous. That scholar has been captured. Since you have a reputation, why don't you fight with him?!"

Su Shi raised his sleepy eyes: "Shi is a minister, so he doesn't dare to do this, but I don't know who made the statement? I dare to admit it to others, but I absolutely don't dare to admit it."

Li Ding said angrily: "Now that things have happened, are you still stubbornly resisting?!"

Su Shi said: "Dabo, now Su Shi has some literary fame. Whenever good people write some boring poems, they are often written by someone with a bad name. Su Shi also has a name that is difficult to distinguish!"

He Zhengchen said warmly: "Zizhan, you have a long-standing literary reputation and have written many poems. You usually read them and laugh, but there are also some boring works, right? For example, your "Poetry on Roasting Pig" and "A Rockery Made of Stone" are both

It’s a deliberately vulgar work, it’s also the elegant and humorous taste of scholar-bureaucrats, isn’t it?”

Su Shi said: "I have done "Poetry on Roast Pig", but "Adding Stone to Make a Rockery" is really not my work."

At that time, Wang Anshi implemented the new method, and a poem circulated in Beijing, "Anshi made a rockery, and there are many dangers and strange things in it. Although he knows it is fake, it is true but the owner loves it." It was a naked satire on Wang Anshi, and it is said that it was written by Su Shi.

Li Ding said angrily: "You still want to deny it..."

He Zhengchen quickly grabbed Li Ding and said, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this song. When Sima Xuesheng's Du Paradise was completed, everyone wrote poems to congratulate him. One of the poems said: "What is the matter with Mr. Du? He looks from all directions to cultivate, and children chant to you."

It is true that the soldiers know Sima. Mr. Sima smiled with his palms in his hands. He has been mute for many years.'"

"You can't deny this song, right?"

Su Shi had no choice but to tell the truth: "I composed this song."

He Zhengchen said: "It is true that this poem is about the resentment of the Sima scholar. Then tell me, does it have the intention of satirizing the new law?"

Su Shi had no way of denying it: "This poem says that people all over the world look to Sima Guang to rule and cultivate the world, and use ridicule to see that he will not be in power. This is true."

"It is also said that all children and soldiers know their surnames, but they are not allowed to use them... They just talk but are silent. What they don't say is inherent, which is a new method."

He Zhengchen and Li Ding looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes. Su Shi couldn't stand it anymore.

Li Ding immediately took out two poems: "This, you and Huang Tingjian's poem: 'Jiagu is lying in the wind and rain, and the acanthus is waiting for me. The abbot is crowded in front of the battle, and the jade food is miserable.' But so what?"

Su Shi said: "The first four sentences are used to ridicule today's villains who despise gentlemen, just like weeds and weeds snatching good places. The second sentence means that gentlemen and villains have their own time, just like the mosquitoes and flies in the summer moon, and they will stop in autumn."

"I say that the valley is like a 'flat peach', which must be used late; but compared to a 'bitter plum', it grows completely useless."

"The second sentence, 'There is no need to be upset, quietly hurting oneself.' It also takes the "Poetry" saying: 'Worry quietly, upset with the group of small people.' They are all meant to ridicule those who work today as villains."

Damn it, Li Ding and He Zhengchen looked at each other again, and both saw the ashamed and embarrassed expression on the other's face.

The two of them had 10,000 complaints in their hearts. If Su Shi hadn't said it himself, who would have thought that there was such an allusion secretly hidden in the word "quietly"!

He Zhengchen quickly coughed to cover up: "Ahem, let's talk about this Tangcun song."

The poem "Tangcun" says: "If you are an official and don't do anything, you will be jealous of your elders. If you don't come back, you will be ashamed of Yuanming if you stay."

The salt issue is urgent, who can support the farming? The death of Xiao Xiao is agitating, and all the people are pointing to Luogoukeng.

The rain from the sky helps the government, and the clothes are dripping with water. People are like ducks and pigs, throwing mud and splashing each other.

I dismounted my horse and stood on the deserted embankment, looking around at Danhu Lake. The route was not wide enough and I had to compete with cattle and sheep.

Although it is a humiliation to return to the fields, how can you lose your ability to walk in the mud? I would like to send a message to my friends from the mountains, be careful not to get tired of quinoa soup."

There is not much to say about this song. It has the style of Lao Du's "Three Officials" and "Three Farewells". Up to now, it is a proper mockery of the government.

Su Shi also admitted that when he was appointed as the general magistrate of Hangzhou, he was indeed dissatisfied with the salt officials operating the Salt River in the Tangcun area.

First of all, the timing is wrong, "the farmland is not cleared, and farming is hindered."

Secondly, the method is wrong. "There is sand flowing out for several miles in the middle of the river." It is not suitable to open the river.

The third problem is that the system is wrong and “farmers are forced to work for non-agricultural purposes.”

The fourth is the wrong attitude, "Working in the mud, the hard work is no different than that of a duck or a pig" and so on.

He Zhengchen did not care about this and only wrote the verdict, "Shi confessed everything."

After recording the confession, He Zhengchen handed it to Su Shi: "Bachelor, take a look. If there are no questions, please mark it."

Lettering is also something that literati often play with. They create a symbol as their own signature. For example, Huizong's "Yu Ya" in Song Dynasty was studied by later generations and was a combination of "天下人" and "天水".

He Zhengchen also pointed out the places that had been omitted and modified in the article one by one, let Su Shi read it, and then stamped the censor's seal on it to show that it was not the time to deliberately make changes.

After these cutscenes, He Zhengchen and Li Ding walked out of the door. Li Ding said to He Zhengchen: "With such an interrogation, I'm afraid Su Shi will not be convicted of a serious crime."

He Zhengchen smiled slightly, pulled out a few of them, and combined the rest into one: "How about we look at it now?"

Li Ding took it over and flipped through it, and found that all the words and sentences used by Su Shi to defend himself were gone. What was left was his own confession about the crime. When put together in this way, Su Shi did not argue and confessed his crime.

Li Ding also smiled: "You still have a way."

At this moment, the Yamen servant hurried over to report: "It's not good! Master Su is here!"

Li Ding said angrily: "How can you be so embarrassed if you are panicking? Isn't Su Song on trial? What does Shu Dan do to eat?"

The yamen servant waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, it's Bachelor Tanhua Lang Xiao Su!"

"So fast?!" Li Ding couldn't help but be shocked. Su You had already returned to Beijing, but Er Su hadn't closed the case yet. He could only imagine with his toes that there would be trouble!

…

In the East Pavilion of the Third Courtyard, Yushitai and Dali Temple are jointly examining Su Song.

Under Li Ding's instructions, the censors are trying their best to induce a confession.

Shu Quan advised Su Song: "The governor is a well-respected elder. Please confess on your own to avoid humiliation and physical pain."

Su Song said: "What else is there to say? If you want me to say it, I have already made it very clear."

Shu Yu once again induced him to confess: "The governor and the deputy privy envoy Lu Gong are very kind, and Li is Lu Gong's niece. Someone has received the complaint, and I can't rely on it. I also asked Su Gong to speak for himself, and he will be given a lighter sentence."

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Su Song said angrily: "If you ask me to accuse someone, I will die. If you want to accuse yourself, I will not avoid it, even if it is serious. It is difficult for me to speak to the censor's heart. Can the censor tell me how to accuse myself?"

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The two censors looked at each other and said, "Let's start with the Water Transport Ceremony Platform."

Su Song said: "The name of the instrument platform has been changed by Su Mingrun, and it is no longer powered by water."

Shu Qua taught: "That is Su Mingrun's business, and the design drawings and naming before the bachelor's degree are the Water Transport Instrument Platform, right?"

Su Song nodded: "Yes."

Shu Dan smiled and said: "I, the Song Dynasty, inherited the virtue of fire, and the bachelor named the instrument that circulates the stars as water transport. Is this to use water to extinguish fire?"

"You!" Su Song's eyes widened angrily: "Are you already so unscrupulous at Yushitai's trap?"

Shu Dan's face turned cold: "You just need to answer, yes or no."

Su Song finally calmed down and let out a breath: "Yes."

At this moment, a yamen servant hurriedly walked over and whispered a few words into Shu Tan's ear. Shu Tan's expression suddenly changed and he stood up in a hurry: "The trial is here for now, I have something urgent to do."
Chapter completed!