C368 Progress

"My lord, my lord!" The yamen runner ran in from outside the Imperial Prison, but it did not see the blood on the ground. It stepped over and whispered something into Minister of Justice's ear.

When it lowered its head and saw the blood and intestines, it could not calm down immediately. Its eyes were wide open. It covered its mouth and ran over, vomiting happily at the side.

"Master, have you counted how many people have died?" Minister of Justice stared at the man in the lead, his eyes full of hatred.

Lord Mayor vomited so much that his stomach was bleeding. It was not easy for him to calm down a little. He stood at the back and did not go over. The person who replied Minister of Justice said, "I found 22 corpses."

"Did you find any more?" Minister of Justice suddenly could not control his emotions. He went straight to get a torture instrument. It was a small knife. The front part was straight, and the back half was spiral-shaped.

"There are piles of bones in the dry well in that place," Minister of Justice said. He stabbed the head criminal in the stomach.

It was rare for the criminal to be strong. He gritted his teeth and did not say anything. The veins on his face were bulging.

Minister of Justice's hands did not stop moving. He pushed all the knives in. The wounds were not big, and there was not much blood flowing out.

"Have you thought about how painful and desperate they are? " Minister of Justice ignored his bloodstained clothes and twisted the hilt of his sword.

The criminal's facial features were squeezed together, and his face immediately turned green.

A torture instrument like this would not immediately kill the person who was being tortured. He could even feel the internal organs in his stomach, which were all twisted together with the knife.

Minister of Justice's hands did not stop moving. "Do you know why it is spiral-shaped? Just to let you guys, who are worse than pigs and dogs, have a good taste of the pain of your internal organs being twisted together!"

He did not know how many times he twisted, but Minister of Justice's hands were full of blood. He did not care. He only felt that the strength of his hands was getting smaller and smaller, and he could twist the handle of the knife. The criminal's stomach also became bigger, and his internal organs were all twisted off and piled together.

If the skin and flesh could not withstand it, it would spurt out.

The criminal was dead. His pupils had lost focus, and blood slowly flowed out from the corner of his mouth. From the beginning to the end, his mouth was full.

Only then did Minister of Justice withdraw his hand. The prison guard handed Minister of Justice a handkerchief and said in a deep voice, "Death is not to be regretted."

Lord Mayor saw it and was stunned. He retched a few times and could not spit anything out.

The criminals beside him were begging for mercy. They were so scared that their faces turned green.

"Sir, the Chief Guard requests to see you. He said he brought someone who escaped with him." When the prison guard who was guarding saw the thick scent of blood, he did not dare to step forward and could only shout loudly.

"Come in!" Minister of Justice's attitude had only improved. Lord Mayor felt like he was about to faint. When had he ever received such a fright?

When Changxu entered, he frowned. When he saw the blood that flowed out of the table, he had a rough idea of what was going on. Fortunately, they did not have excessive expressions on their faces.

The hidden guards escorted a few men in gorgeous clothes. They were of different ages.

"They are the ones who are distributing money everywhere." Changxu's expression did not change. He went around the bloodstains under the table and poured some water to drink.

"Very good." Minister of Justice was satisfied. "Bring them here!"

The hidden guards also understood the actual situation and escorted them over.

When those people saw the ground full of flesh and blood, they immediately called out and wanted to run back, but they were held back by the hidden guards.

One or two directly fainted, while the remaining ones had yellow liquid flowing from their lower bodies, and their legs were shaking like chakra.

Yu Longchen admired Minister of Justice's fairness the most, and knew that he would not go against the law for personal gain. Therefore, he was very assured to leave this matter to him.

"Drag them over there. This place is a little dirty." Such a terrifying scene, in Minister of Justice's eyes, was just dirty. "Wake up from the unconscious water!"

Changxu looked at Minister of Justice first. He originally thought that he would be like those high and mighty adults, unable to bear the sight of a little bit of blood. It seemed that he was still a ruthless character.

"Ah."

The first reaction of the people who were woken up by the splash was to scream.

"You saw it too. There's no need for me to say anything else, right?" Minister of Justice suddenly used a 'gentle' interrogation.

"We have only seen that person once." The person who spoke stuttered, "After that, he put the money somewhere else and let us go get it ourselves. We have only seen each other once or twice."

"What characteristics does that person have?" Changxu held his sword and looked like he was thinking.

"He looks ordinary and doesn't have any special features, but when we meet, we seem to see him with something that looks like a token." The person who was woken up by the splash quickly replied. He still had a lingering fear of what had just happened.

"Is it like this?" Minister of Justice took a blueprint from his hand.

The prison guard took it and placed it in front of those people. They all looked at each other and then nodded.

Changxu was surprised that Minister of Justice knew what the token looked like. He walked over and took the picture from the prison guard.

After looking at it carefully, he was shocked. Before he could say anything, he saw Minister of Justice nod and said, "How is that possible! What benefits did he get by doing this?! "

Minister of Justice stood up and walked a few steps forward. He looked at the passageway of the cell. "What's in it? The interest was not limited to what he saw in front of him."

"Is it possible that they are mistaken?" Changxu was not willing to believe it.

"Impossible! We have so many pairs of eyes, we won't admit our mistakes."

"I also hope that's not the case." Minister of Justice sighed.

"Have you slaughtered a village before? " Changxu suddenly asked. The few of them were shocked.

After a while, they remembered and quickly begged for mercy. "That was not a small matter! It was directly ordered by that person! Get someone to catch the girl, let us handle her, and even bring us there. Threaten! If we leak the news, that will be the outcome! "

"There are witnesses and physical evidence." Minister of Justice understood what he meant.

"Master, please take your men to the village tomorrow," ___ said. Changxu's eyes moved, as if he did not want to go there anymore.

"Have they finished writing their confessions?" Minister of Justice nodded to Changxu and asked the officer who copied the confession.

The official had just put down his pen, stood up and said respectfully, "Yes. Sir, please take a look."

Minister of Justice received it and after looking at it, he nodded his head, "In the morning, I will have to report it to the Emperor. Give these people to me!"

"Yes." The prison guard replied.

"My lord." Seeing Minister of Justice about to walk out, Changxu stopped him. He looked at the crossbow where the officials were held and asked, "Are you not going to investigate them? They are all beasts with human faces!"

"Those people are at least rank 5 officials. I can only write down the majority of their crimes and report it to the Emperor. After the Emperor read it, he gave a clear decree. Only then can I interrogate them. They are only in custody now!"

Changxu heard it clearly and was also prepared to leave. He turned his head to look at the pale-faced Lord Mayor by the side. "I am not feeling well. Why don't the Lord go back and rest?"

Lord Mayor nodded and let the yamen runner help him up.

Minister of Justice had already walked out. Changxu was the first to chase after him. "Sir, you haven't answered my question. Why did he do that?"

"The Chief Guard wants to know. You can just ask King Chu when you return to the Imperial Residence. It's not the last moment yet, how can I dare to make wild guesses?" After Minister of Justice finished speaking, he left without looking back.

Changxu waited for the hidden guards to come out and returned to the Imperial Residence together with them.