Chapter 36 Big Shot

The next morning, Qi Xuansu came to the prison.

To prevent collusion, the interrogation has always been done in isolation and separately. The first person to be brought up was Gao Mingyin.

The layout of the interrogation halls in various places is similar. There are two doors, a small door for the interrogator to enter and exit, and a large door for the prisoner to enter and exit. The entire interrogation room is also divided into two parts. The larger part is the outer room, which is entered and exited through the large door. Various torture instruments and a desk for recording are displayed. The smaller part is the inner room, which is entered and exited through the small door. It is separated separately. People inside can see the outside, but people outside cannot see the inside.

Qi Xuansu came to the inner room from the small door. There are also tables and chairs inside. The wall facing the outer room is made of some kind of tea-colored crystal. Although it is slightly dark, it is very clear and can see the entire outer room at a glance. It can also be raised and lowered.

In the middle of the outer room is a stone chair built into the ground. Two spiritual officials put Gao Mingyin on the stone chair and fixed Gao Mingyin with the iron lock on the stone chair.

Qi Xuansu turned the mechanism, and the crystal wall slowly sank into the ground. In this way, there was no barrier between the inner and outer rooms, and Gao Mingyin, who was fixed on the stone chair, happened to face Qi Xuansu.

Before the crystal wall was lowered, Qi Xuansu had already put on a pair of crystal sunglasses to cover his eyes, so that the prisoners could not see what they were thinking when interrogating them.

Gao Mingyin was very calm and had no fear. After sitting down, he closed his eyes.

"Gao Mingyin." Qi Xuansu said slowly.

"Here." Gao Mingyin still closed his eyes.

Qi Xuansu said: "Hiring killers through the 'inn', buying and selling people and forcing women into prostitution at Lucuixia, and the accounts of Sihai, Hengtong, Fengtai and other businesses, it would be best if you confessed all these things, so that I can report to the Taoist government. Do you understand what I mean?"

Gao Mingyin still closed his eyes: "Master Qi, you are so powerful, you can check it yourself."

Qi Xuansu said: "Of course we will check it, and now we give you a chance. Whether it is the "Daxuan Law" or the Taoist law, the sentence you confess and the one found out are very different."

Gao Mingyin opened his eyes: "What if I say these things have nothing to do with me?"

Qi Xuansu said: "The net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it. If denial is useful, there will be no sinners in this world."

Gao Mingyin said: "I have heard that: ' I once commanded a million troops, but how could I know the value of jailers? ' Now that I have fallen into the net of heaven, I have nothing to say. "

Qi Xuansu was not in a hurry, and said: "Master Gao should know that the Taoist sect does not approve of torture, so Master Gao is fearless. But we have to thank Beichen Hall for bypassing the rules of the predecessors and inventing the "Soul-Catching Whip". After the torture, there is no scar at all, and it does not harm life. Naturally, it does not belong to corporal punishment. Beichen Hall classifies the "Soul-Catching Whip" as a normal interrogation method pretending to torture. When I was in Jinling Prefecture, I handled the second major case in Jinling Prefecture. I saw with my own eyes that the leader of the Beggar Gang was subjected to this method. After all, he was a congenital person, but he burst into tears and almost urinated and defecated. It was very undignified. Qi was born a wild Taoist priest. He does not understand the world and human nature. He only knows that the world is not a place of punishment. Knowing that Master Gao has been pampered for many years, he probably doesn't want to have to try such means, let alone lose face. "

Gao Mingyin's face finally changed. After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "I wonder what Master Qi wants to ask?"

Qi Xuansu said: "You can say anything, just start with the businesses under your name."

Gao Mingyin said: "Master Qi, you said that I hired a killer to kill a fellow Taoist priest, so you arrested me, but the business under my name has nothing to do with this matter, right?"

Qi Xuansu said: "Hiring a killer to kill someone requires Taiping money. That day you bribed me at the branch of Taiping Inn, and you also needed Taiping money. Asking Tianchensi to kill me still requires Taiping money. How can you say it has nothing to do with it? Where did all this Taiping money come from? Shouldn't I find out clearly?"

Gao Mingyin was still calm: "I don't know anything about what Master Qi said."

Qi Xuansu said: "I told you that day when we opened the branch of Taiping Inn. It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. Now the people in the 'inn' have admitted it, and your manager has also admitted it. If it goes as I expected, the Tianchen Division will also admit it. Even if you don't admit it, it's just a dead duck's mouth, which is useless."

Gao Mingyin couldn't see Qi Xuansu's eyes, and for a moment he couldn't guess whether Qi Xuansu was deceiving him or it was true, so he could only say: "These businesses are all legitimate businesses, Master Qi can go and check."

Qi Xuansu took out a few account books: "I checked, but it can't be considered as checking. An enthusiastic person took the initiative to send a book of accounts. If the records here are true, what Mr. Gao does is not a legitimate business, but a smuggling business."

Gao Mingyin said in a deep voice: "Whether it is a legitimate business or a smuggling business, the court will make a clear judgment. "

Qi Xuansu said: "Speaking of the court, because there is no imperial edict, I can only send people to watch your mansion, and I can't go in and search directly. This morning, someone came back to report that your wife had hanged herself. My people waited until the Shuntianfu Yamen and Qingluan Guards arrived and entered together. They found that all the letters in your study were gone. I only saved your son Gao Shide. He was quite frightened, and thanks to his cleverness, he hid in a dry well and escaped. Otherwise, he would have followed his mother. I arranged him in a safe place, and then came to talk to you about this. "

In the imperial capital, you must abide by the rules, at least you can't break the rules in public.

Even if the Qingluan Guard wants to arrest someone, it must be approved by the Judicial Department, that is, the Criminal Department's "signature". The Qingluan Guard must obtain the approval of the Criminal Department before arresting someone. That is, the Qingluan Guard must be approved by the Censor-in-Chief.

This is the famous "Six Ministries and Six Departments" system. The six departments are responsible for inspecting the affairs of the six ministries and hundreds of departments. Each of the six departments has a chief censor, and there are four to ten censors. Their main purpose is to supervise the six ministries. When the emperor's edict is issued, the six departments must copy it out by category and hand it over to the six ministries and other relevant departments for execution; the six departments must also report back to the emperor on the implementation of major political orders.

In addition, the six censors also have the right to "seal and refute". "Seal" means that if there is something wrong or inconvenient to implement the imperial edict that has been issued, they have the right to suspend the execution and return it to the emperor. "Refute" means that if there are errors in the memorials of the cabinet, ministries, and states, they have the right to "correct" them.

If no one in the Criminal Department "jointly signs", Qingluan Guards will not dare to arrest people rashly. When the Qingluan Guards officers hold the complete driving letter with signatures and seals and go to the Ministry of Justice to "jointly sign", they must also hold the original memorial for verification before they can use the letter to arrest people.

Regardless of the actual execution, let alone what happens in secret, Qi Xuansu will at least not let people hold a handle on him in public, so he will not rush to Gao's house to search without relevant procedures.

As for his arrest of Gao Mingyin, he had an official letter from the Daofu. In cases involving Taoist priests, the Nine Halls and local Daofu can bypass the six ministries and six departments, which is in accordance with the rules. But whether it is a driving letter from the court or an official document from the Taoist sect, one person is given one letter, and one letter is not allowed to arrest multiple people.

This is also the reason why Tianchensi hates Qi Xuansu but cannot do anything to him, just because Qi Xuansu occupies the word "reason" and puts the matter in the open.

In an instant, Gao Mingyin's face turned pale, and he was sweating and unable to speak.

Qi Xuansu said: "You are a broken tail, what else do you want to hide? You may not die if you tell it out. If you don't tell it out, you will die."

Gao Mingyin's face became paler and paler.

For a man like him who is used to the ups and downs, the death of his wife would not make him lose his composure. The key is that the trend behind this matter made him lose his balance - no one will come to save him, and his backer has decided to abandon him.

If Gao Mingyin was not in the prison of the Imperial Capital Daofu, but in the prison of the Ministry of Justice or the Qingluan Guard Prison, he would probably be dead by now, and his backer has a hundred ways to make him die silently.

Qi Xuansu said: "As long as you tell the truth, I can guarantee your son's safety. No matter how cruel you are, leaving someone to burn incense and sweep the grave is better than being desolate after death."

At this point, Qi Xuansu made a gesture, and a Taoist priest immediately sent Gao Mingyin two photocopies - special paper that restored the scene with magic and printed through the talisman array.

On it was the body of his first wife.

Qi Xuansu said again: "I can also let you see your son."

Gao Mingyin struggled for a long time, shook his head and said: "No need to see him, I can tell."

Qi Xuansu signaled Ke Qingqing to start recording.

Gao Mingyin said slowly: "Those businesses are indeed not legitimate businesses. Just as Master Qi said, those businesses are all smuggling businesses, smuggling animal skins and ginseng from Liaodong, smuggling Western goods from major customs, and smuggling horses from the Golden Tent, and then smuggling tea, iron, salt, etc. Without tariffs, there will be huge profits. But I also have something to say. Who am I? How can I get so many connections? I am just a shopkeeper who manages accounts for others."

Qi Xuansu looked at him: "Who is your backer behind the scenes? Who do you work for?"

Gao Mingyin lowered his head: "I work for Wen Weng."

Qi Xuansu asked again: "Who is Weng?"

Gao Mingyin said: "Wen Weng is the chief historian of the palace of His Royal Highness the King of Liao."

In the previous dynasty, princes could use eunuchs, but in this dynasty, the eunuchs in the palace were abolished, and the system of chief historians that only local vassal kings had was restored.

Qi Xuansu closed his eyes and began to recall the information of the King of Liao.

The Daxuan royal family only granted fiefs to the kings, but they did not go to the vassal state or inherit the title. Instead, they inherited the title by descending. The grandfather was a prince, the father was a county prince, the grandchildren were dukes, and finally the common people without titles. It was very strict.

Because the Daxuan royal family originated in Liaodong, the Liao king was very noble and was the head of the kings. He would not be granted it casually. The Liao king of this generation was the brother of the emperor from the same mother. He had a very good relationship with His Majesty the Emperor. Although he could not reach the level of "deputy monarch", he should not be underestimated. Now he is the clan leader of the clan house and has great power between the court and the country.

No wonder Gao Mingyin could easily move the Tianchen Division to take action. It turned out that the backer was this prince.

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