Because no information was revealed in advance, Li Xu, Cao Qian and others were unprepared.
Now that the situation has developed to this point, Li Xu cannot escape.
Once the imperial doctor found out that Li Xu was injured, combined with the previous evidence, Li Xu's crime was basically confirmed.
But in a moment, Cao Qian made a decision.
Give it up when it's time to give it up to avoid disaster.
The doctor came soon.
In order to be sure, three doctors who specialize in trauma came here, and Doctor Chen was among them.
Li Xu was unwillingly taken to the side hall by the imperial guards and took off his clothes for verification.
Eunuch Gao, who was beside the emperor, brought two servants to monitor.
Li Xu wanted to resist, but this was a royal palace. Not to mention the heavy imperial army, Yu Zheng, Zhou Boxu, Shen Changze and others in the palace were all skilled in martial arts, so he couldn't escape at all.
And once you do it, you are asking for it. If the government resists, the crime will be increased, and his family will also be affected.
After much thought, Li Xu accepted his fate.
The emperor and all the officials were waiting in the palace. A quarter of an hour later, Imperial Physician Chen, Eunuch Gao and others returned.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Li has a scar on his left arm and back." Eunuch Gao replied truthfully.
After hearing this, the whole court was silent.
The emperor looked at Imperial Physician Chen intently.
Doctor Chen cupped his hands and said, "After inspection, the stab wound on Mr. Li's body was sustained recently."
"Come here, capture Li Xu!" the emperor ordered in a deep voice.
The Imperial Army obeyed the order and immediately captured Li Xu.
Li Xu did not resist and struggled, and was captured without mercy.
Cao Qian looked at the captured Li Xu with a cold expression.
It is a pity that the chess pieces that have been buried for many years are destroyed like this.
But now is not the time to feel sorry, it is the right thing to protect yourself wisely.
The emperor looked at Cao Qian, who was hanging his head, and said sternly: "This case will be handed over to King Jing as the presiding judge, and the Dali Temple will be the assistant judge."
The crime of assassinating a third-rank court official was not a light one, and it was enough to kill Li Xu.
Of course, killing Li Xu is meaningless. Finding out the mastermind behind him is the key point.
Feeling the emperor's compelling gaze, Cao Qian's heart sank a little more.
It seemed that he had to move faster.
Li Xu was taken to Dali Temple Prison, where Yu Zheng interrogated him personally, and Zhang Ting and Xiang Maoyan assisted.
In the torture room, Li Xu was tied to the torture pillar by Wuhua Da. He glanced at the various torture instruments with a sarcastic smile on his face.
For many years in Dali Temple, he used these torture instruments to interrogate many prisoners, but he never thought that one day they would be used on himself.
After receiving Yu Zheng's signal, Xiang Maoyan glared at Li Xu and said, "You are familiar with these torture instruments. Which one do you want to start with first? Or do you want to try them all?"
Li Xu's scalp tightened: "Your Majesty, are you going to surrender?"
Although he has never tasted the taste of these instruments of torture, he knows exactly what it feels like.
Come all over again? No matter how tough a guy is, he can't resist it.
Yu Zheng kept tapping the chair and stroking his hands, and said slowly: "Master Li, I understand the rules of Dali Temple."
No matter whether they are wronged or not, they will be punished before entering Dali Temple. If he can resist the criminal law, he will be interrogated again.
A good man doesn't want to suffer any immediate losses. Li Xu looked at Yu Zheng and said, "No need to go to such trouble. Whatever the prince wants me to do, that's the first thing."
"Really?" Yu Zheng looked at Li Xu and accepted his proposal: "Tell me who is behind the scenes."
Li Xu's eyes flashed: "There is no mastermind behind the scenes. I just want to sit in the position of Dali Temple Minister, so I have murderous intentions."
This fact of sin is undeniable.
As for the rest, Yu Zheng had no evidence, and Li Xu didn't dare to say anything.
"Sure enough, it was you who killed my lord!" Xiang Maoyan was furious after hearing Li Xu's personal admission.
Zhang Ting, who was silent for a while, also had an angry look on his face.
It is not wrong for people to go to higher places and want to sit in the position of the minister of Dali Temple, but they should not use such despicable and vicious methods.
"Okay, then tell me, where is the assassin who assassinated with you?" Yu Zheng changed the question.
Being able to kill the accompanying guards in a short period of time, and also assisting Li Xu in killing Sun Hechuan, such a master cannot be the person next to Li Xu.
After a quick thought in his mind, Li Xu said: "He was a killer hired from a secret building, and we are done with it as soon as the deal is over."
The Dark House is a well-known killer organization with many masters, specializing in buying and killing people.
It was reasonable to blame it on them, and Yu Zheng had no way to verify it. Li Xu thought he was smart.
"Really?" Yu Zheng looked cold.
Li Xu insisted: "Yes."
"It's a pity that I don't believe it." Yu Zheng snorted coldly and waved his hand for the jailer to be executed.
As usual, first there was whipping soaked in chili pepper water, then branding...
Li Xu gritted his teeth and resisted, until the jailer smeared honey on his wounds and poured ants onto him.
"Ah!" A shrill scream rang out from the prison.
The ants were eating away at his heart, and Li Xu was shaking all over in pain, and his teeth were almost broken.
But he didn't dare to do it. If he did, he wouldn't be able to convict Cao Qian without evidence. If Cao Qian doesn't die, his family will die.
Li Xu was shaking like chaff, resisted forcefully, and finally passed out from the pain.
He's a man.
Yu Zheng asked someone to splash Li Xu awake.
Li Xu was covered in blood and was splashed with water. The blood mixed with ants dripped all over the floor.
His teeth chattered and he raised his head to look at Yu Zheng in fear, not knowing when it would end.
Such torture would be worse than a happy death.
Just when Zhang Ting and Xiang Maoyan thought the torture would continue, Yu Zheng stood up, walked to Li Xu, and whispered a few words in his ear.
After listening to this, Li Xu looked frightened and struggled.
"Put him in prison and kill him later." After Yu Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and left without any hesitation.
Li Xu looked at Yu Zheng's leaving figure and felt panic in his heart.
He was afraid that what Yu Zheng said would come true.
Yu Zheng said: "You are so loyal, I wonder if your master will let you and your family go?"
"You thought your death would bring peace to your family, but your master can abandon you. What meaning does your family have to him?"
Finally, Yu Zheng asked him: "How long do you think your family will live after you die?"
Yu Zheng's words echoed repeatedly in Li Xu's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
The assassination case of Sun Hechuan was concluded, and Yu Zheng sent someone to inform Sun's mother and Sun Yijun.
Sun's mother and Sun Yijun were both happy and angry when they learned that Yu Zheng had found out the murderer so quickly and convicted him.
The happy thing is that Sun Hechuan can finally rest in peace, but the angry thing is that the murderer turned out to be Sun Hechuan's subordinate. It is really hateful to pay for the murder in order to seize the throne.
Li Xu did not confess anything else, so Yu Zheng closed the case based on his confession. So Sun's mother and Sun Yijun thought that was just the case.
Even Jiang Shu, Yu Zheng didn't say much to her, and Jiang Shu didn't ask any more questions.
In any case, the murderer was caught and the matter came to an end.
In the morning of the next day, Yu Zheng reported to the emperor and formally settled the case.
After hearing this, Cao Qian felt uneasy in his heart.
As long as Li Xu is still alive, the assassination of Sun Hechuan will not be truly resolved, and there are variables.
Only the dead can make people feel at ease.
After going to court, Yu Zheng followed the emperor to the imperial study.
The father and son talked secretly for a long time, and finally the emperor said coldly: "Just do it."
"Okay." Yu Zheng responded.
Yu Zheng understood that the emperor hated the Cao family deeply.
