Chapter 1362: See the Cultivation Technique Again
At this time, the entire capital city had been under martial law by the Imperial Guards, and every household had locked their doors.
If you walked on the street without official documents at this time, you would be arrested as a spy and might even be executed on the spot.
Zhang Tuohai arrived at the door of a convicted official without any obstruction.
The great changes that had taken place in the city had not yet spread here, so although every household was closed, it was not too tense.
Some doors were even half-open, with people secretly looking in through the cracks.
"Someone, open the door! "
Zhang Tuohai came to a door and said to the guard behind him.
"yes!"
Several guards came forward and knocked on the door repeatedly: "Open the door, open the door."
An old servant opened the door and said impatiently, "This is the residence of Minister Liu of the Ministry of Rites. Do you think you can shout and yell here?"
"Minister Liu of the Ministry of Rites? That's what I'm looking for. If you don't want to die, get out of the way."
A guard pushed the old servant aside and rushed in.
A large number of guards followed closely behind and rushed into the yard.
The old servant was stunned when he saw this scene. He sat there, not knowing what to do.
That group of guards already had experience in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
If they encountered anyone who resisted, they would chop them down without saying a word. If they did not resist, they would just tie them up and throw them into the courtyard.
First they controlled all the people in the mansion, and then they killed all the pet dogs, turtles, koi fish, and pigeons, which became their snacks.
As for the valuables, small items could be carried in the pocket, while the large ones should be placed in the yard and become public property.
These are the rules. Although they are not explicitly stated, everyone follows them.
The Shangshu Mansion was much smaller than the Prime Minister's Residence, and was much easier to clean up, so it was quickly ransacked.
All the people were taken to a yard.
Zhang Tuohai walked over and went through the system.
【Congratulations on obtaining the skill Pipa. 】
【Congratulations on obtaining the skill of Dong Xiao. 】
[Congratulations on obtaining the skill of soft bone technique. 】
【Congratulations on obtaining the skill ser. 】
【Congratulations on obtaining the skill Bagua. 】
…
It seems like something strange has been mixed in.
Zhang Tuohai took a quick look and saw that they were all miscellaneous arts and of no use.
After exchanging most of them for attribute points, Zhang Tuohai waved his hand and said, "Put them all in the prison, leave some people to guard the property, and the rest follow me."
Zhang Tuohai and his men continued to rush to the next house.
After copying two houses, Zhang Tuohai found that the efficiency was a bit low. It took him two hours just to copy two houses, which was still relatively fast.
However, more than a hundred officials were killed in the court today. If we searched every household one by one, it would take at least several months .
It takes too long.
"Let the Five Cities Military Department, the Imperial Guards, and the Imperial City Department go out and search for the criminals. All their family members will be put in the Sky Prison. I will have a unified trial."
Zhang Tuohai issued the order.
"yes!"
Following Zhang Tuohai's order, all the violent departments in the capital were mobilized to help search and confiscate the files of criminals.
The convicted officials and their relatives were thrown into the prison in groups.
The prison was instantly overcrowded.
Zhang Tuohai was standing at the gate of the prison, brushing up his attribute points, feeling very happy.
It was not until the lights were on that a captain from the Five Cities Military Division came to Zhang Tuohai with a group of family members of the imprisoned officials.
"Master Imperial Master, the last group of family members has been brought here."
"Thank you very much. I'll include you in my credit book when I get back."
Zhang Tuohai nodded in thanks and glanced at the prisoner’s family.
Just as I was about to leave, I saw a different prompt pop up.
[Congratulations on obtaining the "Thousand Illusions Transformation Technique" (Cultivation, Fragments). ]
"Um?"
Zhang Tuohai stopped when he saw this line of prompts.
He has been here for a day and has only acquired ordinary skills and some ordinary techniques, which have almost made him numb.
The sudden appearance of a book on cultivation techniques, even if it was only a fragment, made him extremely surprised.
"It's actually a cultivation technique?"
Zhang Tuohai perked up.
The cultivation techniques are not something that ordinary people can easily obtain.
At least Li Qingyuan, despite being a prince, was unable to practice cultivation techniques.
A guy who knows a little bit about the art of controlling objects can become a guest of honor of the prime minister and the third prince.
Zhang Tuohai absolutely did not believe that a person who could practice cultivation techniques was just an ordinary person.
"Don't take it away yet."
Zhang Tuohai stopped the captain leading the team.
"Who are these people?"
Zhang Tuohai glanced at the dozen or so people who were locked up.
"Reporting to the Imperial Master, these are the family files of the local prefect, Lord Liu. Because Lord Liu's family files are all in the manor outside the city, it took some time to travel back and forth, so these people arrived last."
The captain said quickly.
"Take them to the Sky Prison and keep them in solitary confinement. I will interrogate them one by one."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"Understood."
The captain immediately did as he was told.
Zhang Tuohai also followed him into the sky prison.
The Tianlao is divided into two floors. The upper floor is the official prison, where all the officials who have offended the emperor are imprisoned. Because they have only offended the emperor, but there is still a possibility of reinstatement, these people have relatively good food and accommodation conditions. There are not only tables, chairs, benches, pens, ink, paper and inkstones in the rooms, but they can also eat white rice and vegetables every day.
If the family is willing to spend money, they can get any food and drink from the restaurant, and even have their beautiful wife and concubines serve them.
As long as you have money and don't go out, you can basically do whatever you want.
Even more comfortable than home.
But the lower level of the Heavenly Prison is different.
All those here are officials who have committed capital crimes or people of special status. There is no possibility of these people being rehabilitated, so they live in basements , with only moldy straw on the floor, and every day they only have porridge made of thin bran mixed with sand.
Every prisoner held here was wearing heavy shackles.
Even if you are a tough guy, when you get here, you will have to kneel down and call me grandpa within three days.
The families of those imprisoned officials were basically arranged in the basement, which was overcrowded.
Because there were suddenly so many people, the eerie and cold atmosphere in the basement was actually diluted.
"Master, there is a special execution room in the prison, and there are also skilled executioners. If you need to interrogate someone, you might as well give it to us. Even a bronze, gold, or steel Arhat can pry open his mouth."
"You have an execution room here? Take me to see it."
Zhang Tuohai became interested.
The group arrived at the innermost cell, which was darker and damper than the other cells. The torture instruments inside were covered with dark red bloodstains and rust spots.
Zhang Tuohai was sure that even if the prisoners who had been tortured were not beaten to death on the spot, they would not be able to escape the blade of tetanus.
There's definitely no chance of getting out alive.
But this is a good place for him to interrogate.
"Bring those people here."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"Bring the prisoner!" the jailer shouted hurriedly.
A moment later, the group of prisoners selected by Zhang Tuohai were brought here.
