Chapter 593: Criminal Law of the Imperial City Division
"Your Majesty Lin Hao~!" Lin Hao stepped forward and saluted.

"Forget it!" Before Lin Hao could finish his words, Zhao Heng couldn't wait to say:

"Where are the things? Did you bring them?"

"I brought it!" Lin Hao said with a smile on his face.

"Hurry, give it to me, and whoever that is, bring me my pipe and light it for me!" Zhao Heng's tone was full of urgency, he really couldn't wait even a second.

He didn't know how he had managed to get through nearly half a day. He couldn't hear anything and didn't want to think about anything.

Apart from the headache, the only thing on my mind was a puff of opium.

After a while, with the help of the eunuchs, Zhao Heng lit his pipe and took a deep puff.

"Huh~!" Zhao Heng exhaled a puff of smoke, and it felt as if he had become an immortal on the spot.

At this moment, Zhao Heng forgot all about the country, the people, and the affairs of the country, as well as his niece, Concubine Xian, and Gao Hu's daughter being captured by the Imperial City Bureau.

After finally satisfying his craving, Zhao Heng finally felt like he was alive again. But then he discovered that the amount of nicotine paste Lin Hao brought this time seemed to be much less than last time.

Zhao Heng immediately asked Lin Hao unhappily:
"My dear, why is there so little this time?"

Zhao Heng was unhappy. This amount of tobacco paste was only enough for him to smoke for a few days?
He didn't want to experience the torment he felt today again. That feeling was more painful than killing him.

"Your Majesty, this is all we have for now!" Lin Hao said helplessly.

"Why?" Zhao Heng was shocked when he heard this and asked, "You mean, after I use up all these, there will be nothing left?"

“It’s not that we don’t have any left, it’s just that this thing is very difficult to refine, although I still have some raw materials on hand!

"But at most I can only make one bottle of tobacco paste for the government. If I want more, I will need to find more raw materials. So it will take some time before I can get new ones."

In fact, Lin Hao has plenty of this stuff. He has asked people to collect a lot of poppy poppies. Even if Zhao Heng smokes them until he dies, he will not be able to use them up.

But he couldn't give it all to Zhao Heng at once. If he gave too much, his importance would not be apparent.

He had to use hunger marketing, and he had to cut off Zhao Heng's food supply for a few days every now and then to make him feel uncomfortable and make him think of him all the time.

Although Lin Hao can use illusion skills and hive consciousness, Lin Hao really doesn't have a good impression of Zhao Heng.

When Zhao Heng heard Lin Hao say that it could still be refined, Zhao Heng's ugly expression eased a little.

But when he heard Lin Hao say that it would take some time to refine it, Zhao Heng's face, which had just improved, turned ugly again.

What if Lin Hao hasn't yet refined the tobacco paste? Wouldn't he be left with no cigarettes to smoke? Wouldn't that be enough to end his life?

"My dear, what should I do~!"

Without waiting for Zhao Heng to finish his words, Lin Hao immediately began to express his loyalty:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will do my best to make the smoke paste for you as soon as possible. If I can't make it, I will die as a token of my sin!"

"Good!" Zhao Heng was overjoyed when he heard this. He was in high spirits at this moment. When he heard Lin Hao's words, he immediately said happily:

"Marquis Jing'an is worthy of being a loyal minister of our Song Dynasty. Pass the decree and promote Marquis Jing'an to the position of Palace Envoy!"

"Thank you, Guanjia!"

So Lin Hao was promoted from the third grade to the second grade, a big step up at once. Although Lin Hao didn't really care about it, it didn't affect his happy mood.

At this time, Concubine Xian and Gao Hu were completely confused and felt very unwell.

Wasn't it agreed that Lin Hao would be punished? How come he was promoted?
"Official~!" Gao Hu, who had been kneeling on the ground, reminded carefully:
"My daughter has been arrested by the Imperial City Bureau and is being held in the Imperial Prison!"

Zhao Heng came back to his senses after hearing this, then looked at Gao Hu and asked casually:

"Ah? Is that true?"

Gao Hu was so shocked that he was speechless. He had been acting with tears and snot for a long time, but the emperor didn't listen to a word he said?

Then Zhao Heng turned to Lin Hao and asked:
"Marquis Jing'an, what's going on? How did you capture Consort Xian's niece and bring her to the Imperial City Department?"

Lin Hao glanced at the queen who was sitting on the Diaoyutai, and then in the queen's puzzled eyes, he said:

"Your Majesty, this matter is related to the Night Banquet Picture!"

When the Queen heard that it was the Night Banquet Picture, she suddenly became nervous and stared at Lin Hao, fearing that Lin Hao would say something earth-shattering.

"Night Banquet?" Zhao Heng frowned and asked, "Didn't you say last time that the Night Banquet had been burned?"

Then Lin Hao continued:

"It was indeed burned, but recently there have been rumors in the capital. After tracing them all the way, I found that this rumor is related to Gao Guancha's Ai Xu, this year's third place winner Ouyang Xu."

"It also involves Mr. Ke and other upright people."

"Mr. Ke is a great scholar of our time. Without solid evidence, I dare not act rashly. That is why I took this opportunity to arrest Ouyang Xu and bring him to the Imperial City Division to investigate him in detail!"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian immediately asked:
"No, then you can just arrest Ouyang Xu, why do you want to arrest my Hui'er?"

Gao Hu, who was about to argue, changed his words immediately:

"Marquis Jing'an, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want. I do like Ouyang Xu and want to recruit him as my son-in-law, but my family has not yet agreed to this matter!"

"So this matter has nothing to do with our Gao family, and Ouyang Xu has nothing to do with our Gao family at all."

When Gao Hu heard that Ouyang Xu was involved in the Queen's prophecy case, he immediately distanced himself from Ouyang Xu.

Are you kidding? Even Gao Hu didn't dare to follow that group of upright scholars and meddle in this matter, so how could Ouyang Xu, a mere third place winner in the imperial examination, be involved?
"Reply to the Empress Xianfei!" Lin Hao turned around and replied to the Empress Xianfei:
"I captured Gao Hui for her own good. I think Gao Hui was protected too well by Gao Guanchao, and she has no idea what evil people are!"

"And I am also worried that she has been bewitched by Ouyang Xu, so I am taking this opportunity to let her see Ouyang Xu's true face."

Zhao Heng yawned, feeling that his addiction was coming back, so he nodded casually and said:
"Hmm~! My dear, you are so thoughtful!"

After hearing what Lin Hao said, Gao Hu curled the corners of his mouth. He didn't believe a word Lin Hao said.

But he didn't say anything more, because Gao Hu knew how obsessed his daughter was with Ouyang Xu, to the point of being obsessed.

In fact, he was also worried that the silly girl would really be cheated, but no matter how he tried to persuade her, Gao Hui was unwilling to listen, so it was not impossible to let her suffer a little.

He was just worried that Lin Hao would harm his daughter, so he wanted to object. At this time, Zhao Heng continued:!

"so be it!"

In fact, Zhao Heng didn't care about these things, and didn't want to waste time on the Gao family's trivial matters, so he made the final decision:

"Marquis Jing'an, please settle the case of the Queen's prophecy as soon as possible. Don't cause any more trouble. Also, just teach the niece of Concubine Xian a lesson. Don't really hurt her, otherwise I will hold you accountable!"

As he spoke, Zhao Heng yawned again, then stood up and was about to leave. At this moment, all he wanted was to smoke a puff of opium and feel as happy as a god.

After Zhao Heng left, Concubine Xian and Gao Hu also left. At this time, only the Queen and Lin Hao were left in the hall.

Oh, there are also several eunuchs and palace maids, so Lin Hao looked around. The queen thought that Lin Hao had something to say, such as the Night Banquet Picture.

So the Queen said to the eunuch:
"All of you, please go down! I am asking Marquis Jing'an again!"

"Yes~!" With that, the eunuchs and palace maids left.

With a creak, the palace door was closed, and Lin Hao stepped forward and sat next to Liu Wan, in front of her astonished eyes, where the official had just sat.

"You're crazy~!" Before Liu Wan could finish her words, Lin Hao put his arms around the queen's waist and kissed her directly on the lips.

"Hmm~~!" Liu Wan didn't have time to feel the stimulation, and quickly pushed Lin Hao away and scolded in a low voice:
"You are crazy, where is this place, don't do anything stupid~!"

However, Lin Hao didn't take it seriously. Instead, he pinched the queen's face and said proudly:

"Empress, you don't want the emperor to know, do you~!"

Then Lin Hao pressed the queen down on the dragon throne and whispered in her ear:

"If you speak a little louder, the eunuchs and palace maids outside will be able to hear you!"

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An hour later, Lin Hao returned to the Imperial City. It was not that Lin Hao did not want to stay with the Queen, but there was still a big dish that had not been prepared!

"Who is it?" Gao Hui looked up immediately when she heard someone opening the cell door.

Since there was no light in the cell where she was, it was pitch black inside and she couldn't see the person clearly.

But this is not important. What is important is that someone can finally talk to her. At this time, Gao Hui is cold, scared, thirsty and hungry.

And no one had spoken to her for a long time, and she was about to collapse.

Hearing the footsteps, he immediately shouted:
"Hurry up and untie me, let me out. My aunt is the virtuous concubine of the current dynasty. If you treat me like this, my aunt will definitely not let you go."

But no one responded to her, the only thing that answered her was a pair of unscrupulous big hands.

"Hey, who are you?"

"Go away!" "Don't touch me!"

"My aunt is~!"

"Is your aunt the virtuous consort of the current dynasty?" At this time, Lin Hao's slightly frivolous voice sounded beside Gao Hui's ears:

"But I, Hou Feng, have just returned from the palace. Unfortunately, your aunt, the virtuous concubine, cannot save you."

"Impossible, my aunt will definitely find a way to save me, don't lie to me!"

Gao Hui felt that Lin Hao was lying to her. You have to know that her aunt, Concubine Xian, was the most favored concubine in the entire harem except for the Queen. How could she not save her?

That's impossible. It must be Marquis Jing'an who is lying to her.

Besides, even if her aunt really couldn't save her, she would never let this guy take advantage of her.

"You, let go~!" Gao Hui threatened, feeling the hands wandering around her body:
"If you dare to bully me, my aunt will never let you go if she finds out. Also, my father and the government will definitely not let a despicable person like you go!"

But how could Mr. Lin be frightened by a little girl?
He just smiled slightly, deliberately exhaled a breath of hot air into Gao Hui's ear and said:
"I think this matter will never be spread out. Will you spread it out?"

Gao Hui felt a surge of heat in her ears, and her whole body suddenly stiffened. How could she possibly tell such a thing to outsiders?

If the news of Lin Hao molesting her were to get out, she didn't know what would happen to Lin Hao, but she would definitely not have the face to live in this world anymore.

But at this moment Gao Hui suddenly found that her body relaxed and then she was let down from the rack.

At the same time, the dark cell suddenly became bright and warm. Gao Hui then realized that Lin Hao was not flirting with her, but helping her untie the ropes.

What Lin Hao was moving on her body just now was not his hands, but the numb feeling of her body after the rope was untied.

After regaining her freedom, Gao Hui knew that it was a false alarm, but she did not let down her guard against Lin Hao, fearing that Lin Hao would do something even more excessive to her.

Seeing this, Lin Hao couldn't help but smile and said:

"Don't be so vigilant. If I really want to do something to you, do you think you can escape?

Gao Hui was speechless for a moment. Come to think of it, this Imperial City Division was someone else's territory, and she was a weak woman. If someone really wanted to do something to her, she would not be able to resist at all.

But reason is reason. Facing Lin Hao, the man who just flirted with her, Gao Hui still asked with caution:

"what on earth do you want?"

"How about I take you to visit my Imperial City Sizhao Prison!" Lin Hao asked an irrelevant question.

Gao Hui instinctively shrank back. The Imperial City Division was not a good place. She didn't want to visit the Imperial City Division's Zhaoyu!

But when Gao Hui saw Lin Hao's determined eyes, she became even more frightened.

At this time, Lin Hao's joking voice came lightly:
"If you don't come over here again, do you believe I will kill you right now?"

Lin Hao's words frightened Gao Hui so much that she shuddered. Seeing that Lin Hao was already walking out the door, she followed him out carefully.

But for some reason, Gao Hui felt like she was sick. She found that the more fierce Lin Hao was to her, the less scared she was!

And, and she felt a little, a little, exciting~!

And then, Lin Hao really took Gao Hui to visit Zhaoyu of the Imperial City Division.

Everything was fine at first. Gao Hui saw several prisoners tied to the rack, just like she was just now.

But then~!

"Ahhhhhh~~"

When passing by a cell, Gao Hui heard screams coming from inside and subconsciously looked inside. This sight scared Gao Hui so much that her hair stood on end.

She saw the cruel officials of the Imperial City Bureau. Whipping people with whips was the lightest punishment they could get. She discovered that one of the cruel officials made a prisoner sit on a stool full of nails, and then bright red blood oozed out of the stool.

There were also those who were hooked on the back and branded with tendons, which was even more horrific. In the end, the prisoner kept screaming and wailing until he died.

"Ugh!" Gao Hui quickly covered her mouth.

The daughter of the Gao family had never seen such a bloody scene before, and she was so frightened that she retched continuously.

After a while, when Gao Hui had almost finished vomiting, Lin Hao took out a handkerchief and walked up to Gao Hui with a smile.

Then he gently wiped the stains from the corners of her mouth and introduced her:

"The punishment you just saw is called sitting on nails and standing on nails and hooking the back to brand the tendons."

"And this is just an appetizer of the Imperial City Division's punishments. There are many more cruel punishments than this."

"For example, the Five Punishments." Then he asked with great interest, "Do you know what the Five Punishments are?"

Gao Hui shook her head subconsciously when she heard this.

Seeing this, Lin Hao said excitedly:

"There are very few people who have suffered this kind of torture in history, and the most famous one is Concubine Qi."

"Do you know who Madam Qi is? She was a concubine of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, and the person who carried out this torture was Liu Bang's legal wife, the famous Empress Lü Zhi."

"The five punishments are to chop off a person's limbs, dig out their eyes, cut off their ears, and cut off their noses. Finally, they put the person in a jar and show it to people, making her unable to live or die~!"

Commonly known as "human pig"!
"Ugh, stop talking!" Gao Hui couldn't stand it halfway through and vomited again.

"Well, since you can't stand seeing these, let's not watch them. I'll take you to see what you want to see."

"I, I, wuwuwu~! I don't want to see anything anymore, please lock me up!" Lin Hao's words finally frightened Gao Hui, and she cried and shouted to leave.

Lin Hao smiled, and then said meaningfully:

"Oh, what a pity! I wanted you to meet your sweetheart, Mr. Ouyang. But since you don't want to see him, forget it~!"

"Wait~, it's Ouyang!" Gao Hui, who was originally crying and shouting to leave, asked vigilantly when she heard that she was going to see Ouyang Xu:

"What did you do to Ouyang?"

"Why don't you go and take a look?" Lin Hao smiled and went to the cell where Ouyang Xu was.

Gao Hui followed without thinking, fearing that Lin Hao would do something bad to Ouyang Xu.

When they arrived outside Ouyang Xu's cell, they saw Ouyang Xu, pale-faced, tied to the rack through the iron window.

Fortunately, he had no injuries on his body, and it was obvious that no one had tortured him.

However, the cell where Ouyang Xu was located was not a single cell. There was a torture rack on each side, and there were people tied to them.

No, to be precise, they were alive just now, but now they have turned into two cold corpses.

Ouyang Xu had just witnessed these two men being tortured to death by the cruel officials of the Imperial City Bureau using various tortures. He was so scared that he wet his pants more than once.

"My two lords, please don't be silent. If you want to know anything, just ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

At this time, Ouyang Xu was begging desperately. He was frightened just now. After the two cruel officials had tortured the two men, they ignored him.

But they kept looking him up and down, and after looking him up and down, they turned their gaze to the iron rack on the side where various torture instruments were placed.

It was as if he was thinking about what torture to use on him.

At this moment, Gao Hui outside the cell saw Ouyang Xu's appearance and immediately lay down at the door of the cell and shouted:

"Xu Lang, Xu Lang, are you okay?"

"Hui Niang?" Upon hearing Gao Hui's voice, Ouyang Xu was stunned at first, then looked up.

The prison doors of Zhaoyu were all made of iron, but there was a small square window on it. Gao Hui was seen leaning on the window and looking inside.

When Ouyang Xu saw that it was Gao Hui, he was overjoyed, thinking that Gao Guancha had already found someone to rescue Gao Hui.

So Ouyang Xu hurriedly shouted: "Hui Niang, please save me!"

But Gao Hui couldn’t even save herself, so how could she save Ouyang Xu?
At this time, Lin Hao whispered in Gao Hui's ear:
"If Miss Gao wants to save Ouyang Xu, that's fine, but how about we play a little game first?"

"Play a little game?" Gao Hui felt that it didn't sound like a serious game from Lin Hao's tone.

Gao Hui wanted to refuse immediately, but at this time Ouyang Xu's voice calling for help came:

"Hui Niang, Hui Niang, save me, Hui Niang!"

Hearing Ouyang Xu's cry for help, the heart-wrenching cry made Gao Hui swallow back the words of rejection that were on the tip of her tongue.

Then he changed the subject: "What game?"

(End of this chapter)