Stand-in eunuch: I pamper the harem for the emperor

Chapter 43 The Grace of Not Killing
The next day.

Lu Hao led the imperial guards to the Criminal Department and began to interrogate the prisoners arrested yesterday.

First, Wang Gaoyuan was escorted to the torture room.

To be honest, punishing corrupt officials is nothing more than extracting money.

The torture room was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The various torture instruments made Lu Hao dazzled and amazed.

After all, this was the first time he had seen so many instruments of torture.

Master Di, the Minister of Punishment, was very patient and explained how to use the torture instruments one by one.

After a while, Wang Gaoyuan, who was handcuffed and shackled, was escorted up.

"Eunuch Lu, do you want to be punished?"

Lord Di asked in a low voice.

"Eunuch Lu, I was wrong. Your Excellency, please spare my life!"

When he heard that he was going to be punished, Wang Gaoyuan was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud.

"Master Wang, have you forgotten how you laughed at our family?"

Lu Hao sneered again and again.

"Eunuch Lu, I am blind! I deserve to die! I deserve death! I..."

Wang Gaoyuan slapped himself hard.

Now, he really regrets it.

"The emperor has said that as long as Wang Gaoyuan tells the truth, I will spare his life because of his hard work. If he resists to the end, then I will kill him!"

Lu Hao deliberately used the emperor to scare him.

"The guilty minister must tell the truth honestly and will never dare to hide anything."

Wang Gaoyuan was overjoyed.

Originally, he thought that he was bound to die. Since he would not die, what was money?

"Deputy Commander Yan, you are here to interrogate me. Our family does not have the leisure to do so."

After Lu Hao finished explaining, he left the torture room.

Master Di personally took Lu Hao to visit the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

All the people captured yesterday are being held here.

The families of the thirteen ministers, plus the housekeepers, maids, and retainers, totaled hundreds of people.

"Lu Hao, you damn eunuch, why are you arresting me without any evidence? I want to see the Prime Minister!"

Suddenly, a man stood up and cursed.

Lu Hao knew that this guy's name was Huang Bin, the Minister of Household Affairs, who had embezzled more than 200 million taels of silver by relying on the fact that he was the Prime Minister's confidant.

"Do you want to see the Prime Minister just because you say you want to? You don't want to reflect on yourself, and you dare to insult Eunuch Lu. You really deserve to die!"

"Come here, drag me out and beat me to death!"

Lord Di ordered coldly.

Two jailers went in, dragged Huang Bin out, and beat him severely.

To be honest, the jailers in the Ministry of Punishments are all ruthless people.

They were also more professional at beating people than the Imperial Guards, specializing in picking out vital points and beating Huang Bin until he screamed in agony.

In the eerie prison of the Criminal Department, the cruel screams are horrifying to hear.

The guy who originally wanted to use his words has now completely shut up.

"Huang Bin, Mr. Huang, you should know very well whether you have committed corruption or not."

"If you tell the truth, our family can give you a chance to survive. Otherwise, not only will you be dead, but your family will be too!"

"Our family is very murderous. If you really want to die, our family can help you!"

Lu Hao threatened.

He waved his hand calmly, signaling to spare Huang Bin's life.

Mr. Huang, whose face was full of blood donations, was no longer as arrogant as before.

"Master Wang, why don't you quickly thank Eunuch Lu for your kindness in not killing me."

Master Di quickly winked at him.

In fact, he is also a confidant of the Prime Minister and has a good relationship with Wang Gaoyuan.

Now that Lu Hao has spoken, if he continues to be ignorant of current affairs, he will be looking for death.

Huang Bin was not stupid and quickly got up and knelt in front of Lu Hao.

"Eunuch Lu has a large number of them. Huang Bin realizes his mistake. Thank you for not killing him!"

Huang Bin quickly kowtowed. "Sir Huang, the Emperor has said that as long as you tell the truth, I will spare your lives. If you speak harshly, our family will not be able to save your heads."

Lu Hao continued to threaten.

"The guilty minister dare not hide anything, he must tell the truth honestly."

Huang Bin said quickly.

"Master Di, please find someone to interrogate. I only want the results."

Lu Hao explained.

After all, with so many people interrogated by Deputy Commander Yan alone, he doesn’t know how long it will take to finish interrogating them.

In fact, the properties of these people are basically locked up by Lu Hao.

The current interrogation only requires them to plead guilty and hold a bond.

The next step is to return the corrupted and bribed property and confiscate the property. As for whether to confiscate the property and whether to exile or not, it all depends on Lu Hao's mood.

Wang Gaoyuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and Huang Bin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, both surrendered at the same time, and the rest of the work was easy to do.

Soon, Deputy Commander Yan sent the interrogation records.

Now that these people have confessed, it will be easier to handle.

I have to say that Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance is really rich!

A rough estimate shows that Wang Gaoyuan has at least tens of millions of taels of silver.

And Lu Hao is sure that this guy must have some hidden property.

The thirteen criminals voluntarily surrendered more than 4000 taels of silver.

Those who are riding horses can get more money by punishing corrupt officials!

Lu Hao was filled with emotions.

Even though I worked hard to raise 500 million taels of silver, and the emperor supported me, it was still so difficult.

Unexpectedly, just cleaning up corrupt officials would yield 4000 million taels of silver.

Lu Hao was in a good mood and would spare their lives as long as they paid the money.

Removal from office, fine from fine, exile from exile...

Of course, Lu Hao also knew that the money they had hidden was enough for the rest of their lives.

……

Night falls.

Lu Hao received a secret summons from Concubine Yi and hurried to Yiquan Palace.

"Slave Xiao Liuzi pays homage to Concubine Yi!"

Lu Hao knelt on the ground and paid his respects to Concubine Yi.

"Xiao Liuzi, have you become a successful person? Are you too courageous? You don't even come here anymore?"

Concubine Yi asked coldly.

"I don't dare. I have been busy with the errands assigned by the emperor these days and I really can't get away!"

Lu Hao replied with a grimace.

"Hmph! Can't move away? I think that's an excuse! Do you believe that I chopped off your head?"

Concubine Yi snorted coldly, her murderous intent emerging.

"Your Majesty, please spare your life! I will come here on time every day to pay my respects to you."

Lu Hao quickly begged for mercy.

This Concubine Yi seemed harmless to humans and animals, but she was actually ruthless. If she really cut off her head, not even the emperor would be able to do anything to her.

"Come here every day to say hello? Are you afraid that the emperor doesn't know that you are from this palace?"

Concubine Yi shouted angrily.

"You stinky bitch, if I get a chance next time, I will kill you in bed!"

Lu Hao lay on the ground, lowered his head, not daring to make a sound, he could only tremble in his heart.

"Xiao Liuzi, please get up and tell me what happened in the past few days in detail. If you hide anything, I will kill you!"

Concubine Yi thought of her father's explanation and her mood eased a little.

"Reporting to your Majesty, in the past few days..."

Lu Hao had no choice but to recount what happened in the past few days.

Of course, the human skin mask would definitely not dare to reveal it to her.

As for arresting and punishing corrupt officials, they were explained in great detail. Concubine Yi listened with interest and occasionally interjected to ask a question.

(End of this chapter)