Chapter 52: Coerced Confessions
For Su Qingyu and the others, the emperor only rewarded some gold and silver, and did not say a word about the scarface and tokens. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Coming out of the palace, Su Qingyu asked the Fengxiang Army to continue training in the Hollow Valley, of course, the level of training was different from before.
According to Scarface's confession, the rich businessmen whom the mysterious man asked him to rob were all in contact with him privately, pretending to have been robbed, but in fact they were just sending money in another way.
The two hundred Xiaoyao Guards who had been following Su Qingluan finally had a task, which was to focus on investigating Li Ke to see if the mysterious person who was connected with Scarface was him, and she felt that things were not so simple, whether it was Li Ke or not, how dare a fourth-grade official be bold enough to buy bandits to do this kind of thing.
If she guessed correctly, there should still be someone on the head of this mysterious man. In this way, it may involve some trouble, but it is better to get rid of this kind of moths as soon as possible.
The speed of the Easy Guard was very fast, and he made this Li Ke clear, and all the evidence pointed to Li Ke being the mysterious person who contacted Scarface. And they also found out one thing, this Li Ke's original name was Wu Xirui, a person from Jiangnan, a Tanhualang in Jingkang's ninth year, and was later appointed as the governor of Jiangnan, and in the eleventh year of Jingkang, because of a mistake in the judgment, a local magistrate and a family of nine died unjustly in prison, and was later sentenced to exile. Two months later, it was reported that the man could not stand the suffering of exile and committed suicide.
In the fourteenth year of Jingkang, Li Ke won the top prize in the scientific examination, made a five-grade official in the court, and was later assigned to serve in SD, but no one found out that Li Ke was Wu Xirui back then, and compared the portraits of the two, the facial features are too different, almost two people, even if the father comes, they can't tell the difference!
Su Qingluan rubbed his eyebrows, now he wants to find out who is the person who helped Li Ke or Wu Xirui escape from exile, looking at this ability to cover the sky, this person's status in the court may not be so simple.
Xiaoyaowei still hasn't found out who this person is, and it's been so long, all traces have long been wiped clean, and it won't take a while to find out.
Now the only way to let the people behind the scenes show their own feet, at the moment Su Qingluan went out of the house and entered the palace, and told the emperor his thoughts, and the emperor felt that it was feasible. So on the second day, the emperor told the story of Scarface in the early court, and told everyone that each token was numbered in the Imperial Workshop, so after firmness, it was already certain that this token belonged to Li Ke, and he had ordered someone to arrest Li Ke.
Indeed, when it was determined that the mysterious person was Li Ke, Su Qingluan asked Su Qingyu and Mei Yihua to secretly lead Yu Linwei to rush to SD day and night, and at this time he should have entered SD territory.
Three days later, Li Ke had been arrested and imprisoned in the capital, and when Su Qingluan saw the three of them, Li Ke couldn't see anything on his face, as if he was sure that he would still not die, or he didn't care if he would die.
And Su Qingyu and Mei Yihua looked haggard, they hadn't slept well for a few days, and they were bumping on the horses day and night, just to catch him off guard.
Su Qingluan looked at Li Ke through the wooden fence, this Li Ke looked like a plum blossom with a noble aura, so that people who saw him would never have thought that he would collude with bandits to launder money.
Su Qingluan looked at him, her eyes were far-reaching, she didn't know what she was thinking, she didn't see him get up and salute when she came over, it seemed that she and Su Qingyu and Mei Yihua were just air.
"Presumptuous, it's not a salute to see the eldest princess of Jing'an, the Nine Emperors!" The warden couldn't help but shout angrily when he saw Li Ke in such a daze.
"Huh?" Su Qingluan raised his hand to stop the warden, "You go and get busy first, I have something to ask him personally." ā
The warden bowed and retreated.
Su Qingluan saw that Li Ke still looked like a thunderbolt, and hooked his lips and smiled, "Li Ke, no, or Lord Wu Xirui." After saying this, Li Ke turned his face, but there was no frightened expression on his face, only a look of surprise and surprise.
"I didn't expect that this name would be called. Li Ke muttered to himself as if exclaiming.
"What, does Lord Wu still want to call this name back?" Su Qingluan had a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was a little mocking.
Li Ke or Wu Xirui was a little dazed, as if he didn't know how to answer, is he still qualified to be called by this name, in order to survive for a long time, he abandoned his name and identity and even his parents and hometown, and lived as another person, doing things that violated the teachings of his teacher and father.
"Wu Xirui, who is the person behind you?" Su Qingluan asked very calmly, as if to say, how did your lunch taste?
Wu Xirui smiled and shook his head, "Eldest Princess Jing'an, I have heard about and admired your deeds a lot, and if you are as smart as you, you should have known that I wouldn't say anything about that person." ā
Su Qingluan shook his head self-deprecatingly, "Yes, I knew that you wouldn't say it or I didn't give up asking, give myself a chance, and give you a chance." ā
"Why did the princess say this?" and Wu Xirui were a little puzzled, if he was given a chance, he would understand, but why did she ask to give herself a chance?
Su Qingluan smiled lightly and shook his head, as if he was laughing at his innocence, and said, "Give me a chance to intercede for you, I just think it's not worth it for someone like you to die like this." Presumably, the unjust verdict back then did not come from your original intention, otherwise you would not have been so conscientious and conscientious in all these years of living as Li Ke for the people of SD. ā
Wu Xirui's official reputation in the past few years in SD is not fake, it seems that he doesn't want to make the same mistake again, and he is very serious about every case he handles.
Wu Xirui was a little surprised, and in his eyes was Su Qingluan's affirmation of him, but being a man must be principled, no matter what, he would not say that person.
Su Qingluan saw that he had no intention of speaking again, so he took Su Qingyu and Mei Yihua out of the prison.
Back in the mansion of the eldest princess of Jing'an, Mei Yihua said, "Luan'er, do you think this Wu Xirui will open his mouth to tell the person who is in charge behind the scenes?"
Su Qingluan shook his head, "No, this Wu Xirui has an arrogance, as noble as a plum blossom, I'm afraid what I care about most in this life is that the unjust judgment caused the tragic death of the Xiucai family, and this person behind the scenes saved his life, and he will not say that person until he dies." ā
"Then what should we do now?" Even Su Qingyu was a little at a loss.
Su Qingluan smiled meaningfully, "He doesn't say it, we can let the person behind the curtain jump out by himself." ā
Su Qingyu and Mei Yihua didn't know why at first, and then they understood what Su Qingluan meant.
Forcibly let the two of them rest, Su Qingluan sent someone to call Su Qingyuan, after a cup of tea, Su Qingyuan left the Jing'an Eldest Princess's Mansion and went straight to the prison, and in the afternoon, the news came out secretly, because Li Ke refused to confess, and the third prince went to Xing to Li Ke.
Ten days passed like this, and on the eleventh day, Li Ke finally couldn't stand the cruel criminal law in the prison, and had the intention of confessing, admitting that there was indeed someone behind the scenes, but his body was too weak, and he fainted before he confessed, and now he is still in a coma, and he invited the imperial doctor in the palace to come over for treatment.
Now wait for Li Ke to wake up, and then the truth of everything will come out.