Chapter 220: Confession
If it really alarmed the emperor and the Zongren Mansion, Zhao Li would definitely not be able to please him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info He is already unclean, he really wants to be found out about the truth, not to mention any good future, even the position of the prince of Liao, who was originally stable and could fall into his hands, has also been soaked, in case the emperor is in a bad mood, and he may even be removed from the clan status. The king of Liao has always loved this son, and he is reluctant to let him fall into this situation.
King Liao gritted his teeth and glared at his eldest son Zhao Shuo, his face was pale, panting, and after a long while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Just a few words from the two girls, you want to put your brother to death? Even if it is in front of the emperor and the Zongren Mansion comes forward, I have nothing to be afraid of! What your brother has not done, he has not done, you don't want to frame him!" He still had a trace of luck in his heart, and he did not plan to give in to Zhao Shuo.
Zhao Shuo's face sank and showed a self-deprecating smile: "That's what my father originally thought? Originally, the son wanted to save face for his father, the princess and the second brother, but since the father didn't appreciate it, the son didn't have to worry about anything anymore." What do you think...... I really have no evidence to convict my second brother?"
He took out a letter, it was the fake letter that Zhao Mo handed him in the morning, and it had been stamped with a real private seal. Zhao Shuo unfolded the letter and raised it at his father: "Look, this is the evidence of the crime found when he caught the maid sent by the princess last night. If it wasn't forged, then why did the maid sneak into her son's study and steal the seal? The charges written on them were really appalling, and I don't know where the second brother came from, but they were written in such detail and detail as if they were true......
As he spoke, he planned to hand over the letter to Master Wang, but he didn't watch out for a while, but the King of Liao, who was born as a military general, stepped forward with an arrow, and had already snatched the letter, tearing it to pieces with both hands: "What kind of letter? It's just that you fabricated it to frame my son." Such a thing can be taken out by a hundred kings, how can it be trusted?!"
Zhao Shuo was stunned for a moment, and then he was extremely angry, and then thought that his son Zhao Mo had instructed him not to hand over the letter to others. Although the letter was taken away from him, it also proved his carelessness. How could he not have thought that the King of Liao would be able to win the credit?!
Just when Zhao Shuo was still regretting himself, Zhao Mo, who was sitting quietly in a corner, interjected lightly: "It's useless for the prince to tear up this letter." You're right, there are a hundred such things. How can the one that really works be so easily revealed?"
The King of Liao heard the deep meaning of his grandson's words, and hurriedly picked up a fragment of the letter and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, it was just a fake letter written on ordinary rice paper, and it was not the one I prepared at all. Zhao Shuo must have been wary in advance and took a fake letter to fool him. He couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, and glared at his son hatefully.
Zhao Shuo was reminded by his son's words and calmed down: "Father, what my son has is more than just a letter. He turned to look out the door and called out Zhen Zhong and Jiang Cheng.
After the two entered the door, they first saluted the four of Liao, Zhao Shuo, Master Wang and Zhao Mo, and then took out two stacks of paper from their arms. Zhen Zhong held the paper silently, and Jiang Cheng opened his mouth first: "It belongs to interrogating the two maids Xiaolan and Xiaomei respectively, and the following confessions are drawn from their mouths. With that, he read out what was written on the paper word by word.
The confession is very detailed, mainly about how Zhao Li, the second son of the Liao Palace, conspired with his mother to frame the eldest brother with fake letters and real seals, and wanted to convict the eldest brother of fornicating with foreign countries, ruining his future, reforming his clan status, and ruining his life, and then taking the opportunity to fight for the position of the prince of Liao. Among them, the details of how he instructed the two maids, the letters written by Zhao Shuo to show them, the seal patterns and other things, and even the map and location of the mansion where Zhao Shuo lives at the moment, etc., are all clearly stated in the confession, and even the map of Zhao Shuo's mansion was heard from which greedy person for money. Finally, it is mentioned that the reason why Zhao Li framed Zhao Shuo for the crime of fornicating with foreign countries and selling military horses without permission was because he did this kind of thing himself, and the so-called account book he used to frame Zhao Shuo was actually his own, but he changed the name and recopied it, and it was just counted on Zhao Shuo's head.
Zhao Mo listened to Jiang Cheng read the confession in surprise, he never imagined that he would get such an important confession overnight. This is definitely not something that can be guessed by guessing, there must be someone in the know who told the truth. Xiaomei and Xiaolan don't look like people who will confess easily, especially Xiaomei, although she is more straightforward and a little kind, but her temperament is a little stubborn. If the interrogator had been smarter and had bluffed her with words, it would have been possible to bluff out a few truths. But it is impossible to make her say it in such detail. Could it be that Xiaolan recruited this woman, who looks weak and slender on the outside, but in fact she is much harder than Xiaomei, and she is smarter. If she knew that she couldn't do anything, and chose to tell the truth in order to protect herself, it would not be incomprehensible. But both of them are the sons of the Liao Wangfu, and they have parents and relatives behind them. What did Zhen Zhong and Jiang Cheng do to them last night to make them hand over such a detailed confession?
Even Zhao Mo was so surprised, let alone King Liao. As soon as he heard the confession, he knew that it must have been done by two girls, and it was all the truth. He was a little weak-hearted, and he asked Zhao Shuo to cheat, but now he is even more frightened, and at the same time he is a little sad in his heart: Could it be that his beloved second son still can't escape this catastrophe after all?
He closed his eyes.
Master Wang sat calmly and listened to the confession, but he was shocked in his heart. The infighting in the Liao Wangfu has actually reached this point?! When he saw that Zhao Shuo was gradually disobedient to discipline, Zhao Li sincerely came to the door to ask for marriage, and he was moved by the latter's sincerity. If it weren't for the fact that the eldest granddaughter was indeed in the wrong generation with Zhao Li, and it was not good to marry, he might have really let go of this family business, started anew, and gave up Zhao Shuo to cultivate Zhao Li instead. It's a pity that Zhao Li is such an incompetent fool, for the sake of some yellow and white things, he left his subjects behind, and even did the business of fornicating with foreign countries. What's even more stupid is that he dared to instruct the two maids to steal, he should have considered the consequences of the second maid being captured in advance, and even let the two maids know so much confidential information, obviously for the sake of beauty and forgetting the overall situation. Fortunately, they were not allowed to marry their granddaughter that day, otherwise their Wang family would have been pitted by the third son-in-law of the clan in a row, wouldn't it become a joke in the capital?!
However, Zhao Shuo, the son-in-law who is becoming more and more arrogant, seems to have some means and some luck. Although he has all kinds of shortcomings, he refuses to obey the instructions of the Wang family, but if he can really succeed and does not turn his face after the fact, the Wang family can get countless benefits from him. It doesn't have to be that he has to follow his father-in-law's instructions everywhere, or that he must be single-minded about his seventh daughter. Lord Wang is already thinking about it, if Zhao Shuo really has a big position, and he has a gap with his seventh daughter, for the benefit of the Wang family in the future, maybe he will have to send a beautiful concubine into the palace to consolidate his favor, if he gives birth to a prince in the future, it is not impossible to give up the seventh daughter and support the concubine.
Everyone present didn't expect that Master Wang's appearance of listening attentively had actually opened his mind. Jiang Cheng finished reading a confession, looked at Zhen Zhong, and smiled at Zhao Shuo again: "Uncle, do you need to read another one......?"
Zhao Shuo waved his hand, and the two put away their confessions and retreated to the side.
Jiang Cheng happened to stand beside Zhao Mo, and when he saw the little master's surprised look, he smiled slightly. The little master must not have guessed what they did last night. Originally, they just wanted to follow the little master's suggestion and pretend to interrogate Xiaomei to find out the truth, but they felt that if they really tried it, they might gain something, so they gave it a try. Xiaomei really kept silent, no matter whether it was coercion or temptation, she refused to reveal a word. But when they interrogated Xiaolan, they unexpectedly gained something. They just bluffed Xiaolan, saying that Xiaomei had confessed, and then revealed some of the inside information that Zhao Mo had found before, and Xiaolan actually believed it. After being frustrated for a while, Jiang Cheng shook a few terrible torture instruments at her, and she immediately began to tell the truth, in great detail. After saying that, she cried a lot, and she has been silent until now.
However, what she confessed was enough. If you read it to the King of Liao, the King of Liao knew that the general trend had gone, and he could no longer quibble.
Zhao Shuo looked at his father: "You have heard everything, is this not enough? If you really want any evidence, as long as you submit these confessions to the imperial review, the emperor will send someone to investigate." What the second brother has done, he will leave traces, and I have never been involved in the military affairs of Liaodong, and it is easy to prove my innocence. At that time, there will be a conclusion on who is right and who is wrong, and the second brother will also be punished as he deserves. I just don't understand, father...... Why did you do this? Why did the second brother be so stupid? If he hadn't framed me, who would have known about the crimes he had committed? It is not impossible for you to take charge of Liaodong and want to clear the traces for him. Why? Why would you rather risk exposing your second brother's crimes than frame me?!"
The King of Liao did not speak for a long time, closed his eyes and remained silent.
At this time, Zhao Mo suddenly interjected: "Did someone know what the second uncle had done and threaten the prince with the second uncle's safety and future?"
King Liao was shocked, opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Mo: "You ......"
Zhao Mo smiled slightly and looked at Zhao Shuo: "Father, the second uncle is innocent, he will not suddenly have the heart to harm you, even if it is not good for you, he will not risk dragging himself into the water, unless...... He didn't have a choice. Because someone knows about his crimes, and he is eager to cover them up, he can only blame you. Moreover, the man who threatened him did not object to his act of taking blame. ”
Zhao Shuo looked at the King of Liao fiercely: "Is it the Mansion of the King of Shu?The father and son of the King of Shu discovered the secret of the second brother and threatened the father and the second brother to deal with me?!"
The King of Liao was silent for a moment before sneering: "You father and son are so good that you can guess that the King of Shu is the culprit." Anyway, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, it's true that the King of Shu threatened me. Li'er was confused for a while, and made a taboo, but somehow let the king of Shu know. He traveled thousands of miles to Liaodong and sent secret envoys from Shuzhong to Liaodong to threaten me with the evidence of Li'er's crimes, saying that if I refused to obey his instructions, I would denounce Li'er. If I want to keep my second son, I have to sacrifice my first. I thought that you had never been likable, and that you had come to the capital to fight for some position on your own initiative, and I didn't want to recognize me as a biological father for a long time, so why should I harm the filial son for you, a rebel son? So I agreed to the invitation of the King of Shu. ”
He looked at his eldest son resentfully: "If you hadn't come to the capital to wade this muddy water, how could our family have suffered such a catastrophe?