Licheng is a great place to live and a good place to investigate.

On one side is Lishan, on the other side is Daming Lake, and only two sides are suitable for a large-scale garrison, which is exactly what Qiu Xinggong wants.

Because this guy is here to investigate Li You's rebellion, naturally he wants to let Li You rebel if he really wants to rebel.

In Qizhou, it is Li You's base camp, all of Li You's henchmen and soldiers and the dead soldiers who have never seen it are in Qizhou, in case the investigation in Qizhou touches Li You's secret, Li You turns over the table and rebels directly, then these people who are investigating basically don't want to run away.

But it's different in Licheng, the city is too small, and there aren't many garrisons, even if Qiu Xinggong can't bring all the 1,000 people into the city, but it's still no problem to bring one or two hundred guards into the city.

Then there were only two sides around that were suitable for a large-scale garrison, and Qiu Xinggong's soldiers and horses were stationed on one side, and only the other side was left.

In this way, even if Li You rebels and wants to catch them and kill them, there are only two sides to choose the offensive route, and it is not appropriate to have a garrison on this side if you want to raid, so there is only one side left.

Therefore, when the time comes, you only need to send someone to keep an eye on the side where there is no garrison, so that the vigilance level can be raised to the highest level, and the maximum degree of prevention will be guarded against Li You's possible rebellion.

There is another one, Licheng is small, there are fewer people, and fewer people will not be as crowded as Qizhou, which can maximize the progress of conservative investigation and the things found.

No matter what you find, it's not easy for people to notice, or even startle the snake.

Based on these considerations, Liu Dewei and Qiu Xinggong followed Quan Wanji's suggestion and chose Licheng as the site of the investigation.

And after being stationed in Licheng County, he immediately interrogated Zan Junmo and Liang Mengbiao, who were arrested by Quan Wanji.

"Who's in the hall?"

This is almost the standard opening sentence of the trial on TV in later generations, Wu Yuanqing didn't expect that he could see it in the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, the person who said this was not Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, but the director of the Criminal Department who followed.

This kind of little minion interrogation doesn't need to be a big head, Liu Dewei, Wu Yuanqing, and Qiu Xinggong are sitting on both sides and watching.

Except for them, there are only a few guards in the hall, all of whom are Qiu Xinggong's people, and there is no one else here.

Not to mention Li You, even the impeachment of human rights Wan Ji was excluded from the court trial.

After some normal process questioning, the director of the Criminal Department finally got to the point.

"Zan Junmo, do you know why Quan Changshi arrested you?"

"I don't know." Zan Junmo shook his head.

"Hehe, I don't know? Zan Junmo's official advised you to confess honestly, you said you don't know, then Quan Changshi said that you and Liang Mengbiao assassinated him, is it wrong for you?" The head of the Criminal Department said with a cold smile.

"Yes, Quan Changshi is wronging the villain. Because the king of Qi treats the villain kindly, Quan Changshi has always asked the king of Qi to drive the villain away, and the king of Qi does not obey, so Quan Changshi holds a grudge and deliberately wrongs the villain. Quan Changshi said that the villain and Liang Mengbiao went to his house to kill him on the day he arrested the villain, but the villain and Liang Mengbiao had been in the Qi Wangfu that day and had never left at all. And there is no evidence at all that the two villains did it." Zan Junmo estimated that he was thinking about how to deal with things every day during the time he was imprisoned, so he answered this guy very quickly and in an orderly manner."

However, Quan Changshi said that the wall of his house was trampled on again, and there were clods of soil falling from the wall in the yard. It just so happened that the King of Qi said that he wanted to kill Quan Changshi, and the two of you were driven out of the Qi Palace, you have a grudge against him, if you didn't go to Quan Changshi's house and wanted to kill him, how could there be a clod of soil on the courtyard wall for no reason." The director of the Criminal Department asked again.

"It may have been stepped on by a cat, or it may have been broken by the courtyard wall and fell by itself, but the villain promised that it was definitely not the villain's doing, King Qi can testify for the villain, the villain has been staying in the palace until late before leaving, but he was caught by Quan Changshi and his people not long after leaving the palace, and it is impossible to go to Quan Changshi's house." Zan Junmo once again plucked himself clean.

"That's good, Zan Junmo, this official asked you, last year you accompanied the King of Qi to Mizhou to hunt, but once a fifty-year-old man was injured on a horse, and finally caused ......"

............

After Zan Junmo's interrogation, Liang Mengbiao's interrogation, and then Zan Junmo's interrogation, to the evening when the lamp was held, almost a day was spent on interrogating Zan Junmo, Liang Mengbiao, the two people who were arrested by Quan Wanji, everyone felt that these two people would be the easiest breakthrough.

Outcome.........

"In addition to the assassination of Quan Wanji, other things, whether it is arson and wounding people, or robbing women from good families, or other big and small crimes, these two people basically admit it 1510, and Liang Mengbiao and Zan Junmo confessed similarly. Judging from the results of the current interrogation, I think either these two people have already colluded to confess, or there is no so-called assassination at all, and of course there is no such thing as a rebellion by King Qi. In the back hall of the county government, Wu Yuanqing stood by the open window and listened to the sound of spring water, expounding his opinion.

"Why can't it be that they have already colluded to confess, Wu Yuanqing, you seem to be in the wrong position, why have you been exculpating the prisoner?" Qiu Xinggong sneered and sarcastically.

Wu Yuanqing ignored Qiu Xinggong, and suggested to Liu Dewei with a light smile: "Liu Shangshu, Zan Junmo, Liang Mengbiao's interrogation is almost over, I think I can call the other impeached people for interrogation tomorrow."

Qiu Xinggong, who was bored, sneered again when he heard this: "Wu Yuanqing, you also don't forget your identity, it is Liu Shangshu who is in charge, and it is not your turn to intervene."

"Bad pen, Lao Tzu is a suggestion, I suggest you don't understand it or not." Wu Yuanqing sneered contemptuously.

"You...."

"Okay, you two, if you have any conflicts, please resolve them privately, it's important to get down to business now." Before Qiu Xinggong could jump violently, Liu Dewei was already very unhappy and interrupted him loudly.

Liu Dewei, as the secretary of the criminal department, has an official position one level higher than Qiu Xinggong, not only has a high official rank, but also is the person in charge appointed by the emperor, usually he doesn't get angry, he is angry, Qiu Xinggong doesn't dare to do it at all, he is not afraid of Liu Dewei, but he is afraid of annoying the emperor.

You must know that the matter of eating Liu Lancheng's heart and liver before has not diminished, and the courtiers are still holding back the fire in their stomachs, if there is an accident now, let Liu Dewei sue himself, and attract the siege of the Manchu civil and military, so not to mention that the emperor will protect him, it is not good that the emperor is the first person who wants to tear him alive.

"Just do as Marquis Wu wants, interrogate the others tomorrow, and let King Qi and Quan Changshi observe."