Looking at the corpse that was placed on the bed in the middle of the room, several prisoners couldn't help but wince. But under the pressure of the gaze of the officials of the Criminal Department behind him www.biquge.info several people had no choice but to step forward and bend down to take a closer look at the appearance of the corpse.

Although Li Liang's complexion has turned purple and black due to poisoning, and his appearance has been slightly distorted, his overall appearance has not changed much. Therefore, after watching for a while, several prisoners still said in unison: "Yes, it's him, it's the one who gave us things that day, saying that he was going to give us a great fortune!" ”

"Are you sure you're right?" Although hearing them say this made Zhu Chen's heart perk, he still didn't forget to ask. After all, the stakes are high, and you can't joke about it.

Taken by the dignified momentum of this criminal department, several criminals didn't feel a little hesitant, so they once again forcibly looked at Li Liang's body with fear, and after a while, one of them said: "It's him, I still remember that he has a black mole under his left hand chin, and this person also has it!" ”

When Zhu Chen heard this, he also took two steps forward, looked down at Li Liang's corpse face, and sure enough, he found a black mole that was not so obvious under the purple-black face. This time, he was sure that these people didn't recognize people indiscriminately, so he showed a satisfied smile: "Very good, as long as what you say is right, it can be regarded as a meritorious service to the government, and the official will speak for you when the time comes." ”

When several people heard this, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him again and again to thank him. Zhu Chen didn't have the heart to entangle with them more, so he just waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to send people back to the prison, and then ordered: "Go, bring Li Ye here, I will try him for the first trial!" ”

After a while, Li Langzhong, who was haggard and bloodshot in his eyes, was escorted to the public office of Zhu Langzhong of the Criminal Department by several government officials.

After instructing the two clerks and the yacha to wait, Zhu Chen withdrew the others, and then his eyes stayed on Li Ye who was forcibly pressed to the ground for a long time, and only after a while did he sigh: "Li Langzhong, I didn't expect that you and I were colleagues in the same palace yesterday, but today we have become like this." ”

Hearing him sigh like this, Li Ye's heart was also tightened for a while, and then he lowered his head silently, and he didn't mean to excuse himself. Indeed, what else can he say when he was caught in front of the scene where he was poisoned and killed by Li Liang? Now the only hope he has is that the other party does not grasp his connection to the trial fraud case, otherwise his fate will be even worse.

Seeing that Li Ye didn't answer, Zhu Chen was not angry, but said to himself: "I guess you are also very strange, why did someone from our Criminal Department suddenly appear in front of you at that time." If we hadn't shown up in time, I'm afraid there would have been another headless case, am I right? ”

These few words really aroused Li Ye's interest, he raised his head suddenly, glanced at Zhu Chen and wanted to say something, but in the end he only moved his lips and did not ask the words. He knew very well that Zhu Chen was talking like this because he wanted to break his own defense, and once he opened his mouth to speak, it would be easy for the other party to catch the flaws. Although he is not involved in prison matters, he has been an official for many years, and he still understands this truth.

The two officers on the side saw that their adults had said so much, but the prisoner did not react at all, and they were immediately a little annoyed, and couldn't help but want to step forward and scold. But as soon as they moved, they were stopped by Zhu Chen with his gaze, and the latter continued to look at himself without the slightest annoyance: "Until now, I am not afraid to tell you the truth, because we and the people of Jinyiwei have always been suspicious of you, and we suspect that you are the one behind the cheating!" At the end, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and it landed firmly on Li Ye's half-raised face, making a change of sight with his gaze.

Li Ye's expression changed suddenly, even if he had been prepared, he was still a little caught off guard when someone broke this point in front of him. Fortunately, many years of officialdom have brought his concentration to a very high level, even so, he can still maintain a trace of clarity, and he did not speak, but his eyes have begun to dodge, and he does not dare to look at Zhu Chen.

"Why, at this time, you still try to evade responsibility with silence, and feel that as long as you don't say anything, we have no way to do anything about you?" Zhu Chen sneered: "It is said that Jinyiwei is good at torturing prisoners, but many people don't know, in fact, there are also good hands in torture in the yamen of our criminal department, I really don't want to use these methods on you." ”

After a pause, Zhu Chen suddenly changed the subject: "You must also feel strange why we are suspicious of you." I'm not afraid to tell you, in fact, we suspect that many people are DPRK and Chinese officials who have access to the test questions, and you are just one of them. In fact, as a rite department, it is not a problem for you to have access to the test questions, but who told you to have a disagreement with the deputy chief examiner Zhang Dong? And as far as I know, Zhang Dong is able to hold this position in this examination, it seems that you recommended him, right? ”

Hearing him talk like this, Li Ye's expression became even more ugly, and his heart slowly sank to the bottom. He finally understood why he was in this situation, it turned out that it was all selfish.

At that time, in order to help Zhang Juzheng deal with Yang Zhen and several of their opponents, he came up with such a vicious plan. And after obtaining Zhang Shoufu's consent, he had the idea of killing people with a knife, and arranged Zhang Dong, who had always been at odds with him, into this test.

According to Li Ye's original thoughts, as long as there is a fraud incident, not only people like Zhang Siwei and Yang Zhen will be suspected, or even convicted, but even those relevant deputy examiners will inevitably be in a worrying situation, even if they don't lose their official positions and be reprimanded by the Son of Heaven, it is inevitable to leave a stigma that can never be washed away.

But he never thought that his move to take advantage of the situation would instead become a snake to add to the snake, and he put himself in a pit, which really lifted a stone and smashed himself in the foot.

"To be honest, if it weren't for your stupid tricks, we really couldn't find a breakthrough in this case." Zhu Chen saw his look of chagrin, and added.

Finally, after hearing his words, Li Ye couldn't hold back any longer, and asked in a hoarse voice, "I...... Where else am I doing wrong? ”

Seeing that the other party finally entered, a hint of joy flashed in Zhu Chen's eyes, but his tone did not fluctuate at all, and he still said as before: "Since you asked that person to help you leak the exam questions, why don't you send them away from the capital early?" If you do, even if we doubt you, we will not be able to get evidence to convict you. Also, after feeling that things have changed, you are a thief again, and you don't confess yourself, and you actually run to kill this witness, which gives us even more opportunities. Yes, now I've confirmed that the person you poisoned in the north of the city last night was the one who leaked the exam questions at your behest. What else do you have to say? ”

"I ......" Li Ye originally wanted to deny it, but then he thought that he had admitted in disguise that he was indeed the one who leaked the exam questions according to Zhu Chen's words, and his expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't say anything more about denial.

Seeing the other party's appearance like this, Zhu Chen's heart was even more determined, and he immediately slapped the table case, and said in a fierce voice: "Bold Li Ye, you have received the emperor's favor and have a great future, but because of your own selfishness, you actually did such a move that humiliated the court and made the scholars feel cold, it is really an unforgivable crime." And at this time, in the yamen of our criminal department, in front of us with sufficient evidence, are you still unwilling to admit your charges? ”

When Li Ye was taken down last night, he was already frightened, and he didn't sleep all night, and his spirit was also a little trance. Just now Zhu Chen's words broke through the last luck, and his psychology was already on the verge of collapse, and now he was scolded so loudly that he couldn't hold on anymore, his body collapsed, and he said in a trembling voice: "No...... Yes, I did all this to Li Rail, and in order to protect myself, I also poisoned and killed this person who was the most loyal to me, I am guilty...... "In fact, what pressed him the most uncomfortable was the guilt of Li Rail in his heart, after seeing Li Rail know that he had poisoned him and still calmly died, Li Ye had been hit a lot, but he was still holding on at that time.

But now, under a series of blows, this guilt and regret have increased exponentially, and Li Ye has been completely crushed. In the final analysis, he is still just an ordinary person, although his heart is still quite tough, but under the successive blows and deterrence, he still can't face everything calmly, and he will still completely collapse.

After saying this, Li Ye's eyes suddenly shed tears, but he didn't know whether he was afraid or because of tears of regret.

And seeing him like this, and explaining so happily, Zhu Chen was slightly stunned, and his expression was overjoyed. Such a result was a bit unexpected for him, he thought that he would have to spend a lot of time to get Li Ye to confide the truth, but now it seems that he still looks up to the other party's psychology.

Since this was the case, Zhu Chen planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and as soon as he groaned, he asked what he had always wanted to know: "Then why did you do such a thing?" I don't believe that you did such a thing that might cause a lot of trouble just to avenge your personal vendetta with Zhang Dong. Say, "What other motives do you have, or is it being instructed by someone to do this?" ”

Faced with Zhu Chen's questioning, Li Ye almost told the truth. But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized and quickly changed his words: "I did this only to deal with Zhang Dong, and I didn't have any other purpose!" Now, if he still wants to protect himself or his family, he can only bear the charge and pin his hope on Zhang Juzheng.