Chapter 400: Peeling Back the Skin
Zheng Xunrui waited in the inn with peace of mind, to say that Wang Xiaoer's task is the most arduous and critical, the officials and wardens of the Shangyuan County Torture Room, every morning are the key points, if the disappearance is more than a day, it will inevitably arouse the attention and suspicion of the county, which will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the other party, the reason why the two were captured after dark is to gain time, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the other party, and Yang Tingshu said that the task of interrogating Xu Fo's family is still to be completed by Shangyuan County, Then it must be done by the priest or the warden.
Xu Fojia's crime has been established, and he has been charged with the crime of rebellion, presumably this is designed by the opponent a long time ago, whether it is arraigned or not, it must be rigidly put on, but no matter how it is designed, someone needs to implement it, and the officials and wardens of Shangyuan County are the most important part of it, even if they don't know who instigated it, but they can always say who gave the order, and if they check up along this line, they will definitely be able to find out the person behind the scenes in the shortest possible time.
Simplifying the seemingly complicated problem, this is the best way to deal with the problem, as long as you can grasp the backbone, eliminate all other interference, and follow this backbone to investigate, you can find out the truth in the shortest possible time, Zheng Xunrui came to Nanjing secretly, although he is the crown prince Shaobao, the governor of Caoyun, but he can't quickly expose his identity.
When unitary, the two sedan chairs stopped outside the inn, Wang Xiaoer and others helped out two people from the sedan chair, these two people were tightly wrapped up and down, with a hat on their heads, and their faces were covered with black veil, the bodies of the two did not seem to be very good, if it were not for the support of Wang Xiaoer and others, I am afraid that the road would not be stable, when the guys of the inn were ready to come forward to help, they were blocked by Wang Xiaoer, saying that these two people were the young master's family, and they came from far away, and they were very tired from running for a long time. I am anxious to see the young master at this moment.
The guy at the inn naturally wouldn't be suspicious, and he even said that he would give orders directly if he needed to.
The two were quickly taken to the third floor.
The first to be escorted into the room was the warden, and the priest was guarded in the next room.
When the strip of cloth was removed from his mouth, the warden's eyes widened. Furious began to shout.
"Who is so bold, I am the warden of the county government, you don't want to live......"
Seeing Zheng Xunrui's sharp eyes and good temperament, the warden couldn't help but shudder and closed his mouth obediently. As the warden of the torture room, he has never seen anyone who is of three religions and nine ranks, so he naturally knows the occasion.
"You are the warden of the Shangyuan County Torture Room, I have two questions, if you answer well, then you will still be your warden, if you answer badly, then go underground and complain to the king of Hades."
The warden's body trembled slightly, and he looked at Zheng Xunrui, and his tone softened.
"This lord. I have no enmity with you today, no injustice in the future, what you want to know, as long as I know, I must tell the truth, my life is not valuable, you don't need to take it. ”
Zheng Xunrui looked at Wen Kun beside him.
Wen Kun's expression was grim, and in a few simple words, he had already found that this warden was a typical scoundrel, a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, such a person. In front of the common people, in front of the official master is a dog.
Zheng Xunrui didn't speak, Wen Kun spoke.
"It seems that you are doing well in Shangyuan County, my young master asks you questions. It's your luck, if you take out the yamen's set and deal with it, and don't answer honestly, I dare to guarantee that you can't survive or die, not only you, but your family will also be worse than dead. If you want to fool my young master, and look forward to settling accounts after you get out of here, don't talk about you, even if the master in your yamen is here, the ending will be the same. ”
With a humble smile on his face, the warden hurriedly spoke.
"Don't dare, I will tell the truth, and I will never hide it."
"The first question, Qinhuai River Shengze's return to the house Xu shopkeeper's crime of fornicating with the thief was determined by the county government."
When the warden heard this, his face changed suddenly, his eyes rolled a few times, and he quickly spoke.
"This lord, you also know that I am just a warden of the torture room, and I do things according to the requirements of the above, as for what crime this person is guilty of and how to determine the crime, that is a matter from above, I can't know, a notice was issued from the yamen, and I also did it according to the requirements of the notice."
An unusual smile appeared on Wen Kun's face.
After the warden saw Wen Kun's smile, his face changed again, such a smile was too familiar to him.
"I'll give you another chance, if you answer truthfully, there is still a chance, if you don't want to answer, there will be no chance to regret it at that time, I have already reminded you, don't use the trick in the yamen to fool me."
The warden looked at Wen Kun and at Zheng Xunrui, who was sitting on the side.
He didn't know what the identity of these people was, at first he thought that these people were people on the rivers and lakes, maybe they were a good friend of Xu Fo's family, and after he came out with his words, he thought that he could save people, in this case, he would never be able to tell the truth, just fool the past with a few words, since these people are in Shangyuan County, don't think that they can escape.
But after a short period of time, the views of the warden have changed dramatically, and the temperament of the two young people in front of them is very unusual, even if they are the county magistrates, they are far from being compared.
And the young man in front of him seems to be very familiar with the things inside the yamen.
"I, I'll tell you the truth, I do what the priest asks, and I do what he tells me to do."
A sneer appeared on Wen Kun's face, and he waved his hand to signal his soldiers to plug the warden's mouth.
The priest was brought in.
Before the official could come to his senses, Wen Kun spoke.
"The warden just said that the matter of framing the shopkeeper of Qinhuaihe Shengze's Guijia Courtyard Xu is a suggestion you put forward to the magistrate, now please explain, why you do this, you have to remember that this is your only chance to explain."
The warden who was guarded by his own soldiers, his face was already dead, he couldn't imagine that the officials were also caught, but unfortunately at this time, there was no chance for him to speak.
The priest looked at the warden who was being held aside, and a look of anger appeared on his face.
"This master, this matter has nothing to do with me, why Shopkeeper Xu was convicted, I don't know very well, everything was discussed between the master and the warden, and I don't know about the arraignment of Shopkeeper Xu."
"Who are you fooling, you are the official of the torture room, you don't know about such a big thing, the warden is just your deputy, do things according to your requirements, and you actually say you don't know."
"I can gamble, I really don't know, it's all the warden and the lord discussed, when Sheng Ze returned to the house, I didn't know, the lord directly notified, the warden took someone to do it, and I don't even know if it was interrogated by the shopkeeper Xu."
The priest looks to be in his forties, with a wisp of goatee on his chin, and looks at the warden's eyes, very resentful, such a look is not pretended, indicating that the relationship between the priest and the warden is not very good on weekdays.
Wen Kun was a little surprised, but such a situation may also exist, the magistrate will hand over the case to whoever handles it directly, and others will generally not interfere, even if it is a priest.
Wen Kun won't stop there.
"Oh, I see, then you can tell me what you know, but don't tell me that you don't know anything."
The priest lowered his head, pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind.
"I do know something, when the seizure of Sheng Ze's home, the incident happened suddenly, I once specifically asked the master, the master said very vaguely, saying that this is a matter explained from above, and there is conclusive evidence, Xu shopkeeper fornication, since the master said so, I can't have other statements, and the master also specially ordered, this matter is directly responsible for the warden, asking me not to interfere."
"Tell me where the shopkeeper Xu is."
The priest's body trembled slightly, and he looked at the warden again.
"The little guy is being detained in the prison, this is all ordered by the master."
"You are very bold, you actually dare to spy on Lord Yang, the head of the household department, it seems that you are tired of living."
At this moment, the face of the priest also turned dead gray, probably because he didn't expect the other party to know so many things, as the official of the Shangyuan County Torture Room, he knew very well what the crime of framing the second grade of the household department was Shangshu, it was definitely not something he could bear, not to mention him, even the county magistrate couldn't bear it.
"This master, I really don't know the inside story, it's all ordered by the master, I don't have the guts."
"Needless to say, you have worked very hard to handle this case, who are you doing."
"No one bothered, really, I didn't lie, we all did what the master told us to do......"
Zheng Xunrui has already analyzed that it is impossible for the officials and wardens of the Shangyuan County Torture Room to know so much detail, and the people who can confess to them are the magistrates, and it seems that the key is still in the magistrates.
"Wen Kun, let them write out the original story of the matter, sign and draw it, if there is a little untruth, they don't want to live, Wang Xiaoer, take Yang Tingshu's official talisman, go and invite the magistrate of Shangyuan County, and bring the magistrate here, I want to see who gave the magistrate the courage to dare to do such a thing."
Zheng Xunrui's words made the officials and the warden really paralyzed, they had seen too much of the world, and they spoke so domineeringly, they actually directly called the name of the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, this young man was not simple, the warden even thought of a person directly, and only this person could have such a domineering spirit, and I didn't expect this person to come directly to Nanjing.
It seems that what Wen Kun said is right, he was unwilling to tell the truth before, and at this time, there is no possibility of being able to speak. (To be continued.) )