Chapter 0201 Secret
In the second half of the night, it began to get cold, but it was still a little stuffy in the cell, and Li Moyi walked alone in the corridor of the cell.
The prisoners on both sides tossed and turned in the horn of the press, occasionally cursing a few words, and some of them were beaten by the board, so they could only lie on their stomachs honestly, humming and snorting.
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Governor Li not only followed his advice and let Ning Xiao and Shu Bu leave first, but also suspended the interrogation and put the prisoners in solitary confinement.
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Li Moyi, under the leadership of Wang Shi, finally came to He Tiancheng's single cell.
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This eldest young master gave people a very easy-going impression in the past, he can be described as a gentleman like a jade, unparalleled in the world, and he is also well-known in Liling City.
Therefore, Li Mo has not been able to figure out until now, why would Hetian become such a thing, and he and Lai Jin are the same brotherhood, how could they be imprisoned in the cellar in the future?
Could it be that he fell in love with Duo Niang and wanted to keep it for himself, but he couldn't bear to hurt his own hair with his own hands, so he put him under house arrest, so that Duo Niang had no heart to follow him?
But he and Duo Niang both hold the gold and bronze keys to the cellar, which means that Duo Niang may have known about what happened to Lai Jinwei for a long time.........
Could it be that Duo Niang also has the heart to do this, so she conspires?
However, the entanglement of affection that these three people only saw could not be the key to the Shizi shipwreck case.
In order to take his wife, he killed a boatload of scholars and literati, such a thing is obviously unreasonable.
Moreover, there is also a Hezhong Cheng who was poisoned by Zheng Shuzhi.
Since Zheng Shuzhi has been sent to poison Hezhongcheng, why did he send Wanzu to poison the cicada?
Does this mean that poisoning Hezhongcheng was Zheng Shuzhi's own idea?
If so, then Hezhongcheng was poisoned by Zheng Shuzhi, can he use this matter to divide He Tiancheng and Zheng Shuzhi?
Li Mo kept thinking about all kinds of possibilities in his heart, but before he knew it, he had already arrived in front of He Tiancheng's single cell.
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He Tiancheng's body was all broken, and Wang Shi was not worried that he would escape, let alone worry that he would be unfavorable to Li Moyi, so he immediately opened the door of the cell and withdrew.
He Tiancheng could only lie on the straw bed, lying with his head tilted, and he didn't scold like others, lying quietly like a walking corpse.
Li Mo walked straight a few steps, and then sat next to him.
"Duo Niang woke up, and her body is fine, but it's ........."
Although he knew that Li Moyi was probing him, He Tiancheng still raised his head suddenly, and then continued to lie down a little unnaturally.
Li Mo smiled from the bottom of his heart, knowing that the breakthrough he chose was right, but he no longer mentioned Duo Niang, but went out and carried a kerosene lamp, which illuminated the entire cell.
Only then did he take out a clean soft cloth from his arms and wipe the scars on He Tiancheng's back.
Li Mo was about to touch He Tiancheng, but the latter dodged as if he had been struck by lightning, and bursts of ferocity and violence erupted in his eyes.........
"If you don't treat it in time, I'm afraid this wound will suppurate, and even the gods won't be able to save you at that time, don't you want to look at Duo Niang again?"
He Tiancheng's gaze eased a little, but he still maintained hostility, Li Moyi suddenly thought of another possibility in his heart, although he felt a little incredible, but he still said tentatively: "Even if you don't see Duo Niang, won't you even see your good brother again?"
After saying this, Li Mo lowered his head, pretending to rummage in his arms for something, but secretly observed the changes in He Tiancheng.
Sure enough, I saw that his face was pale, and there was less ferocity in his eyes, but there was more indescribable meaning.
Li Mo smiled to himself, and then turned He Tiancheng's body over, and the soft cloth stained with water stretched out again, and this time, He Tiancheng finally didn't dodge anymore.
In order to deal with the wound, Li Mo asked Wang Shi to come with a kerosene lantern, which was bright enough, and after wiping off the red stains, the scars on He Tiancheng's body were also shocking.
However, what surprised Li Moyi was not the scars on the other party's body, but something more far-reaching.........
He finally identified what he thought was unlikely, and the case seemed to be the most important link, and everything could be explained.........
Li Mo wanted to use a trick to dispel Hetiancheng's vigilance, but now it seems that he should do the opposite.
It seems that a person like He Tiancheng is the most proud, even if he no longer cares about his life, he will protect the only remaining pride, for such a person, the scales are generally untouchable.........
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Li Mo snorted, and said with a strange smile: "I didn't expect that the eldest young master of the dignified family, the peerless gentleman who is praised by everyone, turned out to be a man with broken sleeves, if this is passed on, hum ........."
Although Li Moyi's voice was not loud, He Tiancheng was like being bitten by a poisonous snake, completely ignoring the pain in his body, and he didn't know where to give birth to a strength, and he actually pounced and was about to pinch Li Moyi's neck-
"Nonsense!! I destroyed you!! ”
He Tiancheng's radical reaction directly confirmed the conjecture in Li Moyi's heart, this He Tiancheng is a man with broken sleeves, he doesn't love women, but he loves his grandfathers alone.
People in these years are not so clear, and men are considered unreasonable and are usually despised.
Coupled with Hetiancheng's identity and reputation, it is not difficult to imagine what the situation is.
This is Hetiancheng's life, and it is something that he values more than his own life now......... Although the method was not too appropriate, Li Moyi still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.
Regarding He Tiancheng's attack, Li Moyi naturally didn't take it to heart, and he deviated slightly, so he dodged it.
"What you really care about is not Duo Niang, but to be cautious, right!!"
"Duo Niang is the same as you, love to come to Jinwei, you can't bear to be sad Duo Niang, every time you go to visit Laijinwei, you will take her a little more, right!!"
"Duo Niang persuaded you to let him go, but if you know the inside story of you harming those literati, you can't let him out."
"Come to Jinwei I don't love Duo Niang in the first place, and Duo Niang has no real name, but Duo Niang respects the woman's way, and I want to persuade you to let it go several times......... But you are tired of listening to it, for fear that Duo Niang will tell this secret sooner or later, so she will let people poison her cicada and want to kill her!! ”
These were originally just speculations in Li Moyi's heart, and the most subjective and direct judgment in the investigation of the case was avoided, and some of the links were indeed not supported by real evidence, but Li Moyi related all the clues and made a simple personal judgment.
For example, He Tiancheng and Lai Jin are inseparable, their wives coincidentally have no children, and they even often travel alone, although these signs are not substantial evidence, but they can explain a lot.
In the past, Li Moyi would not have used such a method at all, but now that he has exposed He Tiancheng's biggest secret and broken his psychological defense, under the pressure of a series of cannons, he believes that He Tiancheng will definitely show flaws.
If what he said is not right, He Tiancheng will definitely refute it, and if he is right, He Tiancheng will also be ashamed and angry!!
Sure enough, under Li Mo's quick questioning, He Tiancheng's face became hideous and terrifying, he covered his ears with his hands, shook his head desperately, and roared loudly with spittle: "Shut up!" Shut up!! Shut up!!! ”
"Duo Niang is just a stupid woman, if it weren't for the repeated care of husband and wife, I would have killed her a long time ago!!"
He Tiancheng almost fell into madness, and Li Moyi could see from this that even if he didn't win all, he was right most of them.........
Immediately, he continued to provoke with strange words and said: "Duo Niang snatched it from you, she deserves this, and it is understandable that she is harmed, but why did you harm your own brother?" Could it be that he wants to rob you of people too? It's just crazy!! ”
Li Mo was angry and angry as he added fuel to the fire, because he knew that people like He Tiancheng were the most calm and rational, but the more far-reaching people they had, the deeper they would be buried in their hearts, and if they wanted him to tell him frankly, they had to do so.
"He's not my brother!! He's the mad thing, he didn't rob me of my kindness, but he robbed my woman......... Keeping such a person will only ruin the reputation of my family, it is better to destroy it!! ”
Li Moyi was also secretly frightened, but he didn't expect He Tiancheng to really admit the crime of harming Duoniang.........
"These are just excuses for you to cover up, you and Zhao Lele are also not husband and wife, if you say that you have a bad reputation, what is the difference between you and Hezhongcheng? The reason why you hurt him is because he knows that you are going to harm those literati on the ship, right!! ”
He Tiancheng laughed out loud, looking like a madman, and then yelled at Li Mo and said, "What kind of bastard is this!" Just because I don't have a husband and wife with that stupid Zhao Lele, my brother can act like this? ”
"It's just that he doesn't know how to learn, and he also bought off a few people in the governor's mansion to get the last name of the solution test, and he has already lost the face of my family, but he is insatiable and shameless, and he even united with many hypocrites to plot to go around Suzhou through Zhao Lele, and want to cheat on the spring test!!"
"This is a discredit to my family!! He is notorious alone, and he just bullies men and women on weekdays, and he has to drag the whole family into the water, and such a person can only keep causing trouble!! ”
"Those so-called literati, who keep speaking in the world, open their mouths to talk about the handouts, but when it comes to acting, they know how to be greedy for profit better than anyone else......... Except for Jin Wei and the other two scholars, everyone else actually believed the big words of this fool and planned to form an alliance on the ship!! ”
"If it weren't for Duo Niang's stupid woman persuasion, Jin Wei wouldn't have gotten on the boat, and she wouldn't have fallen into this matter, so I naturally wouldn't need to lock Jin Wei up, this woman not only didn't repent, but also wanted me to let Jin Wei go, it's just stupid to the extreme, she shouldn't die, who deserves to die!!"
He Tiancheng was already almost crazy, and he didn't need Li Moyi to be angry, as if he was in a flood, he said everything in one go, and the last layer of fog in Li Moyi's heart was finally removed.
It is no wonder that since he entered the official residence of the governor of Liling City, he has never seen any religious person, he thought that these errands had joined forces to squeeze out the newly arrived Governor Li and did not cooperate with the work of the governor, but he did not know that they were involved in the cheating of the scientific examination.........
And He Tiancheng's motive for committing the crime is also extremely complicated, and the superposition of various factors has already made his mental order abnormal.........
Li Mo wanted to use Zheng Shuyi to poison Hezhongcheng to divide and shake the alliance between them, but now Hetiancheng has confessed all of them, but he can't use it.
But now he can use He Tiancheng's confession to make Zheng Shuren speak.........
He Tiancheng was still scolding angrily, like a madman, but Li Moyi glanced at the corridor outside the cell.
Governor Li and the others were listening in the aisle, and the little officials next to them had already recorded all of He Tiancheng's words as confessions.........
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Li Moyi's strange words really worked, and He Tiancheng seemed to have fallen into a state of madness, where could he still see half of his previous appearance at this time.........
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He Tiancheng must always be vigilant, for fear that others will discover the secret in his heart, and as the eldest son of the family, he shoulders more family missions than others.
In addition, he married Zhao Lele again, only a delicate and domineering wife, he thought he was noble, but he had a daughter-in-law like an upstart, and he had to be oppressed and endure this woman's intentions.
And the younger brother Hezhongcheng is a gentleman who bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil, and I don't know how many unknown things there are in the family.
He Tiancheng himself is burdened with too many secrets, and Hezhongcheng and Zhao Lele are not to mention, they even joined forces to start a business, wanting to cheat on scientific research through Zhao Lele's door, and try to make a profit!!
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When He Tiancheng discovered the conspiracy of He Zhongcheng and Zhao Lele, he exposed it to the old lady, who knew that the old lady did not stop it for the benefit and face of the family, but asked He Tiancheng not to pay attention to this matter.........
He Tiancheng had no choice but to endure and find his younger brother, hoping that his younger brother He Zhongcheng could change his past mistakes and start anew.
It's just that I didn't expect that instead of repenting, Hezhongcheng exposed the matter between He Tiancheng and Lai Jinwei, accusing He Tiancheng of being like this, and he was not qualified to say him at all!!
He Tiancheng only knew at this time that Zhao Lele had already discovered his secret, and also informed Hezhong Cheng of the secret.........
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He Tiancheng was already furious, and he was about to destroy Zhao Lele and He Zhongcheng desperately, but in the end, he was broken by Zhao Lele's personal girl ring, and called for help in time, and He Tiancheng gave up.
He thought that the arrogant posture he showed would make He Zhongcheng and Zhao Lele more restrained, but these two didn't take him seriously at all, and continued to solicit the cruise ship meeting, secretly contacted more than a dozen or twenty candidates, wanted to cheat together, and even exposed He Tiancheng's secret in public at the cruise ship meeting.........
Once such a thing appears in the world, Hetiancheng will definitely lose the qualification of the heir of the family, although Hezhongcheng has a bad reputation, but with the help of the power of Zhao Lele's mother's family, he will definitely be able to replace Hetiancheng's position, anyway, now the Hejia also wants to tie Zhao Lele.
All kinds of humiliation are like ants gnawing at his heart, so that the anger of resentment continues to accumulate in He Tiancheng's heart, and He Tiancheng is worried that He Zhongcheng will really reveal his secrets, and finally he can't control his anger and explodes.
Zheng Shuzhi was originally a good friend of He Tiancheng, and he was able to become the great scribe of Liling City, not because of Zheng's backstage relationship, but because He Tiancheng used his own connections.
He Tiancheng knew that although Zheng Shuzhi failed the imperial examination, he specialized in the way of poison, so he asked Zheng Shuzhi to prepare the poison, wanting to poison Hezhong Cheng in order to keep his secret.
After Zheng Shuren prepared the poison, He Tiancheng waited for an opportunity to poison He Zhongcheng and Zhao Lele, but these two people were already wary of him, and they couldn't find a chance for a while, so they could only find two boatmen at the cruise ship meeting through the relationship of Zheng Shuren, so that the boatmen could find an opportunity to start.
He Tiancheng knew that Lai Jinwei had also received an invitation, and he was worried that Hezhong Cheng would be unfavorable to Lai Jinwei, so he came to the door and explained everything to Lai Jinwei, but he didn't expect Duo Niang to eavesdrop on everything.
Duo Niang is a thoughtful woman, and she has been married to Lai Jin for many years, and she has long had some suspicions, and she heard the two of them confirm it in person, and she couldn't accept it for a while.
But in the evening, after she calmed down, she finally figured it out, although she had an ulterior secret with He Tiancheng......... But it's not bad for her, if this secret is really closed in the daylight, she will definitely be ruined in Liling City, and she won't have a good life.
So when Lai Jinwei came back, she persuaded Lai Jinwei to get on the boat, because if Lai Jinwei refused the invitation, it would arouse Hezhongcheng's suspicions, and it would be more difficult for Hetiancheng's poisoning plan to succeed.
Lai Jinwei didn't expect that his wife not only did not blame and resent, but took the initiative to help him with advice, and his heart was really moved, so he proposed to He Tiancheng to board the ship, and He Tiancheng thought about it and did not refuse, so he had to discuss with Zheng Shuzhi again, and let a master of the hospital pretend to be a boatman to protect Lai Jinwei.
On the other hand, Zhao Lele also knew that he and He Tiancheng were already incompatible, so he asked the personal girl ring to come forward and hired Wanzu, a cicada practitioner, to let her protect Hezhongcheng on the ship, and by the way, he poisoned the cicadas on the ship, which can be regarded as a vote, in case someone leaks the news.
It's just that she didn't expect that as soon as Hezhong Cheng saw the appearance of the ancestor, she was completely confused, and she was going to act on the ancestor when the banquet was empty, but she was naturally beaten out by the ancestor, and she was poisoned by the ancestor.
Hezhong Cheng was deflated, ashamed and angry, and couldn't do anything to the ancestor, so he pointed the finger at Lai Jinwei, and used the topic to play and expose the secret of Lai Jinwei and Hetiancheng.
The scholars and literati on the ship had already decided to participate in the branch with Hezhong, and they knew that he relied on Zhao Lele's way, so they naturally wanted to join him, and the secret of Hehe Tiancheng was too incredible, and these people immediately laughed loudly.
When he found out that the spearhead was wrong, it was too late, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he ordered the master of the courtyard to put the Hezhong into the cabin, and without doing anything, he simply poured poison into him.........
Wan Zu was very disdainful of Hezhongcheng's behavior, how could he continue to stay by his side, Zhao Lele's people said that they couldn't move Wanzu, so they had to go down to the cabin to find Hezhongcheng in person, but they found someone who came to be cautious, and the two sides immediately fought!!
Those shipwrights were also caught in a chaotic battle, and there was a great chaos when they boarded the ship, and those literati were already tired of it, and when they were in turmoil, they were even more panicked, and the ship was in chaos, not to mention, and there was constant fighting in the cabin.........
In the chaos, I don't know who kicked over the cooking stove, the cabin caught fire, the smoke soon forced the people inside, the two sides continued to fight on the deck, but the cabin was burned through, those scholars and literati were all weak people, and when the cabin entered the water, they were even more panicked, and I don't know who shouted to arrest the murderer.........
As a result, the people on both sides were blown up, and the literati were involved in the battle.........
It's just that this boat is a big ship, and after the cabin is flooded, the huge pressure quickly knocks the bottom of the boat open, and the hull can't bear it, so it tilts up, and then slowly sinks into the sea!!
After these people fell into the water, they naturally struggled to survive, but most of them could only be submerged in Dongting Lake.
He Tiancheng and Zhao Lele both paid attention to every move on the ship, but unfortunately when they sent reinforcements, it was already difficult to save the overall situation, He Tiancheng took the first step and rescued all the survivors, for fear that his secret would leak, so he could only arrest the two literati who were qualified to participate in the banquet.
As for the other survivors, some of them were just cooks and maids, and they were not qualified to go to the banquet on the second floor, and they couldn't hear Hezhongcheng's nonsense, so Hetiancheng let them go.
After several inquiries to them, the servants could not tell what had happened, only that there was a fire in the cabin, which led to the shipwreck.
He Tiancheng gave them a large sum of money in the name of He Zhongcheng, and guided them to say that the shipwreck was an accident.
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After the matter spread, Duo Niang found He Tiancheng as soon as possible, crying so much that He Tiancheng was not easy to hide, so he took Duo Niang to see him.
Duo Niang proposed to take care of Lai Jinwei, and came to say hello every three or five days, and He Tiancheng couldn't refuse, but he couldn't rest assured, for fear that Duo Niang would take back the heart of Lai Jinwei, so he handed over half of the gold and bronze keys to Duo Niang, and came to visit Lai Jinwei every time.
However, this kind of thing has always been hidden from Zhao Lele, and Duo Niang soon became a breakthrough for Zhao Lele to investigate the cause of death in Hezhong.
For this reason, she even did not hesitate to use cicada poison to control Duo Niang, but unfortunately the development of the situation gradually became uncontrollable, whether it was her or He Tiancheng, she couldn't control it, after all, she was caught by Li Moyi Zheng Shuyi, and she was rescued by Jinwei and others in the future.
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Governor Li was very surprised by Li Moyi's interrogation skills, and now he saw that Li Moyi pried open Hetiancheng's mouth in just a few words, not only that, but it made him fall into a frenzy, and he didn't need to ask questions at all, just like a flood, he poured out his grievances for many years one by one.........
In the end, He Tiancheng even spit out the secrets of Zhao Lele and many of the He family, as if the whole world was sorry for him.........
As soon as Li Mo knew that he had a deep grudge, he was not surprised to say anything, but Governor Li's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked the official to stop, not daring to record these in the confession, but to record them on another piece of paper, and later said that he had to discuss it with Ning Ge Lao.
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After pouring out the secrets in his heart, He Tiancheng was relieved, as if the mountain that had been shouldering for more than ten years had finally been let go, and it was like being emptied, like the walking dead.
He lowered his head slowly, just lying on the straw bed, crying weakly, and did not say a word.
Li Mo patted him on the shoulder, and then said to him, "If you want to meet, I'll try to arrange for you to meet."
When He Tiancheng heard this, he didn't react, Li Mo sighed, turned around to leave, and was about to close the door, but he heard He Tiancheng's voice behind him.
"Thank you."
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