Chapter 166: Corrupt Officials Sophistry
The guards escorted Gao Fugui and pushed him, Gao Fugui staggered a few steps, and his round body fell to the ground. He got up in embarrassment, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he collided with Chen Beixiao's eyes.
Chen Baisheng's heart seemed to jump to his throat, the cold sweat on his body had soaked his clothes, his brain was blank, and his heart was flustered. Now that even Gao Fugui has been arrested, isn't he speechless, and the big thing is not good......
Shangguan Yutang asked Gao Fugui in front of Chen Baisheng, "Gao Fugui, who are those boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in your house?" ā
Gao Fugui did not hesitate, and hurriedly pointed to Chen Baisheng's nose and said, "It's all his!" They were all placed in my house by Chen Baisheng! ā
At this moment, Chen Baisheng just wants to protect himself, he doesn't care how Gao Fugui identifies him, anyway, he just doesn't admit it!
Chen Baisheng shirked and said, "I...... I don't know what you're talking about! What gold and silver jewelry? That has nothing to do with me! ā
Hearing Chen Baisheng's veto, Gao Fugui suddenly became angry, this Chen Baisheng dared to do it, and actually shirked the charge.
"Chen Baisheng! Don't forget the 400 taels of official silver we embezzled more than two months ago! There are also boxes of gold ingots and furs and silks, which you ordered someone to put in my house! You also said that you want to divide these stolen goods into three layers, and gather human and material evidence, you don't want to quibble! ā
Chen Baisheng was confused when he heard it, what gold ingots? What fur satin? Why didn't he know that he had embezzled these things, he was obviously only greedy for a few hundred taels of silver!
"What gold ingots? What satin? Rich and noble, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense! ā
"Chen Baisheng, it's all this time, you can recruit it, what's the use of quibbling?!" Gao Fugui and Chen Baisheng tore their faces, he was very resentful of Chen Baisheng in his heart, if he hadn't put those boxes of stolen goods in his own house, how could he have been arrested!
Chen Baisheng was angry and scolded Gao Fugui angrily: "You wolf-hearted white-eyed wolf! I...... I don't know what you're talking about! What are your intentions in giving me these trumped-up charges?! Don't try to slander me! ā
Chen Baisheng gritted his teeth, for the sake of his fine clothes and food, and for his glory and wealth, he refused to admit that he had embezzled official silver.
"You asked Rong Wei to put a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry into my house half a month ago, do you dare to swear to God that those stolen goods are not yours?!" Gao Fugui was furious, he didn't expect to die, Chen Baisheng still had to quibble, his face was thicker than the city wall.
The more Chen Baisheng listened, the more wrong he became, and doubts came to his heart, who is Rong Wei? Gao Fugui's words were reversed, could it be that he embezzled a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry and wanted to slander himself?
"Gao Fugui, what are you talking about? I don't know any Rong Wei, don't lie to me! ā
"You ......" Gao Fugui was annoyed and angry, trembling with anger, he didn't expect Chen Baisheng's heart to be so bad, could it be that he wanted to put all the charges on his head? Let yourself be his scapegoat?
"Chen Baisheng, you are really shameless, don't you dare to admit what you have done? Are you still a man?! ā
Chen Baisheng and Gao Fugui were suspicious of each other's attempts to accuse themselves, and they scolded each other in the lobby, it was like a dog eating a dog, and the whole hall was filled with the curses of the two, disturbing everyone's ears.
Dongfang Yu couldn't help but scold angrily: "Enough! Shut up! ā
Perhaps it was Dongfang Yu's loud and angry voice that was too deterrent, so frightened that Gao Fugui and Chen Baisheng immediately shut up.
Chen Beixiao on the side couldn't hold back, this was obviously a grudge between his father and Gao Fugui, what does it have to do with him.
Chen Beixiao frowned, looking aggrieved, "Dongfang Sect Master, these are all things about my father and Gao Fugui, and they have nothing to do with me...... You guys...... Why are you even arresting me? I...... I'm innocent! ā
Chen Beixiao pretended to be unconcerned, but as soon as his voice fell, Dongfang Ai's voice came from the door.
"Who said it had nothing to do with you?!"
Dongfang Ai's voice came from outside the door, and I saw that she was followed by two guards, who escorted Liu Laosi and Guo Hao respectively and escorted them into the lobby.
"Young Master Chen, do you still know these two little gangsters? A month ago, on the night of City Lord Chen's birthday, they were instructed by you to pretend to be robbers and block the way of our girls, you want them to rob the Wood Protector and let them ruin the innocence of the Wood Protector, so that your sister Chen Xiyue can have a chance to get close to King Duanxian! ā
Dongfang Ai ordered someone to catch these two gangsters a few days ago, they are all cowardly and afraid people, they didn't waste much effort, Liu Laosi and Guo Hao told the whole plot from a month ago, and as she expected, they were all instructed by Chen Beixiao to do bad things.
Chen Beixiao's heartbeat seemed to have missed half a beat, he looked extremely flustered, like his father, sweat dripping from his face unconsciously, he swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said hesitantly: "I...... I didn't have ......"
"Woo woo woo...... Young Master Chen, you have recruited them, Liu Laosi and I have recruited them. Guo Hao whimpered, the prison was stuffy and boring, it was all blamed on Chen Beixiao for letting him do bad things, otherwise how could he end up like this.
"You...... You are talking nonsense! I...... I didn't let you do these things! Chen Beixiao's eyes dodged, he didn't dare to look directly at Liu Laosi and Guo Hao, and he didn't even speak.
"Whew!"
A black shadow swept by, Chen Beixiao suddenly felt the wind blowing on his face, and when he came back to his senses, the handsome face of Huangfu Hongyi appeared in front of him, and the faces of the two were close at hand.
In the blink of an eye, Huangfu Hongyi teleported in front of Chen Beixiao, his gloomy and cold eyes were filled with bloodthirsty murderous intent, and the man's resolute face was dyed with a layer of ruthlessness, like a fierce beast that had just been hunted, and would swallow the prey in front of him at any time.
Huangfu Hongyi was lucky with one hand, and grabbed Chen Beixiao's neck, he wanted to strangle Chen Beixiao, it was as simple as crushing an ant.
"Say, did you instruct it?!"
Huangfu Hongyi was furious and wanted to strangle him. Chen Beixiao was so bold that in order to give Chen Xiyue a chance to get close to him, he dared to attack his beloved woman, which is unforgivable!
"Ahem...... cough ......" Chen Beixiao's hands were grabbed by the guards, and he couldn't free his hands to struggle, even if he struggled, it would be useless, because he couldn't break free from the shackles of Huangfu Hongyi at all.
"Beixiao! Beixiao! Chen Baisheng was anxious, and saw that his son's life was hanging by a thread, but he couldn't do anything, so he had to beg Huangfu Hongyi, "King Duanxian, thank your subordinates for mercy!" ā
Huangfu Hongyi tightly pinched Chen Beixiao's neck, and if the other party didn't speak, he wouldn't let go.
"Ahem, cough, cough......" Chen Beixiao kept coughing, and his whole body was picked up by Huangfu Hongyi with one hand.
He was about to suffocate, because of the lack of oxygen, Chen Beixiao's face was flushed, and if Huangfu Hongyi didn't let go, he would be strangled to death......
I said...... I say! It's me...... It's me looking for Liu Laosi...... And...... and Guo Hao...... Attempt...... Attempted to frame Shangguan Yutang...... Fast...... Let go...... IāI'm going to die! ā
"Bang!"
Huangfu Hongyi let go suddenly, Chen Beixiao fell to the ground, "cough, cough, cough ......" The tightness in his neck did not dissipate for the time being, and Chen Beixiao sat on the ground in embarrassment, gasping for breath.
Huangfu Hongyi stood in front of him, like looking down on an ant, his eyes were full of contempt and disdain, "If you don't want to suffer from flesh and skin, just confess honestly!" Otherwise, don't blame the ruthlessness of Ben Wang's men! ā
Chen Beixiao was frightened by the awe-inspiring momentum of Huangfu Hongyi, so he could only shrink his head and cough.
A guard with a wooden tray walked into the lobby, and in his hand was a piece of transparent Beizato blue jade.
The guard walked up to Dongfang Yu and said respectfully: "Door Master, this is the Beili Blue Jade that was found in the Chen Mansion. ā
"Beili Blue Jade is the treasure jade of Beili Kingdom, this jade is very valuable in the Celestial Empire, Chen Baisheng, how can you have such a precious jade?"
Shangguan Yutang looked at the crystal clear light blue jade on the tray, which was a priceless treasure. Even though the city lord is a third-rank official in the court, he should not be able to afford such treasures.
Such treasures are generally tributes from other countries, and it seems that this jade is the stolen goods of Chen Baisheng's bribes.
"This is ......" Chen Baisheng hesitated for a while, this piece of Beili blue jade was a birthday gift given to him by Leng Fengjie in private, saying that it was a birthday gift, but it was better to say that it was a bribe, but he would not be stupid enough to tell the truth.
Chen Baisheng's eyes rolled, and he said nonsense: "This is the birthday gift given by the master of the White Tiger Hall to the minister. ā
"Birthday?" Dongfang Yu snorted coldly, and threw a booklet in front of Chen Baisheng, "This is from your mansion, it records the gifts given to you by the ministers of the court on your birthday, and here, I didn't remember that the hall master of the White Tiger Hall gave you the blue jade of Beili." ā
Chen Baisheng was dumbfounded for a while, he asked his family to write down the birthday gifts given by the ministers who came to attend the dinner, whoever gave the expensive gifts, he would befriend him in the future, but he didn't expect that now he was thrown in front of his eyes as evidence.
"I ...... I...... There are also some gifts, which I didn't write down......"
"It's not so much a gift as a bribe, City Lord Chen, am I right?" Shangguan Yutang raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a smile.
This look made Chen Baisheng stare more and more empty, and he even stammered when he spoke, "No...... Wrong...... I didn't have ......"
Chen Baisheng had already washed his face in a cold sweat, and he was even more uneasy in his heart, if he wanted to say that he was not corrupt, his face of being a thief would have betrayed him a long time ago.
Dongfang Yu glanced at Chen Baisheng, and said earnestly: "City Lord Chen, if you don't confess honestly, I'm afraid you will suffer from flesh and skin." To Chen Baisheng's ears, Dongfang Yu's words had a threatening connotation, but torture of prisoners is also a common method of interrogating prisoners.
Although Chen Baisheng has never suffered from flesh and skin, he has also tortured prisoners, and the bloody scene of flesh and skin blooming appeared in his mind, shocking and unbearable to look at!