"How's it going, Lord Zeng? Have you thought about it? Wei Qinghuan walked to the door of the cell and said to the salt patrol inside, "Otherwise, when Meng Yang comes, the two of you will discuss what to say together?" ”

"Master Wei, I'm really wronged." That Master Zeng looked aggrieved and dazed in prison, "Besides, who is Meng Yang?" I don't know him. ”

"You've been here for so many years, you haven't heard his name, have you?" Wei Qingwan sneered, "Even the ordinary people here know that Meng Yang is a famous wealthy businessman in this area, can you not know?" After a pause, "Lord Zeng, your lie is too clumsy. ”

"My lord is aware that I only care about salt affairs on weekdays, and I don't know anything about these other people and things." That Master Zeng flickered and said nonsense.

"I haven't asked you yet, do you have the face to mention this first? The case of the overflow of illicit salt in Huaiyan Province has reached the ears of the emperor, how can you, the imperial historian of the salt patrol, still eat and drink the concubine's side dishes in the mansion? Wei Qinghuan said imposingly, "Huh? ”

"I ...... I ......" the salt patrol stammered and couldn't speak.

At this time, Wei Qinghuan's subordinates came in and whispered something in his ear, so Wei Qinghuan glanced at the salt patrol imperial history, and walked out quickly, ignoring him.

"The grass people have seen adults." When Meng Yang saw Wei Qinghuan come out, he didn't kneel, but said nonchalantly.

Wei Qinghuan was not annoyed, "Do you know why I arrested you?" ”

"I don't know." That Meng Yang seemed to squeeze these three words out of his teeth, and his eyes didn't know where to look when he spoke.

Wei Qinghuan didn't ask him anything again, and instead said to his subordinates, "Take it down first." After finishing speaking, he didn't look back, and said to that Meng Yang, "If you don't know, I'll let you say it later." ”

"This Meng Yang is so arrogant, will there be any big backers behind it?" Fang You speculated and said, "It is impossible for only one Salt Patrol Imperial History to collude with him. ”

"He'll have to say it himself." Wei Qinghuan said lightly.

"But will Meng Yang be honest?" Zhao Rou asked.

Wei Qinghuan smiled lightly, "This depends on how we ask." ”

"Lord Zeng......" Zhao Rou and Fang You sat on their chairs, looked at the salt patrol imperial history opposite and asked, "You still recruit honestly, did you accept Meng Yang's silver?" ”

"Two adults, I really don't know Meng Yang." When Lord Zeng saw that it was Zhao Rou and Fang You who came to interrogate him, he couldn't help but relax a little, and he spoke lazily and casually, looking very casual.

"Nonsense!" Zhao Rou slapped the table.

"The ledger of the sale of illicit salt between you and that Meng Yang is already in our hands, aren't you going to tell the truth?" Fang You threatened with a somewhat old notebook in his hand.

Then Lord Zeng was a little scared, but still didn't admit it, "Selling illicit salt is a big crime, don't frame people casually!" This...... This is not a thing, and you are now making a false statement, which is clearly framing me. ”

"Since you don't want to admit this, then let's talk about who is behind you and Meng Yang?" Fang You stared at him and asked.

"What is the person behind it, and what do you want to make up for me?" Master Zeng tried his best to resist, although he obviously lacked confidence, "I said that I don't know that Meng Yang." ”

"If you say this in advance before Meng Yang now, we can also intercede with the emperor and reduce your crimes...... Fang You stared at Lord Zeng intently, and said, "If you don't say it, then Meng Yang will do it first, then his mitigated crimes will be added to you, and you can weigh it yourself." ”

At this time, a servant walked in and handed Fang You a piece of paper, with a distinct fingerprint on the bottom of the paper. I saw Fang You nodding with a smile, letting the official retreat, and then took the piece of paper to Lord Zeng and shook it, and said to him with pity on his face, "Lord Zeng, you are late, then Meng Yang betrayed you first, and now he has recruited all the things about you and him selling illicit salt." ”

That Zeng's eyes widened, and his face was not convinced, "How is it possible!" It's impossible! ”

"What can't be!" Fang Yu slammed the paper on the table.

"I ...... I mean, I didn't sell illicit salt, and that Meng Yang framed me. Zeng sat on the chair and said weakly.

"You're still hard-mouthed?" Zhao Rou also got up and said, "Now that the human and physical evidence is available, you still don't admit it?" ”

"If you tell us who is behind you now, we can consider it for the sake of your good attitude, and ask the emperor to reduce your crime." Fang You said as if he had given Master Zeng another chance.

When Lord Zeng heard this, he really hesitated, "I ......"

"Why, still don't want to say? If you continue like this, even I won't be able to help you. After all the Meng Yang is recruited, you will have no chance at all. Fang Yu had a look of pity on his face.

"I ......" that Master Zeng obviously hesitated even more.

Zhao Rou wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Fang You, and whispered in her ear, "Hey, wait first, let him think about it for a while." ”

Zhao Rou nodded. The two of them sat on their chairs and looked at the pained face of Master Zeng.

Finally, in less than a quarter of an hour, Master Zeng raised his head, his face was extremely painful, and he opened his mouth tremblingly, and said, "I said ......"

Zhao Rou immediately prepared pen and paper. Fang You continued, "Honestly. ”

"Yes......" Lord Zeng said, "Actually, when I first came here to take office, I knew that I knew about the sale of illicit salt here, and at that time it was still a matter of chasing after the wind and shadows, and there was no evidence at all. But I had just arrived here, and I was bent on getting a case done and then being promoted. In the end, I found out about Meng Yang, so I secretly collected evidence, who knew that Meng Yang knew that I suspected him first, so he ......"

"What about him?" Fang You then asked.

"He took a lot of silver to bribe me......" Zeng's voice gradually became quieter.

"And then you accepted his bribe?" Fang You asked.

Lord Zeng lowered his head, "Well, I grew up in a poor family since I was a child, and I have never seen so much silver, so I ......"

"And then?" Fang Youdao.

"I accepted his bribe and let him do the sale of illicit salt...... Later, I saw that he made a lot of money doing this, and at his kind invitation, I also started this business with him in private......" Zeng said.

"You're so bold, aren't you worried about this being discovered?" Fang You asked.

"Every prefect, Meng Yang, will be leveled, or bribed or ......," Lord Zeng paused. Fang You knew what he meant, wasn't the prefect of the previous Wang Mansion killed by them because he didn't accept their bribes.

I only heard Na Zeng continue, "Moreover, we have people in the capital ......."

Fang You listened more carefully and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Yes......"

Fang You shook the piece of paper with Meng Yang's fingerprint in front of Master Zeng before he continued, "It's Meng Chang. ”

"Meng Chang?" Fang You narrowed his eyes, isn't Meng Chang Mrs. Meng's elder brother, the current Langzhong of the Criminal Department? So he hurriedly asked, "Next, how did you get in touch?" ”

"Meng Chang is Meng Yang's distant cousin, and they are usually in contact." Master Zeng said, "Generally, if something happens, Meng Chang is looking for someone to solve it in the capital." Then, every few months, he would send someone to Huaiyan to collect the money. ”

Fang You's brows furrowed deeply after hearing this, she sat on the chair blankly, and then asked, "Do you know who the person who came to take the silver is?" ”

"I don't know much about this, the people who usually come to find Meng Yang are the ones who come to the joints, and he is in charge of the silver." Zeng said.

Zhao Rou looked at Fang You's solemn expression, and then thought that she had met Ji Xiu at the gate of the Meng Mansion today, so she was shocked, and she whispered in Fang You's ear, "Ah You, do you want to write this down?" ”

Fang You turned his head and looked at her, his brows still furrowed together, but he shook his head firmly.

After the two of them finished interrogating Master Zeng, they asked him to press his handprint and came out, only to see that Wei Qinghuan was already sitting there.

"How's it going, Lord Wei? Is it going well on your end? Zhao Rou said to Wei Qinghuan, who had just finished interrogating Meng Yang.

"That Meng Yang's mouth was very tight, and he refused to say anything." Wei Qinghuan shook his head, and then asked, "Did the plan succeed?" ”

"Well, according to what the adults said, that salt patrol Yushi really obediently pressed his handprint." Zhao Rou replied. Fang You handed Wei Qinghuan the piece of paper with Zeng's handprint and his confession written on it.

Wei Qinghuan took the paper and paused for a moment, then quickly took it to his eyes and looked at it, and said, "With this, it will be much easier to make that Meng Yang confess." ”

"The adult is really powerful, and he saw that the adult Zeng was a timid and afraid person, so he designed him to obediently explain everything." Zhao Rou sighed sincerely.

Wei Qinghuan listened to Zhao Rou's praise, and couldn't help but look at Fang You and smile proudly, but who knew that Fang You was worried, so he got up and went to the cell boringly, ready to interrogate Meng Yang again.

"Let's go." After Wei Qinghuan left, Fang You said to Zhao Rou, "You have to go to find Master as soon as possible." Although Lord Zeng's confession did not include the matter of the connector, it was guaranteed that Meng Yang would not say it. ”

Zhao Rou also nodded hurriedly when she heard this, "Yes, I have to go back to the master quickly to talk about this matter." ”

The two returned to the inn, and Xue Qi and Ji Hui were anxiously waiting for their news.

"How?" Ji Hui hurriedly got up and asked.

When Xue Qi saw the faces of the two, he knew that something was wrong, so he asked cautiously, "Is it ...... What's the bad thing? ”

"Don't worry," Fang Yu didn't want to put too much pressure on the two children, so he said, "There is still time to remedy." ”

"What's wrong, Sister Ayu?" Ji Hui still couldn't calm down, just now when he saw his father coming out of the Meng Mansion, he guessed that nothing good would happen, "Is there something wrong with your father?" ”

Hearing her say this, Fang You also sighed and nodded helplessly, "But don't be too excited, let's hurry up and find Master now, everything is still in time." After speaking, as if he had made up his mind, he continued, "It's a big deal, I'm going to give up everything I have now and go with Master to accomplish what He wants to do!" ”