Chapter 167: Confession
Seven days later, the prefect, who had never shown his face, finally came forward, and today, no one was beaten again, but they were sent to the cell after being interrogated one by one, which relieved everyone who had been worried for a day. When the last person walked into the next cell, the jailer finally walked towards Su Wei's cell.
For the first time in these days, Su Wei walked out of the cell. All of them were wounded, but he was the only one who was still dressed in the clothes he had come, and although they were dirty, he was neatly dressed. He walked out of the cell door, straightened his hair and clothes, and followed the jailer.
The torture chamber still smells of the blood of these days, and the shelves on both sides are full of all kinds of torture tools. The prefect was sitting upright behind a makeshift desk when he heard footsteps and raised his eyelids.
Su Wei knelt down and saluted.
Only then did the prefect speak: "Su Wei, this official has given you these days, have you thought about it?" ”
Su Wei said: "I don't know what the adults are talking about. I only know that I am innocent and have been imprisoned here for no reason, and the prefect has not been able to produce any clear evidence of my guilt. ”
Although Su Wei didn't look up, he obviously felt the prefect's displeasure. The jailers standing around all shrank their heads and did not dare to look at the prefect.
The master hurriedly stepped forward and reprimanded: "Bold Su Wei, you obviously colluded with the bandits, but you are clever and want to escape responsibility. Now that the prefect is benevolent and loves the people, he has not tortured you, do you have to suffer a little to confess? ”
The prefect stopped him with a belching voice and said, "Don't worry, this mansion is not the one who is confused in adjudicating the case." Since you haven't remembered how you started committing the crime, then I'll give you a few more days, think about it, think about it slowly. There is no rush in this house. With that, he got up and left.
Su Wei said angrily: "Good you hypocritical dog official, you obviously torture my people every day, but you say it in a high-sounding manner!" Say what you want! ”
The prefect just frowned and glanced back at him, and walked away.
The prefect retreated, leaving only the master who appeared every day these days. The master sat in the place where the prefect was located, and with a smile, he asked Su Wei to move a chair for him to sit down, and waved his hand to keep the people around him away.
"Master Su," Master squinted and smiled, "Look at what you said just now, isn't that looking to make the prefect unhappy?" What's in it for you? ”
The master's smile is a mouse face, Su Wei doesn't want to look at that disgusting face at all, let alone listen to his disgusting words. And did not answer.
"Master Su has been in business for many years and is a smart person, how can he not know how to break the fortune and eliminate disasters?" The master didn't even say a lot of polite words, but Su Wei didn't move his eyebrows, so he had to say this.
Destroying wealth and eliminating disasters? Is it that simple? Su Wei didn't believe that the prefect had made such a big effort to put such a big charge on himself, but it was just for money. But the ** of survival still made him can't help but move his eyebrows.
But he soon came to his senses. This is to see that no one here has relented, and wants to find a breakthrough from other places, right? If you listen to your master's words and bribe the prefect, then it proves that you are weak in heart and proves that you are guilty from another aspect. Su Wei felt sick for a while. These people! He hated in his heart.
Over the years, he has been adhering to the ancestral teachings, and his life has been smooth, and now, for the first time, he doubts for the first time why his ancestors have to set up the ancestral teachings that children and grandchildren are not allowed to enter the official ranks. Otherwise, with the reputation of the Su family back then, why would he be like this now?
The master was still spitting and persuading, and after talking for so long, he didn't see Su Wei react at all, and he was extremely angry in his heart. He took a sip of tea and said, "Master Su, now that my words have come to this, what to do, you can think about it." After speaking, he also stood up, but this time he picked the corner of his eye at the cell leader, and then walked away like a prefect.
The door of the cell was closed, and the cell head and jailer immediately changed their faces, spat a few mouthfuls at Su Wei, and tied Su Wei up hatefully.
The merciless whip hit his body, Su Wei was in pain, but he bit his lip and only let out a muffled snort.
Su Yingxue finally returned to the territory of Yangzhou. She was still riding a horse, and her fair skin was now a little wheat-colored. Although Caiyun would use a special balm to compress Su Yingxue's face every night, she still couldn't return to her previous smooth and fair skin.
Caiyun rode a horse and glanced at Su Yingxue's face worriedly from time to time, Jiang Yue shook her head and smiled secretly, but she didn't say anything.
Although Su Yingxue had to take care of the journey, it was not comfortable to be looked at like this along the way, so she had to persuade her: "Now this is just right, so that my mother can see that I am indeed wandering outside, and I will not feel that I have suffered." As he spoke, he pinched his cheeks, which had become a little fat recently.
In order to prevent being worried about being watched by his wife after going back, Caiyun has been thinking about how to make up for Su Yingxue these days, but she didn't expect to make it for her.
Hearing this, Caiyun smiled. Anyway, what she can do is already like this.
Qin Ziqing rode a horse next to Su Yingxue not far away, but there was not much expression on his face.
"Brother Ziqing, you have been away from home for so long for my business, and after entering the city in a while, you will go back to the house to see your uncle and aunt first. I'll go to the house later to plead guilty. ”
Qin Ziqing looked at her sideways and said, "What crime please?" This matter has nothing to do with you, everything is of my own free will. You don't have to take the blame on yourself. ”
Su Yingxue smiled when she heard this: "I know you're worried, but I still have to bear it." ”
No matter when, Qin Ziqing will always think about protecting her for the first time. Su Yingxue thought that she had already taken too much care of Qin Ziqing and owed him too much, so she couldn't go on like this.
Qin Ziqing was resolute again and again, but Su Yingxue just smiled and didn't speak. knew that she had made up her mind, so she had to give up, thinking about how to talk to her father and mother after she went back, so as not to let her father and mother be angry with Su Yingxue.
Although Su Yingxue repeatedly asked, Qin Ziqing still sent Su Yingxue to the door of Su Mansion. Jiang Yue got Su Yingxue's instructions, and did not follow, but went back to her home in Yangzhou directly. Su Yingxue will look for her when she needs her.
Three horses stopped in front of the slightly deserted gate of Sufu. Su Yingxue turned over and dismounted, looking at the big words Su Fu on the door, but it was like a world away.
I think that at the beginning, there were always people coming and going in front of the door of the Su Mansion, and the shopkeepers of the various shops and the stewards of various places came in and out, and the small door of the Su Mansion never seemed to be closed. At this time, the small door was closed, and the front of the door was cold, and even the dirt on the open space in front of the door was not cleaned.
Su Yingxue only felt a chill in her heart, as if this was not the place she regarded as a cage at all.
How so? It's only been a few months.
Wonderful!