Luo An said: "If you agree, your family's assets can basically be preserved, and you don't have to die because of this, but you have to be exiled to the frontier, as for your wife and daughter...... You can choose to go with you or stay and develop."

Yue Ting'an's face was full of desolate smiles, and his voice was extremely vicissitudes: "Lord Luo, are you still credible in what you say? If I confess, I'm afraid that my father-in-law's family won't stay, right?"

It's all done to my Yue family like this, you still have the face to make me believe you?

Luo An looked at Yue Ting'an with disdain, and his tone was still indifferent, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all: "Master Yue, even if you don't recognize it, do you think your family can still be preserved? Whether it is the Jinyi Guard, or the prefect's yamen, or the local scholars, they can't tolerate you. All I need here is a pot of poisoned wine, and you can commit suicide in fear of sin."

Yue Ting'an had a look of horror on his face.

I thought that by climbing the big tree of Jinyiwei and having a relationship with Emperor Jiajing, I would be able to have a good life in the future, but I never thought that I would be used by Jinyiwei.

"I don't need to deceive you, because the Jinyi Guard is involved, and everyone in the government and the opposition knows it, there is nothing to deny, even I will be held accountable for this. But now Jinyiwei still needs to enlist the support of the local gentry and let them cooperate to open the mine together, so I will leave a certain margin for your Yue's family, and I can be regarded as doing my best, if you don't even cherish the last opportunity, then don't blame Jinyiwei for unloading and killing donkeys."

The meaning of Luo An's threat is already obvious.

I am here to help you, not to harm you, it seems that you took the initiative to take the blame and suffered a big loss, but you can protect the interests of the majority of the family, this is the best result.

And if you don't take the blame, do you think you can live? Or can you protect your family?

Dream on!

Luo An said: "Now give you one last chance, you tell me, I will go to tell Governor Zhu tonight, he will sell me Jinyiwei face." If you don't agree, it's up to you, how this case develops in the future, Jinyiwei himself will be implicated, and he won't be able to take care of you."

With that, Luo An stood up, and just waited for Yue Ting'an to make a statement, and he was about to leave.

"I...... This...... Why can't it make people think about it a little more?" Yue Ting's peace of mind is like numbness.

As the patriarch of the most powerful family in the local area, he is also well-informed, and his life experience tells him that if he is disloyal a hundred times, Jinyiwei is no longer credible.

But now that Jin Yiwei is willing to take the initiative to come to the door to give him a chance, maybe it is really a glimmer of life?

Jin Yiwei's words also have some truth, that is, no matter who opens the mine, they must strive for the support of the local gentry, if the prefect Yamen and Jin Yiwei join forces to exterminate the Yue family, then how will they open the mine in the future? I heard that there were people from all over the country who opened mines in the imperial court, so there was no rumor?

Luo An said, "Say, I don't have time for you to think about it."

Yue Ting'an hurriedly asked, "Have you confessed, promise that I won't die?"

"Yes."

Luo An replied very simply. "That...... How can you ensure that ......" Yue Tingan had too many concerns, and he still had to get practical protection, instead of Luo An always talking nonsense here.

At that moment, there was the sound of footsteps in the hallway of the cell, the sound of boots hitting the ground.

But seeing a person in a scarlet official robe walk in, Yue Ting'an was completely unfamiliar at first glance, but from the color of the official uniform on his body and the goose patch on his chest, as well as the age of this person, he knew that the person who came was probably Zhu Hao, the prefect who had never appeared in front of people since arriving in the local area.

"Governor Zhu."

Luo An hugged his fists.

Zhu Hao returned the salute, and then walked to the door of Yue Ting'an's cell, Luo An had already stepped aside at this time and gave the chair to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao sat down.

"You ......"

Yue Ting'an's eyes were vicious, glaring at Zhu Hao, who was smiling.

Zhu Hao had a narrow look on his face, pretending to be surprised: "Master Yue, with this look in your eyes, are you going to kill this official? But you seem to hate the wrong person, right? This official is a victim, because you made trouble in the local area, this official was also implicated, and was interrogated by the Jinyi guard for many days."

Yue Ting'an said: "Governor Zhu was implicated because the pig iron from the mine was transferred away, and it has nothing to do with us people."

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Your news is quite well-informed, but it doesn't matter, Luo Zhenfu must have made it clear to you, you take the initiative to take responsibility, then the matter will end here, and there is no need to implicate and expand." If you have to be obsessed and the case gets bigger, I'm afraid your Yue family will really ...... Huh."

Originally, Yue Ting'an was ready to agree, but when he saw Zhu Hao's "face", he became emotional and wanted to fight to the end.

Zhu Hao said, "Still waiting for the people you sent to the capital to lobby, hoping for good news?" Don't look forward to it! The charges of your Yue family, in fact, are very clear in the court, I believe that no one will dare to get involved in this case, this involves the dispute between His Majesty and Yang Zhongtang of the current dynasty, whoever dares to pierce into it will be drowned! This pool is much deeper than you think."

"The only person who can protect you now is Jinyiwei, because they are also afraid that this matter will continue to be implicated and expanded, so while Jinyiwei is discussing cooperation with the household department to open a mine, the two sides have reached a consensus, that is, to calm the matter, avoid the expansion of the situation as much as possible, and reduce the impact on Your Majesty's prestige."

"Maybe someone will try to pass on the word to you when you turn around, so that you can grit your teeth and persevere, and some people want to make things bigger, but at that point, you can't protect yourself, let alone the Yue family, so why do you need to fight meaninglessly?"

"This is the confession, you refused to admit it in court, at that time you hoped that Jinyi Wei would come out to protect you, and now Jinyi Wei Luo Zhenfu really sent you a way to live, if you still refuse to accept it, it will be a pity!"

As he spoke, Zhu Hao took out the confession that should have been signed by Yue Ting'an in the court.

"If there is something wrong, you can add it yourself, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone have been prepared, and the supplements have been made, and after signing and drawing, you will pass the hall again tomorrow, and then you can go to the border of the mountains and seas, which is nearby, and you don't need to go to the bitter cold land in the northwest, it's better than leaving your hometown, right?"

Yue Ting'an gritted his teeth: "Governor Zhu is really thoughtful."

Zhu Hao looked at Luo An with a smile and said, "It's not that the official is thoughtful, it's that Jinyiwei takes into account the interests of all aspects, right?"

Luo An hugged his fists and said, "It's all for Your Majesty and the court, don't dare to be greedy!"

Yue Ting'an's eyes were cracked.

Zhu Hao said: Luo Zhen Fu envoy, since the word has been passed on to him, let's give him some time to think about it...... Maybe you should prepare something for him to die quickly in case he needs it?"

When Yue Ting'an heard this, this was to use his life to intimidate?

Luo An glanced at Yue Ting'an coldly and said, "If he refuses to admit it, he can only do business, Jinyiwei is not afraid of things, and hopes that Governor Zhu will be merciful when trying the case."

"Definitely, definitely. Let's go, let's drink!"

Zhu Hao talked and laughed with Luo An and left the cell.

……

……

Yue Ting'an finally saw what it means for officials to protect each other.

"The two groups of people who were still at odds before, just because they were officials, could treat my Yue clan as a sacrifice and openly ask others to take the blame? Whoever you deal with in the future, you can't deal with the official family!"

Yue Ting'an was studying the confession at night, and at the same time felt sorry for himself there.

The jailer couldn't listen to the nagging, and came out and shouted, "What is the noise if you don't open your eyes? If you want to write, write it quickly, and send it to the adults when you finish writing. It's as if no one in your Yue family has ever been an official before......

Yue Ting'an said loudly: "There are too many families in the local court, do you dare to pull them all out?"

The jailer sneered, "At least people don't open their eyes and go against the government, just like you, you dare to take people to the imperial court's mines to make trouble? I really don't know how to write dead words, do I? The above has explained, you have finished supplying, and I will transfer you away tomorrow, if you don't provide it, just wait for the severed head meal!"

At this time, Yue Ting's peace of mind was called a tangle.

He was afraid that even if he confessed, the prefect's yamen and Jinyiwei would still regret it and kill people.

With his knowledge of the darkness of officialdom, this is quite possible.

If not, there may be a glimmer of life.

But now

The prefect's yamen and Jinyiwei gave him a way to live, if he didn't listen......

In short, both pros and cons are to be gambled, depending on which side the bet is on.

This night, he didn't have to sleep, he was worried about his life, tossing and turning, getting up several times to start the pen, and putting the pen down several times.

……

……

Yue Tingan finally chose to sign the confession.

Reason told him that if Jinyiwei really wanted to see him die, then Luo Zhenfu didn't need to come to the prison to go to the prison at all, and he would be killed directly.

Since the leader of Jinyiwei is willing to come, it means that he may really want to help him.

Besides, this case has indeed implicated Jin Yiwei, even if he wants to take responsibility, it is difficult to take it all, just look at the confession given to him by the prefect Yamen, he knows that Jin Yiwei is not afraid of responsibility at all, even if it is Luo An, no matter how big the incident is, at most it is just a fine.

The confession was sent to the capital two days later.

Zhu Si told the contents of the confession in front of the ministers of the court.

「…… The local prefect has examined Jinyiwei and learned that it was the local family who misinterpreted Jinyiwei's meaning and took people to the mine to make trouble, but he never thought that the situation would expand. Now that we have caused chaos in the region, we should make up for it."

Zhu Si looked very regretful.

It not only shows that Jinyiwei is involved, but also shows that Jinyiwei is not responsible for it and does not want to severely punish those involved in Jinyiwei.

Zhu Sidao: "The local prefect has made a judgment and let the guilty criminals involved in the case be exiled to the frontier, and their ancestral property will not be confiscated, and those involved in the Jinyiwei case will be demoted and retained. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?"

Sun Jiao came out and said, "Your Majesty, this case should be handed over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for further investigation."

Zhu Si scolded angrily: "What else are you investigating? Is it okay to have this result? Do you want me to disband the Brocade Guard?

The emperor was angry.

Letting the emperor punish himself with three cups is already a good result.

Do you really want the emperor to bring the Jinyi guards who are working under him to justice, and also exile and kill his head?

Zhu Sidao: "Now that the case has been closed, the local prefect will no longer remain in office, Zhu Hao, who respects the Taoist, when he returns to Beijing to report on his work, what kind of official arrangements should be made for him, I want to hear the opinions of your families!"