Chapter 473: Threat
Liu Zhongqing sneered in his heart, as long as Lu Shen was brought up, he would definitely overturn the previous confession, and then give Yang Tinghe a charge of torture, and then he could reverse the current unfavorable situation.
He made a calculation in his heart, and gave Li Yuntian a reassuring look, he believed that Lu Shen was not a fool and would definitely know what to do.
Li Yunxing saw the two of them looking at each other, and knew what they were planning in their hearts, but Yang Tinghe nodded at him, hinting that he should not worry, Li Yunxing was a little strange, Yang Tinghe has always been upright and does not know how to be flexible, could it be that he came up with some way to make Lu Shen personally identify Liu Zhongqing?
The soldiers quickly brought Lu Shen up, and they did torture him these days, but the punishments used were very hidden, at least not from the appearance at all, so everyone saw Lu Shen was just embarrassed, and they couldn't see what kind of injury he suffered.
Lu Shen knelt on the ground, glanced at everyone in the hall in a bit of a daze, especially after coming into contact with Liu Zhongqing and Li Yuntian's eyes, he trembled in fright, and immediately lowered his head.
Liu Zhongqing frowned, always feeling that Lu Shen's expression looked a little abnormal, and he asked softly.
"Lord Lu, you have been locked up in prison for the past few days, Lord Yang took a confession letter, saying that it was all the content of your confession, I don't know your true situation, I want to ask you if the confession is true?"
He kept hinting to Lu Shen with his eyes, he would never recognize the confession at this time, but Lu Shen didn't look up at all, hesitated for a moment, and nodded suddenly.
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, back to King Xian, the contents of that confession ...... It's true, it's really what I said personally, and it was written by Lord Yang himself, and I signed and signed it, so I can't fake it. ”
Li Yunxing looked at Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe's face was a little nervous, he really didn't play tricks, he had long expected that Lu Shen would inevitably retract his confession in court, so after returning to the house, he couldn't sleep, so he simply went to the mansion to take a stroll, and happened to meet Shen Qingshan and Yang Wenxuan handling official documents, so he chatted with the two.
Shen Qingshan was helpless about this, but Yang Wenxuan sighed heavily.
"Lord Yang, don't be annoyed, I said that you two are too rigid, don't keep staring at one place, if you are afraid that Lu Shen will retract his confession in court, it would be good if he didn't retract his confession."
This is easy to say, if he had a way, he would not be so troubled at this time, Yang Wenxuan saw that he had nothing to do, so he came over and came up with ideas.
"Lord Yang, in fact, this matter is quite simple, Lu Shen will retract his confession in court, this is because we don't have any handle on him, he is not threatened, and naturally he can't control his actions, but if we hold his handle in our hands, it is greater than the crime he will get by admitting this confession, then how dare he retract his confession."
Shen Qingshan pondered for a while, although this method violated the way of a gentleman, it was indeed a good method, but where would they be able to catch Lu Shen's handle.
Yang Wenxuan couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw these two smart people falling into a dead end at this time, he didn't expect that he actually had a time to give them ideas, this kind of moment simply needed to be recorded.
"This is not simple, Lu Shen has been in charge of the Tingwei Mansion for so many years, and his subordinates have handled so many cases, involving countless officials, large and small, I don't believe that he can always be honest and honest, since we have obtained his confession, this is a criminal evidence, but we can use this to search his house, he has been arrogant for so long, he definitely doesn't know the principle of caution, I don't believe that there are no clues in his house."
These words made Yang Tinghe and Shen Qingshan feel enlightened, and both of them were a little impressed by Yang Wenxuan, and sure enough, no one could compare to him in terms of bad ideas.
Yang Tinghe led the forbidden army to search around the Lu Mansion, and Mrs. Lu had been desperately trying to stop her, but she had been frightened by the prince before, and she was casually frightened by the forbidden army, so she didn't dare to say anything.
Therefore, Yang Tinghe entered Lu Shen's study very smoothly, and really let him find a lot of clues, the dirt in it is not much smaller than that of burning potatoes, and the angry Yang Tinghe immediately presented these evidences to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and immediately beheaded this person.
It was Shen Qingshan and Yang Wenxuan who stopped him, after all, these cases have passed, and most of the people involved are the children of official families, and it is a waste of time to investigate, and now their top priority is to investigate the burning of potatoes, it is better to use these evidence to stabilize Lu Shen first, and then find a way to punish him after the investigation of this matter is completed.
Yang Tinghe copied a copy of the evidence he collected from Lu Shen overnight, ran to the prison, and threw the evidence in front of Lu Shen.
Lu Shen was really frightened, he never thought that he was just doing Lord Liu a small favor, and he would be involved in it, enter the forbidden army cell, and be tortured, not to mention that Yang Tinghe would dare to search his study.
He has been safe and stable for decades, and he is in a high position, thinking that no one in this world dares to investigate him, so he never takes these books and evidence seriously, and today he has become a lever to threaten him in turn.
Yang Tinghe flipped through those account books, and the more he looked at them, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't stop sneering.
"Lord Lu, you said that if I present this evidence to His Royal Highness the Prince, how will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think of you, do you still have a way to survive this time?"
Lu Shen almost knelt on the ground, of course he couldn't give it to the prince, the prince was very dissatisfied with him, if he really caught the handle, then he would definitely die this time, I'm afraid that even the Lu family can't be saved.
"No, whatever you want, I can give it to you."
Yang Tinghe snorted coldly.
"Lord Lu should know what I want, now I just want to find out the real culprit who burned the potatoes, go to Lord Lu's mansion to search, I just want to find some clues, but I didn't expect to find something else, if Lord Lu is willing to help me, I will treat these as if I have never found these, and I can return them in full, if Lord Lu refuses to help, since the clues of burning potatoes are broken with you, pull you into the water, it can be regarded as a round end to this matter."
Lu Shen looked at Yang Tinghe's appearance, as if he was seeing this person for the first time.
"Lord Yang, aren't you the most disdainful of the intrigue in the court, and you are deceiving me, and now you are threatening me with my incriminating evidence?"
Indeed, Yang Tinghe raised his eyes and looked at him quietly, it was because he was not used to seeing him before, so he was in Jingzhou many times, suppressed, and bullied, if it were not for the trust of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and promoted him to his current position, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to get ahead in his life.
The prince trusted him so much, but he betrayed this trust, so he was investigating the matter with the determination to die.