Chapter 92, take the lead
[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, March 27, the sixth quarter of the time, Tsing Yi Wei Nan Anping Division]
At this moment, Yang Wenyuan, a thousand households of the Anping Division of Tsing Yi Weinan, was sitting in front of the table in the interrogation room, and there were four dishes of side dishes and a bowl of big broth on the table. Yang Wenyuan was holding a bowl of rice in his hand and was eating it with relish. He was "busy with business" today, and he had not had lunch until now, so he simply ate in the interrogation room. The six guards on both sides of the room, seeing that their chief officer was so "diligent" in his work, was so busy that he could only eat a few bites of lunch in the interval between the trials, and they were all "in awe" for this lord of a thousand households!
Before long, two guards walked in with a woman with unkempt hair and a haggard face. Although the woman's face was pale and haggard, she could still see that she was bright and beautiful. As soon as she sat down, she reached out and brushed a few strands of hair in front of her forehead, revealing a pair of beautiful and moving eyes.
"Miss Mingyue, I have admired my name for a long time!" Yang Wenyuan was eating while admiring the bright and moving demeanor of the woman in front of him. It seems that in this dim and scary interrogation room, with such a "beautiful and delicious" woman, his interest in eating instantly increased a lot.
Mingyue sat on the broken wooden bench opposite Yang Wenyuan, with a wry smile in her eyes, she opened her mouth to say something, but she still didn't say anything.
She clearly remembered that at this time yesterday, she and her newly married Jiaojiao sister sat in the largest private room "Xiuchun Pavilion" in Deyue Building, and the two faced a whole table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, drinking the famous Fenyang wine in Chang'an, smiling and laughing, and very happy!
The two drank wine, and under Jiaojiao's persuasion, she made up her mind that after tonight, she would redeem herself, and from now on, let herself swim, and never want to be trapped in the huge cage of Cuiyun Tower again.
Unexpectedly, it was only overnight, disaster fell from the sky, she woke up in the middle of the night, and was forcibly dragged out of the bed by a group of soldiers. Along the way, she was surprised to ask why, and several guards saw that she was beautiful, so they told her with a smile: "King Han died in your Cuiyun Tower......
Mingyue's heart was suddenly shocked and inexplicable, she thought to herself:
How could King Han die in Cuiyun Tower? Didn't King Han sleep with Jiaojiao in the embroidery room? Could it be that Jiaojiao killed King Han by mistake? Impossible! Jiaojiao is such a weak female streamer, where did she get the strength to kill King Han? Could it be that Pei Caibao slipped away from my pillow late at night to kill King Han, and it is impossible......
Now, Mingyue sat in the dim communication room of Nan'an Pingsi, facing the eight wolf-like guards around her, she knew that this time would be more auspicious, but she thought back to the past in her mind, only to feel that those happy and happy past events were like dreams, she just wanted to carefully taste some of the past happiness, and those happiness were like empty bubbles, bursting in an instant!
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At this time, Yang Wenyuan had already used his lunch, he had just put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and a guard immediately came over beside him, carefully taking away all the leftovers and empty bowls on the table.
Yang Wenyuan went to a clean face towel handed by the guard, wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile:
"In Xia Yang Wenyuan, who lives in the position of a thousand households in Nan'an Pingsi, I have long heard from the brothers in the guard station, saying that your Mingyue girl is not only the top card in Cuiyun Building, but also the top card in the entire Chang'an City! I never thought that because of fate, I would be able to see Miss Mingyue here today...... It can be seen that everything in the underworld has its own destiny, and it can be regarded as a fate with Miss Mingyue below!"
Mingyue didn't know what Yang Wenyuan's words meant, so she had to bow her head slightly: "Mingyue is just a woman in a green building, how dare she be so ridiculously praised by Lord Yang?"
Yang Wenyuan laughed to himself and groaned:
"Miss Mingyue, you are not simply a Qinglou woman, I am afraid that only a Qinglou leader like you in the whole world dares to openly kill the current six princes, His Royal Highness King Han!"
Mingyue was frightened......: "What? I killed King Han? I ...... I didn't!"
Yang Wenyuan suddenly changed his face, picked up the shocking piece of wood in front of him, patted the table case with a "snap", and said in a deep voice:
"Bold Mingyue, you lured His Royal Highness King Han to Cuiyun Tower, and secretly killed him, now, the human and material evidence are all there, and you still haven't truthfully recruited the official?!"
Mingyue said blankly: "My lord, the folk girl just slept peacefully in her bedroom last night, and was later tied up here by a group of soldiers. Until this moment, the folk girl knew that His Royal Highness King Han had died in Cuiyun Tower. The folk girl and the king of Han have never even met each other, why did the folk girl plot to kill the king of Han? Besides, ...... His Royal Highness the King of Han, you are a prince, high up, and a daughter of the people...... Even if the folk girl wants to kill him, how can she kill him?"
Yang Wenyuan sneered: "If King Han hadn't been killed by you, how could his close-fitting jade pendant appear next to your pillow?......" He picked up the jade plate engraved with the word "Zuo" on the table, shook it in front of Mingyue's eyes, and said:
"You still dare to say that you have never met King Han! The two of you have never met, King Han's personal jade plate, will it grow wings and fly to your pillow? If you dare to talk nonsense and quibble in front of the official again, see if the official doesn't break your mouth?!"
At this time, Mingyue couldn't help but feel bitter in her heart, she said in her heart I just glanced at the jade plate that Pei Caibao handed over to me that night, and I put the jade plate on the pillow casually at that time, I really didn't think that it was such a jade card, and now it will drag me into a place of no return!
Mingyue hurriedly left the low stool, knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly: "Lord Qianhu, the people don't know that this jade plate is King Han's personal jade pendant......! This jade plaque is Pei Caibao, the head of our Cuiyun Building, and Pei is the personal belongings of the chief Pei Cuiyun Building! He stayed in the dormitory of the folk girl that day, so that he could put the jade plaque next to the pillow of the folk girl......
Yang Wenyuan immediately asked, "Pei Caibao, what about others?"
Mingyue said: "The folk girl woke up in the middle of the night, then Pei Caibao didn't know where he went, and the folk girl didn't know, where did he go?"
Yang Wenyuan snorted coldly: "Pei Caibao is not here, you can push him away indiscriminately, right? No matter what kind of 'loss of treasure' or 'loss of gold and silver' of this official, since this jade plate is next to your pillow, you will not be able to escape the guilt!"
Mingyue knelt on the ground and begged bitterly: "Lord Qianhu, the people's daughter is really wronged! That jade plate is really Pei Caibao's, and the people's daughter has never seen this jade plate." Moreover, even if this jade plaque is next to Mingyue's pillow, it will ...... That doesn't prove that King Han was killed by the people's daughter. Folk Girl ...... How can a woman kill a man with no power to restrain her?"
"Tut-tut......" Yang Wenyuan stared at Mingyue on the ground for a long time, and then said with a smile on his face: "Mingyue girl, you are really the best among the women of the Qinglou, and you deserve to be the top brand of the Cuiyun Building! At this time, his mind is still so alert, and he can even argue with the official for a few words." Cough!...... If it weren't for the fact that you killed His Royal Highness King Han this time, the official himself would have wanted to intercede for you!"
Mingyue raised her head, looked at Yang Wenyuan with teary eyes, and cried: "Lord Qianhu, Lord Qingtian! The people's daughter really didn't kill anyone, so His Royal Highness the King of Han really didn't kill the people's daughter......"
Yang Wenyuan sighed again and said, "It seems that if you don't let you see those two witnesses, you won't confess......
So, Yang Wenyuan turned his head to the guards and ordered, "Go and bring those two 'human witnesses'!"
The two guards answered, turned and went out, and before long, they saw that they had pulled Scarlet Cloud and Autumn Frost into the interrogation room.
Mingyue raised her head, only to see Scarlet Cloud and Qiushuang, the two former "Golden Belt Oiran", now the clothes inside and outside have been torn apart, the smooth jade-like body inside is still faintly visible, and there are faint traces of blood between the two strands, it is conceivable that in just a few hours, the two of them must have been raped countless times by those guards.
Yang Wenyuan slapped the startled wood again and shouted:
"Scarlet clouds, Qiushuang, how did you see Mingyue carrying the murder weapon, secretly rushed to the embroidery room, and killed King Han?
Scarlet Cloud and Qiu Shuang each glanced at each other, both with dazed expressions, and Scarlet Cloud said in a daze: "Mingyue killed King Han?
Yang Wenyuan waved his hand at one of the guards on the left, and gave a faint order:
"Let them taste the 'green character five claws', shall we?"
"Little obedience!" The guard listened to Yang Wenyuan's order, and immediately showed a happy and obscene expression. He walked over to the wall of the interrogation room and removed a pair of claws attached to a long rope. Immediately afterwards, he pulled Scarlet Cloud behind Mingyue, grabbed Scarlet Cloud's coat with his left hand and pulled it hard, and Scarlet Cloud's upper body, which could not be concealed, was suddenly naked in front of everyone's eyes.
Scarlet Yun let out an "ah", and immediately instinctively protected her chest with both hands, however, she never expected that it was her bare back that the guards would have to deal with at this time.
I saw that the guard exercised the flying claw, and with a "bang", he flicked the long rope, and the flying claw carried a strong wind, and it landed on the back of Crimson Cloud in an instant.
There are two major tortures in Tsing Yi Wei, which are famous all over the world. One of them is called "nine dozen green characters", which is what the North Anping Division is good at, and the second is called "five claws of green characters", which is the characteristics of his Southern Anping Division. At this time, the flying claws in the guard's hand, like a green dragon with teeth and claws, slammed into Crimson's body. The five iron claws were so sharp, and the claws slashed across Crimson's back, and suddenly they were like steel knives cutting through tofu, and even the belt meat was pulled down a full five. I only heard the long scream of the scarlet cloud, and immediately fainted in pain.
Mingyue's eyes closed, and she couldn't bear to see the tragic scene in front of her. When she slowly opened her eyes, she saw Scarlet Cloud fainting beside her. On the back of the scarlet cloud, the flesh and blood of the vultures were blurred, and it was unbearable to see.
The torture guard was obviously a veteran of the "Blue Character Five Claws", and when he saw Scarlet Cloud faint to the ground, he couldn't help but show a triumphant look on his face. Immediately afterwards, he approached Qiushuang on the side, and the obscene and excited look in his eyes became more and more intense......
Seeing that Qiushuang at this time was already so frightened that her face was pale, and she almost fainted, Mingyue hurriedly stood up and said to Yang Wenyuan:
"My lord, there is no need to use the punishment anymore, it was Mingyue who killed King Han!"
"Okay, good!" Yang Wenyuan smiled and waved his hand at the guards on the side, and the two guards understood, so they dragged down the scarlet clouds that had already fainted and the autumn frost who was almost fainting.
"This official asked you, why did you kill His Royal Highness King Han?"
Mingyue lowered her head and thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't think of a suitable reason, so she simply asked Yang Wenyuan:
"My lord thinks, why did the people kill His Royal Highness King Han?"
"Hmph!" Yang Wenyuan snorted coldly, but he didn't think it was strange, he took a sip of the warm tea brought by the guard, and said slowly:
"Mingyue, you have heard of His Royal Highness King Han's talent and reputation for a long time, and you covet His Royal Highness's handsome appearance, so you secretly fell in love with King Han. You want to marry into the Han Wangfu and become a side room next to His Royal Highness, however, because of your low background, you strayed into the Qinglou and became a prostitute. Over time, you became hateful because of love, and gradually became murderous towards King Han......"
Speaking of this, Yang Wenyuan felt a little dry mouth, so he took a few sips of the teacup, and then said:
"Last night, you asked someone to lure King Han to Cuiyun Tower, but you couldn't seduce you with clever words, and coerced King Han to marry you back to the palace. However, as a prince, King Han has always acted upright and upright, how can he be bewitched and coerced by you?...... When you see that the opportunity fails, you are annoyed and angry, so you ...... "food."
Yang Wenyuan thought about it again, and then said:
"You teamed up with the old bustard Yang Xiaoxiao to brutally kill King Han in the embroidery room! and...... After you killed, you also snatched the close-fitting jade pendant from King Han. When you see that the jade pendant is engraved with the name of King Han, you want to keep the jade pendant by your side, and you can always make a thought!"
In the end, Yang Wenyuan was about to be moved by himself, and he sighed and said regretfully:
"Ahem...... Miss Mingyue, speaking of which, you can be regarded as a person with the deepest affection! It's a pity that you took the wrong path and did the wrong thing, just because of a thought, you actually killed someone, and it is really a sigh...... Is this right?"
Mingyue nodded, and replied expressionlessly: "What the Lord said is right! It's just that Mingyue was the only one who killed His Royal Highness King Han at that time, but there were no other accomplices. ”
Yang Wenyuan shook his head and said:
"Are you a fool? Even you yourself have just said, how can you, a weak woman with no power, kill a man? If you don't have a vicious and snobbish villain like Yang Xiaoxiao to help you, how can you kill King Han alone?"
Seeing Yang Wenyuan say this, Mingyue sighed softly, and could only be silent.
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Next, the guard presented the written confession to Yang Wenyuan for inspection. After Yang Wenyuan looked at it carefully, he nodded, so the guard asked Mingyue to press the handprint, sign and draw, and this interrogation was over.
When the guards escorted Mingyue to the door, Mingyue suddenly turned around and pleaded with Yang Wenyuan:
"Lord Yang, Mingyue knows that she will die, so I just ask that in the days before I die, I can stay alone in a room, so that Mingyue can finally die innocently...... Can you say yes?"
Yang Wenyuan looked at Mingyue again, and couldn't help nodding and saying:
"Miss Mingyue, if it weren't for last night's incident, Yang would probably have taken the time to go to your Cuiyun Tower, and begged the girl to reward Yang for one night! Okay...... For the sake of your cooperation today, the Judge promised you that you would be alone in a room for the next few days, and that no one would see you without the Officer's permission!"
"Thank you, Lord Yang!" Before Mingyue went out, she bowed deeply to Yang Wenyuan and saluted.
Naturally, what Mingyue asked was not to be arbitrarily raped by those guards a few days before she was executed, like the rest of the girls, and Yang Wenyuan finally agreed to her request.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Wenyuan waved his hand and ordered the guards to escort Yang Xiaoxiao, the old bustard of Cuiyun Building. Although the old bustard was cunning and cunning, how could he be Yang Wenyuan's opponent? Under Yang Wenyuan's combination of soft and hard, he immediately obediently confessed all the details of Yang Wenyuan's crime.
At this time, Yang Wenyuan already had two confessions in his hands, and those two confessions were filled with almost all the "details of the crime" of the murder of King Han. However, Yang Wenyuan was thoughtful after all, he thought about it for a while, but he was still not at ease in his heart, so he asked the guards to escort more than ten female prostitutes, miscellaneous servants and guards to the guard home one after another.
Naturally, according to Yang Wenyuan's request, everyone confessed how King Han was lured into Cuiyun Tower, how he was drunk by the old bustard, and how he was killed by Mingyue and the old bustard.
In less than two hours, Yang Wenyuan completed all the interrogation processes he had just discussed with Shen Huan.
At two o'clock, Yang Wenyuan held more than ten confessions in his hand and ran into the door of the governor's office in a hurry.
Shen Huan had been waiting for a long time, he listened to Yang Wenyuan's report, and carefully read the two confessions of Mingyue and Yang Xiaoxiao, and was still a little uneasy in his heart, so he asked Yang Wenyuan again:
"Wen Yuan, do you think the emperor can believe the reason we gave for the killing?"
Yang Wenyuan touched a short beard on his lips, nodded and said:
"My lord, I think that the emperor will believe it!"
"Oh...... How can you be so sure?" Shen Huan still had some doubts.
Yang Wenyuan cleared his throat, and then explained in detail to Shen Huan the reason why he had carefully designed the killing of King Han:
"My lord, think about it, His Royal Highness King Han died in the embroidery room of Cuiyun Tower late at night, and this incident itself has made the cause of King Han's death clear. As long as the common people think that King Han died in a brothel, they will naturally guess that His Royal Highness must have been a prostitute late at night and died unexpectedly. No matter how clever we are, we will definitely not be able to achieve perfection. ”
"Yes, the cause of King Han's death was attributed to the word 'love'. Since ancient times, people all over the world have talked about nothing more than the word 'love'. The top brand in Cuiyun Building, she has a crush on a prince, she feels that she has no hope of getting married, so she turns into hatred because of love, so that she can kill the prince by mistake. And after she killed someone, she hid the prince's close-fitting jade pendant next to her pillow, which was used as a thought from time to time, which shows the depth of this girl's affection for the prince......"
In this way, the eyes of the world will focus on the relationship between King Han and the top female prostitute. Adults think about it, a top brand of the Qinglou, gorgeous posture, brilliant talent, a prince of a great cadre, personable, radiant and world-famous, such two people, actually had a lingering affair, although the ending is regrettable, but the reason in the middle, but it will also make people think. Once this matter reaches the people, the good deeds will add fuel and vinegar, and maybe they will make up a shocking story of ghosts and gods, and it may not be ......."
In this case, as to why King Han died in a brothel, did he sneak into prostitutes late at night? For the imperial court, it can finally be explained, although the king of Han was killed, it was because he was loved by the other party, so the cause of death will not lose the royal face......"
Shen Huan laughed when he heard it, and he couldn't help but slap the table and applaud repeatedly.
"What a 'Yang Zifang', not bad, not bad! This governor is not wrong about you, this troublesome case, you tried it like this, you never thought that a 'story of the ages' was actually tried! hahaha......"
Shen Huan walked up to Yang Wenyuan and patted Yang Wenyuan's shoulder, at this time, the two of them looked unusually close, looking at the look on Shen Huan's face, they couldn't wait to have an "affectionate" hug with Yang Wenyuan.
"Lord Shen, there are still dozens of criminals in my Nan'an Ping Division who have not yet been tried, and I will go and see if there are any new clues......"
Yang Wenyuan saw that the matter was completed, and immediately bowed down and retired.
At that moment, Shen Huan did not hesitate any longer, so he took the confessions of more than ten relevant people and prisoners who had been signed and detained, went out of the official room, and personally went to the Shangma camp of Tsing Yiwei to lead a yellow horse, rode on horseback, and went straight to Daming Palace.
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Almost at the same time, in the Xiuchun Pavilion of Deyue Tower, Nangong Buyu, Xu Ke, Zhu Leyun, and Zhang Muye were sitting around a large rosewood table, and the delicacies on the table had been piled up, and the four of them raised their glasses and drank, all of them looked happy.
Seeing that the four thousand households in Tsing Yi Wei came to the restaurant together today, the shopkeeper of the Deyue Building did not dare to slack off, and immediately took eight runners to serve tea and wine together, and served food and food. After the wine and food were served, the shopkeeper and the running hall were not at ease, and carefully cleaned up the private room, and even wiped a trace of dust in the corner with a rag.
Seeing that the shopkeeper was still busy in the private room, Zhu Leyun waved his hand at him and impatiently ordered: "You all retreat, no one is allowed to come in without our orders!"
"Yes, yes!" the shopkeeper hurriedly gave up his hands, and immediately took a few runs, quietly exited the door, and gently closed the door.
When the shopkeeper hurried downstairs, there was a newcomer to the running hall on the side, and he couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "Shopkeeper, who are these people? Why is it so big? If you don't let us in, what should we do if there are still dishes on the table later?"
The shopkeeper immediately put up two fingers, made a silent gesture, and whispered: "Be quiet, don't care who they are? They told you not to go in, even if the sky falls, you don't go in!" or ......."
The shopkeeper put the palm of his right hand into the shape of a knife, and everything in front of the shopkeeper's neck, which frightened the new shopkeeper's neck and immediately ran downstairs trembling......
Today's wine game was originally supposed to be initiated by Nangong Bu Si, but it was Zhu Leyun who went to the restaurant in person to instruct the shopkeeper to prepare a private room and order the wine and food in advance.
These little things, ordinary thousands of households naturally disdain, but today he wants to drink with him, but the famous Bei'an Pingsi Nangong Qianhu is personally arranged by him to show that he attaches great importance to today's wine game.
After getting off duty, Xu Ke originally wanted to go back to his mansion in Liquanfang, but he couldn't stand Nangong's repeated persuasion, so he had to be dragged to the ground by Nangong and walked into the Deyue Tower together.
When the two of them entered the Xiuchun Pavilion, they saw that Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye had been waiting there for a long time. At that moment, Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye stood up, and without saying anything, they pushed Nangong Bu to the top and sat down, and even Xu Ke pushed him to the left of Nangong to accompany him.
Today, what Zhu Leyun has prepared for the shopkeeper is the most precious forty-year-old Chen "Fenyang drunk" in Chang'an City. After the shopkeeper and the runner all retreated, Zhu Leyun personally picked up the wine jug and filled it for everyone one by one, he raised the wine glass again, and said silently to Nangong:
"Lord Nangong, I salute you with a cup! Since you joined the Bei'an Ping Division, you have taken care of the affairs of the guard in an orderly manner, and everyone knows that with you Nangong Qianhu, there will be no unjust cases in the prison! Lord Nangong is really a model for my generation and officials!"
Nangong smiled silently, then picked up the wine glass, stood up, and looked around at everyone: "Come! Let's have a toast together, everyone is their own brothers today, just drink a good drink!"
"Yes, yes, yes, today are all my own brothers, everyone just have a good drink!" During the banquet, everyone also picked up their wine glasses, all of them got up, everyone touched a glass, raised their necks, and drank it all.
"Good wine!" Nangong praised with a smile.
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At this time, Shen Huan, who was riding on the head of the Huang Bi horse, just like the wind, took the lead, passed the entrance of Daozheng Fangfang outside the Deyue Building, and went north.