Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 69 Exonerated?

Zhu Huan was arrested in an instant. For the entire Dingyuan County, it was as big news as sparks hit the earth.

But just like the people in Fengyang Mansion, the people still have doubts about whether Zhu Huan can be punished. After all, Zhu Huan is a relative of the emperor, and he is the nephew of the emperor. It's not so easy to live the emperor's life.

I don't know where the news came out, saying that the person hosting Zhu Huan this time is His Royal Highness King Liao!
The common people wondered, His Royal Highness Liao Wang is also a relative of Zhu Huan, can he take care of Zhu Huan?

Someone said again, why not? The Marquis of Pingyang in Fengyang Mansion knows that the emperor's adopted son, who bullies men and women in Fengyang Mansion, is not much better than Zhu Huan. Our Royal Highness Liao is talking about killing Just kill!

When all the common people heard this, they looked forward to the day when Zhu Huan was escorted to Caishikou and beheaded for public display.

The folks were full of joy, and the official circles of Dingyuan County were full of mourners. Who is Zhu Yuanzhang?He is not lenient in dealing with corrupt officials. Even if Zhu Huan is not killed for the time being, he has not said that he will not be killed. All officials in Dingyuan County who have anything to do with collecting taxes have been arrested and handed over to Zheng Shiyuan for interrogation. .

However, it was not Zheng Shiyuan who came to interrogate, but our Highness King Liao.

This early in the morning, in the cell of Dingyuan County, Zhu Qi, who was wearing a king's python robe, sat on the grand master's chair brought over. In front of all the guards, there were all the prisons, and the torch was lit in the torch, illuminating the prison. brightly lit.

Zheng Shiyuan was also standing beside His Highness Liao Wang, and it was His Highness Liao Wang's intention to come to interrogate the criminal in person, so he stood by to see how His Highness Liao Wang interrogated, and by the way, he also wanted to see how His Highness Liao Wang was doing. It can be done without going to His Majesty to persuade him, but within five days, Zhu Huan will surely die.

However, His Royal Highness King Liao has a request, that is, Zheng Shiyuan can stand on the sidelines and watch, but don't intervene in the interrogation.

In the original prison, there were endless begging for mercy, but today it is different, because Zhu Qi cleared all the prisoners and put them in other places in the government to be locked up alone. At this time, there are no other prisoners in the prison.

I saw His Highness Liao Wang waved his hand and said:

"Bring the first prisoner."

Soon, a trembling prisoner in prison uniform was brought up. The man had a mustache, but his body was clean and there were no scars. Obviously, he had not been tortured.

The prisoner was brought to the chair in front of Zhu Qi, and then his hands and feet were fixed with chains. Zhu Qi looked at the paper on the table, which recorded the identity of the prisoner, and asked:
"The prisoner is Su Wenzhong, the former Si Cheng of Dingyuan County General Department?"

The General Department is the local taxation bureau, and Su Wenzhong is also in charge of taxation, so Zhu Qi was the first to interrogate him.

Su Wenzhong immediately said tremblingly:
"Return to Your Highness, the guilty minister is Su Wenzhong."

Zhu Qi patted the gavel and scolded:

"Bold Su Wenzhong, his name is not bad. He also has thick eyebrows and big eyes. I didn't expect that he was also a dog official who betrayed the court and harmed the people. What do you want to tell me? Before the execution, quickly explain everything!"

Naturally, Su Wenzhong is not a person with backbone and loyalty, otherwise he would not be able to do such a thing as harming the people, so he immediately cried and confessed, went down to the street to get things without giving money, went up to call merchants, Taxes were raised, but at the same time as the confession, he also said that this matter was instructed by Zhu Huan, and he was just a working official.

Good guy, you are the head of the tax bureau at the county level, how dare you call yourself "just a working official"?Do you dare to say that you didn't fish for oil and water in it?
Zheng Shiyuan became angry on the spot, and was about to speak, but Zhu Qi was faster, slapped the gavel directly, and shouted:
"Bold!"

Zheng Shiyuan also followed up and said: "In front of His Royal Highness Liao Wang, why don't you hurry up and tell the truth!"

But Zhu Qi then said:

"Zhu Huan is the king's cousin, a member of the same clan of my Zhu family, a relative of the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and you, a small official, can frame it! Tell me honestly, is it true that Dingyuan County has randomly collected taxes? You, the chief tax officer, are the mastermind!"

That Su Wenchen was stupid, Zheng Shiyuan was also a little confused, reminded in a low voice:
"Your Highness, did you make a mistake in the trial? This Zhu Huan is the county magistrate. This announcement is written in black and white. There is absolutely no way he doesn't know about it."

Zhu Qi rolled his eyes at Zheng Shiyuan and didn't say anything, and Zheng Shiyuan also remembered what he promised earlier, so he didn't say anything.

How could Su Wenzhong know that His Royal Highness Liao Wang and Zheng Shiyuan had already talked about it before, and at this moment, he thought it was His Royal Highness Liao Wang glaring at him, so the official didn't dare to speak, and then thought about what His Royal Highness Liao Wang just said, this Su Wenzhong I panicked at that time.

What does this mean?This is to help Zhu Huan get rid of the crime, and let himself, the tax official, take the blame!

Su Wenzhong immediately cried out:
"I am wronged! I am really wronged! The guilty minister is just a small tax official, how dare he do such a thing, it is really Zhu Huan who did it! He got an empty document from the Luzhou government, and then wrote it himself! The guilty minister is really just responsible for posting and collecting taxes!"

Su Wenzhong cried so loudly, Zhu Qi didn't talk nonsense, and let someone torture him directly.

Although Gao Jin is a big internal guard, but for things like criminal law, it is naturally not a problem. Lian took a series of bamboo slices, connected them in series with a rope, and directly put the bamboo slices on Su Wenzhong's left finger. Up, and then pulled it left and right, and the bamboo piece was clamped, and Su Wenzhong immediately wailed.

That cry was really heart-piercing.

Zhu Qi was also terrified when he saw it. Gao Jin was so merciless, he gave Su Wenzhong all five fingers and pinched all the bones. According to the current medical level, there is no possibility of a full recovery in the future.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Qi raised his hand to let Gao Jin release the bamboo, then pointed at Su Wenzhong and said:
"If you don't want to be taken care of by flesh and blood, you should recruit quickly. You are the mastermind of this matter, aren't you?"

At this moment, Su Wenzhong curled up in pain, shaking uncontrollably all over his body, and still said: "I, I'm really not the mastermind."

Even though he is a corrupt official who helps the evildoers, he also knows that if this matter is exposed, at most he will die alone, but if the mastermind is convicted, it will belong to the Yi tribe!

Zhu Qi chuckled, stood up, walked to him, and said:

"The king is not afraid to tell you the truth. This Zhu Huan is the cousin of the king and the emperor's nephew. We don't know better than you what kind of temper he is. It is absolutely impossible for Zhu Huan to do such a thing, and he also Having said that, he was bullied by you, so I advise you to do all the tricks quickly, and I promise to keep your whole body."

After finishing speaking, Su Wenzhong didn't understand why, it was obvious that he wanted to protect Zhu Huan, a relative of the emperor, since he couldn't escape after death, he said tremblingly:
"Then if I confess like this, my family, my family..."

"Don't worry, they will go down with you, neatly."

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, Su Wenzhong's eyes were red, and he muttered for a long time without saying a word.

Zhu Qi smiled and raised his hand to send Su Wenzhong back to the room where he was held alone, and said:

"Come here, send him back, prepare a pen and paper, and ask him to write down the entire confession. If this king wants to show it to the emperor, let him write it. If he doesn't write it, he won't be allowed to sleep."

After all, Su Wenzhong struggled and cursed:
"You Zhu family members are going to die! It's obviously that bastard Zhu Huan did it, why do you want to rely on me! Why didn't he die, why didn't he die! Is it because he is a relative of the emperor! I don't accept it, ah——"

The cry gradually faded away, but it was still extremely tragic.

Zhu Qi looked at Su Wenzhong's state and was very satisfied, while Zheng Shiyuan next to him didn't know what he was going to do. Just like this, could the emperor make up his mind to kill Zhu Huan?The emperor is not here either!

Zhu Qi sat back in the presiding judge's seat and waved his hand:

"next."

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