After being reborn, I kidnapped the future powerful minister

Chapter 152 A Bead

Tao Dingkuan was furious, he blew his beard and stared at Pei Jingqian, and said, "Pei Jingqian, thanks to you being a scholar, you can talk such nonsense and turn black and white, I am so disappointed!"

Pei Jingqian was trained until his face was as white as paper, and he couldn't speak a word.Never expected that Cui Yunhao made such a brilliant move!
Pei Wencan, who was kneeling on the ground, was even more lost, his eyes were dull.

No one spoke. For a while, the room was silent, and a needle could be heard.

Tao Dingkuan turned to look at Pei Wencan again, and said, "Pei Wencan, what you said in the letter should be true, right?"

Pei Wencan opened his mouth, his eyes fluttered, and he faltered like a stick in his throat. Tao Dingkuan slapped the gavel suddenly, and shouted angrily: "Be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist. If you don't confess honestly, you will definitely let me experience the majesty of this official." ! Come on!"

A group of officials hurriedly said: "Here!"

"Put on the instrument of torture, torture and serve!"

"As ordered!"

Seeing Tao Dingkuan's real action, Pei Wencan panicked and begged for mercy in a hurry: "My lord, please don't use torture! This villain will tell you the truth!"

Only then did Tao Dingkuan narrow his eyes, and said with a smile: "Hehe, you are sensible, if you dare to lie again, I will never forgive you!"

Pei Wencan hurriedly said: "Small, I understand. The letter in my lord's hand was written by my old friend, Cui Shangming, Cui Yunhao's father. Every word is true, and the chrysoprase bead is the result of our marriage. I don’t dare to deceive adults.”

Tao Dingkuan said: "So, you and Pei Jingqian really lied to me just now?"

Pei Wencan was dejected, and could only be forced to admit: "The villain deserves death, and I hope you will forgive me."

Tao Dingkuan said flatly: "In that case, confess everything you know."

Pei Wencan said: "Just five years ago, Cui Yunhao went to Hangzhou to seek refuge with the villain. Considering the deep relationship between Cui Shangming and the villain in the past, the villain agreed to let him live in Pei's residence. However, due to too long a lapse, The villain didn't remember what he had promised to marry his daughter to Cui Yunhao, and Cui Yunhao didn't take the initiative to talk about it. Later, Zhuo Jing reminded the villain that the villain suddenly thought of the previous letter, but Zhuo Jing didn't He didn't agree to the marriage contract between Cui Yunhao and his daughter, so he forced the villain to beg Huilai for the chrysoprase beads in his hand."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Cui Yunhao, and found that his face was calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, so he couldn't help but hang in his throat with a bad breath, and then continued: "The villain didn't want to be a Such a despicable villain who backtracks on his promises, but he couldn't resist his clumsiness, so he called Cui Yunhao to the study and made an agreement with him that the villain bought the beads with his own money, but Cui Yunhao just refused to sell them. The villain will no longer persecute him, and he will give up here."

Pei Wencan looked up at Tao Dingkuan, and said: "That night, Cui Yunhao ran out of our house. The villain sent someone to dig three feet into the ground, but there was no sign of him. I guess he should have left Hangzhou and went to other places. The place has gone. Master Tao, although the villain did go against his promise, but the villain never occupied his beads from the beginning to the end, I hope you will make the decision for the grass people!"

Tao Dingkuan gently pinched his chin, nodded slightly and said: "It turns out that, of these two chrysoprase beads, one must have been placed in Pei's residence, and the other was kept by Cui Jieyuan. However, when Cui Jieyuan came to the government office, he said that the two The beads are all in Pei's house, what does Master Pei have to say about this?"

Pei Wencan couldn't figure it out after hearing this, he hadn't figured it out just now, there was only one bead in Pei's house, why is there an extra one now?
At this time, Pei Jingqian rolled his eyes slowly, approached Tao Dingkuan calmly, and said, "My lord, there is indeed only one chrysoprase bead in Xiaosheng's family, and it is the one in front of you. You can search for Pei Manor."

Deng Shi beside him also echoed, "That's right, Mr. Tao, there is only one pearl in Pei's residence, there is absolutely no second one."

When Pei Wencan heard this, he finally came to his senses. He opened his mouth slightly, but didn't say anything. Tao Dingkuan stared at Cui Yunhao and said, "Cui Yunhao."

He knew very well that Cui Yunhao had a chrysoprase bead here, because he saw it with his own eyes, and that bead was exactly the same as the bead brought out by Pei's mansion. Tao Dingkuan called him suddenly, just to see what Cui Yunhao would do answer.

The corner of Cui Yunhao's mouth curled slightly, and he took out a chrysoprase bead from his bosom, and said calmly: "This is another bead, my lord. , Xiaosheng asked him to take this bead back, if the Pei family only has one chrysoprase bead, may I ask Master Pei, where did the one in my hand come from?"

Pei Jingqian turned his head quickly, and immediately choked back: "The bead was originally a certificate, and my father did carry it with him, but it should not have appeared in your hands when it was brought home. It must be the bead you hid at home in the first place." , Now it is really ulterior motives to frame us with this!"

Cui Yunhao raised his brow slightly after hearing this, but didn't say anything.

Tao Dingkuan glanced at Pei Wencan, who was sweating profusely on his forehead, and asked, "Pei Wencan, is what your son said true? Which bead did you bring to Cui Yunhao's house that day?"

Pei Wencan simply went down the donkey and said, "My lord, what this villain took was the chrysoprase bead that was placed in front of you. Let Cui Yunhao see it for a while, and then immediately took it to the mansion, and did not hand it over to Cui Yun Hao's hand!"

Cui Yunhao smiled, bowed his hands to Tao Dingkuan, and said, "My lord, just like what Xiaosheng said just now, Pei Wencan himself gave Xiaosheng this bead."

Hearing this, Pei Jingqian hurriedly said: "Nonsense, unless you can prove that the bead was really given to you by my father!"

Cui Yunhao said: "My lord, Xiaosheng is now about seven yuan away from my lord's table."

Tao Dingkuan didn't understand what he meant, so he couldn't help being slightly startled, then carefully estimated, and said, "Well, almost."

Cui Yunhao said: "Xiaosheng ask sir, can Xiaosheng clearly see the beads on the table?"

Tao Dingkuan was even more confused when he heard the words, but he still ordered an official, saying: "Wen Chao, go to Cui Yunhao's place and try to see if you can see this bead clearly."

Hearing the words, the official officer responded immediately, went to Cui Yunhao's place and looked up, and found that the beads happened to be blocked, so he couldn't see clearly, so he said, "My lord, my subordinates can't see clearly."

Except for Cui Yunhao, everyone was stunned. Pei Jingqian asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do? Why are you talking about him?"

Cui Yunhao said calmly: "Young Master Pei is wrong, Xiaosheng is just talking about things, how can he be called Gu Zuoyou?"

Pei Jingqian heheed twice, rolled his eyes at him, and said, "In this case, why don't you explain clearly quickly, why are you just playing tricks?"

Cui Yunhao did not continue to quarrel with him, turned to look at Tao Dingkuan, and said, "My lord, if the villain's guess is correct, there is a small hole in the middle of the chrysoprase bead on the table, if you don't pay attention It’s hard to find if you look at it.”

(End of this chapter)