Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 253 Ma Zhiyuan's Confession
"Yes, yes, what your lord said is true, the officials are talking nonsense!"

Without even thinking about it, Ma Zhiyuan followed Zhu Biao's words.

He is a prisoner at this moment, and the two in front of him are unknown big men, so he is very clear about how to choose.

Although he is now on death row, he still has family members.

"Niu Yi, don't talk yet."

Su Jing had no choice but to ask Zhu Biao again.

The young prince was indeed a little too anxious.

"Yes, Master Su."

Zhu Biao said immediately.

Su Jing looked at Ma Zhiyuan and said, "Boss Ma, why did you say that you bumped into us? It was just a normal encounter at that time, a very normal thing. Do you think that what happened to you now is because of us?"

"I don't dare, I'm just talking nonsense, my lord, please don't care."

Ma Zhiyuan flinched and didn't dare to speak.

This man is really scared.

The more so, the more Su Jing felt that there might be something tricky about this matter.

But things still need to be uncovered step by step.

"Okay, let's not talk about it for now, just talk about your situation."

Su Jing didn't continue to entangle, and the conversation turned to Ma Zhiyuan's situation.

Ma Zhiyuan immediately nodded and said: "Your Excellency, just ask, and the officer can say whatever he knows. I just hope that my lord can let the officer see his family."

Su Jing asked: "Master Ma, I read your file. Before you came to the capital, you had a good reputation in the local area, and the people's reputation was also good. That's why you were transferred to the capital. So , Why on earth did you come to this point, what exactly happened, in just a few months."

Regardless of the ink corruption case, in Ma Zhiyuan's files, he is definitely considered a good official.

It's just that reality doesn't have ifs.

Hearing Su Jing's question, Ma Zhiyuan's eyes turned red again.

He looked at Su Jing and said: "My lord, I also want to know! Why did I come to this point! Why!"

At this moment, Ma Zhiyuan became hysterical again.

Su Jing said: "Then talk slowly, what happened after you came to the capital, talk slowly."

Ma Zhiyuan took a few deep breaths, calmed down a little, and then said: "Okay, my lord!"

"Because I did a good job in the local area, I was transferred to the Duzhi Branch of the Ministry of Households in the capital and took up the post of chief."

"I was excited when I came to the capital. I felt that my ideal of being an official could be realized here, but soon the reality dealt me ​​a heavy blow."

"I rented a yard, and simply bought some items at home, and then found that I didn't have enough money."

"One month's salary is barely enough to make ends meet. Fortunately, my wife is not a pampered woman. She also does some mending work to earn some money to subsidize housework."

"Although life is poor, it can still be sustained."

"To tell you the truth, my lord, at His Majesty's annual banquet, I was noticed by His Majesty because I packed some food and went home, and praised me at that time."

"I felt at the time that there was hope for my persistence, and everything had a future."

"Duzhi Branch has a lot of work, and the content involved is relatively sensitive. There are indeed many people who want to get close to me with various reasons, but I have not accepted them all. I know they have other plans. I am not an official for doing things. For these, I want to be loyal to Daming, and I want to benefit the people."

"I persevered, and I was very proud at one point. This is something ordinary people can't do."

"However, things changed, starting with my only son becoming seriously ill."

"I don't know if it's because the water and soil in the capital are not acclimatized. My son started to get sick not long after he arrived."

"Watching the doctor to prescribe the medicine, one trip after another. Originally, my family was struggling to support it, but my son's illness naturally made life even more impoverished."

"At this time, more people came to me, implying that as long as I do something for them, it's just a small thing, and they can take full responsibility for their son's illness."

"But I understand that this is by no means any kind help, and I still refuse."

"Until I sold all the valuables at home and replaced the rented yard with a small house, I really couldn't afford it."

"In the end, I had no choice but to go to the pharmacy to pay on credit nervously. Although I had paid on credit many times before, the shopkeeper was kind and agreed many times."

"But I know that given my son's illness, I don't have the money to pay him back. The salary is not enough."

"When I arrived at the pharmacy, just as I was about to open my mouth, the shopkeeper handed me a large pack of medicine. I thought it was the kindness of the shopkeeper, but I didn't expect the shopkeeper to tell me that someone paid for the medicine for me. Not only that, but also settled the bill. previous arrears."

"At that time, I realized that this is not a good thing, because my position is very important, I thought I would not, but my son's condition is still getting worse, this medicine cannot be stopped."

"So, I took the medicine, but I told myself in my heart that I can't take the money, and I have to pay it back in the future."

"It's just that I didn't expect that my son's condition kept recurring, the medicine couldn't be stopped, and I still haven't paid the money."

"Until one day, a man came to me with a pharmacy bill and told me to do something for them, just a small thing."

Having said that, Ma Zhiyuan stopped.

Needless to say, the next plot, no one knows.

Ma Zhiyuan did it, and then he was arrested, and then he came here.

After Su Jing listened silently, there was no expression on her face. For this kind of criminal's confession, she could have empathy, but at least she couldn't show it in front of them.

Maybe it's acting?No one knows.

"Niu Yi, what do you think?"

Su Jing asked Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao couldn't wait a long time ago, but Su Jing told him not to speak, so he kept silent.

"Mr. Su, the students thought that Ma Zhiyuan wasn't telling the truth at all, but just made up a story. Students have seen such things a lot."

Zhu Biao said directly.

As the prince, Zhu Biao has handled many large and small cases, and he has also dealt with many prisoners.

Although he had never listened to a criminal's confession like Su Jing did, he knew that all criminals were cunning.

Don't believe and don't believe what you say in the prison cell.

"I didn't! I absolutely didn't! If I tell a lie, I'll be hit by thunder!"

Ma Zhiyuan's emotions suddenly became agitated, and he shouted.

However, neither Su Jing nor Zhu Biao's expressions changed much.

"Master Ma, we will verify whether what you said is true or not. After all, these things cannot be completely proved to be true based on your one-sided words. I hope you can understand this."

Su Jing looked at Ma Zhiyuan and said slowly.

According to Ma Zhiyuan's confession, many doubts in Su Jing's heart can be resolved.

Combined with Ma Zhiyuan's various performances, Su Jing now has five points of trust.

But what exactly is the situation, if you don't check it out, you definitely don't know.

As for why no one checked before, it must be impossible to check. There are not one or two prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If everyone is investigated so clearly, the workload of the Ministry of Criminal Justice will be too great.

"My lord, I really didn't lie to you. I don't expect to avoid the death penalty. I just hope to see my family before I die. I beg you, my lord!"

Ma Zhiyuan knelt down towards Su Jing.

He didn't know why Su Jing came to ask him these things, but this was the only straw he could grasp.

Su Jing got up and said: "Ma Zhiyuan, don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised you, but the premise is that what you said is true."

After finishing speaking, Su Jing took Zhu Biao and left the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Master Su, this Ma Zhiyuan must have lied, he is the head of the sixth rank, how could he be trapped in making a living, he is just talking nonsense."

Zhu Biao said to Su Jing, his expression was full of indignation.

He is obviously a corrupt official, but he also used the reason of treating his son to whitewash himself. This behavior was cast aside by Zhu Biao.

Su Jing just shook his head and said: "Niu Yi, if you think he is lying, you should find something to prove it, and the person who doubts it proves it. I hope you can understand this basic principle, otherwise, everything will change. It's become a family story."

"Yes, Master Su."

After Su Jing said this, Zhu Biao nodded immediately.

Su Jing naturally knew that Zhu Biao's mind was not bad, it was just a preconceived idea.

"Okay, do you know the address of Ma Zhiyuan's family? Let's go meet his family and get a brief understanding of his family situation."

Su Jing said to Zhu Biao.

"I know, I'll take Master Su there."

Zhu Biao said immediately.

Not long after, the two arrived outside a hut on the outskirts of the capital.

Although this is still the capital city, it is actually far away from the core area.

"It's here."

Zhu Biao pointed to the hut in front of him and said.

"It seems that his family really doesn't have much money."

Su Jing glanced at it and said lightly.

But Zhu Biao said: "Master Su's words are wrong. This Ma Zhiyuan has been arrested. As long as his family members are not stupid, they must know the truth of not revealing their wealth. How can they act like they are rich?"

"Ah."

Su Jing nodded and said: "It makes sense, then I want to know, according to the laws of Ming Dynasty, if an official's corruption of ink is found out, will the official's home be searched?"

In a word, Zhu Biao was choked.

The Ming Dynasty was different from Su Jing's previous life. There was no electronic payment, and most of the property was in cash.

Rich people are gold and silver utensils, while poor people are food.

This official is greedy for ink, so he must be looking for stolen goods at home. The house that Ma Zhiyuan rented before has already been checked to the bottom.

Those who searched for stolen money and stolen goods were all very professional personnel, and no corners and weird places where money was hidden could not escape their eyes.

Without him, only familiar with Seoul.

But in Ma Zhiyuan's file, there was nothing.

Now that Ma Zhiyuan's wife and son live in such a suburban hut, it is even more difficult to hide money.

Zhu Biao also realized that Ma Zhiyuan's family was not fake poor, but really poor.

"Go, let's go in and have a look."

Su Jing called out to Zhu Biao who was in a daze, and walked in directly.

As soon as he reached the door, he saw an old housekeeper coming out.

"Young master, I don't know who you are looking for?"

The butler is much older than when we met last time.

A housekeeper who can never leave his master even when he is imprisoned must also miss his master.

After Ma Zhiyuan was imprisoned, the butler was also busy. He was already old, but now he was even older.

Su Jing said, "Housekeeper, why, don't you recognize me?"

Hearing this, the old housekeeper looked up at Su Jing carefully.

As a steward, good eyesight is a must.

Just a little recollection, the old housekeeper thought of Su Jing.

"Young master, it's you!"

The old housekeeper was obviously a little surprised, they met Su Jing just once, but they didn't expect to meet again this time.

Su Jing smiled and said: "That's right, it's me, please forgive me if I bother you."

"Don't be presumptuous, don't be presumptuous!"

The old housekeeper immediately replied: "Unfortunately, the master is not here, otherwise he should be quite happy."

Su Jing frowned and said: "The master is not here? I don't know what happened to your master?"

At this time, Su Jing didn't directly state that he knew everything, and there were some things that he couldn't explain clearly if he wanted to find out.

The old butler sighed and said, "Master... Alas!"

He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

Let him say that his master Ma Zhiyuan is a corrupt official, he definitely can't accept it, but otherwise, he doesn't know how to explain it to Su Jing.

"Can I go in and take a look?"

Su Jing asked the old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper nodded and said: "Of course it is possible, but the house is relatively simple, please don't mind, my lord."

"It's okay, I also came from poverty."

Su Jing said lightly.

Then he and Zhu Biao entered the house, and the first thing they saw was the simple furnishings that couldn't be simpler.

A house with bare walls isn't exactly, but it won't be much better either.

Cough cough cough...

Next door, the sound of coughing sounded.

The old housekeeper immediately explained: "The young master is sick, and occasionally coughs a few times, but it is not contagious, please rest assured, young master."

"Ah."

Su Jing nodded and said, "Where is Madam? Why don't you see Madam?"

No one can hide in this simple room, obviously, Ma Zhiyuan's wife is not there.

The old housekeeper immediately replied: "Madam has gone to work outside. I am old and can't do any physical work. I can only take care of the young master at home and do some chores, all supported by Madam."

Speaking of this, the old housekeeper's eyes were moist.

Zhu Biao followed behind Su Jing, watching all this with constant doubts on his face.

The scene in front of him was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

Su Jing continued to ask: "When did the young master's illness start? Is there no treatment?"

As soon as this topic started, the old butler immediately began to talk.

It started with how the young master Ma Qi fell ill, what doctors he saw, and how much medicine he took.

This is what the housekeeper does. He remembers all the big and small things very clearly, even how much he spent.

Su Jing listened carefully, while remembering.

(End of this chapter)