"I want to see how long you can keep your words!" Chu Ze snorted coldly and winked at Zhao Si.

Zhao Si understood and sneered: "Jiang Qianjiang Butler, this is clearly stated in Chen Hairong's confession. You bribed him to cause trouble. Now it is irrefutable proof."

"However, Your Majesty misses your first offense and doesn't want to embarrass the Jiang family. He also wants to give you a chance to tell the truth and maybe spare your life." Zhao Si said pitifully.

"But what about you? Not only do you not know how to commend yourself, you actually offend the prince with your words, and insist that he is unjust! In this case..." Zhao Si changed the subject and sneered: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to take him to the prison to "treat" him. Once you wait, you may become honest.

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Chu Ze pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine, let's take him down."

"Ah, no!" Jiang Qian was so frightened that he was crawling and begging, "My lord, please spare my life. I have realized my mistake. I really don't dare to do it anymore!"

"Come here, take him to me! Let him have a taste of what it's like to be in prison!" Chu Ze shouted to the officer on the side.

Several tall and muscular government officials immediately surrounded Jiang Qian, set them up in a hurry, and dragged him down.

Chu Ze watched Jiang Qian's mournful wailing fade away, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Letting Jiang Qian stay in jail was the first step in Chu Ze's plan to pry open his mouth.

After half a stick of incense, Jiang Qian was escorted by Zhao Si into a cell specially prepared for him.

It was an eerie place, with a damp, rotten musty smell in the air.

The walls were covered with instruments of torture, large and small, and the cold light shone in a shocking way.

In the corner is a square iron cage with heavy shackles piled up in various directions.

Zhao Si pushed Jiang Qian into the cell and said with a smile: "Manager Jiang, the hospitality here is first-class and attentive. Do you think this torture device is complete enough?"

Jiang Qian shivered and looked at the hideous torture instruments. His legs became weak and he collapsed on the ground.

"Zhao... Mr. Zhao, I am really unjust... I am just a little housekeeper, how can I dare to disobey the court's order? Please, spare me this time!" Jiang Qian He crawled to the ground and came to Zhao Si, kowtowing and begging.

"Oh, unjustly accused?" Zhao Si sneered, kicked Jiang Qian away with his foot and said, "If you are really unjustly accused, why are you so frightened as soon as you enter the government office? Is there something wrong in your heart? Or do you know that you are wrong?"

Jiang Qian was speechless for a moment, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Manager Jiang, Manager Jiang," Zhao Si shook his head and said, "Don't pretend to be confused here. Chen Hairong has already recruited that guy, and I'm just about to turn you in."

"Now the prince still thinks of you as your first offender and does not want to torture you. If you continue to be harsh, we will no longer be able to discuss it!" Zhao Si's eyes were sharp, and his words were quite warning.

Jiang Qian was so frightened that he lost his mind.

He trembled and knelt on the ground and begged: "Master Zhao, I am really unjust. Please let me go. You can't do this to me. You are just subduing me!"

"The Jiang Mansion... the Jiang Mansion... won't let it go." Jiang Qian spoke incoherently, with tears and runny nose running down his face. "How's Jiang Mansion?" Zhao Si smiled coldly and said, "Jiang Qian, don't have any wishful thinking. Even the dignified Duke Jiang Guo will never interfere in the government's case! If you are stubborn, don't blame us for being rude!"

When Jiang Qian heard this, his heart was filled with despair.

I know I may be doomed today.

He slumped to the ground, with tears streaming down his face, and said in a miserable tone: "Spare my life... I really know my mistake. I beg Mr. Zhao to be merciful and give me a chance to live!"

Zhao Si saw that Jiang Qian was at the end of his strength and his psychological defense was about to collapse, so he immediately started the second round.

With a sharp look in his eyes, he sneered: "Manager Jiang, I advise you to tell the truth. Do you know that the emperor has already decreed that supervising the primary school is the top priority appointed by the emperor. Anyone who dares to obstruct it will be deceiving the emperor. The crime is punishable by death!"

When Jiang Qian heard this, he was so frightened that he trembled and said in a trembling voice: "What, what imperial edict? Why have you never heard of it?"

Zhao Si sneered again and again, and said leisurely: "Ah, the dignified chief manager of Jiang Mansion doesn't even know about this kind of decree? Could it be that your master is hiding something from you?"

"This...this...this! The villain really doesn't know!" Jiang Qian was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly, knelt down and kowtowed: "Please Mr. Zhao, please tell me, the villain is really unjust!"

Zhao Si ignored his pleas and pressed forward step by step: "Manager Jiang, you should be lucky that our prince is kind-hearted and cannot bear to kill people easily. If it were anyone else, he would not listen to your sophistry at all. Immediately punish him!”

When Jiang Qian heard this, he felt slightly relieved, but was soon frightened out of his wits by Zhao Si's next words.

"But, that guy Chen Hairong has committed you to death. Based on his confession, even if my prince wants to protect you, I'm afraid he can't do anything."

"After all, it is a capital crime to commit rebellion and deceive the emperor. Even if your Duke Jiang becomes more powerful in the court, I am afraid he will not be able to protect you."

"What's more," Zhao Si changed the topic and said in a sinister tone: "The prince has already given an order. If you don't confess honestly again, you will be sent to the capital immediately and handed over to the Jin Yiwei for interrogation. When the time comes, hehe, you will not die. I have to peel off my skin too!”

"Jinyiwei?!" When Jiang Qian heard this, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop.

He knew in his heart that Jin Yiwei had always had a fierce style, and his trial methods were extremely cruel.

If he fell into their hands, wouldn't he be beaten to death?
Thinking of this, Jiang Qian couldn't hold it in any longer and cried, "Wow", and begged in tears:

"Mr. Zhao, spare your life! The villain has really realized his mistake. I will recruit him from the truth. I won't dare to hide anything anymore! Please, please don't send the villain to the capital!"

When Zhao Si saw this, a successful sneer appeared in the corner of his mouth.

He looked at Jiang Qian who was lying limply on the ground with an expressionless face, and said calmly:
"That's more or less the same. Just tell the truth. If it's even the slightest lie, the prince will make you miserable!"

Jiang Qian knelt down tremblingly, wiped away his tears and nose, and said in a trembling voice:

"The villain dare not lie. In fact...the reason why the villain instigated the Taoist priests to cause trouble this time was actually under the instruction of the young master!"

"The young master said that if the villain can stop the prince's plan to build a school, he will be rewarded heavily in the future. The young master also said that the prince's establishment of a primary school will cut off the roots of the Jiang family. If nothing is done to stop it, the Jiang family will decline. , we servants are living worse than dogs" (End of Chapter)

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