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Chapter 400 Huo Yu’s first trial, he refused to plead guilty, hundreds of dead men, what’s the conspiracy? (Please subscribe)

Prime Minister Wei guessed right. The hardest nut to crack was naturally the conspiracy case.

Fan Mingyou and Tian Guangming's troops were defeated too quickly and suddenly. Many people who knew about it had died in the rebel army, and many of their seals were damaged.

In addition, Huo Yu and others had intended to cover up. Not only did they kill Fan Mingyou and Ding Ping, they also killed all the generals and staff. There were even fewer witnesses and physical evidence that could point the conspiracy to Huo Yu. pole.

Fan Mingyou had a total of twelve captains under his command, five died in the rebel army, and four were killed by Huo Yu in front of the formation.

The remaining three people were Huo Yu himself, Huo Yun, and Huo Shan. The latter two did not find their bodies, nor were they caught, and they must still be on the run.

The chief general, the envoy of the army, the side generals, the staff and the captain were all dead. The military princes below knew very little. After searching around, no one could be found who could testify against Huo Yu. .

As for the two rebels, Tian Guangming and Tian Shun, there were quite a few remaining generals and captains, but they were not familiar with Huo Yu, so they couldn't tell the reason.

Huo Yu was indeed vicious, and used the method of a strong man to cut off his wrists to give himself an "innocent body".

In this first day, both Huang Ba and Wei Xiang made considerable progress.

The former directly ransacked the Huo family, arrested Chunyu Yan and Huo Xian, imprisoned Huo Guang, and sealed the account books and documents, waiting for Chunyu Yan and Huo Xian to be interrogated.

The latter even directly concluded that the entire corruption case had been tried, and only waited for the rest of the people to commit the crime, and then they could follow the same pattern and convict one by one.

Bingji's progress is much smaller.

Because of the lack of witnesses and evidence, Bingji did not rush to interrogate Huo Yu immediately.

He just checked the names of the three rebels and above, trying to find some breakthroughs.

After interrogating more than a dozen princes in a row, Bingji only got the three words "Zuojunmeng", which has a great relationship with Huo Yu and others.

As for the purpose of the Zuojun Alliance and who its members are, Bingji has no idea.

The next day, Bingji got the black account sent by Wei Xiang, and followed the clues to find out a few more people from the Zuojun Alliance.

However, all the people in the Zuojun League only contacted Huo Yun and Huo Shan. After repeated searches, they could not find Huo Yu.

And these people don't know what the Zuojun League is going to do.

On the third day, Bingji interrogated Huo Yu's private soldiers who had just returned from prison, but still found nothing.

Either they knew nothing about the evil deeds Huo Yu did, or they were just desperadoes who took money to do things and didn't know the inside story.

Bingji also learned that brothers Huo Yu and Huo Yun had raised many dead soldiers in Beichengguo, hundreds of them, but they had not yet been brought to justice.

In this way, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Other criminals involved in corruption cases have arrived one after another, and more than half of the Huo family's family members have been investigated, but Bingji still hasn't made much progress.

In the past few days, apart from interrogating waves of criminals, Bingji had only done two things.

The first is to ask the emperor to issue an edict to have the captains of all prefectures and states search for Huo Yun and the Huoshan brothers; the second is to ask the emperor to send embroidered guards to secretly investigate everywhere in the north city wall, looking for the dead soldiers raised by Huo Yu.

But there is no rush for these two things, so we have to wait.

The Emperor said that the rebellion case involved the most people, but it didn't matter whether Huo Yu could be sentenced based on this: after all, there were two other cases to prove the truth, and the Huo family could be wiped out without the rebellion case.

However, he failed to fulfill the emperor's instructions, which made Bingji still feel that he had failed the emperor's favor.

At midnight on the fourth day, Bingji came to the main hall of Tingwei's prison early. Without any delay, he found Chen Xiu, the prison commander, and sat together to carefully sort out the testimonies and confessions obtained in the past few days. .

There are a lot of words, but not many can identify Huo Yu as the main culprit in the crime of rebellion.

After watching for half an hour, Bingji couldn't help but sigh, shook his head and said bitterly: "Mr. Chen, your confession is limited. Regardless of success or failure, Huo Yu must be interrogated today."

"But if asked like this now, he will definitely not admit guilt."

"No matter what, we have to interrogate Huo Yu first. I am very curious about something now." Bingji said slowly.

"Why are Mr. Bing curious?"

"Both Huo Yun and Huo Shan escaped, why didn't Huo Yu escape?"

"No, I understand. I will make arrangements now."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen."

Before the time came, Bingji saw Huo Yu in the execution room of the imperial prison.

The torture chamber was not big, and Huo Yu was not chained to a standing tree in the middle, but was locked in a compartment of the torture chamber.

Huo Yu took the heads of Fan Mingyou and others at the foot of Yinpan City in Anding County and surrendered to Zhao Chongguo's camp.

Because the relationship was complex and the process was complicated, Zhao Chongguo didn't know how to deal with Huo Yu, so he still treated Huo Yu with good food and shelter, and sent people to keep a close eye on him to prevent him from acting arbitrarily.

After that, Zhao Chongguo personally escorted Huo Yu to Qixian County, and then all the way to Chang'an City.

Therefore, Huo Yu has not suffered too much since the defeat. Even though he has been imprisoned in the imperial prison these days, he lives alone in a "superior" cell.

Therefore, apart from his pale and haggard complexion, there was nothing unusual about Huo Yu: he stood upright across the fence, wearing only coarse linen clothes, but he still couldn't conceal the temperament of a military commander.

A few years ago, Bingji served as the chief historian of the General's Mansion, and he could often meet with Huo Yu at that time.

Although Huo Yu was already very unruly at that time and had no respect for the subordinate officials of the General's Mansion, Bingji never thought at that time that the other party would actually conspire against him.

"General Yu, long time no see." Bingji said.

"Mr. Bing, I haven't seen you for a few months. I didn't expect you to be promoted again. It's really enviable to have the favor of the county magistrate in this troubled year."

Huo Yu's words were full of ridicule. It seemed that he still regarded Bingji as an ungrateful person.

"You cannot disobey your orders. No matter what position you hold, you only serve the Han Dynasty." Bingji said unmoved.

"What is Gong Bing's position now?" Huo Yu asked. "Guang Luxun, the general secretary."

"Hmph, the general secretary is a leading figure in China and North Korea. No wonder Mr. Bing is so high-spirited!"

Bingji didn't care about Huo Yu's naked teasing. He was not here to argue with Huo Yu today.

"The county magistrate sent me to inquire about Fan Mingyou's rebellion. Next, I asked General Yu to answer a few questions for me." Bingji said calmly.

"Since it is the county magistrate who has issued the edict, Duke Bing will only ask questions. I will definitely tell you everything I know," Huo Yu said indifferently.

At this moment, in the execution room, apart from the two of them, only Chen Xiu was temporarily acting as a secretary to record the confessions, so it seemed a bit deserted.

"General Yu, please tell me in detail what you know about the rebellion." Bingji asked.

Huo Yu didn't resist or hesitate. He only thought for a moment before speaking.

The whole process of the rebellion he described was not very different from the real situation, but Huo Yu described the matter completely as if he were an ordinary captain.

The people who made a blood alliance in the tent that day were either dead or fled. Huo Yu said that he was not present and no one could expose him.

Half an hour later, Huo Yu explained the entire process in general, and Bingji found no loopholes.

"General Huo, Thief Fan is your brother-in-law. When he was conspiring with Tian Guangming, didn't he reveal anything to you?"

"Fan Thief is very thoughtful. After he went on the expedition, he didn't speak too much to me. Therefore, I didn't know about his rebellion before the other captains." Huo Yu said with a normal expression. .

"Then when did you discover that he had evil intentions?"

"As early as under Lingwu City, I became suspicious."

"Then why didn't we take action until we got to Yinpan?"

"The general was weak and had no choice but to hide his strength and bide his time, waiting for the right time to act. Fortunately, he fulfilled his mission and killed the traitor Fan and his party members, so that he could clear his grievances."

"Then why not capture him alive?"

"The Fan thief has a high prestige in the army. I am not sure of capturing him alive and am afraid of causing trouble, so I can only seize the opportunity and kill him suddenly to disintegrate the rebel army."

"Then why do you want to kill all the captains and generals together, leaving no one alive?"

"I'm afraid Mr. Bing has never been on the battlefield. The two armies are facing each other. In the chaos of the army, you are fighting to the death. How can I be merciful? Moreover, not all of those rebel generals died at my hands."

After hearing these answers, Bingji looked at Chen Xiu helplessly and made eye contact.

Huo Yu was indeed meticulous, and his biggest reliance was to kill all those who knew about it, so he naturally took his time.

Then, Bingji asked Huo Yu many details, but Huo Yu answered fluently and still did not reveal any flaws.

It seems that he is really a loyal and brave man who was deceived by Fan Mingyou.

Huo Yu did not have as deep a city as Huo Guang, but he was not a useless straw bag either.

Another half hour passed, and the love letter recorded by Chen Xiu already spanned more than ten pages, with very little useful content.

At this time, Bingji and Chen Xiu retreated from the execution room and took a break.

"I didn't expect that Huo Yu would be so difficult to deal with." Bingji sighed.

"Master Fu, do you want to use severe torture directly? The lower officials and county magistrates have learned the art of torture, so you can give it a try. Huo Yu may not be able to withstand it." Chen Xiu said tentatively.

"Mr. Chen underestimated Huo Yu. Although this man is arrogant and domineering, he was trained on the battlefield. He did evil things that destroyed the clan. He will not succumb to punishment easily..."

"Now that Huo Yu has killed the nominal leader of the rebellion in front of the battle, to torture him directly will probably damage the benevolence of the county magistrate."

It would not only affect the emperor's benevolent reputation, but also affect Bingji's benevolent reputation - Bingji was unwilling to bear the reputation of being a cruel official unless he had to.

"The prince has seen it thoroughly, but the subordinate thought of the matter too simply." Chen Xiu replied respectfully, but he didn't agree with it in his heart. After all, he was a believer in Legalism.

"Huo Yu broke the cauldron and sank the boat. The county magistrate also knows that he is not an easy bone to chew. We don't need to worry too much..."

"The corruption case investigated by Wei Gong, the censor Zhongcheng, has come to light. Tingwei Huanggong will interrogate Chun Yuyan and Huo Xian tomorrow. Even if the Huo family escapes the conspiracy case, they cannot avoid the other two cases."

Chen Xiu's rank is not high yet, so he naturally doesn't know that the emperor has laid a dragnet.

Now that he heard the explanation, he understood the deeper meaning here, but he still felt that Bingji was too cautious and kind.

"So, this conspiracy case is the icing on the cake?" Chen Xiu asked.

"Exactly, so now I want to know what Huo Yu's plans are after he returns to Chang'an."

Bingji was thoughtful and knew a little about Huo Yu. He knew that this man was cold-hearted and selfish, and would never put himself in danger and throw himself into a trap for Huo Xian and Huo Guang.

He ventured back to Chang'an, not to mention to survive, so he must have other purposes.

"Master Fu, are you saying that Huo Yu has another conspiracy?"

"At least he is not someone who just waits to die. Even if Huo Guang gives in, Huo Yu will not give in easily."

In the past few days, it has been snowing in Chang'an City, and it is getting heavier and heavier.

Bingji and Chen Xiu only stood in the courtyard for a moment before their bodies were covered with snow and their hands and feet became cold.

"Tonight we are going to Weiyang Palace to report the case to the Emperor. We must find out some clues."

"only!"

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