Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 360 Four
No one can remain stubborn and refuse to confess after being tortured by the prison. The other three traitors around Prince Liangbi were also found.

Yun Hao was silent. Prince Liangbi was like a sieve around him. If he was not harmed, who would be harmed?
To his surprise, the four traitors were not in the same group. Liu Hu and Zeng Li, who loved drinking, were in the same group. They both went to the second-hand clothing store to get mail, and they both knew the tall businessman.

The lustful Wei Bao and Song Ming are in a group, and the place where they get the letter is Jiaolou.

It remains to be determined whether two groups attacked Prince Liangbi at the same time, or whether one group planted two pairs of traitors.

Yun Hao arranged for his men to go to Jiaolou to catch the madam, while he took the four people's confessions to the palace to see the emperor.

The emperor read the confession and asked: "Jingyao, who do you think is more suspicious?"

He could ask this question, but Yun Hao couldn't answer directly. He prevaricated: "The matter has not yet been clarified, so I dare not make false claims."

"Don't you dare say it. The biggest suspects are my traitors." The emperor said coldly.

Yun Hao couldn't accept these words anymore and responded with silence.

"My sons have grown up one by one, their wings have hardened, and they all think they can challenge my bottom line at will." The emperor said angrily.

The royal family has always had only monarchs and ministers, not fathers and sons. The emperor will not be merciful to his sons who covet the throne.

The emperor's eyes fell on Yun Hao critically, "Jingyao, I know that you act steadily and never lie, but I want to hear your opinion on this matter. It doesn't matter if you just say it."

Yun Hao knew that the emperor was testing him, but he couldn't shirk it.

But he knew that his words could neither be too direct nor ambiguous, so he thought for a moment and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I believe that the truth of this matter has not yet been found out, so it is not appropriate to draw a conclusion prematurely. However, no matter who dares to challenge your Majesty's authority, , are all unforgivable. I will do my best to find out the truth and relieve His Majesty's worries.

The emperor nodded slightly with satisfaction, knowing that Yun Hao was a smart man and would not be easily involved in the fight between the princes. "Jingyao, I hope you can find out the real culprit behind the scenes as soon as possible. I don't want this to happen again." A matter of royal majesty.”

After a pause, he hit him again, "I hope you can keep a clear mind and not be confused by the forces of any party."

Yun Hao said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will do my best to find out the truth. I am only loyal to your Majesty."

The emperor waved his hand and signaled Yun Hao to retreat.

After Yun Hao saluted, he turned around, his face darkened, and a sharp cold light flashed in his eyes.

He returned to prison, and the madam was arrested. She was not a tough person. She whipped her a few times, and then she yelled: "Hit me, I'll do it."

The madam burst into tears and said, "Sir, I have been wronged. I was only entrusted by others to pass the news to Song Ming. I really don't know about other things."

Yun Hao said calmly: "Tell me everything you know."

The old bustard said in a trembling voice: "Wei Bao and Song Ming are lustful and lustful, and they are frequent visitors to the building. One day, a man found me and gave me a large sum of money, and asked me to give each of them a woman."

"What does that man look like?" the interrogator asked.

"I didn't see his appearance clearly. He came to see me at night. On a hot day, he was wearing a black cloak and a hat, covering half of his face." The old bustard saw the interrogator's face became gloomy. Going down, he quickly added, "There is a mole as big as a thumb on his forehead, and there is hair on the mole."

"What other characteristics are there?" the interrogator asked.

The madam hesitated, and the interrogator swung his whip on the execution chair, making a sharp sound, which made the madam tremble. "I sent a turtle slave to follow him, and found that he had entered a large house in Jinluo Lane, Dongcheng. "

"What is the name of the woman accompanying Wei Bao and Song Ming? Is she still in the building now?" the interrogator asked.

"The one accompanying Wei Bao is called Xiaowan, and the one accompanying Song Ming is called Qunfang. They should still be in the building now, right?" The madam was not sure. When she was taken away, all the women in the building saw her. Yun Hao frowned. If there was any problem with those two women, they would have run away. Wei Bao and Song Ming were really dishonest.

The interrogator asked the madam several questions again and again, but when there was no new information, the madam was escorted back to the cell.

Yun Hao ordered: "Bring Wei Bao and Song Ming forward for another trial."

When Wei Bao and Song Ming were brought up, the interrogator asked the executioner to whip them first, leaving their skin and flesh raw.

"Sir, please have mercy on me, sir." The two of them cried and begged for mercy. "You guys have done anything. Please have mercy on me, sir!"

"Who are you, Xiaowan and Qunfang?" the interrogator asked.

Only then did the two of them know the reason why they would be interrogated again, and they did not dare to hide it anymore. They said truthfully: "I thought she was the girl in the building. She saw that I had entered the Liangbi County Prince's Palace and was promising, so she committed herself to me. , who knew she was someone else’s spy, feeding me poison and making me obey her orders.”

This was also the reason why they hid Xiaowan and Qunfang at first, thinking that they could survive the torture in prison and find them to detoxify after they came out.

They never thought that if they caught the bustard, their concealment would have no effect. Instead, they would be punished and suffered again.

This time, the interrogator was not so easy to let them go. After questioning them for a long time, until the two were dying and unable to speak, they dragged the two back to the cell like dead dogs.

The owner of the used clothes shop was arrested and sent to prison after Zi Shihou.

Before he was tortured, he burst into tears and said: "Sir, I was coerced by someone. That person found me and asked me to help deliver a message to Liu Hu and the others. If I didn't do it, he would kill me." Kill my whole family, please spare my life."

The interrogator said: "Tell me the appearance of the person who coerced you."

"He is very tall. There is a long scar at the corner of his left eye. His accent, although he speaks in Beijing, is quite blunt. I can tell that he is from Jiangnan." The owner of the second-hand clothing store concluded. stammered.

The person described by the owner of the used clothes shop is the same as the one described by Liu Hu and Zeng Li, and he also provides an accent that Liu Hu and Zeng Li did not mention.

As for whether Liu Hu and Zeng Li didn't hear it or deliberately concealed it, they will have to reexamine it later.

The interrogator went on to ask the used clothing store owner, "When was the last time you saw this man?"

The owner of the second-hand clothing store tried hard to recall, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead. "About twenty days ago, he gave me two letters and asked me to deliver them to Liu Hu and Zeng Li, and then left. But Liu Hu and Zeng Li He didn’t come to pick up the letter. Next, he didn’t send a letter like before, so I thought the matter was settled.”

He felt really lucky at that time, but he didn't expect that more than twenty days later, the court would come to investigate the matter.

"Did he say anything when he left?" the interrogator asked urgently.

"He...he...he said that if I dared to reveal his whereabouts, he would make my whole family suffer a terrible death." The owner of the second-hand clothing store said with a trembling voice, obviously deeply frightened by the man's threat.

"You never saw him again after that?" The interrogator didn't believe him.

"I've never seen him again, and Liu Hu and Zeng Li didn't come to pick up a letter." The owner of the used clothes shop said.

More than twenty days ago, Liu Hu and Zeng Li had left the city with Prince Liangbi. It was normal that they did not come to collect the letter. And the man who did not deliver the letter obviously knew about it.

Yun Hao rubbed his forehead, things were getting more and more complicated.

Sorry, my sister-in-law didn't come over today because she had something to do. I have to take care of my mother. I'm sorry for the late update.