From the Red Mansion, you can travel through the world of martial arts

Chapter 162 Jia Zheng Confesses
To the north of Dong'anmen is the Dongjishichang.

There was a lot of noise inside and outside the East Factory, the noise was deafening, and people were constantly moving around.

"Master, there are only Jinyiwei outside!"

Zhao Jingzhong, the current governor of the East Factory, was sweating profusely. "What do the Jinyiwei want to do? Rebellion?"

He paced back and forth for a while and then said, "Send someone to find Eunuch Wei and have him report this to His Majesty."

Zhao Jingzhong walked out, "Where is Captain Zheng? Has the person been captured?"

"Zheng Zhanban has just returned and has already put Jia Zheng of Rongguo Mansion in jail."

"Okay!" Zhao Jingzhong gritted his teeth and said, "Let him start the interrogation immediately and get solid evidence!"

Before Zhao Jingzhong led his men to the East Factory, he saw Shen Lian, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who was dispatching troops to surround the entire East Factory.

Zhao Jingzhong was furious: "Shen Lian, do you want to rebel? I have sent someone to the palace to report, you must withdraw your troops immediately, otherwise His Majesty will be furious and you will be beheaded!"

Seeing that Shen Lian ignored him, Zhao Jingzhong became even more angry, "You Jinyiwei are just dogs of the East Factory. Why are you showing off here? Do you really think that our East Factory is vegetarian?"

Zhao Jingzhong continued to curse loudly, when suddenly the crowd parted and two riders slowly came over. It was Jia Wei leading Ding Baiying.

After seeing who was coming, Zhao Jingzhong stopped cursing as if his throat was strangled, and his face turned terribly dark.

Under normal circumstances, the status of the Eastern Depot was higher than that of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and even the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was personally selected by the director of the Eastern Depot.

But if the Jinyi commander is strong enough, he can also suppress the East Factory, such as Jia Wei now...

Zhao Jingzhong was just an adopted son of Wei Ao. He became the director of the East Factory because he defected quickly. Naturally, he could not be compared with Jia Wei, who was a confidant of the emperor.

Jia Wei didn't even look at Zhao Jingzhong, but gave Shen Lian a look. The latter immediately understood, drew out his Embroidered Spring Sword, and led several teams to force their way forward.

Zhao Jingzhong waved his hand, and the guards of the East Factory lined up tightly and guarded the gate.

"This is the East Factory. What do you want to do?" He looked at Jia Wei. "Commander Jia, the Jinyiwei acted like this today. I'm afraid you have to give an explanation to His Majesty and the East Factory!"

"I will report to His Majesty. As for the East Factory, did you give me an explanation when you broke into Rong Xi Tang and arrested people?"

After Jia Wei finished speaking, he leaped out and blasted out with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

His internal strength was restrained and his palm techniques were simple and unpretentious. With Zhao Jingzhong's second-rate strength, he couldn't see the trick.

But Zhao Jingzhong knew his reputation, so how could he dare to take it with his bare hands? He quickly took a spear from his men and attacked.

Jia Wei spun around and passed the spear tip, and slapped the spear with his palm. This palm strike from high above was extremely powerful, and Zhao Jingzhong couldn't bear the force, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, was slapped away, and fell heavily to the ground!

Jia Wei waved his sleeves again, and his internal strength created a force that instantly tore through the formation of the Dongchang servants, causing screams to emanate from all sides.

He said coldly: "Go in and arrest them. If anyone resists, kill them without mercy!"

Several teams of Jinyiwei rushed over, and Shen Lian led his men straight to the prison. None of the remaining guards from the East Factory dared to stop them.

Jia Wei glanced at Zhao Jingzhong who was helped up. After all, he was the emperor's dog. If he killed him at will, the emperor would inevitably have opinions.

At this time another group of people came. They were none other than the last group of people from the factory guards - the Western Factory.

Jia Wei looked at the leader, Yu Huatian, the supervisor of the Western Factory. He also received news from the Western Factory. Yu Huatian had the support of Concubine Wan, and soon he was promoted from the head of the factory to the supervisor.

Of course, Yu Huatian's own strength is also one of the best among the factory guards. He is the ceiling of combat power except for Jia Wei, far surpassing Zhao Jingzhong, Shen Lian and the like.

"Master Jia, you are really majestic." Yu Huatian walked over with a smile. He originally had a feminine appearance, and after becoming a eunuch, he became even more feminine.

"What? Is the Western Factory going to interfere tonight?" Jia Wei sneered.

"I dare not!" Yu Huatian bowed and said, "But I heard that the East Factory has made new progress in the case and has arrested some officials from the Ministry of Industry for investigation. This is a serious matter, so the West Factory naturally cannot stay out of it."

"I've been in the capital for so long, but I haven't seen you find anything. Why are you here to join in the fun?" Jia Wei asked, "I remember that the Jinyiwei's case library was confiscated by your Western Factory, right?"

Yu Huatian remained silent for a while before he said, "Although the Western Factory has taken over the case library, the outer patrol and defense are still carried out by the Jinyiwei."

"If I were in Beijing at that time, I would have admired you for daring to come to the Pacification Office."

"Why not? Lord Jia, don't forget that we officials are here to help His Majesty, not to fight for power and exclude dissidents."

Jia Wei sneered, "Who do you think you are? It's not your turn to say that you can help His Majesty."

"The West Factory is nothing." Yu Huatian had a blank expression on his face. "But since it concerns the safety of His Majesty, the West Factory has an obligation to investigate this case, not to mention that I am following the orders of the Imperial Concubine."

Jia Wei said calmly: "Your Majesty has also issued an oral order that the Jinyiwei will supervise the case."

Just as the two were confronting each other, a Ti cavalryman ran out to report.

Jia Wei waved his hand, and a group of Jinyiwei immediately blocked the gate of the East Factory and guarded it strictly. He glanced at Yu Huatian and turned to enter the East Factory.

Inside the prison, the disheveled Jia Zheng was taken down from the rack by the Jinyiwei guards.

Jia Zheng had already been tortured, and was extremely frightened. His face turned pale and he couldn't even stand up. He fell directly to the ground.

Until he saw a familiar figure, he quickly got up and shouted as if he was grabbing the last straw: "Brother, Brother!"

Jia Wei strode over, without even looking at him, and directly took several interrogation documents signed and sealed by Jia Zheng from Shen Lian's hands.

Jia Zheng pleaded guilty.

He admitted that he was corrupt and perverted the law. When he was supervising the construction of the treasure ship, he was blinded by greed and colluded with Guo Zhen, the eunuch of the East Factory, to deduct the wages of the craftsmen and use inferior materials to build the treasure ship for the emperor. In total, he embezzled 7,000 taels of silver...

Jia Wei turned his head and looked at Jia Zheng, and saw that his injuries were not serious.

So, just because he was whipped a few times, had his fingers pinched, and had a few fingernails pulled out, he sold his entire family?

Jia Wei held the documents and looked at Jia Zheng, "Master Zheng, do you know that after you sign, all the male members of the West Mansion will be punished, and the female members will be sent to the Jiaofang Bureau. Everyone in the family will be affected!"

Jia Zheng was also ashamed to see him. In his life, he admired scholars of integrity the most and took those ministers who dared to speak out against the emperor and died as his role models.

He thought he was upright and would rather die than surrender, but he never expected the torture instruments to be so terrible and the torture to be so painful...

Jia Zheng was so ashamed that his face turned red, and he burst into tears: "My dear, they tortured me. I was forced to do this. I knew nothing about what happened above..."

(End of this chapter)