Hairpin Phoenix

   Chapter 589 Interrogation (2)

   Compared to Governor Xie, who came from an aristocratic family, the inspector Jiang Jian, who came from a poor family, is actually much easier to deal with.

  Lu Mingyu's coercive and stern eyes made Jiang Ancha's heart tremble.

Jiang Anchao gritted his teeth and knelt down to confess his guilt: "...it's the servant of the minister who suddenly assassinated His Highness the Crown Prince. These servants were all servants bought by the minister when he first arrived in Jiangnan, and they stayed by the side of the minister for several years. The minister believed in them and brought them into the banquet. It almost caused a catastrophe!"

   "The minister is guilty and does not dare to defend himself. If he wants to be killed or slashed, the minister confesses his guilt. However, the minister implores the crown princess and the concubine to let the minister's family live."

   After saying that, Anjian Jiang knelt on the ground and banged his head three times.

  Lu Mingyu was unmoved, and said coldly: "It was the hand of the inspector Jiang Jian. Was there no abnormality or symptom beforehand?"

   Inspector Jiang was still on his knees, his tone full of bitterness: "This time, I have carefully thought about it several times, but I really can't think of anything wrong."

  Lu Mingyu narrowed his eyes slightly, and said abruptly, "Pass my word, go to Jiangfu, bring all the family members of Lord Jiang, and interrogate them one by one."

  An Inspector Jiang was shaken all over his body, raised his head suddenly, and blurted out: "There are thousands of mistakes, all of which are the fault of one of the ministers. It's not the fault of the family, please spare their lives."

Lu Mingyu said lightly: "In my opinion, Mr. Jiang did not lie, but he also concealed something. It is definitely not an ordinary person to command these three personal soldiers. Mr. Jiang didn't know, maybe the inner ghost came from Mr. Jiang. In the family. Yes or not, I have to ask carefully."

   "If it's true as Lord Jiang said, the Jiang family's family members are innocent, and I won't deliberately embarrass me. If I ask something inappropriate, no wonder I'm ruthless."

   Jiang An inspector's face turned white again, and he wanted to open his mouth, but found that he had no position to refute.

  Yes, since you are innocent, why are you afraid of interrogation?

   The key is that he is also vaguely suspicious...

  Lu Mingyu didn't say more, turned his head and ordered. Shen Shilang moved his pen like a fly, recording them one by one.

   Next, there are two other officials. These two are also civil servants from the imperial examinations, and they are the capable confidants of Governor Xie. When asked about the banquet that day, they were all full of fear.

"Reporting to the Crown Princess, the minister was sitting beside the inspector Jiang Yan that day. Before, he was pushing the cup for a change, and the three personal soldiers suddenly attacked without any warning. The minister was ashamed, and was immediately stunned. It was not until His Royal Highness was injured and the three assassins bowed their heads that the minister came back to his senses."

   "The minister dares to make an oath to the sky, and the minister has nothing to do with this matter. If the minister has half a word of falsehood, let the minister be bombarded by the thunder of heaven."

  …

   After being busy for more than an hour, he interrogated all four of Governor Xie.

   Finally, it was General Luo's turn.

   This General Luo, quite reckless, was sitting on a chair with his hands and feet tied, sparks blazing from his eyes.

As soon as the guard guarding him pulled out the rag stuffed in his mouth, he shouted: "Hurry up and let me go! I am the commander of the Jiangnan garrison appointed by the emperor, and specially led troops to protect His Royal Highness. How dare you be so right? Me! I want to give a memorial to the emperor, and ask the emperor to decide for me..."

  If it wasn't for Lu Mingyu's presence, I'm afraid all the swear words would come out.

  Lu Mingyu's eyes turned cold as he glanced at the personal soldiers.

   The personal soldiers understood, immediately stepped forward, and stuffed the rag back. The action was a little rude, and General Luo was almost choked up.

   Seeing that General Luo was so angry or his throat was blocked, his face blushed and his neck was thick, Lu Mingyu gestured with his eyes. The personal soldiers stepped forward and took off the rag stuck in their mouths again.

   "I'm a second-rank military commander. If the Crown Princess treats me like this, I'm not afraid to spread the word and damage my reputation..."

   Mouth was blocked by the smelly rag again. All the angry clamor was blocked back.

   After a while, he took off the rag. General Luo was so angry that he was about to speak foul language, but before Lu Mingyu signaled, the rag was stuffed back again.

   Repeated this more than a dozen times, and General Luo finally lost his temper. He took off the rag without saying a word, and looked at Lu Mingyu so resentfully.

   "Presumptuous! How dare you be disrespectful to the mother-in-law!" Li Yan was young and vigorous, and could not tolerate General Luo being so disrespectful, he stepped forward and kicked General Luo.

With a loud bang, General Luo was kicked to the ground, even with his chair. He rolled around a few times. Although he was not injured, he was extremely embarrassed.

   Fang Zizhan and Zhou Li were very happy.

   Such matters, it is most convenient for Li Yan to take action. In terms of official position, Li Yan is inferior to General Luo. However, Li Yan was the prince of Dongping County and the nephew of Emperor Yongjia. Not to mention kicking, even if he beat General Luo, he would not be severely punished.

   When people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads. General Luo gritted his teeth and swallowed his resentment. He was lifted up by two personal soldiers and continued to sit on the chair.

  Lu Mingyu opened his mouth coldly: "Luo Wu, are you unconvinced?"

  General Luo froze his face and said a few words: "Yes, the last general will not accept it."

   "The last commander received an urgent report and ordered troops immediately. The night was deeper and all the soldiers were fast asleep. Naturally, it was not as fast as the day. Even when he was in front of the emperor, the last commander dared to straighten his waist and pat his chest to say so."

  Lu Mingyu sneered: "General Luo is very stubborn. You know best in your heart whether there is any delay in it. It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, I will ask someone to go into the barracks to investigate carefully."

"Also, I heard that General Luo had only been in Jiangnan for three years, and he already had a lot of fertile land and a lot of wealth, and he had a group of wives and concubines. So many good farm houses have come. How did they come from?"

  General Luo: "..."

  General Luo did not expect that he had already been checked, and his expression changed suddenly when he heard the last few sentences. I wanted to make excuses, but I couldn't find a suitable excuse for a while.

Shen Shilang, who was silently taking notes on the side, looked over with disgust and contempt: "I am a servant in the Ministry of Household, and every sum of money allocated to the Ministry of War is recorded. The three-year military salaries for the Jiangnan garrison are not that much. ."

"General Luo only has money in his eyes, but there are still court laws? The emperor trusts you so much that he sent you to Jiangnan to be the commander of the garrison, in order to deter the old clan in Jiangnan with force and prevent chaos in Jiangnan. That's how you are. Repay the emperor's favor?"

Fang Zizhan snorted coldly and took over the conversation: "You dare to ask for money from anyone. The Jiangnan old clan gave such a heavy gift, and you have to return it. You deliberately delayed at a critical time, if it wasn't for the crown prince and concubine who came in time. Rescue, how many people are going to die in the Governor's Mansion!"

   Zhou Li pouted angrily!

   (end of this chapter)