Chapter 475 Lingchi
Mrs. Xie's face was pale, and her whole body was enveloped in an indescribable grayness.
"They did the transaction in Michigan. A manager of the Xie family came forward..." Mrs. Xie recounted the details of the transaction that took place three years ago.
She actually didn't know much about the inside story. The final matchmaker of the transaction was the Lin family. She was still trying her best to distance herself from the Lin family's involvement.
But the Dali Temple Minister had already received the interrogation results of the others. He looked at her and said, "I have already told you that whether you concealed it intentionally or unintentionally, it will not change the fate of the Lin family. They are destined to become your burial objects."
Mrs. Xie bit her lip tightly.
The Dali Temple Minister continued, "If you continue to conceal the truth, I will torture you. Is this what you want to see?"
Madam Xie shuddered, but she still said, "This is unfair. The Lin family was not involved, so why should we involve them?"
The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple sneered and glanced at his subordinates. Immediately, an experienced officer came forward and tried to drag Madam Xie away for torture.
Mrs. Xie was anxious: "I am the general's wife, how can you be so rude to me!"
The Dali Temple Minister looked at Madam Xie in surprise and said, "Once your testimony comes out, it's uncertain whether the general will still be alive. Why do you think that the general's wife can still protect you?"
Mrs. Xie was blinded by hatred and completely forgot that the foundation of her survival was her husband who, in her eyes, treated her badly!
"I..." Madam Xie took a deep breath and said, "I confess. It was the Lin family who was behind this. They accepted benefits from the grassland people, and I was forced to get involved!"
The Dali Temple Minister looked at Madam Xie with cold eyes. Madam Xie's testimony now was similar to that of others.
"Re-examine Lin Tao. This man must have lied. Don't be polite to him. Just punish him severely." The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple ordered his deputy.
Mrs. Xie continued the interrogation: "General Xie has been on the battlefield for a long time. As far as I know, the Xie family has many businesses in the capital and is not short of money. He has no need to do such a thing."
"He is indeed not short of money, but who would complain about having too much money? The people of the grassland promised to give him ten thousand taels of gold..." Mrs. Xie said haltingly.
She thought about how she had been Mrs. Xie for all these years, but she had no way of intervening in some important family businesses. She felt extremely frustrated as Mrs. Xie.
"For a mere ten thousand taels of gold, he sold the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, and even put his own life on the line. Do you think that I am a fool?" the Dali Temple Minister questioned.
Mrs. Xie felt that ten thousand taels of gold was a huge sum of money. When she heard this, she couldn't help but look up at the other party. She suddenly realized in her heart that the price she asked from the grassland people was too low?
The Dali Temple Minister said: "Mrs. Xie, you seem to have no idea about the background of the Xie family."
Mrs. Xie's heart skipped a beat. She had cursed her husband countless times in her heart because he had never told her the truth because he was worried that she would support her family.
The Dali Temple Minister continued, "Let's assume that General Xie really needs the ten thousand taels of gold. Where did the money go?"
Mrs. Xie was flustered, but she also knew that she could not hide it from the other party, so she said half-truthfully: "This money was used to buy property in the name of the Lin family. It was prepared by the general specifically for Xie Xingchuan!"
The Dali Temple Minister laughed out loud on the spot: "Madam Xie, do you think that everyone in the world is a fool? The Jingzhao Prefecture has already informed me of the little thing between you and Xie Xingchuan. I have already caught you, the big fish, why do you have to involve others?"
Mrs. Xie thought that her intention to drag Xie Xingchuan into the water would be shattered. She did not expect that the iron-faced and selfless man in front of her did not want to drag Xie Xingchuan into the water.
"The more people I find, the greater your credit will be in front of the emperor!" Mrs. Xie took the initiative to say.
The Dali Temple official sneered and said, "Do you think everyone is the same as you?"
Whether it is General Xie or Gu Mingda, these people are not political enemies of the Dali Temple Minister. In officialdom, one should always make more friends rather than too many enemies.
If he really believed this woman's nonsense, he would become a laughing stock in front of the emperor.
"The money was spent on the Lin family, but you said it was General Xie who was instigating it. This is really unreasonable. There is no need to be polite to her. Just punish her severely." The Dali Temple Minister did not hesitate any longer.
Mrs. Xie collapsed to the ground.
She was a pampered lady, so how could she withstand the torture methods used on serious criminals? In just half a day, this case of treason that could shock the entire government and the public was clearly revealed.
The case files were sent to the emperor, along with the testimonies of several people, all indicating that the outcome of this trial was both swift and clear.
"Did Xie Zhuyun really not participate in this matter?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.
The Dali Temple Minister lowered his head slightly and explained, "The Xie family is not short of money, and the money was not spent on the Xie family, but was used to purchase property for the Lin family. There is no reason for General Xie to put himself in danger for his wife's family. If it weren't for General Xie's efforts to turn the tide in the war three years ago, the consequences would have been disastrous."
The emperor chuckled: "So, he has made some contributions?"
The Dali Temple Minister said: "Your Majesty, I think he is guilty of negligence."
The emperor said nothing more, but played with a letter in his hand.
Coincidentally, on the day that Madam Xie entered the Dali Temple, two letters were delivered from the border town. One was to the Gu family, thanking Gu Mingda for informing Madam Xie about General Xie, and the other was a letter of divorce to Madam Xie.
Gu Mingda did not have the ability to predict the future, and he never expected that the Lin family would drag Madam Xie into the abyss. In the letter he wrote to General Xie, he only said that Lin Tao's evil deeds in Mizhou caused many deaths, and it was eventually settled by Madam Xie.
The emperor waved his hand, and the Dali Temple Minister retreated respectfully.
"Xie Zhuyun is quite smart." The emperor sighed in a low voice to Qian Rongsheng.
Qian Rongsheng thought of the thick stack of banknotes sent by the general's housekeeper, and said, "Your Majesty, General Xie has been away from the capital for a long time, and I'm afraid he has no idea that his wife is so bold. If General Xie displeases Your Majesty, Your Majesty can directly have him escorted back to the capital for punishment. I don't think he dares to say anything."
The emperor was very clear in his mind after reading the testimony that this matter really had nothing to do with General Xie. However, when he thought of the great battle three years ago in which so many useful soldiers were lost, his hatred for Madam Xie reached its peak.
"Xie Lin and the entire Lin family will be executed by slow slicing." said the emperor.
Qian Rongsheng's heart trembled when he heard such a punishment.
The emperor finally spared General Xie. After all, he didn't have many soldiers under his command. "As for Xie Zhuyun, he was not good at managing the inner house. He will be demoted three levels and retained."
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