Chapter 157 Confession

Feeling that something was fishy, ​​Jiang Shu decided to go find Yu Zheng. However, as soon as she walked out of Jiang's house, Zhuiyun came in a carriage.

"Miss Jiang, the master has something important to talk to you about."

Seeing Zhuiyun, Tan Yu was overjoyed: "Zhuiyun, are your injuries healed?"

"All healed." Zhuiyun nodded, and was also happy to see Tan Yu.

Leng Xing opened the door and helped Jiang Shu get in the car.

She received Yu Zheng's order to switch from a dark guard to a bright guard to protect Jiang Shu closely.

But after staying alone in the dark for a long time, she was not used to taking off her mask and interacting with people openly.

Especially someone like Tan Yu who talks a lot, always talking in her ear, which made her feel very noisy.

"Get in the car." Seeing that Jiang Shu and Leng Xing had both got in the car, Zhuiyun reminded Tan Yu.

Tan Yu hurriedly got in the car, and Zhuiyun closed the door and turned the car around and left.

Jiang Shu thought they were going to Prince Jing's Mansion, but after getting off the car, she found that it was actually the Dali Temple.

"What are we doing here?" Jiang Shu frowned in confusion.

Zhuiyun said, "The master is inside, Miss Jiang will know when she goes in."

Zhuiyun took them to the Dali Temple hall, where Yu Zheng, Zhou Boxu and Sun Hechuan were sitting in the hall, discussing matters with serious expressions.

"Prince, Lord Zhou, Lord Sun." Jiang Shu greeted them.

"Miss Jiang." Seeing Jiang Shu, Sun Hechuan greeted with a smile.

Zhou Boxu just nodded lightly.

Yu Zheng pointed to the seat next to him and motioned her to sit down.

"What do you want me to do here?" Jiang Shu asked in a low voice after sitting down.

Yu Zheng said slowly, "We interrogated the bandits in Qi County and found several other cases, one of which is related to your father."

Jiang Shu's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and she pursed her lips and said, "The guards I sent out found out that before my father got into trouble, someone had seen bandits around nearby."

"That's right." Yu Zheng asked hesitantly, "Do you want to go to the prison to attend the trial?"

Jiang Shu nodded.

This was about her father, and she had to find out.

The group went to the Dali Temple Prison.

The sun was scorching outside, and the heat was unstoppable, but the prison was gloomy and cold, giving people goosebumps.

The group sat down in the interrogation room, and the prison guard brought one of the captured bandits over and tied him to the execution pillar with an iron chain.

The man had unkempt hair and bloodstained prison uniforms, and it was obvious that he had been tortured.

"On February 23, who ordered you to cause the landslide outside Jiangdu?" Sun Hechuan asked sternly.

The bound bandits looked at them and laughed, saying casually: "I can't remember, it's all our fault."

Too many lice don't worry about itching, anyway, they are going to die, one more crime or one less crime is not a big deal. And it can also make things difficult for them, which is simply refreshing.

"I want to see whether you are hard-mouthed or hard-hearted." Sun Hechuan waved his hand and asked the jailer to start the torture.

The jailer swung the whip soaked in chili oil and whipped the bandit hard, and the prison immediately rang out with a sharp and piercing scream.

Jiang Shu frowned when he heard this. Tan Yu had never seen such a scene before and was too terrified to look at it.

As for Leng Xing, she stared straight ahead, unmoved.

Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu sat in the front, accustomed to the criminal law in prison, and remained calm.

After a round of whipping, the bandit fainted from the pain, and his dirty prison uniform was stained with new blood.

Sun Hechuan ordered his men to wake him up with cold water and continue the interrogation.

However, the bandit gritted his teeth, spat out a mouthful of blood foam and said, "Even if you beat me to death, I won't remember."

"Okay! I will make you remember." Sun Hechuan was furious and asked the jailer to change the torture instruments and continue the torture.

"Wait." Yu Zheng suddenly stopped.

"It doesn't matter if he doesn't remember. There will always be someone who remembers among dozens of people. Take a few more people and interrogate them separately. Whoever remembers first will be given painkillers and exempted from the remaining punishment."

"Yes." Lord Sun took the order and left.

When the bandits saw this, they knew that they would only suffer if they continued to be stubborn. After thinking quickly, they said, "I'll tell you!"

Sun Hechuan turned back and ordered people to take paper and pen to record the confession.

"The landslide outside Jiangdu City was caused by two people named Jiang in Shangjing who hired killers. They gave us 500 taels and asked us to create an accident to kill their brothers."

After hearing this, the rest is self-evident.

But investigating a case requires evidence. Yu Zheng asked Jiang Shu to draw portraits of Jiang's uncles and gave them to the bandits for identification.

"But these two people?" Zhuiyun asked while holding the portraits.

The bandit nodded suddenly when he saw it: "Yes, it's them."

Yu Zheng said: "Give him the testimony to sign, and arrest him immediately."

"Yes." Sun Hechuan responded, took the portrait and hurried to make arrangements.

The interrogation was over. The prison was cold, damp and smelly, so it was not suitable to stay for a long time. Yu Zheng stood up and wanted to take Jiang Shu out of the prison to wait outside.

The bandit suddenly said: "If I confess another crime, maybe I can get some wine and meat in exchange?"

Since he was arrested, he has never seen wine and meat again. He really missed it and wanted to taste the taste of wine and meat before he died.

"Tell me about it. If I am satisfied, I will allow you a few more meals of wine and meat." Yu Zheng sat back.

The bandit looked at Jiang Shu and swallowed his saliva and said, "The two brothers surnamed Jiang came to us again later and asked us to kill this girl."

Jiang Shu was stunned and shocked.

Yu Zheng's face froze and he asked in a deep voice, "When?"

The bandit said, "The time in Qi County."

Zhou Boxu, who had been silent, frowned, "Didn't you want to kill King Jing in Qi County?"

They had already confessed to murdering Yu Zheng, but the mastermind behind the scenes was very cautious and did not reveal his identity at all.

"Yes, but not all."

The bandit frowned and looked at Yu Zheng and Jiang Shu and said, "It's a coincidence."

"The first order we took was from the brothers surnamed Jiang to murder Miss Jiang. When we were discussing the plan, someone else came to our door."

"That man took the portrait of King Jing and offered us 100 taels of gold to kill King Jing."

"We investigated the two orders one by one and unexpectedly found that King Jing actually went back to the capital with Miss Jiang. The brothers were very happy at that time." "

So we did both orders together and caused the landslide in Qi County."

It was a foolproof plan, but who would have thought that Yu Zheng and Jiang Shu were so lucky that they jumped into the river and survived.

Fortunately, since they were doing this kind of business, no one dared to ask them to return the money, but they lost some reputation.

But for mountain bandits, reputation was not important, so they put the matter behind them.

Until Shen Changhuai began to investigate them, they hid back to their old nest to avoid the limelight.

If Yu Zheng had not led the army to encircle and suppress them, Shen Changhuai would have been unable to do anything to them, and would have been able to get away with it after the storm had passed.

Unfortunately, they had offended Yu Zheng.

The bandit's words shocked Yu Zheng and others for a long time before they came to their senses.

They had never imagined that the landslide in Qi County was actually the result of two conspiracies.

Jiang Shaohua and Jiang Shaohe were really vicious, harming Jiang's father and Jiang Shu, and were determined to destroy their family.

Fortunately, when Yu Zheng returned to Shangjing from Lin'an, he invited Jiang Shu to go with him, otherwise Jiang Shu would have found it difficult to escape.

Yu Zheng clenched his palms, and was terrified when he thought of the landslide.

Jiang Shu felt cold all over, and she couldn't help shivering.

Blood relatives, compatriots and brothers. Jiang Shu didn't dare to think about how sad and disappointed her father would be if he knew the truth.