"Of course! Here you go, Lord Rong, please accept this."
After finishing her speech, Madam Chu handed a letter to Lord Rong.
Lord Rong received the letter, opened it, glanced at it, and then threw it directly into the charcoal brazier...
"Thank you, Madam Sheng!"
Lord Rong wiped the sweat from his brow and smiled gratefully at Madam Chu.
The letter contained the case file of a wrongful conviction he had handled many years ago.
That wrongful conviction involved members of the royal family, and the shady dealings involved were certainly no small matter.
If this gets out, he doesn't know what will happen to the royal family, but he'll definitely be in deep trouble...
He didn't know how Madam Sheng got this thing; he only knew that Madam Sheng didn't intend to use it to coerce him.
"Lord Rong, you're too kind! There's only one copy of that file; once it's destroyed, it's gone! Lord Rong, you don't need to worry about it too much; that's not something you can control..."
Chu responded with a slight smile.
Lord Rong understood that Madam Chu was trying to put him at ease, and a feeling of gratitude immediately arose in his heart.
"Madam Sheng, I owe you a favor! In that case, let's repay it today!"
As Lord Rong spoke, his expression darkened.
"Guards, seize Chu Shuyu!"
As soon as Lord Rong finished speaking, several jailers entered the interrogation room and detained Chu Shuyu without saying a word!
"My lord, what do you mean by this? I am a high-ranking official of the imperial court, not someone you can arrest at will! May I ask, Lord Rong, what crime have I committed?"
Chu Shuyu had been watching Chu Shi and Lord Rong's every move the whole time.
At this moment, he realized that the Chu family must have obtained evidence of Lord Rong's crimes. Now that the evidence had been destroyed, Lord Rong owed the Chu family a favor.
This is how I repay a favor by sacrificing myself.
"Hehehe... What crime did you commit?"
"Detaining civilians without evidence, using torture to extract confessions! How dare you say you are innocent?"
Lord Rong sneered.
The Great Yan Kingdom kept its control over the use of torture to extract confessions from officials quite strict.
There were even laws specifically enacted that if an official, without evidence, uses torture on innocent people based solely on conjecture to extract confessions, he or she could be dismissed from his or her post.
Those who cause serious harm to innocent people should be detained first, and then sentenced according to the extent of their injuries.
The most severe punishment is the death penalty.
"Hehehe..." Upon hearing Lord Rong's words, Chu Shuyu sneered.
"How dare you! Chu Shuyu, what are you laughing at? Could it be that I have wronged you?"
Lord Rong angrily rebuked Chu Shuyu, glaring fiercely at him.
Chu Shuyu scoffed coldly:
"My lord, according to the laws of the Great Yan Kingdom, anyone who uses private punishment on an innocent person without authorization will be dismissed from their post. Only if an innocent person is harmed can they be detained and await judgment."
“That’s right, I don’t have any evidence to prove their guilt right now. But I haven’t taken any lenient measures against them either; look, they’re perfectly fine!”
As Chu Shuyu spoke, he pointed to Chu Qingchuan and Chu Yunzhou on the cross-shaped gallows.
But as soon as he turned his gaze to the two of them, he froze.
Blood was dripping from Chu Qingchuan's right wrist.
Chu Qingchuan hung his head, looking like he was on his last breath.
Seeing this, Chu Yunzhou rolled his eyes.
This silly child really has the intelligence of a ten-year-old!
These are all Lord Rong's men. If they were tortured, then they were tortured. Why would they need to harm themselves?
When Chu saw that Chu Qingchuan had cut his hand, she felt sorry for him and went over to bandage it.
This child has grown tall but not smart, sigh! So pitiful...
Upon seeing this, Lord Rong couldn't help but twitch his eye twice. This Chu Qingchuan really is a drama queen!
Considering how hard he was putting on his performance, he decided he couldn't let Chu Qingchuan's efforts go to waste!
"Chu Shuyu, you still say you didn't torture him? Look at the blood. If this doesn't count as torture, what does?"
"Lord Rong, he clearly cut himself!"
Chu Shuyu finally came to her senses.
Damn! Chu Qingchuan is really going all out to frame me.
Doesn't it hurt to bleed so much?
"What do you mean you cut yourself? I clearly saw you slash me with a knife! Didn't you see it?"
As Lord Rong spoke, he looked at the yamen runner beside him.
"Indeed, I just saw Lord Chu take a five-meter-long broadsword and cut off that man's wrist. If you hadn't arrived in time to stop him, the hand would probably have been severed!"
"Yes! Lord Rong, I want to report Lord Chu for using torture to extract a confession."
Today we went to the scene with Lord Chu.
Lord Chu arrested all the masters and servants of the Chu family's direct lineage without any evidence. I believe Lord Chu is settling a personal score!
"It wasn't just about settling personal scores; I also went to the scene. Lord Chu's house was clearly struck by lightning and reduced to ruins."
The patriarch and matriarch of the Chu family were also struck by lightning and died! This is clearly God punishing the Chu family.
"Lord Chu is so eager to convict the direct descendants of the Chu family; I suspect he's trying to cover up the truth about the Chu residence being struck by lightning."
"I agree! Besides, this isn't the first time Lord Chu has done something like this! Back then..."
Immediately, the constables who had just followed Chu Shuyu to arrest the Chu family members all stood up to point out the error.
They knew that after this incident, Chu Shuyu's position as Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was almost certainly lost! Lord Rong was now targeting Chu Shuyu so much that he would definitely not allow Chu Shuyu to rise again.
Lord Rong is the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. It would be incredibly easy for him to get rid of a Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review who has no background and has only climbed up the ranks through luck and flattery.
In order not to be seen as part of Chu Shuyu's faction by Lord Rong, this is their chance to serve Lord Rong and show their loyalty, so they must seize it!
"Chu Shuyu, did you hear that? You deliberately framed me and forced a confession. The evidence is irrefutable. It is only right and proper for me to detain you! Whether you accept it or not, you are not leaving today!"
After Lord Rong finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling the yamen runner beside him to take Chu Shuyu away.
"you!"
"you!"
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"And you too!"
Chu Shuyu pointed to several yamen runners in a row.
"When you were with me, I never mistreated you. When I accepted bribes, you also took benefits and did things for me! And when it came to vigilante justice, you beat people more severely than anyone else!"
Since you are so heartless, don't blame me for being unjust!
Lord Rong, I must also point them out…
Chu Shuyu knew he was finished; his case couldn't withstand scrutiny.
They accepted bribes, tortured people into confessing, and forced innocent people to take the blame for the sons of wealthy and powerful officials.
No one cared before it was exposed, but once someone investigates, the families of the innocent victims and these officials become witnesses.
The case files of those wrongful convictions serve as physical evidence.
The death penalty is inevitable...
Even if he dies, he'll take a few people down with him!
Chu Shuyu's eyes flashed with a cold light as he scanned the constables.
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