Chapter 90: Confession Under Torture
Meng Xiyan enforces military law strictly.
If I get caught by him, I hope he won’t execute me on the spot!
Wen Yan rolled his eyes and stepped back: "Um...Brother, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do. I have to go and do it first. I'll be back in the evening."
Wen Yan turned around and wanted to run.
But she was too small to run faster than the tall Meng Xiyan.
Meng Xiyan took a big step and grabbed her clothes from the back.
Lift her up.
Wen Yan was so scared that she screamed and kicked her hands and feet.
Wen Yan was carried back to the general's mansion like a chick.
The door of the general's mansion slammed shut in front of him.
"Wow... Help! Sister Chi Fei, help me! Brother Xi Yan is bullying me!"
"Wow, Brother Xi Yan is so scary. If you don't come, I'll be scared to death!"
Wen Yan shouted and moved his limbs.
Meng Xiyan was so annoyed by her noise that he put her down and covered his ears.
Wen Yan couldn't stand steadily and sat down on the ground, grimacing in pain.
"Stop shouting, Chi Fei is out for an appointment and is not at home."
Wen Yan's grinning expression froze.
She got up straight away and patted her skirt.
Meng Xiyan thought it was funny, but he managed to hold it back: "What? You're not pretending anymore?"
Wen Yan chuckled: "Without the guardian angel, who am I pretending for?"
"Since you know no one can save you, then come with me."
Wen Yan hugged the large golden nanmu pillar: "Where are you taking me?"
Meng Xiyan couldn't hold it back this time and burst out laughing, "Okay, enough fun! When did you learn to throw tantrums?"
"I learned it from Sister Chi Fei! I've been influenced by her since I was a child. I learned it just by watching her, hehe." Wen Yan grinned.
"Okay, stop playing tricks. Come with me now, and tell me the truth when I ask you anything."
Wen Yan saw that she could no longer fool him, so she followed him with her head down.
Let's see what evidence he has.
They first arrived at the martial arts arena, and then entered a room that looked like a study.
Meng Xiyan twisted an ornament, and with a "click", the stone wall on the wall slowly opened, revealing a secret door leading to the underground.
A musty smell mixed with blood and moisture hit me in the face.
From time to time, the sound of whips breaking through the air and screams could be heard from inside the door.
Wen Yan covered her nose and took two steps back.
I shuddered in fear at the screams.
"Let's go." Meng Xiyan walked in first.
"Brother!" Wen Yan called out to him, "Just ask whatever you want to ask. There's no need to go to that kind of place."
Meng Xiyan raised his eyebrows and looked at Wen Yan: "Don't you want to go down and see the world?"
Wen Yan: "There are some things you don't need to see, and there are some hardships you don't need to endure. I know what's happening!"
Meng Xiyan: “…”
I thought she was scared.
I didn't expect he was so thick-skinned.
It was impossible for Meng Xiyan to really torture her to extract a confession, so he just wanted to scare her.
Meng Xiyan took her to the next room.
This looks like a real study.
There are plenty of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and the bookshelves are full of books.
However, what was placed on it were not the ordinary Four Books and Five Classics, but all military classics.
Meng Xiyan sat down in the main seat: "Find a place for yourself to sit."
Wen Yan found a seat farther away from him and sat down. She drank some tea to moisten her dry throat before looking at Meng Xiyan: "If you have anything to say, just ask."
Meng Xiyan placed the two medicine bottles on the table and asked, "Why did you want to assassinate Sun Rulan?"
When Wen Yan saw the two medicine bottles, he knew that the evidence was irrefutable.
Her mind raced as she said nonchalantly, "He's not worthy of Sister Chi Fei."
"Just because of this?" Meng Xiyan was surprised. Her reason was the same as Chi Fei's.
Could it be that she was really instructed by Chi Fei?
He remained calm and continued, "This marriage was arranged by my father and Sun Rulan's grandfather more than ten years ago.
Cannot be changed.
As for whether or not you are worthy of her, it is not up to you to decide."
Wen Yan nodded: "It's because I know that Sister Chi Fei will never cancel the engagement, so I want to get rid of him!
Apart from Sun Rulan, the source of trouble, my sister naturally doesn’t need to get married.”
Meng Xiyan: "...those are just your groundless speculations. According to my investigation, Sun Rulan is a man of good character and extraordinary knowledge. In just two years, he rose from a county clerk to the position of tea supervisor in the prefecture. His achievements are obvious to all. How did you conclude that he is not a good person?
You can’t deny a person based on your own subjective assumptions.”
"Then how can you judge a person?"
"Of course, it means more contact and longer time together."
“Young men and women spend a lot of time together, either as siblings or married.
What if you find out that your partner has bad character after marriage?
Can Sister Chi Fei get a divorce then? If she does, can you take her home?"
"With me here, who would dare to treat Chi Fei badly?" Meng Xiyan said confidently: "If Chi Fei really wants to divorce, I will personally take her home."
Wen Yan's face was solemn: "Brother Xi Yan, on the battlefield, swords have no eyes. Are you so confident that you can always be invincible?"
Meng Xiyan was suddenly speechless.
Wen Yan asked him again: "Does good political achievements mean good character?
Does a person with good character make him suitable to be a husband?
Brother Xi Yan wondered how a rootless and foreign clerk could rise to higher positions despite being besieged by local gentry.
It can’t be that all the local gentry are good people!
"Brother Xi Yan, I only saw that he was promoted quickly. Have you ever asked why he was promoted?"
Meng Xiyan did not investigate too deeply.
They were worried that if Sun Rulan found out, she would think they were overreaching and that a rift would arise between them before they even got married.
After Chi Fei gets married, there will be discord between the couple.
Meng Xiyan sat up straight in an instant: "Did you find out something? Tell me?"
"If anyone else talks about it, it will always seem like they're exaggerating. It's better for Brother Xi Yan to send someone to investigate personally."
Wen Yan confronted him and had already come to his desk.
She suddenly changed the subject, "As for your accusation that I murdered someone... do you have any evidence? Death by force is a very common poison, and anyone can buy it if they have the means.
As for this bottle..."
Wen Yan suddenly grabbed the medicine bottle and ran to the window.
Wen Yan walked to the window, pulled out the plug, and poured all the medicine powder into the fish pond.
Meng Xiyan rushed forward to stop him, but it was too late.
Wen Yan turned his wrist and threw the porcelain bottle into the fish pond.
"What are you doing! You've destroyed evidence, which is a more serious crime." Meng Xiyan grabbed Wen Yan's wrist, his anger rising and his rage frightening.
Wen Yan felt as if her forearm was about to be broken by him.
Just a moment.
She turned pale with pain.
She tried to pull her arm back, but failed.
"General Meng has no evidence, so how can you accuse me of murder?
I am a weak woman who can't even hold a knife to kill a chicken, how dare I kill anyone.
Do you want to arrest me and torture me into confessing?"
"You dare to provoke me!" Meng Xiyan stared at her with sharp eyes.
Wen Yan was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely.
He wanted to overpower her with his aura.
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