"It was so easy to find evidence from the Xu family. If Xu Youzhi is really the main culprit, he is really stupid. Didn't he just lay out the evidence and wait for you to catch him?" Gu Yun frowned and said, "There are still many doubts in this case. We must get all the embezzled government silver back. Don't rush to torture people into confessing before the silver is found, and torture them half to death."
Gu Yun said this because he was worried that the people from the Dali Temple would torture Xu Youzhi into confessing.
Wei Minzhong smiled slightly, "Young Marquis, you are worrying too much. It is common for prisoners to be stubborn. It is inevitable to torture them for confession, but we in the Dali Temple have accurate methods."
"I'm going to see Xu Youzhi." Gu Yun said, and was about to walk towards the cell where Xu Youzhi was imprisoned.
Wei Minzhong stopped him and said, "Xu Youzhi is a repeat offender in this case. It's not appropriate for you to meet him now. When the case is closed, you can come over later if you want to."
Gu Yun said unhappily, "What's wrong with that? It won't delay your trial. I just want to ask why Xu Youzhi was so desperate to embezzle so much official money?"
Gu Yun's eyebrows were raised, his thin eyelids were slightly raised, and he looked at people with a cold face and his eyes were full of resentment. Wei Minzhong did not dare to really annoy him, otherwise this master would probably make a big fuss in the Dali Temple tonight.
"Then young marquis, you'd better hurry up, because we still have to interrogate Xu Youzhi tonight." Wei Minzhong thought that even if Xu Youzhi met Gu Yun and cried out for innocence, it would not matter, because the evidence was already in hand, and Xu Youzhi was already guilty of corruption.
Gu Yun ignored Wei Minzhong and walked straight to the door of Xu Youzhi's cell. Xu Youzhi had disheveled hair and was sitting on a straw mat in the cell, but his face looked relatively calm.
Seeing Gu Yun coming, he raised his eyes, still sitting on the ground, without moving.
"Lord Xu, don't you have anything to say?" Gu Yun called out to him, feeling somewhat puzzled. If Xu Youzhi was wronged, why didn't he protest?
Xu Youzhi glanced at Gu Yun and said, "There's nothing to say."
People from the Dali Temple suddenly broke into the house and took out letters and a box of official silver. Xu Youzhi realized that he had fallen into a trap. Although he was stubborn and could not please everyone in the court, he was not a fool after having been an official for so many years. If someone was trying to harm him, he would naturally take everything into consideration.
What's the point of him crying out for justice? It's just futile and a waste of energy.
But just as he got into trouble, Gu Yun appeared in the Dali Temple prison. Was it a coincidence, or was the Gu family also involved?
The Annan Marquisate is in charge of the military power in the southwest. Apart from being close to the emperor, it usually does not get involved in party disputes in the court. Xu Youzhi really couldn't figure out why the Gu family wanted to murder him.
Gu Yunzheng was determined to clear Xu Youzhi's name, but he never expected that Xu Youzhi had mistaken him as the one who was plotting against him.
"Master Xu, have you been wronged?" Gu Yun looked down at Xu Youzhi and asked, "How come the official silver from the Yongle Mint appeared in your house?"
Xu Youzhi's eyelids twitched slightly. Did Gu Yun mean that he believed he was innocent?
He moved his body and said to Gu Yun, "I don't know. There are many houses in the courtyard. Maybe a wild cat took it in."
"Were the letters exchanged with Li Xu written by you yourself?" Gu Yun asked again.
Xu Youzhi sneered, "I haven't even seen the letter, how do I know if it's my handwriting?"
Seeing that he couldn't get any more information out of her, Gu Yun couldn't help but get a little impatient, "Such a big mistake happened in your own yard, and you didn't even know about it?"
The expression on Xu Youzhi's face changed a little, and he was speechless for a moment because of Gu Yun's retort.
As a man, how could he be so meticulous? The affairs of the house have always been managed by the women in the family. His study was seldom visited by anyone on weekdays, except for the servants who often went in to clean it up. Occasionally, if there were some changes, it would be difficult to notice at first.
The study was fine, but what Xu Youzhi cared about most was the box of official silver. Where did Mo Jie'er get that bag of silver from? When he thought about being betrayed by his own daughter, Xu Youzhi felt a knot in his chest.
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