Chapter 224 Interrogation

"Bring the prisoners Gongsun Chang and Cheng Gongying to the court." Ma Zhou ordered the two gangs of yamen runners to arrest them.

The yamen runners left and quickly locked up Gongsun Chang and Cheng Gongying and made them kneel in the court.

"Who is kneeling?" Ma Zhou asked.

"I am Gongsun Chang, the adopted son of Zhang Liang, the Minister of Justice. I have met Ma Shilang! Sun Dali Temple Minister." Gongsun Chang saluted Ma Zhou and Sun Fuga.

He did not salute Di Renjie. Although Di Renjie was wearing the official uniform of the Dali Temple, Gongsun Chang took it too seriously. Who told him that his adopted father was Zhang Liang?

Di Renjie did not care! He was just an accomplice.

"The magician Cheng Gongying has met Ma Gong, Sun Gong, and this young man!" Cheng Gongying bowed.

Compared to Gongsun Chang, Cheng Gongying was more polite.

"Someone is afraid that you and Zhang Liang are conspiring to rebel. Why don't you confess quickly? How did you conspire?" Ma Zhou slapped the wooden stick in the hall and said.

"Why are you saying this, Minister Ma? We are all law-abiding people. We will never do such a treasonous thing." Gongsun Chang refused to admit it.

He believed that Ma Zhou had no evidence to prove that they were conspiring to rebel, otherwise he would not have summoned them for questioning.

If they confessed, they would be dead. Conspiring to rebel is a capital crime, so they would definitely not tell the story in order to survive.

"I usually only know how to cultivate immortality and make elixirs, but I don't know what rebellion is. The Minister must have believed in rumors and slandered our innocence." Cheng Gongying said calmly.

Ma Zhou was speechless. He had no evidence in his hand and was unwilling to use force against the two men. As long as they refused to confess, he couldn't get anything out of them.

Gongsun Chang and Cheng Gongying thought of this and were fearless.

"I advise you to confess the truth, which can reduce your sins. Otherwise, if you refuse to admit it, you will be cut into pieces." Di Renjie said with a smile.

Gongsun Chang and Cheng Gongying looked at Di Renjie standing aside, both of them were disdainful. A young boy who was still wet behind the ears dared to stir up trouble in front of them. They had seen all kinds of scenes, how could he be scared by just a few words.

"This..." Cheng Gongying smiled at Di Renjie.

"I am Di Renjie, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple!" Di Renjie said.

"So it's Junior Official Di, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! We are both honest people. How can we confess to something we haven't done? Do you want to torture us into confessing and put the crime of treason on us?" Cheng Gongying said. "

That's right! You, the Dali Temple, are not afraid of being laughed at by the world for doing this? Your Majesty is wise and will not allow you to do such a thing." Gongsun Chang said.

As long as they don't have evidence, they can't be punished, otherwise it will be suspected of forcing a confession.

"I think you will not give up until you see the Yellow River, and you will not cry until you see the coffin. Zhang Liang has already confessed, and explained clearly how you conspired to rebel, when, and where, etc. You still can't make excuses."

"You should know that conspiracy to rebel is a capital crime. Now you deny it, which is an aggravated crime. I thought you were accomplices, and as long as you could confess, you could be given a lighter sentence."

"Who knew you were so stubborn and unrepentant? I will report to the gods and punish you severely. I will drag you out and parade you in the streets for three days, and then execute you at a leisurely pace." Di Renjie slammed the table and stood up with anger.

Even Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia were stunned by Di Renjie's words. If they didn't know that Zhang Liang didn't say anything, they would have believed what Di Renjie said. Ma Zhou and

the others were like this, not to mention Gongsun Chang and Cheng Gongying, who were frightened by Di Renjie on the spot.

"Please ask Minister Ma to throw these two people into the death row immediately, report to His Majesty, and drag these two stubborn people out to parade in the streets and sentence them to death by slow torture!" Di Renjie turned around and saluted Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou immediately knew Di Renjie's intention, which was to trick them, so he immediately cooperated with Di Renjie.

"What Di Shaoqing said is absolutely right. Anyway, Zhang Liang has confessed. It doesn't matter whether there are confessions from the two of them or not. Just do as Di Shaoqing said."

"Pa," Ma Zhou slapped the hall wood and said, "Throw these two thieves into the death row. I will report to His Majesty and then deal with them. Then leave the court."

After saying that, Ma Zhou and his men stood up and were about to leave.

Seeing the yamen runners rushing towards them with their fangs and claws bared, and Ma Zhou and his men about to leave the court, Gongsun Chang and his men were scared to death and confessed on the spot.

They had to confess! How could they bear to be cut into pieces! It would be better to cut them off with a single stroke.

"Ma Shilang, we confess, we all confess!" Gongsun Chang shouted.

Damn! These two guys are too easily frightened! Just now they were like dead pigs that were not afraid of boiling water, but now they are actually confessing.

Just when Ma Zhou was about to sit down again and let them confess the truth, Di Renjie sneered directly.

"No need! Zhang Liang has already confessed your crimes. It won't change anything whether you say it or not. What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and drag them away, so as not to be an eyesore."

Di Renjie ordered the yamen runners standing stupidly to drag the two away. Ma Zhou and Sun Fuga were both stunned by Di Renjie.

The more confident and calm Di Renjie appeared, the more afraid Gongsun Chang and Sun Chang became.

The yamen runners reacted and immediately dragged them away. Gongsun Chang and the other two struggled hard, kneeling on the ground and kowtowed like crazy, and kept shouting "spare my life" and "I am willing to confess".

"Wait!" Looking at Gongsun Chang and the other two being dragged out of the court, Ma Zhou shouted. If he didn't speak again, the two would really be dragged away.

They haven't recorded their confessions yet! There is no evidence of Zhang Liang's rebellion yet, so how can he explain to His Majesty Li II.

"Since they want to confess, why not let them talk and see if there is anything wrong with Zhang Liang's confession? What do you think?" Ma Zhou said, symbolically asking Di Renjie and the others for their opinions.

Regardless of whether Di Renjie and the others agree or not, Ma Zhou will bring the two back to record their confessions and learn about Zhang Liang's crimes from their mouths.

"Minister Ma is the chief judge of this case. Everything depends on his orders!" said Sun Fuga, the Minister of the Dali Temple.

"Did you hear that? Minister Ma has shown mercy today. As long as you can confess your crimes truthfully, you will feel better. If you dare to talk nonsense, you should know what the consequences will be." Di Renjie said.

"Understood! Understood! We must confess the truth and will never hide anything. What do you three want to know?" Gongsun Chang said.

Now they only want to confess and be lenient. How dare they have any tricks? What's more, Zhang Liang has confessed everything. It's not good for them to hide it.

But they didn't know what Zhang Liang had said, and they didn't dare to talk nonsense, so they had to tell everything.

As long as the other party wanted it, they would tell everything they knew without reservation.