Chapter 225 Confession

Ma Zhou and his companions sat down again, and Ma Zhou asked, "Why did you want to rebel? Does Zhang Liang have five hundred fake sons? Tell us in detail."

"Yes!" Cheng Gongying said, "When Zhang Liang was in Xiangzhou, one of Zhang Liang's fake sons, Gongsun Jie, told Zhang Liang a prophecy. This Gongsun Jie is his younger brother."

Cheng Gongying pointed to Gongsun Chang next to him, who nodded in agreement.

"Stop talking nonsense, pick out the key points, don't talk nonsense, what did Gongsun Jie say to Zhang Liang?" Ma Zhou said impatiently.

Who cares what relationship the person you are talking about has with whom? Continue your performance and don't talk nonsense.

"Gongsun Jie told Zhang Liang that the leader of Gongchang was in another capital! So Zhang Liang thought he was the future leader of the world, so he became rebellious and wanted to replace the Tang Dynasty!" Cheng Gongying said. "

It's really like a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Zhang Liang was simply blinded by greed and believed other people's lies." Ma Zhou looked down on him. He didn't believe that Zhang Liang would be the leader of the world just based on one sentence. "

What does this have to do with you? Don't try to lie. Zhang Liang has already explained the little things between him and you." Ma Zhou said.

He has learned Di Renjie's tricks. He lies without blushing at all, as if it was really the case.

"Later, Zhang Liang came to me and said, 'You said before that the emperor is the ruler of the world. How can you say it so accurately? It's really amazing! Why don't you show me what my future will be like?'" Cheng Gongying told him about Zhang Liang's visit that day.

"Then what did you say?" Ma Zhou asked. Although he had guessed a little, he still needed Cheng Gongying to say it himself to be useful.

"Zhang Liang's expression and tone were very obvious at that time, and I saw Zhang Liang's thoughts at a glance."

"Plus, I was short of money at that time, so I said something against my will, 'You lie like a dragon, you will surely become a noble!' Zhang Liang laughed heartily after hearing what I said, and gave me a lot of reward money at that time."

"I just want to make a living, so I said what Zhang Liang meant. I definitely don't want to rebel! Please, Minister, please understand." Cheng Gongying finished speaking and knelt on the ground.

"Besides these, is there anything else?" Ma Zhou asked.

Ma Zhou didn't believe that Cheng Gongying was just talking about making a living. If you didn't have any evil intentions, you would say that to Zhang Liang. You

can make a living anywhere, but you have to join Zhang Liang in rebellion. You are asking for death and you can't blame others.

"Besides this time, Zhang Liang has come to me to talk about this several times..." Cheng Gongying spilled the beans, blurting out everything.

"I was also bewitched for a while, so I fell for Zhang Liang's trick. I hope you three can see clearly." Cheng Gongying kowtowed with tears. Ma Zhou and the other three were disdainful. Who cares if Cheng Gongying was bewitched or not?

Since he dared to conspire with Zhang Liang to rebel, he should be prepared to lose his head. "Anything else?" Ma Zhou asked. "No more! I have told you everything I know! There is absolutely no secret." Cheng Gongying said. It has come to this point, how dare he hide anything. "Give him the confession and let him sign it!" Ma Zhou said to the clerk who was taking notes. The clerk stood up, took the written confession, pen and ink and came to Cheng Gongying to ask him to sign. Cheng Gongying glanced at it casually, then wrote his name on the paper and pressed his handprint, then the clerk put it away. "Take Cheng Gongying away first!" Ma Zhou said, and the yamen runners stepped forward and took Cheng Gongying back to the prison. "Now it's your turn! Tell me how you conspired with Zhang Liang to rebel?" Ma Zhou looked at Zhang Liang's fake son Gongsun Chang and said. "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything. Once Zhang Liang called me to the study, chatted with me for a while, and then suddenly said to me. "He has a concubine. I heard from the fortune teller that his concubine has the fate of a princess, and there are dragons and phoenixes in her fate. " Dragon, phoenix and sound? If Zhang Liang's concubine is a phoenix, then who is the dragon? Isn't this Zhang Liang hinting that he is the dragon. What does the dragon represent? Isn't it the emperor? Zhang Liang's words and deeds revealed that he wanted to be the emperor. What a pity! Zhang Liang had this idea, but he didn't have this fate. "He also asked me what I meant. I saw that he had already rebelled at that time, so I had to lie to Zhang Liang that his name, Zhang Liang, was in the prophecy book." "After hearing this, Zhang Liang believed it to be true, and gave me a lot of money, asking me to recruit some tall and strong people for him, and recruit them to Zhang Liang's army in the name of Zhang Liang's fake sons. " Since Cheng Gongying has confessed everything, Gongsun Chang naturally has no need to hide anything. After all, Zhang Liang, the mastermind, and Cheng Gongying, the military advisor, have confessed everything. Why should he, a runner, hide anything? "So, Zhang Liang really has 500 fake sons?" Ma Zhou asked. "I'm not sure about the exact number. Zhang Liang not only asked me to recruit fake sons for him, I only recruited more than 200 people for Zhang Liang." Gongsun Chang said. "Besides you, who else recruited fake sons for Zhang Liang?" Ma Zhou asked. Whether Zhang Liang has 500 fake sons is the key to this case and must be clarified. "This, this villain is not sure! Zhang Liang didn't tell me, and didn't let me know. There are also people who really don't know." Gongsun Chang said. "Where are these people you recruited for Zhang Liang now? "Di Renjie asked. "Zhang Liang has a private house in Anyifang in Chang'an City, and the more than 200 people are hiding in this private house." Gongsun Chang said. After Ma Zhou confirmed that Gongsun Chang had confessed everything, he asked the clerk to bring him a confession to sign and seal, and then ordered the yamen runners to take Gongsun Chang back to the prison. "What do you two think of this case?" Ma Zhou asked Sun Fuga and Di Renjie. If it weren't for Di Renjie's help, it would not be so easy to pry open the mouths of Cheng Gongying and Gongsun Chang. Therefore, Ma Zhou did not underestimate the young man Di Renjie. "The minister should go to interrogate Zhang Liang immediately to see if he confesses. I will take people to Anyifang to see if there are more than 200 people hiding there as Gongsun Chang said. " I believe that among these people, there may be the answers we want to know!" Di Renjie said. Ma Zhou naturally understood what Di Renjie meant. "Okay! I will go to interrogate Zhang Liang now, and I will trouble Shaoqing Di to take care of Anyifang!" Ma Zhou said. "This is my duty, and I will do my best." Di Renjie said.

Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia left the court and went to the prison to interrogate Zhang Liang. If everything went well, there would be a result soon.

"Come here!" Di Renjie shouted.

Immediately, a yamen runner stepped forward and saluted, saying, "What do you want, Shaoqing?"

"Call the brothers immediately and follow me to Anyifang. Remember to move quickly and never let out any news, lest you be discovered and escape in advance." Di Renjie said.

"Yes!" The yamen runner retreated, called a large group of people, and followed Di Renjie out of the Dali Temple and headed straight for Anyifang.