"But there's something fishy going on here. The grain reselling business can't stand up to scrutiny. They sold the grain to the White Lotus Sect. Oh, right, the Wenxiang Sect."
"The Wenxiang Sect members planned to use this grain as military rations and then rebel. Since the disaster victims had no relief food to eat, they would join them in the rebellion. This was a conspiracy of the Wenxiang Sect. Taking the imperial court's relief grain to use as their military rations would, on the one hand, leave the people without food, and on the other hand, give them food to rebel. It was a good thing to kill two birds with one stone."
"It's just that some people panicked because of Your Majesty's arrival. When Your Majesty started investigating the disaster relief grain, they became afraid and began thinking about assassinating Your Majesty and rebelling."
At this point, Xu Xianchun sneered at the Kong Mansion's chief steward and said, "But these people are too stupid. They think they can commit a rebellion and defy the will of heaven? They are simply overestimating their own abilities!"
"They were arrested and interrogated, and they confessed everything. They don't have the backbone you do. They revealed the Wenxiang Cult's contact point in Jining City and the mastermind behind the grain trafficking. It was your Kong family."
"So, I followed the clues and arrested your Kong family's manager in Jining City, Kong Shangli. After interrogating him, Kong Shangli confessed everything. These people have no skills, nor do they have the backbone like you, which is a pity."
Listening to Xu Xianchun's words, the Kong family's steward raised his head with suspicion and some fear on his face.
Xu Xianchun didn't stop and continued, "So I brought people to arrest you as well. This matter involves the Kong family, so it's impossible for me not to be afraid."
"While I was arresting you, I went to see Duke Yansheng."
At this point, Xu Xianchun's tone was filled with sarcasm, and he looked at Kong Shangsheng with pity, and continued: "Yan Shenggong is more sensible than you. Do you see this jade pendant? It was given to me by Yan Shenggong."
After saying this, Xu Xianchun took out a jade pendant, waved it in front of the Kong Mansion's housekeeper, and continued with a smile, "Here's another letter from Duke Yansheng. Do you want to know what it says? With your intelligence, you should be able to guess it, right?"
"Show the letter to him." After saying this, Xu Xianchun handed the letter to Cui Yingyuan, indicating that he should show the letter to the steward of the Kong Mansion.
Cui Yingyuan did not dare to delay, and hurriedly took the letter to the steward of the Kong Mansion, unfolded it, and asked him to read the letter.
The Kong family's housekeeper opened his eyes and quickly read the letter, his expression becoming more and more ferocious.
Xu Xianchun had already read the contents of this letter while Kong Yinzhi was still writing it.
The content of the letter was the same as what he had said, so Kong Shangtan threatened his family and asked Kong Shangsheng, the chief steward of the Kong family, to plead guilty.
After receiving the letter, Xu Xianchun smiled and said, "Do you understand now?"
"To be honest, I've already reached an agreement with the Duke of Yansheng. You'll have to confess your guilt in this matter. The confession has already been written, and all you have to do is put your fingerprint on it."
"The Kong family has nothing to do with this matter. You are the one who did it all. You have evil intentions. You colluded with the White Lotus sect and you intended to rebel. You will be convicted and your entire family will be arrested."
"Because you are a member of the Kong family, it is impossible to punish all nine generations of your clan, but it is still possible to execute the entire family. The most important thing for a family is to be complete. After your family members die, you will have someone to accompany you on your journey to the underworld."
"I beat you for so long, not because I wanted you to confess, but because I wanted to show it to others. If you confess, the matter will be over, and I can go back to rest early in the evening."
At this point, Xu Xianchun yawned and said with a smile on his face, "Come here. Untie him and make him sign."
"Yes, sir." Cui Yingyuan agreed and quickly asked someone to untie the steward of the Kong Mansion, and brought the written petition and brush and handed them directly to him.
The chief steward of the Kong Mansion looked at the petition and his body immediately began to tremble.
He raised his head and looked at Xu Xianchun fiercely, his eyes were red and his lips were trembling. He wanted to curse something, but he couldn't open his mouth.
"What's wrong? Didn't you refuse to confess? You just wanted to save the Kong family. Now that you've gotten what you wanted, what else are you considering?"
"Sign quickly. It'll be good for both you and me to finish this sooner." Xu Xianchun said casually.
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