Listening to Xu Xianchun's words, Kong Shangsheng, the chief steward of the Kong Mansion, raised his head and said through gritted teeth, "But the Duke of Yansheng said in the letter that as long as I am willing to plead guilty, he can protect my family."
Hearing this, Xu Xianchun immediately laughed, the smile on his face full of sarcasm, and said with disdain in his tone: "I really didn't expect that the dignified Kong family's chief steward would actually have such a naive side. Let's not talk about other things. Look at the charges above. He said he could protect your family. Do you believe it yourself?"
"These cases have been handed over to me, and I must give an explanation to His Majesty. You know, His Majesty is furious right now. Do you think His Majesty will let it go if you rebel and try to assassinate Him? Duke Yansheng said this simply to get you to plead guilty quickly. As for you, after you plead guilty, the rest of the matter will have nothing to do with you, and your family will have nothing to do with you either."
"It's just that I'm not like the Duke of Yansheng. He likes to lie, but we, the Jinyiwei, like to be straightforward. After all, you're already here and can't leave. How to deal with you isn't my job? I can torture you and then make you sign and seal. This isn't difficult for the Jinyiwei. This is what we do, and we've never failed."
"I also want you to die knowing full well, so don't be naive and sign obediently. It's good for you, and it's good for me too."
The Kong Mansion's chief steward raised his head and looked at Xu Xianchun, angrily saying, "You are taking human life lightly, you are colluding with each other! I will not sign, even if you kill me!"
"Beat you to death? I won't." Xu Xianchun stood up and said, "But I will knock you unconscious, stain your hand with your blood, and place your fingerprint on this confession, and then you will sign it. After that, I will hand over your confession. We have all the evidence and witnesses of your collusion with the Wenxiang Sect in rebellion, and now we have your confession, so everything will be fine. Yansheng Gong will apologize, and the ministers in the court will protect him, and this matter will be over."
"As for you, you will naturally be beheaded along with your family. Don't worry, before I escort you out, I will have your throat broken, leaving you unable to utter a single word. After you're out, you won't even be able to make a sound, and there's no need to think about protesting or telling others about this. There's no hope."
Hearing Xu Xianchun's casual words, the Kong family's housekeeper glared angrily and said, "You do things like this, aren't you afraid of going to hell one day? Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go!"
After hearing this, Xu Xianchun burst out laughing.
"How dare you say that to me?" Xu Xianchun walked up to the Kong Mansion's housekeeper, patted his face, and said, "Look at what you've done."
"Natural disasters are inevitable. While it's heartbreaking to see civilians die in them, there's nothing we can do about it. Your Majesty mobilized vast quantities of grain to provide relief to the victims, but where's that grain now? It's all been gobbled up by you and those officials. Do you have any idea how many civilians will die by doing this? How many will be left homeless and their families torn apart? Do you even care?"
"Going to hell, being haunted by evil spirits? If there really is hell, you will be thrown into the eighteen levels of hell, and you will never be able to turn over. If there really are evil spirits haunting you, you will be surrounded by evil spirits right now, and they want to eat you alive. Do you really think you are a good person?"
"I'm telling you this, people like you deserve death, even slow slicing wouldn't be excessive. Do you think we went too far now? What were you thinking when you did those bad things to the people? Didn't you think it was excessive? I, Xu Xianchun, am not a good person. If one day you go to hell because of this, I'll bear it."
The Kong Mansion's housekeeper began to tremble. Looking at the stern-looking Xu Xianchun, he suddenly collapsed and fell to the ground.
He said in a trembling voice: "My family is innocent, they know nothing, sir, please let them go."
When he said this, the chief steward of the Kong Mansion wanted to run forward, as if he wanted to hug Xu Xianchun's thigh.
But just as he had crawled a few steps, the Jinyiwei behind him held him down.
Xu Xianchun walked over to the Kong Mansion's chief steward, squatted down, looked at him, and said, "Want to save your family's lives? It's not that easy in this world."
"Sir, as long as my family's lives can be saved, I will do whatever you say." Kong Shangsheng said hurriedly.
At this time, Kong Shangsheng was really panicked. If the charge was confirmed, his entire family would be finished. They would definitely be executed, without any suspense at all.
He had just read Xu Xianchun's confession, which was the same as what Xu Xianchun said, asking him to admit that he had colluded with the White Lotus Sect to rebel and to assassinate His Majesty.
If you admit to this crime, no matter how many heads you have in your family, they won't be enough to chop off. So you can't admit it, you absolutely can't admit it!
As for the letter from Duke Yansheng, it was clearly written that he was asking for a confession. Although Duke Yansheng said he would protect his family, Kong Shangsheng was not stupid. If he confessed to such a crime, how could he protect his family even if the person was Duke Yansheng?
The man named Xu in front of me clearly wanted to force me, using my family to force me. There was no way he would let his family go.
Kong Shangsheng is the steward of the Kong family, so he naturally knows a lot. He knows that Xu Xianchun just wants to force him into a desperate situation and make him completely obedient.
As for how Xu Xianchun got the letter, Kong Shangsheng no longer wanted to think about it. What Kong Shangsheng was thinking about now was not even how he should survive.
He knew that he was going to die, but he wanted to protect his family. He didn't want his family to die with him.
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