"Slander?" Fang Zheng played with his fan and raised his eyes slightly.
"Do you have any evidence?"
"Fabrication! Do you want me to prove my innocence?" Anger had broken through Feng Heng's fear, and he kept roaring at Fang Zheng.
"Yeah." Fang Zheng replied indifferently.
"Revenge for personal gain! This is revenge for personal gain! Even if I have offended you before, I will now report you to His Majesty!" Feng Heng continued to roar.
"Why are you yelling? Yelling means you are guilty." Fang Zheng put away his fan with an inexplicable smile on his face. "You said you have no connection with the King of Wu. I don't believe it."
"I have talked to King Wu. The amount of money he invested in the shipping industry is beyond your imagination. How much of this money has flowed into the Zhou family and how much has appeared in the world? Don't you know anything about it?"
"The ship the King of Wu was on was unusual, so it must have caused quite a stir. How could he have concealed it if no one helped him cover it up?"
Thinking of this, Feng Heng suddenly calmed down, and his lips trembled constantly.
Then he forced an explanation: "It was...I was incompetent and failed to supervise for a moment."
"Oversight? You said oversight? I think you have governed Yuding City quite well! If this confession is brought before His Majesty, do you think His Majesty will believe you or me?" Fang Zheng said.
"Lord Fang...what do you want from me? Aren't you making things difficult for me?" Feng Heng's face was filled with pain.
"Xie Xian, bring the four people from the Zhou family to me."
Xie Xian nodded, stood up and left.
After a while, the four panicked Zhou family members entered the public housing and bowed down in front of Fang Zheng's desk.
Fang Zheng got straight to the point: "How did your Zhou family get in touch with the King of Wu, and why are you in the Chu family? I came from the capital to uphold justice. You don't have to be afraid of anything, just speak boldly!"
Mr. Zhou Er looks like a harmless, honest man with rough skin. He doesn't look like a young master but more like a skilled worker.
At this moment, there was despair in his eyes.
After escaping death with great difficulty and hiding in the Chu family, he was robbed again. After many twists and turns, he was finally taken back to the government office. He had already made up his mind to die.
Young Master Zhou threw his head to the ground and cried, "Sir... I am innocent, and the Zhou family is innocent!"
"The Zhou family has been engaged in shipbuilding for generations, but a few years ago someone came to our house and offered a large sum of money to be their shipbuilding agent."
"I don't know what happened later. I was out shopping with my family's boatman that day. When I got home, the fire had already spread. Fortunately, there was a silver vault at home. My late father still had the key. There were many secret letters left in the silver vault. Only then did I know that my family built ships for the King of Wu."
"When I left the silver vault, I found that the agent who had contacted the family before was leading a group of warriors to search for survivors. I was able to hide in the silver vault and escape."
"Later, I couldn't stand the hunger any more, so I came out and prepared to report to the government, but I didn't expect that I had become a wanted criminal."
"After that, I went to the Chu family. I used my silver vault and shipbuilding technology as collateral to ask Master Chu to save my life... You should know what happened afterwards."
Zhou Ershao's tone suddenly became excited: "Sir! My family must have been killed by King Wu! They are plotting to take my family property, make money and kill me! And they have teamed up with this dog official!"
"Feng Heng! My clan gives you 100,000 taels every year, don't you think it's not enough?!"
Feng Heng was horrified: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't have any evidence! If you keep making false accusations here, I will sentence you to death!"
Young Master Zhou said angrily, "Although I am only responsible for shipbuilding, there are account books in the treasury...Everything is clearly recorded in them! Sir, if you don't believe me, I can take you to see it now!"
"Alright, alright, got it. I forgive you. Xie Xian, send a few people to take them to the inn to recuperate and take good care of them. Nothing should happen to them." Fang Zheng waved his hand.
The people probably didn't know about King Wu's rebellion, and the few survivors of the Zhou family were just shipbuilders, so it was normal that they didn't know the inside story.
But now it doesn’t matter whether we know the inside story or not. What matters is that they can build ships, and that is enough.
"Anything else to say, Lord Feng?"
"Slander! This is blatant slander! The confessions are all false. Have you ever seen any fictitious account books?" Feng Heng's face turned red and his neck became thick, and he tried to struggle again.
"That's enough. Do you find it interesting? With this much evidence, killing ten of you wouldn't be too much." Fang Zheng leaned forward, leaning on the table, looking at him sarcastically.
"Tell me how much money you have embezzled over the years. I promised to spare your life." Fang Zheng said with a smile.
Seeing his relaxed attitude, Feng Heng suddenly lost his temper, collapsed on the ground and kept laughing bitterly. After laughing for a while, he lost his mind and muttered, "Two hundred and seventy thousand taels."
"That's not right. I give you 100,000 taels every year, but you only have 270,000 taels in your hand?" Fang Zhengyi asked.
"I have to bribe people from all levels, and I also like antiques, calligraphy and paintings, so I spent a lot of money." Feng Heng said expressionlessly.
"So... do you want to live?" Fang Zheng said in a low voice.
Feng Heng suddenly raised his head, his eyes lit up! His heart was suddenly filled with ecstasy!
Buying life? Is this guy greedy for money?
"My Lord, you also want to..."
Fang Zheng sat up straight and smiled: "If you don't take it and I don't take it, how can we make progress together?"
Feng Heng nodded repeatedly: "Yes! Yes! Yes! Lord Fang is right! Lord Fang will take care of the 270,000 taels. I have some antiques at home..."
"Without saying anything else, just sign and seal your name first." Fang Zhengyi added.
Feng Heng immediately felt a little desperate again.
Are you kidding me? This confession is full of frame-ups and slander. If I sign it, I'm dead.
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