Quarter of an hour later, the butler endured the severe pain in his fingers and wrote down the evidence against Fan Yongdou.
Yan Yingyuan asked the yamen runner to read the testimony in front of everyone.
When talking about Fan Yongdou transporting supplies to Liaodong, the common people and gentry in the hall glared at him, wishing they could tear him to pieces on the spot.
In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji entered the pass, plundered Datong and Xuanfu, and then returned to Liaodong.
The Jiannu people robbed money, killed people, set fires and committed all kinds of evil!
The people hated the Jiannu to their core.
"Fan Yongdou, we have all the evidence and witnesses. You have collaborated with the enemy and betrayed your country, and you are against the imperial court. Is there anything else you want to deny?"
"I..."
Just as Fan Yongdou was about to speak, he found Zhang Feng standing beside him.
He suppressed his inner fear and said stubbornly, "My housekeeper was tortured into confessing. I was also wronged. Please investigate clearly, sir."
Collaboration with the enemy and selling out the country is a serious crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the family, so of course he could not admit it.
Yan Yingyuan was so angry that he laughed. According to normal procedures, he could be convicted with all the evidence.
I didn't expect Fan Yongdou to refuse to plead guilty, so don't blame him for being rude.
Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "I hope your mouth is as hard as the hammer in Captain Zhang's hand!"
Then, he looked at the onlookers and the gentry: "Everyone, now that we have all the evidence, Mr. Fan refuses to plead guilty. What do you think we should do?"
The common people and the gentry looked at each other, and someone said, "People are bitter insects, so they must be beaten. Let's use torture!"
"Yes, I heard that the Jinyiwei are good at criminal justice. Can you help us broaden our horizons?"
"Captain Zhang, do you have any more ruthless tricks?"
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