Chapter 376 Confession
"Ah?" The two lawyers were stunned at the same time, "Young Master, the county magistrate is not here, this is against the rules..."
"Rules?" Gongsun Yushu sneered, "There are people in Yunzhou City colluding with the enemy and committing treason. For such a serious crime, shouldn't your county government immediately send people to arrest them? Do you want me to take the servants of the Bo's Mansion to arrest them?"
"When your county magistrate comes back, our Yunzhou City might be handed over to others!"
"Collaborating with the enemy!?" The two advisors were shocked and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
Finally, the 38 runners of the county government were gathered together and followed Gongsun Yushu, and finally stopped in front of the prefectural government office.
The two accompanying advisors were stunned. "Young Master, this... aren't we going to catch the rebels?"
"The rebels are inside." Gongsun Yushu was too lazy to explain to the two of them, "Why don't you go and knock on the door?"
At this moment, the gate of the government office was opened. Ding Wangyuan stood in front of everyone with a gloomy face and asked Gongsun Yushu:
"Young Master, why are you coming to my prefectural government office so late at night? I wonder what you are doing here?"
Gongsun Yushu gave a friendly smile.
"Sir Ding, someone secretly reported to the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion that there were traitors in the prefectural government - of course, my father and I didn't believe it.
But in order to prove Mr. Ding's innocence and for the peace of our Yunzhou, we still have to search."
Ding Wangyuan looked annoyed and glanced at the people behind Gongsun Yushu.
"It's not appropriate for people from the county government to search my prefectural government office, right?"
Gongsun Yushu said, "It is true that I am a bit of an insubordinate person, but I am here in the name of the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion to search for traitors. I have to make an emergency decision. Even if the matter is brought to the attention of His Majesty, he will definitely not blame me."
"Why, Lord Ding refuses to allow the search? Is there something wrong?"
Ding Wangyuan confronted him for a while, and finally snorted coldly:
"I am upright and honest, please do as you please, young master."
"Search!" Gongsun Yushu gave an order, and the yamen runners behind him rushed in. Even the two legal advisors joined the search team.
Gongsun Yushu King Ding Wangyuan smiled and said, "Why, the prefect doesn't want to invite me in for a cup of tea?"
Ding Wangyuan had a cold face, turned sideways, and brought Gongsun Yushu to the main hall to wait.
Not long after, a yamen runner came back in a hurry and shouted:
"Young Master, I found a secret letter in the study, and there is an Uzi logo on the envelope!"
"Oh?" Gongsun Yushu glanced at Ding Wangyuan with a half-smile, and asked the yamen runner to hand him the secret letter. He opened the letter and said:
"Nonsense! Lord Ding is loyal to the emperor and loves the people. How could he have an affair with a foreign enemy? I absolutely do not believe it. There must be some misunderstanding."
He opened the envelope and pretended to glance at the contents. He thought that Liang Zhou was indeed a reliable guy and had actually hidden the letter in Ding Wangyuan's study.
"Oh, Your Excellency the Prefect, how come Zhu Ertai from Uzbekistan has correspondence with you?" Gongsun Yushu looked extremely surprised.
Ding Wangyuan's eyebrows were tightly knitted together, his face full of disbelief, and he was about to reach out to take it.
"Hey——" Gongsun Yushu stepped back, "Master Ding, do you want to destroy the evidence?"
Gongsun Yushu stood a few steps away and held up the secret letter to show Ding Wangyuan.
Ding Wangyuan narrowed his eyes. The content of the letter was indeed about treason. The gist of it was that he had agreed to open the gate of Yunzhou City and let Wuzi's traitor enter the city.
The most important thing is that the seal on the signature of the letter was actually Zhuertai's - the seal came from the special craftsmanship of Uzbekistan and could only be used by Uzbek nobles.
"Young Master, our government has never had any dealings with Zhu Ertai, and we don't know how this letter appeared in the study." Ding Wangyuan said truthfully.
"Of course the prefect would say so." Gongsun Yushu sneered, "But the evidence is irrefutable. It depends on whether Your Majesty will believe it."
Ding Wangyuan sneered, "It's just a letter forged by an unknown person. How can it be considered as ironclad evidence?"
Gongsun Yushu smiled even more. "This letter alone is not enough. We also need a confession from you, Lord Ding. Look, I have prepared it all for you——"
Gongsun Yushu took out a confession from his sleeve and spread it out in front of Ding Wangyuan.
Ding Wangyuan lowered his eyes and looked away. The confession had already confessed in his own tone the crimes of treason and collusion with foreign enemies.
"Mr. Ding, as long as you put your fingerprints on it, won't the evidence be complete?"
"Why should I put my fingerprints on the crime of confiscating property and exterminating the entire family? Don't you think that's absurd, young master?" Ding Wangyuan pushed the confession back to Gongsun Yushu.
Gongsun Yushu was not surprised at all.
"You really don't recognize it?"
"What do you think?"
"Okay then. Someone come here..." Gongsun Yushu turned around and said to the outside of the door. Two yamen runners walked in, holding a person in the middle.
It turned out to be Ding Xiaoqiu.
"Dad, save me, Dad!" Ding Xiaoqiu was so frightened by a shiny long knife at his neck that his face turned pale and he asked Ding Wangyuan for help in horror.
“Xiao Qiu!” Ding Wangyuan was shocked and angry, staring at Gongsun Yushu, “You kidnapped my son to threaten me!?”
Gongsun Yushu waved his hand, and the two yamen runners escorted Ding Xiaoqiu out.
"Lord Ding, please don't say such harsh words." Gongsun Yushu found a chair and sat down, looking at Ding Wangyuan leisurely, as if he already knew the ending.
"If you admit this confession, our Bofu will write a memorial to the emperor to disassociate your family from the relationship and ask him to show mercy and let him kill only you."
"But if you don't admit it, I'm afraid you won't see the sun tomorrow."
"Whether you want to use your life to exchange for your son's life is entirely up to you, Lord Ding."
Ding Wangyuan hesitated for a long time and finally let out a long sigh.
"Okay, I admit it."
After Ding Wangyuan finished speaking, he stood up and went to look for cinnabar ink.
"Don't worry, Lord Ding. I have prepared everything for you." Gongsun Yushu took out a piece of ink from somewhere and placed it in front of Ding Wangyuan.
"Oh, then I should thank you, young master?"
"polite."
Gongsun Yushu's mouth corners raised.
As long as Ding Wangyuan admitted to this confession, he would be killed without a burial place.
At that time, Yunzhou City will be the world of Ning'an Marquis' Mansion, and no one will restrain them anymore!
Ding Wangyuan pressed his thumb hard twice on the ink pad, moved to the place where he would sign the confession, but suddenly stopped.
As if he suddenly remembered something, he looked up at Gongsun Yushu.
"Young Master, there is one thing I don't understand. If you can help me, I will die without regrets."
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