"My son, I heard that you want to buy land? Can I ask you what you want to buy it for? I have a lot of land under my name, you can take any piece you want." An Zhongyi washed off the smell of blood on his body and asked An Jingzhi with concern after seeing him come back.
The people around An Jingzhi were all arranged by An Zhongyi, so An Zhongyi naturally knew exactly what An Jingzhi had discovered.
"Dad, it's nothing. I just want to buy some land. When we were in the countryside, Mom always told me that if we could find Dad in the future, we would save money and buy a few acres of land so that our family could live in peace and stability."
It is too early to say anything to An Zhongyi now. From the original owner's memory, we can know that An Zhongyi is actually still very loyal to the emperor at this stage.
When An Jingzhi mentioned Zhang Shunniang, An Zhongyi was speechless. He did not mention that he had hundreds of thousands of acres of land under his name. He only asked An Jingzhi which one he wanted, implying that he would definitely help him get it.
After looking for a whole morning, An Jingzhi set his eyes on the land near the foot of the mountain in Huifeng County. Unfortunately, all the land there was owned by someone else, so it was difficult to buy a whole piece.
After An Jingzhi finished speaking, An Zhongyi nodded and said that he would get it for him so he didn't have to worry about it.
Well, now that his father has taken action, An Jingzhi will naturally wait for news calmly.
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After An Jingzhi left, An Zhongyi called Zhang Baotian and asked, "Censor, which censor owns the fields in Huifeng County?"
Zhang Baotian stood there thinking for a while, then said, "It belongs to Liu Shanhai, who has been taken to the East Factory prison. The land is in the name of his housekeeper."
Nodding, An Zhongyi understood. The Censor always claimed that he was a clean official with an iron will, so he would naturally not amass wealth or collect land. Therefore, those lands were only in the name of his steward and had nothing to do with him.
An Zhongyi knew all about these tricks.
"Walk."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the East Factory prison.
If you are sent to the imperial prison, you may have a chance to redress your grievances, but if you are sent to the East Factory prison, you will definitely die.
Despite this, when An Zhongyi entered, many people still cursed at him, but more people begged him for mercy.
"Factory manager, be careful!" Zhang Baotian blocked a prisoner's spit at An Zhongyi in time.
"Traitors! You eunuchs will not die a good death. You have disrupted the government and will be infamous for eternity!"
The man was quickly subdued. An Zhongyi glanced at him expressionlessly, "Since you're so stubborn, use all the torture instruments on him. Don't let him die until he's fully tortured."
The person guarding the cell next to him didn't dare to breathe and nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, Zhang Baotian led An Zhongyi to a deeper level of the prison.
Deep in the prison there was a room for interrogating prisoners. An Zhongyi sat high up and the prisoners were quickly brought before him.
"What are you doing? Where are you taking me?" Hearing the harsh voice, An Zhongyi sneered.
"What's wrong, Censor Liu? Are you scared?"
Seeing An Zhongyi's gloomy expression, Censor Liu hid the fear in his eyes and said righteously, "An Zhongyi! I'm telling you, this is an abuse of lynching! Lord Song will definitely hold you accountable!"
An Zhongyi clapped his hands and said, "Very good, Censor Liu is indeed a censor of iron will. Come here."
Seeing the person next to him walking towards him with torture instruments, Censor Liu suddenly panicked, "I am, I am a fifth-rank official of the court, how dare you use private punishment on me?!" His eyes were full of fear and shock.
Before An Zhongyi could say anything, the East Factory official holding the torture instruments laughed and said, "Liu Yushi, you're joking. If someone is put in our East Factory's prison, let alone a fifth-rank official, even a fourth-rank or third-rank official would have to be kept in jail. We brothers have done this before."
What is not mentioned is that they also dare to reach out to the second rank.
After hearing this, Censor Liu became even more panicked and tried to retreat, but there were two people beside him holding him back and tying him to a wooden stake. Where could he run to?
"Are you going to tell me or not? How could one million taels of military pay for the border troops be stolen by bandits for no apparent reason? I'll give you one last chance. Was it Prime Minister Song who ordered you to collude with the bandits and embezzle this one million taels of military pay?"
Censor Liu swallowed his saliva and looked at the torture instruments that were getting closer and closer. He wanted to say something, but then he seemed to remember something and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he kept shouting that it was unfair.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the executioner gave him a pepper spray whip.
"Mr. Anchang, Your Majesty, I... I really don't know. I'm completely unaware of all this. I'm just a humble Imperial Censor. How could I possibly know this?"
There were screams and pleas for mercy.
The punishment continues.
An Zhongyi was puzzled. Censor Liu didn't seem like a tough guy, so why didn't he say anything?
"Are you afraid of retaliation from others? Don't worry, we are working for His Majesty. Who can be greater than His Majesty?" If An Zhongyi had not found any clues, how could he have directly kidnapped people and put them in the East Factory prison.
But the man in front of him gritted his teeth and endured the punishment, refusing to reveal a single word.
After struggling for an hour, An Zhongyi's patience was exhausted.
"This Lord Song is truly amazing. He actually frightened Censor Liu to such an extent that he even dared to ignore His Majesty."
Deep in the prison filled with the smell of blood, I remembered An Zhongyi's mumblings.
"Okay, in that case, let's start with his family."
Censor Liu, who was already on the verge of death, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Woo woo woo."
For fear that he would bite his tongue to commit suicide, a dirty cloth was stuffed into his mouth, and he couldn't say anything he wanted to say.
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