Chapter 269 Private School Teacher
"Your Excellency, I am only using the name of the Wanwu Shengcai Association. I am not really the head of any branch, and I don't even know who the head is. Please punish me, Your Excellency!"
Chen Lin gritted his teeth, looking as if he would accept the punishment but would not explain anything.
Su Qianqian sat back and continued to be her mascot.
[Even though Lord Zhuang took such strict precautions, the deed could still be sent to the prison cell. This shows that there is no place that is as solid as an iron wall. If a rice bucket can hide paper, why can't it hide other information? 】
Su Qianqian said in his heart that the system had already told him the origin of this contract.
Lord Zhuang, who was sitting on the throne to hear the case, had a gloomy face, yet he also felt helpless.
"Chen Lin, since you said so, don't regret it. Put Chen Lin in torture instruments and take him away to solitary confinement."
Lord Zhuang temporarily detained Chen Lin and struck while the iron was hot by interrogating all seven people to prevent them from colluding with each other.
"Bring He Sheng..."
Five people were interrogated again. They all tried to argue at the beginning, but after Su Qianqian described the circumstances of their transaction clearly and those who were dissatisfied found witnesses from that day, those people were like seeing a ghost and their arguments were defeated one after another.
Although he admitted that he had swindled money, he insisted that it had nothing to do with the Wanwu Shengcai Association and that it was all money he had swindled. He had already squandered the money and was not allowed to be punished.
"Bring Xie Fangkun." Lord Zhuang read out the last name.
This man turned out to be a thin scholar wearing a blue robe. He walked into the hall calmly and showed no fear at all. He bowed calmly and stood up.
This is a person with meritorious service.
"Xie Fangkun, you are a scholar who has been in the imperial examination for fifteen years and opened a private school in Xingchunfang. Why did you become the branch leader of the Wanwu Shengcai Society and defraud the money of the parents of those students?"
"Sir, I am indeed thinking about the students' parents and want to help them earn more money. After all, education costs a lot.
But there are always risks in doing business. You can't accuse me of fraud just because I lost money. I have the contract they signed at the time. They took the risk voluntarily and I have no fault with them. ”
Xie Fangkun answered calmly and handed over a stack of deeds.
[These contracts are all real. The parents of those students completely trusted him. After signing the contracts, some of them really made money, while others lost everything. Those who made money protected this private school teacher. 】
The sound of the system is a bit muffled.
"Xie Fangkun, the parents of these students have great trust in you, but you relied on your trust to deceive them. How could you know that the Wanwu Shengcai Club could increase their income?
You lured them into joining the club with high interest rates and asked them to sign a contract stating that they would not hold you responsible. But in fact, you knew it was a scam, didn't you? ”
Lord Zhuang asked loudly.
"Sir, I joined the guild to make a living. If I knew it was a scam, how could I give away my hard-earned savings to others?
It is really unfair for me to be accused of being a branch leader. I was just taking the money to do business on behalf of those people. How can I influence whether it succeeds or not? I also lost money. ”
Xie Fangkun had an innocent look on his face, and his thin figure looked very pitiful standing in the lobby.
"Yu Mancheng accused you of luring him into the guild, and said that the two thousand taels of silver could be turned into four thousand taels to help him with his emergency needs. Is this true?"
Lord Zhuang changed the subject.
"That's true. At that time, I also believed that everything can make money and I can make money. Not only me, but also Yu Mancheng, didn't he make 500 taels at the beginning?"
Yu Mancheng lowered his head and said nothing. If he had not been greedy for the silver, he would not have lost all the two thousand taels of silver later.
"Then do you know what urgent need Yu Mancheng has?"
Lord Zhuang asked casually.
"Of course he did it for..." Xie Fangkun stopped and looked at Yu Mancheng: "For the sake of our children. I am not very clear about this matter."
"Yu Mancheng, why do you need money so urgently that you use this method to make huge profits?"
"Common people...common people..." Yu Mancheng stammered and dared not say anything.
"Are you going to do something illegal?" Lord Zhuang's voice suddenly became majestic.
"I dare not! I really want to find a future for my son who has no ambition. I heard that there is an official position that can be obtained by spending some money, so I..." Yu Mancheng explained with effort, sweat on his face.
Fang Youan, who was kneeling in shackles, turned his head to look over, shook his head, sighed, and looked away.
"Can an official position be obtained by spending money? Who told you that?" Lord Zhuang looked solemn.
"Master Zhuang, shall we return to the current case? If there is anything wrong, let's deal with it separately."
Lu Jun turned around and reminded in a low voice.
"Lord Lu, the case of Fang Youan originally involved an official who was promoted through patronage, and now everyone in the city is also talking about this matter. It is a coincidence and we must investigate it."
Mr. Zhuang explained carefully, and then asked, "Xie Fangkun, who is the leader of the association, and where did you trade with him?"
The juror in the court: Sir Zhuang, you are good at sneak attacks!
Su Qianqian: Lord Zhuang, you will turn around!
Xie Fangkun thought he would continue to ask about the Yin supplement, and all he was thinking about was this. Suddenly he was asked about the president of the meeting, and he was obviously startled, and then he said awkwardly:
"I don't know where the leader is or what his name is. I just handed over the money to a person who didn't want to reveal his true face in a teahouse."
"Xie Fangkun, do you know that there is a house in Yulinfang? You should go there often to sit for a while."
Lord Zhuang suddenly spoke.
Xie Fangkun's expression suddenly changed.
"Someone, bring up the housekeeper from the house in Yulinfang."
An old man with a hunched back was brought into the hall. He knelt down tremblingly, kowtowed and gestured with his hands.
It turns out he is deaf and dumb.
"Xie Fangkun, do you recognize this mute old man? Although he can't speak, his eyesight is not bad."
"Sir, I do often visit the Shen residence. The owner of the Shen residence was once my classmate. As for this mute man, I naturally recognize him."
"What is the name of the owner of the Shen residence, and where is he now?"
"His name is Shen Yuanhong. I haven't been to Shen's house for several months and I don't know where he has gone." Xie Fangkun said frankly.
"Shen Yuanhong is your classmate. Coincidentally, the other six people... no, including the deceased Liu Zi, the other seven people have been to Shen's house before. Moreover, they go there at least once a month. Why do they hide their whereabouts when they go there?"
Lord Zhuang was not in a hurry. He ordered people to bring the six people to the hall. When they saw the mute old man, panic flashed in everyone's eyes.
"Do you recognize this mute old man? Why do you know him? Why don't you tell the truth?"
Those people looked at each other, not daring to say anything, closing their eyes and pretending to let themselves be dealt with.
"With irrefutable evidence before you, you still dare not confess. Come, drag them away and give them thirty strokes of the board each!" Lord Zhuang threw the order down in the hall.
"Sir, Shen Yuanhong is indeed the leader of the guild. He has taken away all the money, and I am also a victim. Please investigate!"
Xie Fangkun hurriedly knelt down and confessed, but it made no difference whether he confessed or not.
Those people also confessed.
"Xie Fangkun, you, the leader of the club, are really very powerful. Do you think you can hide the truth like this?"
Su Qianqian suddenly said.
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