Chapter 67 Confession
Liang Jianfang looked over and saw the person at the door fiddle with the lock on the cell door and step into the cell.
Chen Yu was wearing the clothes of a jailer today, and Liang Jianfang almost didn't recognize her. When he saw who it was, he jumped off the bed in a hurry.
"I've thought it through, I've thought it through!" Liang Jianfang didn't dare to eat or sleep since he saw the dead rat in the morning, but finally someone showed up.
Chen Yu lowered her eyes and stared at him, "Go ahead."
"It's a long story," Liang Jianfang rolled his eyes, "May I ask if this guy has any way to save my life?"
A sly guy like Liang Jianfang must get a life-saving talisman before he opens his mouth.
"Do you still have a choice now?" Chen Yu sneered, "You have already chosen a dead end. You survived today, but can you survive tomorrow? Believe me, you still have a chance of survival."
Liang Jianfang was tricked by him, but he also knew that what he said was true. After thinking for a moment, he said, "This matter has to start with the invasion of the Western Jue people..."
In September of last year, the Western Jue invaded. Liang Jianfang, a civil official, was appointed as military supervisor by Emperor Tongxu. It was a temporary position and he was placed in the army to supervise the generals who went on the expedition.
His superiors had issued a death order to him, so Shen Zhongan and Shen Zhao had no choice but to go and never return, no matter what means he used.
"So you stole the military deployment map and gave it to the Western Jue people? In order to kill them, you actually colluded with the enemy." Chen Yu gritted her teeth to control herself from killing the person in front of her.
Liang Jianfang was frightened by the hatred in his eyes and said hurriedly: "I didn't steal the map. How could they only use me as a pawn in such a big event? The army must have arranged other people."
Chen Yu was skeptical, "Since you didn't steal it, how can you guarantee that you will lose this battle, and how can you complete the mission?"
"You don't know," Liang Jianfang walked to the door and looked around, then whispered, "Because of food and fodder."
"forage?"
Liang Jianfang: "The food and grass will never arrive."
Chen Yu was shocked, "You mean, you knew there would be no food for this battle before you left Beijing?"
Liang Jianfang nodded.
Several events quickly connected in Shen Yu's mind.
Shen Zhongan received news that food and fodder were on the way, but later on, the food and fodder were delayed in arriving, and subsequent news said that they were about to arrive. This was clearly an attempt to delay time and prevent them from finding ways to raise food and fodder from other sources.
If it had been
I know, there is still time to transfer people from other states.
However, from the very beginning, there was no such thing as food and fodder!
Shen Yu calmed down and continued to ask: "The grain and grass are coordinated by the Ministry of Revenue and then dispatched from granaries in various places. How can he guarantee that the grain and grass will not arrive?"
"I don't know about that," Liang Jianfang said. "I'm not responsible for that part."
Chen Yu: “Keep talking!”
Liang Jianfang shrank back in fear. "Later, you know what happened. I hid in the city. Later, Shen Zhongan got a batch of food from somewhere. If the food had been brought into the city, we would not have lost the battle. Before we set out, the capital issued a death order. Either Shen Zhongan would die or I would die. I could only, only order the city gates to be closed."
Shen Yu couldn't bear it any longer, and drew out the knife, and put it across Liang Jianfang's neck, "That's a full 100,000 people!"
That's... that's my father, my brother...
Her hands were shaking, and Liang Jianfang could already feel the pain in her neck.
He leaned back in horror and stammered, "I, I, I am still useful, don't kill me."
Chen Yu held the knife tightly, slowly retracted it, took out something from behind her waist and threw it in front of Liang Jianfang, "Write! Write down everything you just said!"
Liang Jianfang looked at the paper and pen on the ground, leaning back with his hands on the ground. He knew that once he wrote it down and made a confession, there would be no meaning for his existence.
"Don't worry," Chen Yu said coldly, "I still want you to identify him in person, but if you don't write it, I can kill you now."
Liang Jianfang picked up the paper and pen, licked the pen, and started writing with trembling hands.
"Write the words well." Shen Yu warned.
The Guanghua Gate is closed at night and no one can enter or exit.
The inner city gates will not be opened until the 1st quarter of the Yin hour. At the Mao hour, it is time for each department to change shifts.
Chen Yu took the badge and walked out of Guanghua Gate with another jailer. After crossing Yongning Street, the two looked at each other and parted ways.
She stood there and didn't leave. She already knew some details and who was behind it, but she felt even more sad.
Because she suddenly realized that even if she knew everything, even if she caught the murderer, her father and brother would never come back.
The scene of that day vaguely appeared before her eyes.
It was so cold, the snow was so thick,
She searched through the pile of corpses, and prayed in her heart before turning over each one, hoping it wouldn't be them.
But she was disappointed in the end.
A carriage stopped in front of her. Xifeng looked at Shi Yu, who was standing with his head down and silent, and did not say anything, but instead lifted the curtain.
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and said softly, "Come up, let's go back."
Chen Yu got on the carriage and leaned against the window sill in a daze.
Xie Tingzhou looked at her silently twice, but did not speak. Instead, he stayed quietly aside, leaving her space for silence.
After a moment, Shen Yu took out two pieces of paper from her sleeve and handed them to him.
Xie Tingzhou took it and asked, "Liang Jianfang's confession?"
Shen Yu nodded gently.
Xie Tingzhou read ten lines at a glance. After finishing, his brows were furrowed and his hand holding the confession letter was shaking slightly.
Such a ridiculous thing is unheard of.
Xie Tingzhou folded the paper and said loudly, "Xi Feng, go to the Censorate."
Xie Tingzhou was a third-rank official and had to attend court every day.
But he was originally the prince of Beilin, and Emperor Tongxu granted him an official position just for show, so he was exempted from attending court every day.
The gate of Fengtian Hall was wide open, with the princes and ministers standing on both sides.
Ever since Xie Tingzhou entered the palace, he attracted everyone's surprised gazes. It was the first time they saw him attend court in all these days.
There was a sudden uproar in the hall.
Wan Ruixian, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, donned a scarlet robe and stepped into the hall.
The Chief Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate was responsible for enforcing discipline and supervision. Even a small censor could impeach a first-rank official regardless of his rank.
Wearing the scarlet robe was a beginning, meaning that Wan Ruixian was going to impeach an official today.
When the time came, Emperor Tongxu entered the hall and at a glance he saw the person in scarlet among the crowd.
Emperor Tongxu looked solemn, "Wan Qing, who are you going to impeach today?"
Wan Ruixian presented a memorial and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the Yanliang Pass case is being tried by the three judicial departments. I, the Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief Wan Ruixian, am reporting the Yanliang Pass case today, impeaching the Minister of Revenue Ge Liangji for colluding with treacherous officials to frame loyal officials, which led to the defeat of the Yanliang Pass!"
There was an uproar in the hall.
Emperor Tongxu quickly finished reading the memorial and had an idea in mind. He said in a deep voice, "Memorial."
"Yes." Wan Ruixian took a step forward, "Last September..."
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