Chapter 20 The truth comes to light
Chapter 20: The Truth Comes Out

Song Zhenshan nodded and asked someone to take the three people away.

Looking at the three people being dragged away, Ye Xuan's eyes were calm, and he murmured to himself: "If you three don't cooperate, I will have to use extraordinary measures."

Begging for mercy and accusations were no different from farts in the ears of the Jinyiwei.

Hearing this, Zhang Qingzhi couldn't help but wipe the sweat off his forehead. The Jinyiwei were indeed very efficient in their work, without any dragging of feet.

After a while, the three were taken to a room not far away for interrogation. The distance was just enough to make out their conversations, but they could hear some of their screams. It was obvious that Ye Xuan had given instructions in advance.

Waves of shrill screams reached everyone's ears, and soon the screams gradually weakened and finally dissipated.

Many yamen runners were so frightened that their legs went limp, but they were afraid that the Jinyiwei in front of them would attack, so they forced themselves to stand up. It looked extremely funny.

Ye Xuan ignored him. The methods of the Jinyiwei have always been beyond the imagination of ordinary people like them. In this world, there are always people who go against the law for their own selfish interests. Anyone who falls into the hands of the Jinyiwei will end up in a miserable situation.

After a while, Song Zhenshan came out with the first confession. He handed it to Ye Xuan in two steps and said in a low voice, "Sir, this is Ma Wu's confession."

Ye Xuan snatched it and scanned it, his expression becoming even colder: "Zhou Pu's death is indeed related to these three guys!"

what?
The yamen runners under him were all furious. Could it be that they were really responsible for the death of the county magistrate?

Zhang Qingzhi hurriedly said, "Master, can you let us see the confession?"

Ye Xuan threw the confession to Zhang Qingzhi and said, "Since you want to see it, it's okay to take a look! Pass it on!"

After reading the confession, Zhang Qingzhi's eyes widened immediately, he was horrified and murmured: "This... this... how is it possible..."

Anyone who read Ma Wu's confession was outraged and shocked, because these three people were so rebellious that they dared to harm the county magistrate.

It turns out that there was indeed something fishy about Zhou Pu's death.

According to Ma Wu's confession, Zhou Pu was most likely killed by Deng Hu and Zhou Liu. A few days ago, he heard the quarrel between the county magistrate Zhou Pu and others in a corner room of the yamen.

He followed the voices and identified them as those of security guard Zhou Liu and captain of the police Deng Hu. He immediately went in to help and prevent the county magistrate from getting into trouble, but who knew that Zhou Pu had already fallen in a pool of blood.

Ma Wu was different from Zhou Liu and Deng Hu. He was powerless and had to agree to everything in order to stay alive. Deng Hu and Zhou Liu threatened him not to tell anyone about the incident. The three of them also conspired to send Zhou Pu's body to the grove, which led to the current murder case.

The world is bustling with people seeking profit!

Knowing the law and breaking it is the greatest crime and will not be tolerated by heaven and earth!

This is simply unreasonable!
Ye Xuan dropped the tea bowl and ran straight to the room where Deng Hu was being interrogated.

Song Zhenshan was very considerate and had already brought Zhou Liu and Ma Wu from another room. The two had been tortured beyond recognition. What surprised Ye Xuan was that these two could actually withstand the methods of the Jinyiwei.

What does this mean? These two people must be hiding a secret!

Ye Xuan realized that Ma Wu was most likely just a pusher, and Deng Hu and Zhou Liu were the masterminds.

Below, Deng Hu and Zhou Liu were trembling uncontrollably. It was the first time they witnessed the methods of the Jinyiwei and they were scared half to death.

Now Ye Xuan standing in front of them silently made them feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.

"Ma Wu has already confessed. If you want to continue to be stubborn, I can use all the Jinyiwei's criminal laws on him."

"But if you are willing to confess the truth, I will consider giving you a lighter sentence."

Hearing Ye Xuan say this, Zhou Liu and Deng Hu became flustered and quickly begged for mercy:

"Sir, we are willing to admit it. We are willing to admit it."

Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Speak!" "I was forced to do this!"

Zhou Liu cried out, "This is all Deng Hu's fault! He was the one who planned it from the beginning to the end. I didn't even want this!"

Zhou Liu slowly told the story. It turned out that before Zhou Pu took office as the magistrate of Qingquan County, Deng Hu had been doing illegal business with some ruffians in the county, selling contraband salt.

You should know that no matter which dynasty, smuggling salt is a taboo among taboos, but unable to resist the temptation of huge profits, there will always be people who take risks for smuggling salt.

Deng Hu bribed the county yamen runners from top to bottom, and many of them were involved, so the former Qingquan County magistrate could only turn a blind eye.

But Zhou Pu was different. He was an honest official. In order to avoid being discovered by Zhou Pu, Deng Hu had no choice but to smuggle salt at night.

Unfortunately, he was discovered by a citizen one night and Deng Hu had no choice but to kill the person to silence him. From then on, he went to the woods to dump the corpse every few days to scare the people of Qingquan County.

But it was of no use. Instead, Zhou Pu investigated more and more strictly and even started investigating the murderer in the grove. Deng Hu then became murderous and found Zhou Pu's confidant Zhou Liu.

I don’t know if Zhou Dao was really “forced” to do this, but he was definitely on board.

What happened next was what Ma Wu testified: Zhou Pu died, Ma Wu joined the gang, and the three of them fabricated the murder together.

"You really have a will to use human lives to cover up your own desires."

Ye Xuan didn't get angry but laughed instead. Deng Hu and the other two were so scared that they couldn't speak clearly.

Deng Hu gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, please spare my life. I am willing to give you all my property."

"Haha, I will go and get your property myself."

Ye Xuan said in a deep voice: "There is a saying that goes, 'The greed of the heart is like a snake swallowing an elephant. If you were not greedy for money, how could you step into the abyss step by step?"

Moreover, Deng Hu had never thought of stopping from the very beginning. Otherwise, after Zhou Pu took office as the county magistrate, Deng Hu could have stopped and lived a peaceful life from then on.

However, the final result was all caused by him, because of greed, he even committed murder.

"Sir... I know I was wrong, sir, I really know I was wrong!" Deng Hu begged bitterly.

"Stop talking nonsense. You are going to die anyway, so save your energy."

Ye Xuan shook his head, turned around and waved to Song Zhenshan: "Throw him to the county jail to await punishment, and take Zhou Liu away as well. As for this Saturday... humph!"

"My lord, my lord, please spare my life, my lord. I will never dare to do it again, never again..."

Ye Xuan didn't take it seriously. After all, in his eyes, these people were no different from dead people.

"Sir, I was really coerced by Deng Hu. Please believe me."

Zhou Liu knelt down and crawled to Ye Xuan's feet, kowtowed desperately, looking pitiful.

Ye Xuan rolled his eyes and said calmly: "To use a servant to harm his master is a great treason. Beat him up first and see if he still behaves!"

Song Zhenshan smiled and said that being a Jinyiwei meant practicing boxing and kicking.

Isn't it? Here comes the free sandbag.

bang bang bang...

A shrill scream echoed throughout the house, and then it fell silent.

(End of this chapter)