Chapter 210 Do You Know About Trojan Horses?
Chapter 210 Do You Know About Trojan Horses?
When these words were spoken, not only did Wang Guangyang break out in a cold sweat, but even Hu Weiyong was frightened.

Because the tribute from Champa is now in the secret room of his house. If Wang Guangyang tells it out, wouldn't it be equivalent to revealing that he is also an accomplice?
Thinking of this, although Hu Weiyong lowered his head, his fingers kept tapping on the floor.

When Wang Guangyang saw this, he immediately understood.

In fact, even if Hu Weiyong did not give him any hints, Wang Guangyang would not dare to rashly confess Hu Weiyong.

Because he knew that he could not escape the blame now, if he did not give Hu Weiyong up, he still had a glimmer of hope of survival.

But if he confessed the secret, and there was no powerful figure like Hu Weiyong to deal with him, not only would he be killed, but his entire family would be executed.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang now asked him where the tribute was, and in the end the tribute would definitely be handed over obediently, and this matter would still be exposed.

Because the tribute that Wang Guangyang embezzled was transported from Hu Weiyong's home, even if Wang Guangyang was willing to take all the blame, I'm afraid no one would believe it.

Just when he was at a loss as to what to do, Hu Weiyong suddenly shouted, "Wang Guangyang, you are so confused! At this point, the only way to hope that His Majesty will spare your life is to obediently hand over the tribute!"

Wang Guangyang looked up at Hu Weiyong with a dazed expression.

However, the next second, he saw Hu Weiyong blinking at him, and he suddenly realized.

Before he came, he had already sent servants to inform Hu Weiyong of the possible leak of secrets caused by withholding the tribute. It must have been the old fox Hu Weiyong who made a prompt decision to transfer the tribute to his own home.

So, he nodded and confessed to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the tribute from Champa is now in my palace. I will go back and take it out and hand it over to the Ministry of Rites!"

"Wang Guangyang, do you think you still have a chance to go home now?" Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy, and there was a murderous tone in his voice.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!" Wang Guangyang's body suddenly went limp and he fell to the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "It's too late to regret! Ye Xuan, drag this traitor away and throw him into the prison!"

"Search his property and arrest all his family members!"

"Wei Chen accepts the order!"

Then Ye Xuan called two Jinwu guards to come in, and one of them lifted up Wang Guangyang on the left and one on the right and prepared to go out of the hall.

At this time, Wang Guangyang was completely frightened out of his wits. Countless civil and military officials in the court had been arrested and imprisoned in the Wei Prison, but how many of them were able to walk out alive?

"Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation, Your Majesty..."

As soon as he heard the word "Weiyu", Wang Guangyang's last bit of hope was shattered. He begged and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Hu Weiyong's stern shout.

"Wang Guangyang, you and I are colleagues. I would like to give you a piece of advice. If you tell the truth when you get to the prison, there is still a glimmer of hope that your family will not be harmed. I hope you will take care of yourself!"

This seemingly admonishing sentence would not attract much attention from others, but Wang Guangyang understood it as soon as he heard it.

This means that he has to take the blame himself. No matter whether his own life can be saved or not, Hu Weiyong will at least try his best to save the lives of his family members.

Thinking of the child that his concubine Chen had just given birth to, Wang Guangyang suddenly softened into a puddle of mud and allowed the Jinwu Guards to drag him out of the Wuying Palace.

Ye Xuan also left Wuying Palace and prepared to escort Wang Guangyang back to the Zhenfu Division.

However, in the Wuying Hall, the conversation between the emperor and his subjects continued.

Hu Weiyong knelt on the ground with no intention of getting up. He kowtowed three times to Zhu Yuanzhang and confessed: "I am guilty, Your Majesty, please punish me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "It was the traitor Wang Guangyang who embezzled the tribute. What crime have you committed, my dear minister?"

Hu Weiyong said with a look of deep sorrow: "I and Wang Guangyang are both the left and right prime ministers of the Secretariat. Wang Guangyang did such a treasonous thing, and I am guilty of failing to supervise him!"

"You can't judge a person by his face. Even I didn't realize the true face of the traitor Wang Guangyang. It's human nature that you don't know about this. What crime have you committed?" Although Zhu Yuanzhang had already become a little suspicious of Hu Weiyong, after all, he came right after Wang Guangyang was arrested. It was really too much of a coincidence.

But as long as there is no concrete evidence, Hu Weiyong will still be Zhu Yuanzhang's left prime minister and the head of all officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang still treated Hu Weiyong with a normal attitude.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty!"

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Until he was thrown into the dark and damp cell, Wang Guangyang was like a ball of mud.

It's like knowing that you are going to die and have completely lost the desire to live.

Along the way, no matter how Ye Xuan tried to hint at it, Wang Guangyang just looked as pale as death and said nothing.

After asking a few questions and not getting any answers, Ye Xuan simply stopped asking.

Anyway, when we get to the Jinyiwei prison, we will use all kinds of torture instruments on him, so we are not afraid that he will not speak.

However, what was a little beyond Ye Xuan's expectations was that Wang Feihu and Song Zhenshan interrogated him for two hours. Seeing that Wang Guangyang was breathing more than breathing in, he still gritted his teeth and insisted that he was the only one who did it and it had nothing to do with others.

When Ye Xuan learned about this, he couldn't help but applaud Wang Guangyang for his toughness.

"clap clap"

Ye Xuan clapped his hands as he walked into the dark cell.

"I never thought that Prime Minister Wang, a mere civil official, could be tougher than many military commanders!"

Wang Guangyang struggled to raise his swollen, inhuman face, and spat out a mouthful of blood foam, saying weakly, "I did this alone. What else do you want me to say?"

"Of course, tell us about your accomplices!" Ye Xuan said with a smile.

"No!" Wang Guangyang uttered two words and his head drooped weakly.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," Ye Xuan looked at Wang Feihu and Song Zhenshan and praised them in a fake manner: "Did you see that? What is a man of iron will? Wang Xiang is a man of iron will!"

Wang Feihu and Song Zhenshan understood and joined in the conversation with laughter.

"This is the first time I've seen such a hard bone!"

"Captain Ye, what do you think we should do with Prime Minister Wang?"

Ye Xuan pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a while, then said maliciously: "Have you heard of riding a wooden horse?"

"Trojan horse what Trojan horse?"

Song Zhenshan said jokingly, "Could it be the torture device used by Yingtian Prefecture to punish adulterous women?"

Wang Feihu also suddenly realized and asked in confusion: "But isn't that used to punish adulterous women? Can it be used on Lord Wang?"

"Why not? Everything depends on human effort!"

Ye Xuan walked up to Wang Guangyang and said, "Master Wang, have you ever been a local official before? Have you ever heard of the wooden horse as a torture device?"

"It's a wooden sculpture of a horse. There's an extremely thick wooden stick with barbs on its back. It rotates up and down as the four wheels on the horse's hooves turn. It's really interesting!"

(End of this chapter)