Han Du looked on coldly at Li Ang's regret and lamentation.
After a moment, Li Ang turned back to Han Du and said, "What does the Marquis want to know?"
Han Du looked at him with flat eyes and said softly: "Everything you and Pan Fu did, who else is colluding with Pan Fu, and who is involved in the entire Liyang County. You tell everything one by one Write it clearly for me."
After finishing speaking, Han Du gestured to a soldier beside him.
The soldier quickly took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and came forward, asking Li Ang to write down the confession.
After listening to Han Du's words, Li Ang's eyes were filled with incredible shock, but then his whole body relaxed. He is already going to die, so why are he worried about this? However, he still had to sigh: "May I ask how long it has been since Mr. Hou came to Liyang?"
Han Du was a little confused as to why Li Ang asked this, but he still told him the truth, "I came the day before yesterday."
"The day before yesterday..." Li Ang sighed, containing countless complicated emotions, "In just two days, the Marquis has found out everything about Liyang, and he is indeed worthy of his reputation. I'm afraid those people are laughing at it now. Do you think the Marquis still doesn’t know about their business?”
At this time, Li Ang realized why Han Du showed no concern whether he confessed or not. I'm afraid Han Du has already obtained ironclad evidence of those people, and it doesn't matter whether he recruits them or not.
What Li Ang couldn't bear the most was that this was not important. In his opinion, no matter who tried the case, they would need to get a confession from him, so he was still valuable.
But here in Handu, he became worthless. It can be heard from Han Du's words that he must have obtained the criminal evidence of Pan Fu and others through some unknown means. Whether he confessed or not has become insignificant.
This is how people are. When they think they are noble, they have to bargain hard no matter what they do. Even if Li Ang becomes a prisoner and only death is waiting for him, this will still be the case.
But once such a person knows that what he thinks is worthless, he will start to break the jar hysterically.
"The Marquis is right. Why should I bear the responsibility for what we all committed together? If we all walk together, we will not be lonely on the road to hell." After saying that, Li Ang lowered his head, picked up his pen, and began to write furiously.
...
Han Du stayed up all night and got Li Ang's confession overnight. Compared with the evidence collected by Jiang Shi, Li Ang's confession was more detailed. After all, Jiang Shi was only a district chief. He didn't know many things in Liyang County and had no chance to come into contact with them.
But Li Ang is the magistrate of Liyang County. As long as he is not stupid, nothing in the county can be hidden from his eyes.
But Li Ang's confession was also more shocking. Jiang Shi only wrote about things like the destruction of his family and his corpse sinking into the river. However, in Lyon's confession, it was written clearly who took the lead in exterminating whose family and sinking them into the river.
Han Du watched and remained silent all night. Every word written in black and white carries the strongest smell of blood and the deepest suffering of the people of Liyang.
"These bastards really don't regard the common people as human beings~" The sky brightened, and the increasing light brought Han Du back to his senses and sighed deeply.
According to Li Ang's confession, the biggest culprit in Liyang County is not Pan Fu, but the big tycoon Jiang Yiru who harbors Pan Fu and the thirteen largest landowning gentry households in Liyang County.
These people colluded with Pan Fu and committed mischief in Liyang County. Pan Fu drove the people into bankruptcy and had to sell their land. These landlords and gentry took the opportunity to purchase people's land at extremely low prices. The two parties cooperated seamlessly, driving the people of Liyang to death.
At this moment, the county magistrate came to the county government office with a large group of government officials and jailers, and rushed inside without saying a word.
Since the county magistrate was the highest ranking official after giving orders, the people from the yamen did not stop him.
When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard where Han Du lived, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate.
"I want to see the imperial envoy, so get out of here!" He said and rushed into the yard.
And these soldiers will only obey Han Du's orders. For them, let alone a small county magistrate, even the county magistrate is not taken seriously by them, so naturally they will not let him rush in like this.
Just when the two sides were arguing, Li Jizu came out and shouted loudly: "Why are you making such a fuss? You have disturbed your lord, can you bear the consequences?"
When the county magistrate saw Li Jizu approaching, he angrily suppressed his plan to rush in for the time being. He said with a gloomy face: "I want to see Mr. Kipchak, please get them out of the way."
Li Jizu sneered when he heard this, "You can see the Imperial Envoy whenever you want? Just wait here and we will go and pass the message for you. As for whether the Imperial Envoy can see you or not, it depends on your luck."
As he spoke, he glanced at the county magistrate, turned around and walked inside.
The county magistrate was so full of anger that he couldn't let it out rashly, so he could only hold everything in his hands bitterly, tightening the skin of his knuckles until they were about to burst.
Li Jizu went in and came to Han Du's door, stretched out his hand and knocked three times "dong dong dong".
"Come in." Han Du's voice came from the room.
Li Jizu opened the door with a creak and went in. He bowed and said, "Master Hou."
"What's going on ahead?" Han Du raised his head and looked at him.
Li Jizu replied in an unhurried manner: "The county magistrate brought people here to ask for an audience with the Marquis."
Carefully, he raised his head and glanced at Han Du's face before saying, "He looked like he was raising an army to accuse him."
"Ha~" Han Du smiled immediately after hearing this, but the smile was full of coldness, "Invoke an army to question him? Well, I also have a crime to question him. Since he is here, let's go and meet him. "
Han Du walked out of the room first, and Li Jizu followed behind with a slight bow.
Now he was waiting anxiously at the entrance of the courtyard. He suddenly looked up and saw Han Du walking towards him. He pointed at him and shouted loudly: "Master Imperial Envoy, why do you want to kill the prison leader without being innocent? Aren't you afraid that I will interfere with you if you care so little about human life?" Ben?"
Han Du walked and said with a smile: "I want to interrogate Li Ang, and he, a small cell leader, dares to interfere. How can I not kill him?"
"You!" The county magistrate said angrily and without hesitation: "Even if he is guilty, it will only take a subordinate officer to personally interrogate him before he can be convicted. Why do you kill him?"
"Why?" Han Du chuckled, his face suddenly turned cold, he stared into the eyes of the county magistrate and said sternly: "Just because I am an imperial envoy, with the emperor's orders, and the right to kill first and then report, is that enough? Who do you think you are? , are you qualified to question this imperial envoy?"
The county magistrate was intimidated by Han Du's cold eyes, but he became calmer. In terms of rank, he was only an eighth-rank county magistrate, and the gap between him and a fifth-rank minister like Han Du was insignificant. In terms of status, Han Du was an imperial envoy sent by the emperor by name, and he was just a small county magistrate.
If it weren't for the fact that he was used to being domineering in Liyang County and temporarily forgot about the huge difference in status between him and Han Du, he would never have done such a reckless thing just now.
The magistrate's aura weakened due to being forced, but when he came to his senses, he immediately plucked up the courage and looked at Han Du with a very unconvinced look. In his opinion, so what if Han Du is an imperial envoy? He is not alone, there are powerful people in Liyang County behind him.
If the strong dragon doesn't suppress the local snake, he doesn't believe that Han Du can do anything to him.
Han Du really won't do anything to him for the time being, but that's just because he wants to catch Pan Fu first. As long as Pan Fu is caught, none of these can escape.
"Come here." Han Du shouted.
"Please give me your instructions." Li Jizu immediately stood up and bowed.
"I want to go to court and arrest the main culprit in this case." Han Du shouted in a deep voice.
After the county magistrate heard this, a bad sign emerged in his heart. He couldn't help but objected: "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, Li Ang, the main culprit in this case, has been arrested and is now being guarded by you in the prison. Is there any other main culprit that you need to catch?"
Han Du took a step further, threatened the county magistrate with wide eyes, and said: "Are you the imperial envoy or am I the imperial envoy? Who is the main culprit? Do you have the final say, or do I have the final say?"
After giving the county magistrate a cold look, Han Du raised his back and said angrily, "Shengtang!"
After that, he ignored the county magistrate and walked towards the court.
Li Jizu quickly led people to follow him.
Han Du came to the high-hanging plaque in the court hall, and Li Jizu quickly went up and swept the dust off the chair with his sleeves.
Handu sat down calmly, looked at the empty courtroom, grabbed the gavel and slapped it suddenly.
"Snapped!"
The government officials hiding in the side rooms on both sides of the courtroom each held a mighty stick and looked at their heads without saying a word. And this man was looking at the county magistrate eagerly, hoping that he could give him an idea.
Of course, the county magistrate hopes that these government servants will not go out and make the imperial envoy's ascension to court a joke. But he refused to say this himself, because he was also afraid that this person would immediately come to settle the score with him. Although the imperial envoy just killed a low-ranking prison boss, who can guarantee that the other party will not dare to kill him?
They also want these government servants to confront the imperial ministers, but they are unwilling to take the blame. This is the mentality of the county magistrate now.
The yamen servants were not stupid either. Seeing that the county magistrate deliberately did not speak, they hesitated again and again, and finally, at the signal from the head, they trotted out one by one and stood on the stage.
"Wei~wu~" A group of government officials chanted in low voices.
"Bang bang bang" was accompanied by the sound of a mighty stick hitting the ground.
Han Du smiled and glanced at the government officials, thinking that they would not come out if they were going to confront him. It seems that there are still people who understand.
Han Du didn't care about these people at all. Whether they stood up or not would not affect his plan.
When the county magistrate saw this, although his face was as black as the bottom of a pot and his eyes were full of dissatisfaction with the government officials, he still stood up and walked to sit down behind the short table under Han Du. This is his exclusive position as the county magistrate every time he ascends to the throne.
