Cao Zhang waved his hand to signal the soldiers to put Shi A down.
At this time, Shi A clenched his teeth and clenched his fists. Due to excessive force, his lips had bled, and his nails were deeply embedded in his hands, digging out blood. Coupled with the blood dripping on his thighs, the whole person became even more weak and miserable.
Cao Zhang said to Man Chong: "Mr. Manfu, please arrange for someone to bandage his wound and ask a medical officer for diagnosis and treatment. The food and cell environment should also be improved to prevent his wound from getting infected."
Man Chong immediately lowered his head and agreed: "Yes!"
Cao Zhang glanced at Shi A for the last time and said with admiration: "It's a pity that I didn't know you earlier, otherwise I wouldn't have let you suffer like this!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the interrogation room.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Xiahou Ba anxiously stopped him: "Ziwen, are we leaving like this?"
"There is no result in further interrogation. Let me go back and think about it!" Cao Zhang responded to Xiahou Ba very calmly and waved them out.
Xia Houba had no choice but to follow Cao Zhang out of the interrogation room together with Xia Houchang and Xia Houru.
"Brother Ziwen, is it possible that what Shi A is telling the truth now is that Dong Cheng bribed him and used Brother Zihuan's correspondence with us to pass military information to Li Jue?"
Walking in the corridor of the school office, Xia Houru spoke first and asked Cao Zhang.
Xia Houshang also echoed: "Yes, after all, the torture just now is definitely unbearable for ordinary people. I think Shi'a may have really confessed!"
Cao Zhang looked at the two of them and wanted to explain, but finally held back.
After all, the relationship between Wang Yue and Shi A was his secret as a time traveler's prophet, and he could not explain it to the two of them.
Now Shi A insists on not confessing, and Cao Pi will fight to the end. It is no wonder that the kind-hearted Xiahou brothers were deceived by them.
"Ziwen, if the punishment just now is used on Zihuan, he will definitely not be able to bear it and he will definitely tell the truth." Xiahou Ba suggested to Cao Zhang.
After hearing Xia Houba's words, Cao Zhang's heart moved slightly. Shi A had the handle in Cao Pi's hands, but what about Cao Pi himself? He may not be able to withstand such torture.
"No!" Cao Zhang hadn't spoken yet, but Xia Houshang had already raised his objection, "Zihuan is Sikong's son after all. There is no evidence to prove that it was his envoy Shi A who passed on the military information. How could such a person be used so easily? Torture him?! If the truth is finally found out and he is really wronged, who can bear this responsibility?!"
"Yes, even if he really couldn't bear it and admitted that it was his fault, but when he saw Sikong, he would bite back and say that he was beaten into submission by us, so it would be difficult for the matter to end." Xia Houru also supported Xia Houshang's opinion. Opposed to torture Cao Zhang.
When they said this, Xiahou Ba was speechless. Although he was reluctant, he had to admit that what they said made sense. Cao Pi's special status did not allow him to be tortured easily.
"Ziwen, aren't you usually the most resourceful? You speak up!" Xiahouba turned to look at Cao Zhang helplessly and urged.
At this time, Cao Zhang was actually at a loss. He obviously didn't expect Shi A to be so stubborn. When he insisted on refusing to admit it, the matter completely reached a deadlock.
"How about we capture Dong Cheng and interrogate him. Now Shi A insists that it's him. If he really admits it, won't this matter come to light?" Xia Houru suggested to Cao Zhang.
Cao Zhang looked at Xia Houru and shook his head slightly: "No, without any evidence, how can we easily capture the king's father and bring him back for interrogation? It will cause chaos in the court."
Although Cao Zhang didn't have any good impression of Dong Cheng, and even felt a little disgusted with him, how could Cao Zhang unjustly accuse an innocent person when he knew that the matter had nothing to do with him?
What's more, Dong Cheng's identity is the head of the country after all. If he is arrested like this, but the trial fails to produce results, he will inevitably attract criticism from Xun Yu, Kong Rong and other important court officials who are loyal to the Han Dynasty. He has finally created a harmonious relationship with the Han Dynasty. The situation was completely broken. This was obviously not a situation Cao Zhang wanted to see.
As Cao Cao, he definitely didn't want the matter to come to this outcome. Otherwise, there would be no need to wait for him to come back for trial. Cao Cao would have arrested Dong Cheng himself, and now it is being handed over to him for trial. He must also hope to affect the smallest possible situation and find out the truth.
"It won't work this way, and that won't work either. Are we going to keep Zihuan and Shi'a locked up like this and consume them?" Xiahou Ba complained anxiously.
His words made Cao Zhang's heart move: Yes, no one asked him to find out the truth? Cao Cao did not give him any time to solve the case.
If the investigation is unclear, then the investigation will continue. If no results are found for a day, Cao Pi will always be suspected and cannot be released.
Although Cao Pi could not be killed, by keeping him locked up, he would not be able to frame himself, and would lose the opportunity to compete with him for the heir apparent. This was not a bad result.
Cao Zhang looked embarrassed and said to the three of them: "Of course I don't want to keep them locked up. But now that we can't find out clearly, we can't just let them go. After all, Zihuan is my brother. I I don’t have the heart to punish him, so I can only lock him up like this for the time being, and let me think about it again, and then continue the trial when I come up with a feasible solution.”
Xiahou Ba still wanted to argue, but Cao Zhang stepped forward and grabbed his arm: "Okay, I haven't rested since I returned to Xudu, and I'm already very tired. I'm thinking about Juan'er, so I'll go home with you first." She will discuss the trial later."
When Xiahou Ba heard Cao Zhang mention Xiahou Juan, he felt that he was indeed very tired and couldn't bear to talk anymore. He could only nod helplessly: "Okay, that's it for today. Boyan and Junlin, you guys should go back and rest first. .When Ziwen comes up with a solution, I will invite you to interrogate together."
Xia Houshang and Xia Houru nodded knowingly, said goodbye to them, and then left first.
Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba rode their horses slowly toward Xiahou's house outside the city.
"Ziwen, tell me, have you come up with a good idea?" Xiahouba asked Cao Zhang.
Cao Zhang responded helplessly: "I told you everything, let's talk about it later. Let me tell you, sometimes no result is the best result."
After Cao Zhang finished speaking, he stopped talking to Xiahou Ba and urged his horse to move forward quickly.
Xiahou Ba recalled Cao Zhang's words and whispered: "No result is the best result?"
He thought about it carefully, and suddenly he came to his senses, his face showed joy, and he shouted happily: "Ziwen, I understand what you mean, you are still the best. Just wait for me!"
Xiahou Ba urged his horse to chase Cao Zhang, and the two of them flew towards the Xiahou family outside Xudu City.
