The palace, which used to be peaceful and calm in the past, has set off huge waves today.
The palace soldiers surrounded the palace, and no one was allowed to leave the palace without permission.
For a moment, everyone in the palace was in danger and panic.
Zhuo Teng was ordered by Yu Zheng to conduct overt and covert investigations in the mansion.
Mo Liang, Wu Qian and others were detained separately for interrogation, but they refused to let go of the matter of lending outside the government.
Jiang Shufang said that anyone who provides clues will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Anyone who provides useful evidence will be rewarded fifty silver coins.
As for those in charge, those who confess first will have their punishment reduced as appropriate.
The servants in the mansion have been oppressed by Mo Liang and others for many years, and they have long been resentful and dissatisfied. Coupled with the temptation of silver rewards, some people approached Zhuo Teng one after another.
Three days later, things progressed, and Zhuo Teng went to the main hospital to report to Jiang Shu.
"Princess, I found this out based on the clues provided by people in the palace. In addition, Manager Liu said he wanted to confess to the princess in person."
Chu Yu presented the thing to Jiang Shu, and Jiang Shu took it and opened it to take a look.
It is the record of Mo Liang and others embezzling the palace's money and evidence of falsifying accounts.
Jiang Shu took a few glances and put it down, got up and went to the front hall to meet with Manager Liu.
Manager Liu is an inconspicuous little manager who is in charge of the firewood in the house.
Compared to other stewards, his job is not very lucrative.
Not long after Jiang Shu sat down in the front hall, Manager Liu was brought up.
"I have seen the princess." Manager Liu, who was over fifty years old, knelt down in fear.
Jiang Shu looked at him and asked directly: "What do you know?"
Manager Liu was thin and looked anxious. He hesitated and said, "If I say so, will the princess really let the villain go?"
Jiang Shu said calmly: "Then it depends on whether the things you recruit are substantial enough, and what the crime you committed is."
Manager Liu hesitated after hearing this.
Now that things have happened, you still dare to take Joe with her?
Jiang Shu said in a cold voice: "If you don't want to recruit, then go back and continue to lock him up. This matter will eventually come to light one day."
After saying that, Jiang Shu stood up and wanted to leave.
Manager Liu was anxious and said hurriedly: "I'll recruit, I'll recruit..."
Jiang Shu was right, this matter will eventually come to light one day, there is no point in forcing it.
After thinking about it, Manager Liu said truthfully: "The issue of lending outside the government was not Mo Guanshi's intention at first, but Zhang Li's idea."
Zhang Li is the steward in charge of the back garden in the mansion.
"Zhang Zhang is a shrewd and tactful person, and he is very close to Guanshi Mo. About three years ago, Zhang Zhang drunkenly boasted that he had made a lot of money by lending money. He also suggested that we all join hands in lending money and make a fortune together."
"No one cared about it at first, but Zhang Li repeatedly encouraged him and used the money he earned from lending money to treat everyone to drinks several times. After Mo Guanshi, they started to fall in love."
"Lending requires capital. I was excluded because I had no money. They threatened me with errands and corruption, and I couldn't reveal anything."
Because he was not involved, Manager Liu only knew so much.
It was just cheating and sharing the stolen goods and embezzling a little money. The things Guanshi Liu committed were not serious. However, the truth is still unclear, so he must be detained temporarily until everything is found out before dealing with him.
After Yu Zheng came back from abroad, Jiang Shu told him about Manager Liu's confession.
"I think there's something wrong with this tension." Jiang Shu frowned.
Since lending is a way to make money, why should he share money with others? Unless, he has ulterior motives.
Moreover, this tension has no relatives, no background, how can a commoner get the capital and means to lend money?
"I'll go meet him." Yu Zheng looked solemn and murderous.
Yu Zheng is not as gentle as Jiang Shu when judging people. Jiang Shu was pregnant and it was not suitable to see blood, so he did not take Jiang Shu with him.
Zhufeng followed Yu Zheng to the darkroom and brought Zhang Li out.
The villain has met the prince. "Zhang Zhang is in his thirties and strong. He doesn't panic when he sees Yu Zheng and bows politely.
Yu Zheng stared at him and asked sternly: "Who are you from? What is the purpose of coming to the palace?"
Zhang Li was startled when he heard this, with a bit of confusion and panic in his eyes, but he quickly calmed down and pretended to be panicked: "I don't know what the prince is talking about?"
"I don't know? Humph!" Yu Zheng sneered and glanced at Zhufeng.
Zhufeng understood and ordered people to be executed.
The guards quickly brought the torture stool, took off Zhang Li's outer clothes, pushed him onto the stool, and executed the cane punishment.
"Your Highness...ah!" Zhang Zhang's expression changed drastically. He wanted to say something, but the punishment battle had already fallen.
After twenty canes, Zhang Zhang's face turned red and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
"Do you know now?" Yu Zheng asked with a solemn expression.
Zhang Li felt cold and painful, and his teeth chattered as he said, "The prince wants a villain...what can he do?"
With his dark eyes staring coldly at the tension that refused to let go, Yu Zheng said calmly: "Mo Liang, Wu Qian and others have all confessed to the matter of lending outside the house. They were under your instructions."
"This alone is enough to kill you. What's the point of hiding the rest?"
Zhang Zhang's mind was shaken after hearing this.
Did Mo Liang and the others confess?
Don’t they know that if they recruit these idiots, they will die?
Seeing Zhang Li not speaking, Yu Zheng lost his patience and waved to Zhufeng.
Zhufeng picked up a bowl of spicy oil, tore open the shirt on Zhang Li's back, and poured the spicy oil onto his bruised back.
"Ah!" A howl like a slaughtering pig rang out, and he hugged the torture bench tightly in pain, shaking like chaff.
The screams were transmitted to other dark rooms, and Mo Liang and others were frightened when they heard them.
"I ask you again, who do you belong to?" Yu Zheng asked Shen Shen.
Zhang Li knew that if he didn't name him today, Yu Zheng would not let him go.
But he said it, and Yu Zheng wouldn't let him go.
After weighing it up, Zhang Li gritted his teeth and said: "The villain Zhang Li... is the steward of the palace... the back garden."
"Have backbone and chase the wind." Yu Zheng's face was as cold as ice.
The harder Zhang Li speaks, the more powerful the person behind him is.
Zhufeng had someone carry a water tank, drag Zhang Zhang inside, fill it with cold water, and add ice.
Zhang Li was shivering violently, and his head was shaking uncontrollably.
After waiting for a moment, Yu Zheng stood up and walked to the water tank, giving an ultimatum: "You didn't mean that I would be able to find out sooner or later. But if you do, you will be less tortured, and I can also hand you back to the prison." Your master."
What he did with Zhang Li was not enough to shake the people behind him. Yu Zheng just wanted to find out to be on guard.
Zhang Zhang's frozen mind was extremely clear. At this moment, he only had one thought, he didn't want to freeze to death!
Yu Zheng always keeps his word, so Zhang Li decided to take a gamble.
"I said...I said..."
Within a quarter of an hour, Tension was almost frozen, his breath was weak, and his speech was intermittent.
After Yu Zheng heard the confession, he had Zhang Li dragged out of the water tank.
Zhang Zhang felt that the blood all over his body had coagulated, and his body was stiff and uncontrollable, lying on the ground like a dead fish.
Yu Zheng glanced at him and sat back in his chair.
Once the interrogation had begun, Yu Zheng simply stopped and interrogated Mo Liang, Wu Qian and others.
With Zhang Li's confession, Mo Liang and others have been proven guilty, and it is meaningless to talk harder.
"My lord, spare your life, I'll kill all the villains..." Mo Liang and Wu Qian gave up their resistance.
However, Yu Zheng was angry and didn't want to let them go so easily. He ordered people to beat them twenty times before listening to their confession.
