A dim oil lamp on the cell wall illuminated the unkempt Lu Ying.
He had been imprisoned for four days, and three groups of people took turns interrogating him every day. He was not allowed to sleep or fed, and cold water was enough, but unfortunately they were all poured on his face.
Lu Ying lowered his head and looked at the prison uniform he was wearing. The extremely dirty burlap cloth might have been ripped off from a death row prisoner.
Zata's footsteps approached, and the interrogation was about to begin again.
Lu Ying closed his red eyes, he really wanted to have a good sleep.
"Sir, I've said everything I need to say," Lu Yingqiang braced himself and begged, "Can't you make up for all the money you owed before?"
At this point, all we can do is lose money and avoid disaster.
"You're not busy, there's time to settle the accounts!" His interrogator chuckled, "Now someone is accusing you of lying and defrauding people, buying and selling murders, can you plead guilty?"
Lu Ying was originally kneeling there, but these words struck him like lightning, causing him to stand up and argue hurriedly: "Sir, where do you start talking about this? Someone must be taking advantage of the situation and falsely accusing the villain!"
"The victim is called Luo Dongqing. She submitted a petition saying that fifteen years ago, you caused her husband to go to jail and her brother to die tragically. Now she wants the government to make the decision for her and re-investigate the case."
"Luo...Dong...Qing..." Lu Ying murmured. After so many years, this name sounded so strange now.
But he still remembered that she was Huangfu Ge's wife.
The woman who once made his heart fall in love at first sight in Ruzhou.
She...is still alive?
"She made a false accusation!" Lu Ying came back to her senses and became furious. The veins on her neck were winding and noisy, like vines about to burst out of the ground.
"The jury will judge whether it is right or wrong. Why are you so busy calling me "Qu"?" The judge glared at him.
Lu Ying immediately softened. In the past few days in prison, he had really seen the majesty of the jailer.
Although he was not exactly pampered and always rushed for business, he had never experienced such hardship since he was born.
"Today is just a routine interrogation. Say whatever you are asked and don't hide it. You should learn to behave in the past few days since you have been here.
What's more, you are also a smart person. The overall situation has been decided, so you should spare yourself the pain of flesh and blood! "
Lu Ying listened. On the surface, he was obedient, but in his heart, he didn't agree.
He felt that this was all to scare him. The overall situation had been decided. He did not believe that the serious cases of the past ten years could be overturned.
This case involves many things, not just about yourself.
As the saying goes, officials protect each other. Although Bao Shanhai, who was in charge of the trial at that time, has retired from office, he is not the only one handling the case.
There are many people who are in office now. I don’t believe that silly woman has such power to pull these people down.
Thinking of this, Lu Ying became even more confident.
After some interrogation, the men picked up the files and left. This time, they did not use any punishment on him.
Lu Ying fell on the haystack with soreness all over her body. In a daze, she heard someone say in her ear: "It's time to pay it off! It's time to pay it off!"
Lu Ying took a look and saw that he was still the man in the blue robe, covering his heart and covered in blood.
He was startled and woke up, only to realize that he had just been in a dream.
"Lu Ying! My family is visiting the prison!" the jailer yelled, "Tell me what's important, don't delay!"
Lu Ying got up and saw the housekeeper coming over with a food box through the cell door.
"Master!" the housekeeper called, and came closer and said, "It's only been a few days..."
"Have you brought food?" Lu Ying asked in a low voice.
"It was turned upside down," the steward said. "Fortunately, he was brought in in the end."
Lu Ying impatiently lifted the lid, grabbed the contents with his hands, and stuffed them into his mouth haphazardly.
"Master, please slow down, don't choke." The housekeeper looked at Lu Ying worriedly.
Lu Ying asked vaguely while eating: "How is the preparation going? I'm afraid I have to spend a lot of money to go out this time."
"Sir, my wife personally took the money, but no one dared to accept it." The housekeeper lamented, "I have been to many houses, but all of them have been rejected."
"How could this happen?" Lu Ying held a mouthful of rice in her mouth, looking extremely embarrassed, "We usually have a lot of places to offer sacrifices!"
"Master Zong has said that it's not that he doesn't miss the old friendship, it's that the Ministry of Revenue is determined to liquidate this time." The housekeeper told the inside story, "Didn't they dismiss a group of people a few days ago?
Take the opportunity to dig out some bad debts and blame them directly on those people. In order to avoid making trouble again in the future, it will be difficult to find a scapegoat.
If we were ordinary people, we could still give it a try. But now we are fighting a lawsuit against the government. As the old saying goes, the people do not fight against the government. What's more, they are six! "
"It's just a matter of making up for the money," Lu Ying said helplessly, "At most, I'll be fined a little more, and I'll just think that I spent the first half of my life in vain.
But now there is still a human life lawsuit, and we have to find a way to settle it. "
After that, he talked about Luo Dongqing.
After hearing this, the housekeeper lowered his head: "The official has gone to the house to ask questions. I'm afraid this matter will be difficult..."
"Why is this so difficult?! Why can't you do anything now?!" Lu Ying was completely angry.
"Master, it's not that we don't do our best. In fact, the person named Luo has quite a lot of background." The steward said with a grimace, "Why didn't we take care of the people from the Criminal Department? Today we just gave five hundred taels to each of the businessmen who went to ask questions. Only after receiving the banknote did I find out the truth.
It was said that this woman named Luo had delivered the emperor's eldest grandson, and she had even met the emperor.
Therefore, this status is inseparable from the imperial status. Therefore, who dares to speak for you again? "
"They only care about themselves and don't care about my life or death?!" Lu Ying's eyes were red, and the chewed food in her mouth was sprayed everywhere, "If this is the case, I will have to pull a few people to support me even if I die!" !”
"Master, please don't be impulsive. You have to think about your family." The housekeeper quickly dissuaded her, "There are also madam, young master and ladies! Mr. Song said that as long as he is here, he will take care of you."
Lu Ying froze on the spot, as if he had been hit by a sap, unable to recover.
"How could this happen? Why did everything turn upside down all of a sudden?" He murmured to himself like a madman, "Who am I? I am the largest drug dealer in Beijing!
Who doesn’t know me, Uncle Lu? Regardless of whether he is an official or a businessman, who doesn’t give me a smile when he sees me?
My family has so much money that it can pile up into a mountain. Isn’t it enough to buy my life? "
"Master, master, you must be overthinking it. Isn't it the end yet? There may be a chance of improvement." The butler couldn't bear it after all.
"The time has come, get out quickly!" the jailer yelled in a rough voice, "Go quickly, go quickly, don't wait!"
"Master, the young one will go out first and come back to see you in two days. You can save the food for cooking. I see you are getting hungry and thin." The housekeeper said while wiping tears and went out.
Lu Ying was still standing there like a clay sculpture, mumbling to herself.
