Once you enter the imperial prison, it can be said that the sky is not responding to the orders of the day, and the earth and the earth are not working. Your fate is completely in the hands of others. Physical evidence is not important, and personal evidence is not important. You have to say whatever the factory guards ask you to say. Whatever crime the factory guards say you have committed, that is what you have committed. [No pop-up novel website] Otherwise, even an iron man will not be able to hold on when the flowing torture instrument comes down.
Obviously, there were not many iron men in the palace of Prince Gong'an. After being escorted back to the capital, the interrogation lasted only two or three days. In addition to Prince Gong'an himself, Zhao Junchen's various orders for Prince Gong'an were not included in the palace. All crimes, those that should be admitted and those that should not be admitted, were all confessed.
Therefore, with "conclusive evidence" and "all the facts", the case of He Ming's murder was finally closed after more than half a month.
Then, under the decree of Emperor Deqing, all the people in the palace of Gong'an were killed, imprisoned, and exiled. Even King Gong'an himself was deprived of the title of throne and demoted to a commoner. , was imprisoned in the Zongfu Prison in Fengyang, the central capital, and was imprisoned forever without being pardoned.
In this way, the line of King Gong'an in Hezhong, which had been prosperous for a while, was cut off.
Zhao Junchen, on the other hand, was highly praised by Emperor Deqing for his "meritorious service in solving the case" and was awarded numerous gold, silver and jewels.
After this incident, Zhao Junchen's West Factory finally gained a firm foothold, and its popularity was unprecedented!
But for Zhao Junchen, the harvest this time is far more than that.
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The Longxiang Guards, the Forbidden Army in Beijing, are one of the twenty-six guards. They are the attendants of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Their number is about 30,000. Although their power is far less than that of the most famous Jin Yiwei among the twenty-six guards. , but his status in the Ming Dynasty's military was also very important.
The current commander of the Longxiang Guard is named Guan Wuyuan, and he claims to be a descendant of Emperor Wu Guan Yu. Although he only calls himself a self-proclaimed person, anyone would believe him based on his appearance. He has a pair of silkworm eyebrows, a beautiful beard, and is seven feet tall. He looks dignified and majestic.
Guan Wuyuan not only looks very much like the legendary Guan Yu, but also imitates the legendary second brother Guan in his temper and temperament. Not only is he very arrogant and arrogant, his eyes are always narrowed and only widen when he is angry. From time to time, his hands will stroke his two-foot beard. Even his favorite book is "Spring and Autumn" 》.
But ever since King Gong'an was escorted back to the capital for interrogation without warning, Lord Guan Wu Yuanguan's temperament has changed drastically. He no longer has the slightest bearing of Emperor Wu, let alone the cold and arrogant face that remained unchanged even before the collapse of Mount Tai. He was like an ant on a hot pot. He was restless and sweating all the time. In his anxiety, even his beautiful beard, which he cherished so much, had a lot of beards pulled out.
On this day, in the Longxiang Guard Yamen, Guan Wuyuan was still restless, walking around anxiously in his office room, with an anxious expression and distorted face. From time to time, his body suddenly paused and then trembled, as if he had been disturbed by something imaginary. Something scared me.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, which startled Guan Wuyuan again.
Then, the sound coming from outside the room finally made Guan Wuyuan relax a lot.
"Sir, it's me, Guan Er."
Guan Wuyuan took two quick steps, walked to the door of the room, opened it, and took a closer look. The person outside the door was indeed his confidant Chang Sui Guan Er.
"come on in."
After urging Guan Er to enter the room, Guan Wuyuan hurriedly closed the door, then turned around, grabbed Guan Er's shoulders, and asked in a low voice and hastily: "Guan Er, do you have any information I asked you to find out? Result?"
Guan Er nodded repeatedly and said: "My lord, we have found out all the information. The case of Prince Gong'an has been closed. Under His Majesty's decree, no one in Prince Gong'an's palace has been harmed. He was imprisoned and killed. He was demoted even more, and many people were exiled, and King Gong'an himself was deprived of his throne title and sent to Fengyang Zongfu Prison for detention."
However, Guan Wuyuan was not concerned about these news, but asked anxiously: "Is that all?"
Guan Er thought for a while and then added: "By the way, I heard that many court officials who have secret connections with King Gong'an have been found. His Majesty is extremely angry about this. Now everyone in Xichang is arresting people everywhere."
Guan Wuyuan's body was shaken, and his face, which was originally as red as a jujube, turned pale at this time. He stuttered and said: "You, you mean, you also found out that the DPRK Central University had secret contacts with King Gong'an. Members? Now the West Factory is arresting people everywhere?"
Seeing Guan Er nodding again, Guan Wuyuan's body was shocked again, his face became paler, and then he turned around without hesitation and was about to leave.
In fact, since King Gong'an was captured and returned to the capital, Guan Wuyuan had prepared for the worst. He had packed up everything at home and could escape at any time.
Because Guan Wuyuan was one of the high officials in the court who had secret contacts with King Gong'an. Few people knew that Guan Wuyuan was originally a guard who was born in the palace of Gong'an. Over the years, he had been constantly exchanging letters with King Gong'an, secretly. Did a lot of things.
Although Guan Wuyuan also knew that he had little hope of successfully escaping, it was better than sitting still and waiting for death. Although he claimed to be a descendant of Emperor Wu Guan Yu, he did not have Guan Yu's iron bones. When he thought of the horror of the imperial edict, Guan Wuyuan shivered all over.
Seeing Guan Wuyuan walking quickly towards the outside of the room, Guan Er didn't know what was going on, but he quickly followed him and said as he followed: "However, after all, that Prince Gong'an is just an idle prince, and the officials in the court and central government who have secret contacts with him are not There seem to be only eleven people, and among them, except for Wang Zuoren, the envoy of Shaanxi Zuochengxuan, and Li Chundao, the governor of Hexi, there are no heavyweights, most of them are small fish and shrimps."
Hearing what Guan Er said, Guan Wuyuan's running steps suddenly stopped, then he slowly turned around and asked in an incredible trembling voice: "What did you say? Apart from those two people, there are no other people with higher positions. Are you a court official?"
Seeing Guan Wuyuan like this, Guan Er felt a little unconfident. After thinking about it for a moment, he saw that Guan Wuyuan's face gradually became anxious. He nodded quickly and said: "My lord, it's absolutely true. Now the notices have been posted. Those with higher rankings are... Just these two people.”
After Guan Wuyuan was stunned for a moment, he showed an incredible look.
Is it possible that King Gong'an didn't confess himself?
However, no matter what, Guan Wuyuan finally calmed down a bit and calmed down a lot. He waved to Guan Er and said, "Guan Er, please go out first. I want to think about something."
After Guan Er left the room, Guan Wuyuan sat in his seat, frowning and thinking hard.
What's going on? Why didn't King Gong'an implicate himself?
However, not long after, just when Guan Wuyuan was puzzled, there was another knock on the door, and then Guan Er said: "Sir, someone claims to be Mr. Zhao Junchen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Superintendent of the West Factory. I am accompanied by you and come to see your lord."
Guan Wuyuan frowned, wondering why someone from Zhao Junchen came to see him. Now he is confused, but he doesn't want to see anyone.
However, considering that Zhao Junchen was now very powerful, but not easy to offend, he still raised his voice and said: "Let him come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Wuyuan suddenly remembered something, his body was shaken again, he stood up hurriedly, and said in a loud voice: "Wait a minute, I will go to meet him personally."
As he spoke, Guan Wuyuan hurriedly opened the door and went out to greet him.
On the other side, Guan Er was even more confused when he saw Guan Wuyuan's performance.
Guan Wuyuan had always imitated Guan Yu's character and was extremely aloof and arrogant to the outside world. How could he personally greet a mere follower today?
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ps: First update.
