I heard Master Di warn me: "Don't mention this matter to anyone again."
Gong Yangbin immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
Of course he knew that this was a big deal that would make him lose his head. If it weren't for the fact that he was going to jail, he wouldn't have said a word even if he was beaten to death.
He covered his mouth tightly and went down.
Di Yingze announced his resignation, and then ordered Xie Jing and Zhou Lin, who heard Gong Yangbin's words at the same time, to immediately go check the person.
The rest of the guards stood far away and did not hear.
Zhou Lin didn't move, so Xie Jing went by himself.
Di Ying took Zhou Lin around the city.
When it was getting dark, he went directly to Gongyang's house and knocked on Gongyang Zhishang's door.
This shocked Gongyang Zhishang, who was furious because his son had been arrested.
Because Gongyang Bin was arrested and sentenced suddenly, when Gongyang Zhishang got the news, he no longer even had the right to visit the prison.
He kept thinking about who he could find to rescue his son.
Suddenly hearing that the person coming was Mr. Di, Gongyang Zhishang was shocked and blurted out.
"I just thought of bribing Mr. Sinong, you already knew that?"
Di Ying: "...bribing court officials, how many brains do you have?"
Gongyang Zhishang was immediately frightened and fell to his knees.
He kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy: "I just think about it, I just think about it. I don't dare..."
"Okay, then you can make atonement for your sins."
After Di Ying finished speaking, he didn't waste any words, and walked directly around the people and walked into the house.
Seeing that there was no one else in the room, he signaled Zhou Lin to close the door.
This posture, this tone, this battle...
Even though Gongyang Zhishang was the richest man in Luozhou, and even though he had bribed some court officials, he didn't feel lucky at all when he was facing Mr. Di.
I feel like Master Di knows all the bad things I have done.
With a mournful face, he knelt down and turned around, wanting to confess everything and ask for leniency.
But just after he said: "I have missed paying taxes over the years...", Master Di interrupted him and said: "Tell me about Zang Zhongsheng you have met."
Gongyang Zhishang: "..."
After being stunned for a moment, he immediately shook his head and denied: "No, no, no, I don't know what you are talking about, Mr. Di..."
Suddenly, Master Di's face turned cold. It was so cold that Gongyang Zhishang shivered. He immediately shook his head instead of nodding. He nodded vigorously and said, "I've seen it before, I've seen it before."
Then he continued talking.
"I know my mistake. I should not have tried to spend one million taels of silver to buy an official position. But it was precisely because of this that I was lucky enough to meet Zang Zhongsheng.
He also invited Xiaomin to drink tea for a while.
Half a year ago, on July 15th last year, I went to the farmland at the foot of Xifeng Mountain to collect the first harvest of grain. When I came out, I saw a group of people coming from the mountain road behind the village. , went up to Xifeng Mountain.
There is only one other courtyard on that mountain, which belongs to the former Luozhou garrison commander, Chen Boyu's family.
It's just that Chen Boyu was sued by the magistrate of Shehong County three years ago and was imprisoned.
After that, the villa fell into disuse.
When Xiaomin saw that the pedestrian seemed to be heading for the other courtyard, he felt very strange, so he followed him quietly.
The group of people arrived at the gate of the other courtyard but did not go in.
The first one among them turned around and said something to the people behind him.
Xiaomin immediately recognized that the man was Zang Zhongsheng.
It's just that he's not as fat or as imposing as before, and he doesn't look like him anymore.
But Xiao Min always, always remembers the tumor next to his nose.
Because Xiaomin has a little quirk...
When I sent Yinzi there, my fingers felt extremely itchy when I saw his tumor, and I always wanted to go up and pick it out for him...
Now the sarcoma has grown bigger, as big as a little fingernail, and looking at it makes me want to pick it out even more...
At least he held it back, and was so frightened that he quietly slipped away.
That was Zang Zhongsheng, the man whose head was reportedly beheaded.
When Xiaomin sneaked to the foot of the mountain and slipped home, he was still looking at the sun above his head, wondering if something evil had happened in the broad daylight, and he went to the temple many times because of this.
Sir, you, you suddenly came to ask him, could it be that..."
"Stop guessing."
Di Ying interrupted Gongyang Zhishang's words and said again: "You have only seven days to make up all the tax money you owe over the years, including fine money.
Also, clearly write down all the bad things you have done, the names and numbers of the officials you have bribed, and the times, and submit them to the official.
If there is any untruth or deception, your entire clan may be at risk. "
After that, he and Zhou Lin left.
Only Gongyang Zhishang was left shivering and looking for the account books in a panic.
"Sir, do you think Gongyang Zhishang's words are credible?"
On the way back to the office, Zhou Lin asked softly.
"Believable."
Di Ying answered simply.
He spoke so loudly that he was absolutely certain that the person was Zang Zhongsheng. Nothing was unbelievable.
What about Zang Zhongshengren?
If you can't find someone, it's useless no matter how trustworthy you are.
Half a year has passed since the incident, and Zang Zhongsheng still doesn’t know where he is hiding.
As soon as Di Ying thought of this, he was stabbed in the lung by Zhou Lin.
"Is he the person protected by His Majesty?"
Di Ying: "..."
He wanted to say that he didn’t know, so he shouldn’t lie until he found out.
Listening to Zhou Lin's question and answer, "It must be so. Otherwise, with such a big case and so many people watching, if His Majesty hadn't meddleed in it, no one would have dared to transfer Zang Zhongsheng to the case."
Di Ying: "...you are cuter when you are still two words and two words."
Zhou Lin: "...I don't believe you didn't guess it, sir."
Di Ying grinds his teeth.
"I guess it's useless! It's such a big country and such a long time. If he wants to go anywhere, where should I find someone?
I haven't even found that Yan Zhiwei yet.
Wei Pu, who escaped back then, was still killed by your teacher, or not, by Wei Zhi inadvertently.
What's my use? !
Your Majesty wants to protect Zang Zhongsheng, what can I do? "
While he was talking angrily, something suddenly occurred to him. He suddenly stopped and said with a frown on his face: "Chen Boyu? You go and find out his case, and I'll go to the prison to see him."
Chen Boyu, a great poet, a literary giant of his generation and one of the leading figures of poetic style in the early Tang Dynasty, had an open-minded, generous and forthright temperament.
Three years ago, his father died of illness after retiring and returned to his hometown. Chen Boyu resigned from office to serve as a filial piety.
During his period of mourning, he was suddenly sued by Wang Liangji, the magistrate of Shehong County, for drinking alcohol, sleeping with prostitutes, and killing someone while drunk, and was imprisoned on death row.
It's just that he has never been questioned.
Di Ying guessed that the case was probably famous and Lu Kairui suppressed it and did not report it to the higher authorities.
but……
Could Chen Boyu be the one who secretly hid Zang Zhongsheng?
