The cell door was wide open, and Cui Rang strode straight to Chen Changan's prison, followed by a nodding and bowing cell leader, several jailers, a clerk from the inspection department, and several soldiers with swords hanging from their waists.
Opening the prison door, a group of people poured in. Cui Rang said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, I haven't seen you for a few days. How are you?"
Chen Changan stood up a little nervously and stammered: "Master Cui, thank you for your concern. I'm fine, but I'm not used to living here. Has my matter been cleared up? I can go now. ?"
"You can't leave. If you want to get out of here, they will have to carry you out."
Chen Changan's face turned pale. He understood what Cui Rang said. Only the dead would be carried out by the jailers.
"Why...why? What crime did I commit? I was wronged!"
"Hahaha, everyone who comes here says that they are wronged. Mr. Chen, there is no need to rush, we have plenty of time, we can talk slowly."
The cell leader led the jailer to move tables and chairs thoughtfully. Cui asked Damajinda to sit down. With a wave of his hand, the clerk next to him spread out pen, ink, paper and inkstones on the table.
"Mr. Chen, let's start with the story of you buying a murderer. How did you collude with the Qingfeng Mountain gangsters? How did you lead them into the Chen family compound as a thief? The Chen family was wiped out, and it was all because of you. Planned by myself, I’m very curious about the reason.”
"I didn't!" Chen Changan was emotional, and the shackles on his hands and feet rattled, "This is a false accusation! I have never done such a thing!"
"Be honest! Just answer whatever the adults ask you. If you dare, I will slap your mouth to bits!"
The jailer came up and gave Chen Changan a hard kick, until he was hunched over and clutching his stomach, like a overripe prawn.
"You said you didn't do it, but I have a lot of evidence here, including both witnesses and material evidence. Come and show him the confession."
The soldier from the Inspection Department placed a stack of papers in front of Chen Changan and motioned for him to read it himself. These are all oral confessions, coming from different people, including the big shopkeeper Chen Han, the caravan clerk, the neighbors, the red and romantic Mama Sang...
Everyone's confessions were very unfavorable to Chen Changan, and Chen Han even pointed out that Chen Changan planned everything. According to the statements in these confessions, Chen Changan was a heinous bastard, a murderous pervert.
The more Chen Changan watched, the colder his heart grew. His lips trembled. He shook his hands and said, "This is impossible! This is not true! This is all their nonsense. I have never done it before!"
"Whether you did it or not, your words don't count, and what I said doesn't count. The evidence has the final say. With so many witnesses, not to mention the testimony of your loyal caravan master Chen Han, and what's more? Physical evidence, where did you get the huge amount of silver notes? And this sword, after being identified, is clearly the ruthless sword in the hands of the ruthless scholar, the master of Qingfeng Mountain! And the promise you made to the romantic girl Hong Qing, you You want to redeem her body, and you also said that the Chen family will be yours sooner or later, and if the old man interferes too much, he will be killed sooner or later, didn’t you say these things?"
"I……"
Chen Changan couldn't argue. Chen Changan did say these things before when he drank too much.
Cui Rang smiled sinisterly and said: "Now the facts are clear, and there are witnesses and physical evidence. You can't deny it even if you want to. Chen Chang'an, how on earth did you collude with the bandits to destroy the Chen family, and you still don't give me an honest explanation!"
Chen Changan looked ashen and dead, he didn't speak, but just shook his head, refusing to admit to this heinous crime.
The scribe on the side has been writing furiously for a long time, regardless of whether Chen Changan admits it or not, let alone what he said.
"Do you think I can't do anything to you if you don't speak? Come here, introduce him to the treasure in this prison."
"Yes, sir, please take a look!"
The prison head smiled flatteringly, and his jailer brought a lot of torture instruments and put them on the ground. The prison head pointed at one of them and said: "Let's start with the simplest one. This one is called Ten Fingers Connected to Hearts. We have to insert these iron drills into the nails of your ten fingers and ten toes! To that one When the time comes, you will naturally understand the origin of the name of this set of torture instruments."
"This one is called the living dead. You are stuffed into this mold, your hands and feet are fixed, and your body is covered with beeswax. Then you throw some snakes, insects, rats, and ants in from the hole. Hehe, they can't find the exit and will fall on you. Climb and crawl, and when you’re tired, take a bite.”
"This is called heating up quickly. In the winter, we like to use this torture tool the most. The red-hot iron will be put on your body and it will sting, and the smell of meat will come out immediately!"
"and this……"
The prison boss introduced more than a dozen punishments one by one. The more he talked about it, the more excited he became. His spittle was flying all over the place and his eyes were shining. It was obvious that he was very professional and he was the kind of person who loved what he did.
Chen Changan was almost scared to death. He huddled up with fear on his face.
"Chen Chang'an, if I don't tell you that I will use all these torture instruments on you, you won't be able to bear any of them. With your small body, it's better to confess earlier so that you can suffer less physical pain."
"I didn't, I didn't kill anyone, I didn't collude with gangsters..."
Chen Changan's voice was low, but his attitude was still firm.
Cui Rang frowned. It was unexpected that Chen Changan was so stubborn. He originally thought that the young master would not be able to bear the fear. Now it seems that it is hard to say, but Cui Rang did not want to use torture directly. The case of the Chen family being exterminated was too big, and the Cui family played a disgraceful role in the public opinion. Cui Rang wanted to handle the case beautifully, leaving people speechless. If Chen Changan was covered with scars, he would be beaten and beaten. There is no way to avoid the speculation.
If Chen Changan couldn't be frightened, it must be because the pressure on him was not enough. Cui Rang decided to add more materials to him to completely destroy Chen Changan's psychological defense.
"You all get out."
Cui Rang gave an order, and the cell leader, jailer, and soldiers all turned around and walked out of the cell door, and thoughtfully closed the cell door before leaving. There were only Cui Rang and Chen Changan in the cell, as well as a scribe who was busy writing with his head down.
Cui Rang stood up, walked to Chen Changan, and said softly: "Chen Changan, why don't you admit it?"
"Master Cui, why should I admit that I didn't do it? I'm not a fool. No one with any brains would do this kind of thing."
"Haha, of course I know you are not a fool, Chen Changan. I even know that you did not pay for the murder..."
Wow!
Chen Changan raised his head in shock, and the shackles on his hands and feet made a violent sound.
"But is this important?" Cui Rang said coldly, "It doesn't matter whether you paid for the murder or not. It doesn't matter who killed the Chen family. What matters is that the Chen family is gone! You have already made a fortune from The young master has become a broken man. He has no relatives or a backing, and the Chen family's foundation is gone! The Chen family's caravan has been invaded by Chen Han, and the shops, fields, and mansions left by Chen Zhidong have all been destroyed. The big families in the city divided it up. Just like vultures devouring a corpse, who cares about where the corpse came from? Everyone only cares about whether they can eat the fattest piece of meat."
