Wang Bao, who was sitting in the high hall, heard what the servants of the Tian family said and glanced at Chen Gong, the aide next to him.
Chen Gong nodded slightly towards him.
Wang Bao said at this time: "Come here, write down everything they said, and then ask them to sign it."
There is a scribe who specializes in copying in the lobby.
According to the number of heads, the confessions were transcribed one by one and handed over to the people kneeling in the lobby to sign.
The finished confession was handed to Chen Gong, the clerk, with both hands held by the clerk.
Chen Gong checked it briefly and put it on the desk in front of Wang Bao.
"Take everyone down!" Wang Bao waved his hand.
A government official came up from the side and took out all the people kneeling on the ground.
Chen Gong came close to Wang Bao and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Dong Weng. Unexpectedly, the Yanqing Wang family does not include the Yanqing Wang family, but there is also the Tian family. The students heard that this Tian family is no worse than the Yanqing Wang family."
"This is called self-inflicted trouble. Each of these Shanxi merchants even risked their own lives for money. Hmm, I want to see how many heads they have that I can chop off." Wang Bao snorted coldly.
It was a good thing to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, but the Shanxi merchants under his rule had one after another fornicating with slaves and thieves, which still made him feel very uncomfortable.
Chen Gong added: "Not many people know about the affairs of the Tian family. How to deal with the Tian family is entirely a matter of your words, Dong Weng. Do you want students to go to the Tian family and meet Tian Shenglan."
"Things are not as simple as you think." Wang Bao waved his hand gently and said immediately, "As soon as the Yanqing Wang family's affair with slaves happened, the Tian family's affair with slaves was immediately followed, and even the servants of the Tian family came forward to accuse the Tian family. Tongnu, don’t you think this is too coincidental?”
After hearing this, Chen Gong looked thoughtful and said, "Dong Weng, if you say so, it is really like this. Everything is such a coincidence. Could it be that the Tian family did not have slaves, and someone deliberately framed it?"
"It's hard to say whether it was a frame-up or not, but there must be someone behind this incident, but who is this person?" Wang Bao looked thoughtful and stroked his beard.
Hearing how happy Tian Jia Tongnu was before, he felt very unhappy now.
The dignified Xuanfu general soldier was used as a knife, and even the person behind it was not known who it was.
Chen Gong thought for a while and said: "I haven't heard that the Tian family has offended anyone. Moreover, the Tian family is from the Xuanfu Chamber of Commerce and has the Tiger Character Banner behind them. No one will take the risk of offending the Tiger Character Banner and take action against the Tian family." .”
"In this case, you go to the Tian family and take the confession from their servants and see what the Tian family has to say." Wang Bao took out a confession from several confessions and handed it to Chen Gong.
After receiving the confession, Chen Gong carefully rolled it up and put it into his sleeve, then stepped in and saluted, saying: "The student will go to Tian's house now, and he must find out the identity of the person behind the scenes."
"Go." Wang Bao nodded.
Chen Gong retreated from the lobby.
Wang Bao tapped his fingers lightly on the table, frowned, and said to himself: "Who is the person behind this!"
At this time, he realized that the death of Wang Denku and those slaves was not simple, and he vaguely felt that there was a powerful force secretly in Xuan Mansion.
Chen Gong took several servants and left the Yamen.
There are many noble people living on the street where the Yamen is located, but the rich live in another street.
Chen Gong sat in a sedan chair and quickly arrived at the door of Tian's house.
The officer who followed him went to call the door.
The Tian family's porter came out and saw the servant at first glance, and then saw Chen Gong, who had an unusual bearing. He thought he was an adult from the yamen, so he hurriedly took two steps forward and said respectfully, "Young man, I've seen you before."
"Is Mr. Tian at home?" Chen Gong didn't say anything, but the guard on the side asked.
The Tian family's concierge said honestly: "Yes, yes, our master is at home."
Hearing that Tian Shenglan was at home, Chen Gong stepped inside.
The Tian family's concierge did not dare to stop him and could only follow him inside.
A servant on the other side hurriedly ran in to inform Tian Shenglan.
Not long after, Tian Shenglan came out of the room with the housekeeper and hurriedly greeted him.
"I don't know that Mr. Chen came to my humble residence and was unable to welcome him from a distance. Please don't blame Mr. Chen."
Tian Shenglan had met Chen Gong and knew that he was an aide to the commander-in-chief, so he was the first to apologize to Chen Gong.
Chen Gong sneered and said, "Stop apologizing. I came here to bring something to Boss Tian. I believe that Boss Tian will give an explanation to the Commander-in-Chief after seeing this."
With that said, he took out the confession from his sleeve and handed it to Tian Shenglan.
Tian Shenglan, who looked confused, took the confession and slowly opened it in his hand.
The content of the confession was very simple, and he quickly read it, and his expression immediately changed.
"Chen, Mr. Chen, this is completely unfounded. Please tell Mr. General, Mr. Tian, that the Tian family has never done such a thing." Tian Shenglan stammered.
The content of the confession was testimony about the Tian family's liaison with slave thieves, and of course he could not admit it.
In fact, he didn't have a slave relationship, but it was true that he had met Wang Denku and the slave thieves, and this alone was enough to be fatal.
Chen Gong snorted coldly and said: "This kind of confession is quite good. It's not just the confession of a servant of your Tian family. Do you think the commander-in-chief will believe your words if you don't admit it?"
"I really didn't lie. Wang Dengku did come to the Tian family with slaves and thieves, but I didn't promise them anything. What an injustice!" Tian Shenglan looked bitter.
I feel extremely wronged because he has no slaves at all.
Chen Gong said coldly: "You said you didn't have a slave relationship, so why didn't you report it to the official when Wang Dengku came to the door with slave thieves? Based on this alone, your Tian family will not be able to clear yourself of the crime of being a slave owner."
"I'm sorry!" Tian Shenglan looked aggrieved.
Steward Tian, who was standing aside, interjected: "I can attest that my husband didn't know that Wang Denku brought slaves and thieves at first. It wasn't until Wang Denku was killed and the matter of fornication with slaves and thieves made a big fuss that he knew that Wang Denku was a slave. Those people brought to the Tian family are slave thieves."
"Yes, yes, yes, I really didn't know those people were slaves and thieves at first. I hope Mr. Chen will tell the truth to the General." Tian Shenglan continued what Butler Tian said.
At the same time, he winked at Butler Tian.
Steward Tian called a servant and whispered a few words.
The servants ran away in a hurry.
Of course, all this could not escape Chen Gong's eyes, but he didn't say anything and let the Tian family people arrange it.
Butler Tian faced Chen Gong and said respectfully: "Mr. Chen, please come and sit in the room."
As he spoke, he walked ahead and led the way.
Chen Gong also followed and walked over.
Several people quickly entered the room, and after sitting down respectively, the servants served hot tea.
