Hong Chengchou interrogated the people captured from Qufu overnight.
A confession was obtained about Kong's involvement in previous scholars' troubles in Jinan Mansion, and it was also confirmed that Kong was the mastermind behind the scenes.
At the same time, Daming was also involved.
Some people from the Kong family did not get corresponding preferential treatment in Huzi Banner, so they turned to the Ming Dynasty again, and they secretly collaborated with the Ming Dynasty to plan this incident.
Hong Chengchou was excited after receiving the confession.
With this confession, he not only has an explanation for Hu Ziqi, but also can restore some of his reputation among officials.
"Have all the prisoners been interrogated? Are there any omissions?" Hong Chengchou asked the deputy who sent the confession.
The other party said: "Except for Yan Shenggong who has not yet been interrogated, everyone else has been interrogated. After verification by many people, it has been proven that Kong was involved."
"With this confession, the imperial envoy has an explanation." Hong Chengchou touched the confession on the table with his fingers, and then said, "Let's go and interrogate the Duke Yan, and just get his confession." Delivered."
He decided to personally participate in the interrogation of Yan Shenggong as a final show of respect for Yan Shenggong, the title of the Kong family.
Compared with other people imprisoned in prison, Yan Shenggong's treatment was better.
Also in jail, Yan Shenggong was locked in an empty room next to the prison. The environment was much better than the cells in the prison.
"Futai, I was imprisoned here after I was brought back." A jailer who led the way led Hong Chengchou to the room where Yan Shenggong was detained.
The door was locked. When the jailer guarding the door saw Hong Chengchou, he opened the door with a key.
As the door opened, Yan Shenggong, who was sitting on the bed, looked outside the door with his blood-filled eyes.
"Master Futai is here, why don't you stand up and greet him." The jailer looked at Duke Yan Sheng who was sitting on the bed with no intention of getting up, and stepped forward to take action.
Hong Chengchou, who followed him into the room, called out to him and said, "Let him sit there. Go outside and bring me a chair."
"Yes." The jailer retreated.
Hong Chengchou stood on one side of the door, looked at Yan Shenggong on the bed and said, "How was your rest? But you don't look like you have had a good rest."
"Hong Hengjiu, when are you going to let me go?" Yan Shenggong asked in a low tone.
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "I told you when we were in Qufu. I was only following orders when I arrested you. It's not up to me to decide whether to let you go or not."
"I am the contemporary Yan Shenggong, a role model for scholars. If you arrest me today, aren't you afraid that no more scholars in the world will support the tiger-character flag?" Yan Shenggong said coldly.
Hong Chengchou suddenly laughed when he heard this.
He said: "You say you are a role model for scholars, but you think too highly of yourself. As for whether scholars will gravitate toward the Tiger-Character Flag and do things for the Tiger-Character Flag, do you think you can stop it? You think you are smart? Man, I didn’t expect all those stupid things he said.”
"What do you want?" Yan Shenggong stared at Hong Chengchou fiercely.
Hong Chengchou leaned against the door frame and said, "My request is very simple. Tell the truth about the person behind you."
"I don't understand the person behind it." Yan Shenggong looked away from Hong Chengchou.
At this time, the jailer brought a bench into the house.
"Master Futai, there is only one bench, so you can make do with it."
The jailer placed the bench next to Hong Chengchou and wiped the surface of the bench with his sleeve.
Hong Chengchou moved two steps, stood in the middle of the bench and sat down. He looked at Yan Shenggong opposite and said, "It's time now. You don't need to pretend to be confused here. Since I'm here to see you, I'm here to see you." There is already solid evidence.”
Duke Yan Sheng did not speak, nor did he look at Hong Chengchou, but stared at his toes.
"Don't hide it. Speak up yourself. Otherwise, you may not be able to withstand the punishment." Hong Chengchou threatened.
Duke Yansheng remained silent.
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou stood up directly and said to the jailer on the side: "Send him to the prison for interrogation. As long as he is not killed, we can use all means to attack him."
"Okay!" the jailer responded, walking towards Mr. Yan Shenggong on the bed with a sinister smile on his face.
Perhaps frightened by Hong Chengchou's words, Yan Shenggong finally raised his head, stared at Hong Chengchou with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "Hong Hengjiu, you dare to torture me? I am Yan Shenggong, a descendant of Kong Shengren, and the leader of scholars in the world. .”
"There is no need to scare people with your title of Lord Yan Shenggong." Hong Chengchou said with contempt, "The Tiger Character Banner has never recognized the title of Lord Yan Shenggong. As for the leader of scholars in the world, it is a joke, at most. I have the identity of being a descendant of Saint Kong, but there are many descendants of Saint Kong, so it doesn’t matter if you are missing one.”
The jailer who came to the bedside raised his hand and slapped Yan Shenggong on the body, scolding: "Get up, follow me to the prison."
"Go away, you, a lowly official, dare to look down on me." Yan Shenggong scolded the jailer unceremoniously.
"Hey!" The jailer rolled up his sleeves and cursed: "He's just showing off. Who do you think you are, just a prisoner? How dare you be dishonest? Let's see how I deal with you."
As he said that, the jailer stretched out his hands to pull Yan Shenggong up from the bed.
Duke Yan raised his hand to block the jailer's hand.
Unexpectedly, the jailer flipped his wrist, raised his hand and slapped Yan Shenggong on the face, and then directly dragged him from the bed to the ground before Yan Shenggong could react.
What followed was a beating and kicking, which made Mr. Yan unable to lift his head at all and could only curl up in a ball on the ground to protect himself.
Hong Chengchou stood aside and watched without any intention of stopping him.
Not long after, Yan Shenggong was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
"Okay, stop!" Hong Chengchou shouted to stop the jailer who was beating Yan Shenggong.
The jailer stopped still.
Hong Chengchou looked at Yan Shenggong and continued: "When I went to prison, all kinds of torture instruments were used. It was much worse than what you are now. It was enough to make you unable to survive and die. I would like to advise you to speak out on your own initiative, rather than suffer. Let’s talk about the torture tools again. I want to suffer less. For someone as fair and tender as you, do you think you can withstand those torture tools?”
Duke Yansheng rubbed his bruised cheeks and said, "The Kong family was secretly involved in the trouble caused by the scholars earlier. The purpose was to reinstate the imperial examination in the Tiger-Character Banner and not to promote the martial arts hall."
"What else!" Hong Chengchou asked.
Duke Yan Sheng was speechless again.
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou said: "It seems that you won't shed tears until you see the coffin. Take him to the prison."
The jailer on the side reached out to catch Yan Shenggong.
He was so frightened that Duke Yan shrank back and said, "There is also Daming. Daming sent people to contact me and asked me to continue working for Daming. Those Jinyi guards came from Daming."
