"Ah? It turns out that Mr. Wang was killed by an adulterer."
Yan Zicheng looked surprised.
Zhang Jingrui glanced at him: "The Lu'an Dam is the largest project in the county, with a large number of people involved. At that time, Wang Shaocheng was the water conservancy supervisor and was responsible for supervising the acceptance. And you were assigned by him to work as a supervisor for a period of time. ,Is it right?"
"That's right." Yan Zicheng did not dare to lie.
"Since you are a supervisor, you should know about the purchase of materials, recruitment of civilian workers, construction progress and other related matters. Have you brought all such official documents?" Zhang Jingrui asked.
Yan Zicheng said: "Reporting to your lord, the younger one only worked as a supervisor for two months. At the beginning of the third month, he was transferred away from the dam construction project. The official documents and accounts were handed over at that time, and there is no way to know the follow-up situation."
"Why are you transferred? You are an old man in the county. Logically speaking, this situation should not happen." Zhang Jingrui said.
"Youngster, I don't know, but the superior officer has his orders, so how dare he disobey them." Yan Zicheng looked helpless.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jingrui sneered and took an official document from the guard: "You still don't answer truthfully in front of me!"
He held up the official document and said: "It is clearly written on it. It was said by Meng Xiang, the water conservancy minister at that time. The article stated that you were dismissed because of your cheating and incompetence, which delayed the project. !”
After hearing this, Yan Zicheng suddenly panicked. The imperial envoy obviously wanted to hold him accountable. He hurriedly said: "How is it possible? Your Excellency clearly knows that during my tenure, I worked hard and did not dare to slack off at all. This is definitely not what Master Meng said."
"Then tell me the reason why you were transferred away!" Zhang Jingrui asked again, obviously knowing that there was something hidden in this, and what he said before was also intended to drive a wedge between them.
"This... Shangguan suddenly changed the order. I really don't know about it." Yan Zicheng looked a little flustered.
Knowing that he was not telling the truth, Zhang Jingrui did not press him, but changed the topic: "Yan Zicheng, I clearly tell you that after the latest inspection of the damaged embankment and dam, it has been completely determined that work was cut, and Wang Shaocheng was also killed by the murderer. Kill, I don’t need to talk about the relationship between the two.”
"And you, no matter what, have the right to supervise the work in the early stages. Now that the dam has collapsed, causing harm to all people, you should know the responsibilities you will bear."
"Sir, the younger one only supervised the work for two months. Why should he be responsible for destroying the embankment? You can't do this." Yan Zicheng was really anxious now. He really wanted to put the responsibility on himself. Even if he had ten heads, he couldn't do it. Not enough to cut.
"Of course you are not primarily responsible, but there was serious corruption in the Lu'an defeat. None of the officials involved can escape," Zhang Jingrui said.
"This, this, this, things can't be defined like this." Yan Zicheng was almost crying.
"Yan Zicheng, you also know how big the matter is. This is your last chance. If you still want to hide something related to the dam, I won't ask you. It's up to you." Zhang Jingrui's voice came over again.
"But...but" Yan Zicheng hesitated, as if he had something to hide.
"Okay." In the end, Zhang Jingrui didn't waste time with him at all and said directly: "You can leave, leave now."
"Ah?" Yan Zicheng was stunned.
"Do you think I have a lot of time?" Zhang Jingrui's voice suddenly turned cold.
Yan Zicheng naturally understood the meaning of this sentence, and was frightened by the shouting, so that his feet softened and he knelt on the ground: "Sir, please calm down. I didn't mean to hide it. I hope you can show your kindness."
"explain!"
"Villain, villain" Yan Zicheng stammered.
"Did you take money?" Zhang Jingrui's eyes were sharp.
"Ah?" Yan Zicheng was surprised again.
Zhang Jingrui reminded: "Yan Zicheng, taking other people's money may be just a crime of corruption, but if the dam burst has anything to do with you, it will be a matter of death."
Hearing this, Yan Zicheng was excited, yes, which one is more serious?
He also immediately swallowed his saliva and began to say in a trembling voice: "The villain will confess, everything will be confessed."
"At the beginning of the construction of the Lu'an Dam, the villain was responsible for supervising the construction. At the beginning, everything was operating normally, until one day, the villain accidentally discovered a batch of smuggled materials. I wanted to report this matter to my superiors, but On the way, I was stopped by Mr. Meng."
"Which Master Meng? Meng Xiang?"
"Yes."
"go on."
"Then. Then Meng Xiang called the villain into the house for a deep talk. During the period, he threatened the villain with the dismissal and transfer of county officials. When he left, he gave the villain two hundred taels of silver." Yan Zicheng continued. road.
"Is the two hundred taels of hush money concealed?" Zhang Jingrui asked.
Yan Zicheng immediately said: "Master Shangshu, how can I dare to deceive you? Everything I said is true. I only hope that you can be merciful."
"Where is the stolen money received?" Zhang Jingrui asked again.
"They were all lost by villains in gambling houses." Yan Zicheng said, kneeling there and looking up carefully, then quickly lowered his head.
"Oh, I'm still a gambler."
Zhang Jingrui said something and asked the clerk at hand who was busy writing: "Have all the interviews today been recorded?"
The clerk was writing very fast and just stopped writing: "My lord, I have written down everything."
"Yes." Zhang Jingrui nodded and looked at Yan Zicheng: "The investigation against you has come to an end for the time being. Let's go back to prison to reflect and reflect! Please wait for the next interrogation at any time!"
"Yes, yes." How could Yan Zicheng dare to say no? After answering repeatedly, he bravely said: "Master Shangshu, I have explained everything that I should explain. There is nothing to hide. Is it possible to transfer the merits?" You don’t need to be beheaded anymore to get rid of your crime?”
"When the truth comes out, your crime will be judged by itself." Zhang Jingrui waved his hand.
The guards on both sides understood each other and took Yan Zicheng down one from the left and the other from the right.
Guo Baode and the others thought that they could get away with it by falsifying official documents and putting all the blame on Wang Shaocheng after taking care of them. Little did they know that when it came time to behead or even annihilate the three barbarian clans, how could the people below be willing to take a boat with them? .
Human nature is like this. Think about it, I just took some money, and it's not a big crime. Now I accompany you to fight against the court, and I will be beheaded in the end. I might as well confess honestly, at least I can save my life.
Under the personal interrogation of the imperial envoy, Yan Zicheng was scared to death. Even with this mentality, he also knew that he would go to jail, but it was much better than being charged with breaching the embankment.
Next, other personnel involved in the construction of the dam were interrogated, including civil engineering operations, material merchants, etc.
Zhang Jingrui may sow discord, or go straight to the point, or present evidence, or let the two go to court.
His style of handling cases is completely different from Liu Changqing's.
(End of chapter)
