Chapter 167 Bao Gong is alive, the truth is revealed
The main hall of the temporary Coal Administration Office was turned into a temporary trial court.
Dozens of officers and soldiers in uniform stood inside and outside the hall.
Jia Yun was sitting in the upper seat of the main room, and a guillotine had been placed at the door of the main room.
At this moment, Jia Yun felt that if she blackened her face, drew a moon on her forehead, and added some fake beard, she would feel like Bao Gong was alive, and his six subordinate guards would be similar to
Dynasty, Mahan, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, uh...
It's a pity that there is no gavel for a while, but it doesn't matter, as long as the voice is loud and powerful.
"Someone is coming and will take Chief Zhou Yan to court!"
Jia Yun shouted in a loud and mighty voice!
The first prisoner Jia Yun interrogated was not Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, or Lou Biao, but Zhou Yan, the guard guarding the Huainan city gate.
Jia Yun had already heard from Mu Fu and Tang Daqian about Zhou Yan's interception and search.
In Jia Yun's mind, although Zhou Yan was only a small seventh-grade commander and a military attache responsible for guarding the city gate, Zhou Yan was arranged to intercept and search his subordinate guards, and even inspect the documents he wrote to the emperor.
It can be seen that this person is a confidant of Lou Shoufeng or Chu Kaichun, and he must know some inside information.
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When dozens of Qin Houxiang's soldiers arrived at the city gate first, Zhou Yan resisted. During the resistance, he was stabbed and seriously injured. Later, he was caught by Tang Daqian and jolted on horseback.
However, Jia Yun had already asked the doctor to simply treat Zhou Yan's wound to prevent him from bleeding to death.
At this time, following Jia Yun's order, Mu Fu and Tang Daqian personally escorted Zhou Yan into the inner courtyard. The road was filled with officers and soldiers wearing strong swords and strong auras. There was also a guillotine placed at the door of the hall.
Not only that, Zhou Yan also saw several of his family members in the inner courtyard, including his mother, wife, concubines, a daughter, and a son.
"Yan'er!" Zhou Yanniang cried.
Zhou Yan's wives, concubines, and daughters also cried, while his son was so frightened that his face turned pale.
Although Zhou Yan likes to please his superiors, he is also a hard-blooded man and loyal to Lou Shoufeng, otherwise he would not have become Lou Shoufeng's confidant and was assigned the important task of interception and body search.
Zhou Yan was originally ready to die this time and would rather die than confess. However, now, when he saw his family, his heart suddenly wavered...
This was naturally intentional by Jia Yun. Jia Yun would not be so cruel as to hurt Zhou Yan's family members. He specially "invited" Zhou Yan's family members this time just to get Zhou Yan to confess.
Even if Jia Yun has gone against common sense and used her privileges to arrest the prisoners first and then interrogate them, if some special means are not used during the interrogation, it will still be troublesome to get the truth and witness evidence.
matter, and Jia Yun wanted to cut through the mess quickly during the interrogation and complete this imperial mission as soon as possible.
Zhou Yan was escorted into the main room by Mu Fu and Tang Daqian, and forced to kneel on the ground.
Jia Yun directly scolded: "Zhou Yan, you are so courageous! You dare to intercept the person sent by the emperor to deliver a message to the emperor. The interceptors were two palace guards whose official positions were much higher than yours! Just for this alone
The crime is enough to punish you with death!"
Zhou Yan remained silent.
Jia Yun continued to scold: "This crime alone is not only enough to punish you with death, but it will also make your family members suffer from you and be punished!"
"As far as I know, you have a wife, concubines, and children at home. You still have a chance to save your family and yourself tonight. If you honestly confess all the problems of this imperial envoy and atone for your sins, I am willing to be the emperor's
I'll intercede on your behalf, save your family, and even have a chance to save you from the death penalty."
"If not, I will kill you on the spot tonight, your wife, concubines and daughters will be sent to the Jiaofang Department, and your mother and son will be demoted as slaves!"
"You don't need to worry about retaliation from Lou Shoufeng and Chu Kaichun after confessing. These two have committed serious crimes this time, and they will not have another chance to retaliate against you!"
Zhou Yan panicked, but remained silent.
Jia Yun continued to scold: "I ask again, do you confess or not? Respond to me! If you don't respond, I will drag you out and behead you, and your family will suffer misery from you!"
Zhou Yan hesitated in his heart, but remained silent.
Jia Yun shouted: "Whoever comes, drag him out and behead him!"
Mu Fu and Tang Daqian walked to Zhou Yan together.
Zhou Yan became anxious: "I am a military officer of the seventh rank, you cannot kill me without permission!"
Jia Yun shouted: "This imperial mission is going south this time, and the emperor has given me the power to kill first and report later!"
Zhou Yan: "..."
In fact, this is half true and half false. This time Jia Yun went south and asked Emperor Tianzhi for the right to kill first and then report. Emperor Tianzhi also gave it to him, but there was a prerequisite, that is, he could only kill people who had no merit and then report.
It is a person who has no official position and no imperial examination title above scholar.
For example, a businessman like Yuan Nan.
Even Lou Biao and Jia Yun can be killed first and then played.
Although Zhou Yan is only a seventh-rank commander, he is also a person with an official position. Jia Yun cannot kill him first and then punish him.
Jia Yun shouted again: "Drag him out and behead him!"
Mu Fu and Tang Daqian dragged Zhou Yan outside the hall, came to the guillotine, and then pressed Zhou Yan's head on the guillotine.
The hysterical cries of Zhou Yan's family members came from the inner courtyard, including Zhou Yan's mother, wives, concubines, and children.
At this moment, Zhou Yan shouted: "I confess! Mr. Jia, I confess!"
Jia Yun was not surprised when she heard this.
Although Zhou Yan is an important witness, it does not matter even if Zhou Yan does not confess. Jia Yun believes that other important witnesses will naturally confess later.
If Zhou Yan didn't confess, Jia Yun wouldn't really kill him. It would be better if he confessed.
Immediately, under Jia Yun's order, Zhou Yan was brought into the main room again by Mu Fu and Tang Daqian.
Jia Yun shouted: "Since you are willing to confess, confess to me honestly. If you tell even a lie, your crime will be increased!"
Jia Yun then asked: "Why did you intercept two of my imperial envoy's subordinate palace guards? Why did you search them and check the documents written by my imperial envoy to the emperor?"
Zhou Yan hesitated for a while and then said truthfully: "I...I was ordered by others."
Jia Yun shouted: "Who gave the instructions?"
Zhou Yan said: "Yes...it was ordered by Mr. Lou and Mr. Chu together."
After saying this, Zhou Yan's head drooped, looking defeated.
Zhou Yan honestly confessed to all the questions Jia Yun asked next.
Zhou Yan knew that Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan and Lou Biao were involved in private coal mining.
Zhou Yan didn't know the specific truth about Qin Ye's death, but Lou Shoufeng and Chu Kaichun ordered him to intercept and search anyone related to Jia Yun at the city gate. If they find documents, they will check them. If the document says Qin Ye
If someone dies in a roof accident, he will be released. If the writing is unfavorable to Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, or Lou Biao, he will be arrested.
Based on these two points alone, Zhou Yan is already an important witness in this case!
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After Zhou Yan, the next prisoners Jia Yun will interrogate are still not Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, and Lou Biao. This time they are several other well-known private coal traders in Huainan except Yuan Nan and Lou Biao.
All private coal dealers had bribed Jia Yun before.
Similar to the method used in interrogating Zhou Yan, the family members of these private coal dealers were also "invited".
Jia Yun did not interrogate several people together, but interrogated them one by one.
The first private coal dealer honestly confessed.
The second private coal dealer was very stubborn. He was unwilling to confess at first. He was pressed to the guillotine before he said that he wanted to confess. But when he confessed, he kept telling lies, so he was chopped off by the guillotine. His head rolled down in the inner courtyard, and blood splattered on the floor.
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This private coal dealer had no reputation. Jia Yun could kill him first and then punish him. Moreover, this man died unjustly. The private coal mined was quite large and it was enough to kill him.
Jia Yun also needs a head in the inner courtyard to deter the prisoners behind.
Qin Keqing, Ruizhu, and Baozhu have been staying in the west wing, quietly paying attention to the situation at the entrance of the hall outside and the inner courtyard through the window.
Suddenly they saw someone being beheaded with a guillotine, and the master and servant were all frightened.
Baozhu said in shock: "Oh my God, Second Master Yun actually beheaded someone. It's so scary!"
Ruizhu was older than Qin Keqing, mature and smart. Now she thought of a key question and said to Qin Keqing: "Girl, although Second Master Yun is an imperial envoy sent by the emperor, is it against the rules for him to directly behead someone's head? Isn't that against the rules?
Will he get into trouble?"
Baozhu also became worried after hearing this.
Qin Keqing said: "Don't worry, he told me that the emperor gave him the power to kill first and report later."
Jia Yun now loves and trusts Qin Keqing more and more, so much so that he even told Qin Keqing about such things. However, he was still cautious and only said that he had the power to kill first and then report later. He did not say that Emperor Tianzhi only allowed
He kills those without fame first and then punishes them.
Ruizhu and Baozhu immediately felt relieved after hearing this. Ruizhu praised: "Second Master Yun is really amazing. He actually made the emperor appreciate and trust him so much."
Baozhu also praised it.
When Qin Keqing heard this, she felt proud in her heart and thought quietly: Yes, my man is really awesome!
Ruizhu then praised: "Sure enough, we did not trust the wrong person. I knew that after Mr. Yun came, we would have someone to rely on. The evil people here will be punished by him, and the truth about Mr. Yun's death will also be revealed."
Found out."
Bao Zhu said with a smile: "Sister Ruizhu, have you forgotten that we both misunderstood Master Yun before and thought that Master Yun was a bad person? Now it's inappropriate for you to say this."
Ruizhu: "..."
I blame Baozhu in my heart for not being able to see. It's really disappointing to say such words at this time!
After the second private coal dealer was killed, the third, fourth, and fifth private coal dealers all confessed honestly!
There were a total of five private coal traders. Except for one who was executed, the other four all confessed honestly.
These four private coal dealers all knew that Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, and Lou Biao were involved in private coal mining.
Moreover, all four of them had bribed Chu Kaichun a lot. What is interesting is that three of them had hidden accounts for bribing Chu Kaichun. These accounts can be used as evidence.
Haha, there are indeed many cunning ones among merchants!
It's just that none of the four private coal traders knew the specific truth about Qin Ye's death.
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After the five private coal dealers, the next prisoners Jia Yun interrogated were not Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, and Lou Biao. This time, they were interrogating people close to the four of them.
For example, Lou Shoufeng's personal captain, Chu Kaichun's secret servant, Yuan Nan, Lou Biao's housekeeper and servant...
The interrogation methods remain the same as before.
The families of these people were also "invited".
The very intimidating head in the inner courtyard will naturally not be taken away.
During this interrogation, Lou Shoufeng's captain was very tough. Jia Yun wanted to kill this person, but she couldn't kill him first and then report him. As Lou Shoufeng's captain, he could be considered a person with an official position.
However, Jia Yun killed one of Yuan Nan's housekeepers this time, and this person died unjustly. He was an important helper in Yuan Nan's private coal mining.
Jia Yun gained a lot from this interrogation.
Not only did they obtain several more important witnesses who knew that Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, and Lou Biao were involved in private coal mining, they also obtained the truth about Qin Ye's death!
Based on the confessions of Chu Kaichun's confidant Mu Bin and Lou Biao's confidant butler, Jia Yun was able to confirm that Qin Ye did not die in a roof accident, and it was not an accident!
That morning, Qin Ye went to investigate a coal mine secretly mined by Lou Biao.
During the process, Qin Ye and Lou Biao had a dispute. Qin Ye said angrily to Lou Biao: "I will report this to the emperor. Don't tell me that your father is the commander-in-chief of Shouchun Town. Even if he is the admiral of Jiangnan, he will not tell you."
You must be punished, and you will also be punished with a serious crime!"
Lou Biao was originally very unhappy with Qin Ye. After hearing these words, he was so arrogant and impulsive that he immediately picked up a stone and smashed Qin Ye to death!
At the time of the incident, Qin Ye was accompanied by a scribe and four coal soldiers.
Lou Biao was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he took the housekeeper's servants and the two miners on site to kill the scribes and coal soldiers together.
That's not all. Lou Biao also didn't trust the two miners, so he took the housekeeper and his servants and killed both miners.
Then Lou Biao informed Lou Shoufeng and Chu Kaichun of the matter.
After Lou Shoufeng and Chu Kaichun conspired, they decided to fake a roof accident and said that Qin Ye, a scribe, four coal soldiers, and two miners all died in the roof accident.
Among these eight people, many were stoned to death, similar to the death caused by a roof accident. What's more, a fake roof accident could destroy the bodies of the eight people so badly that even good work could not be detected.
what is the problem.
Not only that, after the incident, Lou Biao also killed the two slaves who were around him at the time, leaving only one confidant butler.
This confidant butler confessed honestly in front of Jia Yun.
Haha, the truth about Qin Ye’s death is now revealed!
Jia Yun was not surprised, because he had expected such a truth, but there were some details that he did not expect.
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At this point in the interrogation, Jia Yun has obtained many witnesses and evidence, and even the truth about Qin Ye's death has been found out.
But of course the interrogation is not over here.
Next, Jia Yun interrogated several civil and military officials, including civil servants from the prefecture's Yamen and military attachés from the General Military Department of Shouchun Town...