Jia Yun also interrogated several civil servants from the prefecture's Yamen and military attachés from the General Military Department of Shouchun Town, including fellow magistrates from the Prefecture's Yamen, the general judge, Fang Nianhai, the deputy chief soldier of the General Military Department of Shouchun Town, and General Shao Fu...
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This time it was not really an interrogation, more like a conversation.
Because these were all high-ranking officials, Jia Yun could not use the previous interrogation methods to deal with these people. She could not "invite" their family members and threaten them with guillotines and heads.
This time Jia Yun called several officials into the study room of the main room to talk alone.
Almost all of these officials received bribes from private coal traders.
Jia Yun warned several people that the main culprits in Huainan's private coal mining were Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, and Lou Biao. The main culprits in Qin Ye's death were Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, and Lou Biao. Even if these people were involved, they would not
He is the main culprit. As long as he confesses truthfully, he can atone for his crime. Jia Yun will plead in front of the emperor, otherwise he will be severely punished!
Fang Nianhai is an exception. Because Fang Nianhai helped Jia Yun this time, Qin Houxiang made great contributions to stabilizing the military camp in Shouchun Town. In addition, Fang Nianhai's crime was not serious, so Jia Yun was willing to intercede in front of the emperor to absolve him.
After the conversation, except for Lou Shoufeng's confidant Shao Fu and a confidant of Chu Kaichun who were unwilling to confess, other civil and military officials including Fang Nianhai confessed.
One thing is that these high-ranking civil and military officials are accustomed to prosperity and wealth, but they do not want to be convicted of a serious crime, nor do they want to implicate their families.
Secondly, in Jia Yun's previous interrogation, private coal dealers and other witnesses had confessed that these civil and military officials had accepted bribes, and these civil and military officials could not deny it even if they wanted to.
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After talking to several civil and military officials, Jia Yun then interrogated Lou Meng.
Jia Yun "invited" Lou Meng's family members.
However, Lou Meng is a very tough man, even if he is put on the guillotine, he is unwilling to admit it.
But it doesn't matter. At this point, the absence of Lou Meng as a witness will have little impact on the case.
After interrogating Lou Meng, the last people Jia Yun interrogated were Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, and Lou Biao.
This time Jia Yun not only "invited" the family members of the four people, not only with the threat of guillotines and heads, but also with all the people who had confessed before, including Zhou Yan, the private coal dealer, Chu Kaichun's secret servant, Yuan Nanhe
Lou Biao's housekeeper and servants, as well as several civil and military officials, all stood in the main room.
This time Jia Yun also left Lou Meng in the main room.
Moreover, this time Jia Yun did not interrogate one by one, but interrogated four people together.
At this time, Yuan Nan, Lou Biao, and Lou Meng were all forced to kneel down in the hall by the palace guards. Lou Shoufeng and Chu Kaichun were unwilling to kneel down, and Jia Yun did not force them.
Jia Yun shouted in a loud and powerful voice: "Yuan Nan, Lou Biao, as the two largest private coal dealers in Huainan, you have secretly mined a large amount of private coal over the past few years. This is a serious crime!"
"Lou Shoufeng, as the commander-in-chief of Shouchun Town, you condone and shelter your eldest son in mining a large amount of private coal, which is also a serious crime!"
"Chu Kaichun, as the prefect of Huainan, you have colluded with many local private coal dealers and accepted huge bribes over the past few years. It is also a felony!"
"In addition, this imperial envoy has now found out the truth about Lord Qin Yeqin's death. He was killed by Lou Biao. Lou Shoufeng and Chu Kaichun jointly planned to fake the roof accident in an attempt to protect Lou Biao and deceive the emperor. It is an even more serious crime!"
As soon as these words came out, Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, and Lou Biao all turned ugly.
Lou Biao shouted: "Jia Yun, don't frame me. I didn't kill Qin Ye, nor did I mine private coal!"
Jia Yun smiled coldly: "You dare to quibble when you are about to die!"
Immediately, Jia Yun asked many witnesses at the scene to testify in person about the crimes of Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan and Lou Biao.
During the process, Lou Biao was so angry that he kept cursing, and even Chu Kaichun cursed a few times.
Lou Shoufeng didn't say much. He had realized that it was useless even if he denied it now. Jia Yun already had many important witnesses and even evidence.
Jia Yun looked at Lou Shoufeng: "Lou Shoufeng, you connive and protect your eldest son to mine a large amount of private coal and seek a lot of profits. You also cover up the eldest son's murder of Mr. Qin. You also conspired with Chu Kaichun to write to the emperor saying that Mr. Qin died in a roof accident. This is
The crime of deceiving the emperor!"
"Your crimes, coupled with the crimes of your eldest son Lou Biao, are enough to cause the Lou family to confiscate your entire family!"
Lou Shoufeng's face was as pale as earth, and Lou Biao was so frightened that his whole body trembled. This time, even Lou Meng was frightened.
Jia Yun said in a deep voice: "Lou Shoufeng, this imperial commission will give you one last chance. If you truthfully confess and plead guilty, I can plead with the emperor to try to have only Lou Biao executed this time, so that you and your family will be spared the death penalty."
"At this point, don't be stubborn. It's not worth it for your whole family to be buried with Lou Biao, a bastard son. Do you want Lou Meng to die a tragic death too? Do you want your still-living mother to die a tragic death? Do you want to?
Let several of your wives, concubines and two daughters die tragically?"
"Lou Shoufeng, this imperial envoy would like to ask you last, do you want to confess or not?"
Lou Shoufeng sighed deeply, then raised his head and looked directly at Jia Yun and said: "Master Jia, you asked me to confess. In addition to what you just said, there is one more thing I want to ask you to agree to."
Jia Yun's tone became gentler: "Please tell me what's going on."
Lou Shoufeng said: "I hope Master Jia can plead with the emperor and not only spare my Lou family members from the death penalty, but also prevent them from being sent to the Jiaofang Division."
Jia Yun paused and said, "Yes!"
Lou Shoufeng said: "Master Jia, I can't trust you now."
Jia Yun said calmly and calmly: "Lou Shoufeng, you should know that all the disguises I made in Huainan before were just for the purpose of running errands. Now that things have happened, I no longer have the need to pretend. You can rest assured. I said I would plead with the emperor."
We must do it.”
"Look, there are not only six palace guards, but also Fang Nianhai and other adults, as well as so many officers and soldiers. Today I said in front of so many people that I would plead for you. What if I can't do it?
Won't I be despised by these people? It is inevitable that this matter will spread. How can I have the face to continue to be an official and noble in the court in the future?"
Lou Shoufeng paused, and then sighed deeply: "In that case, I believe Mr. Jia, and I confess and plead guilty!"
In fact, Lou Shoufeng has no choice now. If he believes in Jia Yun, his family will have a way out. If he doesn't believe in Jia Yun, he will confiscate his family and destroy them.
Immediately, Lou Shoufeng confessed all his criminal facts.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Yun interrogated Chu Kaichun in the same way, and Chu Kaichun also confessed.
Then it was Lou Biao's turn. Even though Lou Biao was arrogant, he was a man who was afraid of death. When he was interrogating him, he was so frightened that he begged Jia Yun to show mercy, hoping that Jia Yun would also plead with the emperor to spare his life. Jia Yun decisively decided
He refused, so Lou Biao was unwilling to confess.
Then it was Yuan Nan's turn. This guy was unwilling to confess, mainly because he still had hope that his backer, the Anhui governor Xie Baichuan, could save him or his family.
Jia Yun did not use a guillotine to threaten Yuan Nan.
At this point, Yuan Nan and Lou Biao have not taken the initiative to confess and plead guilty, so they will have little impact on the case.
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It was already the next morning.
The arrest was made yesterday evening, and the interrogation began at night, and the interrogation did not end until this morning.
All night long, the temporary coal administration office was brightly lit, and there were officers and soldiers inside and outside, with a strong atmosphere of murder!
For Jia Yun, this was a sleepless night.
Because of the large-scale battle that Jia Yun caused this time, it was a sleepless night for many people in Huainan.
Fortunately, hard work paid off. After one night, Jia Yun not only confirmed the charges of Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, Lou Biao and others, but also thoroughly found out the truth about Qin Ye's death.
In addition, according to the confessions of Chu Kaichun and others, the people in the temporary coal administration yamen, including scribes, court guests, coal soldiers, and servants, were all threatened by the prefect's yamen. Even Qin Keqing, Ruizhu, Baozhu, and Qin Zhong were threatened by the prefect's yamen.
been threatened.
As a result, after Jia Yun came to Huainan, only Qin Keqing, Ruizhu, and Baozhu were not afraid of threats and told the truth to Jia Yun. No one else dared to tell the truth to Jia Yun, including Qin Zhong!
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In the morning, after the interrogation, Jia Yun emptied the inner courtyard of everyone.
At this time, Jia Yun called Qin Keqing, Ruizhu, and Baozhu into the study room, and told the three of them in detail the truth about Qin Ye's death.
Qin Keqing couldn't help crying, and Ruizhu and Baozhu also cried.
Looking at the three women crying so hard, Jia Yun sighed in her heart: Qin Ye was killed this time not only because of Lou Biao's rampage, but also because of his own reasons!
Qin Ye was an upright official and conscientious in his work, but he was not very resourceful, so Lou Biao was very unhappy with him. During a fierce dispute, Lou Biao impulsively killed Qin Ye because he said something inappropriate.
If it were Jia Yun who came to Huainan in person to serve as the censor of the coal inspection, he believed that he would not be killed and would settle the bad things in Huainan.
At this time, Ruizhu was crying and said to Jia Yun: "Master Yun, I want to apologize to you. You are a good person. I wrongly blamed you before. I didn't know you were pretending to be a bad person before."
Baozhu heard this and quickly apologized.
Jia Yun said: "I don't blame you for this, but I should apologize to you because this matter is very confidential and I didn't tell you in advance, which has made you worried and aggrieved for several days."
Ruizhu and Baozhu were originally a little depressed about Jia Yun's concealment of this matter. Now after hearing Jia Yun's words, they were no longer depressed and fell in love with Jia Yun even more!
Mr. Yun Er is so considerate!
Jia Yun waved her hand: "You all should go out. I'm tired after a long night and need to rest."
Ruizhu and Baozhu hesitated, they both wanted to serve Jia Yun.
However, both of them knew that as Qin Keqing's maids, they could not serve Jia Yun casually. They would marry Qin Keqing together in the future.
Unexpectedly, Qin Keqing suddenly said: "You go and get hot water, and I will help Mr. Yun wash up and rest."
Ruizhu, Baozhu: "..."
The two of them realized something immediately and were pleasantly surprised.
This clearly means that Qin Keqing and Jia Yun already have an unusual relationship!
Although Qin Keqing had made love with Jia Yun many days ago, Qin Keqing never told Ruizhu and Baozhu about this matter.
Surprised, Ruizhu and Baozhu hurried out to get hot water.
Hot water was brought in, and Qin Keqing personally helped Jia Yun wash and rest.
Immediately, Qin Keqing, Ruizhu, and Baozhu returned to the west wing together.
Ruizhu couldn't wait to ask: "Girl, you and Mr. Yun are already... getting along?"
After saying this, her face turned red.
Qin Keqing said: "When he came, I knelt down and begged him. If my father was really killed, I begged him to avenge my father. I am willing to serve him like a cow or a horse in this life, so... we made a decision.
Falling in love."
Qin Keqing's face also turned red.
Baozhu asked excitedly: "Then Second Master Yun is willing to marry the girl?"
Qin Keqing sighed: "He confessed to me that he would not marry me as his wife, but would only take me as his concubine. He was very kind to me, and now that my father is dead, my status is not worthy of being like him."
I would be satisfied if I could be the wife of a capable brother and be his concubine."
Ruizhu and Baozhu, who were originally surprised, became depressed when they heard this. They never thought that one day their beautiful girls would become concubines.
Qin Keqing immediately said: "He also told me that even if I become his concubine, he will treat me well and will not let me be wronged in his house. Even his first wife cannot bully me.
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When Ruizhu and Baozhu heard this, they felt less depressed, but they were still a little depressed...
Even if they are still a little depressed, both of them feel that it is a good thing for Qin Keqing to be Jia Yun's concubine now. At least Qin Keqing will not be helpless in the future, and they both like and admire Jia Yun very much.
, Qin Keqing became Jia Yun's concubine, and they will also accompany her to Jia Yun's house...
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Is this the end of things in Huainan?
No, not yet.
Jia Yun still has three things to do.
The first thing he had to do was wait for someone. This person was none other than Xie Baichuan, the governor of Anhui.
The second thing is that he has to arrange for a new coal inspection censor.
The third thing is that he wants to ransack the house!
Haha, Emperor Tianzhi is very short of money now, and Emperor Tianzhi has confiscated the homes of many high-ranking officials in the four years since he came to the throne.
Making big money from coal mines will take about a year.
This time Jia Yun wants to make her own contribution even greater!
That is to help Emperor Tianzhi to confiscate the homes of Lou Shoufeng, Chu Kaichun, Yuan Nan, Lou Biao, several private coal dealers and other prisoners!
Over the years, these people have made huge amounts of money from private coal in Huainan!
Jia Yun felt that if all these people's homes were confiscated, it would definitely be a staggering amount of money. It is estimated that the total value of property is at least five hundred thousand taels of silver, and it is possible that the property may even be worth one million taels of silver.
Jia Yun believed that Emperor Tianzhi would be very happy when he saw such a large sum of money. If Emperor Tianzhi was happy, Jia Yun's contribution this time would naturally be even greater!
So, after sleeping all morning, Jia Yun got up at noon and had a quick lunch. Then she spent nearly two hours carefully sorting out the case files from last night's trial and wrote a document to Emperor Tianzhi.
After being named, he wanted to raid the house!
This time, Jia Yun did not simply bind the case files and documents, but sealed them with lacquer.
Immediately, Jia Yun sent Mu Fu, Tang Daqian, and Yu Keping to hurry up and send the case files to Shenjing City.
At the same time, Jia Yun asked Mu Fu and the others to go to Xuzhou to inform Fan Gongxing to come to Huainan!