Kang Mingyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then said calmly: "What is it that Master Tan doesn't know about? I don't understand what Mrs. Chu is talking about?"
"Then let me remind Mr. Kang."
Chu Nanzhi said slowly: "Why don't we talk about the family in the west of Liaocheng whose daughter just died."
"West of the city?"
Kang Mingyuan trembled, his expression looking particularly unnatural: "What does that have to do with me?"
Chu Nanzhi blinked angrily and continued to signal to the executioner. Kang Mingyuan was so frightened that he quickly stopped him: "No, no, no, I'll do it."
"Kang Mingyuan, I know that until now you are still holding on to a sense of luck. You feel that the mistakes you have committed are not enough to kill you. At most, you will be dismissed from office and exiled. You have long been accustomed to this kind of sneaky tricks. Lord Kang feels that
Am i right?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at him with sharp eyes.
Kang Mingyuan remained silent and did not answer.
"That's the default."
Chu Nanzhi said with a smile: "You have enriched your own pockets and made a lot of money in Haikang County. Every year, you will naturally think of being filial to your superiors in the county. They have accepted bribes and naturally want to find ways to protect you.
But you have forgotten one thing. From now on, the person who controls you is the newly appointed magistrate of the six counties, the Eastern Defense Commander Lin Jinxiao.
In just one sentence, he was beheaded in the city. Do you think he can let such a cruel person let you go?"
After a pause, she continued casually:
"Today he has sent people to arrest and seize illegal salt smugglers in the county, searching for evidence of your evil deeds. At most, after evening, new charges against you will continue to be sent to the county government.
Now that you have fallen from power, the people who were oppressed by you in the past will surely come to seek justice. How dare you take a lucky break with countless crimes, and there is no need to report them to His Majesty. I'm afraid it would be useless to kill you first with the Emperor's Sword in Lin Jinxiao's hand.
No one dares to cry out for you."
Kang Mingyuan's face gradually darkened as he listened, and his body trembled and he suddenly fell down.
The government officials helped him up and sat him upright again. He was in a daze, confused and obviously at a loss what to do.
Chu Nanzhi's voice then became softer, and she said earnestly: "Tell me, your crimes are so heinous that you cannot escape death. If you don't want to confiscate your home and destroy your family, then you can tell the truth. As long as you tell the truth about the evil deeds you have committed over the years."
, I will intercede for you and protect your family, Mr. Hu, do you think so?"
Hu Maoxi nodded slowly as he listened: "No harm will come to my wife and children. If it is verified that no one in your family is colluding with you, I will certainly forgive you. I am willing to work with Mr. Lin to open up the net and only confiscate the house without destroying the family."
"My wife and children are all in my hometown, and they don't know what I did in Haikang County. I beg you, sir, to have some mercy and ask your majesty to forgive the whole family."
Kang Mingyuan's eyes began to show sincerity, and then showed endless desolation in the blink of an eye.
After listening to Chu Nanzhi's words, he gradually realized that the situation in Funing County was about to change. Now this boss's temperament was completely different from that of the senior officials in the county.
What he has done over the years has been obvious to all, and there is no way he can escape the confiscation of his home and the destruction of his family.
Although he doesn't like his first wife in his hometown, she has taken care of the elderly and raised children for him in his hometown over the years, so she should not have suffered such an unreasonable disaster.
And the concubines in the house are just profit-seeking and unjust people. Today, the trees fell down and the hozens dispersed. I am afraid they have packed up their belongings and fled in all directions.
Gritting his teeth, Kang Mingyuan said firmly: "As long as you two keep your word, I am willing to give you everything today and answer any questions you have."
“I’m not sure I’ll get what I want, but I’ll try my best.”
Chu Nanzhi made a pertinent promise.
"Ms. Chu is a sweet-tempered woman. She dares to take risks alone and risk the world's injustice to avenge Sun Wuji. This is the only reason why I can trust you."
Kang Mingyuan no longer hid it, and said frankly: "Yes, in the case of Zhu Yue, I did know some secrets and helped conceal some things. On the eve of the incident, Qi Luan's son Qi Dongqiang heard that there was a big family in the west of the city.
There was a beautiful daughter in the family, so this bastard took someone to the Zhang family to rape the girl. It happened that Zhu Yue disappeared mysteriously the next day."
After a slight pause, he faced the two of them with a guilty look on his face, and continued with dull eyes: "Everyone knows the rumors in the county. Zhu Yue is usually the best to fight against injustice. In the past, he would be the first to come to the county whenever he didn't take a break.
It was midnight at the Yamen, but he did not return to the Yamen until noon that day. Chief Tan was worried that Zhu Yue had happened upon Qi Dong's forcible act, so he reminded me and sent someone to check."
"Um."
Chu Nanzhi nodded after considering it.
Tan Miao did reveal this today, guessing that Qi Dongqiang killed Zhu Yue.
Chu Nanzhi asked tentatively: "So it's a lie that you sent people to the Sun family to care about Zhu Yue. The real purpose is to check whether Zhu Yue's body can go down the canal?"
"It does mean that."
Kang Mingyuan half-squinted his eyes.
"If it were a floating corpse, the fast current would have flowed into Sunjia Village overnight, but the corpse sank to the bottom of the water."
Chu Nanzhi stared at him and suddenly realized: "That's why you chose to go to Sun's house again in five days, and you are very sure that the body is at the bottom of the ditch."
"indeed so."
"But you knew Qi Dongqiang was the biggest suspect, why did you go to arrest Sun Wuji?"
Chu Nanzhi's expression became a little angry: "Do you really want to show favoritism to your subordinate's son?"
"I really want to protect that bastard Qi Dongqiang, and I have cross-examined him severely. He didn't know anything about it. I even tortured several of the boys who followed him, but they didn't ask about the fact that I harmed Zhu Yue. I'm thinking about him.
He must have only raped the daughter of the Zhang family and not murdered Zhu Yue."
Kang Mingyuan had a bitter look on his face: "If I had enough evidence, I wouldn't have allowed Mrs. Chu and everyone else to question me in the hall today, and I wouldn't have confessed this person."
"That's true."
Chu Nanzhi also felt that this guy would not protect his subordinate's son enough to risk his own life.
Kang Mingyuan added: "It happened that the place where the body was salvaged that day was behind Sun Wuji's house. I was just interrogating him with a tentative attitude, but who knew there was an unexpected gain? I heard that he and Zhu Yue had a dispute.
Thinking of what happened to Guan Yin, I took the opportunity to force him to admit the fact of the murder."
"Dog officer."
Hu Maoxi got angry and slapped the table in front of him, making Kang Mingyuan tremble.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the two of them with lingering eyes, but gradually fell into hesitation.
If the murderer is neither Qi Dongqiang nor Sun Wuji, then there is someone else.
After some thought, she looked at Kang Mingyuan again and said slowly: "Qi Dongqiang is dead and was murdered in his house."
Hearing this, Kang Mingyuan was stunned on the spot. After a long time, he lost his voice and said: "Is it possible that I made a mistake again? Could it be that Zhu Yue was really the one who killed him?"