Hearing these words, Zhang Qing had a dark look on his face, "My lord, don't believe their words, these are all false testimonies.
Xiaguan didn’t drink with them at all last night, they were clearly working with Zhang Feng just to slander Xiaguan!”
At this point, Zhang Qing already understood that this was a game.
Someone wanted to harm him, so they teamed up with Zhang Feng to make this plan. First, they lured him to Yihonglou to make him fall into a trap, and finally framed the incident on him.
When the Xian Wang heard everyone's testimonies, he frowned and said solemnly: "Sir Zhang, I'm sorry, the witnesses and physical evidence are all there.
You are now the most suspect, and I have no choice but to detain you and reopen the case.
Come here, take off Mr. Zhang’s official uniform and put him in jail, awaiting investigation!”
At the order of the wise king, Zhang Qing was stripped of his official uniform by the government officials and then put into prison.
After being imprisoned, because he refused to confess, the prison boss tortured him severely to extract a confession. However, no matter how they tried to extract a confession from him, he refused to confess and would rather die than surrender.
After hearing Zhang Qing narrate the whole incident, Chu Xuanchen's eyebrows were already furrowed coldly, and he said in a deep voice: "It can be seen from this that this is really a game.
Someone took advantage of Zhang Feng and set up a trap for you, Mr. Zhang.
In my opinion, this matter is closely related to Zhang Feng, Yun Xiang and others.
Don’t worry, Mr. Zhang, I will definitely find out the real culprit and clear your name!”
Moreover, Chu Xuanchen had a hunch that the person who was behind the game was dealing with Zhang Qing in order to eradicate this arm of his, and he would never let the other party succeed!
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhang Qing said gratefully.
At this time, Yun Ruoyue had already stepped forward and handed some healing ointments to Zhang Qing, "Sir Zhang, please use these ointments to heal your own injuries first.
Don’t worry, we will definitely help you clear your suspicions.”
"Thank you, princess."
Zhang Qing took the ointment gratefully.
At this time, the wise king had already arrived. He stood aside with a cold and solemn expression, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.
Chu Xuanchen saw that Zhang Qing was beaten with bruises all over his body, and looked at Xian Wang with a deep look, "Xian Wang, as the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, you actually allowed Master Zhang to be beaten like this.
Do you know about this abuse of lynching and torture to extract confessions?"
The wise king said coldly: "Brother, Mr. Zhang has always refused to plead guilty, so the jailers tried him according to the procedures."
Chu Xuanchen said: "Master Zhang is the minister of the Ministry of Industry and a second-rank official. When he has not confessed and the case is suspicious, how can you allow the jailer to torture him?
Jingzhao Yin is a place under your jurisdiction. If Mr. Zhang is beaten or tortured to death, can you bear this responsibility?"
When the wise king heard this, his expression was very solemn, "Brother, I have just taken office, and I don't come to the prison often. I didn't know that the jailers were so ruthless.
Don't worry, from now on, I will send people to strictly monitor you and never let this happen again."
"Which jailers beat Mr. Zhang?"
Chu Xuanchen asked coldly, with sharp and threatening eyes.
As soon as he opened his mouth, there were two men wearing jailor uniforms next to him, and their bodies were already trembling.
They hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. It was the juniors who beat Mr. Zhang. Because Mr. Zhang refused to confess, the juniors interrogated him as before."
"Like before?
Does this mean that as soon as there is a suspect, you will directly beat him to extract a confession without first investigating the case?"
After Chu Xuanchen finished speaking, he looked at Xian Wang with cold eyes, "Xian Wang, this is the Jingzhao Mansion that you manage. It turns out that when the suspects came in, they were not interrogated according to the procedures first, but were directly tortured.
If the government offices of our Chu State are so dark, then our Chu State will be in danger!"