Dong Zhikun gasped for air. After a while, he finally regained his energy. He straightened up and knelt in front of Zhong Tenghong and said: "Old Prison... Zhong Duguan, please ask."
Zhong Tenghong said: "The day before yesterday, someone went to the West Zhenwu Palace to complain, accusing you of murder and silence. Can you admit this?"
Dong Zhikun wiped away his tears and cried: "This is an injustice. Who is it? I am willing to confront him face to face!"
Zhong Tenghong asked again: "Can you admit that you colluded with bandits and harmed Junshan?"
Dong Zhikun fell to the ground and cried: "I don't know about this either. I really don't know who can be so vicious. Watching the clock will see clearly and clear my name!"
Zhong Tenghong said: "The person who is suing you claims to be a descendant of Qionglai Sanchou, a gangster from eastern Sichuan. His surname is Feng Feng and his name is Tang. Do you know him?"
Dong Zhikun became more and more fluent as he spoke, saying: "I have never heard of this person, but I don't know why he wants to harm me? Has he produced any evidence?"
Zhong Tenghong shook his head: "That's not true, but this matter is of great concern. Therefore, Abbot Bai and Xu Prison were shocked and asked me to inquire specifically. You must think clearly and tell me in front of all the colleagues in the hospital whether there is any
Have you done these things?”
Dong Zhikun was overjoyed and loudly said: "This is absolutely not the case, don't worry! This is a false accusation made by a villain to deliberately smear the name of Wuji Academy. I hope you will report it on my behalf. Don't be fooled by the villain."
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Zhong Tenghong nodded: "In this case, I feel relieved. You can get up now. After all, we are the prison of a hospital. It is better to respect your dignity."
Dong Zhikun was dumbfounded. How could he let it go? He stood up in a daze, clasped his fists in front of Zhong Tenghong, and finally regained some of the demeanor of the Taoist Supervisor. He secretly wondered, could it be that Du Tenghui and Xu
Tenglong was afraid that this matter would involve the two of him, so he tried his best to protect himself?
No matter what, Dong Zhikun was inexplicably happy to have escaped so easily. He secretly thought that he seemed to have overreacted these days. How could Feng Dalang's unfounded claims possibly bring him down?
Just when he was overjoyed, he suddenly heard Liu Zhiguang step forward and say: "I'm reporting to Guan Zhong, today Junshan Temple sued Jiang Zhiheng, the master of Fangtang, and set up a private execution hall to arrest Song Xiong, a layman who abused Junshan Temple's pyrotechnics. What's going on?"
Please give me your instructions as to how to deal with it."
Dong Zhikun's heart skipped a beat. Only then did he notice that Jin Jiu and other Taoist priests from Junshan Temple were standing in the hall, so he secretly said something bad.
Just listen to Zhong Tenghong ask Jin Jiu: "What exactly is this matter? Please tell me in detail."
Jin Jiuchong waved to the outside of the palace, and Guan Er and others took Jiang Zhiheng up and pushed him to the ground.
"Reporting to Guan Zhong, a few days ago, the leader of the Fangtang Hall, Jiang Zhiheng, led his men to kidnap Song Xiong, a pyrotechnical layman of Junshan Temple, and set up a private torture hall in Longshan Temple to torture Song Xiong. He beat Song Xiong all over his body. Fortunately, we and others
After receiving the news, we immediately went to the rescue and rescued Song Xiong. Song Xiong was seriously injured and is still recovering from his injuries in Junshan Temple, lying in bed unable to move."
After Jin Jiu finished speaking, Zhong Tenghong asked Jiang Zhiheng: "Why did you arrest Song Xiong privately?"
Jiang Zhiheng replied: "I am acting under orders, and the Directorate of Supervision and Administration asked me to do this."
After saying this sentence, Dong Zhikun's face turned pale and he shouted: "Jiang Zhiheng, be careful what you say, don't slander anyone!"
Jiang Zhiheng did not dare to look at Dong Zhikun, but just lowered his head and said: "A few days ago, Dong Supervisor told me that Song Xiong was in Zhaozhuang, Shiquan County, and asked me to quietly capture him and hide him in Junshan Temple..."
Dong Zhikun shouted: "Jiang Zhiheng..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhong Tenghong: "Let him finish speaking first, and then you can speak after he finishes speaking."
Dong Zhikun was worried at first, but after being interrupted by Zhong Tenghong, he suddenly changed his mind and thought, the original owner Feng Dalang went to complain but there was no result, so what should he be afraid of? Du Tenghui and Xu Tenglong knew about this at the time.
They must take care of it, otherwise I will involve the two of them. It will be up to you Zhong Tenghong to deal with it. It will be up to you to see how Xizhenwu Palace will deal with it!
Thinking of this, I felt certain in my heart, and I was no longer anxious or annoyed, and allowed Jiang Zhiheng to continue to confess.
Jiang Zhiheng continued: "In Junshan Temple, we were originally unwilling to torture to extract a confession, but the Dong Supervisor Yuan urged us to make Song Xiong spit out as soon as possible. Therefore, we had to be tortured..."
Zhong Tenghong asked: "You said that the Dong Supervisor Yuan was pressing very urgently. What are you trying to find out from Song Xiong?"
Dong Zhikun stopped Zhong Tenghong with a smile: "Zhong Du is in charge, it's better not to inquire about this matter."
Zhong Tenghong's face darkened: "What does Dong Jian Yuan mean?"
Dong Zhikun said with a smile: "Some things are difficult for everyone to handle, so why bother yourself?"
Zhong Tenghong said seriously: "I was entrusted by Abbot Bai and Xu Jianyuan to check the problems of Wujiyuan. What is there to be afraid of? What is there to be embarrassed about? Jiang Zhiheng, you just come here and don't hide anything.
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Dong Zhikun sneered and said: "Forget it, just say it. You are not afraid of bells, but there are many people who are afraid!"
Jiang Zhiheng replied: "Song Xiong was well-known in the world when he was young. The Dong Supervisory Yuan suspected that he had accumulated a lot of private wealth, so he wanted to torture him to find out the whereabouts of the money."
Dong Zhikun was startled when he heard this, and then became furious, pointing at Jiang Zhiheng and saying: "That's nonsense! Did I ever ask you to torture Song Xiong about his money? It's simply a slander..."
Zhong Tenghe shouted: "Dong Zhikun, shut up!"
Before Dong Zhikun could say anything, Zhong Tenghong motioned to the left and right, and someone immediately came up, pushed him to the ground again, and stuffed a sweat towel into his mouth to prevent him from speaking anymore.
Jiang Zhiheng said: "I don't dare to deceive the governor. The Dong Supervisory Academy is greedy and demanding. Everyone in the Wuji Academy knows about this."
Suddenly, a man emerged from the crowd at the side, and it was Chen Zhizhong, a well-known guest in the living room.
Then Chen Zhizhong took out an account book from his arms and said loudly: "Guan Zhong, what Jiang Zhiheng said is true. I have ironclad evidence here!"
Zhong Tenghong took the account book over and looked through it while listening to Chen Zhizhong's report: "Since the 16th year of Jiajing, Dong Zhikun has made a profit of more than 1,300 taels by purchasing tea from the tea mountain produced in the hospital at low prices through the shop of his distant nephew.
; Colluded with Liu Ji Mi Shop in Jiangyou County and purchased Liu Ji Mi Pagoda's rice at a high price of 3,000 taels, making a profit of 680 taels; In the name of trading at a discount, he purchased the silk and satin workshop owned by the college with his nephew's shop and made a profit of 1,000 taels.
Eight hundred taels; use bad sand to offset the gold sand and hand it over to Xizhenwu Palace in exchange for 500 taels of silver; without authorization, more than thirty kilograms of wild ginseng, longqi, etc. produced in the Taoist medicine field were seized..."
One by one, everything was listed in the account book, when, with whom, what was done, and how much profit was made. Everything was detailed and clear, which made Zhong Tenghong frown.
Chen Zhizhong pointed out a stick of incense before finishing everything. According to the records in the account book, Dong Zhikun embezzled a total of tens of thousands of taels of silver from the hospital property!
Zhong Tenghong had been prepared. After hearing this, he couldn't help but gasped, shook his head and said: "Tie Dong Zhikun, seal all the account books in the accounting room, and send them all to Xizhenwu Palace for investigation!"
Dong Zhikun never expected that his accident was not caused by the Qionglai Three Chou case, but by embezzlement of money. When he was tied to the carriage, he still didn't think about it.