Kong Wuye thought for a long time and finally gave up the struggle. He stood there waiting for the Yamen to tie his arms, and then looked at Li Xu with a complicated expression on his face.
Li Xu secretly investigated him, making him resentful, but these people rescued him at a critical moment, although he knew that they were not well-intentioned, just to get some confessions from him so that they could arrest the people he served.
Li Xu continued: "Fengyang is in chaos. His foundation has been shaken. In my opinion, his identity has been exposed. It is just a fight between trapped beasts. There is no benefit in fighting the court. If you can attack the court at this time,
If it helps, maybe the court will give you a lighter punishment."
Hearing Li Xu's words, Master Kong Wu's face wavered a little.
"You only have one chance," Li Xu said. "The court has arrested the Fang family. Maybe they know more than you do."
Mr. Kong swallowed. The court had long suspected him and would naturally follow the clues to find the Fang family. The Fang family knew more than he did. As soon as the Fang family opened his mouth, he would no longer be of any use.
Mr. Kong opened his mouth to speak, but he soon laughed: "Why bother, he will die even if I tell him. I am going to die, and I can't care about others."
Second Master Kong is referring to the Kong family, and maybe the Kong family will be implicated by him.
Huang Qinghe and the civil servants beside him wanted to say something. Huang Qinghe shook his head. Mr. Kong was already a prisoner. He was more concerned about Li Xu's attitude. Li Xu's city was too deep for people to see through. Just like this time
... He thought Li Xu was trying to cover up the Kong family, but Li Xu came over at this moment.
But Li Xu didn't alarm Mr. Kong. Did he really want to fish out the Fang family, or did he change the direction when the situation was bad? Huang Qinghe couldn't figure it out. Since Li Xu was willing to talk, he was happy to listen carefully.
Look, he doesn't have to worry about the Fang family's affairs, someone will take care of it naturally.
Li Xu turned around at this time: "Master Huang, you don't have to worry too much about Mr. Kong. He doesn't know the news that can save his life, so he doesn't want to speak."
When Mr. Kong heard this, his eyes flashed with resentment: "It's useless if you catch the Fang family, they won't tell the truth even if they die.
Those of them were either wrongfully accused by the court and their families were destroyed, or they were frightened and coerced. Thanks to his help, they survived. They would not betray him. I thought that after getting the credit this time, they would be reused by him, so that I could see his true nature.
Rong... didn't expect..."
Mr. Kong did not continue.
Li Xu didn't speak anymore. Huang Qinghe ordered the government officials: "Take him to the government office." Kong Er didn't need to continue interrogating him. He had some understanding of the methods of the people behind the scenes. If Miss Xu hadn't been too forced, the people behind the scenes would have been there.
People don't know how to use Kong Er. Kong Er did not commit suicide after being arrested, which proves that he was afraid of death.
Based on this alone, Kong Er will not be reused. At most, he is just a chess piece that will be discarded after use. Therefore, Kong Er will not know the true identity of the person behind the scenes.
The Fang family is different. At this time, Manager Fang came forward to arrange these things, which should be the last chess piece he left in the capital.
…
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Zhang Yuci lay motionless in the corner.
The poison pills he swallowed had invaded his internal organs. Later, Song Chengxuan brought several bowls of medicine to him and drank it. The medicine seemed to have a certain effect on the poison in his body, but it also caused other pains.
He knew that Song Chengxuan used him to test the medicine in order to detoxify Miss Xu, but he did not expect that a relative of the emperor would end up like this.
He also struggled, but Song Chengxuan did not threaten him. He just walked up to him and opened his hand. He saw that Song Chengxuan still had two poisonous pills in his hand.
With such a move, he already understood that if he refused to cooperate, Song Chengxuan would not hesitate to deepen the poison in his body.
The deeper the poisoning, the more ulcers will appear on the body and the appearance of death will be even more miserable.
Zhang Yuci lowered his head completely. His life was in Song Chengxuan's hands, and he could only quietly wait for death in the corner.
"Zhang Yuci," a shout came, "do you still want to get out of here?"
Zhang Yuci did not open his eyes, he knew that the person speaking was the old woman.
"You are about to die, and your son Zhang He will not escape the blame. You should think of something quickly," the old woman said with a hint of anxiety in her voice, "We cannot let the Zhang family lose its inheritance. I heard someone saying
You said, there was chaos outside, and you promised to...rescue me, Huijing, and the two Wuszang people who were captured, and I...I will tell you a secret."
Zhang Yuci still said nothing.
The old woman's voice was hoarse: "Do you still remember what you promised me more than ten years ago? You owe me this. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have ended up like this."
Zhang Yuci's eyelids moved slightly.
The old woman continued: "The Zhang family has not fallen yet, and there is still the Queen Mother in the palace. Please plead with the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother cannot protect you, she will do something for you..."
When the old woman said this, she glanced at Huijing beside her in panic.
Huijing told her that this was her last chance. Taking advantage of the chaos outside and the supervision of the Ministry of Punishment, she tried her best to persuade Zhang Yuci to save them, otherwise they would all die here.
Zhang Yuci still said nothing.
The old woman asked Huijing in a trembling voice: "Has he already..."
"Amitabha," Huijing said, "this donor can hear what you say."
The old woman bit her lip and finally made a cruel decision: "Zhang Yuci, when you persuaded me to help you deliver the news, you said that you would ask Prince An to leave me in the future. Even if I have a low status and can only be a concubine, you will
Let me give birth to the eldest son of a concubine. In the future, no one will look down on me when you and the eldest son of a concubine are around.
You said that Prince An was on guard against the second prince and did not want him to make meritorious deeds. If the second prince can pacify the northwest, it will definitely be a great achievement. He will be made the crown prince in the future, and the Zhang family will follow suit. You will not be afraid that Prince An will not give you face.
.
You just said that the second prince took the soldiers and horses to raid Tubo, but you did not tell me that Songpan Guard would be in danger. Unexpectedly, Songpan Guard was defeated in the end, Prince An and his family died tragically, and I finally survived."
The old woman spoke sadly, thinking about the situation at that time and she couldn't help crying: "Do you know how I saved my life, hiding among the corpses with fear, enduring the stench of the rotting corpses, the whole city was full of dead people, that was really
hell……"
The old woman cried louder and louder.
Zhang Yuci finally struggled to open his eyes. He turned around and saw Huijing sitting cross-legged in the cell opposite.
"He is..." Zhang Yuci's voice was hoarse.
The old woman opened her eyes wide, with a glimmer of hope on her face: "Yes...he is...I only found out that I was pregnant after you left, and he is..."
Zhang Yuci looked at Huijing. He had actually guessed that when the old woman said that Huijing was the heir of Prince An, he had some thoughts in his mind, so he kept his mouth shut and said nothing.
If that person could really rescue Huijing, he would have left his bones and blood.
Huijing also raised his head and looked at Zhang Yuci. He came to Dazhou from Wuszang just to find out his life experience, and now he finally knows the truth.
"Donor, are you resentful?" Huijing finally said after a long while, "Having ended up in the current situation, do you feel that you have missed a move?"
Zhang Yuci didn't know where the strength came from, and she managed to sit up little by little.
Yes, it was just one move away, just a little bit off. If he had killed Xu back then, maybe...
"Does the donor think that if he killed Miss Xu back then, there would be no result today?"
Zhang Yuci was surprised. He had heard that Huijing could see through people's hearts, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful.
"No, you are wrong," Huijing said. "After thinking about it for so many days, I finally understood that the donor is here today because he has been using you and using you and the Zhang family to do evil, so that he can gain from it.
Only through profit can he win over people to serve him. In other words, all the people harmed by the Zhang family were taken for his own use. What he used was those people's desire for revenge.