“……”
Hu Yan held the scroll that Kong Yan threw over with both hands and opened it shakily. His face was trembling non-stop.
"Haha…His Majesty is really good to Young Master Kong.”Hu Yan's smile was uglier than a crying face.
How could His Majesty agree to such a ridiculous thing? Wasn't this cheating?
Hu Yan was madly drawing a little character for Li Shiming in his heart.
Kong Yan glanced at him and said lightly,""Send over all the files of the Supreme Court's prison personnel, including yours.”
"Yes, this official…this official will do it now.”Hu Yan heaved a sigh of relief. After replying, he immediately ran out of the room. His legs were as strong as a general's.
"General Li, what is the crime of stealing an imperial edict?”Kong Yan stared at Hu Yan's back as he left and asked leisurely.
"I don't know." Li Junxian's lips twitched.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Yan returned with an awkward smile on his face. He held the bright yellow imperial edict with both hands and bowed his head as he handed it to Kong Yan.
"I left in a hurry just now and forgot to return it to Young Master Kong.”Hu Yan smiled awkwardly.
“……”
With the imperial edict in hand, Kong Yan obtained the highest command of the Supreme Court, and Hu Yan temporarily became his loyal subordinate.
Naturally, his loyalty was only limited to these three days, and that was under the condition that Kong Yan didn't mention the bet and didn't take the initiative to turn hostile.
Kong Yan flipped through the files of everyone in the prison. At the same time, his secret guards moved.
Instead of checking the alibi of every jailer, he went to investigate the recent abnormalities of the jailers.
For example, he suddenly became generous, or he paid off his gambling debt, or his face suddenly became pale and dark circles, or he suddenly became worried.
No one would cooperate with others to murder the current Duke for no reason.
Either he would gain huge benefits from doing this, or he would pay a very important price if he didn't do it.
The specific situation was nothing more than promising a windfall or a beauty, or the person he cared about was being coerced.
This was an extremely tedious search. Fortunately, Kong Yan did not lack manpower for this.
In the evening, there were only six personnel files left on the table in front of Kong Yan.
"One of them is your distant cousin." Kong Yan threw a personnel file to Hu Yan.
"Hu Sanjin?" Hu Yan frowned and asked Kong Yan," Are you sure he's here?”
"He has the reputation of being a greedy tiger among the jailors. Every time a new criminal enters the prison, he is always the happiest…"
"This time, Zhangsun Shunde was imprisoned. He was very smart. He knew that you couldn't protect him and didn't dare to accept the Zhangsun Clan's silver.”
"But he doesn't have to worry about Liu Yi's family's money.”
Kong Yan sneered.
"Liu Yi?" Hu Yan was stunned.
"How come you don't recognize me so quickly?”Kong Yan said lightly," It's the censor who was imprisoned by me in the imperial court with a few words.”
The corner of Hu Yan's mouth twitched. He naturally knew Liu Yi, but he didn't understand why Liu Yi was mentioned at this time.
"What does this have to do with Liu Yi?”Hu Yan asked directly.
"It seems that Lord Hu knows what his distant cousin did in the prison." Kong Yan sighed and said faintly.”
Cold sweat trickled down Hu Yan's forehead. He laughed dryly and said,"If I knew, I would definitely punish him severely.”
Kong Yan sneered and said,""Whether you know it or not, as long as it has nothing to do with this case, I won't care.”
"I really don't know." Hu Yan said weakly.
In fact, Hu Sanjin was one of his trusted aides in the Court of Judicial Review. After all, there was a thin blood connection between the two of them.
He had always turned a blind eye to Hu Sanjin. As long as the other party did not do anything too out of line, he would not ask.
However, he never expected that the other party would actually be so bold this time, actually daring to make a move against Zhangsun Shunde.
"Zhangsun Shunde and Liu Yi were both imprisoned for embezzling disaster relief funds. Their cells shouldn't be too far apart.”Kong Yan stared at the file on the table and said," The accomplice or murderer should have entered and left the prison under the pretext of visiting Liu Yi."”
"Although your cousin is a bastard, he shouldn't be so stupid as to help kill the current Duke.”
"It should be that after the murderer killed Zhangsun Shunde, he analyzed Hu Sanjin's relationship with the other party. Hu Sanjin would definitely be terrified. He had a sturdy body and might want to kill him immediately.”
"But at this time, he noticed that several jailers who were on duty that night walked over and stood with the murderer.”
"There's no other way. Your cousin can only join in.”
“……”
"As for the murderer who fled to the vicinity of Wild Goose Falling Pavilion and disappeared, he should have put on the jailer's clothes.”
“……”
Kong Yan closed his eyes. His brain was working quickly, and all the information he had read flashed through his mind.
"Liu Yi should know who the murderer is!”Kong Yan's eyes suddenly opened, and a bright light flashed across them.
Hu Yan listened to Kong Yan's analysis and felt confused. He could not figure it out for a long time.
Although Li Junxian didn't quite understand, he had a vague feeling that Kong Yan was telling the truth about the assassination attempt on the High Duke.
"Young Master, are you sure it's these six?" Hu Yan pointed at the files on the table and asked.
"I'm not sure," Kong Yan said calmly.
" Uh…" Hu Yan's face fell and he smiled bitterly." Young Master, don't joke with me at this time."”
"Humph, it doesn't matter whether I'm sure or not. What's important is to make them admit it and sign their names.”Kong Yan smiled coldly.
"Young Master, you want it?" Hu Yan asked hesitantly.
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
Reality proved that his premonition was correct.
That night, Zhu Sanlang brought a group of men in black to the Supreme Court's prison. Not long after, the prison was filled with tragic screams.
Li Erlang and the rest of the members of Falling Goose Pavilion understood that their Young Master was helping them vent their anger. Some of them had tears in their eyes.
Hu Yan was about to cry.
"Young Master Kong, since you've already identified the six people, why are you still torturing the others?”Hu Yan gritted his teeth.
In the prison, all kinds of miserable screams rang out in the torture chamber.
The jailers who used to torture others finally experienced another taste of the torture chamber tonight.
"This Young Master cannot guarantee that there are no more fish that have slipped through the net. This case is of great importance.”Kong Yan said lightly.
"Supervisor Liu is a civilian, how could he be involved in the assassination?”When Hu Yan saw that his registrar was also sent to the Xing chair, his expression changed drastically. He almost roared, and his saliva flew everywhere.
"Why not?" Kong Yan asked.
"You're being unreasonable." Hu Yan glared at him and said coldly," If you continue, I'll definitely go to His Majesty tomorrow to consult you.”
"General Li, do I have the authority to investigate the officials of the Supreme Court?”Kong Yan turned to Li Junxian.
Zhu Sanlang took out a bright yellow imperial edict and waved it in front of Li Junxian.
"This general has other duties," Li Junxian frowned."I won't interfere with your investigation."”
Kong Yan nodded and turned to Hu Yan, saying lightly,""Does Lord Hu recognize the imperial edict?"
Hu Yan was furious. He laughed coldly." I'll leave my words here. When I enter the palace tomorrow, I'll definitely make you suffer!"”
"Be gentle, as long as you can't speak or write.”Kong Yan said indifferently.
"Alright."
Zhu Sanlang grinned, staring at Hu Yan as if he enjoyed the wolf staring at the little sheep.
He had always been envious of Qin Dalang. After all, not everyone could beat the Crown Prince.
"Kong Yan, do you want to rebel?" Hu Yan asked in a trembling voice.”
"Take him away." Zhu Sanlang said coldly.
“……”
Kong Yan was wearing a red robe. He stood outside the torture chamber of the Supreme Court with his hands behind his back. He listened to the screams coming from the torture chamber with an indifferent expression.
Tonight, everyone in the Supreme Court would be punished. This was not just to help Li Erlang and the others vent their anger.
Zhangsun Shunde died, resulting in a murder case. Perhaps many people had forgotten that he was originally involved in the disaster relief fund corruption case.
Kong Yan did not forget!
He had a long list in his hand.
He knew that even if he handed the list to Li Shi Min, Li Shi Min would not punish everyone.
Then he could only do it himself.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to torture some innocent people!
He didn't have the bad taste of torturing people, but he had no choice.
Only by making everyone think that he would rather kill the wrong person than let go of the wrong person in order to investigate this murder case would no one notice his true purpose.
In fact, he did not really care who killed Zhangsun Shunde. After all, in his eyes, Zhangsun Shunde was already a dead man from the moment he embezzled his disaster relief funds.
However, while the other party killed him, he also framed him, causing the people of Wild Goose Falling Pavilion to suffer an undeserved disaster and almost causing Yang Jiaoniang's death!
This touched Kong Yan's bottom line.
Otherwise, Kong Yan wouldn't have been interested in investigating.
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