Chapter 47
Chen Taisheng was still sleeping soundly when he was arrested overnight and locked up in the posthouse. However, Pang Yu didn't interrogate him that night. Instead, he went to sleep.
The next morning, Pang Yu got up and ate before coming to the main hall of the posthouse. At this time, Su Kuan was waiting anxiously.
"Lord Marquis, this general has already sent people to capture the person in the secret chamber in the northern mountain. However…"
Su Kuan was still unable to calm down for a long time.
"But what? Tell me ~"
"But this person is Chen Taisheng. According to him, the person we arrested at the county office last night was his younger brother, Chen Taiming. After the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, Chen Taisheng had been imprisoned by his younger brother, Chen Taiming, in a secret chamber in the northern mountains.”
Su Kuan cupped his fists and said.
"What is it? The person arrested last night was Chen Taisheng's younger brother, Chen Taiming? They were twin brothers from the same mother?”
Pang Yu was greatly shocked.
"I see. No wonder, no wonder! No wonder this person was lame, no wonder he didn't have the habit of preparing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, no wonder he didn't look like a weak scholar, no wonder he replaced the previous bailiffs.
Everything made sense. Chen Taiming must have imprisoned his brother in a secret room in the mountain. In order to prevent others from finding out, he killed all the bailiffs in the county office. He claimed that the bailiffs were corrupt and perverted the law, so he fired them. However, he was afraid that his family could not find him and caused a ruckus in the county office to spread the matter.
He simply dumped the corpses of these bailiffs in the wilderness, claiming that they had no livelihood and had become bandits. Then, he faked it and found someone to go around the mountain to bring back the corpses, claiming that they were killed by extermination.”
As he said that, Pang Yu frowned and said,""But how did Chen Taiming kill so many bailiffs? There must be an accomplice. Who was his accomplice?”
"Lord Marquis, why don't you bring Chen Taisheng here for questioning? Presumably, he should know his younger brother very well.”
Su Kuan said.
"En, bring Chen Taisheng in. I want to interrogate him.”
Soon, a man with disheveled hair was brought in.
"I, Chen Taisheng, pay my respects to Marquis An Le and thank you for saving my life. I will never forget it.”
Chen Taisheng knelt on the ground and wailed.
Looking at Chen Taisheng, Pang Yu couldn't help but frown, but he still raised his hand and said,"Get up first. Tell me what is going on.”
"This lowly official thanks Lord Marquis ~"
Chen Taisheng stood up and said," Lord Marquis, my younger brother Chen Taiming suddenly brought people into the county government from the back door on the night of September 5th last year. He forcefully captured me while I was still sleeping and locked me up in a secret room in the mountain. It was only at this time that Lord Marquis was able to save me."”
"Hmm? Only these? Don't you know what happened in between?”
Pang Yu frowned.
"I'm ashamed, because Chen Taiming is my younger brother, I didn't guard against him before. After he locked me up, I don't know what happened.”
Chen Taisheng said with an ashamed look.
"Then let me ask you, does your brother Chen Taiming know any martial arts experts? After you were imprisoned, all the yamen runners were killed. Chen Taiming couldn't do it alone.”
Pang Yu asked.
"Aye, Lord Marquis, this is my fault."
Chen Taisheng said with shame.
"What do you mean?"
"My younger brother, Chen Taiming, was originally a local ruffian in the city. He had many local ruffians under him, and his alias was Chen Batian. Presumably, the matter of him killing the bailiffs should have been done by these local ruffians under him.”
Chen Taisheng smiled bitterly.
"En, that explains it. You sit at the side and listen to the hearing. I still have to interrogate your brother, Chen Taiming.”
"Understood ~"
Then, two Imperial Army soldiers brought Chen Taiming in.
"Kneel down ~"
The imperial guard kicked Chen Taiming to his knees.
"I don't know how this lowly official offended Lord Marquis, to actually have Lord Marquis arrest this lowly official here last night ~"
Chen Taiming didn't see that the person beside him was his brother Chen Taisheng. After all, he hadn't seen his brother for more than a year. He had been locked in a secret room in the northern mountain. He had sent his confidant to deliver food every day.
"Chen Taiming, do you know who he is?”
Pang Yu stood up and asked Chen Taiming sternly.
Chen Taiming was shocked because very few people knew the name Chen Taiming. He raised his head and looked at the man. He was shocked.
"You... You…"
Chen Taiming pointed at his brother, speechless.
"Second brother, have you ever thought that I would appear in front of you one day?”
Chen Taisheng looked at his brother Chen Taiming with hatred.
"Chen Taiming, what do you have to say now? He secretly killed the officials of the court, murdered the county officials, and pretended to be the officials of the court. Any of these crimes is a capital offense. I will give you a chance to confess, but don't let my men make you speak.”
Pang Yu looked at Chen Taiming and said coldly.
Chen Taiming collapsed on the ground, and a miserable laugh slowly appeared.
" The heavens are so unfair. Where is the justice?"
Chen Taiming roared towards the sky.
After saying that, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath."That's right, I'm Chen Taisheng's twin brother, Chen Taiming. I was the one who killed those bailiffs and imprisoned Chen Taisheng.”
"He's your brother, a brother of the same mother. Blood is thicker than love, how could you be so ruthless? How could those government laborers be so innocent and suffer such a great disaster?"
Pang Yu felt a chill in his heart. Blood brothers ~ This was a true blood brother from the same mother, but in the end, he did this.
"May I ask if Lord Marquis knows how Chen Taisheng treated me?”
Chen Taiming shouted.
"Tell me about it ~"
Glancing at Chen Taisheng, Pang Yu regained his composure and said lightly.
"Our family was poor when we were young, but my father wholeheartedly hoped that the two of us could obtain official titles and strengthen our family. At that time, my brother, Chen Taisheng, was born dull, while I was born smart. The teacher also said that if I wanted to study high school, it would not be difficult.
My father also decided to let me go to school and let him farm at home to reduce the pressure on the family and support me to go to school. One day, when I was passing by a mountain valley on my way home from school, two people suddenly appeared and pushed me to the ground, breaking my left leg.
At that time, I didn't know who did it, but because my left leg was disabled and I couldn't go to school, my family let my eldest brother go to school. I worked at home to support my eldest brother's school. Later, I accidentally learned that the two people who broke my left leg were hired by him.”
Chen Taiming pointed at Chen Taisheng, his eyes full of hatred.
"You're talking nonsense, don't slander people with empty words. This official has been studying poetry and books since young, how could I do such a thing?”
Chen Taisheng shouted.
"Shut up ~"
Pang Yu said coldly, looking at Chen Taiming: "Continue."
"When I returned home, I told my father about this matter. Who knew that my father would not believe me and even scolded me harshly. He asked me to farm well so that he could study. I was so angry that I left home to make a living alone.
During this period, I also studied hard. Although I didn't get an official rank, I was talented. Later, because I was talented and kind, I was recruited by the local aristocrat Qi Baiyu as his son-in-law. He wanted to marry his eldest daughter Qi Xiyun to me and let me take over the Qi family business in the future.
But who knew that not long after the good days, bad news would fall from the sky. Last year, my fiancée, Qi Xiyun, and I attended the Lantern Festival. She was taken in by the Prince of Qinghe, Zhao Wenyun. Zhao Wenyun wanted to take Xi Yun as his concubine, but his father-in-law refused several times. The next night, Zhao Wenyun sent someone to secretly snatch Xi Yun.
One of Zhao Wenyun's guard's waist token fell into the house and was picked up by me before I handed it to father-in-law. Father-in-law went to the county government to complain, who knew Chen Taisheng said father-in-law falsely accused. He drove his father-in-law out with a stick.
Later, Zhao Wenyun found out about this matter. One night, he sent the guards of the Prince's Residence to his house to silence him. That day, I went to the countryside to buy land and was not at home to avoid the disaster. Later, I found out that this matter was not only done by Zhao Wenyun, but also Chen Taisheng.
Chen Taisheng had a son named Chen Xuanming. He was idle all day long and did not do his job properly. He owed a huge gambling debt outside and was blackmailed. Chen Taisheng was asked to use money to redeem him, or he would kill him. Chen Taisheng took a fancy to his father-in-law's family property, so he killed his father-in-law's family with Zhao Wenyun and seized his family property to save his son.
After I found out what happened, I wanted to take revenge. At that time, I wanted to hire someone, but two Jianghu people helped me. With their help, I locked Chen Taisheng in a secret room in the mountain and let him suffer for the rest of his life.
But later, I was afraid of being discovered. In addition, my brother and I are twins and look very similar, so I put on makeup and became the county magistrate of Luonan County. Later on, a bailiff seemed to have noticed some problems with me. In order to avoid being exposed, I privately hired a local ruffian in Luonan City to kill the bailiff and announce to the public that they were corrupt and had been exterminated.”
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