The Truth Is Revealed!
After returning to the county office, Fang Jun had just stepped through the door when he instructed Chen Sheng,"Bring Cui Gensheng and capture the shopkeeper of Li Ji Bank, Li Xingde, to prison and prepare to be promoted.”
Chen Sheng looked confused, but he still did as he was told.
Not long after, Cui Gensheng was brought into the court with a neat and mighty voice.
Fang Jun sat high up in the court and slapped the gavel. He asked with a smile that was not a smile,"Cui Gensheng, are you familiar with this place?”
Cui Gensheng was even more innocent than the last time he was captured. He looked around and said,""Sir, what do you mean by this?”
Fang Jun smiled as he heard this and asked someone to throw the account book of Huang Ji Bank to Cui Gensheng.
Cui Gensheng picked it up and saw that the book Fang Jun threw over was the account book of Huang Ji money house. He seemed to recall something and his face turned pale.
Looking at Cui Gensheng's pale face, Fang Jun said,"Cui Gensheng, I think you should explain to me where the 100 silver you deposited in Huangji Bank came from.”
Although Cui Gensheng's face was pale, he still said calmly,""Milord, this is the money I have saved up over the past few years.”
"Oh? You saved it?" Fang Jun asked.
She told him directly that she didn't believe him.
But Cui Gensheng still insisted that he saved it.
Fang Jun couldn't help but smile coldly.
"Ha, you really won't cry until you see the coffin. This official had previously sent people to investigate. Your income from supporting the ferry can only allow your family to barely make ends meet. How can you save a hundred taels of silver?”
Cui Gensheng hurriedly retorted.
But before he could say anything, Fang Jun continued,"And if I remember correctly, after your big fight with Fu Nansheng, you became very close to Li Xingde. In that case, why didn't you deposit your silver into Li Ji Bank? I just checked the account book of Li Ji Bank and found that Li Xingde's capital is meager. Why do you say that his four big wooden boxes are full of silver?”
Faced with Fang Jun's series of questions, Cui Gensheng could no longer pretend to be calm. He was sweating profusely and his body was trembling in panic.
Finally, he confessed.
Fu Nansheng was ordered by Li Xingde to kill him, and the hundred silver taels were the reward Li Xingde paid him for killing him.
Cui Gensheng confessed.
Li Xingde was originally a medicinal herb merchant in Jiangnan. Because he lost money in his business, he wanted to switch to a bank business that could make money quickly.
More than a year ago, Li Xingde came to Chang 'an City with a small amount of silver to open a bank. Because Chang' an City was prosperous, he was worried that his capital was too little and he would not be trusted by others, so he prepared four large wooden boxes.
He put some sundries into the four wooden boxes and made an appointment with Cui Gensheng in advance. When he took the ferry, he deliberately brought the four big wooden boxes into the river and then fished them up. Then Cui Gensheng spread the news everywhere, saying that it was very difficult to salvage the four big wooden boxes. They must be full of silver money, so as to create a reputation that he had sufficient capital to win the trust of others.
Afterwards, Li Xingde paid Cui Gensheng 50 taels of silver as promised.
However, Li Xingde and Cui Gensheng naively thought that the illusion they put on was flawless, but they did not expect their actions to be seen by Fu Nansheng.
Based on his experience, Fu Nansheng knew that the four half-floating wooden boxes were definitely not filled with silver coins. If the four wooden boxes were really filled with silver coins, then the boxes were definitely not half-floating on the water.
Fu Nansheng was straightforward. He heard Cui Gensheng say that Li Xingde's box was full of silver and didn't want his neighbors to suffer. Therefore, he told his neighbors that the four big wooden boxes were not full of silver and even quarreled with Cui Gensheng.
After Li Xingde opened the bank, Fu Nansheng knew that he did not have much capital, so he often persuaded his neighbors not to deposit their money into Li Ji Bank. As a result, Li Ji Bank lost a lot of business.
Because of this, Li Xingde held a grudge. Finally, more than three months ago, he paid Cui Gensheng a hundred taels of silver as a reward and ordered Cui Gensheng to kill Fu Nansheng in the quiet alley where he sold fish every time.
Because Fu Nansheng always left early in the morning to sell fish to the fishmongers, he would return soon after. Therefore, when Cui Gensheng killed him that day, the sun had not yet set. After the crime, Cui Gensheng could still appear at the ferry in time.
After listening to Cui Gensheng's confession, Fang Jun sneered again.
Sure enough, he should have thought of this earlier. He thought that Li Xingde was the most important person in this case.
In the end, Fang Jun waved his hand, signaling for the bailiffs to bring Cui Gensheng to the court. Then, he asked someone to bring Li Xingde to the court.
"Li Xingde, do you plead guilty?"
Li Xingde was still standing in front of the court with a confused expression. Facing Fang Jun's questioning, he was fearless and asked,"Lord, I have always been obedient. How can I plead guilty?”
Fang Jun looked at him like he was looking at a clown."Oh? Do you think you're innocent? Three months ago, Fu Nansheng of West Street was killed by Cui Gensheng. Wasn't it your idea?”
Fang Jun noticed a hint of panic in Li Xingde's eyes after hearing his words, and even a thin layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
However, Li Xingde was still very calm, which made Fang Jun admire him. If it wasn't for his good eyesight, with Li Xingde's calm appearance, he might suspect that Cui Gensheng was lying to him.
Li Xingde cupped his hands." Sir, Fu Nansheng was killed by Cui Gensheng. What does it have to do with me?" Moreover, I don't even know who Cui Gensheng is, so how can I order him to kill?”
Fang Jun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Don't know him? It seemed that he was an old fox. He was really clean.
He couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Tsk tsk, I wonder how Cui Gensheng is feeling now.
"Li Xingde, just because you're lying through your teeth doesn't mean we're all blind. Everyone in the west of Chang 'an City knew that Cui Gensheng often visited Li Ji Bank. Why? Now that something happened, you don't recognize your family?”
Li Xingde's eyes kept turning, and he kept thinking of bad ideas in his heart. He retorted,"I'm a bank owner, and that Cui Gensheng is just here to deposit money. What's wrong with that?”
Fang Jun couldn't help but admire Li Xingde's ability to lie through his teeth without feeling guilty. He looked helplessly at Chen Sheng and Zhou Fu who were standing at the side.
He wanted to see how long the person he had decided on would want to struggle.
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