When Jiang He heard Zhang Chen's words, his expression immediately calmed down. He carefully sized up the two of them and suddenly asked,"Are you the imperial envoys sent by the Imperial Court this time?”
Zhang Chen and Ye Qingxian looked at each other in surprise.
"Ha!" "To be able to become the governor of a state, you really have some skills. You actually guessed our identities so quickly."”
Ye Qingxian glanced at Zhang Chen. She was a little confused. She did not expect him to admit his identity directly.
This would obviously increase the difficulty of the interrogation!
"Will Jiang He still tell us the truth after knowing our identities?”Ye Qingxian thought to herself.
The truth was just as she had expected.
When Jiang He saw that Zhang Chen had admitted his identity, his attitude changed, let alone telling him the truth.
His face, which had turned pale from shock, was now flushed red. He said angrily,"Imperial envoy? Don't you know the rules of officialdom? How dare he kidnap an official of the Imperial Court? This is breaking the law!"
"Breaking the law knowingly?" Zhang Chen sneered,"You make it sound like you're abiding by the law. You really don't know your place."”
Jiang He glared at Zhang Chen and said contemptuously,"You are just a small constable with a wooden badge. What qualifications do you have to compare with me?”
Zhang Chen shook his head and sighed." Your life is in my hands, yet you still put on airs in front of me. You really don't know what's good for you."”
"Humph!" Jiang He snorted and looked at Ye Qingxian, who was watching the show. He frowned and said,""If my guess is correct, you should be the imperial envoy. As the imperial envoy, are you going to watch this little wooden badge constable run amok?”
Zhang Chen and Ye Qingxian were stunned. Neither of them had expected Jiang He to think so.
However, on second thought, they felt that it was not difficult to understand.
Ye Qingxian was the princess's personal guard, so it was understandable that she was looked down upon.
On the other hand, Zhang Chen's past resume was simple and there was nothing worth paying attention to. It was indeed unbelievable for such a small transparent person to be the imperial envoy.
"Alright!" Zhang Chen lost interest in chatting after being looked down upon. He said to Ye Qing Xian,""The interrogation will begin immediately. Miss Qingxian, please take a statement.”
Upon hearing the word 'interrogation', Jiang He immediately thought of the various torture devices in the prison. His face turned pale as he said in horror,"The Great Xia laws clearly state that the punishment cannot be used on scholar-bureaucrats. I am a fourth-grade official of the current dynasty. You cannot use punishment on me! If you torture me, I can sue you at any time to force a confession out of you. The confession obtained is useless.”
"Use torture?" Zhang Chen said indifferently. That was just the lowest interrogation method. I don't need to torture you. I can still make you confess everything.”
Corrupted officials like Jiang He naturally did not have a strong will. It was not difficult to obtain confessions from them by torture.
However, just as Jiang He said, the testimony obtained from the torture of officials could not be used as evidence in court.
For Zhang Chen, torture was too troublesome. He was too lazy to waste time.
When Jiang He heard that Zhang Chen didn't know how to use torture, he immediately felt that he could do it again. He raised his head and said,"Interrogating me will depend on your ability.”
Zhang Chen did not waste any more words. He stretched out his hand to straighten Jiang He's head and looked at him indifferently.
His eyes gradually became incomparably deep, like a deep pool, making people involuntarily want to sink into it.
Great Fulfilment Soul Shifting Technique!
An ordinary person like Jiang He could not resist at all. He was forced to look into Zhang Chen's eyes. His eyes gradually glazed over, and soon he lost all consciousness.
The interrogation began!
"Who are you?"
"Tingzhou Zhizhou Jiang He."
"How many people are there in your family?"
"73 people."
"How many concubines do you have?"
"22nd room."
"How much silver do you have at home?"
"Countless."
"What's going on with the Tingzhou tax case? Did you steal it from yourself?"
"Yes…"
……
Jiang He did not resist at all. No matter what Zhang Chen asked, he answered it clearly.
Ye Qingxian, who was watching from the side, was already stunned.
Zhang Chen coughed lightly and reminded him,"Pay attention to the records."”
Ye Qingxian came to her senses and quickly took out a pen and paper to recall all the questions she had just asked.
For the entire night, Zhang Chen asked all kinds of questions.
Tingzhou's accumulated cases of injustice, the corruption of officials at all levels, the tyrants who occupied the people's fields...
The number of cases excavated in one night was more than the number of files Zhang Chen had read in Six Fan School.
Ye Qingxian's hand was sore and painful, but she gritted her teeth and persisted without a word.
Because she also had hatred in her heart!
At first, she was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Chen's questions that had nothing to do with the tax and silver case. However, as she heard more and more things, the dissatisfaction in her heart decreased. In the end, she only hated the Tingzhou officialdom!
Forcing good people into prostitution, killing good people to take credit, extorting taxes, embezzling money and food for disaster relief, collusion between officials and merchants to raise prices, collusion between officials and bandits to buy and sell people...
All kinds of crimes related to officialdom were simply too numerous to be recorded.
When the golden rooster announced the dawn, Zhang Chen finally stopped asking questions. He could no longer think of what to ask.
Jiang He had committed countless evil deeds. He might have forgotten many things, but with the help of the Soul Shifting Grand Magic, he could easily talk about them.
On the contrary, Zhang Chen had never heard of some evil things, so how would he know where to start?
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