Song Mingyue

Chapter 163 Confession (Third)

Two yamen servants stepped forward and beat him viciously with sticks.

It only made Gao Qi's butt blossom, and Gao Qiu gritted his teeth tightly. After all, he was a martial arts practitioner, and he didn't beg for mercy or scream.

After playing the board, blood stained the red robe.

Yang Jian pointed like a halberd and pointed at Gao Qiu: "Gao Qiu, the criminal prisoner, you took bribes and extorted people's money. Your family confiscated tens of millions of money, how dare you deny it?"

If it was just extortion for ink, based on Zhao Ji's trust in Gao Qiu, at most he would be dismissed from his post, not to mention that his family was confiscated, and it made no difference whether he pleaded guilty or not.

Gao Qiu gritted his teeth for a while, and replied with hatred: "Yes."

Yang Jian turned his head to the head of the third division and shouted angrily: "Remember, Gao Qiu admits being greedy for ink!"

Immediately Yang Jian asked again: "You attacked and framed Zhongliang, but there were?"

Gao Qiu sneered: "What is Zhongliang?"

Yang Jian smiled and said: "The wife of Lin Chong, the spear and stick instructor of the Imperial Army, was taken by your adopted son Gao Sheng, and after several times of molesting and humiliating her, you failed to do so, so you designed a frame to make her enter the White Tiger Hall by mistake, and then framed her for questioning. ?”

Yang Jian had already said it so carefully, Gao Qiu was speechless, so he could only answer: "Yes".

Yang Jian pointed again: "Remember, Gao Qiu admitted to framing Zhongliang."

Yang Jian and Gao Qiu have known each other for many years, and they know all kinds of big and small crimes like the back of their hands. Every time he asked about a crime, Gao Qiu could only admit it, which was irrefutable, until Yang Jian shouted: "You secretly communicated with the Liao Kingdom, privately released Liao spies into the royal enclosure, and ambushed the soldiers." Is there such a thing as murdering an official family?"

Finally asked on time to come up!
Gao Qiu's expression was serious, and he used his energy to move his dantian. He used all his strength and shouted loudly: "This has never happened before. I have served the government for 20 years and am loyal. How could I do such a rebellious thing? This is the result of Zhao Haozhi's sorcery. !"

Tong Guan who was at the side sneered and interrupted him: "The letter from Tongliao was found in your house, the evidence is solid, do you still want to deny it?"

Gao Qiu was well prepared and roared angrily: "This must be Zhao Hao's concocted letters... Zhao Hao is proficient in calligraphy, so how difficult is it to forge letters?"

Yang Jian sneered and said, "The officials have confirmed that it is correct, what else do you have to say?"

Gao Qiu shouted urgently: "Where is my husband, I am a great calligrapher, so I will be able to tell the truth from the fake!"

Bai Shizhong in the hall couldn't listen anymore, and angrily said: "The official has confirmed that it is correct. What is your intention in releasing your husband's picture at this moment? Do you want to harm your husband's picture? The official tells you clearly that your husband's picture is also confirmed to be correct. You wrote it yourself!"

Gao Qiu was stunned for a while, and suddenly struggled desperately.He roared: "Children Zhao Hao harmed me, how can you not distinguish between black and white? If it is a spy from the Liao people, why did the soldiers and horses I captured suddenly disappear for no reason?"

Tong Guan jumped up and shouted angrily: "Gao Qiu is playing around in the court, and I will beat him another twenty sticks!"

Turning around and pointing, he said: "Remember, Gao Qiu confirmed that the letter from Tongliao is true."

Gao Qiuqi's lungs were about to explode. He used forceful speeches and accusations. Once upon a time, it was his usual tactics to entrap officials, exclude dissidents, and retaliate. Now he is countered by others in his own way In the human body, this is the feeling of resentment and grief.

His heart was full of panic and fear, because Tong Guan, Yang Jian, Bai Shizhong and others were originally deadly rivals, but now they joined forces in mixed doubles. This was to punish him to death.

Not to mention that he felt hopeless, even the officials of the third department in the court were shocked and speechless. The officials specially sent Tong Guan and Cai Jing, two members of the opposing party, to jointly hear the trial in order to have a fair trial. Who knew that the two parties would join hands to rectify Gao Lian, this is simply an anecdote!
Gao Qiu struggled desperately. Although he had been in prison for more than 20 days, his body was much weaker, and he was wearing iron shackles, but the force of 75% was no small feat, and both of his heads were knocked to the ground by him in an instant.

The imperial guards on the side were in chaos for a moment, and five or six strong armored soldiers rushed over immediately, and they all threw him to the ground, pressing hands and feet. Although he is not weak in force, how could he survive? The suppression of five or six strong men?Gao Qiu forcibly raised his body, lifted five or six men on his body abruptly, gritted his teeth and shouted mournfully in the direction of Yanfu Palace: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty save me! Your Majesty save me!"

"Let me ask you, in your mansion you hide the crown, the clothes and the imperial decree, but you want to take the opportunity to mutiny and usurp the throne?"

"Officials save lives, officials save lives, humble ministers are greedy for ink, framed colleagues, and seek profit from Liao Dynasty, but they have absolutely no intention of rebellion..."

Gao Qiu opened his eyes wide and shouted hissingly, his words were bloody and his voice was full of tears. After all, he couldn't withstand the forceful pressure of five or six men on his body, and he passed out before he could catch his breath.

"Remember, Gao Qiu did not deny the crime of treason!"

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In Funing Palace, Zhao Ji is wearing a celestial crown and a purple shirt, playing the qin very anxiously, the sound of the qin is like ten thousand horses galloping, full of the sound of slaughter.

Gao Lian's rebellion touched him too much.This guy has been following him since he became King Duan, not only is he good at playing Cuju, but also has many benefits in paying tribute.

As far as the monopoly of mutual market trade is concerned, it sounds like Gao Lian personally earns more than one million guan every year, but at least 60 million guan is paid to the palace every year.Most of the money and food spent by Na Genyue, as well as various rare pearls and jades, came from Zhu Xi's Hua Shi Gang, and some came from Gao Qiu and others.

For Zhao Ji, being greedy for ink, blackmailing people, bullying men and women, and framing Zhongliang are all trivial matters, which he can completely ignore, only treason is unforgivable...

But no matter what, people are not grass and trees, so how can they be ruthless, even a dog, after 20 years of raising it, will develop feelings. Although Zhao Ji has made up his mind to destroy Gao Qi, his heart is inevitably desolate.

With ten fingers stroking and playing the piano, the sound of the piano was melodious and full of desolation. Liang Shicheng stood respectfully behind him, with his hands down in silence.

Suddenly there was a clang, the strings of the qin broke, and the sound of the strings suddenly stopped.

Zhao Ji stopped his hands and floated half a foot above the qin. Slowly, a drop of dark red blood slowly dripped down and landed on the qin with a 'click'.

Liang Shicheng trembled and hurriedly leaned forward, but Zhao Ji yelled, "Get out!"

Liang Shicheng was startled, and stood there daring not to move anymore. Zhao Ji stared at his fingertips, watching a bright blood bead slowly form on it, and a helpless smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "People's hearts are unpredictable, and desires are hard to fill." , I treat Gao Qiu well. Tell me, why did he treat me like this? Why did he treat me like this?!"

Liang Shicheng was speechless for a while.

……

Into the night, Cai Mansion.

Cai Jing received Bai Shizhong, Yang Jian, Jinkang County King Zhao Xiaoqian and others in the flower hall.

In the middle of the flower hall, there is a green translucent glazed roof, four or five feet square, extremely rare and rare, and there is also a huge night pearl, which emits bright white light.The inside of the flower hall is warm, and the smoke of incense flows, which calms the nerves and does not choke people.Although the furnishings in the hall are desolate, but this Tsinghua University's aura of wealth and honor is something ordinary people can compare to?
Cai Jing was wearing a plain head and a Taoist robe, supported by four or five young and pretty maids, and came slowly.

When the people present saw Cai Jing coming, they hurriedly got up to greet him.

Cai Jing sat down on the grand teacher's chair in the middle, picked up the Longjing tea handed by the maid, took a sip, and then asked, "Have you recruited Gao Qi?"

Bai Shizhong respectfully said: "As my husband expected, Tong Guan and others, as well as Zhao Hao, all want to kill him, and the officials also have a conclusion in their minds, this guy will not be able to do it this time if he is unyielding... "

A lonely look appeared on Cai Jing's face, and his voice became desolate: "This guy Gao Qi was originally a smart person, but in recent years he has become a little arrogant, unable to hold back his temper, and fell into someone's trap... Alas, after losing his pawn to save the car It's a plan, it's really a last resort, otherwise I'm afraid that even King Yun will be implicated, how can we be spared?"

Yang Jian said slowly: "This matter is really too strange, what Gao Qiu said in class today is also extremely suspicious."

Cai Jing was taken aback: "Oh?"

Yang Jian said word by word: "Gao Qiudao, he captured more than a dozen rebels and disappeared out of thin air for no reason, claiming that it was the work of Zhao Hao's sorcery!"

Bai Shizhong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Although Zhao Hao is hateful, he has lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and he has just entered the capital, and he has not yet reached the age of weak crown. How can he gather hundreds of soldiers?"

Zhao Xiaoqian said: "Since that's the case, where did the hundreds of rebels come from and where did they go?"

Cai Jing's expression was uncertain, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Zhao Hao looks young, but is actually mysterious. I have warned Gao Qiu not to move lightly, but he doesn't listen to me. You can start investigating later. Zhao Hao, but you absolutely must not directly conflict with him, be careful, be careful!"

Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "I would like to obey my husband's words."

Cai Jing gave Yang Jian a meaningful look, and said slowly, "You can't do anything about Gao Qiu, but you must not lose the Sanya Imperial Army...Zijian, you must work hard, and you must not disappoint everyone's expectations."

Yang Jian's expression froze, and he said respectfully: "My husband, please don't worry, the Sanya Forbidden Army must be in my pocket, and I will never give it up to others!"

Cai Jing closed his eyes slightly, sighed softly and said, "That's good, that's good..."

(End of this chapter)