The whole village is fleeing famine, fortunately I have a concubine system

When the two arrived at the cell, Chen Youni had already been pulled out alone and taken to the interrogation room.

Chen Youni was in the interrogation room at this time, pacing anxiously.

I'm still wondering which of these things was known to my superiors.

And how should he cover up his lie to make his superiors believe that he is innocent.

Just as they were thinking of countermeasures, the jailer brought Wang Chengzi and Chu Hezhou into the interrogation room.

The two men sat on the chairs prepared by the jailer, ready to interrogate Chen Youni.

And Chen Youni saw that Wang Chengzi actually came with Chu Hezhou.

The superior who raided his own home was actually the descendant of Chu Hezhou.

He immediately lost the thought of quibbling because Chu Hezhou was too shrewd.

Chen Youni had only met Chu Hezhou twice when he went to the provincial capital, but every time he felt that Chu Hezhou seemed to see through him.

None of his little tricks could escape the spotlight in front of Chu Hezhou.

Fortunately, when Chen Youni went to the provincial capital, he usually reported the affairs of Wudu with Yin Tongzhi.

He had not had much communication with Chu Hezhou, so Chen Youni was lucky enough to survive until now.

Chu Hezhou didn't find out what he did in Wudu.

Otherwise, with Chen Youni's shallow mind, Chu Hezhou would have discovered the clues long ago.

Now Chen Youni saw Chu Hezhou sitting upright on the chair, while he was waiting to be interrogated.

It was still this interrogation room that Chen Youni had been to many times before.

During the more than ten years that Chen Youni served as county magistrate, he came to this interrogation room countless times.

He also tortured countless prisoners there.

No matter if they are guilty or wrongly accused.

They all signed their names in this interrogation room.

Now Chen Youni is standing here, and the wall behind him is covered with hangings.

This was the torture instrument used to extract confessions during interrogations.

There are mottled marks on the torture instruments, left by years of torturing prisoners.

Chen Youni looked at Chu Hezhou and took a deep breath, trying to relieve his nervous mood.

But he took a big breath of air with a bloody smell.

It seemed to go all the way from the nasal cavity to the lungs, making Chen Youni even more nervous.

In order to avoid using the torture instruments hanging on the wall behind him on himself.

Chen Youni knelt down in front of Chu Hezhou with a plop.

The huge body knelt on the ground with a dull sound.

This caused Wang Chengzi to take a look, then lower his head.

For a moment, no one spoke in the cell, and there was only the sound of teacups tapping gently on the table.

And Chen Youni's heavy breathing.

Chen Youni knelt on the ground and waited for a while, and found that Chu Hezhou and Wang Chengzi showed no signs of wanting to speak.

Finally, my patience ran out, so I had to speak first.

"My Lord, I confess everything, I confess everything.

It was me who secretly raised the taxes in Wudu, and it was also me who was bribed and tried many unjust, false and wrong cases.

Several people were tortured into confessing, but I really didn’t do anything against the law!

I have been working for the people day and night over the years. Even if I have no credit, I have worked hard!

I also ask that you please consider my hard work in Wudu over the years.

Please give me a way out!"

After saying that, Chen Youni kept knocking his head on the ground, hoping that Chu Hezhou would spare his life.

Chu Hezhou didn't expect that Chen Youni only grew older but not smarter.

He told me all the bad things he had done before I even asked him.

But this also saves me a lot of trouble.

It saves time to pry open Chen Youni's mouth.

But apart from this, Chen Youni did not mention anything about gold.

Chu Hezhou didn't expect to have an unexpected gain this time. He waved his hand and asked his men to investigate it further.

Look at what Chen Youni did in Wudu.

After his men left, Chu Hezhou looked at Chen Youni, who was kneeling on the ground and sweating profusely.

He didn't beat around the bush because Chu Hezhou felt that Chen Youni might not understand.

He asked straight to the point: "Besides these things, what else are you hiding?"

Chen Youni wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, wondering how Chu Hezhou knew that he had not finished explaining.

So I had to explain everything again.

Including during times of drought, an entrance fee of two taels of silver was charged per person.

The relief grain sent by the government was also swallowed up by Chen Youni.

Not only were they not distributed to the victims, some of them were also secretly sold.

besides... ...

After listening to this, Wang Chengzi glared at Chen Youni angrily.

He really didn't expect that Chen Youni had done so many bad things in Wudu.

The crime of embezzling disaster relief grain alone is enough to behead Chen Youni's entire family.

But the most important thing now is to get to the bottom of the gold case.

To prevent innocent people from being dragged to the mountains to do life-threatening hard labor.

We also need to investigate where the gold finally flows to, otherwise people in the capital will find out.

Including Chu Hezhou, he would be implicated and charged with lax investigation and failure to report the crime.

But even though Chen Youni said so much, he still didn't reveal his dealings with the Black Tiger Gang.

And looking at Chen Youni's appearance, it seems that he has already explained everything about himself.

Seeing this, Wang Chengzi had no choice but to give Chen Youni a hint.

He reminded Chen Youni: "The matter of the Black Tiger Gang..."

Chen Youni obviously didn't expect that Wang Chengzi had only been in office for a few days.

Then they found out the Black Tiger Gang as well.

He also knew that Chen Youni had connections with the Black Tiger Gang.

Chen Youni had originally looked down on Wang Chengzi, but after hearing what Wang Chengzi said, he no longer dared to look down on him.

He quickly explained to the two of them, "I'm not familiar with the Black Tiger Gang, I just sold people to them a few times.

Another thing is to help them keep an eye on it and make sure the workers on the mountain don't come down to complain.

They give me a large sum of money every month as protection money.

Don't let me organize soldiers to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits."

Wang Chengzi and Chu Hezhou looked at each other. They didn't expect that Chen Youni was just a very marginal figure in this matter.

He didn't even know that the Black Tiger Gang had a gold mine.

Chu Hezhou: "Then when Wang Chengzi went to the city yesterday, did you send someone to inform Yin Tongzhi?"

Chen Youni nodded innocently and said to Chu Hezhou:

“Sir, how do you know it was me? Tongzhi Yin had told me before.

When the new county magistrate goes to the provincial capital, let me send someone to tell him.

So that Yin Tongzhi can prepare the paperwork and wait for the new county magistrate, which can save some time. "

Wang Chengzi was almost laughed at by Chen Youni's stupidity, as all the documents he needed to take office were approved by the capital.

The most he would have to do was to greet and report to his immediate superior, the prefect.

It was obvious that Tongzhi Yin had something to hide when he said that to Chen Youni.

He was afraid that Wang Chengzi would find out about the Black Tiger Gang and go to Chu Hezhou and say something unfavorable to them.

Only then did he hurriedly deceive Chen Youni.