176 Breakthrough
At first, Chen Xinjia thought it was his impeachment of Duke Xingguo, but it turned out to be a responsibility for Song Jin's defeat, which surprised him unexpectedly.
But who knew that Duke Xingguo asked him about his secret request for peace with Jianlu, and he was even more shocked: Why did Duke Xingguo find out about this?
Chen Xinjia's psychological defense was continuously broken, and suddenly he heard problems that he could never imagine in his dreams.
For a moment, he was stunned and heard the sensational word in his heart: Tonglu? Did he himself Tonglu?
He was a little confused, but when he saw Duke Xingguo so serious, he suddenly came to his senses: Those Shanxi merchants and Jianlu were doing business and the things that the court prohibited were sold, isn’t this the Tonglu?
As soon as he thought of this, Chen Xinjia's forehead suddenly became sweaty.
As an important official of the court, he certainly knew that Tonglu was not only a serious crime, but also left a record in history books, forgetting his ancestors in several classics!
Seeing him like this, Zhang Mingwei understood that Chen Xinjia probably had not realized the seriousness of the matter before. Or rather, he was fascinated by money and subconsciously refused to think deeper. He wished to treat Shanxi merchants as ordinary merchants doing business.
Now that he was drunk, he must have given him a blow and uncovered the cloth that was blindfolded by intentionally or unintentionally. The consequences of this matter ultimately scared him.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei continued to shout coldly: "As a court official and a chief official, the emperor trusted you so much before, he actually did such a horrifying thing, so that the entire Liaodong was lost and millions of Ming soldiers and civilians died. This is also true, the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty are in danger. You are like a tyrant. When I report it, the emperor will definitely be furious. Just wait to kill the nine clans!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xinjia fell to the ground with a "thump". His whole body was as if he had been fished out of the water, full of sweat.
However, he quickly came to his senses, climbed forward a few steps on the ground, raised his head, looked at Zhang Mingwei, and cried and begged: "Dude, be OK, save the villain. The villain will be used as a cow and a horse for you in the next life, no, no, no, is it good for you to be a cow and a horse for you in life? The villain is really unjustly dead, the villain really doesn't know that the matter will be so serious..."
Zhang Mingwei just looked at him coldly and didn't speak.
When Chen Xinjia said it almost, he said coldly: "Now I know I regret it? When I received their money, why didn't you see you thinking that there would be today?"
Hearing this, Chen Xinjia knelt there, straightened his upper body, and slapped himself hard. The "slap" sounded, and in just a few strokes, the corners of his mouth were bleeding.
Then he continued to cry to Zhang Mingwei and begged: "Duke, the villain really doesn't know that the matter is so serious! Otherwise, even if the villain loves money, he will never dare to collect their money. Duke, save the villain, the villain is willing to be a cow or a horse in the next life..."
Zhang Mingwei was not in a hurry, and waited for him to beg for mercy for a while before he slowly said, "I heard from the mansion that you gave me 50,000 taels of silver?"
Chen Xinjia was a little stunned when he heard this, then immediately came to his senses and nodded quickly, "Yes, that's a little bit of filial piety from a villain, just to express his feelings for the prince!"
"Okay, for the sake of this 50,000 taels..." Zhang Mingwei said this, and saw the light of hope on Chen Xinjia's face, he said slowly, "You tell me everything you know, and don't deceive me at all. I'll see how I can correct you!"
Before, Zhang Mingwei opened his mouth and gave him a charge of rebellion, and he wanted to kill his nine clans. With his power and what Chen Xinjia did, it’s really true that Zhang Mingwei has this ability.
If he could change his crime, at least it would not kill the nine clans, that was of course what Chen Xinjia wanted. Therefore, he quickly replied: "Yes, yes, yes, villains must have no lies."
After answering, he began to speak in reminisce.
Seeing this, Zhang Mingwei turned his head to look at the clerk next to him. Seeing that there was recording, he felt relieved. This was a fraud.
Who knew that for people in the court, observing words and expressions is a basic skill.
Zhang Mingwei's slight change was felt by Chen Xinjia, who was nervous at this time and jumped to the tightest part.
Suddenly, he couldn't help but wonder and thought arose in his heart. Could it be that the Duke of the State did not know these things, right?
However, Chen Xinjia thought about it again and felt something was wrong.
Those Shanxi merchants did well, otherwise they would have been discovered long ago. If Duke Xingguo did not really know, it would have been impossible to say this!
Thinking of this, he had another question. Huang Yunfa should know that if he admits this, what will happen if he admits it? Could it be that he was tortured before confessing?
He was thinking about it, and Zhang Mingwei realized something was wrong, so he snorted hard: "Hmm?"
His humming sounded, and Chen Xinjia was so scared that he was shocked and his whole body shook.
When he looked up, he saw Duke Xingguo's face darkened. Chen Xinjia knew what would happen if he made Duke Xingguo unhappy, so he no longer dared to think about it and continued to confess.
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After about an hour, Chen Xinjia finally finished speaking, and then he felt the corners of his mouth hurt so much. He reached out to wipe the blood, which affected his injuries again.
However, he didn't care about this and quickly said to Zhang Mingwei: "Mr., you have all the villains, and there are no false words, and every sentence is true."
Zhang Mingwei kept listening to what he confessed, including time, place, participants, etc., and then he knew that the things Chen Xinjia confessed should be true.
So he nodded and said, "This case is announced to the world. When the Three Laws retrial, are you willing to testify again and identify those Shanxi merchants and conquer the Shanxi merchants and conquer the enemy?"
Chen Xinjia had no choice at this time, so he nodded and agreed immediately: "As long as the Duke lets the villain do it, nothing can be done!"
Taking this opportunity, I made a show of goodwill again, but if it is useful, I will say something else.
So, just like that, Chen Xinjia was taken back.
In the imperial prison, Chen Xinjia was of a higher level, so he was naturally locked inside. When he passed by the prison cell outside, he suddenly heard someone rushing over from the side and said hurriedly: "Mr. Chen, have you told me that I am innocent!"
Hearing this, he turned around and was stunned.
If Huang Yunfa really had confessed, would he say such things?
The answer is undoubtedly!
Immediately, Chen Xinjia was slashed on his forehead as if he was thunderous from the blue, and he was stunned!
Duke Xingguo really was cheating him!
However, all confessed and there was no room for recovery. Unless Duke Xingguo defrauded him from the beginning, he directly denied that such a thing was happening. But...
It’s too late, Chen Xinjia hates this!
Thinking of this, he looked at Huang Yunfa in the cell and suddenly became very angry: It’s all you, you are so desperate, why are you doing in our mansion? Being arrested together, I gave Duke Xingguo a chance to commit fraud!
Just as he was thinking, the captain of the Jinyiwei who was escorting him behind him became impatient, pushed him and shouted, "Let's go!"
Chen Xinjia stabilized his body, and felt extremely unwilling to turn into resentment. He immediately let out a "pah" and spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm towards Huang Yun, and then the hateful sound left.
Huang Yunfa didn't expect him to spit, so he was spitting out and was stunned.
After a while, he wiped off the phlegm on his face, and then took a look at it before wiping it off.
To be honest, he felt Chen Xinjia's strong resentment. However, he couldn't understand why Chen Xinjia had such strong resentment?
Huang Yunfa was thinking about it, and the Jinyiwei Captain came over and took him out.
So, he had to suppress his doubts and calm down his mood and think about how to call for justice better.
When he arrived at the lobby, Huang Yunfa found that the person sitting in the main seat was actually wearing a python suit. Needless to say, although he had never seen him, this person must be Duke Xingguo, the commander of the Jinyiwei.
To be honest, he really didn't expect it to be Duke Xingguo.
Suddenly, he thought that Duke Xingguo knew his identity and thought that he might use him in terms of money and food in the future. In other words, he should be able to go out.
Thinking of this, Huang Yunfa was happy and temporarily forgot the unhappiness that Chen Xinjia brought to him. He quickly knelt down and greeted Duke Xingguo: "Caomin is Huang Yunfa, the owner of Huang Ji Qianshang. He was just in the process of discussing a business and was accidentally arrested in the imperial prison. Duke is my Qingtian of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone in the capital praised it. Please ask Duke Guo to understand it clearly!"
"Haha, since I am Qingtian, I will naturally not be wronged. How could I have the reason to arrest the wrong person?" Zhang Mingwei heard this, sneered, and then motioned to the side.
When the clerk saw this, he walked over with Chen Xinjia's confession and showed it to Huang Yunfa.
Huang Yunfa felt a little nervous when Zhang Mingwei said that. He didn't know what this was, so he quickly looked at it.
Just after a glance, he saw his eyes widening and his face became frightened. After a while, he fell to the ground like Chen Xinjia at that time.
At this moment, he finally figured out why Chen Xinjia hated him so much. It turned out that he confessed these things!
"If you don't know, don't do it yourself!" Zhang Mingwei said coldly when he saw it, "I will give you a chance now to confess everything about the other seven people in detail. I will suggest to the emperor that it can alleviate your sins. However, if I find out that you have deceived me, I promise you will regret it!"
Speaking of this, he stood up and left.
The matter of the Shanxi merchants and the Tonglu has opened a breakthrough from Chen Xinjia, and there is actually nothing that needs to be paid special attention to.
Chapter completed!