allendalepharm Chapter 689: One is tougher than the other
Chapter 689: One is tougher than the other
Everyone worked harder, and soon the assassins could no longer hold out. However, they were not captured alive, but committed suicide by taking poison immediately, and the battle was soon over.
"Oh!" Qin Yandong felt a little regretful. He was about to catch the assassin, but he didn't expect that the assassin took poison himself.
"They are all dead, no one is alive." Looking at the corpses lying on the ground and his own injured people, Qin Yandong's face was very solemn.
"But they are all death squads. Even if we catch them alive, we probably won't be able to get anything out of them." Jiang Youzhen didn't feel sorry. The death squads knew very little.
Jiang Youzhen quickly entered the study. At this time, Li Yaojun was being escorted by two guards, and he was still resisting.
As soon as he saw Jiang Youzhen coming in, he said, "You remnants of the traitor party actually dared to kidnap an official appointed by the imperial court. You are so audacious."
Jiang Youzhen was so angry that he laughed, "Lord Li, you are really the thief crying thief. It is obvious that you are the accomplice of the traitors. You wanted to burn the evidence, but you were captured by Guard Fang and his men. You still want to quibble?"
Jiang Youzhen walked forward and took one of the files. He found that only the end was burned a little, which did not affect the content. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It's still too risky. If it really burns down, there will definitely be a lot of fish that slip through the net.
"Come here, collect all the files and take them to the Dali Temple later. Send someone to guard them strictly. If anyone loses them, they will be severely punished!"
"Yes!" Fang Zhongyi hurried forward and together with two guards packed all the files into wooden boxes. There were seven large boxes in total, all of which were handled by Li Yanzheng. They needed to be checked one by one.
"We can't move. You traitors will not die a good death." Li Yaojun became anxious when he saw the files being taken away.
Jiang Youzhen sneered, then took out the gold medal bestowed by the emperor.
"How dare you! I am the imperial envoy appointed by the Emperor to oversee this case. You call me a traitor? Do you recognize this token?"
"What? That's a misunderstanding! I thought you were still accomplices of the rebels. In order to prevent these files from falling into the hands of the rebels, I thought that even if I couldn't get them, I couldn't let them fall into their hands!"
Li Yaojun's eyes rolled and he thought of a way to escape.
He was sweating profusely, "Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"
"Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, we will know after we are put in the Dali Temple prison. I am sorry to wrong Lord Li now."
Jiang Youzhen was unmoved, "Take him away!"
"Wait a minute! You can't arrest me. I am also an imperial censor appointed by the emperor..."
"Someone, come and shut his mouth, he is making so much noise!" Jiang Youzhen did not want to argue with him. He decided to wait until they went to the Dali Temple and use various punishments on him to see if he was still so energetic.
After taking the people and the files away, Jiang Youzhen ordered: "Seal off this place completely, and have the Dali Temple and the Beijing Guard Command to search together. No one is allowed to enter without my permission!"
"Yes!" Commanders Lu Hengfeng and Du Junguang responded quickly. Although they felt a little aggrieved to obey the order of a sixth-rank official, who could blame him for being an imperial envoy and having a gold medal in his hand?
"Sir, do you need the military to search together?" At this time, Zhou Jun, the commander of the North City Military, came forward and said flatteringly.
Everyone immediately turned their eyes to him, full of contempt.
The Bingmasi had a lot of money to gain, and these people were used to taking advantage of every opportunity. Once they got a little benefit, they would be like mad dogs seeing a bone.
"Then let's do it together! There is strength in numbers! Search as quickly as possible, and I am waiting to report to the Emperor!"
Zhou Jun immediately smiled happily, turned to the guards from the Beijing Guard Command and the Dali Temple, and suggested: "My Lords, how about we search in sections?"
After another sleepless night, Jiang Youzhen rubbed his brows and then walked aside and sat down.
At this time, Qin Yandong walked over. He couldn't help but had many questions in his mind.
"When did you deploy it? Why do I feel like you're fully prepared?"
They had been together all along, but he knew nothing about it.
"Since you said that the rebels would come to destroy the files, and Li Yaojun is their accomplice, why didn't he destroy them directly?" Qin Yandong still can't figure it out.
Jiang Youzhen smiled and said, "I didn't say that Li Yaojun was in cahoots with them. Li Yaojun also wanted this list, so naturally I wouldn't destroy it."
Qin Yandong became even more confused after hearing this, "Isn't he in the same group with those people?"
"If they were in the same group, why didn't the assassins obey his orders? And the assassins didn't care about Li Yaojun's life at all. They just wanted the files."
Jiang Youzhen wanted to pour himself a cup of tea, but suddenly remembered that this was not his home, so he retracted his hand.
"Oh! They want my life too. But killing me is a by-product, and it's their hidden mission. Just like the factions in our court, their rebels may also have factions."
"Could it be that the royal family of the previous dynasty had different branches? It's already a fluke that we can keep a bloodline." Qin Yandong was puzzled.
"Then only they know. When interrogating Li Yaojun later, Lord Qin may as well interrogate him personally."
Qin Yandong choked, then asked, "I still have a question, why don't you interrogate Li Yanzheng directly?"
Jiang Youzhen looked at him in surprise, sighed and said, "Isn't Li Yanzheng being interrogated? Has anything been learned? He doesn't know much. Besides, the emperor's attitude is intriguing. Maybe..."
Qin Yandong understood immediately. The emperor had not mentioned Li Yanzheng much until now. Could it be that he still cared about the old friendship and wanted to let the Marquis of Jin'an go?
At this time, Li Yanzheng had been beaten beyond recognition. He spat out blood and said incoherently, "I have already confessed everything I should. You have already found the list. What else do you want me to confess?"
Zhu Zhimin snorted coldly, "Only a few people? They are all low-ranking officials. You are so perfunctory, do you still expect those people to save you?"
He was not stupid. He thought these people were afraid of death, but they were all stubborn. He admired them for being able to endure after entering the Dali Temple.
Li Yanzheng hummed. Of course he confessed, but not everything. He knew that if he didn't hold on and tell the truth bit by bit to shock those people, they would definitely not save him.
He still had the list in his hand, and if he wanted to keep those people, he had to save him. He told those people that once he died, the list would fall into the hands of the court.
He just needs to wait. If he confesses everything, he will be dead.
"Master Li, please think carefully. You still have family and children. Can you bear to watch them die?"
Li Yanzheng closed his eyes. At this point, whether he admitted it or not, he had already implicated his family. He had no choice.
Once he admits it and tells the name of the suspect, his family will not be well served, so he might as well just hold on.