allendalepharm Chapter 679 I have never seen such a thing in my life. What a sin!
Chapter 679 I have never seen such a thing in my life. What a sin!
"Sir, all the servants of the Marquis of Jin'an's Mansion are here, a total of 137 people." A guard reported to Jiang Youzhen and the others.
There are many masters in the Jin'an Marquis Mansion, and in a large house with five courtyards, more than a hundred servants are not too many.
"Here is the list of names found in each room, please take a look, sir!"
Jiang Youzhen took it, opened it, and found that the duties of the servants in each courtyard had been recorded separately.
"Who is Li Yanzheng's personal steward?" Jiang Youzhen asked in a deliberately low voice.
A man in his forties stepped out quickly and said, "Your Excellency, it is Li Xun."
Jiang Youzhen just glanced at him and said nothing. The Li family's family members have been imprisoned in the prison. Because there are too many people, the prison can't hold them all. Therefore, whether these servants are exiled or sold, it will all be done in this mansion.
"The servants who were responsible for driving the carriage for Li Yanzheng, as well as the servants who served the concubine Lin, will be detained alone in the next room. I will interrogate them personally. The rest will be interrogated separately. I want to see their confessions."
Lu Hengfeng, the deputy commander of the Beijing Guard Command, frowned. These people had been interrogated before, so why did they need to be interrogated again?
This person was acting mysterious and was holding the token from their superior. No one knew what he was going to do.
"Sir, these servants have already been interrogated. If we were to interrogate them again, and interrogate them individually, it would take quite a while."
"I can wait. Just do it if I ask you to. Hand over your previous confession to me later." Jiang Youzhen's tone turned cold. He was always making excuses when doing things. It takes patience to handle cases.
To prevent someone from lying, Jiang Youzhen planned to compare the first and second confessions to see if he could find any clues.
"Interrogate him carefully!" Jiang Youzhen gave the order and turned to go to the next room.
"Now I ask, you answer. Everything you say now will become your confession. If you conceal anything, when it is found out later, the charges will be much more serious than before. You are just servants. It is better to make meritorious contributions than to be exiled."
Jiang Youzhen looked at the five people standing below and planned to interrogate them together, not wanting to waste time.
"You all answer together. If anyone answers quickly and truthfully, I may show leniency and release you without charge."
The five of them were overjoyed when they heard this. No matter what happened in the Marquis' Mansion, they, the servants who served the prince closely, would definitely have no chance of survival. They did not expect that this lord would be willing to let them make meritorious contributions while serving their crimes, and they were immediately overjoyed.
"But if you keep hesitating, or even give a false confession, then don't blame me for being cruel. Maybe I don't need to wait for the emperor to convict you. I will kill you first.
Since I am here to personally judge this case, I have the absolute right to kill you servants like killing chickens and cattle."
Jiang Youzhen's tone was cold, and he even pulled out a dagger with his left hand. The blade of the dagger was very sharp, reflecting his figure, making him look like a demon.
Everyone turned pale with fright, and said they would tell them everything they knew.
What kind of interrogation method is this? This is the first time Qin Yandong has heard of it.
Shouldn't an important witness like this be interrogated individually?
"If anyone can't answer, there will be a punishment! Now let's start with the first question. What are Li Yanzheng's favorite places to go? Start answering."
The five people were stunned at first, and then the steward Li Xun's eyes flickered. The driver shouted without hesitation: "I used to go to Ruyi Tower often. But since I married Aunt Lin, I don't go there often. I like to go to Yuyin Tower to listen to music and drink tea."
He paused, sweat breaking out on his forehead.
"I still like it, I still like it..."
"You still like to come to Aunt Lin's room. Does this count?" Fenfang, the maid who served Lin, asked hurriedly.
Her voice trembled and she looked at Jiang Youzhen with hope in her eyes.
Jiang Youzhen chuckled, "Count it as one!"
"Where are you three? Don't know? Then I'm going to take action!" Jiang Youzhen said as he raised his dagger and stepped forward. They were immediately scared out of their wits.
"I am just the housekeeper of Madam Lin. How would I know where the master likes to go?" A maid was so frightened that her face turned pale and she cried.
"This can be forgiven, what about you?" Jiang Youzhen turned around and looked at the other two.
One of them was a personal servant who was responsible for taking care of Li Yanzheng's daily life, and the other was the manager Li Xun.
The personal servant was so frightened that he started to tremble, which made his pale, oval face look even more pitiful.
"I only help the master wash and brush his teeth..." He paused, "How would I know where the master likes to go? How could he possibly tell me?"
"Hmm? Since you're a personal servant who takes care of his daily life, then you should know better what your master's preferences are, right?" Jiang Youzhen didn't believe it.
The servant's face immediately turned red. He knelt on the ground and gritted his teeth and said, "I am just a bed warmer. The master will only let me into his bedroom when he needs it."
Jiang Youzhen: ...I've never seen such a thing before. Today I actually saw it. This bastard, what a sin!
"Then you are the only one left!" Jiang Youzhen said as he stepped forward at lightning speed, grabbed Li Xun's hand and pressed it on the round table beside him. Then a silver light flashed, and suddenly a wailing sound resounded throughout the room.
After everyone was stunned, they all trembled with fear.
"Why are you shouting? I haven't cut you yet!" Jiang Youzhen rolled his eyes. He didn't even feel any pain, so how could he have the nerve to shout?
When everyone looked, they only saw Jiang Youzhen's dagger stuck on the round table, while Li Xun's hand was still intact.
"You missed the target. You won't be so lucky later." Jiang Youzhen's sinister voice sounded, and everyone immediately looked at her with eyes like jackals, tigers and leopards.
Li Xun was so frightened that his legs went limp. He swallowed and looked at his hands with great relief, immediately forgetting the kindness his master had shown him.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" Anyway, the master couldn't survive, so he still had to live.
"In addition to the two places the driver mentioned, the master seemed to often sneak to the ancestral temple late at night. One time, I happened to have finished looking through the account books and was about to go find Cuiying, my lover, when I ran into the sneaky master."
Jiang Youzhen suddenly became interested, "When? Tell me the date clearly."
"It was the first day of the new year three months ago. I usually check all the account books on the first day of the new year because the master would review them the next day. Therefore, I remember them very clearly." Li Xun felt relieved when Jiang Youzhen let go of his hand.
"That day, the master was sneaking around, with no one around him, and went straight to the ancestral hall. I followed him. I found that he stayed in the ancestral hall for a long time, but I couldn't get close to him, so I didn't know what he was doing.
After that, I paid close attention and found that the master would go to the ancestral hall every ten days."