Chapter 542 Zang Liang
Crash, crash.
As usual, the voice arrived before the person did. With the sound of rattling iron chains, the trial captain Zang Liang was escorted to the door of the interrogation room.
Although his official position was one level higher than Xu Kun, Zang Liang was a few years younger than Xu Kun. He had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs, and a square face, and looked quite heroic.
Especially after being locked up in this dungeon for more than a month, without seeing the sunlight all day, his face became paler, making him look even more different from ordinary warriors.
But after Zang Liang entered the room, he saw Xu Kun kneeling in front of Sun Shaozong, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Because since being detained in the dungeon, the several people who acted together have been imprisoned separately until now. Not to mention meeting each other, they have never heard any news about each other.
Now that Xu Kun met him in the interrogation room, it was no wonder that Zang Liang would think too much.
"Zang Liang."
Sun Shaozong sat upright on the imperial chair and asked in a deep voice, "Do you admit your guilt?!"
Zang Liang walked to Xu Kun, knelt on one knee, and shook his head, saying, "I was just following orders. I helped the White Lotus rebels escape that day. I made a mistake, but I am not guilty."
This is much more talkative than Xu Kun.
"What a guilty and innocent man!"
Sun Shaozong sneered and turned his gaze to Xu Kun.
Xu Kun immediately bent down again and said in a hoarse voice, "Although I did not see Captain Zang throw the note in, I saw him wandering around the backyard of Liyueju around the end of the Si hour. I saw it with my own eyes."
Zang Liang was stunned at first, then his face changed color. He leaned over and knocked Xu Kun to the ground with his shoulder. Then he said angrily: "Xu Kun, how dare you, a bastard, accuse me of something so recklessly!"
Xu Kun got up silently, still with his face lowered and his facial features tucked into the shadows.
Originally, Sun Shaozong was afraid that Zang Liang would find out his flaws, so he specifically told him to hide his shortcomings. However, in Zang Liang's eyes, he immediately thought that it was due to guilty conscience.
Zang Liang became even more furious, and suddenly jumped up, the iron chains on his body rattling as he trembled, and he cursed, "Your father and I have no hatred in the past or present, why are you framing and harming your father like this!"
Xu Kun responded indifferently.
"Xu Kun."
Sun Shaozong pressed him, "Now Zang Liang has accused you of slander. What do you say?"
"Reporting to the Lord Qianhu."
At this time, Xu Kun stammered, "I did... I did see Captain Zang wandering around the backyard of Liyueju."
"you……"
"grown ups."
Just as Zang Liang was about to scold him, Xu Kun suddenly knocked his head to the ground and said in a trembling voice, "I am willing to guarantee with my life that what I said is absolutely true. I hope you will not embarrass my parents."
parents?
"Go in!"
At this moment, there was a sudden shouting from outside the door. Zang Liang subconsciously looked back, only to see his wife Liu holding their young daughter and stumbling into the interrogation room, followed by his parents who usually lived a life of luxury.
"Lock them all up."
Yang Licai, who had been standing silently, gave an order and several Dragon Guards immediately appeared on both sides and locked Zang's father and mother to the wall without saying a word.
The other two were about to do the same to Liu, but the baby girl in Li's arms was so scared that she started crying loudly.
"That's all."
Sun Shaozong waved his hand like he was shooing away a fly and said, "This child is really annoying when she cries. Let's take the mother and daughter away first."
Zang Liang watched his wife and daughter being taken away in a daze, and listened to the crying sounds gradually fading away. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind: Yes, Xu Kun must have insisted on framing him for the sake of the lives of his entire family!
But he has parents, wife and children, doesn't that mean I don't have them? !
Zang Liang not only did not think that Xu Kun's behavior was excusable, but he became even more furious. For a moment, he even forgot that his hands and feet were chained, and he pounced on him, ready to fight him to the death.
Seeing this, two lieutenants of the Dragon Guards nearby pressed him to the ground. The cold bluestone slab pressed against his face. Zang Liang finally sobered up and raised his head to cry out, "It's unfair, sir! Xu Kun falsely accused me just to save his own life!"
"Really?"
Sun Shaozong stared at him for a long while, then turned around and asked, "Xu Kun, do you have any evidence to prove Zang Liang?"
"My humble servant..."
Xu Kun seemed to be tongue-tied, and he stammered, "Although I did not see him throw the note in, I saw him wandering outside the west wall of the courtyard with my own eyes."
This is just empty talk, isn't it?!
Zang Liang was about to retort, but he heard Sun Shaozong suddenly shout, "Wait a minute, tell me again, what happened when you saw him with your own eyes?"
"I saw him outside the wall with my own eyes..."
"Xu Kun!"
Sun Shaozong interrupted him sharply: "I want to repeat what I just said word for word!"
Xu Kun finally looked up at Sun Shaozong, then immediately lowered his head again, saying weakly: "Although I didn't see him throw the note in, I saw him wandering outside the west wall of the courtyard with my own eyes."
"Ha ha!"
As soon as Xu Kun finished speaking, Zang Liang on the side couldn't help laughing and said, "You..."
However, after only uttering two words, he seemed to be strangled by someone. He opened his mouth wide and froze for a long time before he changed his tone stiffly: "You are just talking nonsense, you just want to..."
"alright."
This time, Zang Liang's words were really cut off. Sun Shaozong stood up, stared at him coldly and said, "If you confess now, I can protect your wife and daughter in front of the governor."
There was a flash of panic on Zang Liang's face, but he still tried his best to defend himself: "It's unjust, sir, I'm just..."
"Xu Kun."
Sun Shaozong interrupted him again, and Xu Kun stood up from the ground. He stared at Zang Liang with hatred and pity, and shook his head and said, "I advise you not to quibble anymore. What I said just now was actually taught by the captain."
The color on Zang Liang's face gradually faded, and he finally knelt down on the ground dejectedly.
At this point, doesn't he understand that he has been tricked by Sun Shaozong?
The frame-up just now was just to anger him first - the more real the traitor is, the more he can't stand being "wrongly accused" without any flaws.
And when he lost his mind, Xu Kun deliberately revealed a flaw to lure him into the trap - the note was thrown in from the east wall by Zang Liang, and since Sun Shaozong had already learned what happened, he could not have been unaware of this, but he deliberately arranged for Xu Kun to say it was the west wall.
Although Zang Liang came to his senses halfway through and did not swallow the bait completely, that moment of loss of composure was enough to put him in an irretrievable situation.
After being depressed for a while, Zang Liang slowly raised his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Qianhu, my humble parents..."
"Don't push your luck!"
Sun Shaozong threw his sleeves and frowned, saying, "I guarantee that your wife and daughter will not be sent to the Jiaofangsi. I have done my utmost."
Although he was rejected outright, Zang Liang believed in Sun Shaozong's sincerity - collusion with the White Lotus rebels was far more serious than ordinary ties with bandits. In addition, the special nature of the Northern Pacification Office, it would be strange if his family was not implicated at all.
"well."
Zang Liang sighed heavily and said with a wry smile: "When I was young, I was greedy for beauty, but I didn't expect that one misstep would lead to eternal regret."
"When I was ordered to search the families of prisoners, I fell in love with the daughter-in-law of that family and secretly used some despicable means to get that young woman into bed."
"The young lady was unwilling to obey at first, but because she saw how handsome I was and that I really liked her, she reluctantly agreed."
"But who would have thought that not long after, her father-in-law would be reinstated and rise to prominence..."
"Wait a minute!"
Hearing the words "soaring straight up", Sun Shaozong immediately stopped Zang Liang, and then ordered people to take Zang Liang's parents and Xu Kun away.
When only Sun Shaozong, Yang Licai and Zang Liang were left in the interrogation room , he told Zang Liang to continue.
"Since you are so cautious in your actions, it's no wonder that you can rise to a high position at such a young age."
Zang Liang praised with some envy, then said dejectedly: "But who could have imagined at that time that the old man who was about to die in the imperial prison would become a prime minister in just eight or nine years?!"
As soon as these words came out, Yang Licai could n't help shudder.
If he remembered correctly, among the several ministers of the dynasty, the only one who had been imprisoned seemed to be He Tiren, the second assistant minister, and this minister He had only one eldest son in his family.
He slept with the eldest daughter-in-law of the current Prime Minister without knowing what was going on. I don't know whether this guy was unlucky or lucky!
It is said that Lord Sun was indeed foresighted and drove out the outsiders in advance. Otherwise, if the news really leaked out, it would cause another big storm!
wrong……
My Lord, you should have kicked yourself out as well!
Just when Yang Licai was full of complaints, Zang Liang said, "After Lord He was released from prison, I have been in a state of panic, fearing that the scandal would be exposed. Who would have thought that the more you fear something, the more it will come true. Within a few days, someone came to my door and threatened me with this scandal."
"Who is it?"
After hearing him finally reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but ask, "How could he know that you were secretly doing such a shameful thing?!"
"That man refused to speak."
Zang Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Moreover, he came at night, and each time he was covered with a veil, and he never revealed his identity or life. I helped him to get information a few times, and I felt uneasy, so I took the initiative to apply for exile to Jiangnan."
"Since I left, I haven't had any contact with him for six or seven years."
"Until recently, he came to me again. He did not mention the White Lotus Sect, but asked me to find a way to cause trouble for the Northern Pacification Office. Otherwise, he would report the scandal to Lord He."
"If the Lord really knew what I did, I would be dead without a burial place!"
"It just so happened that the White Lotus Sect came to Beijing to cause chaos. I thought that no one would suspect that I had any connection with the White Lotus Sect, so I went with the flow..."
Depend on!
In the end, it turned out to be another "mystery", and we couldn't even figure out the other party's motives.
Isn't this just another wasted effort? !
Sun Shaozong's face darkened, and he asked Zang Liang sternly if he had hidden anything - in fact, he also knew that Zang Liang was unlikely to hide anything. After all, the matter of forcing the cabinet minister's daughter-in-law to meet him was enough to put him in a desperate situation, not to mention the crime of secretly condoning the White Lotus Sect.
Zang Liang hesitated for a long while, and then stammered, "I have nothing to hide, but from the man's words and deeds, I vaguely discovered that he seemed to be in big trouble, and it is very likely related to the heavenly dog swallowing the sun a few days ago."
Tengu swallows the sun again?!
