Chapter 683: Submission of a Report
Although I am a little curious about how this couple became like this.
But Sun Shaozong did not second them to explore such gossips.
So he frowned and dismissed Xu, and then ordered the couple to put the ball gag on Yang Hancai first.
After receiving the order, Wu Shuigen immediately selected a set of tools, but did not rush to use them on Yang Hancai. Instead, he went out to ask Wang Biao for hot water and cleaned the ball inside and out.
"Come."
After cleaning up and shaking off the accumulated water, he stepped forward and pinched Yang Hancai's mouth, first pulling out the rag stuck inside, then stuffing the chewing ball into his mouth while advising him gently: "My lord, please don't struggle. I will definitely serve you carefully and will never hurt you."
Yang Hancai had been shouting and struggling in the county court before, but now in this prison, he seemed very well-behaved.
Not to mention resisting, he even actively cooperated by opening his mouth wide and swallowing the ball.
"If you feel uncomfortable, I will adjust it for you." Wu Shuigen said, "After all, the more comfortable you are now, the more severe the pain will be later."
He had been smiling warmly for a long time, but when Yang Han met his excited eyes, he felt a chill all over his body.
So before anyone could ask, Yang Hancai hurriedly shouted, "Master Sun, this is really a misunderstanding! I just wanted to help Inspector Zhang get away with this, so I kindly found out the inside story. I never thought that he would be so depressed that he would commit suicide in prison!"
This sounds quite logical.
That's right, no matter how rampant this guy is, he would not choose to provoke me when he is under suspicion.
Maybe he really wanted to "help" Zhang An get away with the crime so that he could relax his investigation into the case.
But I didn't expect Zhang An to be so disgusted by this cuckold that he even committed suicide in anger...
In this way, Zhang An’s death was even more unjust!
With a sigh in his heart, Sun Shaozong said expressionlessly, "There is no need to mention Zhang An's matter. I just want to know what you and Wei Shougen, Wang Baochang and others were up to in conspiring to kidnap the young beggar and send him to Zhang the Butcher to be killed. What was your intention? Was there someone behind the scenes directing you?!"
As he spoke, his voice became stern.
Yang Hancai's expression changed several times, but he said in a muffled voice: "What are you talking about, sir? I don't know anything about beggars or butcher Zhang."
Although he had just chosen to remain single and not suffer a loss, he also knew that he could never admit such a thing. Otherwise, no matter how many people came to rescue him, he would probably die.
Sun Shaozong had not originally expected that Yang Hancai would reveal the truth so easily. He just stared at his facial expression.
After Yang Hancai finished speaking, he sighed again in his heart - because judging from Yang Hancai's reaction, those young beggars had indeed died at the hands of Zhang the Butcher!
These thieves are so vicious!
Seeing that he refused to confess, Sun Shaozong was too lazy to waste any more words - mainly because there was insufficient evidence to force him to speak - and he went straight to Wu Shuigen and his wife and explained the general outline of the case.
Then he whispered, "Your task now is to pry open his mouth and get some real evidence - but one thing is, you must not harm his life."
"Don't worry, sir."
Wu Shuigen licked his lips excitedly: "My wife and I haven't learned anything else in the Ministry of Punishment, but we have learned many ways to make people want to live but not to die!"
Haven't you learned anything else except torture?
I’m afraid not.
Sun Shaozong glanced at Xu, who was wearing the robes of the Dragon Guards but still looked very coquettish, and then said seriously: "In this case, I will go to the government office to write a memorial to the court on Zhang An's behalf. I will hand him over to you first. If there is any progress, please report it to me!"
After he finished his confession, he walked out of the interrogation room.
Wu Shuigen and his wife respectfully escorted him out the door and returned to the interrogation room.
Wu Shuigen stroked a whip with barbs and suddenly said, "Who is Lord Sun? How could he be seduced by you?"
There was a hint of bitterness in his words, and it was obvious that he actually cared about this matter deeply.
But Xu sneered and scratched her head, saying, "If you don't try it first, how do you know it won't work?"
As she spoke, she extended her lilac tongue and smeared a layer of bright color on her red lips, giggling charmingly: "I think Wang Dianli seems to be a man of some talent. He has nothing to do around here , so I'll go and help you build some connections."
Seeing her swaying her waist and pushing the door out of the interrogation room, Wu Shuigen's face showed some pain, but when he looked down at the torture instruments in his hands, it turned into an unshakable fanaticism.
Let’s not talk about what happened to this couple.
But when Sun Shaozong returned to the office, Liu Xianglian had also received the news and rushed back from the Dali Temple's Zhaomo Office, which was in charge of the archives.
“Second brother!”
Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in from outside, he immediately rubbed his hands and asked, "Can you use me? We can't let Inspector Zhang die in vain!"
Sun Shaozong shook his head: "You can't help much with this matter, so just focus on doing your job first."
After saying that, seeing that he looked a little discouraged, she added, "But when I'm not at the government office, you have to keep an eye on the prison, and don't let anyone else interfere in this matter."
"Don't worry, brother!"
Liu Xianglian then regained his spirits and puffed out his chest to assure, "Even if Wei Yi comes in person, he will have to ask about the sword in my hand!"
"Who wants you to shout and kill?"
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes and ignored him, spreading out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the inner room, carefully writing the draft and then transcribing it on the memorial.
Originally, because Zhang An Ning refused to comply, Sun Shaozong did not want to bring the matter to the court.
But now that Zhang An is dead and the news has leaked, there is no point in hiding it.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong prepared to report to the emperor how Zhang An killed his uncle in anger because his wife was humiliated, so as to seek reward and explanation for Zhang An.
Although the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not issue an explicit decree to protect military marriages as in later generations, such matters would definitely be biased unless the court was filled with incompetent people.
Otherwise, there will inevitably be resentment among the army, and the soldiers will inevitably have worries when they go out to fight in the future.
Therefore, as long as this memorial is submitted, the court will definitely reward it, and it is very likely that it will be a heavy reward - after all, a dead person will not take anyone's position.
Everything else is fine, but if I could help Zhang An's son get a decent family, it would be a small token of my gratitude.
in addition……
Sun Shaozong also wanted to report Yang Hancai's affairs to the court to avoid being used as a handle later.
However, there is no real evidence in this case at the moment, and it is basically just my own speculation. Writing it in a memorial seems empty and meaningless.
It seems I have to go to the palace again to present my name to the emperor.
