Chapter 772 Questioning the Case
Yang Kui had no idea how he walked into the lobby. It was not until he faced Sun Shaozong's sharp gaze that he regained consciousness.
It was not his fault that he was timid. It was really the case that a person's reputation was like the shadow of a tree. The title of 'Three-eyed God' might be said in a teasing way on ordinary days, but at this moment it was heavy, like a mountain pressing on Yang Kui's heart.
And most importantly…
No matter if they are ranked by official rank or age, I shouldn't be the one to get second place, right?
They must have found out something, right?
Maybe they found out something?
A series of thoughts popped up in his mind, and Yang Kui was so frightened that he almost couldn't stand and wanted to kneel down.
Fortunately, he finally retained some common sense and realized that if he knelt at this time, he would be confessing his crime.
So he gritted his teeth, pretended to be calm, walked to the center of the hall, and bowed his hands in greeting: "Your subordinate Yang Kui greets the Shaoqing Lord."
"Um."
Sun Shaozong nodded arrogantly, then waved his hand and said, "Let the criminal identify himself in court!"
Before Yang Kui could react, the door curtain at the back hall was lifted, and two yamen runners dragged out a tall man in tattered clothes and threw him in front of Yang Kui.
Bang!
After the man landed on the ground, he groaned, then slowly raised his head and looked at Yang Kui in front of him.
Yang Kui naturally stared at him, but he only saw that the man's face was covered in blood, with only his two eyes visible, but he could not make out his facial features.
But looking at this stature, could it be...
Just when Yang Kui was feeling suspicious, the man suddenly widened his eyes, then opened his mouth, revealing a dark cavity without a single tooth.
What kind of torture is this?!
Yang Kui shuddered all over. Before he could take a closer look, the man had already rushed over with all his limbs, hugged Yang Kui's thighs, and howled incoherently: "Sir, save me, save me!"
Pah~
At the same time, Sun Shaozong slammed the gavel and shouted, "Yang Kui, how did you poison Lu Mingsi? Tell me the truth!"
“I…I…”
Yang Kui uttered the word "I" in a trembling voice, but what he finally shouted was: "This humble official is wronged, wronged!"
"How dare you protest your innocence when you have been pointed out by the criminal in court?"
"But I don't know this person at all!"
After all, although he was intimidated by Sun Shaozong's fame and momentum, his desire to survive was not diminished in the slightest.
Therefore, at this critical moment, although his legs could hardly support his body, Yang Kui still argued according to the plan he had prepared long ago.
"My Lord, you can't... you can't do this!"
The bloody man at his feet whimpered in pain, and his speech became increasingly unclear.
Yang Kui raised his leg, wanting to kick the man away, but he lacked the strength and only caused the man's body to stagger slightly.
However, just this one flash made the other party completely give up the idea of asking him for help . Instead, he turned around and knelt on the ground, thinking of Sun Shaozong and shouted: "I am willing to confess, I am willing to confess!"
Huh?
Hasn't he confessed before?!
That’s right, if not, why would we need to call people in one by one to question them?
Thinking of this, Yang Kui immediately regretted it. If he had known that Duan Qing was so stubborn, he should not have completely stopped him from thinking about it!
But then again, if I don't clear myself up in time, how can I get away with it safely?
"snort!"
At this moment, Sun Shaozong snorted coldly: "You have already heard it just now. Lord Yang claimed that he did not recognize you. How can you prove that you are not deliberately framing him?"
"Little man...little man..."
Duan Qing mumbled a few words incoherently, then suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Qiu Yu from Mantingfang, she, she can testify for me! She saw me and Lord Yang leave Mantingfang together from the back alley!"
Yang Kui was shocked. He originally thought that Duan Qing would confess the name of Bloody Hand Shi Gui. However, before nightfall, Bloody Hand Shi Gui had just sent a message saying that he had lost contact with Duan Qing, so he had quietly changed his hiding place.
Therefore, even if Duan Qing wanted to implicate Shi Gui, the Dali Temple would have no way of tracking down Shi Gui's whereabouts.
As for the several contacts between the two and Yang Kui, Yang Kui did not reveal his identity, nor did he show his whereabouts in front of others.
This is exactly the reason why Yang Kui dared to deny his claims and make excuses.
Who would have thought that Qiuyu would suddenly appear!
Thinking back to that day, when he went to explain the details of the poisoning, he learned that Duan Qing, the master of the arsenal, had actually run back to Mantingfang to fool around with a prostitute. In a rage, he had indeed scolded Duan Qing in the back alley of Mantingfang.
Yang Kui's heart suddenly became flustered again.
At this time, Sun Shaozong loudly ordered: "Come here, go to Mantingfang and bring Qiuyu here!"
In fact, Qiuyu is hiding in the back hall right now.
But Huang Bin still agreed generously and strode out of the lobby with his head held high.
After Huang Bin left , Sun Shaozong turned his attention to Duan Qing and asked in a deep voice, "How did you know Yang Kui? How did you follow his instructions to murder Lu Mingsi and kill Wang Erhu? Tell the truth!"
"Little man, little man... little man..."
Duan Qing excitedly named several villains in a row, and was about to reveal the truth, but suddenly he fell forward and was silent.
Liu Xianglian immediately appeared from the side, stretched out his hand to feel his breath, and then reported: "Sir, he was tortured too hard before, and now his injuries have flared up and he has passed out."
Sun Shaozong frowned and waved his hand impatiently, "Take him down for treatment. Find a way to make him wake up as soon as possible!"
Liu Xianglian hurriedly called a few yamen runners, and they hurriedly carried "Duan Qing" back to the back hall.
Now Sun Shaozong could only turn his attention back to Yang Kui:
"Yang Kui, do you admit your guilt?"
"Master Shaoqing!"
The pill in Yang Kui's hand had long been soaked with sweat, but he still defended himself by saying, "It was just a casual accusation by a street rogue. What crime have I committed? Besides, I have only been in the capital for half a year. I am busy with government affairs on weekdays. How could I have the opportunity to deal with such a street rogue?"
Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to accuse him. He leaned back in his chair calmly and said calmly, "In this case, let's wait for Qiuyu to be brought in and identify her together with the criminal just now."
Having said that, he said nothing more.
The hall fell silent, but Yang Kui's heart was boiling with mixed feelings.
I was in a daze, not knowing how many hours had passed, when I suddenly heard someone outside report, "Sir, the witness Qiuyu has been brought here!"
Sun Shaozong immediately perked up, exhaled and shouted: "Bring him in!"
Following this order, Yang Kui subconsciously turned his head and saw Huang Bin, who had just left in a hurry, leading a petite girl into the lobby.
The woman walked in, holding up her skirt and about to kneel down and kowtow, she suddenly saw Yang Kui and immediately screamed, "It's him, it's him! It was him who scolded Tie Niu in the back alley that day. There was also a man with a square face, small eyes, and a 'bookcase' on his head!"
She really saw it!
Upon hearing this description, Yang Kui felt completely hopeless, because his trusted confidant, Master Wang, was exactly as the woman described.
However, the woman's next words made him feel like he had been saved from a desperate situation!
The woman pointed at Yang Kui's nose and continued, "Then I saw him get off the car and pull Tie Niu into the car and leave together!"
"You're lying!"
Hearing this, Yang Kui couldn't help but blurt out a rebuttal: "I clearly didn't get off the car that day, and..."
Halfway through his speech, Yang Kui suddenly came to his senses and quickly stopped talking.
But it was already too late.
Pah~
There was a bang of the gavel, and Sun Shaozong sneered, "Not at all. Are you trying to say that Duan Qing didn't get into the carriage that day, but was the coachman , driving the carriage away?"
“I…I…”
Yang Kui's face completely lost all color. Although he still didn't understand what was going on, he was clearly aware that he was in a desperate situation!
The muscles on his cheeks were shaking uncontrollably, and confusion, fear, and attachment flashed across Yang Kui's eyes, but ultimately all of those turned into a look of determination.
Then he suddenly raised his left hand and stuffed the pill given by Zhou Chang into his mouth!
However, at the same time, a sharp wind blew in his face, and just as Yang Kui brought the pill to his mouth, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
However, Sun Shaozong saw that his face looked wrong and he suddenly raised his hand as if he was going to take something, so he hurriedly swung the gavel over and hit Yang Kui on the shoulder blade.
“Ah~~~!”
Yang Kui let out a shrill scream, but still used inertia to stuff the poison into his mouth.
Damn it, I missed!
Sun Shaozong cursed inwardly in silence, but it turned out that the gavel hit Yang Kui's right shoulder, so the impact on his left hand naturally could not be immediate.
Feeling embarrassed, Sun Shaozong hurriedly shouted, "Take the stuff out of his mouth!"
The court was in chaos at that moment. The runners rushed forward one after another, some grabbing people and some shutting people's mouths. But no matter how fast they moved, how could they catch up with Yang Kui's swallowing convenience?
Seeing that the poison had already entered their stomachs, everyone was at a loss as to what to do, when suddenly someone shouted, "Let me do it!"
Before he finished speaking, another person rushed out from the back hall. He was covered in jewels and precious stones. Who else could he be but the beggar chief Hong Jiu?
Hong Jiu rushed forward, picked up the wailing Yang Kui, and punched him in the stomach. Then he pinched Yang Kui's cheeks and reached out to dig at the root of his tongue, adding fuel to the fire, "It just so happened that when I went to the toilet just now, I couldn't find any toilet paper, so I had to use my hands..."
With these three measures in place, how could Yang Kui lose weight?
At that moment, the throat surged and a lot of filth gushed out like a rainbow piercing the sun!
