After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Chapter 197

Wen Chengxuan looked back at his fourth brother and couldn't help but said aggrievedly: "Fourth brother, why do you think so too?"

Wen Chenghua came back from outside without even having time to change his robe. He walked into the hall, took off his outer robe, put on a white shirt, walked in front of the noble concubine, and raised his hand to support her.

He helped the noble concubine to rest inside, and Wen Chenghua came out after a while.

There was no one else in the hall, so Wen Chenghua made his intention clear.

"Because this matter is a setup from the beginning to the end, a setup that targets you only." His white clothes did not shine in the dim hall, and it made him look dull. "Sixth brother, what do you want me to do with you..."

At first he didn't care, but the rumors became more and more outrageous, and he finally couldn't sit still one night and clamored to see Gong Bin.

Originally, no one was willing to pass on a message for him so late at night, but he was so sharp-tongued that he used threats and intimidation to get the person to leave.

Yuan Qing had just fallen asleep when he received the news from the Ministry of Justice. He was naturally unhappy to have his sweet dream disturbed.

The messenger who delivered the message was nervous.

Why does he have to be on duty today? He was having a good night's sleep and was disturbed. Anyone would be furious.

Although Yuan Qing's face was a bit grumpy, he didn't curse. He just frowned and said, "Go back and tell him not to act like a master who needs to be served when he eats and sleeps. No matter how big the matter is, he has to hold it in and talk about it tomorrow."

The officer was afraid of missing out on important matters, so he quickly replied, "But Ji Kang said that if you don't go see him, he will never speak again."

"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me." Yuan Qing leaned his head against the door, "Let him figure it out himself!"

The officer ran back to the Ministry of Justice to pass on the message to Ji Kang.

Ji Kang gritted his teeth after getting the reply.

Why is this guy so stubborn? Isn't he afraid that what happened nineteen years ago will sink to the bottom of the sea with him? !

Ji Kang became more and more impatient as he couldn't see anyone.

Ever since the last interrogation, Ji Kang had been dragging his feet and refusing to tell the truth. Yuan Qing did not waste time with him and directly handed him over to the officer who was good at interrogation. She only recorded the interrogation process outside.

Ji Kang was tortured to the point where he had only a little life left, and he suddenly asked to see Gong Bin.

Someone passed the message, and Yuan Qing had no choice but to go to the prison to see him.

He looked even more miserable than when he was in prison.

Although Duke Rong treated him harshly, apart from physically torturing him, he had no intention of taking his life. The officers here were used to seeing life and death, and they did not care about the life and death of the prisoners. They only wanted confessions and evidence.

Ji Kang held his breath and saw the person standing opposite him on the rack.

He swallowed the blood foam, cleared his mouth and said, "Come closer, my voice is low and you can't hear clearly."

Yuan Qing did not move, but said, "Just put it this way, I have good hearing and can hear it."

"Tell them all to leave. I'm only telling you this." He held his head high, not wanting to let his pride fall to the ground. He didn't want to be looked down upon by the man in front of him. "You know, even if they beat me to death, I will never reveal even a single bit of the truth."

He spoke with determination, as if he was making a final struggle.

Yuan Qing did not let all the officers disperse, but only asked them to retreat outside the cell and stand in a place where they could be seen but not heard and wait for orders.

This was the greatest tolerance she could offer. If Ji Kang continued to make demands, there would be no need to continue the interrogation today.

Ji Kang suddenly looked at it and asked in return, "Do you know who I obey?"

Yuan Qing ignored him and just lowered his head to write down the case records.

He said, "Then you must have heard of 'Anzhuang'."

Yuan Qing immediately stopped writing and looked up at Ji Kang, whose black hair was disheveled.

Ji Kang looked past him and out the window, saying calmly, "I don't know where I came from or who my parents are. I only remember that I have been with a group of kids since I could talk. Every day, we fought and studied. They never let us see anything outside of Zhuangzi. One day, someone wanted to go out to take a look, but before he reached the door, he was shot dead by an arrow. After that, no one mentioned going out again."

He turned his gaze back and asked the man to look out the window with him. "It's exactly like that time. It's also dark like this. There is only one square window pane. The window is high. We were still young at that time and couldn't reach it, so we climbed up with a ladder. In the end, the child at the top was shot to death again."

Yuan Qing listened quietly but did not write again.

"What do you think 'Dark Village' is? Is it a place to train assassins?" Ji Kang smiled, "No, it is a place to train talents, to train talents that belong to them."

Yuan Qing raised his head and finally asked, "What do you want to say?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Ji Kang's calm expression concealed madness, "I'm giving you a reward!"

He never thought about confessing properly.

Yuan Qing put away his paper and pen, lifted up his robe and was about to leave.

Ji Kang yelled from behind, "Do you think that catching me is a great achievement? You are too naive. There are thousands of people like me in the Dark Village. Killing me is not even like plucking a hair. You have gone to so much trouble, but it is nothing to them."

Yuan Qing suddenly turned around, caught the loophole in his words and asked, "You mean 'they'?"

Ji Kang's face froze, and the slightly crazy look on his face disappeared in an instant.

He turned and raised his face, "Are you trying to trick me?"

"The more a person fears others knowing something, the more he will emphasize it." Yuan Qing said with a smile, "Besides, we are not targeting the master behind you."

"What do you mean?" Ji Kang asked coldly.

"Didn't you understand?" Yuan Qing looked at him. "We set this up for you from the beginning. As for the case nineteen years ago, or the connection with the Sixth Prince, it was just a cover-up."

She slowly approached and said, "Thanks to you, we found the information about the person behind the scenes who was involved with you."

Ji Kang pulled at the chain to catch him, shouting, "You didn't, you were just tricking me!"

Yuan Qing had already turned around and said, "Whatever you think, you are useless anyway. I kept you just to seek the opinion of Duke Rong on how to cut you into pieces."

Ji Kang suddenly laughed, and the laughter was sad and eerie.

"Gong Bin, you care about Wen Chengyu a lot, right?" He said word by word, "Guess, if he dies soon, who will own the world in the end?"

On the morning of the second day after Yuan Qing returned, a message came from the Ministry of Justice.

Ji Kang committed suicide last night!

Gong Bin, who had just come into contact with Ji Kang, became the first person to be suspected. She was temporarily suspended from her position and remained in the Dali Temple to be questioned at any time.

Ji Kang dragged her down with his own death.