Chapter 123: Crimes

"Did he really say that?"

In the palace, Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing Liu Fu's words. ReadМ

He deliberately pretended to be dead just to try his luck, without any hope of finding out the real instigator.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Li was so impatient that he showed his flaws.

"Yes, before Yuan Li left, he asked his subordinate to give His Highness a message, saying that his Yuan family is not easy to mess with. It seems that the palace and the Yuan family will not be able to maintain even a superficial harmony in the future." Liu Fu frowned.

To him, the Yuan family and the Zhang family cannot be equated.

The Zhang family was just a wealthy family in Yan County and had no influence in the court.

The Yuan family is different. The daughter of the Yuan family is a concubine in the palace, and her son is the current sixth prince.

Coupled with the Yuan family's power in Yanzhou, they can deal with King Yan on both sides of the court and Yanzhou.

"Either the general said, it's better to break up. It's too tiring to pretend. It doesn't matter whether he is soft or hard, just come." Chang Wei said, "The Yuan family has dominated Yanzhou in recent years, relying on the sky. The emperor is far away, and he regards Yanzhou as his favorite. Now he sees that His Highness is getting stronger day by day. How can he just sit back and ignore it? Sooner or later, he will do this. "

Zhao Xu nodded.

Yuan Li's ambition was fully realized during this trip, and he wanted to seize his property and his army. How sinister!

Moreover, this time he defeated the Beidi people, which probably made him even more troubled.

That's why he couldn't wait to send assassins to kill him.

Now that the assassination failed and he was humiliated by Liu Fu, he was afraid that he would hate himself even more.

And just as Chang Wei said, after this battle, his existence has reached a point where the Yuan family cannot ignore it.

In this case, just let him come, he wants to see what he is capable of.

What's more, he is a dignified prince who praises orthodoxy. How can he grovel in front of his Yuan family? This is too shameful.

Now that he has assassinated himself and is in the first year of junior high school, don't blame him for being in the fifteenth year.

"Liu Fu, go and interrogate Zhang Kang immediately and ask him to confess all the charges and sign and sign. I will give him a copy of Yuan Li," Zhao Xu said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu was slightly excited. He was looking forward to the day of interrogating Zhang Kang.

It has been really uncomfortable to live in Zhang Kang's fear for these years.

He will definitely take care of Zhang Kang.

Zhao Xu continued: "In the past few days, many officials and generals have been a little dishonest. It's time for you two to clean up yourselves."

"The general will be guilty." Chang Wei looked guilty.

The generals who were escorted to him by the soldiers were not just one or two.

"Lower officials are also guilty." Liu Fu lowered his head. Many officials reported his colleagues to him, and he was about to deal with them.

"It's not all your fault." Zhao Xu said.

In the past few months, Yan County has undergone drastic changes.

In order to consolidate his power in Yan County as soon as possible, there was indeed some sloppiness in selecting talents.

At the same time, some people can share wealth and honor, but they cannot share adversity.

Part of it was exposed in this war against Beidi.

His fake death exposed another part of him.

Now we can take advantage of this great victory to unify Yan County and purge the officialdom and the army.

This will help him govern in Yan County in the future.

After agreeing on the matter, the two resigned from Zhao Xu and went back their separate ways.

Liu Fu came to the government office and went straight to the government prison.

Zhang Kang has been locked in the innermost cell since he was arrested.

Liu Fu gave instructions, and the jailer took Zhang Kang out of the prison and brought him to the interrogation room.

"Let me go, let me go. I am the son-in-law of the Yuan family. When Yuan Zhoumu comes, you still have to let me out. I will definitely not let you go then."

Zhang Kang yelled and cursed all the way and was dragged to the interrogation room by the jailer.

After being pinned to the ground by the jailer, he looked up at the person behind the table and his heart skipped a beat when he saw it was Liu Fu.

"Don't count on your father-in-law. He just came here and left again." Liu Fu looked at Zhang Kang with contempt in his eyes. "His Royal Highness ordered me to interrogate you. I advise you to confess your crimes honestly." Come together so that I won’t be punished.”

"Nonsense, Master Yuan will definitely save me." Zhang Kang continued to struggle and shouted loudly.

Liu Fu narrowed his eyes. Zhang Kang was still living in the dream that he was the governor of Yan County and the son-in-law of the Yuan family.

He nodded to the jailer.

The jailer immediately tied Zhang Kang to a chair, and another jailer brought a hot red iron to Zhang Kang's chest and pressed it down.

"Zizzi...ah..." There was a sound of burning flesh, and Zhang Kang let out an inhuman scream.

"I'm asking you whether you want to tell me or not." Liu Fu's eyes were serious.

When the Zhang family was in charge of Yan County, there were countless innocent souls in this interrogation room.

Now he asked Zhang Kang to pay off the debt.

Zhang Kang had never suffered like this after being pampered and well-fed for more than ten years.

The burning pain in his body made him almost faint.

But he was holding on to a sense of luck that the Yuan family would come to save him.

So he threatened: "Liu Fu, you have to think clearly. This Yanzhou belongs to the Yuan family. It is easy for the King of Yan to deal with our Zhang Kang, but it is difficult to deal with the Yuan family. If the King of Yan loses, your life will be at stake." It’s gone. If you are willing to join the Yuan family, I guarantee that you will be prosperous and wealthy in your next life.”

"Bah! Do you think I care about this? Tell you Zhang Kang, I follow His Royal Highness the King of Yan just so that one day I can kill all the rich people like you who do all kinds of evil! Continue to torture him until he speaks out." Liu Fu stood up and slapped him hard. Book case.

Upon hearing this, the jailer picked up the soldering iron again, and the screams rang out again.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." The second pain was more intense than the first, and Zhang Kang couldn't stand it immediately.

Liu Fu was more and more disdainful. In his opinion, Zhang Kang was cruel when he relied on his power to bully others, but now he couldn't stand this little punishment, which was really contemptible.

"You'd better tell the truth. Your Highness has investigated your crimes clearly. If there is anything wrong, I will let you try a new punishment." Liu Fu smiled grimly at this moment.

Zhang Kang shuddered, and after the jailer brought a pen, he trembled and wrote.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Kang threw down the pen and sat on the ground dejectedly.

Liu Fu picked up what Zhang Kang wrote, and the more he read, the angrier he became.

Finally, he flicked his sleeves and said to the jailer: "Take him back and keep him under strict supervision. Don't let him die, otherwise you will be the only one to blame."

"Yes, Lord Wang Fu." The jailers felt nervous and bowed in reply.

With Zhang Kang's crime, Liu Fu went all the way to the palace and handed it to Zhao Xu.

"So that's it..." Zhao Xu glanced and suddenly realized.

"I didn't expect that Zhang Kang was actually a spy planted by the Beidi people in Yanzhou. He has been responsible for the trade between Beidi and the Yuan family for many years. This time during the Beidi autumn hunt, he not only helped Beidi, but also helped the Yuan family to murder Your Highness." Liu Fu's face turned pale with anger, "I didn't expect that there would be such a shameless person who betrayed his country and surrendered to the enemy in Dasong."

Zhao Xu sneered and nodded, "When this charge is brought to the court, he wants to see how the Yuan family will refute it?"

Liu Fu suddenly sighed when he heard this: "Your Highness, the Yuan family has deep roots in the court, and it is said that there is support from the Han family, one of the eight powerful families. I am afraid that this charge will not cause any waves in the court. After all, if the Yuan family is touched, Yanzhou will be in chaos."

Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, and Liu Fu's words reminded him.

If Zhao Heng and the ministers turned a blind eye to this matter for the sake of the overall situation, wouldn't he have worked in vain?

And by then, Zhang Kang might be able to survive under Yuan Li's protection.

Thinking of this, he said: "In this case, in order to avoid more trouble, we will behead Zhang Kang and the core members of the Zhang family in the East Market tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu bowed.

Since they couldn't touch Yuan Li, they had to at least destroy the Zhang family and take Yan County into their own hands first.