After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 425 Wu Lichang’s Death [3]

County Magistrate Feng was afraid that Wu Xingzu would shout out something else in order to seek mercy, so he immediately warned him, "Wu Xingzu, the government knows your merits and demerits. You should stay in jail for now. The government needs to deal with the Huang sisters' case first."

County Magistrate Feng had tried very hard to rescue him, but Wu Xingzu was frightened by Huang Xianniang's madness and just wanted to leave Tianfu County as soon as possible. He cried, "Wuwuwu, sir, I have been self-disciplined and have never done anything evil. Now that I have made a meritorious report, please let me return to the city as soon as possible."

Everyone: "..."

No, it has come to this, and you can still boast that you are a good person? What kind of evil animal are you!

The clerk could not help but scold him, "Wu Xingzu, you see evil but do not report it, you see evil but do not correct it, which is worse than evil! But until now, you still do not know this truth. You are not worthy of being a scholar, you are simply worthy of being a human being!"

County Magistrate Feng took the opportunity to stand up and stuffed a thick ball of linen into Wu Xingzu's mouth: "Shut up, you will lose face if you say one more word."

He was secretly glad in his heart that Wu Da was dead and that Village Chief Wu did not let Wu Xingzu know about the Wu family's dirty deeds, otherwise he would have been killed by Wu Xingzu today.

"Mmmm!" Wu Xingzu shouted, but the cloth ball was blocking his throat too tightly, and he couldn't utter a single word.

The clerk read Wu Xingzu's confession and said at the end: "If what I said to you is correct, please sign and put your fingerprints on it."

The bailiffs took Wu Xingzu down from the rack and released one of his hands.

Wu Xingzu cried and was slapped by a yamen runner. Then he calmed down and signed his name and put his fingerprints on it.

"Take him to cell number three and keep him there." County Magistrate Feng waved his hand.

"Yes." The bailiffs took Wu Xingzu away.

County Magistrate Feng and Secretary Guan took the confession to Wu Laosi's torture chamber next door.

"Wu Laosi, Wu Xingzu has admitted that he saw Wu Lichang and Wu Da forcing Huang Xianniang together. He also provided evidence that Wu Da secretly kept Huang Xianniang's bellyband." Guan Shuli said as soon as he came in.

After hearing this, Wu Laosi was frightened.

Yang County Lieutenant said: "Among the evidence I brought back, there are indeed several torn bellybands, which were found by General Gong. At the time, I just felt unlucky, but I thought that Wu Da actually hid them in a secret compartment, so they must be important things, so I brought them back."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wu Laosi was trembling with fear.

Doctor Kang also got the result and said, "Sir, County Lieutenant, Wu Laosi is indeed a natural eunuch. He is different from other men. He is born with infertility and cannot make a woman pregnant."

After hearing this, Wu Laosi was so frightened that he rolled his eyes and fainted.

It is obvious that Huang Cainiang's child is not Wu Laosi's. Coupled with Huang Cainiang's confession, it can be indirectly proved that the men in the Wu family are very likely to have bullied Huang Cainiang.

"Wake up this beast and make him confess!" County Lieutenant Yang said angrily.

Doctor Kang took out the longest medical needle and gave Wu Laosi only one injection. Wu Laosi woke up screaming: "Ahhh, it hurts so much!"

boom!

County Magistrate Yang slammed the table and stared at Wu Laosi with murderous intent: "Confess honestly, is the child in Huang Cainiang's belly your Wu family's? If you dare to lie, you are deliberately deceiving the government. The serious consequences are beheading or exile to be a mine slave!"

He added: "Wu Xingzu, Huang Wushi, and your eldest sister-in-law are all still alive. They are all cowards. There is no need to torture them. Just bribe them and they will rush to confess."

The clerk said again: "The number of places to make amends is limited, you have to fight for it to get it."

Wu Laosi hadn't slept since yesterday's shocking incident. Coupled with the interrogation, torture, and these warnings and inducements, he finally held on and sobbed, "I confess, I confess..."

Wu Laosi started from his marriage to Huang Cainiang...

"The Wu family and my father took a fancy to the Qin family's new dye business and wanted to steal the new dye secret recipe. But the Qin family was too smart. They bought the land in the west of the village early on, making it impossible for outsiders to enter."

"After discussing with Wu Lichang, my father asked me to marry Huang Cainiang and use Huang Guilu's name to buy land in Gui Village. After building a house, I will move to Gui Village and become a villager with the Qin family. After getting to know them well, I will find an opportunity to seize everything from the Qin family..."

"I don't like women, so I let my three brothers take care of the bridal chamber and the continuation of the family line..."

"How could I have known that the Huang sisters were so crazy that they couldn't accept it and poisoned the Wu and Wu families!"

clap clap clap!

Gong Zongqi couldn't stand it anymore and whipped Wu Laosi a few times: "Who can accept such a filthy thing? Your house is simply a den of beasts!"

"Old Gong." County Lieutenant Yang warned General Gong and said to Old Fourth Wu, "Keep telling us what's going on."

"Sob, sob, sob..." Wu Laosi cried for a long time in pain before he continued to explain, explaining the whole cause and effect clearly.

Gong Zongqi, Han Shiye and others were so indignant after hearing what they heard that they took turns slapping Wu Laosi in the face. After that they hurried to wash their hands... It was so disgusting that they had to wash them.

Lieutenant Yang and Magistrate Feng were relieved after hearing this... Wu Laosi was smart enough not to give Ershuan away, otherwise this matter would have ended badly.

Wu Laosi almost gave Ershuan away, but Ershuan knew the addresses of several of his lovers, and Ershuan had threatened him that if he dared to say anything unfavorable to Ershuan, even if Ershuan died, he would let his brothers kill his lovers!

Wu Laosi has true feelings for his lovers, so he would rather die than betray Ershuan. It's just a pity that he might not be able to meet his lovers again in the future.

……

boom!

"These two families are actually planning to get the new dye secret recipe!" After reading Wu Laosi's confession, County Magistrate Kang cursed: "You are just a small village head, a slave who guards the villagers for the government, but you think you are a local emperor and want to steal any good things you see. You deserve to be killed!"

The aristocratic families and the imperial court don't have the secret recipe of the new dye yet. The Wu and Wu families are nothing, yet they dare to lay hands on the secret recipe of the new dye.

He glared at County Magistrate Feng with anger in his eyes.

County Magistrate Feng's heart skipped a beat. He took off his hat and knelt down with great flexibility: "I have failed to discipline my subordinates. Please punish me, magistrate!"

Humph, County Magistrate Kang wanted to scold County Magistrate Feng, but he thought that Feng was a local tyrant and he would soon leave office, so he just said, "Investigate the village heads of each town as soon as possible. If anything happens again, the whole county government will be in trouble!"

"Yes." County Magistrate Feng hastily agreed. He was furious and kept cursing Village Chief Wu in his heart.

County Magistrate Kang was still furious and said to County Lieutenant Yang, "Take Ershuan to the torture room as well. I'm afraid he was involved."

County Lieutenant Yang's heart sank, and he quickly responded, "Yes, I'll do it right away."

However, Ershuan was well-trained since childhood. Even when he was whipped with a salt-soaked whip, burned with red-hot iron blocks, and had his flesh cut with a knife, he refused to plead guilty.

"My Lord, I am innocent... I have never bullied Huang Xianniang... I am just a servant, how could I have such a blessing?"

"If you don't believe it, you can ask the Wu family... ask Wu Laosi..."

The torture lasted for a full hour and Ershuan fainted ten times, but he refused to confess...and the reason why Ershuan was able to survive the torture was because County Lieutenant Yang let him off.

Yang County Lieutenant was very satisfied and went to report to Kang County Magistrate: "Sir, Ershuan confessed that he had heard Wu Lizhang, Wu Da and Huang Xianniang doing that thing, but he did not admit that he bullied Huang Xianniang."

Wu Da is dead, Wu Xingzu has never seen Ershuan bullying Huang Xianniang, and Wu Laosi deliberately concealed the truth, so the government has no evidence to prove that Ershuan is guilty.

County Magistrate Kang was only extremely angry, so he picked a fight with Ershuan. Now that his anger had subsided, he stopped pursuing the issue and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it."

However, the next moment, County Magistrate Kang's anger was aroused again.

Master Han came over and reported, "Sir, Captain Wu has woken up. The elders and children of the Wu family are going to carry him to see you."