Kneeling on the smooth mirror-like ground in front of the hall, Liao Cheng's head was lowered, but he could clearly feel that two burning eyes were enveloping him from above, making his breathing a little disordered.

When he was escorted into the hall just now, he only glanced at Yang Zhen, who was sitting high above, and only felt a chill from his back, as if the other party had seen through all his intentions with just one glance. And what is even more disturbing is that it has been a long time, Yang Zhen actually didn't ask questions, just stared at him with a pair of eyes.

Finally, just when Liao Cheng was about to hold on, a cold voice sounded from the front: "Are you here to confess?" Admit that you are the author and disseminator of "The Discussion of Danger"? When he asked this, Yang Zhen's eyes were a little more playful, he really didn't expect such a thing.

In this world, except for him and his cronies, no one knows that this book "Discussion of Sorrow and Danger" was concocted by him, the governor of the brocade guard, and asked people to spread it at night. And now, someone actually ran in front of him to confess his guilt, which naturally inevitably gave him a subtle feeling of catching a thief.

It's just that this strange smile was quickly hidden by Yang Zhen, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes, obviously, this person who came to confess was instructed by someone, and the purpose was naturally to end this matter. Their response was really not slow.

Liao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he asked questions, then he could quickly admit his sin. He could never have imagined that he would be so anxious to have people convict him, because in his senses, this feeling of being condescended to be scrutinized was worse than being convicted: "The prisoner is the author of the article "The Discussion of Sorrow", and it is also the money of the prisoner to ask the idlers in the city to spread this article at night. ”

"Do you know how serious this crime is?" Yang Zhen suddenly asked, which made Liao Cheng stunned for a moment, and then nodded. But Yang Zhen didn't intend to let this one go like this, but continued: "I'm afraid you may not really know. Because of this article, both officialdom and people in the capital are now discussing the matter of the prince, and the Son of Heaven is not very disturbed, and this crime is not too serious to condemn a bully. ”

The sin of deception! Although the concept of this crime is a little vague, its punishment is the most serious in today's era, only under the major crimes such as rebellion, even killing the head is very likely. Hearing Yang Zhen say this, Liao Cheng's body trembled, before Wang Ge Lao only said that he would lose his official position or even join the army because of this, but he never mentioned that he would be executed. But soon, he regained his composure, maybe this was just the other party's false words and intimidation, and Wang Ge Lao had promised before, they would not sit idly by and watch themselves being condemned too severely.

As if seeing through his thoughts, Yang Zhen sneered again: "And once this crime is implemented, your enemies are not only those you think, but also many officials in the DPRK and China will hate you to the core." Because it's your article, even they have been affected, and some of them are still in my prison. Now, do you still want to admit that you are the author of the article "The Discussion of Sorrow"? ”

Liao Cheng's heart tightened again, he really hadn't thought about these possible problems, and Wang Xijue didn't analyze them carefully with him, and now he was suddenly broken by Yang Zhen little by little, and it was fake to say that he was not panicking. But after all, he came here after making up his mind, even if the current problem is more serious than he imagined, he can only grit his teeth and persevere, otherwise the trouble will only be greater, so he mustered up the courage and looked directly at Yang Zhen: "The criminal officer did this wrong thing, I really don't want other colleagues to be affected by me, and I hope that Yang Dudu can understand the situation!" ”

The corners of Yang Zhen's mouth curled, but he didn't feel that he glanced at this person a few times, no wonder he was selected to come to top the bag, but he was a person with a firm position: "In this case, then the governor will ask you a few questions to see if you are really the author of the article "Discussion on Anxiety" as you say. ”

"Governor Yang, please ask." After taking a deep breath and calming down the ups and downs in his heart, Liao Cheng responded. Before he turned himself in, he had already received the guidance of Wang Xijue and several others, and made a rehearsal of what Jin Yiwei might interrogate, and felt that he was enough to deal with the next questions.

But the result was once again beyond his expectations, only to hear Yang Zhen ask: "Let me ask you, how many idlers in the city have you hired for spreading the article "Worrying and Dangerous" this time, how much money have you paid, and do you still remember the appearance and location of these people?" ”

Liao Cheng was a little dumbfounded. He originally thought that Yang Zhen would ask something related to the content of the article, and for this reason, he and Wang Xijue did not think much about it. But no one expected that Yang Zhen would avoid talking about these things, and directly asked him about the details of the article he disseminated, which made him a little unable to answer for a while.

"What? Can't even answer such a question? Yang Zhen narrowed his eyes, looking suspicious.

Wang Xijue did miscalculate in this matter. He thought that Jin Yiwei was just on an errand, and he should also think about closing the case quickly, and he would definitely not suspect that someone was guilty, let alone put too much effort into the investigation. Unexpectedly, Yang Zhen, as the real culprit in this matter, did not intend to let the demon book case be hastily concluded in this way, let alone allow a seven-rank official to take down the entire crime.

At this moment, an extremely rare scene in the judicial history of the Ming Dynasty appeared - the person on trial wanted to bear the charge, but the presiding judge was thinking of a way to prove that he was not guilty, which was completely contrary to the usual trial habits.

After a long time, Liao Cheng raised his head again: "In fact, the criminal officer did not personally contact those idlers, but only asked the servants in the family to come forward. This is the only way to solve this siege, otherwise how could he have made up the location and appearance of those idlers?

"What about others? Why didn't I come with you to confess my sins? Yang Zhen didn't let him go because of this, and asked again.

He ...... Because of the importance of the matter, the prisoner sent him out of the capital after the matter was completed. This explanation is quite reasonable.

Yang Zhen stared at the other party and smiled slightly: "Then how much money did you come up with?" You can't talk about it, do you? and the number of idlers employed. ”

"A total of more than twenty people were employed, and a total of fifteen taels of silver were spent." After a little calculation, Liao Cheng gave the answer.

"More than 20 people want to spread these articles for you overnight at the risk of being captured by the night patrol soldiers and horses in the city, but only charge fifteen taels of silver? When did all the idlers in my capital talk so well? Are they trying to confront you, the Imperial Historian? Yang Zhen said with a face full of disbelief.

"Yes...... It was the official's mistake, it should have been fifty taels of silver......," Liao Cheng hurriedly changed his words. Because he is not wealthy, he has always attached great importance to silver, but unexpectedly something went wrong, which made him feel a little guilty and worried.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen didn't delve too deeply into this, but just muttered: "Fifty taels?" You're not going to change it, are you? ”

"Don't dare...... If what the prisoner said is true, how dare he change it. ”

"Okay, since you confessed to the crime, then my Jinyi Wei can only detain you first. But ......" Yang Zhen said and stared at the other party again, and saw that Liao Cheng was furious in his heart, and then said: "I will not make any conclusions until the matter is thoroughly investigated." Someone is coming——! ”

Several captains standing on the left and right immediately stepped forward and escorted Liao Cheng, who was still a little confused. He was indeed a little surprised, the coping method that he and Wang Ge Lao had worked so hard to come up with was actually useless to Yang Zhen here, because the other party didn't even mention any questions related to the content of the article.

Since Yang Zhen had already determined that the other party was here to top the bag, he guessed that they would be fully prepared for the article, so how could he bother to ask in detail. In fact, these confessions just asked now were enough for him to raise doubts, but Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to do so, because he knew that in order to refute the other party, he needed something more powerful.

At the same time, the news in the officialdom of the capital has also spread. When someone deliberately spread the news that Liao Cheng surrendered to Jinyiwei, the officials immediately talked about it, some hated this guy for causing everyone, and some admired his daring, but more were greatly relieved, feeling that the dark clouds hanging over everyone's heads were finally about to disperse.

In the past few days, these officials in the yamen have been really frightened. Jin Yiwei wantonly used this as an excuse to take people, which made people panic, and everyone was afraid that they would follow in the footsteps of these people. Even if everyone knows that they are innocent, but what is the existence of Jinyiwei, everyone knows it, once they take it, how can there be good fruits to eat?

Moreover, is there still a shortage of unjust cases in this world? Once you are accidentally calculated by someone and you are really accused of such a crime, your future will be ruined, and you may not be able to protect your life.

Now, someone has finally come forward and confessed to the charges, and everyone can finally feel at ease. And the people who were taken by Jinyiwei before can finally be put back. This view made everyone very excited, just like the New Year.

The only exception may be Yang Chen. He is the only one who knows the truth of the matter except for the people of Jinyiwei. He was also surprised to learn that someone had come to confess, but he quickly guessed some of the reasons.

"That's not good news...... Once it is really determined that it is the "Sorrowful Discussion" spread by Liao Cheng, then it will be too difficult for Erlang to use this to achieve his goal. But what can he do in such a situation? He really couldn't wait for a moment when he was uneasy.

Finally, Yang Chen didn't even return home in the evening, so he immediately rushed to Yang Zhen's mansion to discuss the problem in front of him.