GBP Chapter 669 Bald Donkey, This Official Will Teach You a Few Good Deeds
Chapter 669 Bald Donkey, This Official Will Teach You a Few Good Deeds
“I am an old friend of Yang Yuanqing, but I have no connection with Gu Chengzhi.”
"As for Wang Damaizi, all I know is that he is a vicious dog kept by Yang Yuanqing."
A look of reminiscence appeared on Master Shihang's face, mixed with a hint of envy and fear that were hard to define.
"When Yang Yuanqing first met Wang Damaizi, he was sitting in a chair with Wang Damaizi kneeling beside him. Yang Yuanqing touched Wang Damaizi's head and said that he was a good dog he had raised."
Master Shihang swallowed hard and said, "I have no dealings with Wang Damaizi, and I have no idea who else is involved."
As Master Shihang finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but frown.
Has Master Shihang confessed?
He confessed.
However, it wasn't fully explained.
None of the details were explained clearly.
He didn't answer a single question about the first thing he asked: who took the child away?
This bald monk has truly mastered the art of avoiding the important and focusing on the trivial.
Yang Shaofeng glanced coldly at Master Shihang, then ordered Chang Xiaojiu, "Take him away and torture him."
Master Shihang was startled and quickly put his hands together and bowed to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Your Highness! This humble monk has already explained everything. There is still more I don't know! I beg Your Highness for mercy!"
Chang Xiaojiu completely ignored Master Shihang's pleas for mercy and simply had someone drag Master Shihang away.
Yang Shaofeng turned his head to look at Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang, and Xia Yu.
The faces of Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang, and Xia Yu were also ashen.
After interrogating so many people, the confessions they obtained were nothing but a jumbled mess.
Some people honestly confessed.
Some people, however, still hoped to escape this calamity.
After a long while, Hu Weiyong finally said through gritted teeth, "Could it be that there's someone behind these people?"
Xia Yu glanced at Hu Weiyong.
Isn't this obvious?
Either there's another mastermind behind these people.
Or perhaps these people are trying to exonerate themselves.
Regardless of the possibility, the case has reached a stalemate, and we can only proceed to the next step after the Imperial Guards extract a confession through torture.
After another moment of silence, Hu Weiyong looked at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "What are your plans, Prince Consort?"
Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "There's a folk saying: 'If you hear cicadas chirping, aren't you going to plant crops?'"
"Regardless of whether these people have a mastermind behind them or are trying to exonerate themselves, the crimes they committed are obvious, and the local gentry they have confessed to are waiting for Commander Xia to send people to arrest them."
"The worst outcome is that someone deliberately cuts off the clues, making the case completely impossible to investigate."
At this point, Yang Shaofeng smiled again, "The problem is that if we want to cut off the clues, we have to take action. As long as we take action, we will inevitably leave some clues."
"Therefore, I have no other plans at the moment. I will continue to investigate based on their confessions."
"Use these boots on your feet to travel through all the prefectures and counties involved."
Hu Weiyong and Wang Guangyang exchanged a glance and said nothing more, but Xia Yu stood up abruptly and said, "I will personally interrogate that Master Shihang."
Xia Yu left quickly, but returned just as quickly.
"unlucky."
Xia Yu spat and said, "I thought that Master Shihang was some tough guy, but it turns out he's a coward."
Yang Shaofeng said "Oh," and Xia Yu continued, "When I arrived at the prison, Master Shihang had only been whipped a few times and then he was begging to confess honestly."
"I was afraid he would make baseless accusations like Gu Chengzhi, so I asked him repeatedly."
"I finally managed to get his confession."
……
When Master Shihang was brought to the main hall again, he no longer displayed any of the demeanor of a high-ranking monk.
Yang Shaofeng sneered and looked at Master Shihang, asking, "Bald monk, are you willing to confess this time?"
Master Shihang roared and answered tremblingly, "This humble monk is willing to confess! This humble monk is willing to confess!"
Yang Shaofeng sneered again and asked, "What's your common name? Where are you from? Who else is in your family?"
Master Shihang's expression immediately changed drastically.
What the hell is going on?
Why are you suddenly asking about my secular name and place of origin?
Xia Yu turned to look at Yang Shaofeng, then sneered and said, "Your Highness, I think he might not be honest. How about we take him away for further questioning?"
Yang Shaofeng grunted in agreement, but Master Shihang was so frightened that he cried out, "This humble monk confesses! This humble monk confesses!"
"My secular surname is Xu, my given name is An, and my nickname is Erluzi (Second Donkey). I am from Ji'an."
"My parents passed away as early as the twelfth year of the Zhizheng era, so I have no relatives."
"In the same year of the Zhizheng era, I accidentally killed someone while fighting with someone in a brothel. At that time, my parents passed away and no one could protect me. I had no choice but to shamelessly ask Yang Yuanqing for help and go to the Damo Temple in Qingyuan Mountain outside Ji'an City to become a monk."
Yang Shaofeng sneered again and asked, "Who is the abbot of Damo Temple? Who is the head monk? Your Dharma name is Shihang, so who are your contemporaries?"
Master Shihang was stunned once again.
In the secular world, few people can distinguish between the abbot and the head of the abbot's quarters.
But Yang the Madman directly asked who the abbot and the head monk were.
Where did he find out all this?
Furthermore, he asked who his fellow monks were and what their intentions were.
While trying to discern Yang Shaofeng's intentions, Master Shihang honestly replied, "In response to Your Highness, the abbot of Damo Temple is Master Qingyang, the abbot is Master Tiezhen, and the monks of my generation include Shiji, Shian, Shiren, Shide, and Shixin..."
An unusual feeling?
Dandruff gone?
Yang Shaofeng mentally ranted, then turned to Xia Yu and said, "Commander Xia, please send someone to Damo Temple to bring all these people back."
Xia Yu nodded in agreement, then called over a Jinyiwei captain and whispered a few instructions. Master Shihang, however, was greatly alarmed and cried out to Yang Shaofeng, "Your Highness! This case was committed by this humble monk alone, and has nothing to do with the abbot, the head monk, or any other monks in the temple!"
Yang Shaofeng sneered and mocked, "You killed someone, yet those two old bald thieves took you in. Isn't that protecting a criminal?"
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng said earnestly, "Don't worry, your case is your case, and their cases are their cases. I can tell the difference clearly and will never mix them up."
Master Shihang collapsed to the ground with a thud, but Yang Shaofeng asked with a smile, "Wang Damaizi once confessed that you could let them see the fairyland. Now I am very curious, how exactly did you let them see the fairyland?"
Yang Shaofeng's question left Master Shihang completely bewildered once again.
No.
What exactly is going on with Yang's epilepsy?
During the first interrogation of this humble monk, he asked who took away those children, the relationship between Gu Chengzhi, Yang Yuanqing and his son, and this humble monk, as well as who else was involved in this case.
The same questions that henchman Xia Yu asked me during his interrogation were also the same ones.
Now look what's happened! This humble monk is willing to honestly confess, but Yang the Madman keeps picking on irrelevant questions.
Master Shihang shrank his neck and replied, "In response to Your Highness, those were just some little tricks that I happened to see in a book when I was a monk in the temple. After studying them carefully, I used them to deceive ordinary people like Yang Yuanqing and swindle their money."
As Master Shihang finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but sigh softly and said, "Shihang, do you know who I hate the most in my life?"
Master Shihang was slightly taken aback, and Yang Shaofeng said directly: "There are two kinds of people I hate the most in my life."
"The first type is corrupt officials who treat ordinary people like dirt."
"The second type is those short and ugly people from Japan."
"There's another type, those who think I'm a fool who can't count."
The problem is, you really can't count!
Aren't there three types?
Master Shihang initially grumbled inwardly, but then his soul seemed to leap out of his skin. Forgetting all pretense of being a high monk, he kowtowed twice to Yang Shaofeng, crying out, "Your Highness! Your Highness, have mercy! Every word of my confession is true, and I would never dare to deceive Your Highness!"
Yang Shaofeng smiled.
"Bald monk, let me teach you a few tricks."
"First, you previously said that you had no contact with Wang Damaizi, but now you've brought up the so-called fairyland."
"Be careful when you lie next time; contradictions are unacceptable."
"Secondly, you said you used these tricks to swindle money, but the Embroidered Uniform Guard didn't find much money or land deeds, gold or silver jewelry on you."
"Tell me, is it because you hid too well that you were able to escape the Imperial Guards' search, or are you lying?"
"Third, when you were shrinking your neck just now, your eyes unconsciously glanced to the lower left corner."
"Be careful next time you lie; these subconscious little actions can easily give you away."
"You mean you..."
Yang Shaofeng's expression gradually turned cold: "You can't even lie properly, yet you think you can fool this official? Who gave you the audacity?"
Master Shihang cried out almost without thinking, "Injustice! Your Highness, I am innocent! It is true that I cheated you out of your money, and it is also true that the Imperial Guards could not find anything. It's just that the money was too short-lived; it was all gone after only a few drinking sessions!"
Yang Shaofeng exclaimed "Oh!" and said sarcastically, "Didn't realize you were a frivolous monk?"
Master Shihang chuckled, but Yang Shaofeng's face immediately darkened, and he ordered Chang Xiaojiu, "Take him away and continue the torture!"
Ok?
It is wrong for a monk to drink with prostitutes, but drinking with prostitutes is not a reason to be punished, is it?
Master Shihang struggled frantically and shouted that he was wronged, but Yang Shaofeng ignored him.
Tender.
Too tender.
That bald monk can't even lie properly!