The sudden turn of events caught Sun Tu and the others off guard, causing them to immediately return to Kaifeng Mansion Office to learn more about the relevant inside story.
After entering the yamen, Sun Tu heard many people talking about Xu Tieying, who was being severely interrogated in the second hall. However, he did not ask these people for relevant information. Instead, he went straight to the judge's office and asked to see Xue Yuanpeng. This time Xue Tongpan did not avoid him and quickly let him in to talk.
Sun Tu suppressed the irritability in his heart for a while, then he saluted and asked: "Tongjian, I just received the news that the suspect Xu Tieying, who was closely related to the Changxingfang arson case, was suddenly taken away by people from my Kaifeng Mansion. I'm down, I wonder if this is true?"
"Yes, I have just found out about this, and I was planning to send someone to inform you. You are very well-informed." Xue Yuanpeng said with a smile. It was obvious from his appearance that he was well prepared and expected that Sun Tu would come to him. .
Sun Tu frowned: "But didn't Tong Juan hand over this case to the lower officials for investigation early in the morning? Why did he suddenly change his mind in just two or three days?"
"What you said is a bit unfair to me. This matter was not my decision, but Han Fuyin's intention. Moreover, just last night, Fang Boyan and Peng Gang suddenly reported that they were investigating After finding the key clues in the case, it was determined that Xu Tieying was behind the plan and caused the fire, so Han Fuyin sent them to lead people to arrest the suspect Xu Tieying." At this point, Xue Tongpan said with some doubts: "What, Sun Dutou, have you also found this person?"
Sun Tu felt bitter in his mouth. Although he could see that Fang Yan was not sincerely hiding something, he couldn't come up with anything to refute. After a while, he said: "I also heard that the successful capture of Xu Tieying this time was thanks to the intervention of Yan Miao, the leader of the Shunshui Gang. Is this true?"
"I won't ask you in detail. If you are interested, you can go to Fu Yin's house to hear the trial. The case must not have been completely concluded yet." Xue Yuanpeng's words already had the intention of asking him to step down. .
Sun Tu took a deep look at the other party, and then he handed over his hands and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Xue Tongpuan suddenly said: "Sun Dutou looked at you and seemed to be very dissatisfied with the result? Could it be that you came here to ask questions because you felt that you had been robbed of your credit?" What he said was true. But it’s really heartbreaking.
Sun Tu's face changed slightly, and then he replied: "I will never have such thoughts if I don't have any future prospects. I just feel strange. How can I arrest the Secretary after the relevant information that my brothers and I worked hard for several days to find out?" Can they get the answer easily and quietly? Moreover, Fang Yasi himself is probably inseparable from the fire... "
"Sun Dutou should be careful, how could Fang Yasi be such a person?" Xue Yuanpeng immediately interrupted: "As long as you are not dissatisfied, I think you will know the whole story soon."
Sun Tu was indeed full of doubts about this. After leaving the Tongjian Office, he went straight to the second hall of the Fuyin Office located in the middle of the government office. At this time, many people gathered near the second hall, all listening to the trial curiously. Shen Liang and others had already arrived. When they saw Sun Tu, they moved him to the front: "You are here at the right time, and Xu Tieying is here." I have to confess everything.”
Sun Tulu frowned and looked inside, only to see Han Changzhou, the governor in a red official uniform, sitting behind the long case with a serious face, shouting: "Xu Tieying, now the witnesses have clearly explained the crime you committed, you Why don't you tell the truth about how you set the fire? Because of your own selfishness, it actually caused a huge disaster, resulting in the death of dozens of people in the flames and making a whole community homeless. As long as you still have a little bit of conscience, You should plead guilty and face the law!”
As Han Fuyin slapped the crowd hard, Xu Tieying, who was lean and had a fierce face, shuddered violently, and then muttered: "I plead guilty, I did let people do all this. It's just that I let people do it. Because Qi Xuanwen refused to sell Shu brocade to me at the price of five pieces per piece three months ago, and also refused to pay all the related expenses on the dock, I was unable to explain it to the gang. So I have always been pregnant. Revengeful."
"So you thought of arson? But I don't understand. Since this happened several months ago, why didn't you take revenge until the past two days?"
"Because I'm afraid that retaliating too quickly will lead to the government finding me. Moreover, this is Bianliang, Tokyo after all. Arson is a serious crime, so you must be absolutely sure to do it." After a pause, he continued: "And right now A few days ago, one of my brothers overheard Huang Qi and You Laoba discussing privately in a wine shop that they wanted to vent their anger and planned to set fire to Zhang Laosi's house in Maojia Lane. After learning about this, I felt I thought this was an opportunity, because the Qijia silk and satin shop was right next to Maojia Lane. As long as I controlled the time well and waited for them to set fire to the Zhang family, I could take the opportunity to miss the silk and satin shop. If the government wanted to investigate, We will only suspect the three of them."
"You are really thinking carefully. But you don't want the Skynet to be so careless. Since you have done this evil thing, you will be punished one day!" Han Changzhou slapped the table angrily: "Come here, give me Fang Qi and the other three. Bring it to the court."
Along with the sound of chains dragging the floor, three injured prisoners were half-dragged into the hall. The three of them looked like they had suffered a lot. There were bloodstains all over their bodies, even standing there. He no longer had the strength to speak, so he could only lie down and kneel on the ground, looking pitiful.
When Sun Tu saw this from outside, his brows furrowed even more tightly. It only took a few days to torture the three of them to such a state. It was obvious that someone was cruel to them in prison, but was this really necessary
Han Fuyin in the hall has already spoken: "Huang Qi, You Ba, Yan Huan, I want to ask you, are you the ones who set fire to Zhang Laosi's house late at night a few days ago and injured others?"
The three of them were silent for a while, but then they shouted: "It was us... It was us who set fire to Zhang Laosi's house because we were confused for a moment and just to vent our anger. We are aware of our guilt and we ask the governor to spare our lives..." After saying a few words The man kowtowed vigorously and begged for mercy, and the banging sound could be heard clearly even by everyone outside.
However, their pitiful appearance did not win the sympathy of their former colleagues. Many people even uttered disdain: "These people really deserve to die. They are so vicious. How come I didn't recognize them before!"
Sun Tu had a look of surprise on his face. The three of them clearly refused to admit that there was arson before, so why did they change their story in just a few days? Was it because he had suffered so much in jail these past few days that he suddenly changed his tune
Han Changzhou in the hall was quite satisfied with this, and then looked at Xu Tieying: "Since you have confessed, let me tell you the whole process of committing murder and arson to this officer in detail."
"That night, I took three brothers out and hid near Maojia Lane in Changxingfang. Sure enough, the three of them sneaked into the alley before midnight. After a while, there was a fire in the alley. During this period, I asked someone to pour kerosene on the outside of Qijia Silk Shop, which I had prepared early in the morning. However, the two clerks who stayed in the shop heard the noise. We kept doing nothing and took advantage of the situation. They killed them before they could react. After the fire broke out in the alley, we also lit a fire. When the government arrived, we would only think that the two people in the store were burned to death. Then, taking advantage of the chaos in the shop, I managed to escape." Xu Tieying was very cooperative. Not only did she commit all the crimes, she even took care of some details, with almost no omissions.
Han Fuyin was naturally quite satisfied with this, and immediately glanced at the scribe who was recording the confession. The latter then took a well-written confession and sent it to the other party: "Since I confessed, Then just sign and pledge it!"
Xu Tieying only hesitated briefly, and then put his fingerprints on the confession with his hand, but did not read the content on it carefully because he was illiterate himself.
When the last formalities were completed, Han Changzhou took the confession and read it at a glance, then nodded and said: "This case is concluded. All of this was caused by the three criminals Xu Tieying and Huang Qi working together to cause the Changxingfang fire. . When the time comes, I will report the case to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, and the court will punish you. If someone comes, take them all back to the prison and keep them under strict supervision. During this period, no one is allowed to have contact with them." Here, he slapped the alarm again: "Quit!"
At this point, amidst the mighty roars of the police officers, the interrogation was finally concluded, and the arson case involving dozens of lives was concluded. It was really clean and neat, and it was really fast!