On the other side, since Xu Shun entered the Pacification Office, he was invited into a spacious and clean house. There were no torture instruments in it, only a chair. He sat there leisurely. No one came over, and he was not in a hurry. He just sat there with his eyes closed to rest.
He waited until it was dark, and a Jinyiwei came in quietly and lit a candle. He then turned his head to look at the Jinyiwei, and then smiled: "Do you have food? You won't even care about food, right?"
No one answered him. After the Jinyiwei lit the fire, he left silently.
Suddenly he was the only one left in the empty room.
Xu Shun sneered.
This was just an old trick used against criminals, and he was already used to it.
Xiao Heng had been in the Jinyiwei for so long, but in the end he only used this trick to deal with him. It was not known whether he had run out of tricks or he was too arrogant and underestimated him, the second assistant.
He closed his eyes and rested calmly, not panicking at all.
"It's really the Deputy Assistant. His self-control is not something that ordinary people can have." Song Xiangyu, who was outside, took a look, clicked his tongue and closed the window of the dark chamber again. He turned back and shook his head at Xiao Heng: "Looking at his appearance, it seems difficult to get him to cooperate. We have to think of other ways."
After years of planning, Song Xiangyu was a little excited: "We have been planning for so long, and you finally got this job. Now you have the opportunity to find out everything that happened back then. We can't let it go to waste!"
Xiao Heng hasn't had a full night's sleep for many days.
With the incident involving Princess Jingming at the forefront, Queen Mother Tian fully supported him to dig deeper. Naturally, the two tough guys Xu Chong and Qi Yunxi would not reveal anything, but not all of their subordinates were willing to risk their lives.
He sorted out all the people that Xu Chong and Qi Yunxi relied on and had close contacts with, and defeated them one by one. Finally, he found many clues within half a month. Following these clues, he even went out of his way to pry Xuan Yuan's mouth.
Xuan Yuan can help Qi Yunxi as a contact person and an intermediary to inquire about information, so he is naturally highly valued by Qi Yunxi.
From the very beginning, Xiao Heng had been thinking about starting with him.
Xuan Shen once said that the deceased master's favorite disciple was Xuan Yuan, and Xuan Yuan was raised by the temple master at that time. Xiao Heng started from this and used the little sister who was brought down the mountain by Xuan Yuan but was never brought back to Baihe Temple as a breakthrough.
Xuanyuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and told the truth, admitting that he had indeed helped the Li aunt and nephew escape, and he also revealed Qi Yunxi's real identity and name - Li Qingzhou from the eldest branch of the Li family.
Xiao Heng calmly sorted out the information confessed by Xuan Yuan bit by bit, and then found someone to verify it. After all the details matched, he interrogated the palace maid at that time and finally confirmed Li Qingzhou's identity.
It was found out that Li Qingzhou was from the witch queen Li's family, and Li Qingzhou had stayed with the queen for several years disguised as the descendant of King Zhennan. Could it be that she was satisfied just to find a place to stay
In addition, Mrs. He had once said that Li Qingzhou had seduced Emperor Yuanfeng, and there was also the Xu family's old grudge against the Su and He families. Xiao Heng immediately linked the two things together and thought more deeply about it.
Song Xiangyu had asked him at the time, it has now been concluded that Princess Jingming died at the hands of Qi Yunxi, and there is also clear evidence that Qi Yunxi and the Qi family's identities were fake, so why not close the case and continue the trial.
With all these, isn’t it enough to destroy the Xu family
"Not enough." Xiao Heng answered him at the time: "If we stop here, they may still have a chance to turn things around. We can only keep digging."
Now Song Xiangyu understood what the fatal crime Xiao Heng mentioned was.
He patted Xiao Heng on the shoulder: "I believe you, kid, you are better than I thought."
The child who was protected by his parents with their lives, crying in the cradle and a pool of blood, has finally grown up.
The two talked for a while, and a group of people hurried over from the end of the corridor. Chen Dong personally came to Xiao Heng with a lantern, his eyes were shining, looking at Xiao Heng, and finally suppressed the excitement in his heart and called out "Your Highness", and then said: "It has been found out, Your Highness, he has confessed! How he colluded with Meichuan Saburo and others to intercept the assassination of the former crown prince, and how he helped Meichuan Saburo evade the interrogation of the soldiers, all of this is now recorded here! No one from the Xu family will escape!"
It is not so easy to bring down a deputy prime minister. Even with the death of Princess Jingming and Qi's background, the most they could do was let Xu Chong come out as a scapegoat and take all the blame. There was still no evidence that Xu Shun had committed a direct crime.
As long as Xu Shun is there, the Xu family will never fall.
But if there is a crime of collaborating with the Japanese, then it would be a different matter.
It's more than just collusion with the Japanese
There are also collusion with Japanese pirates to assassinate the crown prince!
What kind of crime is this?!
Song Xiangyu shuddered all over and looked at Chen Dong in disbelief. Then he snatched the confession from Chen Dong's hand and read it from beginning to end. His face turned red under the light of the fire.
"Xu Shun, that old thief!" Song Xiangyu gnashed his teeth in anger. "The former crown prince respected him as his teacher and relied on him so much! But he actually teamed up with Xu Yonghong to harm the crown prince and even colluded with the Japanese pirates! He is really crazy!"
Murdering the crown prince, how serious a crime is this? !
Song Xiangyu couldn't figure out why Xu Shun did this. Was he crazy? You know, with Emperor Yuanfeng's trust in Xu Shun, as long as everything went well, Xu Shun would be a guaranteed elder when the crown prince ascended the throne, and his wealth and glory could almost be preserved for several generations.
But he was so cruel that he assassinated the prince!
"Why?!" Song Xiangyu pinched the confession roll and asked word by word almost through gritted teeth, his eyes turning red: "Why did he do this?!"
Why did they want to kill the former crown prince so ruthlessly? !
Xiao Heng's reaction was much calmer than Song Xiangyu's. He had asked himself this question countless times since he was a child.
By the end, he no longer needed an answer.
Because whatever the reason is, it doesn’t matter.
The important thing is that those who killed his parents must pay the price!
Now, that day has finally come.
Xiao Heng shook his head, took the confession in his hand and read it quickly, then raised his eyebrows slightly: "We will know soon."