Tian Ping looked at Mo Junyang, who was waiting indifferently, and then at Yan Xu, who had completely lost his official attitude. He swallowed hard and was about to shake his head to deal with it when he suddenly heard Mo Junyang say coldly. : "I just want the truth."
Tian Ping's words were stuck in his throat. He said he didn't dare to speak anymore, so he could only swallow them back with all his strength.
Tian Ping admitted that he was cowardly, and Mo Junyang glanced at him with a cold look. He had forgotten all his previous calculations and was trembling all over.
"As for the prince, those porridges for dead people are indeed made by Lord Wu. Lord Yan is only responsible for serving the porridge in the place chosen by Lord Wu in advance as the prefect of Jiangzhou..."
Tian Ping told Yan Xu and Takeo's ulterior deal intermittently.
To be honest, Tian Ping is worthy of being Yan Xu's confidant and knows all about Yan Xu and Takeo's ugly deeds.
Although Yan Xu has always emphasized that Wu Xiong forced him to embezzle the disaster relief money and food, but flies don't bite the eggs, and the two of them had been eyeing the court's disaster relief money and food from early on, and worked together in collusion.
It turned out that the initial flood disaster in Jiangzhou was not that serious. It rained heavily, but it was blocked by the dam, and only the low-lying areas downstream were flooded at first. But in order to obtain more money for disaster relief, Takeo asked his soldiers to blow up the dam secretly, taking advantage of the darkness to lead the flood to the innocent people of Jiangzhou.
A flood disaster occurred, and the imperial court also sent relief money and food. We can't help but provide disaster relief, right
But disaster relief costs money!
So the frantic Wu Xiong and Yan Xu focused on the unknown corpses that were drowned in the flood.
Maybe at first they really just wanted to use dead human flesh as minced meat to save costs, but the corpse poison broke out at this time.
More and more dead people appeared. In the eyes of Wu Xiong and Yan Xu at that time, these were not corpses, they were clearly large pieces of treasure!
The more food sources there are, the more serious the corpse poison will spread, and the more people will die. In the end, there will be fewer people who need to give soup.
For them, this is simply a win-win situation.
Later, when more and more people died, fewer and fewer people were alive, and all the money and food for disaster relief were "spent", they would naturally stop bothering to provide disaster relief.
That appalling 'plague' was cured without medicine.
The only ones who are truly pitiful are the innocent people who know nothing and are forced to eat their own kind.
After hearing Tian Ping explain everything that should and should not be explained intermittently, Yan Xu completely collapsed on the ground, with a look of despair on his face.
Until Tian Ping finished speaking for a while, the courtyard was silent and silent.
No one spoke. To be more precise, no one knew what to say.
After a while, Mo Junyang suddenly asked: "Besides making porridge with the flesh of dead people, what else have you done to the living?"
Tian Ping's face froze, and he began to pretend to be deaf and dumb, "I don't know what the prince means by this?"
"Do you need me to remind you? Those people who suddenly disappeared without a trace..." Mo Junyang drawled his voice. After seeing Tian Ping and Yan Xu's faces completely changed, he slowly asked, "What do you think?" What did they do?"
"We, we..."
Tian Ping's voice trembled, as if he wanted to say a few more words, but when he encountered Mo Junyang's stern gaze, his whole body seemed to be deflated, and he could only kowtow and confess: "We are guilty, please, please, Your Majesty..."
He couldn't speak anymore, and even his pleas for mercy became pale and feeble at this time.
Using the flesh of dead people to make porridge is already unconscionable, but using the flesh of living people... is simply annihilating humanity!
What more can be said
Tian Ping and Yan Xu both lowered their heads dejectedly and confessed their guilt. Even if they were still unwilling to do so, they had nothing to say.
"Your Majesty, look..." Wei Ziye asked in a low voice about the follow-up work.
Mo Junyang: "Leave Yan Xu here. I have something else to ask. Take the others down and deal with them as you wish."
Wei Ziye hesitated for a moment and then asked, "What should we do with that Wu Xiong?"
"I have other plans, please arrange these people first."
"yes!"
The backyard was cleared, leaving only Mo Junyang, Shi Qingxue, and a shivering Yan Xu kneeling on the ground.
"Yan Xu."
"The official is here." Yan Xu trembled and responded quickly.
Mo Junyang: "You emphasized several times before that there is someone above Wu Xiong. Who is this person referring to?"
Yan Xu was originally scared to death, but after hearing Mo Junyang's question, he immediately felt that he had grasped a glimmer of hope.
He deliberately looked embarrassed and said submissively: "Your Majesty asked me, the official should have answered truthfully, but Mr. Wu's backstage is really tough. I can't even save my own life, so I don't dare to talk nonsense again, unless …”
He secretly glanced at Mo Junyang several times, and the meaning in his words was self-evident.
Mo Junyang sneered, "What? Do you still want to negotiate terms with me?"
"I don't dare." Yan licked his face and smiled coquettishly.
"It's just that Xiaguan only has one life now. If Prince Mo wants to take this away, then Xiaguan really has nothing to fear!"
He said he didn't dare, but there was nothing he didn't dare to do.
Yan Xu's crimes have been completely exposed. Any one of them can make him die several times. Just begging for mercy can't save his life.
Doesn't Mo Junyang want to find out the Jiangzhou case so much
Yes, but there is always a price to pay for his help.
Yan Xu felt that he was just an inconspicuous little guy, and his life could depend on Mo Junyang's words.
"Prince Mo, you see, we have no grudges in the past and have no grudges in the near future. Why do you waste your thoughts on the small ones? Catching the big fish is the real thing." Yan Xu interceded for himself with all his heart. Enough said.
When his mouth was dry, Mo Junyang glanced at him coolly, "Are you done?"
Completely indifferent, it was like watching a monkey show.
Even though Yan Xu asked for help from Mo Junyang, he was irritated by Mo Junyang's careless attitude and said with a cold expression, "Does the prince really want to put his subordinate to death?"
At this moment, even Shi Qingxue couldn't bear to look at it, and couldn't help but choked: "Huh! How can you still have the dignity to live in this world? You love to talk, but do you really think that we can't do anything without you? "
Yan Xu's expression turned ferocious again, and he threatened in a deep voice: "I dare to say that apart from me, no one knows Wu Xiong's affairs better than me. If the prince kills me now, then you will never What do you want to do to him!
Is the prince really willing to let go of such a big fish that brings disaster to the country and the people? "
Mo Junyang held his chin and asked lazily: "Who told you that this prince will let Takeo go?"
"Then you..."
"Do you really think that if you don't say anything, this prince will know nothing?"
Yan Xu was shocked and asked subconsciously: "You already know that there is someone behind Wu Xiong..."
The moment before he revealed the name, Yan Xu suddenly came to his senses and bit back the words.
When he saw Qingxue's expression of excitement and then disappointment, he laughed and said, "It's not that easy if you want to trick me! If you don't let me live, I will take this secret into the coffin!"
Mo Junyang didn't even bother to say that Yan Xu had done many evil things, and he no longer deserved the treatment of lying in a coffin.
He just glanced sideways at Yan Xu and shattered the other party's last hope in an understatement: "You really think that if you didn't say anything, this prince would not know that Takeo colluded with the rebels, and all the disaster relief food and wages were transported to the north for use. Do you support Mo Junhao's rebellion?"
"How did you know?" Yan Xu was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out. He stared at Mo Junyang stupidly and did not respond for a long time.
Mo Junyang walked up to Yan Xu and looked down at Yan Xu as if he were a humble bug, with indifference and disgust in his eyes, "My prince's previous question was just to give you a chance to confess. Who would have expected you?" You are so stubborn and unreasonable. If you insist on laying out all the facts in front of you, then don't blame me for being unkind!
Someone is coming, drag the guilty minister Yan Xu down and put him in a prison. After the emperor comes to the court, he will be executed! All the family members in his mansion were sent to the army. "
Only then did Yan Xu realize that he had just wasted his last chance to save himself - even if Mo Junyang couldn't spare his life, he could still do it if he wanted not to offend his family - and finally angered Mo Junyang and gave him no chance of survival. !
Yan Xu was completely stunned, but no one cared about him at this time. Two guards came forward and dragged him away like a dead dog.
At first, Shi Qingxue remained in the posture of being hugged by Mo Junyang without moving. At a certain moment, she suddenly seemed to realize something, shook violently, and then broke away from Mo Junyang's arms.
Mo Junyang subconsciously wanted to take him back, but Shi Qingxue avoided him. He raised his head and met Shi Qingxue's guarded eyes.
Mo Junyang's breath was stagnant, but he pretended to be calm and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shi Qingxue stared at him and asked in a deep voice: "When did you know that Wu Xiong and Mo Junhao were colluding? Why didn't you tell me?"
When she heard Mo Junhao's name just now, Shi Qingxue was stunned, and then she was filled with blazing anger.
Although she didn't show it clearly, Mo Junyang should know that she and Mo Junhao had a blood feud for two lifetimes and would not stop until revenge. She wanted to know everything about Mo Junhao, but Mo Junyang kept it secret from her. Such important information.
Of course Qingxue didn't believe that Mo Junyang had the intention to help Mo Junhao, but why didn't he tell her
Facing Shi Qingxue's questioning, especially those angry eyes that seemed to be able to speak, Mo Jun raised his head and felt that he couldn't look into the other person's eyes.
He avoided Shi Qingxue's gaze, but kept his head lowered, without answering or explaining.
Shi Qingxue's frown deepened. She stared at Mo Junyang and her voice became colder: "Why did you hide it from me?"
At this moment, she was almost certain that Mo Junyang had known everything for a long time, but deliberately deceived her.
But why