Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 288 Interrogation and Sentence
Some people say that the "prison" of the edict prison is not the prison of the prison, but the prison of hell. This is really true.

The Imperial Prison is a semi-subterranean prison. The gate is opened on the ground, followed by long steps, which get deeper and deeper as you go down. The light and sound are gradually cut off, as if it is really leading to hell.

The underground cell is dark and damp. Once you walk in, a cold air rushes towards your face, mixed with a faint smell of corruption. From time to time, there are three or two screams from the depths of the cell, which makes people feel trembling all over the body instantly. goosebumps.

Gu Yunji was tied to the torture rack, his hands and feet were tied tightly, and he couldn't move.

Perhaps because he had returned to his own territory, the ferocious Flying Fish Guard from before relaxed, and his movements were careless, but the evil spirit around him showed signs of aggravation under the blessing of this dark environment, like a lazy Hades.

"Yan Wang" spread out the pen and paper, and began to ask boring and boring questions:

"Name?" "Gu Yunji."

"Age and place of origin?" "21 years old, from Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture."

"When did you become an official? What position do you hold now?" "Jingfeng entered the imperial examination in the autumn of the fifth year and is currently an editor of the Imperial Academy."

He asked a question, and Gu Yunji answered it. After asking the nonsense question, Fei Yuwei asked another question:
"You lived in Songjiang Mansion since you were a child, and your family came from Huating County to settle in the capital with you after you were selected as Tanhua?"

"Yes."

"You left home at the age of 15 to study at Luxi Academy. You worshiped Xu Chengyu, the head of the mountain, as your teacher. Then you married his daughter Xu three years ago, and you have a daughter with Xu, who is now two years old?"

Gu Yunji swallowed a breath of gloom: "...Yes."

"You have studied in Luxi Academy together with Dingguogong Su Qi and Hanlin Xiuzhuan Cheng Yan, and you have the friendship of classmates, now..."

"Are you interrogating, or checking your household registration?" Gu Yunji couldn't help it, and interrupted him, "Aren't you going to check me for selfishness and fraud? Then get to the point early, and you can figure out these things yourself. There's no need to waste your time asking me."

"Yo, I've already arrived at the Imperial Prison, and you still dare to question me."

Fei Yuwei stood up with great interest, walked up to Gu Yunji, looked him in the eyes, and said darkly: "Gu Yunji, I need to remind you that this is a jail, and you have to abide by the rules here. Don't dare to say anything else, At least I, Zhao Fan, have a rule that during my interrogation, the prisoner can only answer, not ask, understand?"

Gu Yunji pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

Zhao Fan didn't care either, and accepted his suggestion graciously, skipping the boring questioning session: "Okay, since you don't want to waste time, let's start the formal interrogation now."

"It was reported that you met Bai Xingjia in private on the eve of the exam, and secretly agreed to recommend his papers to the assistant examiner when marking the papers, so as to increase his chances of being admitted. Is there such a thing?"

Gu Yunji keenly captured the key information: "Report? Who made the report?"

Zhao Fan did not answer, but sighed quietly: "Did I tell you that during my interrogation, you can only answer, not ask?"

Gu Yunji's eyes were fixed, and he instinctively sensed the danger. Before he could speak, he saw Zhao Fan, who had his back turned to him, turned around abruptly. Vicious like Yan Luo: "You will commit the things you have emphasized, don't you have a long memory!"

"what!"

A whip was firmly received on the chest, and the skin and flesh were split open, followed by burning pain.Gu Yunji screamed, cold sweat broke out in an instant, the pain was so painful that he lost his voice.

Zhao Fan was used to this, and there was no trace of emotion on his face. Instead, he patted Gu Yunji's face and asked, "Do you remember?"

Gu Yunji's body trembled from the pain, and words popped out between his teeth: "...remember...remember."

There are a large number of flying fish guards, and each has a different division of labor.Some are responsible for accompanying the emperor and protecting Emperor Jingfeng; some are responsible for hiding in the market and listening to news from all parties;

The imperial prison is located underground, and the environment is cramped and humid. If you live in such a dark place for a long time, no matter how healthy you are, you will have psychological problems.Not to mention that the Flying Fish Guards used torture at every turn, and those who could not break down while listening to the screams every day were either ruthless or lunatics.

Zhao Fan was moody, one second he was still talking with a smile on his face, the next second he was furious, and he whipped someone mercilessly. Gu Yunji seriously suspected that he was the latter.

After beating Gu Yunji, Zhao Fan quickly returned to his calm and breezy look. He put down his whip as if nothing had happened, and continued to interrogate: "I'll ask you again. You and Bai Xingjia agreed in advance that his papers must be taken into account when grading papers." Recommended to the deputy examiner, but really?"

"fake!"

After recognizing the fact that Zhao Fan is a lunatic, Gu Yunji dared not say anything that might cause ambiguity, and denied it directly: "I didn't make an agreement with him in advance, and I didn't promise to recommend his papers to the assistant examiner. When marking the papers, All the test papers are sealed and retranscribed, and I have no idea who is who."

"The papers sent to me are all random. I just choose excellent ones to recommend to the assistant examiner. It is impossible to find Bai Xingjia's papers accurately. And from the fact that Bai Xingjia passed the exam, it can be seen that he is capable. , I don’t need to help him cheat.”

Zhao Fan disagreed: "What you said makes sense, but just because your name is blurred doesn't mean you can't find his papers. For example, in the early years of this dynasty, a chief examiner once hinted cryptically that a young fellow from the same country would answer the questions with ' "Pixiuzai', he decided to hire him according to his identity, and I suspect that you and Bai Xingjia used the same method."

Gu Yunji suppressed the urge to ask rhetorically, and said: "You are just suspicious, you have no evidence, so you can't slander me for cheating in the imperial examination."

"Who says I have no evidence?" Zhao Fan took out a book and pointed to the four words on the title page, "This is the book that Bai Xingjia often reads before the exam, and there are four words 'study and never slack' written on it. We know that when you went to the Jiangnan Association in February, Bai Xingjia showed you this book."

"Coincidentally, the word 'study and never slacken' also appeared in the answer sheet of Bai Xingjia's general examination. In this way, it is very likely that you made an agreement with him on the same day to use 'study and never slack' as confirmation when marking the papers. The word of his identity."

"...As you said, it's just a coincidence." Sweat flowed onto the wound on his chest, causing a sharp pain. Gu Yunji had difficulty speaking. , are very commonly used... It cannot be used as evidence of a private agreement between me and Bai Xingjia."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Bai Xingjia why he used this word and what he thought when he answered the question. I think...he should tell you."

"I wanted to ask him." Zhao Fan shrugged his shoulders, and his tone was a bit regretful, "but that kid is so weak that he passed out after just one whipping, and he still hasn't woken up yet, so I have no choice but to I'm here to ask you."

(End of this chapter)