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

Chapter 293 The Reporter

Don't look at Zhao Fan's arrogance and arrogance in front of Gu Yunji, as if he wanted to determine his guilt regardless of the facts. In fact, those absurd and unreasonable questions and logic were just his interrogation methods.Whether or not Gu Yunji cheated in the imperial examination, Zhao Fan felt like a bright mirror in his heart.

Someone reported Gu Yunji and Bai Xingjia's collusion and fraud before, but after checking by Feiyuwei, it was found that the evidence was not enough at all, and this matter was obviously unfounded.But at present, Emperor Jingfeng has not expressed his opinion on how to deal with Gu Yunji, so Zhao Fan has no choice but to continue the routine interrogation to see if he can dig out something else from him.

Unexpectedly, after two lashes, Gu Yunji really "confessed" Fang Zigui. Although Fang Zigui's involvement in this matter was far-fetched, the prison guards came in, and the "one-stop" torture had to be done once. , which is the "rule".

However, Fang Zigui never attended Zhao Fan's trial of Gu Yunji. How did he know that there was insufficient evidence of Gu Yunji's fraud in the imperial examination?

Zhao Fan's face turned cold, and his eyes narrowed dangerously: "I just told you that we are investigating the fraud between Gu Yunji and Bai Xingjia. I didn't tell you how far the case has gone and how many recruits Gu Yunji has recruited. How do you know that there is insufficient evidence? ?”

Fang Zigui's eyes flashed, and he prevaricated: "I... I guessed."

"Guess? Fang Zigui, do you think I, Zhao Fan, is a three-year-old child, so easy to fool?" Zhao Fan's face was stern, and he shook his whip crisply, "If you don't tell the truth, do you still want to taste me? Does it taste like a whip!"

Fang Zigui's pupils shrank, he swallowed his saliva in fear, and hurriedly said: "I, I said, I said! Actually... Gu Yunji's collusion with fraud was reported by me. There was no such thing at all. It was me. I want to frame him."

Hearing these words, Gu Yunji's eyes darkened instantly in a dark corner where Fang Zigui hadn't noticed.

Zhao Fan looked at him inexplicably: "Oh, is that so? I have seen the person who reported Gu Yunji, but it wasn't you, and later that person disappeared, and we couldn't find it no matter how hard we searched. When did you report this matter?" gone?"

Fang Zigui's throat rolled, and he said: "I want to frame Gu Yunji, so I definitely can't leave a clue, so the person who reported him was sent by me. I didn't come forward, but this matter was indeed ordered by me."

Zhao Fan stared at him with burning eyes: "What about your men? Find him here, and I'll ask him face to face."

As soon as the matter was completed, Fang Zigui sent his confidantes to take care of the subordinates who went to report against Gu Yunji. The traces had already been dealt with, and it would be no wonder he could find them.

Fang Zigui looked away guiltily, not daring to meet Zhao Fan's gaze: "He... is gone."

"Gone? Where did you go?"

Fang Zigui made up a random reason: "I'm afraid that you will ask him afterwards and you will find out the clue, so let him go back to his hometown. As for where he went, I don't know."

"I don't know? Fang Zigui, you're lying again." Zhao Fan sneered when he caught sight of his tricks, "In order to exonerate yourself, you took the matter of reporting on yourself, you are quite ingenious."

Fang Zigui's face turned red, and he said anxiously: "I didn't lie! If I didn't do what I reported, why should I admit it? This is framed!"

Zhao Fan was unmoved: "Compared with imperial examination fraud and framing, the latter is naturally the lesser crime. You avoid the serious and take the light. The purpose is to save your own life, isn't it?"

Cheating in the imperial examinations required decapitation. Even if there was no definite evidence, Fang Zigui might have lost half of his life after a set of interrogations.It's better to tell the whole truth. Although he will be charged with framing, Fei Yuwei will not take care of him if he is not cheating in the imperial examination. It is very likely that he will be handed over to the Sanju District.

Fang Zigui can retract his confession on the spot as long as he goes to the Sanju, which pays attention to procedures and rules. Anyway, he has dealt with everything cleanly, and the Sanju cannot convict him without evidence.Moreover, Gu Yuanhui and Fang Shu have a good personal relationship, so by letting his father manage the relationship, he can deal with it lightly, and at worst, he will be demoted in the end.

But no matter how good Fang Zigui's calculations were, Zhao Fan didn't buy it: "You said you ordered someone to report, then you can show evidence. For example, what are the suspected evidence for reporting Gu Yunji? When we met Fei Yuwei What was said, no matter how bad it is to describe what the person who reported it looks like, it doesn’t matter.”

"All in all, you have to prove that you did the thing. It's impossible that you can't say anything, right?"

Coincidentally, Fang Zigui really couldn't say anything.

Fang Zigui had a big fall at the entertainment fair back then, and although he often wanted to get it back from Gu Yunji after that, he didn't dare to act rashly, lest he would get involved if he didn't handle it cleanly.

Therefore, in this case of reporting, he ordered the people below to do it from the beginning to the end, and he did not handle it himself at all. After the matter was completed, he killed people to silence him. In case something happened to Dong Chuang, it would be convenient for him to push the blame.

But because Fang Zigui handled it too cleanly, it cannot be proved that he framed Gu Yunji, and at the same time, he cannot be cleared of his suspicion of cheating in the imperial examination. He has to continue to stay in this dark prison.

Seeing that Fang Zigui didn't answer for a long time, Zhao Fan said coolly: "If you don't say it, I have something to say. During the four days from March 28th to April [-]st, you have to go to Fuyun Tea House outside Gongyuan to drink tea every day. You sat for most of the day, during which you didn't meet anyone except an unknown man who accompanied you."

"As for that man, we have also followed him. He has collected a lot of information about Bai Xingjia, including Bai Xingjia's interpersonal relationship, reputation, etc. We think you are afraid that the court will find out about your fraud in the imperial examination, so we sent him to inquire about the news Let's see if the scholars suspect that Bai Xingjia's Huiyuan came from a wrong path, is it true or not?"

Fang Zigui was dumbfounded when he heard this: "I, I just drank tea there and asked my followers to collect some information. How did you associate so much? Don't you think it's too far-fetched?"

Zhao Fan casually played with the whip in his hand, without raising his head, he said: "Far-fetched? I don't think so. I asked the waiter in the teahouse, and he said that he heard your conversation. found."

Fang Zigui's eyes widened and he said angrily, "Impossible! I never said that! I just sat there and drank tea for a while, and he slandered me!"

Zhao Fan raised his eyes and glanced at him: "What kind of tea can you drink for four days in a row, and you can drink it for a long time? Are you sure you are not conspiring with that man? Are you sure you are not discussing with him how to clear your suspicion of cheating in the imperial examination?"

Fang Zigui did have something to plot, but the plot was how to frame Gu Yunji and how to silence the whistleblower.But now Zhao Fan doesn't believe that he framed Gu Yunji to commit fraud, if he tells the story of the negotiation, he will be charged with murder.

Killing requires life, and cheating in imperial examinations also requires decapitation. Both of them are decapitated. What is the difference between the two?Even if that man was his confidant, he might not be able to withstand torture, so he couldn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)