Han official!

Chapter 100 Zhen

Guo Jie was confident that he had the bravery of a tiger and could kill a tiger with his bare hands. He did not need to worry about being harmed on the way, so he followed Du Juecao to the county prison of Youneishi. He had never been to the county prison, so he did not know that Du Juecao was going to the Sihu prison.

Si Hu was in charge of the access control of the government office and was subordinate to the lieutenant.

Guo Jie was imprisoned in the county prison of You Nei Shi, and there was a possibility that he might be taken away by Sang Hongyang. He was imprisoned in Sihu Prison, and no one could take away the prisoners there without permission.

The cells in the Sihu Prison were dark and without sunlight. Guo Jie was a minor official in the government temple and had not been convicted of any crime, so he could only be placed in a school room. The school room, which could accommodate several couches, was clean. There was a sitting table, a desk, and a goose-foot lamp on the floor.

Guo Jie was not tied up with hemp ropes and could move around the school. There was a tiger crock placed in the corner of the wall. If he had to go to the toilet, he could use the tiger crock to urinate in the school. If he wanted to go to the toilet to relieve himself, he had to be supervised by the county soldiers.

When Du Juecao was ready, he temporarily borrowed the lieutenant's court as the place for interrogation and immediately ordered someone to bring Guo Jie to the court.

At this time, Zhao Yu, Zhang Tang, the thief Cao Yinqi, the prison minister Wang Wenshu, Yi Zong and others had already arrived. They walked into the lieutenant's official temple, followed the corridors, and went all the way to the main hall where Guo Jie was being interrogated.

Du Juecao wore a Xiezhi crown and black clothes. He knelt on the bench where the court was hearing the case. He looked at Guo Jie solemnly and noticed several officials from the Chang'an government standing at the door of the court.

He didn't take it seriously. This was the lieutenant's official temple, and no one dared to act rudely in the lieutenant's official temple.

"Guo Jie!"

Du Juecao questioned him, "I'm asking you about the 2,500 baskets of money and silk you confiscated from the Wan family in Liushi. Where did you take them? Also, where did you give the confiscated grain and silk from the homes of the Yuan family in Yangdi, Jia Ziguang in Nanyang, and Qiu Jing in Nandao? Why didn't you send them to the Right Secretary of the Interior? Did you bribe them?"

Ji, bribe.

Guo Jie understood. No wonder a county judge, equivalent to the chief prosecutor of the provincial procuratorate, personally went to arrest a director whose rank was equivalent to that of a township police station.

It's really a waste of talent.

It turned out that Du Juecao didn't take him, a mere pavilion chief, seriously at all, and used Guo Jie to attack Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang behind the scenes.

Du Juecao saw that there was only Guo Jie in the main hearing hall and he could not find a single victim to complain to. He secretly resented anyone who had any connection with the Yuan family of Yangdi, Jia Ziguang of Nanyang, Qiu Jing of Nandao, and the Wan family of Liushi.

He was sentenced to work as a pounding pounder in the city and sent to the garden where Sang Hongyang was, where he was treated like an animal.

Even worse than animals.

If it was half a month shorter, or three months longer at most, Sang Hongyang would drain every last bit of his strength out of him and he would be exhausted to death.

As a result, Du Juecao could not find a single prisoner to accuse Guo Jie.

Although the gardens built by Sang Hongyang were within the jurisdiction of the Right Secretary of the Interior, Du Juecao was allowed to go there to register prisoners, and he had been there several times, but he could never see any prisoners related to powerful families like the Wan family in Liushi.

Du Juecao knew clearly that Sang Hongyang had also benefited and was a locust on the same rope as him, so he did not dare to let others see the prisoners who were related to several powerful families.

That's why he died of exhaustion in just half a month.

One death and a hundred deaths.

Death has no evidence.

Du Juecao could only find a prisoner, pretending to be a member of the Liushi Wan family, and falsely accuse Guo Jie of embezzling all the money.

He also bribed Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang.

Zhao Yu was startled, knowing that Du Juecao was a relative of the Du clan in the Western Road and the nephew of the three elders of the county. He had colluded with the magistrate of Maoling and wanted to use Ji to depose his position as the magistrate of Chang'an.

Zhao Yu's expression tightened.

I’m afraid Guo Jie will say something wrong.

If he is not careful, Du Juecao will find fault with him and use it to suppress him.

"Burned."

Guo Jie swore confidently, "Of course the flag pavilion in Liushi was engulfed in flames, burning everything. Not even a grain of food was left, let alone money. Everything was reduced to ashes."

"Snapped!"

Du Juecao slammed his palm on the table, his face filled with anger. "At that time, many widows and widowers saw with their own eyes that you transported a large amount of cloth into the Zhicheng Gate, and those covered carts transported it to the official temple in Chang'an. Why don't you confess the truth?"

Guo Jie had a blank expression on his face, like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Zhao Yu felt relieved.

"hehe."

Du Juecao sneered and said, "The Marquis of Nanpi is behind this official. Ever since the last wrestler died for no reason in Disheguili, the Marquis of Nanpi has called me in to investigate this matter. You are the only one in Chang'an who has the courage to commit such a serious crime. The Marquis of Nanpi also believes that you killed the wrestler. If you tell me who you gave the cloth to, I can give you a lighter sentence. Otherwise..."

He shouted, "What awaits you is beheading and public execution!"

Zhao Yu was shocked.

Du Juecao actually brought up the Marquis of Nanpi to pressure Guo Jie, a small pavilion chief, certainly could not stand it, and most likely said that the cloth was sent to the official temple in Chang'an.

Zhao Yu could no longer keep the Chang'an order.

"Burned."

Guo Jie said impatiently, "Don't sit there and talk nonsense. You keep repeating the same thing over and over again. It's annoying. I said it was burned, so it is burned. If you don't have any real evidence, I'm leaving."

Another sentence from the official.

He also looked impatient.

Du Juecao, a high-ranking official in the county, was actually ignored by a small pavilion chief.

I have never suffered such a great humiliation.

Du Juecao's face turned ashen, his hands trembled with anger, and he stared at Guo Jie for a long time without being able to say a word.

At the hearing gate, thief catchers and prison officials from Chang'an gradually came. Their number increased so much that they almost blocked the entrance.

"you you."

Du Juecao knew he couldn't drag it out any longer and needed to find an excuse to criticize Zhao Yu: "As far as I know, at that time, in addition to transporting a large amount of cloth, there was also a lot of meat. The confiscated property of the nobles such as Dan Qiu Jing and Liu Shi Wanjia added up to hundreds of pigs."

He went on to ask, “Who were the hundreds of pigs given to?”

As long as Guo Jie said that he had given Zhao Yu to the thief catcher and the prison clerk, they could take advantage of the fact that the officials were corrupt and allowed him to capture Zhao Yu.

Du Juecao was full of confidence and was sure that Guo Jie would definitely say that hundreds of pigs were given to the officials of the government temple.

The thief catcher and the prison clerk had lower ranks than Guo Jie.

It is understandable that Guo Jie risked his life to protect the official Zhao Yu.

He will not take on the charges of being a thief catcher or a prison official.

Sure enough, just as Du Juecao asked about the whereabouts of hundreds of pigs, the thief catcher and the prison clerk showed obvious panic on their faces.

Du Juecao was a county official, and with the Marquis of Nanpi standing behind him, he could easily arrest thieves, prison clerks and other petty officials.

If he fell into Du Juecao's hands, his fate would most likely be miserable.

Zhao Yu's face turned ugly. He didn't expect Du Juecao to use this to criticize him. He could only watch Guo Jie say that he would give it to the officials.

Everyone present was clear about one thing.

It is always the subordinates who bear the blame for the crimes of their superiors.

No superior helped his subordinates to take the blame.

"have eaten."

Guo Jie once again swore, "I ate them all by myself."

(End of this chapter)