Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 559 Interrogation
A treacherous smile suddenly appeared on Wang Zhou's face: "My lord, although this complaint has something to do with a lowly job, it doesn't mean that the lowly job kills people!"

Di Renjie laughed and nodded: "In other words, you admit to being involved in this case. From this point of view, at least you have a motive for killing."

Wang Zhou swallowed his saliva: "Well, let's say it is. But this is just an adult's inference, without evidence, how can you convict him of a low position?"

Di Renjie smiled and said: "Okay, this pavilion will let you meet another person."

As he spoke, he yelled at the entrance of the hall, "Bring it up!"

Zhang Huan and Li Lang led Qianniuwei to escort Yu Zhong and the other six to the hall.

Wang Zhou was shocked, and immediately turned his eyes wildly, and immediately turned his head away.

Di Renjie winked at Yu Zhong, and Yu Zhong bowed to Wang Zhou and said, "Master Wang."

Wang Zhou turned his head and said, "Who are you?"

Yu Zhong was stunned immediately: "My lord, little Yu Zhong!"

Wang Zhou said coldly: "Yu Zhong? I haven't heard of it."

Yu Zhong became anxious immediately: "My lord, you, why don't you admit it? Didn't you let me lead someone to kill Fang Jiu and other young households?"

Wang Zhou shouted loudly: "Shut up! Master Di, this fellow is talking nonsense and framing a lower official!"

Di Renjie sneered and said, "Why? You haven't even heard of him, why did he frame you?"

Wang Zhou said with tongue-tied words: "He, he, he may be like Fang Jiu, who has a grudge against humble positions."

Di Renjie looked at Yu Zhong and said, "It seems that your master doesn't recognize you anymore. Now you are in trouble, and the serious crime of murder must be borne by one person!"

Yu Zhong was so angry that his face was flushed, he turned around and said to the yamen servants behind him: "Did you see, brothers! Officials are not human beings, they are appointed officials and make wishes when we are needed, there is no need to be ruthless and only care about yourself! "

The yamen servants behind him shouted angrily: "Boss Yu, get him out!"

"Yes, Boss Yu, why should we hide it for him!"

Wang Zhou's expression changed.

Di Renjie watched coldly from the sidelines.

Yu Zhong pointed at Wang Zhou and said, "Wang, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!
You say you don't know me, okay, please invite a few adults to Yangzhou Water Transport Yamen to check the roster and see if the six of us are Wang Zhou's subordinates! "

Wang Zhou's hands trembled a little.

Yu Zhong stared at Wang Zhou and said, "Wang Zhou, let's not talk about the distance, let me tell you about your recent private affairs, and let the adults here verify them in court. If there is no evidence in the investigation, I, Yu Zhong, will bear all the crimes alone!"

Di Renjie encouraged: "Well, okay, let's talk!"

Yu Zhong said to Di Renjie: "Since arriving in Luoyang, Wang Zhou met a girl named Xiaoying in Huancui Building in Pinghuafang.

Last night, Wang Zhou took Xiaoying to dinner with the six of us. During the banquet, he gave Xiaoying a large pure gold bracelet.

Sir, please go to Huancui Tower and call Xiaoying to see if what Xiaoying said is true.and also……"

"All right!"

Wang Zhou shouted loudly: "Stop talking!"

Di Renjie looked at him, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wang Zhou trembled all over, pointed at Yu Zhong and said, "Idiot! What benefits will you get if you bite me to death? You think they can let you go!"

Yu Zhong was stunned.

Di Renjie walked up to Wang Zhou, and said coldly: "Why, stop pretending? This pavilion is still waiting for you to continue acting!"

Wang Zhou's face was livid, he knelt and climbed forward, stammering: "Big, big, my lord..."

Di Renjie sneered and said, "You don't have to be polite. It doesn't matter if you call me or not, you'd better think about what you should do!"

A dense layer of cold sweat oozed from Wang Zhou's forehead.

He took a deep breath, forced himself to be intimidated, and said: "My lord, the humble officials who corrupted the officials who protect the canals and withheld the salaries of the small households have participated in it. It is indeed the order of the humble officials to kill and silence..."

Di Renjie didn't wait for Wang Zhou to finish, and snorted heavily: "Greedy for the money that protects the canal, and eating the blood and sweat of the farmers, you can actually order the killing of those helpless and homeless poor!
If you don't get rid of evil thieves like you who have lost all conscience and have hearts like snakes and scorpions, the sky will punish them!

Thank you for coming to court, boasting without shame, shameless, and always claiming to be an official appointed by the imperial court. I really don't know that there is a word 'shame' in the world! "

As he said that, Di Renjie was furious, and slapped Wang Zhou's official hat off his head with a slap, everyone present was stunned.

Wang Zhou sifted the chaff all over his body and shook into a ball.

Di Renjie scolded angrily: "You deserve to wear an official headband, and you deserve to wear this official uniform? Even this human skin should not be worn on your body!"

Wang Zhou was so frightened that he almost fainted, he called repeatedly: "My lord, please calm down, my lord, please calm down, the criminal will report back."

Di Renjie suppressed the anger in his heart, and said word by word: "You better say what I want to hear, otherwise, tomorrow morning I will play the emperor and send you to Dongshi, and you will hang your head on the street in no time! "

Wang Zhou repeatedly kowtowed and said, "Yes, yes!"

Di Renjie shouted loudly: "Say!"

Wang Zhou trembled and said, "Your Excellency, you know that the Hangou section of the Grand Canal starts from Yangzhou in the south and ends in Shanyang in the north.

Every year, the imperial court allocates 10 taels of canal protection funds and [-] taels of canal protection fees for the fine households on both sides of the strait.

However, since Master Yang Jiucheng, the envoy of water transportation, took office, the fund for protecting the canal has never been used for protecting the canal. "

"Oh, so how did you spend the 10 taels of silver?"

Di Renjie raised his eyebrows.

Wang Zhou said embarrassingly: "Of course, Master Yang made the decision to stay."

Di Renjie snorted and said, "You stayed? It's easy to say, what are you doing here?"

Wang Zhou coughed dryly and said: "Except for the part that Mr. Yang withheld, he turned the canal protection money into management fees, care fees, greeting fees, mediation fees and other names. In addition to eating, drinking and enjoying the officials, the most important thing is to take care of them internally and externally."

"How can I take care of it?"

Wang Zhou said: "Let's talk about the interior of the Water Transport Envoy's yamen. Every year, dozens of officials in the yamen can get a piece of money to support honesty according to their rank. The most are thousands of taels, and the few are dozens of taels."

Di Renjie sneered: "Yang Lian Yin, that's a good name!

It can really be called 'shameless'!
It is obviously corruption, but it is said to be a kind of maintenance of incorruptibility. Does incorruptibility need to be supported by the official money of the court?

Thanks to you guys who can yell! "

Wang Zhou lowered his head.

Di Renjie asked: "Wang Zhou, how much money do you get for supporting Lian Lian in a year?"

Wang Zhou hesitantly said: "I, I am a humble official, I can't get much."

Di Renjie sneered and said, "Why, you still refuse to tell the truth?"

Wang Zhou knelt and climbed two steps: "My lord, to be honest, he is a prisoner. The young one can get more than two thousand taels a year."

As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)