Chapter 817 Interrogation (2)
After Gu Youzhidao came out of his backstage backing, everyone present showed surprise and solemn expressions again, especially Di Yingyang, who exclaimed softly, then quickly looked at Sun Tu, but found that the other party showed such an expression, and said: "No wonder!"
Although Gu Youzhi mentioned that he only had 10% of his shares, you should know that the profit figure of the Gu family's business in the past year is quite large, especially in the past one or two years, even if he only had 10% of his profit, it would probably be several times the salary of a censor. However, what everyone was surprised was not the bribery number, but the special identity of Wang Zhongcheng mentioned. He was the second-in-commander of the Censorate, who has always claimed to be honest and selfless, and he was an extremely valuable official in the court!
Sun Tu's eyes swept the slightly abrupt screen again, and then asked again: "Apart from him, are there other important officials in the court who have been bribed and handed over by your Gu family?"
The father and son hesitated for a moment and reported the official names of some officials, but in terms of status and identity, they were far inferior to Wang Zhongcheng. After all, they were a third-rank official in the court, and there were very few who could compare to him.
Seeing that they could not say anything anymore, Sun Tu waved his hand and asked someone to take them down. At this time, Qin Hui couldn't help it anymore: "Marty, this case is too wide, can we really investigate it?" Thinking of being an enemy of a high-ranking official like Wang Zhongcheng, he felt weak and guilty.
However, Sun Tu did not answer, but waved his hands to the few subordinates in front of him. The people immediately walked to the corner and moved the screen away, thus revealing the censors who were already full of shock. At this time, they looked a little embarrassed. Not only were they tied up by ropes, but they were also stuffed on their mouths, making it difficult to say a word. They could only watch Sun Tu whimpering constantly, and they didn't know what to say.
Sun Tu nodded again before someone stepped forward to take out the things they were talking about. Before they could speak, he said first: "If I expected it was right, you came to my Imperial City Office to cause trouble, right? Even before you came here, you didn't know what was going on."
These censors were stunned by his words. Although they did not respond, they could tell from their reactions that what Sun Tu said was true. And his words continued: "I had been surprised before. Even if you waited for the power to impeach all officials, you would not be able to come here to make noise so anxiously. Now there is an answer. This is clearly the way to collect money and eliminate disasters for others. It seems that the money that the Gu family spent on you is really worth it."
"You... you spit out blood!" Finally someone reacted and denied angrily: "I am dedicated to the public. How could I do such a shameless and unlawful thing! We have nothing to do with the Gu Family Business, so don't think of wronging us!"
"Is that so? But you have heard the confessions of the Gu family father and son just now. They have explained the fact that they have clinged to Wang Zhongcheng. Moreover, I believe that there must be relevant physical evidence in their hands, which is enough to make His Majesty believe in the relationship between the two parties. It is true that you people came to the Imperial City Office after the Gu family was taken down by me. It is true that you have nothing to do with this. Do you think it will be accepted?" Sun Tu said slowly with a cold face, which made them even more shocked. Although there were many refutations, they didn't know where to start for a while.
Just as they felt the strong pressure, Sun Tu's words suddenly changed: "But I really believe that you are not the slut who is willing to make small profits and disregard the king's laws. At least from the fearlessness you were in the face of this marquis before, you can see that you are still upright."
"We are only dedicated to the public..."
"But who else would accept it except me? Especially when the Gu family's confession was submitted to the official family, and with your sudden performance, if there is no interest in it, it is probably difficult for even your colleagues to believe it?" Sun Tu continued to put pressure on them, and also made them quickly understand what he said.
After a while, one person hesitated and said, "What's the point of saying so much?"
"It's very simple. Since you are all censors who are dedicated to serving as the public and are upright officials, and with such corrupt officials in front of you, don't you plan to impeach me? Only in this way can you prove your innocence and wash away the shame of the Censorate. What do you think?" Sun Tu slowly expressed his thoughts.
Qin Hui was listening with his eyes shining and almost shouted. Yue Hou was so powerful that he took this opportunity to pull these censors to his side with his hand. As long as these people helped to impeach the impeachment, Wang Zhongcheng's crimes would be completely settled. After all, it is extremely rare for such subordinate censors to impeach their superiors, and it is even more unbearable that what he did.
What made him even more appalled was that all this was the decision made by Sun Tu in just a short moment - at least in Qin Hui's opinion, no one could know that Wang Zhongcheng was the biggest backer of the Gu family, and this was a clever way to adapt to the situation.
Di Yingyang's heart even more moved because he thought of Wei Cheng!
Half a month has passed since Fanlou's incident. He thought that Sun Tu said that day was just to cheer everyone up. It was Wei Cheng himself, although he returned to the army to obey orders, he never thought that one day he would be able to avenge the revenge of the day. But now, Sun Tu has pointed his knife at this high-ranking Wang Zhongcheng. Has everything been under his plan long ago?
The Yan family case was extended to the Gu family, and then Wang Zhongcheng was involved... If Sun Tu had really made corresponding preparations long ago, then his thoughts and means of recognizing his brother-in-law would be too terrifying.
Only Sun Tu himself knew that all this was just a coincidence. But since he accidentally dragged Wang Zhongcheng out, he was naturally happy to go with the flow and helped his brothers exclaim. Anyway, he was never afraid of making trouble!
Everyone in the hall had their own thoughts and fell into silence for a while. Although Sun Tu did not force him again, his eyes still looked back and forth on the face of these young censors, giving them enough pressure to make them have a clear judgment on their own situation.
These people's expressions change constantly, and they make quick trade-offs in their hearts. In fact, this is not too difficult to make a choice. After all, compared to their superiors, their future is more important. Moreover, the Gu family case is almost a foregone conclusion. Even without their impeachment, Wang Zhongcheng, who has been confessed, would be difficult for him to excuse himself.
So not long after, someone finally spoke: "Since Wang Shenbin is so arrogant, we should eliminate the traitors for the court and impeach him!"
With the first to speak, the people behind him dared not make things difficult, and immediately expressed their opinions: "As long as this matter is true, we are willing to impeach him many illegal things!"
"I am deeply impressed by everyone who can think of this." Sun Tu smiled with satisfaction: "Since you are all officials in Taichung, I believe you have known a lot of things that Wang Shenbin used his power to do evil, so I hope you don't let go of these crimes and impeach him together!" Since they have all called him by his name, it proves that everyone has made up their minds.
Sun Tu's move is very clever. If he only commits corruption and bribery and makes friends with the Gu family, Wang Zhongcheng's status and connections in the court may be able to argue. However, once he is involved in other crimes, even if it is not a big problem, as long as he has more, his reputation will be completely bad. By then, even if he has any good friends and friends in the court, or even a higher backer, it is probably not easy to excuse him.
These censors are well aware of the essence of impeaching high-ranking officials, and they nodded in response. Since they had already taken the first step, they did not hesitate after that, and could only open up their firepower and bounce their boss off the high position.
Seeing this, Sun Tu was even more happy and waved his hand: "Come here, please let me loose your ties. You guys will write a bulletin here today. The Japanese Marquis of Ming Dynasty will help you send the relevant memorials to the Yintai Division."
At this point, they could only follow Sun Tu's arrangements, and nodded and stood up. They arranged for them to live in the empty house in the back and wrote the bullet stamp.
Seeing Sun Tu's dazzling performance, he easily put such a big crime on the head of a third-rank censor, and everyone was really shocked. Especially Qin Hui, Wei Chengnian and Di Yingyang, three people who didn't know much about him, were not only admired, but also more afraid. He was talking about him.
Feeling the strange gaze from them, Sun Tu smiled again: "What, is there anything wrong with this?"
"And, there is nothing wrong with it!" Several people shook their heads quickly. Then, Di Yingyang asked again, "Who will we try again next?" He was looking forward to the next interrogation. After all, there were still several people who had not been asked, and maybe they could use this to grasp something.
But Sun Tu shook his head after looking at the dark sky outside, "Let me go for now, we have more important things to do."
Could it be... Di Yingyang and others realized that it was dusk after the interrogation. According to what Sun Tu said before, it was time to get people after dark. The spies of Liao Kingdom hidden in Tokyo were still free and easy. This made everyone feel energetic. Even Wei Chengnian opened his mouth, as if he wanted to ask for his orders to go with him.
But Sun Tu's next sentence made them stunned again: "Is Wei Cheng there? The next protagonist is him!"
Chapter completed!