Chapter 187 : Chapter 187
Chapter 187: Confession Statements That Were Only There to Set the Mood
“Why does it feel so cold? And why does my heart feel especially uneasy?”
Zhang Fen suddenly discovered that even his eyelid had begun twitching.
Why did this feel increasingly strange?
He immediately stopped and turned back, looking around vigilantly.
The Jinyiwei passing by beside him all found it somewhat odd.
“What is wrong with Assistant Commissioner Zhang? Why does he keep looking back while walking?”
“He seemed to have just come out from Deputy Commander Zhang’s place.”
The Jinyiwei began whispering among themselves. If he kept looking back while walking, then the Zhang brothers were definitely about to do something guilty again.
Being this suspicious and cautious, he was definitely afraid of retribution!
“If you keep wagging your tongues, I will have all of you sent into the Imperial Prison!”
Zhang Fen’s martial realm was higher, so he could naturally hear the others’ voices. He shouted at them angrily.
The reputations of him and his elder brother, Zhang De.
Had always been poor among the Commanders. If not for the fact that the Lu Family’s three generations—grandfather, father, and grandson—had too much power and suppressed them tightly.
The two brothers would definitely have carried out a great purge.
Anyone who dared slander the Zhang brothers for suppressing dissidents would all be suppressed harshly!
The other Jinyiwei were frightened.
The Imperial Prison was not a good place.
Only then did they hurry away.
Zhang Fen nodded in satisfaction.
“I will ignore these things for now. In the Command Office, there is simply no one with the ability and courage to harm us brothers!”
“I will go to the Imperial Prison and take a look. Once I order that brat to interrogate Duke Dingguo’s young lord, he definitely will not be willing.”
“When that time comes, I will use the crime of dereliction of duty and defying orders to properly recover my elder brother’s dignity! A stinking northerner from Jiangnan dares act arrogantly in the Great Qian Capital!”
Cheng Yu had already taken up office at the Imperial Prison, so now was the perfect time for him to go.
Not long after.
Zhang Fen arrived outside the Imperial Prison and asked the Jinyiwei guarding the entrance,
“Where is Cheng Yu?”
“Reporting to Lord Zhang, Lord Cheng is inspecting the Imperial Prison. He has been inside for a long time and has not come out.”
He had been inspecting it for a long time and had not come out?
Zhang Fen’s heart stirred. The criminals in the depths of the Imperial Prison were all incomparably powerful martial artists.
Their auras were frightening and terrifying beyond measure.
Cheng Yu definitely would not casually run to such a place.
The prisoners in the shallow levels of the Imperial Prison were all useless weaklings, so there was even less reason to remain inside.
The only special person there was none other than Young Lord Ning Cen of Duke Dingguo’s household.
Zhang Fen’s clever mind began working once more.
“Cheng Yu ran inside for so long. Could he have gone to curry favor with him?”
He definitely had!
If he were the one managing the Imperial Prison, he would definitely go serve this great lord Ning Cen well too.
He would beg the other party not to cause too much trouble every day and affect the Imperial Prison’s management.
Zhang Fen immediately revealed a smug smile.
Then he walked into the Imperial Prison.
At a time like this, it was most suitable to order Cheng Yu to torture Ning Cen!
“Why is it so dark? And why does it stink so much?”
As Zhang Fen walked deeper and deeper, he only felt that something was strange.
The last time he had come to the Imperial Prison.
This place had not been this dark and foul. How had it suddenly become like this?
Just as he was thinking.
An incomparably miserable scream rang out, echoing through the entire Imperial Prison.
“Grandpa Cheng, Grandpa Song, please spare me! I truly know I was wrong! I do not want to die!”
Grandpa Cheng?
Zhang Fen frowned. What sort of address was that? Could it be referring to Cheng Yu?
And this voice sounded so familiar.
It was as though...
He had heard it before in Yihong Courtyard, the voice of a wildly arrogant silkpants young lord who had forced a pure courtesan to submit.
That time, Zhang Fen had even acted righteously.
He had dealt with the disobedient pure courtesan on that man’s behalf.
“That time, it was... Young Lord Ning Cen?!”
Thud, thud, thump!
Thunder immediately flashed through Zhang Fen’s heart. It was Ning Cen who was screaming!
Why was Ning Cen screaming, and in such a humiliating way?
It was as though he had been tortured madly.
Who was torturing him?
One answer surfaced—Cheng Yu?!
“He dared use heavy methods?! And I have not even ordered him to interrogate the man under torture yet!”
Zhang Fen’s spine turned cold, and cold sweat streamed down his face.
If Ning Cen was truly made too miserable, Duke Dingguo, who was fiercely protective of his own, would absolutely fly into a thunderous rage!
He hurriedly rushed in the direction the voice had come from.
Incomparable doubt flashed through his heart.
Why?
It could not be that Cheng Yu truly found Ning Cen unpleasant and wanted to torture him, could it?
Not far away, inside a cell.
Ning Cen was hanging upside down, his face wrapped in a clump of wet cotton cloth, his entire body trembling.
“I was wrong. Do not kill me, do not kill—”
His struggles grew smaller and smaller, and his voice grew weaker and weaker.
Song Nian looked worriedly toward Cheng Yu, who was drinking tea.
“My lord, he will not really die, will he?”
Cheng Yu was reclining leisurely as he drank tea. He raised his head and glanced at Song Nian, not caring about Ning Cen at all.
“What? Are you afraid his death will cause trouble?”
“No.”
Song Nian shook his head seriously. “I am afraid that if he dies, I will not be able to try all the torture secret techniques my lord taught me.”
[The host has recognized talent with discerning eyes, taught techniques, and developed the Jinyiwei ranks. Reward: Internal Energy!]
Feeling the pure Internal Energy pour into his body.
Cheng Yu’s attitude toward Song Nian shifted once more. As expected, he was an unpolished jade, someone with great potential to become an outstanding Jinyiwei.
The teacup in Cheng Yu’s hand flew out and sliced through the rope suspending Ning Cen.
The man crashed heavily onto the ground.
Song Nian tore away the soaked cotton cloth from Ning Cen’s face.
Having escaped death, Ning Cen drew in great mouthfuls of air.
He looked at Cheng Yu and Song Nian while trembling, his face filled with despair and terror.
One of them had methods that were far too terrifying and could describe any form of torture.
The other could truly carry them out without hesitation!
“Young Lord Ning should have changed his mind. Ask him whether he is willing to sign and confess.”
“As you command!”
Song Nian looked at Ning Cen with a face full of cold smiles and handed over the confession statements.
“Sign them, and we will spare you for now!”
Ning Cen looked at the three confession statements before him and immediately felt like crying without tears.
The first statement confessed to multiple acts of murder and assault.
The second statement confessed to borrowing power and influence to commit every evil deed, gravely damaging Great Qian’s interests.
The third statement confessed that Duke Dingguo’s Estate had colluded with foreign enemies and intended to rebel...
The three confession statements were more terrifying one after another.
These things.
No matter how foolish Ning Cen was, he could not possibly sign them!
Moreover, the last two things seemed as though Duke Dingguo’s Estate had truly done them!
“I will not sign...”
“Good. If you will not sign, then continue.”
Cheng Yu was very straightforward and had no intention of forcing Ning Cen. After all, even if the confession statements were signed, they would not have much meaning.
The Great Qian Emperor could not possibly take down Duke Dingguo’s Estate just because of a silkpants young lord’s confession statements.
These things.
Were more valuable for setting the mood.
Song Nian put the items away and laughed coldly. “Good. Then we continue...”
Right at that moment.
Rapid footsteps sounded not far away, and Zhang Fen’s anxious shout rang out.
“Stop! What have you done to Young Lord Ning?!”
Cheng Yu raised his eyebrows and looked Zhang Fen over. He did not know the other party, but felt that he looked somewhat familiar.
“Who is this man?”
Song Nian immediately frowned. “This is Assistant Commissioner Zhang Fen, Deputy Commander Zhang’s younger blood brother.”
That fellow’s younger brother?
Cheng Yu immediately felt disdain.
“Then there is no need to bother with him. Continue what you were doing.”