Chapter 189 : Chapter 189
Chapter 189: The Arrogant Duke Dingguo: Cen’er Is About to Be Killed?
“Stop shouting. He has already gone far away.”
Cheng Yu’s cold voice completely shattered the last hope in Ning Cen’s heart.
He then looked toward the eager Song Nian. “Continue?”
This young man had the potential to become an outstanding Jinyiwei.
Especially in interrogation. He was not limited to Cheng Yu’s little booklet, and had many personal insights and understandings of his own.
Song Nian nodded expectantly.
He had gained quite a lot just now, and had developed a deeper understanding of interrogation under severe torture.
The body’s torment could be forgotten. Only the mind was the proper path.
Attacking the body was inferior. Attacking the heart was superior!
...
Outside the Imperial Prison.
Zhang Fen finally ran out, not daring to look back even once along the way.
He breathed in great mouthfuls of fresh air.
Extreme fear and coldness flashed through his eyes.
Cheng Yu, this man.
His strength was more terrifying than imagined, and he was also a complete madman!
“I have to notify Elder Brother first, then have Duke Dingguo come save his son. Otherwise, things will become troublesome!”
Duke Dingguo’s Estate.
Ning Dingyuan was leisurely sipping the tea in his cup, his bearing extraordinary and his expression calm.
As Duke Dingguo, who held high status and great authority in Great Qian.
Even though he only held an honorary post, he was still respected by others and enjoyed the benefits and treatment that belonged to a prince or noble.
There was almost nothing under heaven that could make him worry too much. Even if his son had been thrown into the Imperial Prison, he could be fished out very soon.
This man appeared extremely relaxed and natural.
In stark contrast.
Standing before Ning Dingyuan was a man with half-white hair. He wore a neat official robe, and no joy, anger, sorrow, or pleasure could be seen on his weathered face.
His gaze was like an arrow as he stared fixedly at the incomparably calm Duke Dingguo.
“Duke Dingguo, I will advise you one final time. Do not destroy the hearts of Great Qian’s people and the stability of criminal law through your own mistakes. This is something that will leave your name stinking for ten thousand years!”
“Heh.”
Ning Dingyuan sneered disdainfully, tossed the teacup in his hand onto the table, and revealed a trace of hatred in his eyes.
“Did I not already say so? Name any price for your daughter’s matter. I will compensate you. As for anything else, do not dream of it.”
The fellow before him was precisely the man who had caused Cen’er to be arrested and thrown into the Imperial Prison by the Great Qian Emperor’s order.
Was it not just that one daughter had died?
He had caused Cen’er, who had been pampered from childhood, to be imprisoned.
And now, he actually still had the nerve to come and force him to admit guilt.
He was forcing him not to protect Ning Cen. This was simply wishful thinking!
“I do not want any compensation!”
When Song Yan heard Ning Dingyuan’s words, he only felt as though he had suffered an enormous humiliation.
Desolate rage ignited in his eyes, and he gnashed his teeth as he said,
“The monstrous crimes Ning Cen committed are not something you can repay! Nor will anyone want that hypocritical compensation! Murder is a crime. A blood debt must be paid in blood. Being convicted and punished is his only path!”
“A beast like him is a scourge as long as he lives!”
Crash!
Ning Dingyuan smashed the teacup onto the ground and stood coldly.
“What did you say?! You refuse the face I gave you, do you? Get out!”
“Listen well. If you keep wasting words with me, your son and the others can go accompany your daughter!”
“Men, throw him out!”
The servants with no weak martial strength immediately rushed in and restrained Song Yan.
“Ning, you stinking vermin who will bring disaster for ten thousand years!”
“I am Duke Dingguo, and I will still be Duke Dingguo a thousand years from now. As for you, you will only be a criminal official!”
Ning Dingyuan sneered repeatedly.
He had heard of Song Yan’s deeds, of how he had fulfilled his duties and solved many difficult cases.
He knew that the other party was a practical man who wholeheartedly served the people.
But history was written by the victors. If a minor figure dared to offend him, then he could forget about leaving behind even a good reputation.
“You!”
Despair and desolation flashed through Song Yan’s eyes, but he was powerless to resist and was dragged out.
In the next moment.
A graceful, alluring figure drifted out from not far away.
Duke Dingguo’s wife, who showed no trace of age at all, hugged Ning Dingyuan’s arm.
“My lord, that hateful man has finally left! If not for him, how could our Cen’er possibly have gone to a place like the Imperial Prison?”
She took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears. “I do not even know how heartbreaking it must be for Cen’er to be there...”
Ning Dingyuan held his wife, feeling distressed, while also revealing an expression of anger at his son for failing to live up to expectations.
“I arranged people to serve him. How badly could he be living?”
As for his only son, Ning Cen, he was somewhat angry.
“I repeatedly warned Cen’er long ago not to be too arrogant, not to be too arrogant! What did he take in? He actually dared rape and murder the daughter of a court-appointed official in the street, causing the matter to reach His Majesty. How am I supposed to help him?”
When Duke Dingguo’s wife saw her husband so angry, she was immediately frightened until tears streamed down her face.
“My lord, you must save Cen’er. He is only thirty-three years old. There are still so many wonderful days he has yet to experience!”
Ning Dingyuan shook his head helplessly. If not for Ning Cen’s decent martial talent, he would have been angered to death sooner or later.
“Very well. Cen’er is my only child. Naturally, I will not leave him alone. I will just treat it as letting him suffer a lesson and gain some experience, so he can change that temper of his!”
As a prince and noble with martial strength, his status in Great Qian was extraordinary.
If he wanted to save his only son.
As long as the matter was not handled too excessively.
The already overwhelmed Great Qian Emperor, Xiao Wuji, would only turn a blind eye.
Duke Dingguo’s wife immediately felt at ease. “That is wonderful, my lord! That man just now cannot be spared either!”
Song Yan was too hateful!
He actually wanted Ning Cen to admit his guilt and receive punishment. How could her son suffer such treatment?
Ning Dingyuan nodded.
Naturally, he had to deal with the trouble that was Song Yan.
“A lowly and base person of humble status only knows how to mention Great Qian’s laws and decrees. Laughable to the extreme!”
He spoke of things like a murderer paying with his life as though it were a principle ordained by heaven.
As Ning Dingyuan’s son, even if Ning Cen killed any number of people and was thrown into the Imperial Prison.
No one would dare touch him at all!
Just as he was being arrogant and confident.
An incomparably anxious shout suddenly rang out.
“My lord, this is terrible! Something serious has happened to the young lord!”
The expressions of Ning Dingyuan and his wife instantly turned panicked, all their confidence from before vanishing.
“That should not be possible! What happened to Cen’er?” Ning Dingyuan was incomparably anxious.
Ning Cen was staying in the Jinyiwei’s Imperial Prison. Ordinary people would absolutely not dare provoke him.
Among those with status.
The three Lu Family men would not do such a thing. The Zhang brothers also knew the stakes and severity of matters.
Could it be Fang Xiaolin, who was famous for his coldness?
Just as he was feeling doubtful.
The servant continued crying mournfully, “Assistant Commissioner Zhang Fen of the Jinyiwei said that it is a fellow named Cheng Yu. He is about to torture the young lord to death!”
About to be killed?
Duke Dingguo’s wife’s expression froze. Her son was going to die!
“My lord, hurry and save Cen’er!”
“It was him?!”
When Ning Dingyuan heard Cheng Yu’s name, he quickly recalled that Jinyiwei who had stirred up no small number of major incidents in Jiangnan.
If it was that madman.
Then Cen’er might truly be in trouble!