"They are key witnesses. We should imprison them separately. It is safer this way." Chen Baibin suggested, thinking of Cai Lan who had committed suicide for no apparent reason.
"There's no need for it. It's been more than half a month since the Wuzhou Incident. Those who have lived for so many days would have died long ago. Those who keep it should naturally not die." Ji Xin saw the tea set on the table and opened it to take a look.
, the tea had been brewed, and the temperature was just right. Then he poured tea for himself and Chen Baibin.
"Come, let's have a cup of tea first."
"I'm not thirsty..."
"A cup of tea after bathing is the best way to relieve dryness, calm the nerves, and refresh the internal organs. We often sit in the office, and it is good for people who are busy with desk work to drink more." Ji Xin picked up the tea cup and took a sip. This is General Office No. 82
The store specializes in West Lake Longjing for veterans, "Even if they are held in solitary confinement, where can they be held and who can be sent to guard them? We don't even have a single 'confidant' here. Even the four new servants are Xie Erren
I was recruited only after applying."
Chen Baibin was a little confused: "You mean..."
"If the superiors really think that the situation in Wuzhou is so bad that they need to assign us a special task force, then they will naturally send us an entourage. But now, neither Ma Jia, nor Ran Yao, nor Xiong Ju have arranged any entourage for us. We
Naturally, you don’t have to worry about these things.”
"What if it happens?"
"If there is really any 'in case', it means that this is a case recognized by the Senate."
"Okay, although I don't quite understand."
"Bai Bin, you asked me on the boat what the Senate's caliber is, and I told you that there is no caliber. However, as long as it involves the senator's case, there must be a caliber, but no one will tell you - you can only experience it yourself.
"
Ji Xin saw that Chen Baibin was silent and seemed to be chewing on his words. He picked up the materials of the two prisoners who were to be interrogated tomorrow and prepared to study them carefully.
Yi Haoran's resume interested him a lot. Such an ill-fated scholar, under the influence of the tide of the times, would actually embark on the path of becoming an enemy of the Senate, and in the end even failed. If such an ability was in the court of the Ming Dynasty,
Above all, I am afraid that he will not be inferior to those famous officials in the late Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, let alone a mere scholar, even the high-ranking officials in the court cannot escape the laws of history...
He sighed and picked up a second piece of material. This one was much thinner. As soon as the word "Jiang Suo" caught his eye, Ji Xin felt a sense of familiarity that he had not seen for a long time, as if he had seen it somewhere.
I've heard this name before, but I can't remember it. But this feeling of familiarity can no longer be shaken off.
Looking at his confession of his life experience in the materials, he only said that he was from Henan, lived in Guangdong, joined the army and became Xiong Wencan's servant. Later he was promoted to the general.
Ji Xin had a strange feeling that Jiang Suo seemed to be hiding something about his life experience.
Early the next morning, Ji Xin and Chen Baibin came to the county government office and interrogated Yi Haoran and Jiang Suo who were imprisoned here in the back hall.
Yi Haoran was the "principal culprit", so he was naturally the first to be interrogated.
Yi Haoran was taken to the back room and locked in the interrogation chair according to Australian rules.
Ji Xin saw that his complexion was dark and his wrinkles were as sharp as a knife, and he knew that this man must have been traveling for a long time and was not a scholar who sat down to talk. However, his elegant demeanor and every move showed his calmness, and he was obviously a man who had experienced big events.
"Are you Yi Haoran?" Ji Xin asked.
"Exactly the students."
"I have read your confession." Ji Xin said, "Is there anything that needs to be added or changed? If there is any important hidden information that can be provided, the crime will naturally be reduced by one level when sentencing."
"Crime?" Yi Haoran smiled sarcastically, "I led the officers and soldiers and the righteous people to risk their lives to regain Wuzhou, but now I failed and was captured, what crime do I have?"
Just when Chen Baibin was about to scold him, Ji Xin shook his hand, not angry, and continued to ask: "So, you have nothing else to say?"
"I've already said everything I want to say, so what's the point of saying more?"
Seeing that he was holding on to his confession very tightly, Ji Xin stopped pestering him about his confession and instead asked, "What is your relationship with Luo Yangming?"
"I worked as a cashier in his store."
"You are a foreigner. You have no job, no insurance, and no relatives here. Why would Luo Yangming use you?"
"I am distantly related to Jiang Qiuchan's husband's family. After the city of Wuzhou was destroyed, I had nowhere to go, so I went to join her. She then recommended me to the shop through Luo Yangming's wife."
"You are from Liaodong, how come you have relatives in Guangdong?"
"It's just a Guaman relationship from our ancestors." Yi Haoran said, "We have lost contact with each other for many years. But we still recognize this family relationship. If I were not desperate, I would not be brave enough to beg her."
Ji Xin asked again: "Since you were trapped in Wuzhou when the city was destroyed, why did you want to organize a riot again?"
"In the whole world, is it the royal land of the Ming Dynasty? You and other thieves have stolen the royal land, and the students have raised an army to recover it. Why not?"
"Mr. Yi, there is no need to say more about the matter of righteousness. You and I each have our own positions. I think you originally defected to Jiang Qiuchan because you probably wanted to survive and had no intention of rioting. Why did you come up with this idea and how did you organize it?
Come one by one!"
"Why it started this year and how it was organized, the students made it clear in their confessions and did not hide anything."
Chen Baibin thought to himself, this old scholar is just a talker. He kept turning over and over again and refused to say a single useful thing. It was all stuff from his confession.
Ji Xin, however, did not pursue the question any further. He just nodded slightly and asked, "What is your relationship with Cai Lan?"
"She is the fiancée of my old friend Xing Chenghuan." Yi Haoran replied calmly, "Wuzhou city was destroyed, Mr.
He saw my fan - it was painted by his fiancé."
"Then what?"
"She asked me where I was and what I did for a living. Even after she found out, the student no longer hid it and told him everything."
"You didn't ask her what she was doing for a living and where she would end up?"
"Of course I asked. She said that after the city was destroyed, she was almost kidnapped and raped by traitors. Fortunately, she met the thief soldiers and rescued her. It was pity that she was lonely and helpless, and knowing that she was literate, the thief let her stay in the Third General Mansion.
Doing odd jobs here."
"What kind of errand can she, a weak woman with small feet, do?"
"This student doesn't know." Yi Haoran said.
"Since Cai Lan has received great favor from my Senate, why did she become your internal agent?"
"A great favor?" Yi Haoran smiled disdainfully, "If it weren't for you, she would be in harmony with my old harp, and the husband and wife have a deep love. They live a stable and happy life. How could she end up being kidnapped and raped by insurgents? Students with the country
The enemy's hatred aroused, so they asked her to act as an internal correspondent."
"Since she is an internal agent, what did she do?"
"Of course, the thief's movements will be reported to the students every few days."
"How can she convey news to you as a prostitute?"
"Although she is a female, the thieves have always despised etiquette. It is not strange for the female cadres of Wuzhou to show up. Is it any wonder that she can come and go freely?"
"When you led people into the county government office and attacked Elder Xie, did she act as an insider?"
"No, Cai Lan works as an errand in the Third General Office, and Xie Kun lives and works in the county government office. How can she be an internal response? Besides, students don't dare to entrust such a big matter to the hands of a woman."
This Yi Haoran actually tore Cai Lan into pieces! Ji Xingxin thought, this set of confessions was obviously prepared by someone. Yi Haoran admitted all the parts that could not be concealed, but only concealed the key point of the relationship between Cai Lan and Erren.
point.
Ji Xin asked some more questions, and Yi Haoran answered fluently, perfectly matching his confession without any flaws.
"...Take him down." Ji Xin ordered.
After the guards took Yi Haoran away, Chen Baibin said in confusion: "Ji Bureau, these are all things in the confession, why do you need to ask again?"
"Naturally, we want to see if we can match it. False confessions are often accurate in general directions. If you ask more questions, there will be differences in details. At the same time, we also check whether our people are telling the truth."
"You mean Luo Yangming?"
"How Yi Haoran lurked in the city has been written by Luo Yangming in his report. Now it seems that there is basically no problem." He said, "One more thing, I don't know if you have found any doubts."
"Cai Lan."
"That's right." Ji Xin nodded, "Cai Lan is very unimportant in Yi Haoran's confession. Moreover, it avoids the key thing: the relationship between Yi Ren and Cai Lan."
"It's a pity that Cai Lan is dead." Chen Baibin said with regret. However, he noticed that Ji Xin had no regret expression.
Ji Xin did not immediately proceed to interrogate Jiang Suo, but called the local police chief Zheng Ergen and asked him about Cai Lan's interrogation and death.
"After Cai Lan was arrested, she was imprisoned in the Tutu Temple in the county government office. Two female servants were dedicated to guarding her. But before she could be interrogated, she committed suicide..."
"Where's the body?"
"After the burial, he stayed temporarily in a nunnery outside the city."
"How did you die? Has there been an autopsy?"
"It has been tested, but we don't have a forensic doctor here. The widow from the local county did the test. The conclusion is that he committed suicide by hanging from the beam." Zheng Ergen couldn't help but glance at Ji Xin and asked, "Chief, do you want to open the coffin and test again..."
"No need, we didn't bring a forensic doctor this time." Ji Xin shook his head and asked, "How did you find out that she was a spy?"
"It is said that someone anonymously reported it to Chief Xie, and the security secretary of Chief Xie personally went to arrest him."
Ji Xin remembered that Xie Erren's report said: The security secretary was killed in battle on the night of the riot. And his office was also broken into by the Ming army that night. He himself led the guards to carry out fierce resistance in the office. According to the report
"The shootings and fires caused heavy losses," he said.
"It is said that Cai Lan works for the Senate in the Third General Office. Is this true?" Ji Xin asked
Zheng Ergen hesitated for a moment and replied: "She is indeed on duty in the Third General Office."