"Mr. Official summoned here for one purpose, and I am to identify my backer. Who among those present is it?
If you confess wholeheartedly, whether you're the mastermind or an accomplice, whether the primary evil is executed or the three clans are implicated, rests solely in your thoughts, Mr. Wang."
"I will speak!" Wang Chusheng, bound like a worm, struggled to sit up, without the slightest hesitation.
Throughout several days of interrogation, he had already confessed the truth and signed his na; his presence today was rely to repeat his testimony.
Imdiately, Wang Chusheng lifted his head and swept his gaze across the familiar faces in the hall; anyone who t his eyes quickly looked away, fearing they would be targeted.
Finally, his gaze stopped on soone, his eyes filled with resentnt and a madness akin to dying together:
"Mr. Gao, I'm sorry."
Several people in the room slightly changed color.
Wang Chusheng then spat out the na, "Reporting to the imperial envoy, the one who assigned to commit a grave mistake is him! The governor of Linfeng Prefecture, Gao Lian!"
Thump!
In an instant, the guests at the Chrysanthemum Platform felt as if their eardrums were dizzied by the sound of a drum.
Nurous gazes, in shock, focused on that flawless crimson official robe!
Focused on the neatly grood, elegant, and composed face of Gao Lian!
"Is it you?!" At this mont, Liu the Inspector and Governor Sun simultaneously turned their heads, looking at their colleague with incredibly complex expressions.
Without waiting for people to react, Wang Chusheng, his face nearly contorted, already began accusing as if resigned to his fate:
"The whole of Linfeng knows, although I served in Taicang County, I previously worked in Linfeng Prefecture doing Gao Lian's dirty work for many years. The silver mine case was rely one of them!
He commanded to embezzle silver under the guise of inevitable losses, to launder it through donations to the Daoist temple he designated, then reintroduce it into the moneylenders. After this incident erged, he also told to hide and avoid the lilight, saying that as long as the Capital's n couldn't catch , he could trivialize this matter!
And it's not just this case; the Jianghu people protecting were also sent by him, actually to monitor . The Jianghu assassins who helped him eliminate his enemies were also his doing!
Just from what I know, he has at least ten lives on his hands!
Three years ago, the corruption case in the Linfeng Textile Bureau was also orchestrated by him, and the silk rchant from the Li family in Linfeng was killed by him under a fabricated charge, for the rchant refused to work for him again, fearing exposure...
Moreover, the won from the Luo family who were said to have committed suicide did not kill themselves but were raped by this beastly old scoundrel... And more..."
At this mont, Wang Chusheng, who had served under Gao Lian for many years, spewed out all the cris he knew in one breath.
The room imdiately erupted in chaos.
Even Zhao Douan was stunned, never expecting that among the nine governors of Great Yu, Gao Lian, well-known for his stellar reputation, would have so many terrible deeds under his brilliant robe, impossible to fully docunt.
"You... what evidence do you have? Just your word?"
Finally, an official in the hall voiced a challenge, "Wang Chusheng! If it's as you say that Governor Gao assigned you, then why would he leave you alive?"
This news was too explosive, making it difficult for many officials present to accept.
"Evidence? Of course, I have it!"
Wang Chusheng's face, marred by scars, wore a cold expression.
He stared profoundly at Gao Lian, sitting silently and still on the dais, as if he were a clay sculpture, mocking:
"Mr. Gao, you probably never thought I would expose these deeds of yours, did you? Isn't this sothing you brought upon yourself?
The day I noticed Mr. Song investigating, I had to consult you. After waiting endlessly, when you secretly t with , you brought people intending to silence , didn't you? But familiar as I am with your dirty dealings, how could I not have a contingency plan?"
He shifted his gaze to Zhao Douan, a hint of a near-mad smile hanging on his lips:
"Mr. Zhao, do you think I could work for such a man without fearing being discarded like garbage?
Thus, over the years, I've also been secretly gathering his incriminating evidence, just like Mr. Song, fearing that soday I might suddenly be killed. So, I prepared several copies of the evidence of Gao Lian's cris and placed them with very reliable relatives.
Thus, when Gao Lian ca looking for that day, I told him, as long as I died or disappeared for a long ti, after a while, my relatives would directly send those evidence to the Imperial Court of Supervision in the Capital...
We are both tied to the sa fate; unless he wants to die together, he must intervene to save .
At that ti, he showed no emotion, only reassuring , telling I was overthinking, arguing he would not harm , but guess whether I believed him or not?"
Zhao Douan glanced at him and looked up at two Shadow Guards; the armored woman nodded:
"Sir, we've obtained the items he ntioned."
Wang Chusheng seed to have realized, he was beyond saving at this point, appearing sowhat agitated.
He sneered, staring at the unexpressive Gao Lian in the hall, his eyes filled with defiance and hatred:
"Mr. Gao, don't look at like that. If you had treated better, I wouldn't have sold you out. But you were heartless, don't bla for being unjust. Anyway, I'm about to die, and you, and those behind you, don't even think about surviving! Let's die together! All of us! Hahaha, all die together!"
Zhao Douan frowned slightly, uninterested in these two n's grievances, and coldly said:
"Wang Chusheng, what about the disappearance of Mr. Song? Do you know where he is?"
Wang Chusheng, after venting, seed to have lost his fear, his attitude now carrying a hint of a monk's enlightennt:
"I don't know. All I know is that he disappeared before Gao Lian approached . Gao Lian even asked where the person vanished to. How should I know?"
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