SFS Chapter 160 Forced Confession
Chapter 160 Forced Confession
The snow was still falling, but the conspiracy under the lights did not stop.
Instead, driving has become more intense.
Shen Jing was looking at the candle in the corner silently, and her pretty face looked very calm.
He was wondering who was going to attack him.
"Thinking back to that time, when the results came out, there were many wealthy families looking for sons-in-law from the list. It seems I should have been more cautious at the time."
Shen Jing was lost in thought, knowing that he was in big trouble this time.
He went to the capital alone to take the imperial examination, and all he brought with him were money and a few servants and guards.
As for relatives and friends, now that I am in prison, it is wishful thinking whether they can find a way to save me.
Only at this moment did he feel how humble and insignificant he was. A mere frame-up was enough to make him fall into the abyss.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard footsteps in the distance.
"Aiya, our top scholar, it's been a long time since we last met."
The man who came was the head of the Ministry of Justice. He stroked his mustache and said, "We have already checked this matter. What the woman said is true. Do you have anything else to say?"
"Really? What did she say."
"Hey, are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid? It's you who killed innocent people and beat a whole family to death, isn't it?"
Shen Jing turned around and said, "When the Ministry of Justice investigates a case, shouldn't it produce evidence and find out the truth?"
"Evidence? The evidence has been found. Your cousin has personally testified against you, and there is a victim here. What do you want to say?"
Hearing this, Shen Jing wanted to sneer for a moment.
Every scholar who entered the court to serve as an official did so with the idea of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country.
But now that he has fallen into this situation, he just feels that his naivety is ridiculous.
"Okay, call that woman over here. I have something to ask her."
The head of the Ministry of Justice smiled and said, "You can call him. Come here!"
Soon, Chen Wei arrived.
She didn't change her clothes and still looked disheveled and haggard.
Shen Jing looked at her for a long while and said, "When I rescued you, I never thought that I would be bitten back."
The man didn't say anything, but just lowered his head and didn't look at him. "
"Chen Wei, if you have any conscience, you should know what you are doing now. If you want to accuse me, you need evidence."
Shen Jing’s problem now is that he wants to prove himself, but he has no way.
Because he was locked up, the servants were at a loss and couldn't do anything.
Now that the Ministry of Justice is investigating this matter, it seems that they are determined to pin this accusation on him.
It is too late to find someone now or wait for the servant to send a message home.
He was deeply trapped in a state of powerlessness, and his expression was grim.
"Sir, you don't need to say anything. How dare you say that? It's just the truth."
The head of the Ministry of Justice at the side laughed: "Yes, so... what else do you want to say, No. 1 Scholar?"
"I don't recognize it."
"Don't admit it? What qualifications do you have to deny it?"
The man looked stern and waved his hand: "Someone come!"
"What are you doing?"
The bailiff opened the cell door, dragged him out, and pressed him directly onto the table beside him.
"Come, put your fingerprints on the case file, and you will be spared some punishment. Otherwise... you know what will happen."
Shen Jing was pinned to the ground by a dozen hands and feet, and her face looked extremely ugly: "How dare you torture me privately? Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will punish you?"
"My God, the number one scholar is still so naive. You must have forgotten that now is the time for officials from all over the country to report to the capital. His Majesty is very busy. It's too early for him to remember you."
By then, when the dust has settled, will you still care about him?
Shen Jing clenched her teeth, her heart filled with resentment.
"I won't admit to something I didn't do, and I can't press my fingerprints. Let me go."
Seeing him struggling violently, a yamen runner whipped him down with a whip.
"Hmph, looking for death!"
The head of the Ministry of Justice ordered someone to beat him severely. Seeing that he was dying, he said, "Think it over carefully. If you don't sign, you will die."
After saying that, he ordered someone to throw Shen Jing into the cell and turned away.
Shen Jing was in so much pain all over her body that she looked numb.
He was a nobleman and had never encountered anything like this in his life. He was in a state of disgrace at the moment.
"Are you going to admit it just like that? I don't even know who the other person is!"
Shen Jing clenched his fists, and blood dripped from his palms to the corner of the wall.
"No, there must be another way."
But he thought a lot and couldn't find any way to save himself.
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At the same time, a man appeared in the cell.
"Who?"
Shen Jing has turned his head away, looking somewhat alert.
As for going to jail, that is the lightest punishment. If this matter is not resolved properly, he will die.
What he should be afraid of now is that the person behind the scenes will kill him and directly prove his guilt.
"Shen Jingyi, do you want... revenge?"
The man lying on the ground described himself as embarrassed and asked, "Who are you and what do you want to do?"
"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you are going to die."
Shen Jing thought about it and realized that it was true.
He knew that now that it was approaching New Year's Day, the court would be very busy.
By then, His Majesty will definitely not have time to take care of him. After a long time, no one will care even if he dies.
"You, what do you want to do?"
The man curled his lips and smiled: "I will help you get rid of the crime, and you...will be loyal to me from now on."
"who are you?"
The man said, "You don't need to know now. You will know when you come out."
After saying that, he threw in a small bottle.
"Take the medicine for your wounds. Someone will come to interrogate you tomorrow."
Shen Jing was already holding the small bottle, and the next moment his figure disappeared from her sight.
“You…are you?”
He was frightened and scared at the moment, but there was nothing he could do.
The Ministry of Justice wanted to use lynching, and he had no power to resist.
Although he knows martial arts, if he resorts to violence he won't be in the right at all.
In addition, the people who surrounded him at that time only wanted to make friends with him because they saw that he had a bright future. Now that he was in trouble, naturally no one would come to save him.
This time, Shen Jing felt a strong sense of humiliation and hatred.
I have also made up my mind to take revenge!
"I, no matter who you are, I can do it, save me!"
His desire to survive was so strong that it gave rise to a kind of resentment.
Shen Jing, a modest gentleman, never thought that one day he would become such a person.
In order to survive, they will do anything, even bow down.
But it is not shameful, because if people want something, they always have to pay something.
If that was the price, he could accept it.
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"Take good care of him and don't let him die."
The yamen runner beside him nodded: "Yes, don't worry."
"Well, someone will come to deal with this matter tomorrow, so watch out."
"Yes."