Chapter 1820: Prisoner Psychology, Efficient Interrogation
Seeing Li Chengfeng come forward, the officials who were imprisoned were even more disheartened.
Just now they dared to make a noise based on their identity, because they haven't reached the level of knowing the shadow yet.
They thought some gangster had kidnapped the wrong person and wanted to use his official status to scare him.
Unexpectedly, Li Chengfeng actually appeared and revealed Peng Chang's identity in one word.
Now it's out of their hands.
Although he was innocent, he did not take the initiative to betray the information.
But they all have a good relationship with Peng Chang, who knows if they said something they shouldn't have said.
If this was found out, it would be the crime of annihilating the nine clans. Now there might be a chance of survival by reporting others.
The officials who had been complaining just now about asking people to let them out all changed the subject one after another.
"As officials of the Tang Dynasty, we should cooperate with His Highness the Crown Prince's investigation."
"Yes! We will definitely try our best to report the details."
"Don't panic, everyone, His Royal Highness will never blame us wrongly!"
Li Chengfeng sat on the chair prepared for him by the shadow in the death row, looking at these people indifferently.
Now these people are being held in solitary confinement, and their details cannot be contacted outside, so they will definitely be exposed.
Now the whole of Chang'an is only allowed in and out, and people outside can't escape even if they want to.
Moreover, the Peng family's mother and daughter have also started audit work, and sooner or later they can dig out all these people.
It's just that this matter really shouldn't be delayed for too long, so he used this prisoner's dilemma to investigate.
First of all, those officials and businessmen don't know when the other party or other people will betray themselves.
And if you want to spread the information to your accomplices outside, you must get out as soon as possible.
These two clever psychology will make them unable to choose.
Soon Li Chengfeng's method worked, and Shadow brought an extremely embarrassed young man to Li Chengfeng.
"Your Highness, he claims to know the clues."
The pale young man came to Li Chengfeng and knelt down on the ground.
"Your Highness, I am willing to confess."
"I once saw Yao Tao, the official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, helping the Peng family contact businessmen. I thought there must be something wrong with him."
"Normally he has very little contact with Peng Chang, so why is he so enthusiastic all of a sudden?"
After hearing this, Li Chengfeng raised his eyebrows lightly. It seemed that not all of these birthday congratulators were fools.
There are still some people who can clearly distinguish which is more important, life or reputation.
"Okay! Next I will take you to confront those businessmen."
"If the information you told me is valuable, then I can write to the Emperor Father to pardon you!"
Li Chengfeng smiled and led the young man out of the death row.
Seeing this scene, the other people who were locked up shouted to the shadow guards at the prison door, hoping to win their lives.
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The shadow took the man to another prison.
Here is the owner of the business who has been delivering goods to the Peng family these past few days.
"Tell me, who is the boss you mentioned who was in contact with Yao Tao?"
Li Chengfeng led the young man past the prison one after another.
The crisp sound of footsteps fell on the young man's ears, like a death knell leading to hell.
He knew very well that if he couldn't identify the person he was talking about, he might not be able to leave here so easily.
Scanning the figures one after another in the prison, his brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about the scene a few days ago.
Soon a familiar figure fell into his eyes, and the young man stopped with a very happy expression on his face.
"Your Highness, that's him!"
"I saw this man with my own eyes that day at Yao Tao's house, discussing the matter of shipping goods!"
Li Chengfeng nodded slightly and asked the shadow guards to take the businessman out and interrogate him strictly.
The young man was also let go, but there will still be shadow guards monitoring their home at all times.
After doing this, Li Chengfeng found the shadow again.
"Next, you will interrogate me according to the method I just used."
"As soon as those officials or businessmen confess, their relationship will be immediately investigated."
"After the evidence was confirmed, the relevant persons were immediately arrested."
"In addition, don't let go of those you let go, and have the shadow guards keep an eye on them at all times!"
After hearing this, Shadow nodded heavily: "I understand!"
Li Chengfeng's interrogation methods are very good and very efficient.
Next, their interrogation speed should be greatly improved.
Just as he was about to continue his explanation, a shadow guard hurried over.
"His Royal Highness, Lord Shadow, Your Majesty is here with the two ministers Du and Wei!"
Li Chengfeng could only temporarily stop giving instructions to Shadow.
"Then I'll leave the affairs here to you. I'll go meet my father and two ministers first!"
He then followed the two of them out of the dungeon and came to the main hall of this stronghold.
"Feng'er, are you here? How are you? Have you found any clues?" Li Shimin immediately came forward eagerly.
There's nothing I can do about it, he's also under a lot of pressure.
Although those officials were not considered high-ranking officials in Chang'an City, there were too many of them.
If these people are detained for too long, it may cause panic in both the government and the public, which will be detrimental to the government.
"Father, why are you so anxious?"
"The investigation has just begun now, and it will take some time to dig out all those people."
Li Chengfeng was not in a hurry at all, he picked up the hot tea in the hall and took a sip.
At this time, Du Ruhui stepped forward and bowed deeply to Li Chengfeng.
"His Royal Highness, we urgently need a progress in the investigation to stabilize officials from both the government and the opposition."
"Otherwise, if such a large number of officials were arrested so rashly, I am afraid that both the government and the public would be in panic!"
Only then did Li Chengfeng put down the teacup in his hand.
"Master Du, would you rather see them panic, or let some people with ulterior motives stay here?"
"Now a detailed work by Peng Chang has appeared."
"If all the suspicious people are not investigated, I would rather they remain in fear every day!"
As soon as he said this, Du Ruhui immediately fell silent.
As Li Chengfeng said, the panic of the courtiers is not important at all. The most important thing is to be able to find out the current matter.
"But Your Highness, if the imperial city remains closed, I'm afraid the lives of the people in the city will be affected."
Wei Zheng also raised his concerns.
As an admonishing doctor, he naturally hopes that the whole matter will be brought to light.
However, the planting area in Chang'an City is limited, and most of the daily needs depend on the farmland and vegetable fields on the outskirts of the city.
Moreover, people in the suburbs also need to come to the city to sell and exchange for other things.
If the city gate is closed for too long, it will deeply affect the lives of the people.
Li Chengfeng then set a time for several people.
"You can rest assured that if you follow my method, you will be able to find out the whole thing soon."
"I am confident that I will be able to identify all the suspects in three days!"
"However, I need you two to cooperate with me a little bit!"
Chapter completed!