Chapter 36: Dark Trial
"What will you say? The villain doesn't understand." In the court, Ma An looked at Ye Zhao calmly.
"It is your owner, Ma Yuanyi. As far as I know, Ma Yuanyi is not a gentry, a powerful man, nor a wealthy businessman, but his family has a lot of wealth. He even made friends with many big figures in the court." Ye Zhao looked at Ma An and said, "But I am very curious that his business is neither inherited from the ancestors nor business. So how could he have so many industries?"
"I don't know this little one." Ma An shook his head and said decisively.
"Hey, little brat, don't think that if you don't say it, I can't pry your mouth open. The torture instruments of this county government are prepared for you and others!" Gao Sheng looked at Ma An with a chuckle, with a malicious light flashing in his eyes.
"I don't like to use torture." Ye Zhao looked at Ma An with fear, shook his head and smiled, "I know you have a deep affection with Ma Yuanyi, but I don't think you are loyal. You are now guilty of death. If I can let you escape death, I wonder if you are willing to cooperate?"
"Can you please let me live?" Ma An looked up, and a hint of desire flashed in his eyes. He knew he would die, so he was devoted to Ma Yuanyi. Now that Ye Zhao gave him a glimmer of hope, his loyal loyalty naturally began to shake. Then he reacted again, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My crime has been settled, why should I use me to make happiness?"
"You should know that I never lie. Zhang's life can be paid back by Zhang. You two conspired to kill someone, but if Zhang is the mastermind and you are just tempted by Zhang, you are an accomplice, and you can be punished with slight despair. Of course, death penalty can be avoided, and the crime of living cannot be escaped. At least you must be sentenced to exile. You have read some books. You should know that what I said is true." Ye Zhao seemed to have picked up the bamboo paper again and read it with a savor, saying, "Of course, if Ma An, you are more in love with Zhang than Jin and are willing to die together, I am not willing to break up the marriage. I wish you two can be a real couple in the next life."
Ma An's expression changed, but Ye Zhao ignored him and read his bamboo paper with peace of mind, as if he had forgotten Ma An.
After a moment of entanglement, Ma An gritted his teeth and looked at Ye Zhao and said, "How can I believe what the envoy said?"
"You can only believe it because this is your only chance to survive. Of course, the premise is that the information you provide will be useful to me." Ye Zhao looked at Ma An and said with a smile.
Ma An's heart was obviously shaken. After a moment of entanglement, he slowly said: "Ma An is just a little housekeeper. Although my son trusts me, he never lets villains participate in his affairs."
"This is of no use to me!" Ye Zhao looked at Ma Ande.
"Although the villain doesn't know what my son's business is, three years ago, some outsiders often came to the village to visit my son. When these people came, they were led to the inner room and secretly talked about it. There were guards around them, and even I couldn't get close. There was a servant who was more favored than me, and they disappeared in a few days." Ma An racked his brains and recalled some useful things.
"How can people disappear for no reason? Did the government ignore it?" Ye Zhao frowned.
"My son and his former county magistrate are very close friends, and they just disappeared and they are servants. Who would care?" Ma An said with a wry smile.
"Do you know who those people are?" Ye Zhao asked.
"It shouldn't be a good person, they are all full of bandits, just like..." Ma An glanced at Guan Hai and Dian Wei standing beside Ye Zhao, and was shocked by the eyes of the two. He quickly lowered his head: "Like the green forest bandit, the wealth in the village is sent by these people, but except for a small part, most of them were sent by my son. As for where they were sent, the villain didn't know."
"You said that these people didn't come back three years ago?" Ye Zhao frowned.
"I didn't know what happened three years ago. My young master left me and a few servants to guard the manor, so he left. He rarely came back after that. Even if he came back, he would just stay overnight and leave the next day. I didn't know what my young master did, but it should be quite a bit of a small matter." Ma An recalled.
"Then do you have any contact information for your son?" Ye Zhao asked, "What happened in Ruozhuang, how should I contact him?"
"No, my son doesn't seem to care about this industry." Ma An shook his head, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.
"If you encounter any urgent matter, you can't contact us?" Ye Zhao frowned.
After Ye Zhao said this, Ma An said with a look of expression: "I remember that my young master once told me before leaving that I didn't have to look for him on weekdays. If something really happened, I could go to the Li family cloth shop in the city to leave a message!"
"Li's Clothing House?" Ye Zhao nodded and looked at Ma Anderson and said, "Is there anything else?"
"No more." Ma An looked at Ye Zhao carefully and said, "Empress, are these enough?"
"Enough." Ye Zhao sighed. It was good to be able to dig these. After all, Ma An was just a small person. It was impossible to dig too much from him. He said immediately: "You go back to prison first. After the official verifies that what you said is true, I will make arrangements for you to save your life."
"Thank you, thank you!" Ma An hurriedly kowtowed and thanked you.
Ye Zhao waved his hand and took Ma An away and sent him back to prison.
"Guan Hai, you don't have to participate in the next thing." Ye Zhao was silent for a moment and looked up at Guan Hai.
"Lord, I..." Guan Hai looked at Ye Zhao with a complicated expression.
"No need to say too much. I promised you that I will not make things difficult for you in these matters. I will fulfill my words!" Ye Zhao waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, lord." Guan Hai bowed deeply to Ye Zhao and turned around and left.
Dian Wei, who was beside him, looked at Guan Hai blankly, not understanding his intentions.
"Lord, isn't this Ma Yuanyi simple?" Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao in confusion.
"It's not just that." Ye Zhao nodded and looked at Zhang Yue beside him and said, "Secretly investigate the Li family cloth shop, remember, secretly investigate, don't let them see Xingzang."
Chapter completed!