Chapter 174 Interrogating the Assassin
Lu Hanyang frowned slightly as he looked at the man's scarred and miserable appearance.
"Put him down. I want to interrogate him personally."
"Yes, my lord."
Jue Ge was roughly taken down from the cross and placed on the ground.
The jailer specially asked someone to bring a chair, and Lu Hanyang sat down without any hesitation.
He raised his eyes slightly and looked at the person on the ground: "What's your name?"
The jailer who was carrying out the punishment smiled flatteringly and said, "Sir, his name is Jue Ge, and he is the most beautiful girl in Juesefang."
Another jailer glared at her and asked, "Did the master ask you a question?"
The jailer was frightened by her sharp gaze and shrank back, falling silent.
Lu Hanyang looked calm, staring at Jue Ge, and spoke slowly.
"I'm asking you, why did you want to assassinate the princess?"
Perhaps it was because the attitude of the person in front of him was not as bad and ferocious as the others, Jue Ge opened his eyes, slowly raised his head, and sat up from the ground with difficulty.
"Who are you?"
The jailer beside him kicked him and said in a stern tone: "It's the adults who are asking you questions!"
Lu Hanyang glanced at the jailer coldly.
The jailer felt a chill on his back and shuddered when he saw Lu Hanyang's displeased look.
"My Lord~"
Lu Hanyang ignored him and turned his gaze back to Jue Ge, then explained his identity.
"I am Lu Hanyang, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple, and I have been ordered to investigate the assassination of the Crown Princess."
Jue Ge was slightly startled when he heard the name of the person coming, Lu Hanyang?
The corners of his bloodstained mouth curled slightly: "I know you, Dali Temple Shaoqing Lu Hanyang, the empress's confidant minister. I heard that there is no case that cannot be solved by you."
Upon hearing this, Lu Hanyang did not modestly deny it.
"Since you know this, you should know that the truth will be revealed sooner or later. It is better to confess now and get a lighter sentence."
"A lenient sentence?"
Jue Ge sneered and looked at Lu Hanyang sideways: "Since I did this, I didn't plan to survive."
"If you want to kill or behead me, I'll leave it to you."
When the jailer saw his attitude, he became angry and said, "Sir, look at him!" Lu Hanyang, however, was not hurried. He looked at Jue Ge's face and spoke slowly.
"I heard that you have only been in Juesefang for three months?"
Seeing that Jue Ge's expression remained unchanged, he continued, "You refused my investigation. You are from Jiangzhou. Because your family suffered a flood, you came to Beijing to seek refuge with your relatives. Unexpectedly, your relatives sold you to a brothel to pay off their gambling debts. Am I right?"
This was the result of Lu Hanyang's subordinates investigating Juesefang. The relative's family did owe the gambling house one hundred taels of silver, and the husband and daughter had run away.
It just so happened that Jue Ge came to seek refuge at this time. Seeing that he was very pretty, he had evil intentions and sold him to pay off his debts.
Jue Ge knew that these would be discovered sooner or later, so he was not surprised when Lu Hanyang said it now.
However, Lu Hanyang's next words made him suddenly stiffen.
"You have a brother."
Jue Ge raised his head suddenly and looked at Lu Hanyang in shock: "How did you know?"
Lu Hanyang pursed his lips slightly, his expression indifferent: “Of course I found out.”
"how is this possible?"
Jue Ge was a little bit unbelievable.
After all, even if we could find out his background, it would be impossible to find out that he had a brother overnight.
The round trip to Jiangzhou to retrieve the evidence would take at least two months.
Besides, he had not mentioned that he had a brother since he came to the capital, so how did he find out?
Lu Hanyang's voice was very calm, without any ripples: "You forgot someone."
Jue Ge's eyes turned cold: "Who?"
"The madam of Juesefang."
Brothel owner?
What does this have to do with him?
Jue Ge looked puzzled.
Lu Hanyang waved his hand and asked the jailers to leave. Only he and Jue Ge were left in the cell.
"Five years ago, Juesefang accepted a young man and named him Shaoyao."
"Mr. Shaoyao is both talented and handsome, and is famous in the capital. Countless women are attracted to him and spend thousands of dollars just to spend a night with him."
(End of this chapter)
