Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 138, Forgery and Framing

After receiving authorization, Wei Xing quickly took action.

The mansions of the three families Ding, Han and Luo.

Teams of well-equipped Huaiyin troops quickly surrounded the place.

Wei Xing said sternly:
"In order to cooperate with the investigation, no one is allowed to leave within three days. Anyone who violates this order will be treated as an accomplice!"

Ding Wanke and Luo Yi were placed under house arrest in the mansion, but Han Wenlong saved some effort because he had already been detained.

Afterwards, Wei Xing went to Ding's house and asked Ding Wanke for a bribe.

Ding Wanke had no choice but to give a bribe of five thousand taels of silver to Wei Xing.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Xing went to find Han Wenlong again.

The Han family took out 10,000 taels of silver.

Finally, Wei Xing went to find Luo Yi.

Luo Yi was a man of integrity and remained unmoved by Wei Xing's request for bribes.

"Luo is an upright person and will never bribe you!"

Wei Xing could only return in defeat.

After Wei Xing left, the housekeeper looked at Luo Yi worriedly.

"Master, you have offended him. If he accuses you of this crime..."

Luo Yi drank his tea calmly.

"Do you think we are still in the Daxi court? If I bribed you, I would have fallen into a trap!"

Wei Xing had a gloomy look on his face when he left Luo Mansion.

"Sly little man!"

The subordinate asked: "What should we do next?"

Wei Xing said: "Is there any need to say this? Just forge evidence to frame him!"

The subordinates felt a little uneasy when they heard this.

"After all, there is no evidence yet, so we can't be sure it's really him. If the general knew about it..."

Wei Xing said:
"In this matter, Ding Wanke neglected his duty, Han Wenlong rebelled, and the ultimate beneficiary was only Luo Yi, so he must be the real murderer! If you can't trick him out within three days, I will personally bring my head to see the general!"

The subordinate then said, "Yes."

Wei Xing added: "Also, seal off Huichun Pavilion. I don't believe that the madam doesn't know anything. Arrest all of them and interrogate them severely!"

The subordinate was startled and quickly whispered to Wei Xing:

"Sir, no, I heard that Huichun Pavilion has shares in the Xue's Chamber of Commerce, and General Xiaolin often patronizes it. Even Lord Zhai dare not move lightly. You must not offend them!"

Wei Xing stopped and kicked his men away.

"Bullshit, what the hell is the Xue family? They are just a lowly merchant family. I am a general under the general. How can I be afraid of them? Arrest them all and torture them severely!"

Soon, the army took action.

Huichun Pavilion was broken into directly.

The madam inside was dragged out by the soldiers by her hair without any respect. The rest of the people, whether girls or eunuchs, were all taken to the prison and tortured.

The madam was personally tortured and interrogated by Wei Xing.

The madam was extremely stubborn.

He didn't say a word even when tortured.

She firmly believed that she had so many high-ranking officials backing her up, and the other party would not dare to really kill her. But once she said it, it would be the end.

Wei Xing sneered.

The less the madam said, the more it proved that she knew something.

At this time, his subordinates came to report.

"Sir, there was a woman named Hua Yue who couldn't bear the torture and was beaten to death!"

The madam looked horrified.

Hua Yue is the top star of Huichun Pavilion.

Moreover, she was Mr. Xiaolin's exclusive love, and she was beaten to death so easily. Don't they care about anything?

Impossible, impossible, I must be scaring myself!
Wei Xing waved his hand indifferently and said, "She's just a prostitute, what's there to say? Just bury her. Oh, and before you bury her, drag her over to let her see."

Soon, his men arrived, dragging Hua Yue's body, which was covered in dark red sticky blood, and had a pale and lifeless face...

The madam was shocked. "It's true!"

Wei Xing said: "Come here, use the water torture!"

Water torture involves hanging boiling water over the prisoner's head, and then making a small hole to allow the boiling water to slowly flow out.

The most torturous thing about this kind of punishment is that it keeps people awake, sensing little by little the spoilers above their heads and the approach of death.

"I said it, I said it..."

The madam's psychological defenses were finally broken.

In fact, she didn't know much.

A long time ago, someone came to her and gave her a large sum of money to ask her to help threaten Xia He.

This was just one incident, and she didn't know what happened afterwards. In this line of work, you often have to turn a blind eye.

However, what is certain is that the man used some method to control Xia He, and then controlled Ding Wanke's concubine.

And then what happened next happened.

Wei Xing was too lazy to investigate the real cause of Xia He's death, so he asked directly:

"Do you know who that person is?"

The madam shook her head and said, "The other party was covering his face, so I don't know."

Wei Xing thought for a moment and then asked, "Guess?"

This time the madam thought for a long time before she said uncertainly:

"Maybe it's the housekeeper of Lord Luo's house, but I don't have any evidence. I just guessed based on my past experience. I think it looks like him, but I'm not sure..."

Wei Xing said directly: "That's him, sign and seal!"

That night, Wei Xing broke into Luo's house with a signed document and forcibly took away Luo's housekeeper.

Luo Yi's face was gloomy.

Fortunately, apart from the housekeeper, no one knew that he was the one who did it.

Luo Yi seemed to have extraordinary trust in the butler.

He believed that the butler would not betray him.

After all, it's your own...

The fact was just as Luo Yi expected, the housekeeper was much tougher than the madam.

Wei Xing used the "promotion certificate" on him, and the housekeeper managed to hold on to nine official certificates.

Wei Xing was afraid of getting hurt, so he had to give up.

On the second day, Wei Xing brought people to visit the Luo family again.

In front of Luo Yi, Wei Xing took out three pieces of evidence to deceive Luo Yi.

One is the confession of the canal worker.

One is the confession of the madam of Huichun Pavilion.

One is the housekeeper's confession.

All three testimonies indicate that Luo Yi was the mastermind behind the incident.

Luo Yi looked at these two pieces of evidence and burst out laughing.

"How ridiculous! These are all frame-ups. Lord Wei failed to extort bribes, so he framed Luo. This is really ridiculous, especially the testimony of the canal worker. Yesterday, Lord Wei even…"

Luo Yi's voice paused for a moment, and realizing that he had said something wrong, he quickly stopped talking.

Wei Xing laughed.

"Lord Luo, do you want to say that Wei didn't even go to the dock yesterday and produced this testimony out of thin air?"

"Wei ordered people to surround the Luo Mansion yesterday and not allow anyone to enter or leave. Those who violate the rules will be treated as accomplices. Lord Luo knew what was happening outside while staying at home. He is really as good as a god!"

Luo Yi looked unhappy and denied it forcefully: "When did Luo say this? Lord Wei, please don't make up stories out of nothing?"

Wei Xing didn't care about all this. He just waved his hand and ordered people to capture Luo Yi!

Luo Yi was excited and shouted:

"I don't know who dares to do that. You have no evidence, but you arrested me privately. You failed to get a bribe, so you are seeking revenge. I want to see the general!"

Wei Xing said: "Three testimonies, irrefutable evidence, how can it not be considered as substantiated evidence?"

He then ordered his men to arrest Luo Yi.

(End of this chapter)