I want to ruin the country

Chapter 185 The Kong family fell!

After two days of stalemate, Chen Fuen no longer showed any mercy.

"Kong Fanhao, you have heard the emperor's decree. You are no longer the Duke of Yansheng. You are a criminal. If you continue to be stubborn and unrepentant, this imperial envoy will show no mercy!"

Kong Fanhao thought to himself that his family had a huge influence and someone would surely ask the emperor to intercede for him. If he could hold on for two more days, maybe things would turn around. However, he kept silent.

Chen Fu'en had already found out clearly that the Kong family had been involved in many cases of bullying men and women, colluding with government officials, monopolizing lawsuits, and forced purchases and sales over the years, but the common people knew that the family was well-established and dared not file a complaint.

He didn't have the time to waste with him any more.

"Great torture!"

The most severe punishment is to use a pair of tongs.

Kong Fanhao had never suffered the slightest bit of hardship since he was a child. The maid would rub a mosquito bite for a long time, and he would see several doctors for a headache or a cold. How could he endure the torture? He could not bear it as soon as the rope was tightened by one knot.

"Your Excellency, I speak!"

The case became easier to handle once Kong Fanhao started talking. Then dozens of members of the Kong family were arrested.

These cases were tried in public and the public was free to watch.

In the lobby, these Kong family children were beaten so badly that they cried out in pain, wishing they could tell everyone about how they had peeped at older girls taking baths when they were little.

When the people saw that the emperor really stood up for them, they were no longer afraid and went to the imperial envoy's office to complain. Years of resentment erupted like a volcano!

Some members of the Kong family are already in their sixties or seventies, and cases from decades ago have also been dug up.

There was a pile of cases suing the Kong family on Chen Fuen's desk.

Chen Fu'en showed no mercy. He conducted thorough investigations and investigated cases thoroughly, and then executed or sentenced those who deserved punishment. This gave the people of Qufu a chance to vent their anger.

Not only did the Kong family fall, but the Yanzhou prefect Sun Jiashang was also exposed. The Kong family had been safe and sound all these years, and he could not escape the blame.

Not only him, most of the prefects and county magistrates who had served as local officials in Yanzhou before could not escape the blame.

These people are all linked together, those who give gifts and those who accept bribes, you expose me and I expose him, it's like pushing down dominoes, it's out of control.

It was as if a major earthquake had struck the Shandong officialdom.

Shandong Governor Chen Qingkai was not seriously implicated, but he was also reprimanded by the emperor.

As a senior official, clarifying the administration of officials is the fundamental thing. Not being greedy or taking advantage of others does not mean you are a qualified official.

Chen Fuen has been very busy lately, trying cases, buying food, and providing relief.

That night, he worked until midnight and felt hungry, so he ordered,

"Go get some midnight snack!"

The servant Chen Fu agreed to go, and he continued to write quickly at his desk.

After a while, a guard came in carrying a bowl of wontons.

"Master, have a midnight snack!"

Chen Fuen said without even raising his head,

"Where's Chen Fu?"

"He suddenly felt sick to his stomach and went to the toilet?"

"What did you do?"

"ravioli!"

Chen Fuen said,

"Let it cool down here for a while!"

After a while, the guard said,

"Master, please eat it, it's cold!"

Chen Fuen put down his pen and said,

"Get the master a hot towel to wipe his face!"

"Hey, Master, eat first. I'll go get a towel!"

Chen Fuen just noticed that the guard's accent was wrong, so he looked at him and asked,

"Why haven't I seen you?"

The guard said,

"There are so many of us, how can the master recognize them all!"

Then he turned around and went to get a towel?

Chen Fuen thought about it and it made sense. He definitely couldn't recognize all the thousand guards. But then he thought again, that's not right. No matter how many guards there were, there were only a dozen or so close to him!

Asked casually,

"Why do I hear that you don't have a Beijing accent?"

When the man heard this, he was shocked and his voice was a little flustered.

"I grew up in Shandong, and I can't change my accent!"

"I see!"

Chen Fu'en didn't care. The guard brought a towel and Chen Fu'en wiped his face and hands, then sat down and picked up a spoon to eat wontons.

The guards watched nervously from the side.

Chen Fuen first ate a wonton and then drank a sip of soup. He felt that the guard looked strange today and was staring at his wonton bowl. Could he be hungry?

"What happened to you?"

"It's okay, sir, please eat!"

Chen Fuen became alert.

"Who is your boss?"

The man looked even more panicked.

"me……!"

Seeing that his right hand was always hidden behind his back, Chen Fuen put down the spoon and asked sternly,

"Who are you? Tell me!"

The man stopped talking, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed it towards Chen Fuen's chest.

Chen Fuen was shocked and screamed,

"There are assassins!"

Before he could finish his words, the dagger had already pierced his chest and Chen Fuen fell to the ground with a thud.

The guards outside heard Chen Fuen shouting in the room and rushed in immediately?

Seeing the assassin raising his dagger to stab him a second time, a guard became anxious and threw the knife in his hand at him.

These guards were all skilled in martial arts, and their swords hit the back of the assassin's hand. With a "clang" sound, the dagger fell to the ground.

When the assassin saw three or four people rushing in, he quickly jumped to the window, pushed it open and jumped out.

The two guards shouted

"Catch the assassin, catch the assassin!"

While chasing after him.

The other two guards hurried to check on the master.

I saw that the master had his eyes closed and was unconscious.

The guards were terrified. If something happened to the imperial envoy, how would they report it?

The guards quickly called for the accompanying doctor to rescue the master!

After the assassin jumped down from the building, he was stunned to find himself surrounded by more than a dozen guards.

He knew that he could not escape from the encirclement of more than a dozen guards, so he wanted to commit suicide. Unfortunately, his dagger was knocked away, so he could not die.

There's no point in fighting since you're unarmed, so just surrender!

The doctor came in in a panic and quickly checked the adult's injuries. He saw that there was a hole in the collar of Mr. Chen's shirt, but there was no blood flowing out. He checked his breath and found that he was fine!

The doctor called a few times in the adult's ear, and the adult slowly woke up. The doctor asked anxiously,

"How do you feel, sir?"

The master sat up and said,

"I'm fine, just sick!"

As he said that, he spat out "Wow"!

The doctor asked hurriedly,

"My Lord, what have you eaten?"

The adult pointed to the wontons on the table.

"It's probably poisonous!"

The doctor quickly took out a silver needle and tried it. Sure enough, the needle changed color, and there was indeed poison in the wontons.

The doctor was shocked after a careful examination.

"It could be arsenic!"