Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 366

The confidential documents that Shen's family set a trap for Wei Yunluo to take were soaked in a drug that gave them a special smell that humans couldn't detect, but the flower rats trained by the Eastern Depot could smell them and track them precisely.

Previously, even the people from the Eastern Depot had difficulty tracking Marquis Changguo around the clock, let alone keeping track of his actions, so they could never find any evidence.

But now we can catch someone red-handed on the spot.

Mo Zhonggui stepped forward, and Ye Huaichi presented him with the booklet.

"My lord, this is what Marquis Changguo just gave to this man from Xiqi. It contains a map of the northwest border defense and some confidential letters from Marshal Shen."

Mo Chonggui flipped through the pages and looked at Marquis Changguo.

"My lord, you're doing quite a big business selling out the country, aren't you?"

Marquis Changguo's face turned deathly pale, his body turned ice-cold, and for a moment his mind went blank, unable to think of any reasonable explanation to defend himself.

"I...I didn't know he was from Xiqi. I was just doing ordinary business with him. I didn't know that the booklet contained these things..."

He himself found these words absurd and powerless.

But he was caught red-handed while trading with the envoys of Western Qi. The evidence was irrefutable, so what could he say?

Mo Zhonggui closed the booklet.

"Treason is a top crime. The Eastern Depot is only responsible for arresting people. If you have something to say, my lord, go to the Ministry of Justice and the Emperor."

After saying this, he ordered the servants of the Eastern Depot to take everyone present away and send them to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation.

The others in the teahouse were quickly identified and found to have no connection to treason or collusion with the enemy; they had simply happened to be there that day. They were all released shortly afterward.

Only the Marquis of Changguo and the envoy from Western Qi were kept in the Ministry of Justice, where they were thoroughly investigated.

The Ministry of Justice used every means at its disposal to torture the envoy from Western Qi, but since that person was able to take on this important task, he was clearly a man of great integrity.

After days of interrogation, almost killing me, I still couldn't get any results.

Later, the Eastern Depot intervened and took the man away. In just one day, they managed to get the Western Qi envoy to talk.

He admitted that he did represent the Western Qi and had dealings with the Marquis of Changguo, exchanging a huge sum of money for military and political secrets of the Northern Yi.

However, the Eastern Depot's methods were too ruthless. The Western Qi envoy was already on his last legs at the Ministry of Justice, and unable to withstand the Eastern Depot's torture, he died within a few days. Even Shen Lingjun's personal intervention could not save him.

As for the Marquis of Changguo, it's a bit simpler.

The Marquis of Changguo's crime of treason and collusion with the enemy is beyond doubt.

Marquis Changguo also confessed that the Battle of Feichi Valley three years ago was also a deal between the Chu family and the Western Qi. The Chu family provided weapons and military supplies to the defeated Western Qi, which killed 30,000 Shen family soldiers in return. The condition was that the Western Qi would help the Chu family obtain more military power.

When the case was reported to the emperor, he was furious like never before.

"That old bastard Marquis Changguo has gone mad! He'd even sell out the country! The Chu family has already reached the pinnacle of power and is the number one family in Bei Yi, yet they're still not satisfied!"

Mo Chonggui, who came to report to the emperor, said from the lower seat: "Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. The Chu family has prospered for one or two generations, so they want to prosper for thousands of years, and even want to go higher and higher. They are greedy and insatiable. Moreover, the Chu family has recently declined, so they have started to use any means necessary."