Chapter 1000 The truth

"Sir, sir..., I've got it all!"

An Cheng quickly shouted, he was a businessman, and now he knew very well what he should do. His words just now had been heard by Qi Tianci and his son. So if they asked, they would be confessed, and then they would lose the initiative. The result was the same. Why not just be a little bit and try to take the initiative?

After thinking through it, An Cheng naturally thought about losing his merits and sins.

"You figured it out?"

Jiang Lang turned around and looked at An Cheng who looked pitiful!

"Yes, sir, I've asked, I've said everything!"

An Cheng hurriedly said, as if he was afraid that Jiang Lang would not give him a chance!

Jiang Lang slowly sat back to his position again, then nodded slightly, signaling the record next to him, and then said: "Okay, tell me, from beginning to end, honestly!"

"Yes, yes, sir, I'll definitely do it!"

An Cheng said quickly!

"Then you say!"

Jiang Lang said lightly!

An Chengze hurriedly said, "Sir, I was actually fooled by their father and son. If they hadn't been deceived, I would certainly not have participated in this matter. Sir, I really didn't take the initiative to participate!"

Although he planned to help, An Cheng hurriedly cleared his relationship.

“Say important!”

Jiang Lang said with some facial expression!

“Yes, yes!”

The member quickly said, paused, and then continued: "When the Chamber of Commerce was just established, the Qi family had already planned to join the Chamber of Commerce, but unfortunately, they could not meet the Chamber of Commerce's requirements, which made the Qi family very annoyed. Later, the Qi family tried to join another Chamber of Commerce and joined for a while, but the high protection fee made them unable to earn more money, so the Qi family also withdrew after two years of persistence!"

This has to be said of the Ming Dynasty's policies towards the Chamber of Commerce. Many people think that the court's policies were very unfair. In fact, there was no unfairness at this time. The largest shareholder of the Chamber of Commerce was not someone else and was in charge of the court. Although those merchants who did not join the Chamber of Commerce also needed to pay taxes during foreign trade, taxes were not profits, and the court needed greater profits. Therefore, the court was very suppressed by those chambers of commerce that did not join the Chamber of Commerce at the time. To a large extent, it was to protect the profits of the Chamber of Commerce, that is, overseas cities.

The occupancy of the field is also quite high. At the same time, when sailing outside, they did not have the escort of the Ming fleet, so they were very likely to receive attacks from pirates. On the other hand, the merchant ships of the Ming Chamber of Commerce were built at the level of warships, and their navigation capabilities were much higher than those civilian merchant ships. In the later stage, in order to reduce the pressure of the navy, many merchant ships were installed with artillery. Because the final silver earned was divided, the chamber of commerce basically did not pay taxes, although this reduced the interests of those participating merchants.

, but the money comes very easily. With this golden signboard of the Ming Dynasty Chamber of Commerce, it makes their goods very easy to sell. Often, the merchant ship is snapped up by overseas merchants as soon as it arrives at the port. Some overseas merchants are willing to give a lot of money to order some goods. Although some goods take several months to get the goods, they don’t have to worry about not being able to get the goods. After all, this is very important for reputation. At the same time, every order must be passed through the chamber of commerce. In one aspect, it is also to ensure the completion of the order and to prevent it.

Private transactions, of course, are inevitable. For these, there is an unwritten rule in the chamber of commerce. The volume of private transactions cannot exceed 5% of the total transaction volume. Although this five percent seems to account for only a small proportion, it is equivalent to an additional reward for those merchants. After all, they cannot be allowed to make money. Some merchants once failed to comply with this regulation and were eventually expelled from the merchants. Of course, no one is worried that the fine will not be received, because the fine will naturally enter the imperial court's pocket.

So, over a few years, the pockets of the merchants quickly bulged. Because the businessmen who did not join the chamber of commerce were narrow, the originally famous figures later fell down, and this was the case with the Qi family!

After a pause, Cheng An couldn't help but lick his lips. After staying for so long, he was a little bit dry!

"Who will give him a cup? That chair comes in!"

Jiang Lang said!

“The soldier immediately brought in a chair and also had a glass of water!

An Cheng looked at the chair and looked at Jiang Lang opposite him. He was a prisoner now, so how could he sit with this adult!

"Sit down!"

Jiang Lang said lightly, pointing at the chair!

An Cheng hesitated for a moment, then stood up staggeringly. After kneeling for a long time, his legs became a little numb. When he got up, he was a little shaking. He sat on a chair, then took the water handed over by the soldier and drank it a few times. Although it was just a glass of cold water, not a West Lake Longjing, he realized that the cold water was so delicious!

After drinking, he handed the cup to the soldier and said, "Thank you!"

"Then you continue talking!"

Jiang Lang continued!

“Yes…yes…yes!”

An Cheng hurriedly said, "As I said before, they applied again two years ago, but they were still rejected. Although Qi Tianci was the official of the court at that time, the Chamber of Commerce did not give them any chance. For this, the father and son of the Qi family gritted their teeth, but could not do anything about it. If they wanted to join the Chamber of Commerce, they would have to wait a few years later. So at the suggestion of Qi Tianci, they had a very bold idea, and this idea was to take another way, which was to find a way to get close to Murong Yan! On the one hand, Murong Yan was indeed beautiful, and her father was Murong Fu, and at the same time, her sworn brother was you. If Qi Tianci could marry Murong Yan, the days of the Qi family's prosperity would be just around the corner. However, Murong Yan was a married woman, so the best way to marry Murong Yan was to let her husband die!"

"etc……!"

Jiang Lang interrupted him, raised a finger and said, "Don't say whether this sister agreed or not. Even if her husband passed away, she was still a widow. If they were united, wouldn't it cause a lot of criticism!"

In this era, chaste and strong women are concerned about. Even if they are widows, they have to stay for the rest of their lives. If a woman is marrying, she will definitely find many people's contempt.

An Cheng nodded and said, "It may indeed happen like this, but they also told me the reason. The most important thing in this plan is three points. First, Ling Mei's husband is about to die, and no one can see the suspicion. Second, Qi Tianci successfully won Ling Mei's heart, and the third point is you, sir!"

"I?"

Jiang Lang was stunned and asked, "I'm still in their plan?"

An Chengze nodded and said, "Yes, although they have never met adults, you have a lot of understanding of adults. To a large extent, adults are not particular about minorities and will not be bound by these worldly worlds. According to Qi Tianci's idea, as long as he and Murong Yan have become good things, they will come to see you with Murong Yan, and I believe you will definitely support them. With your current status in the court, who dares to criticize your sister when you get married?"

"Yes, Qi Tianci is still a little brainy!":

Jiang Langdian, as Qi Tianci said, if his beloved sister Murong Yan remarries, he will never object and will strongly support him. After all, in that era, there were so many people getting married and divorced, which is normal. Moreover, for a woman, no matter how strong a woman is, she sometimes needs people to support her. She also hopes that Murong Yan can find a good husband.

"Let's go ahead!"

Jiang Lang said again.

An Cheng nodded and said, "But it is not easy to kill Ling Mei's husband if you don't attract the attention of others. The best thing is to not arouse suspicion of others, especially from Dongchang, so they came to find me. Qi Dazhi and I were very familiar with him. He also knew that I was a doctor before and had some research on this poison, so he asked me to give them a chronic poison so that people could not see what happened after death. At first I refused. After all, it was a harmful act. I couldn't get rid of this after investigation. Qi Dazhi was helpless and told them about their plan, and at the same time promised that if their Qi family joined the Chamber of Commerce, they would not forget me, and I did not join.

The Chamber of Commerce was also very envious of this Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time, there was an idea in my mind. As long as the medicine was good, there would be no abnormality after this person died. It would be impossible for anyone to know that he died of poison, so he softened his heart and agreed. However, I didn't expect that Qi Tianci was too anxious. He used up the poison that should have been used up in more than 20 days. In this case, he had to increase the amount of poison, and the deceased showed signs of poison. When he... he died, I was very worried that someone would see it, but the matter ended up in the end. I felt relieved at that time, but I didn't expect that a year later, you will go back and forth, so...!"

An Cheng didn't say anything more after this. After Qi Tianci was arrested, the capital immediately showed up that Qi Tianci was very likely to poison the court ministers, which made him really scared. There was only one possibility, that is, someone discovered that Qi Tianci poisoned him. Then the last investigation would have been traced to him, so he pretended to linger in those fireworks for a day, with the purpose of not being noticed, but unexpectedly, he was still targeted!

After saying that, An Cheng looked at Jiang Lang with a gaze and begged: "Sir, I gave this poison, and I also know their plan, but it has nothing to do with my family, so I hope that you can let them go!"

No matter what, An Cheng hopes that his family will not be involved. If he dies, he will be blamed on his own, but his family is unaware of it. They are innocent. After all, this murder is a court official and a serious crime. So An Cheng is also worried about whether he will get his family involved, but he must not kill him!

"Don't worry, this has nothing to do with your family, and the court will not do anything to them!"

Jiang Lang said that the current law of the court is only aimed at those who commit crimes. It turns out that those things that are being executed in the family are naturally changed!

An Cheng was relieved only then, and the soldier who was holding the record next to him had already written all the things he had just written, which was equivalent to An Cheng's confession!

Jiang Lang took it, looked carefully, then handed it to An Cheng, and said, "Look at it yourself, this is your confession, is it written correctly!"

An Cheng took the confession, looked carefully, and then said, "Sir, there is nothing wrong!"

"Okay, just put it in a stamp!"

Jiang Lang said, and the soldiers next to him immediately handed him to An Cheng's pen, and there was also ink paste!

An Cheng wrote his name on it and then stamped his thumbprint!

The soldier took it back and handed it to Jianglang. Jianglang looked carefully, then nodded, stood up, and said, "Then I will stay in this prison honestly for this period. You are very honest, so we won't make things difficult for you. As for your final judgment on you, given your initiative, we will give you a very fair judgment!"

"Thank you!"

An Cheng quickly knelt on the ground and thanked him!

Jiang Lang waved his hand, pondered for a moment, and then said, "By the way, have you heard of a maid named Cui'er?"

"Cui'er?"

An Cheng thought about it and then said, "I have heard of this. They probably convinced me at the beginning. At the same time, they also told me who was going to poison me. The person who poisoned me seemed to be a maid named Cui'er. And Qi Tianci also customized a golden hairpin in my store. I heard that it was to buy the maid named Cui'er!"

Golden hairpin?

Jiang Lang's heart moved and immediately asked someone to get the golden hairpin!

Soon, the golden hairpin was brought over, Jiang Lang handed it over and asked, "Is this one?"

An Cheng took it over and identified it carefully, nodded, and said, "It's indeed this one, I know it, because when Qi Tianci came to my house to get the gold hairpin, I sent someone to get it!"

"So do you still remember the girl named Cui'er?"

Jiang Lang immediately said, Cui'er is dead now, only by proving as much as possible about Cui'er and Qi Tianci's understanding!

An Cheng nodded and said, "I still remember!"

"Okay, find me a painter right now!"

Jiang Lang immediately arrived, and soon, a painter was found!

According to Jiang Lang's request, An Cheng now described An Cheng's appearance while asking the painter to draw Cui'er's appearance according to his description!

Although Cui'er had met, it was a year ago. An Cheng remembers it a little blurred now, so this trouble took a lot of time, but Jiang Lang is not in a hurry at all. Finally, after an hour, the painter finally drew Cui'er in An Cheng's mouth!

Jiang Lang leaned over and looked at it. Cui'er in An Cheng's mind was a very lovely girl in the painter's pen. In addition, this painter is a royal painter, so the painter naturally didn't say anything, so Cui'er in this painting had a lovely look and was vivid!

Jiang Lang nodded slightly, asked someone to arrange An Cheng, and then took the painting back to the factory, and asked someone to find Xiaohong. After all, Xiaohong has lived with Cui'er for a long time. She knows Cui'er very well!

When Jiang Lang let someone unfold the scroll, Xiaohong couldn't help but exclaim, "Cui'er?"

"Is this really Cui'er?"

Jiang Lang asked immediately, this needed to be confirmed again!

Xiaohong nodded vigorously and said, "This is indeed Cui'er. Although some places are different, I recognized that this is indeed Cui'er at first glance!"

After all, An Cheng's memory has been more than a year, and it seems impossible to completely remember Cui'er's appearance, so there are naturally something wrong with this painting, but overall, more than 70% of the painting is Cui'er's appearance, so Xiaohong immediately recognized it when she saw it!

For Jiang Lang, this is definitely good news, which proves a little bit. An Cheng knows Cui'er, and Cui'er and Qi Tianci have a very close relationship. Moreover, when Qi Tianci took Cui'er to An Cheng's home, it was naturally impossible that An Cheng could only meet Cui'er alone, and naturally there were others!

After letting Xiaohong go down, Jiang Lang picked up the painting and went straight to Jiang Chengzhi's house. After finding Jiang Chengzhi, he drank the tea sent by the servant in one breath, and then said: "Now, we can finally condemn Qi Tianshu!"

Jiang Chengzhi said in surprise: "There is evidence!"

"right!"

Jiang Lang nodded, handed over the scroll in his hand, and said, "I sent someone to arrest An Cheng and interrogate him immediately. Now An Cheng has taken everything and admitted that it was the poison he gave him, and this was exactly what Qi Tianci asked him for. And Qi Tianci once brought Cui'er to his home, so I asked the painter to draw a painting based on An Cheng's memory and let Xiaohong look at it. She also proved that the people in this painting are seventy-minute acquaintances with Cui'er!"

Jiang Chengzhi unfolded the scroll, looked carefully, and said, "It's indeed a very beautiful girl, but it's a pity that he trusted Qi Tianci's paintings and also hurt himself!"

Jiang Lang nodded and said, "Yes, but it doesn't matter. Just based on these, you should be able to convict Qi Tianci. However, the emperor must be fair, so he plans to ask the Three Divisions to judge, so I have to prepare more and try to send Qi Tianci to this guillotine once. Let me see how they run away for me, hum!"

After saying that, Jiang Lang drank the cup of tea in one sip!
Chapter completed!