My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 253 Clues Provided by Artisans

In the interrogation room of the Imperial Prison, two craftsmen, one old and one young, sat there tremblingly, looking at the surrounding instruments of torture with trepidation.

To put it bluntly, in a place like Imperial Prison, even if these two craftsmen commit crimes, they are not qualified to enter. But now the situation is special, many craftsmen have been brought here for interrogation, mainly to let them provide some clues.

Zhu Zhanhe stepped into the interrogation room, and the two craftsmen immediately stood up, their faces full of embarrassment.

Zhu Zhanhe walked forward with a smile and said, "Don't be nervous, old man, we just want to know something, you just need to tell us everything you know."

"What the nobleman said is, the little old man must answer truthfully!"

Seeing Zhu Zhanhe's kind expression, the old craftsman seemed to relax a little.

"Old man, you said that you once discovered that the tiles that had been laid had been moved. What happened?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked the old craftsman seriously.

"My little apprentice discovered this, let him tell the nobleman!"

The old craftsman pulled the young craftsman beside him and said.

Zhu Zhanhe thought the young man was the son of an old craftsman, but he didn't expect to be his apprentice, but it's not the same. In this day and age, an apprentice can almost be regarded as a son.

"How did you find out, little brother?"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled and asked the young craftsman, this young man was dark and thin, he looked two years younger than Zhu Zhanhe, probably not yet an adult, he had been hiding behind the old craftsman, looking very nervous.

"I……"

The little craftsman wanted to speak, but he couldn't speak because he was too nervous, his face turned red and black.

"Little brother, don't be nervous. Come and bring some snacks and tea. My little brother and I will chat while eating!"

Zhu Zhanhe laughed, and then gave instructions.

Jin Yiwei agreed, and soon brought tea and snacks, Zhu Zhanhe personally picked up the snacks and handed them to the little craftsman, and took a bite himself, the taste was okay, but it was too sweet.

The little craftsman saw that Zhu Zhanhe was about the same age as himself, and also gave him snacks. He finally relaxed, and finished the snacks in his hand, but he choked again, and hurriedly drank a few mouthfuls of tea before swallowing it down. .

"Just... just one night ago, we were sleeping on the construction site. I drank too much water at night. When I got up at night, I heard movement on the top of the hall. It seemed that someone was there, but I was too timid to go up. , I didn’t dare to go to the toilet, so I ran back to the bed.”

The little craftsman paused at this point, and then said again.

"The next day we went to the roof and continued to lay tiles. I found that the tiles we had laid on the eaves had been moved. The tiles were laid by me and the master, and the difference can be seen at a glance."

"That's right, I can testify that we laid that tile with our own hands, and it must have been moved by someone else. At that time, I told Director Cui of the Ministry of Industry about it, but he just told us to go back and wait, and nothing happened afterwards." We didn't dare to ask more when we saw someone check it out, I almost forgot about it until..."

The old craftsman finally looked at Jin Yiwei behind Zhu Zhanhe.

If Jin Yiwei hadn't arrested them, he might have rotted this matter into his stomach.

"What's the name of Chief Cui, and what is he mainly responsible for?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"I don't know about this little old man. I only know that he is the master, responsible for supervising the work of us craftsmen."

The old craftsman smiled embarrassedly and said that they were of low status, and they were really not qualified to know the name of the Shangguan.

"My lord, I've already checked. That Chief Cui's name is Cui Wen, and he's in the interrogation room next door right now!"

At this time, Liu Mian next to him opened his mouth and replied.

"Very good, let's go, let's meet with this Chief Cui for a while!"

Zhu Zhanhe stood up while speaking, this Cui Wen is very problematic, maybe he can find out the big fish behind him.

"My lord, we have told everything we know, can we leave now?"

When the old craftsman saw that the kind young nobleman was about to leave, he immediately stood up and asked, after all, this place is too scary, and little people like them really don't want to stay here for a long time.

"Old man, don't be in a hurry to go back. You can drink tea and snacks here first, and you may need to testify later."

Zhu Zhanhe couldn't let the two of them leave, after all, they were important witnesses.

"By the way, take twenty pennies to the old man, and it will be the reward for this testimonial!"

Zhu Zhanhe instructed Jin Yiwei again that in such an important case, there are rewards for being a witness.

When the old craftsman heard that there was money to take, his eyes lit up immediately, and his heart was relieved all of a sudden, and he immediately thanked Zhu Zhanhe a thousand times.

Zhu Zhanhe turned around and came to the interrogation room next door, and there was a table here, and a middle-aged official sitting on the opposite side was restless, and there were several Jin Yiwei guards next to him.

Zhu Zhanhe stepped in front of Cui Wen, and saw that the other party was about 40 years old, with a round face and slightly fat, and seemed to be a kind person with a good temper.

"Cui asked, do you know why you were brought to prison?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't interrogate directly, but asked back.

"I don't know... I don't know!"

Cui Wen took a peek at Zhu Zhanhe, and replied with a slightly trembling voice.

Cui Wen knew Zhu Zhanhe, and knew more about the prison, so he was more frightened than the two craftsmen next door, and at this time he was trying his best to behave normally.

"I don't know?"

Zhu Zhanhe chuckled lightly, then sat across from Cui Wen, stared at him and said again.

"When the tiles were being laid in Fengtian Temple, two craftsmen found that the tiles had been moved. After reporting to you, what did you do?"

"This... When did this all happen, why doesn't the officer remember?"

Cui Wen's body trembled, but he still insisted.

"Don't remember? The craftsmen who discovered the abnormality of the tiles are right next door. Do you want to call them over and let you confront them face to face?"

When Zhu Zhanhe spoke at the end, his voice also cooled down.

Hearing someone's testimony, Cui Wen could no longer deny it, so he had to forcefully laugh and said, "Your official remembered it, and there was indeed such a thing. I checked it myself afterward, and I didn't find anything unusual about the tiles. I guess it's the The two craftsmen got it wrong."

"I read it wrong?"

Zhu Zhanhe sneered, then gestured to Liu Mian.

Liu Mian understood, and with a wave of his hand, Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward with a tray.

Zhu Zhanhe reached out and picked up something from the tray, it was the copper tile he found in the fire scene.

With a sound of "铛~", Zhu Zhanhe threw the copper tile in front of Cui Wen and asked, "See what this is?"

Cui Wen was taken aback. When he saw the copper tiles on the table, his face changed drastically, and his whole body couldn't help shaking.

Seeing Cui Wen's reaction, Zhu Zhanhe also felt relieved, obviously, this Cui Wen must know some inside information!
(End of this chapter)