Chapter 381 Confession

The women in the courtyard were rescued, and the gold was also confiscated.

After Yan Li arranged for everyone, he ordered Tianshu to tie up Shen Yunniang, and Mingqi stuffed a pill into her mouth, and then took her directly to Han Yunping's house and locked her up with him.

Mu Cang and Yan Li found another inn, washed up simply, and rested for an hour.

Before noon, Yan Li and Mu Cang acted separately. Yan Li was responsible for sending Dugu Ying and her sister to the posthouse, and Mu Cang went to Han's house to interrogate Han Yunping and Shen Yunniang.

Shen Yunniang, who was knocked unconscious, has slowly woken up, and Han Yunping, who was unconscious, has also been splashed with a basin of water and woke up.

The two were in the same room, looking at themselves and each other who were tied up, their faces were pale.

"What's going on?" Han Yunping was shocked. "Who tied me up? Where did Yun Feiyi go? Yunniang, are you okay? Yunniang!"

When Shen Yunniang saw this scene, she had an ominous premonition in her heart: "My lord, I... I don't know what happened. What... what happened?"

With a creak.

The door was pushed open, and the two turned their heads to look over.

A tall and handsome man walked out of the door.

The demeanor and the noble eyebrows made Shen Yunniang's eyes shine: "Sir, Sir! Are you here to save me? Please save me--"

"Shen Yunniang." Mu Cang's face was cold and his voice was as cold as frost. "Your good sister Su has confessed everything."

When the voice fell, Shen Yunniang's expression suddenly froze.

The light in her eyes faded little by little, and she stared at Mu Cang in disbelief.

What did he say?

Shen Yunniang?

How did he know her last name was Shen?

Su confessed everything? What did she confess?

Who is he?

"Who are you?" Han Yunping kept struggling, trying to break free from the ropes, while staring at Mu Cang warily, "How did you get in? I tell you, trespassing into the official residence is a capital crime, I will not let you go, come! Come!"

Mu Cang walked calmly to a chair and sat down, brushing his robes: "Han Yunping, the envoy team of Prince Dugu of Yan State was assassinated in Chiyao Valley. Did you instigate it?"

"Of course not!" Han Yunping's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously retorted, "What nonsense are you talking about? Where did this thief come from to talk nonsense here? Come, kick him out, no, take him down and put him in jail! Is everyone dead?! Put him in jail immediately!"

There was no movement outside the door, so quiet that it made people uneasy.

Han Yunping's eyes gradually showed panic: "Who are you? What are you doing in Fenglu? What do you want? Why don't you tell me your name!"

"Please answer the questions I asked you just now, Lord Han." Mu Cang's voice was as cold as snow, "Prince Dugu's carriage entered the Red Medicine Valley. Did you order people to set up an ambush and kill him?"

Han Yunping denied fiercely: "No!"

"No?" Mu Cang raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes were cold, "So the fourth prince ordered you to assassinate the eldest princess, it's not true?"

Han Yunping's pupils shrank suddenly, and he turned his head subconsciously to look at Yunniang.

How did he know about this?

"I... I don't know..." Shen Yunniang was flustered by his gaze, "Why is Lord Han looking at me like this? I don't know anything. The order given to you by the Fourth Prince is not for me..."

Speaking of this, Shen Yunniang turned her head and looked at Mu Cang in a hurry, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw: "This young master, I have something to say."

"Yunniang!" Han Yunping's face was ashen, "Do you dare?"

"Young master, we are all helpless, especially me, I don't know anything." Shen Yunniang struggled to move to Mu Cang's side, but the ropes all over her body made it difficult for her to move, "Lord Han followed the order of the Fourth Prince, and the mission was to kill the eldest princess. This matter has nothing to do with me! Young master, this matter has nothing to do with me."

Mu Cang's tone was indifferent: "Is what you said true?"

Shen Yunniang nodded repeatedly: "I dare not lie, every word is true!"

Anyway, they planned to leave this place, and Han Yunping was originally a chess piece that was abandoned.

Even if he was not recruited, he would not survive.

In this case, just treat him as a scapegoat and push him out to let the court punish him.

"In this case." Mu Cang raised his voice coldly, "Come here!"

A middle-aged man in official robes came in from outside the door with a tray, which made Han Yunping's eyes twitch, and his face was gloomy and angry: "Master Ji, what are you doing?"

This man was Han Yunping and Lin Jian's colleague, Fenglu's criminal prosecutor Ji Tang.

After Ji Tang came in, he put the wooden tray on the ground, then sat on the ground and took down the pen, ink, paper and inkstone prepared on the wooden tray.

He spread the rice paper on the ground and pressed it with a ruler, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, and began to write a confession.

"Write down what Shen Yunniang said just now, word by word, without making a single mistake." Mu Cang's tone was calm, but it revealed a terrifying majesty, "Let her sign it after it's written."

Shen Yunniang's heart sank, and she tried her best to calm down.

But today, for some reason, all the ease she had in dealing with men in the past seemed to disappear suddenly. She became anxious and uneasy, and had an indescribable fear of the man in front of her.

Although she didn't know his identity, but...

"Shen Yunniang." Mu Cang's eyes were like swords, sharp and cold, "Repeat what you just said truthfully."

"Yunniang." Han Yunping gritted his teeth, "I'm not bad to you, am I? I know nothing about the assassination of Prince Dugu, you can't slander me--"

"I...can I plead guilty and make meritorious service?" Shen Yunniang looked at Mu Cang. After calming down, she began to negotiate terms. "I will only tell you unless you promise not to kill me and that this matter will not implicate me."

"You are Han Yunping's concubine, and what he does has nothing to do with you." Mu Cang said indifferently, "As long as you can prove that you are innocent."

Of course Shen Yunniang is not innocent.

She didn't even know who the person in front of her was, how much he knew about Fenglu, and... where was the woman named Yun Feiyi?

Shen Yunniang turned around and looked around the bedroom: "Where is the man in Yun Fei Yi?"

"You don't have to worry about her whereabouts." Mu Cang looked impatient, "If you don't cooperate, I can kill you and then interrogate Han Yunping properly."

Shen Yuniang thought of the task she had not yet completed and did not dare to talk about him anymore. She took a deep breath and put all the responsibility on Han Yunping: "This matter was indeed done by Mr. Han."

Ji Tang lowered his head and started writing on the paper.

"I don't know much about it, but Master Han asked his cousin Han Yunshuo to mobilize troops and set up an ambush halfway up the mountainside of Red Yao Valley in advance, saying that he wanted to intercept and kill the Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom." Shen Yunniang spoke word by word, regardless of Han Yunping's obstruction. The cause and effect, "Master Han accidentally revealed that all these plans were because the fourth prince gave him orders——"

"Chen Yunniang!" Han Yunping was furious, "You are talking nonsense!"

Shen Yunniang ignored his anger and said directly: "Master Han said that as long as something happens to the Prince of Yan Kingdom in Fenglu, the most popular eldest princess will definitely come to Fenglu to investigate the case in person. When the time comes, he will set up an ambush here and intercept the eldest princess. Killing, even if the task is completed, please be aware that this matter has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me!"