Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

Chapter 1888 Threat

Cui Yan looked at the Dali Temple official who was sitting in the first seat. Although he was panicking in his heart, his face remained calm. He greeted the Dali Temple official and said, "I wonder why you are mobilizing so many troops in the middle of the night?"

Even though he already had some guesses in his mind, Cui Yan still chose to ask.

He's gambling.

The Dali Temple Minister also saw what he was thinking. He snorted coldly and threw Boss Zhao's testimony to Cui Yan.

"Cui Yan, these are all testimonies signed by Boss Zhao himself. How dare you collude with foreign thieves, sell saltpeter, and bring disaster to Yongzhou City!"

Faced with Boss Zhao's testimony, Cui Yan read it one by one with a gloomy face. Although he was shocked that Boss Zhao was not dead, he was not panicked. He still looked calm and refused to admit it.

"Sir, I have never done these things. Who knows if it was the Zhao family who made the mistake and now that they have been caught, they are just accusing each other and deliberately framing the court officials."

"You should go and punish him instead of arresting me without any reason."

Cui Yan swore solemnly and even openly challenged the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple. Cui Yan knew very well that he had destroyed the evidence long ago and nothing could be done to him based on just one testimony.

Seeing Cui Yan who refused to listen to anything, the Dali Temple Minister was furious. He had a stern face and couldn't speak for a long time. The atmosphere suddenly became tense. At this moment, Chen Changli walked in from outside. He glanced at Cui Yan and gave orders to the imperial guards he brought with him.

"Come here, take him away and take good care of him."

Chen Changli deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "take care of". It was difficult for everyone to fail to taste the meaning behind it. Cui Yan's eyes seemed to be poisoned.

"Chen Changli, I respect you as the old Duke and I'm giving you some face, but you can't treat me like this, right?" Cui Yan narrowed his eyes, trying to intimidate Chen Changli, but he was wrong.

Chen Changli was not afraid of him at all. Facing his demonstration, his eyes were calm and his words were very arrogant.

"I am acting on His Majesty's orders. I don't need anyone to give me face. Take me away."

Hearing this, Cui Yan was still unconvinced and struggled to leave. He was forcibly dragged away by the imperial guards and locked in a small room. The room was locked and there was only a bed inside. Cui Yan lay on the bed. For several days, he tried every way to get out, but every time ended in failure.

Chen Changli deliberately ignored him and did not give him any water or rice, as if this man did not exist. He only asked his servants to send some messages to him from time to time to break down Cui Yan's psychological defenses.

"Master Cui, the Duke has already found saltpeter in your house. The evidence is irrefutable."

"Master Cui, the servants in your house have confessed. This is the confession."

The so-called evidence was stuffed in through the crack in the door. Cui Yan had been hungry for several days and at this moment he felt stars in his eyes and felt dizzy.

Every time he felt drowsy, he would be woken up by someone. Although it seemed that he was not being tortured, it made people feel that he was being tortured and it was unbearable.

Cui Yan covered his head and endured it, ignoring the noise outside. Unexpectedly, in the second half of the night, the imperial guards broke into the room and took him away.

"What are you doing!"

"Sir Cui, the Duke found saltpeter in the secret room of your home, as well as records of transactions involving saltpeter. The evidence is conclusive. You should be immediately sent to the execution ground and sentenced to death." The imperial guard spoke calmly, but with great force, making Cui Yan unable to move.

The officers and soldiers were pressing him down, and he didn't know where to go.

He was already starving, and now he was about to die. He was suffering physically and mentally. Under the multiple pressures, Cui Yan went completely crazy and screamed with all his might: "Impossible, I am not guilty."

"You can't kill me. I'm not guilty. I can't possibly be guilty. I destroyed the evidence long ago. Chen Changli can't find it."

His mentality collapsed. At this moment, Cui Yan was only concerned with venting his emotions and didn't think about what he was saying at all.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Changli, Wan Shufang, and the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple all appeared from the dark.

"Cui Yan, you finally admitted it!" The Dali Temple Minister gritted his teeth. He didn't expect that the source of this case was actually Cui Yan.

The moment he saw Chen Changli and his group, Cui Yan knew he was exposed. He sat down on the ground with his lips trembling, muttering to himself, but no one could hear what he was saying.

"Chen Changli, you lied to me?"

"Whether I lied to you or not, these are the facts. Come here, Cui Yan is selling saltpeter privately, which is a crime unforgivable. Suppress it and execute him on a later date."

Chen Changli raised his hand and gave an order. The imperial guards immediately took the order and suppressed Cui Yan. Before leaving, Cui Yan's eyes were dim.

He admitted the guilt himself, and this time, there was no chance for him to turn things around.

Late at night, in the dungeon, Cui Yan was heartbroken and leaned against the wall without moving, as if he was quietly waiting for death to come. But suddenly, the jailer who was guarding him suddenly fell down in front of him.

Cui Yan looked up and saw a man dressed in black opening the cell door and standing in front of him.

The visitor looked Cui Yan up and down, then opened his thin lips slightly, his tone full of sarcasm.

"Oh, I thought you were capable of great things, but I didn't expect you to be so useless."

He was dressed in black, a black cloak, and a black mask, making it impossible to tell his identity, but Cui Yan knew who he was. With excitement in his eyes, he hugged the man's thighs.

"Did he ask you to come? Please, save me, I don't want to die."

"I haven't spent all my money yet, how can I die?" He took the risk to do the saltpeter business just to make more money, but now he has money but lost his life.

Seeing Cui Yan begging for help, the man in black's dark eyes flashed with impatience. He kicked Cui Yan away and said calmly: "I'm not here to listen to your nonsense."

"You know, our secret cannot be discovered by anyone. Since you are furious, you should die to atone for your sin."

The man in black took out a bottle of medicine. It was obvious that he had come prepared and had already prepared poison for Cui Yan.

"No, I, I can't die."

"If you don't die, your family will die with you."

The man in black threatened in a cold voice. These words instantly made Cui Yan feel heartbroken. He slumped down on the ground and kept shaking his head, but soon he figured out everything.

With a trace of despair in his eyes, Cui Yan took the bottle of poison with trembling hands, and tremblingly brought it to his mouth, ready to drink it.

Suddenly there was a sound at the door.

"who?"

"Who is there."

Seeing the jailer fall, several soldiers hurried over here.

The black-clothed man's eyes darkened, and without caring about anything else, he snatched the medicine from Cui Yan's hand, pinched his chin, and forced the medicine into his mouth.

The bottle of medicine was soon empty and Cui Yan started coughing violently.

"Cough cough cough..."

The medicine tasted bitter as soon as it entered his mouth, but its effect took effect very quickly. In just a moment, Cui Yan felt dizzy and could only see the soldiers chasing him, while the man in black had already escaped with the medicine bottle.

"You guys, go chase them."