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“Then who is it?”
“Based on the current reports, he should be your subordinate.”
“I’ve never heard of him, and I don’t recognize him.”
Here came the key question: “If it wasn’t your crime, who forced you to confess?”
“I was thrown into prison, and on the second day, someone came in. He brought my son’s toys and used them to force me to admit guilt,” said Fu Songhua. “If I didn’t confess, my son would die. I made those toys with my own hands. I recognized them the moment I saw them.” He then let out a long breath, utterly dejected. “Assassinating Zhang Guangyi was a capital crime to begin with. A few more charges on top, what difference does it make? One life can’t be chopped into pieces and paid out in installments, can it? As long as they don’t hurt my boy.”
He Lingchuan soothed him in time. “Your son is in my hands now. He’s safe.” …Uh. That came out sounding a little wrong.
Fu Songhua’s face twitched.
“So it wasn’t Zhongsun Mou?”
“No!” Fu Songhua shook his head. “I don’t know him.”
Just as expected.
“And then that man coached me through the testimony,” he continued. “He said I’d be taken to Lingxu City for trial, and I had to memorize the confession until it rolled...
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