Chapter 107: Take It Yourself

  Yesterday

  "Wu Niang, this is the result of our investigation. Ming Hui is suspected of corruption and abuse of power, and has been prosecuted."

  The beautiful prosecutor of the Imperial Supreme Prosecution, Prosecutor Wang Lai, looked at the girl in front of her with a sympathetic gaze and said softly. She was a star in the judicial system, and the people of the empire liked this idol very much.

  The news of Musashi's death couldn't be hidden from people, so let's talk about it after the investigation is clear. The investigation proceeded very quickly, and everything that happened in prison was placed before the prosecutor.

  The only thing that was not investigated clearly is how Wu Yuan avoided surveillance and transferred six million to Minghui's account.

  "How many years will he be sentenced?"

  Wu Zetian asked softly, her voice trembling slightly.

  "Five to ten years, this is the heaviest sentence that can be handed down based on the evidence we currently have."

  For some reason, seeing the sad expression of this little girl, Prosecutor Wang Lai felt a bit guilty. In fact, if Minghui's crimes were pursued and sentenced to death, it would be absolutely possible, but then where would the empire put its face?

  The news of Musashi's death has spread, and newspapers at home and abroad are reporting it. Some forces are pushing behind the scenes and loudly proclaiming this case.

  In five to ten years, Minghui will shut up and admit his mistake. The death penalty will make him unscrupulous and pull out a large number of people. A hidden rule has already been formed below, and even if the highest level wants to break it, they need to consider it carefully. If they really investigate, too many people will be involved, especially now, this scandal is very embarrassing.

  "Five to ten years? Weren't those corrupt officials supposed to be sentenced to death if investigated thoroughly?"

  Wu Zetian lowered her head, and her voice was still very low.

  "Then heaven, this is the current evidence in hand, the punishment that can be given to him, please believe the government, will not let off a bad person. We are investigating his other crimes, striving to make him receive the deserved punishment."

  Miss Wu, trust us, we won't let a single bad person get away."

  The star prosecutor of the judicial system, with a propaganda slogan that she would never let go of a single bad person, had sent several high-ranking officials to the execution ground. Many people said she was the nemesis of evil. She spoke in an impassioned tone, as if trying to convince the little girl in front of her.

  The reason why Ming Hui was not killed with one stick was to let Wu Zetian work for the empire - humans will do many terrible things for revenge, or make some concessions.

  "Right, Wu Nang, actually..."

  Prosecutor Wang made a difficult expression and said, "Minghui has some crimes that can be further investigated, but there are some corrupt people who hinder the investigation, making it slow. They are in cahoots with Minghui."

  "Oh..."

  The girl's long eyebrows blinked, as if wanting to say something.

  "Actually... Wu Nang, if you can help us, we can also increase our efforts to clean up Ming Hui's remaining followers - this is not a transaction, even without the matter of crossing over, we would still investigate. It's just that, as you know, after so many years of development in the empire, stability is the top priority. Wu Nang, do you understand this point? We must give the upper levels something to make a decision on, before we can clean up those people."

  "My father is dead."

  The girl said these five words and then didn't say anything else.

  "Terrible."

  Her heart skipped a beat, and Prosecutor Wang Lai's tone remained calm, "Don't worry, there's still the supplementary investigation phase. Our procuratorate won't let that person get off so easily."

  "I understand."

  The girl didn't say a word and then entered her own space. A black wave wrapped around her body, and she disappeared completely.

  "Wu Niang..."

  With some indignation and disdain for her lack of cooperation, Prosecutor Wang Lei called out to her several times before sighing and turning to leave.

  After seeing off Yuan Sanhu and Zhang Quanlin, Wang Zhihua made a cup of coffee in the office and watched the scene where Wang Lei and Wu Zetian were talking the day before.

  He looked on with a bitter smile.

  Thirty years ago, when he was still a young man with a hot head, full of passion and eager to serve the empire, he went through countless life-and-death struggles, at that time, he really didn't care about anything.

  But what left the deepest impression on him was not the numerous times he almost died, but rather the repeated feelings of anger and helplessness.

  Many things are clear even to a pig, but those in power, due to various concerns, their own official hats, and external relationships, choose the wrong approach.

  An imperial official secretly sold intelligence to a foreign country, causing huge losses, including the deaths of several intelligence personnel. However, after Wang Zhihua uncovered the truth, he only lightly punished the person.

  He has already retired and is over 70 years old. At this age, the prosecution is too lazy to sue him and send him to a detention center. A few days later, he will be sent back, and they are afraid of causing trouble inside. As for a public trial... The empire can't afford to lose face like that.

  All of his children have moved abroad, and there is no one to punish. As for saying that he was secretly killed - after all, he is a member of the management agency, if the intelligence agency dares to kill him and then gets caught, then everyone in the entire security bureau who has been involved will be sent to prison, and a big purge will follow.

  To put it in the words of a superior, officials guard against the security bureau more fiercely than they do against outsiders. Those officials shout about the correctness of procedures day and night, whoever dares to violate this is the enemy of all officials, intelligence agencies taking down high-ranking officials without approval from superiors is just a fairy tale in movies.

  And so this man continued his happy life and lived for another five years before passing away peacefully.

  Is it laughable? Not laughable, not just the Great Tang Empire, other countries are the same, there are such people and things. It is clear that some officials collude with foreign countries, it is clear that the upper levels of government are a group of idiots, but everyone still lives their lives with a smile, helplessly putting their grievances in their hearts.

  That's the inertia of national institutions, and as the director-general of a quasi-military institution, Wang Zhihua can only try his best to adapt to all this.

  It's just like this time, after detaining Wu Zetian, Wu Yuan and Yu Xianrong in the military base, we should have understood their personalities as soon as possible, then come up with the best plan to bring the greatest benefits to the empire.

  It's just like a samurai's affair, his death will inevitably leave a thorn in Wu Zetian's heart, no one knows what effect this thorn will produce, but pulling out the thorn is easy, it's just four words: shoot Minghui to death.

  Shooting all officials would absolutely wrong many people, but shooting Minghui wouldn't be a problem at all. It's very easy to find evidence of guilt, yet even this proposal was blocked by someone.

  There are many strange reasons, such as not letting the empire lose face, it's too much trouble to investigate further, and some people even say that Ming is not considered corrupt, he is much cleaner than many people.

  In the end, there is only one reason. The people above think that Wu Yuan and Wu Zetian are just small characters, so they produce the idea that as long as they make sacrifices, they will not talk to them about conditions first. Even some officials say that if Minghui was shot today, would Wu Yuan propose shooting the Prime Minister tomorrow?

  The reason why the judicial system is not prepared to sentence Wu Yifan to death is that they want to make a deal with Wu Yuan and ask Wu Yuan to provide them with ten treatment quotas.

  As long as Wu Yuan agrees, new evidence will appear tomorrow, and even some high-ranking officials will be arrested, allowing Wu Yuan to get a perfect revenge.

  Thus, there was the conversation between Wang Lai and Wu Zetian above, thus, there was an incident that happened recently.

  "These idiots!"

  Three hours ago, Minghui was killed in the detention center. The perpetrator was a prison guard. The case is under investigation. Due to the hasty planning, many traces were left behind.

  It was the high-ranking official who had been treated by Wu Yuan that sent someone to get rid of Minghui before entering the Baqiao base.

  It's that simple. When the people at the top have tried every way to get more benefits, some of them will sell out everyone for their own small interests without hesitation.

  Guo Youhuai by Wu Yuan's side was a distant relative of the high-ranking official. She told Wu Yuan about what the official had done, and Wu Yuan then treated his illness.

  When Wu Yuan was chanting the Six-Word Great Bright Mantra for this person, a thousand miles away, Ming Hui fell under the gun.

  "Director, during the investigation just now, we found another gunman who was also entrusted by someone to kill Minghui while he was on guard. He didn't expect to be preempted either. He belongs to someone else's employment, and I've sent the information to your mailbox, please check it out. By the way, I suspect that those prison guards and some people involved are in danger, many people have been investigating their information these two days."

  This was a letter he received not long ago.

  "You bunch of idiots!"

  Watching the performances of those people in the video, Wang Zhihua laughed so hard that tears almost flowed out.

  Will Wu Yuan be held accountable? No, Guo Youhui will not admit that he was the one who brought the message, even if evidence is obtained, what can be done?

  And what about the high-ranking official? He is already 82 years old, retired from government departments. What he did will not lead to prosecution, at most it will reduce his influence in politics, but compared to having nothing after death, his decision is undoubtedly very correct.

  "What you give me, I may not like; what you don't give me, I'll take myself."

  These are Wu Yuan's words, but do you high officials know that when you don't give it to him and he can get it himself, then you have no relationship with him. Now someone has helped Wu Yuan take down Ming Hui, they even want to deal with some prison guards and people involved, Wu Yuan doesn't even need to give a hint, there are already people who will do what he wants for him.

  High-ranking officials, high-ranking officials... Those people are all astute and capable, with clear thinking, but the whole world is the same. Once everyone starts discussing in meetings, once they start tearing each other down, then in the end, one by one, decisions will become incredibly foolish. More than 200 years of peace have made the entire empire rotten to the core.

  "I only listen to my brother's words."

  Wang Zhihua pressed the remote control and looked at Wu Zetian on the screen.

  Her expression was so determined, wholeheartedly trusting her own brother.