"A fine scheme! I must admit, your calculation is indeed excellent!"
Han Mo sneered, ordered the confessions to be taken back, and slowly returned to his seat as the chief interrogator.
"So what if there are confessions? Their identities are top secret. You won't find any clues. On the basis of their word alone, you expect to exonerate Li Bangyan? Aren't you thinking a bit too much!"
Yelü Cha said through gritted teeth.
"How do you know I have more evidence? On the contrary, you people colluded with the Manichaeans years ago. Now, you are instigating a Manichaean rebellion in the southeast. If we're talking about schemes, you are the ones with the truly brilliant ones, aren't you!"
"This is impossible! How could you know!"
As soon as Han Mo finished speaking, Yelü Cha began to struggle violently.
However, the ropes binding him were all specially made, with ox sinew added in between the hemp. To break free from the restraints through sheer brute force was simply a fool's errand!
"How could I know? Are you curious? I not only know this, but I also know that Fang La seems to have his own ideas now. Your cooperation with him should be starting to become disharmonious!"
Han Mo said with a smile again.
"You..."
Seeing Han Mo's calm and indifferent expression, Yelü Cha's face was filled with disbelief.
"What about me? You're wondering how I know, right?"
Seeing his shocked expression, Han Mo immediately revealed a cunning smile.
"You're bluffing me!"
Yelü Cha finally understood and looked at Han Mo with anger.
"Alright, don't overreact. Weren't you also being evasive with me? What's so strange about that? I know that to do something like this, you must have been planning for a long time. At this moment, I estimate that someone to rescue you should already be on their way!"
"Even if you know everything, what can you do? Li Bangyan is doomed. After he's finished, the position of Prime Minister alone is enough to stir up a storm. At that time, who will care about a mere county magistrate like you!"
Yelü Cha said, his eyes filled with venom.
"Actually, there's one more thing you seem to have forgotten."
Han Mo said with a cold smile.
"What do you mean?"
"Have you ever considered something? If you and your people all die, then won't I get to decide what this matter originally looked like?"
Han Mo suddenly said with a smile.
"You... you want to let Li Bangyan go?"
Yelü Cha's eyes widened.
How could this be possible?
From the very beginning, the reason they sent this case to Han Mo was precisely because they saw that Han Mo would not allow the Crown Prince to completely solidify his position in the Eastern Palace!
If the Crown Prince's position was truly stabilized, what chance would Prince Xin have?
Had this fellow put in so much effort only to not want to get rid of Li Bangyan?
"You all go down first."
Seeing the confusion in his eyes, Han Mo smiled and said to Lü Ying.
"Yes!"
Although Lü Ying did not know what Han Mo intended to do, he obediently led his subordinates out.
Even Yue Fei wisely left, and soon, only the two of them remained in the prison.
"Since it has come to this, why don't we exchange secrets?"
Han Mo suddenly said with a smile.
"How do you want to exchange them?"
Yelü Cha gritted his teeth and stared intently at Han Mo's expression again.
However, for someone like Han Mo, especially when he held absolute advantage, trying to discern anything useful from his face was like a dream.
"Since you are so confident you can get out, why don't we exchange things we are interested in? You can refuse to answer, but you must not lie! You know I have ways to tell the truth from falsehood!"
Han Mo said with a smile.
"This proposal seems to give you a great advantage!"
Yelü Cha's pupils contracted. After a long pause, he continued.
"Therefore, you can ask the question first!"
Han Mo said with a smile.
"Very well! Deal!"
After a deep look at Han Mo, Yelü Cha finally nodded.
"First question, you can ask first!"
Han Mo smiled and made a gesture.
"Do you and Prince Xin have no intention of vying for the Eastern Palace?"
"You are quite impatient!"
Han Mo was taken aback. He hadn't expected this fellow to be so cunning.
However, this simple question made Han Mo vigilant. It seemed their hidden pawns were buried much deeper than he had imagined.
Otherwise, they wouldn't know so much detail.
As for his and Prince Xin's matters, there were only a few people who knew.
Those who could truly know such intricate details should not exceed the number of fingers on one hand.
Often, the more people want to know something, the more they expose when they ask.
This was one of the reasons Han Mo suddenly proposed exchanging information with him. He also wanted to know what these people knew!
"My lord can choose not to answer!"
Yelü Cha said with a smile.
From Han Mo's reaction, he had already learned a lot.
"Yes!"
Han Mo replied calmly.
"You and Prince Xin are really working together? No wonder!"
After hearing Han Mo's answer, Yelü Cha's face was filled with a strange expression.
It was as if he was extracting information from Han Mo himself.
"Alright, stop acting. Your acting is really poor. Now it's my turn. When did you and Cai Jing collude?"
Han Mo asked directly.
"How do you know about this?"
Yelü Cha's expression was complex.
"Is this kind of thing hard to guess? I guess you not only colluded with Chancellor Cai, but I suspect you have also contacted Tong Guan, right!"
Han Mo said with a cold smile.
"Since that Chancellor Cai stepped down!"
Yelü Cha, surprisingly, did not continue to bicker with Han Mo but answered directly.
"So that's how it is!"
Han Mo took a deep breath. He had been wondering how these people could understand the Song Dynasty's internal affairs so well.
After all this talk, it turned out to be a case of "guarding against thieves outside but letting thieves in."
However, Han Mo found it hard to believe that Cai Jing, that old scoundrel, would collude with his former mortal enemy for power.
Summarizing what Yelü Cha had just said, Han Mo was more inclined to believe that the person in charge of this matter would be some young master Cai or scholar Cai!