Chapter 175

Having said that, Chen Yuan kowtowed heavily to the Tang family patriarch three times, then rose in a daze and retreated to the side.

"A Wei, your uncle no longer shields you; will you still not confess your guilt?"

The Great Elder slapped the sofa armrest fiercely, glared at A Wei, and said sternly.

"I am not a traitor, why should I confess?!"

After Chen Yuan's stance, A Wei suddenly became firm.

Perhaps it was because no one could help him now, which gave him the determination to make a desperate gamble.

"The evidence is right before your eyes, and you still refuse to confess!"

Tang Jihuai put on a heartbroken look: "Second brother, this person is simply beyond saving! I previously wanted to consider old ties and spare him from the death penalty, but now that he refuses to repent, we need not show mercy!"

The Tang family patriarch also shook his head with a look of disappointment.

He had actually thought highly of A Wei and recognized his ability, and he had trusted him to be Tang Bingyan's assistant to help her share some official duties, but he never expected...

"Sigh..."

The Tang family patriarch let out a long sigh and waved his hand: "Enough, let's just say I misjudged the person."

He never imagined that the junior he trusted was actually someone who put profit before righteousness and betrayed his trust.

And what disappointed him most was that now that the evidence was as solid as a mountain, A Wei still refused to admit his crime and was trying to quibble.

A Wei bit his lip tightly, the taste of blood filling his mouth: "Patriarch, I am truly not a traitor. Our Chen family has always been loyal to the Tang family. The eldest young lady and you have been so kind to me; how could I possibly betray the Tang family?"

A Wei's words did not move the people present.

Tang Jihuai observed every move A Wei made with a condescending attitude, his eyes filled with contempt and disdain:

"They say you are eloquent and silver-tongued, not only making my niece trust you and hand over important work to you, but even making people in the group praise you endlessly."

"I didn't believe it at first, but now that I see it, you are indeed not just a simple assistant. Even when we have caught you red-handed with ironclad evidence, you can still deny it. Your psychological fortitude is truly incomparable to ordinary people."

Immediately after, he changed the subject and stirred up trouble calmly: "Second brother, A Wei is someone by Bingyan's side; he must know a lot of internal information about the Tang family, and he is even more familiar with Bingyan's itinerary plans."

"Someone tried to assassinate Bingyan before; do you think he might have been involved in that too? Placing such a ticking time bomb by Bingyan's side, I, as an elder, am truly worried."

Tang Jihuai's words caused the Tang family patriarch's expression to change abruptly. He was most worried about Tang Bingyan's safety, and Tang Jihuai's words had struck a nerve.

"A Wei, things have come to this; I don't want to hear your quibbling anymore."

The Tang family patriarch turned his face away, extremely disgusted and not wanting to see A Wei's anxious face, which was still trying to explain.

As the Great Elder in charge of enforcing family law, he directly ordered his men: "Come, take him down, lock him up, and interrogate him with severe torture! You must make him confess the full details of his transaction with the Tattoo! At the same time, secure the other members of the Chen family in Jiangcheng and the Imperial Capital. Without my orders, no one is allowed to leave!"

Hearing the Tang family patriarch's words, Xu Tian couldn't help but sigh softly.

Up to this point, everything was exactly the same as the development in his previous life!

A Wei was framed, and the entire Chen family would suffer a catastrophic disaster.

In his previous life, after A Wei was locked up, Tang Jihuai, in order to cut the weeds and dig up the roots, used the excuse that Chen Yuan harbored resentment and intended to harm the Tang family, and hurriedly led men to slaughter the entire Chen family, not even sparing the guard dog kept at home!

At this moment, hearing the Tang family patriarch's words, A Wei's nerves, which had been tightly strung, suddenly snapped.

His legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

He knew that someone must be targeting him on purpose and even wanted to use this opportunity to wipe out the entire Chen family.

But he couldn't do anything now; he could only let the Tang family deal with him, and he had no way to prove his innocence.

"Patriarch, the person who contacted me really was an undercover agent I sent to the Tattoo! Please, you must believe me!"

He explained to the Tang family patriarch without giving up, but he didn't even get a single glance in return.

Tang Jihuai waved his hand impatiently and ordered the Tang family bodyguards guarding the door: "Hurry up and drag him down, give him a hundred lashes first, then lock him in the basement and interrogate him properly."

Hearing this, two big, burly bodyguards immediately walked toward A Wei, roughly pinning his hands behind his back. As if afraid he might resist, another one pulled out an electric baton and stared at him menacingly.

A Wei tried to break free from the bodyguards' restraint, but was punched in the chest by one of them.

"Ugh!"

A Wei let out a muffled groan.

Although he had also been trained as Tang Bingyan's bodyguard since childhood, because he was smart and had good grades, he was handpicked by Tang Bingyan to be her assistant, so he had spent much less time practicing martial arts than the other bodyguards.

Therefore, his strength could only be considered middle-to-lower tier among the Tang family's bodyguards; how could he be a match for the patriarch's men?

After taking two punches to the chest, A Wei coughed painfully and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

At the same time, his courage to argue for himself was beaten out of him.

He murmured to himself in a daze, letting the bodyguards restrain him: "I have always been diligent and responsible to the Tang family, never daring to be the least bit negligent, and I have never had any intention to harm anyone."

"But now, neither the Tang family nor the Chen family is willing to believe me. Since you all want me to be that traitor so much, what is the point of me arguing?"

"Hehe... my life as A Wei has turned out to be nothing but a joke."

A Wei's heart was filled with despair, and he didn't even want to resist anymore.

But the bodyguard holding the electric baton did not intend to let him go.

Perhaps because he had always been jealous of A Wei, after A Wei stopped resisting, he still picked up the electric baton and thrust it toward his back.

A Wei sensed the danger behind him, but lowered his head and closed his eyes as if accepting his fate.

He didn't want to resist anymore; since no one believed him anyway, it would be better to just be beaten to death by the bodyguards.

The electric batons equipped by the bodyguards around the Tang family patriarch were custom-made and had extremely high lethality.

If it really touched A Wei, it would cause a huge burden on his heart.

And just at this critical moment, a figure quickly arrived in front of the bodyguard and raised a hand to grab the bodyguard's wrist.

The expected pain did not come, and A Wei raised his head in surprise.

When he saw the figure blocking behind him, he widened his eyes in astonishment.

Xu Tian was seen firmly gripping the bodyguard's wrist with one hand, with half his body blocking behind A Wei.

The figure, which looked so thin that it seemed like it could be thrown several meters away by a single shoulder throw from the bodyguard, was now standing as still as a small mountain, blocking all the harm for him.

At this moment, a sense of soreness suddenly welled up in A Wei's eyes, and an indescribable feeling arose in his heart.