Yang Lin waited anxiously for a few days, and finally received a reply from his son Yang Cong.

Yang Cong didn't say anything in the letter, but asked Yang Lin to take people to camp near Yancheng first, and he would naturally send someone over to deal with the matter of Yanyin.

Although Yang Lin was anxious at this time, there was no way, he could only go to Yancheng first as Yang Cong said, and before leaving, he also went to say goodbye to Pan Nian.

Of course, he didn't tell Pan Nian that his son would send someone to clean you up, he just said that the food he brought was not enough, and he needed to go and replenish it.

More than 2,000 people need a lot of things to eat and drink, and he can't bring more than a month's worth at a time, usually for more than ten days, and then replenish it all the way to the city, at this time he has been near the salt field for more than ten days, and Pan Nian didn't think there was any problem.

As soon as Yang Lin left, there were naturally other salt merchants who came to exchange for salt, and within a few days, another salt merchant came with more than 100 carriages.

This salt merchant also knows the "rules" very well, and after stationing next to the salt farm, he brought a cart of silver to visit Pan Nian, everything seems to be normal, but the people in the compound did not notice, when the salt merchant brought people over, a person who looked like a steward also walked to the compound with a few men who looked like stoves.

It is not surprising that this stove household is a salt household that boils salt, and it is not surprising that the person who came to manage the salt factory came to the gate of the compound with several stove households, but the official who guarded the door stopped them.

It's not because this official stopped them because there was an unsavory transaction going on inside, and this salt merchant didn't pay tribute to the silver once or twice, not for a year or two, but for decades, everyone was used to it, and they didn't feel that there was anything unsightly, the problem was that this official didn't know the steward who led the team.

The salt farm here is big, but there are only so many stewards, and the officials have seen them, and if they don't know them, there will be problems, so the officials guarding the door stopped these people and didn't let them in.

This official is really not mistaken, this steward is not from the salt field at all, but from the capital.

The person dressed as a steward is Hu Zongxian, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and those so-called stove households are the guards under Yang Cong.

Seeing that he couldn't get in, Hu Zongxian simply waved his hand and ordered the accompanying guards to overturn the guards guarding the door, and then took the lead in rushing to the compound.

At this time, Pan Nian was standing in the courtyard smiling and greeting the salt merchant, he saw Hu Zongxian breaking in with someone, and he didn't know what was going on.

Mapi, near this salt field, he is the king of heaven, Lao Tzu, who is so intrusive and bad for him.

He couldn't help but be annoyed and said, "What are you from that village doing here?" ”

Hu Zongxian didn't pay attention to it at all, he directly pulled out the knife behind his back, and then shouted with a wrench: "Take it all!" ”

Pan Nian was directly dumbfounded, what are these people doing?

Before he could react, he was overturned by a guard dressed as a stove, and the others present wanted to resist, but they were no match for these "stoves" at all, and soon, everyone was pressed to the ground, their hands clasped behind their backs, and tied up in a strong knot.

Hu Zongxian was not in a hurry, he first came to the carriage, ordered someone to lift the tarpaulin, opened the box, and saw that there were boxes of silver inside, so he turned around and walked to Pan Nian, and said with a smile: "Huaibei Salt Class Lifting the Priest Pan Nian?" ”

Pan Nian was stunned at this moment, what these people were doing, he didn't know!

He trembled and said, "You guys, what are you doing?" ”

Only then did Hu Zongxian take out a sign from his arms, hold it up in front of him, and said proudly: "What do you say I do?" ”

Pan Nian stared at the sign and took a closer look, "The Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy"!

He was so frightened that his eyes were about to fall out, and the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was specially in charge of them.

In fact, he has been secretly worried for the past few days, after all, Yang Lin is the father of Yang Cong, they embarrass Yang Lin like this, Yang Cong will definitely retaliate, he just didn't expect that the revenge would come so quickly, and it would fall directly on him.

It's okay not to play like this, I'm just a minion!

He didn't know what to say, everyone had stolen money, and what else was there to say.

Hu Zongxian suddenly straightened his face again, and said sharply: "Pan Nian, are you guilty?" ”

He must know this crime, but he can't admit it, Pan Nian simply gritted his teeth and didn't speak.

Hu Zongxian saw that this guy didn't speak, and he didn't ask again, but waved his hand directly: "Prepare to ascend to the hall." ”

This general yamen basically has a place to raise the hall to ask questions, even this small branch of the Yanke Lifting Division is no exception, and soon, Pan Nian and the others were dragged into the middle hall, and those guards also stood on both sides of the hall like officials.

Hu Zongxian had already changed into an official robe at this time, and sat on top of the public case, he directly picked up the shocking wood and slapped it vigorously, and then said sharply: "Pan Nian, are you guilty?" ”

Pan Nian still didn't say anything, he was thinking that it would be okay to grit his teeth and hold on, after all, this salt patrol imperial history only dared to take his nine-grade sesame official to open the knife, and the top five-grade lifting and three-grade salt transportation made him estimate that people would not dare to do anything, as long as he stood up here, the people above would naturally find a way to rescue him, after all, everyone was in the same boat.

Hu Zongxian saw that this guy still didn't speak, and he wasn't in a hurry, so he simply interrogated the salt merchant on the side.

This salt merchant is not as tough as Pan Nian, since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, not to mention that he was arrested at this time, under the coercion and intimidation of Hu Zongxian, soon, this salt merchant poured beans into a bamboo tube, and all the tricks were made.

Hu Zongxian saw that the salt merchant had signed the confession and drew a charge, so he was shocked again, and then said sharply: "Pan Nian, there are all the human and material evidence, do you recruit or not?" ”

I'm flattering you, Pan Nian still closed his lips tightly and didn't say a word.

Hu Zongxian didn't know if he was mad or what's wrong, so he shouted directly: "Come on, drag it out and beat the 20th board." ”

The two guards immediately stepped forward and dragged Pan Nian out.

Pan Nian was so frightened that he said loudly: "I am an official of the imperial court, you can't use lynching." ”

What he said is indeed right, according to the provisions of the Ming law, anyone who has a meritorious name or an official position cannot be punished before the meritorious name and official position are removed.

However, Hu Zongxian didn't pee on him as if he hadn't heard it.

Soon, there was a crackling sound of beating the board and Pan Nian's miserable howl outside, this beating board is not a joke, the killing rod with thick arms is beaten down, a few sticks can be beaten to the muscles and bones, and a dozen sticks can be beaten to the skin and flesh, and ordinary people will be beaten to death if they take less than a hundred sticks, and the twenty boards are ruthless enough.

After a while, Pan Nian, who had been spanked and flowered, was dragged in.

Hu Zongxian slapped Tang Mu again, and then said sharply: "Pan Nian, do you recruit or not?" ”

Pan Nian still wanted to hold on, he thought that Hu Zongxian was just intimidating him, playing 20 boards was already the limit, and if he played again, if he hit himself with something, this guy would not be able to end, as long as he didn't recruit, it would not be him who would have something to do at that time, but Hu Zongxian, so he still gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

Unexpectedly, Hu Zongxian saw that he was not angry, and then shouted: "Come on, drag it out and re-hit the twenty boards." ”

Pan Nian howled in fright: "Stop, you, you, you abuse lynching, the court will not let you go." ”

Hu Zongxian said with a gloomy smile: "What kind of abuse of lynching, there are all human and material evidence, you committed suicide in fear of crime, do you know?" ”

This guy is so shameless!

This guy actually wants to kill him with a rod alive!

Pan Nian was finally scared, although he didn't know if Hu Zongxian could finally give him the whole fear of guilt and commit suicide, but if he continued to fight like this, he would definitely be killed by a cane.

is dead, but there is nothing left, even if Hu Zongxian abuses lynching and is dismissed and investigated!

He is not a hard bone who is not afraid of death, Hu Zongxian's posture really scared him.

He didn't want to die, so he had to recruit.

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