Gao Xianning walked out of the gatehouse of the Xiao family, he walked a little in the corridor of the courtyard, and looked at the people in the courtyard for a while. Tables were set up everywhere in the courtyard, but the guests at the tables had long since dared not move their chopsticks, they were all panicked and sat in place, and there were many soldiers standing around to watch over them.

"Where is that Jinyi Wei Chief Banner Yao Fang?" Gao Xianning asked loudly.

The soldiers and guests turned their heads to look over, all at a loss.

Gao Xianning asked the soldiers loudly again: "Did any idlers escape from the courtyard quietly just now?" ”

A military general stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "My lord, the brothers have guarded all parts of the courtyard, and no one has escaped!" ”

After a while, a soldier hurriedly walked in from outside the gate. The armor stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Report to Gao Siqing!" The little ones asked about the situation on the street outside the back door. That Yao Zongqi snatched the bride in public and ran away! ”

There was an uproar in the courtyard, and many people forgot about their panic and talked about it with great interest, as if they thought that today's faint service was very tortuous and interesting! Even the soldiers of the outer courtyard didn't know what was going on, and they couldn't help but talk.

"Yao Zongqi can do such a serious and unruly thing?" Gao Xianning asked angrily.

The priest bowed, "It is true, there were many people on the street before, and there were hundreds of witnesses. The woman was wearing a wedding dress and a hijab, and at first glance she was a bride, and she was coerced out by Yao Zongqi; Then the bride was tied to the horse by Mr. Yao! Yao Zongqi led the horse and ran away. ”

Gao Xianning asked, "Did Mr. Yao beat and scolded the bride?" ”

The priest said: "That's not true, the bride is neatly dressed, and she is so raw." It's just that when she got on the horse, her hijab fell off, and she was crying, and her eyes were red. Yao Zongqi actually said to the bride in public: Since I saw the Qin family in the temple in the spring of this year, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and it is difficult to forget her ......"

"Oh......" Everyone made a voice in unison, and their interest was even higher, which was even more interesting than the opera that had not yet started at the ceremony!

Gao Xianning said angrily: "How can this be true! In broad daylight, robbing people's daughters is simply heartbreaking! Doesn't my Ming Dynasty have a royal law?! ”

Jia Shi said: "Then Yao Zongqi also said that he didn't want to rob people, but this time he was forced to be helpless!" Just because he got a secret report in Jinyiwei, the Xiao family is going to be a big crime, and he is afraid that Miss Qin will be implicated. also said that it was for Miss Qin! ”

The outer courtyard, which was originally tense and panicked, was lively again at this time.

Gao Xianning found a few generals and whispered in the corridor, discussing something.

The courtyard was noisy, and no one stood up to speak in public anymore, allowing people to spit everywhere.

After a long time, suddenly there was a shout outside the gate: "The Divine Decree has arrived!" ”

After a while, a eunuch came in with a group of soldiers. The eunuch walked up and stood still, Gao Xianning stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and the soldiers and all the guests, slaves, cooks, and actors quickly knelt down.

The eunuch unfolded the holy decree and read: "Tan Qing confessed, Tan Qing once sent Xiao Jien, a merchant of medicinal materials, to collect silver snakes in various places, and the Xiao family may have something to do with the death of the first emperor; Jin Yiwei has sent people out of Beijing to verify Xiao Jien's criminal testimony for collecting the silver krait.

I heard that Yao Fang, the general banner of the Fusi of Weibei Town, Jinyi, took advantage of his position and abused his power, and when Xiao's crime had not yet been verified, he came to the door to hurt people, lynched them, and robbed people's daughters! The charges are clear in front of everyone.

Although Yao Fang had made great contributions in fighting crime and rebellion, he should have been made a marquis; But the law is merciless, and its sins are unforgivable! , Gao Xianning, the secretary of Dali Temple, first received Yao Fang's brocade clothes and waist cards, seals and letters, and removed all official positions; And immediately take Yao Fang down, escort him to the edict prison, and punish him severely according to the "Da Ming Law"! Chin this. ”

Gao Xianning bowed to the ground and said: "Minister's decree, thank you!" Long live the saints, long live long live......"

The crowd prayed together, "Long live the saint." ”

The eunuch put away the holy decree, handed it to Gao Xianning, and asked, "Where is Yao Fang?" ”

Gao Xianning said: "This official had to report before, after Yao Fang grabbed someone and ran away. Maybe go home. ”

The eunuch said, "Why don't you send someone to arrest you quickly?!" ”

Gao Xianning immediately transferred a military general and set off with his troops. Gao Xianning said loudly again: "Yao Fang must be severely punished; And the cadres of the Xiao family are also suspected of serious crimes, and they should all be arrested and brought to justice, waiting for interrogation by a division according to the law. The rest were first detained in Xiao's mansion, interrogated on the spot, verified their identities and made a register; Those who are not guilty will be released by order. ”

The generals clasped their fists and said, "Obey!" ”

When the people in the outer courtyard heard that they were going to be detained here, they were in a panic and uproar again. The insightful people even turned white with fright; Not long after the melon vines in Yongle were copied in the past, if the Xiao family was suspected of the crime of rebellion, how many guests could participate in the faint ceremony have anything to do with the Xiao family?

The eunuch Wang Gui whispered to Gao Xianning: "Our family almost forgot, hurry up and find a goose feather for Xiao Wencai to insert, otherwise you won't be able to pee, and you won't be able to suffocate to death!" I still have to clean the wound. ”

Gao Xianning said suddenly: "This official has neglected this section, and immediately find someone to do it." That Xiao Wencai's life, it's best to keep it for the time being. ”

…… Yao Fang's father, Yao Fengji, lived in Yao's mansion after returning to Beijing. Yao Fengji saw his son dragging a bride in a red dress back with a horse, so he was confused and interrogated.

Yao Fengji hadn't been with Yao Fang for many years, and he didn't scold Yao Fang at this time, so he sat in the middle hall and sighed.

After a while, the door was surrounded by armor soldiers, and a group of people broke into Yao's mansion and asked Yao Fang where he was.

Yao Fang walked out of the middle hall, stood there and said, "I'm here!" ”

A military general said: "This general is ordered by the Dali Temple to come to arrest Yao Fang and punish him severely according to the law!" ”

Yao Fang walked up, kowtowed three times in the direction of the imperial city in the northeast and said, "Thank you, Holy Grace!" When he stood up, he stretched out his hands and had the soldiers shackle him, and then he was shackled.

A group of people escorted Yao Fang and asked him to drag his shackles and go out "with a bang".

At this moment, a woman in a red dress rushed out of the central hall, she leaned on the door frame, and asked, "Yao Zongqi!" I really went to the temple this spring, is what you said true? ”

Yao Fang looked back at the soldiers left and right, not those saint henchmen of Beisi, so he had to nod helplessly: "Of course it's true." ”

He sighed and walked out of the mansion without looking back.

Although there were armored soldiers inside and outside Yao's mansion, they still couldn't stop people from coming to watch, and after a while, people passing by here stood on the side of the road, watching the gate of the mansion. Yao Fang wore a flail around her neck and chains on her feet, and walked slowly.

The people passing by, apparently completely unaware of the inside story, saw this kind of criminal and recognized it as a traitor, and many people spat and condemned it in the crowd.