After Feng Xingjian and Hou Tai left, Zhu Yunwen glanced at Wang Du happily: "Zizhong, fortunately, the two of them found out that Feng Sheng was not dead, otherwise I would have been caught off guard." ”

Wang Du's face was gloomy, he thought for a while, and said categorically: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we can't wait any longer, and we must take the opportunity to arrest King Yan immediately, otherwise once King Yan and King Zhou merge, I am afraid that there will be unforeseen disasters." ”

"Confluence? Do you mean that King Yan and King Zhou have long colluded, and King Yan will let King Zhou enter the customs? ”

"This is not impossible, the minister has always thought that King Zhou was in a hurry to rebel, or was held hostage to rebel, but now that Feng Sheng is missing, at least ninety percent of the possibility is in Daning, Feng Sheng has fought all his life, how can he be alone and die by himself? The minister thought that he must have a way to enter the customs, or that he might have entered the customs now, so the emperor, we must act immediately. ”

"But," Zhu Yunwen hesitated a little: "At present, there is only Ni Qiong's confession, and there are not many people involved in King Yan, and the teacher is unknown." ”

"The teacher is unknown? What time is it now? The emperor still thinks about this, and if he is one step later, the minister is worried that the northern frontier will turn into a sea of fire. ”

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen was still hesitating, Wang Du was sweating profusely, and suddenly his eyes lit up, his right hand pointed out the window, and said: "Your Majesty, Deng Yong, one hundred households in Yanshan, reported on the affairs of Beiping in Beijing, and the minister suggested that he be taken down, and asked King Yan about his counter-complaint, and the minister was willing to torture him personally." ”

"Deng Yong? He's only a hundred households, I'm afraid he doesn't know much," Zhu Yunwen still didn't feel good: "If nothing is found out, what should I do?" ”

"No, he must know that King Yan's plan can't have no traces at all, so the people he sent to Jingshi must be trustworthy, otherwise he is afraid that people will talk nonsense and show traces, so Deng Yong must know something, and that's enough."

"Okay," Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment, made up his mind, and said: "Wang Du, you go to Feng Xingjian, and ask him to arrest Deng Yong immediately, interrogate him immediately, and before dawn tomorrow, I must get the evidence of King Yan's rebellion." ”

"Yes, Lord's Order."

Wang Du went out, hurriedly found Feng Xingjian, retreated from everyone, and said: "Lord Feng, this official has passed on the emperor's dictation, and the Investigation Department secretly arrested Deng Yong, a hundred households in Yanshan, and interrogated him immediately, he must get a confession before dawn, may it be done?" ”

"The last general will ensure that the confession is obtained before dawn." Feng Xingjian hurriedly knelt on the ground to receive the order.

"Lord Feng," looking at Feng Xingjian kneeling in front of him, Wang Du squatted down and said in a low voice: "If you can't do it, this official hopes that you can take the blame and resign immediately, and don't delay the emperor's major affairs, understand?" ”

Listening to Wang Du's gloomy tone, Feng Xingjian shuddered, bowed his head and said: "I understand, please rest assured, the last general will definitely be able to do it, please rest assured." ”

"Today, the official will not go there, he will wait here all the time, waiting for the final result."

"Yes, yes!"

......

Ugly, the Secret Interrogation Room of the Investigation Division.

Deng Yong, a hundred households in Yanshan, trembled, pressed his handprint on the confession with the only intact left thumb, and then closed his eyes: "Let me die, let me die." ”

Feng Xingjian grabbed the confession, read it carefully, waved it gently, and said quietly: "Deng Baihu, why are you bothering?" Would it be nice to say no sooner? Look at what you've been tossing yourself into now, come here, treat Deng Baihu's injuries, and you must treat them well. ”

Listening to Feng Xingjian's yin and yang strange voice, Deng Yong couldn't help but shudder.

Wang Du slept in his clothes in the office of the Investigation Division, and the sound of Feng Xingjian pushing the door woke him up. He looked up at Feng Xingjian and said, "Is the matter done?" ”

"That's it, please see, my lord."

After looking at the confession from beginning to end, Wang Du nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lord Feng, very good, in addition, this Deng Yong must be treated well, don't die, and confront King Yan in the future." ”

"Well, the last general understands."

After Wang Du got the confession, he entered the palace overnight and asked to see Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen stayed in the Qianqing Palace that night, also waiting for the news. After reading the confession, Zhu Yunwen gently put it on the table, but he was not as angry as Wang Du imagined, but said, "Zizhong, what do you think should be done?" ”

Wang Du arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, King Yan rebelled, the facts are all there, just relying on his private storage of military horses and horses, and building weapons, these are enough to convict him." The emperor should issue an order to cut off his prince and order General Song to arrest him and bring him to Beijing, hand him over to the three law divisions for trial, and punish him in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Good! Thou shalt draw up the decree and send it out in the morning. ”

"No, the minister suggested, or the secret decree was issued, there must be the eyes and ears of King Yan in the court, if King Yan is prepared, it will be troublesome."

Zhu Yunwen gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just do as you say, and send someone to remind General Geng that King Yan is rebelling, and he is allowed to act cheaply. ”

"Yes."

Looking at Wang Du's back, Zhu Yunwen was a little excited and a little apprehensive, he finally came to this point, I hope that Song Zhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, can solve King Yan, but I'm afraid I still have to fight.

Peiping.

Around the time of the unitary hour, Ru Ying and Chen Ying drank tea in the back hall of the political envoy, Chen Ying was a little absent-minded, but Ru Ying talked and laughed. While they were talking, the official ran over to report: "The two adults, both commanding General Song have arrived outside the door. ”

Ru Yu's hand holding the teacup paused, slowly put the teacup down, and nodded to indicate that he understood. Then he stood up and said to Chen Ying: "Lord Chen, General Song is already here, let's go and greet you." ”

"yes, okay."

Song Zhong saw that the political envoy and the envoy were out to greet him together, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Two adults, Song came as promised, how is the situation?" ”

Ru Chang smiled and said: "General Song, please come into the mansion to talk in detail, today this official specially invited Lord Chen, because this dispute is a bit big, and Lord Chen needs to cooperate." ”

Chen Ying also arched her hand and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" ”

The three of them entered the yamen of the political envoy together, and there were fifty guards who followed Song Zhong into the palace, and the remaining four hundred and fifty people were guarding the door.

After entering the hall, the three of them sat down and served Song Zhong a cup of tea to moisten his throat. Then Ru Yu took a dossier, handed it to Song Zhong, and said, "General Song, please see, there have been as many as two hundred and twenty people who have complained to the Political Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Envoy Department recently, and they are all in conflict with the Kaiping Guard. These matters are not easy to handle, and the sergeants of the guard are under the jurisdiction of the capital department, while the affairs of the people belong to the civil affairs, and they are under the jurisdiction of the political envoy department and the inspection department. Therefore, this official and Lord Chen hope to discuss with General Song how to calm down the anger. ”

Song Zhong didn't speak, but opened the file to check, and found that there were all kinds of things, stealing chickens, touching dogs, molesting women, rape, fighting, killing, arson, etc., in short, most of the crimes that Song Zhong could think of could be found in the file. Song Zhong closed the file and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, this Xu Zhong, how could he manage the sergeant like this? Even if the supply is a little untimely, it shouldn't be like this.

However, Song Zhong couldn't accuse Xu Zhong in front of the political envoy and the envoy, but said: "Two adults, now that the king of Zhou in northern Xinjiang is in rebellion, the Great Wall is in a hurry every day, and the Kaiping army retreats into the Great Wall in a bloody battle, and the imperial court is still counting on them to go north to the Great Wall and fight with the rebels after they have rested. ”

After hearing this, Ru Yu smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "General Song, these officials can understand, so the officials have been pressing the people's feelings, but today the people elected three people and personally handed over the documents to the officials. He also said that if the official and Lord Chen did not accept the situation, the bitter lords gathered outside Xizhimen and Fuchengmen would rush into the city, storm the official office, and even go to Yanwang's mansion to express their grievances. Therefore, the official had to invite General Song to come over and discuss how to do it. ”

This made Song Zhong a little difficult, this time the matter had something to do with him, because the military rations in Beiping were all from Zhigu, so Song Zhong slightly delayed the delivery time, and the amount was reduced. He felt that it was a danger for these people to be placed outside the city, and wanted them to raise it themselves and move to another place. But they stubbornly refused to leave, they were still strange, they didn't expect these people to make so many things outside the city.

Song Zhong thought for a moment and said tentatively: "Can General Ben meet with the three people who handed over the letter and see how the situation is?" Make a decision again. ”

"Okay."

After a while, three people came from the back hall and knelt before the three adults. Song Zhong took a closer look and found a scholar in his twenties, a chubby squire, and an honest farmer with thick hands and feet.

Ru Yu clapped his hands, pointed at Song Zhong and said: "Three, raise your head, this is Lord Song, the commander of Beiping, and the soldiers outside the city are under the control of Lord Song, if the three of them have any grievances, just tell Lord Song directly." ”

The three of them raised their heads, and Song Zhong glanced at them and found that although the three of them were of different ages, they all had a wave of anger in their eyes, and they were staring at him fearlessly. Song Zhong had some palpitations, straightened his body slightly, and said, "If the three of you have any grievances, please come to this official." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and then the scholar first hugged his fists and said: "Student Liu Siwei, show his talent and fame, this time he is not used to seeing the nonsense of the sergeant, so he volunteered to come to complain, please Mingjian." Half a month ago, these sergeants raped the second girl, the daughter of the Liu family next door to the student, who was humiliated and committed suicide by jumping into the river; Erniu's parents went to the barracks to cry, but they were kicked out, forget it," Speaking of this, the scholar wiped his tears: "That night, Liu's family was on fire, and Erniu's family was burned to death." Later, we reported the case, and the court's servant came to conduct an autopsy, saying that Erniu's whole family was killed by a sharp knife, and said that he would investigate. But we waited for so many days and there was no news at all. ”

"And so on and so forth. Just like this Brother Xue," he pointed to the villager and said, "Brother Xue's mother is over 60 years old this year, and she sells some tofu brains every morning to supplement the family. But one morning, several soldiers ate but did not give money, and Aunt Xue argued a few words, and was injured by three punches and two kicks to the ground. After the sergeant finished beating people, he walked away, and the people around him did not dare to stop him. After the soldiers left, everyone surrounded them and found that Aunt Xue was no longer good and sent to the infirmary, where she had lost her breath. ”

Liu Siwei said while wiping his tears from the villager, and when Liu Siwei finished speaking, this Xue brother cried loudly, pounced up, hugged Song Zhong's legs, and cried while hugging: "Adult, please be the master of the little one, my mother's death is so miserable, please make the decision of the little one." ”

Song Zhong was caught off guard, he was hugged by his thigh, and hurriedly said: "Fellow, don't be like this, this official will make decisions for you, don't worry, don't get excited......"

Song Zhong's guards rushed over, grabbed Brother Xue's shoulders, and wanted to pull him away, but Brother Xue didn't let go, the guards hurriedly pulled out the handle of the knife and smashed it on Brother Xue's head, and shouted while smashing: "Let go, let go, you pariah!" ”

Brother Xue insisted on not letting go, and shouted in his mouth: "My lord, spare your life, save me." ”

When Liu Siwei and the squire saw this scene, they were filled with righteous indignation, rushed up and grabbed the guard, and said, "What are you doing?" Do you want to kill people? Two adults, take care of it. He turned around and shouted at Ru Yu and Chen Ying.

With a wave of his hand, the official rushed over, pulled everyone away, and even subdued Song Zhong's guards.

When everyone dispersed, Liu Siwei shouted: "Killed." So saying, he ran out.

Everyone watched intently, and they found that Song Zhong, the commander of Beiping, had blood on his hands and was holding a knife, and the blade was deeply pierced into his chest......