Volume 4 Chapter 21 The Ghost in the Capital (I)
In the prison of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses, Wang Da curled up on the straw in the corner of the bed, shivering, and grabbed the cotton robe and wrapped it around his body, but he was still shivering with cold.
There's no way, he's hanging a gap at this moment, and he's wearing such a cotton robe all over his body, and the ice outside is a few inches thick, so it's no wonder he's not cold.
These damn guys, they won't even let me wear clothes, these damn guys, the guys don't have a pimpled son, these damn guys don't .......
I don't know how many times he scolded in his heart, he finally got tired of scolding, but he still couldn't sleep because it was too cold.
Looking at the straw in front of him, he couldn't help but think of when he was young.
He was born in an ordinary peasant family, and his family was still relatively poor, but he had the "lofty ambition" of becoming an official and making a fortune since he was a child, so from the age of eight, he went to study and read with his relative's children to the old Xiucai's grandfather.
Lao Xiucai's grandfather is also a relative of his family, this reading and literacy naturally does not cost money, but it takes time, I don't know if his qualifications are too poor, or usually too lazy, he has been reading for nine years in a row, and he has participated in three children, and he has not even passed!
Old Xiucai's grandfather was all read to death by him, but he didn't even get into the student exam, and he couldn't enter the state capital and county school to continue his studies, so he could only farm honestly.
This kind is more than 20 years, at that time he was poor, he couldn't even eat, let alone find his mother-in-law, he thought that this life was over, the boy couldn't try, and the boy's body couldn't be broken, so he could only reincarnate with regrets and strive to be born in a rich man's family in the next life.
Unexpectedly, when he was old, he was almost fifty years old, but a little cousin of his relatives was developed, this guy went all the way from being a student, showing talents, lifting people, and entering the Shilian Middle School, and became a supervisor of the imperial history, and then, of course, what right to the imperial history, but also purchased thousands of acres of land in the capital!
Although he didn't get in, he still had no problem reading and literacy, so he was recruited by his little cousin to be a housekeeper.
Now he is developed, in charge of thousands of acres of land, there are hundreds of tenant farmers under his hands, just pick a pick, you can pick out hundreds of taels of silver a year, which girl you like, directly recruit into the house to be a maid, warm a bed, make a room, just give a little silver to send it away, it's fine, if you are tired of playing, you can go out to get married, and then change it, not to mention how beautiful this little life is.
Unexpectedly, after only a few years, Jiannu suddenly called, and the Jiannu cavalry all over the mountains frightened him, he thought, this is the end.
However, what he didn't expect was that Jiannu didn't do anything to him, and even the entire Huangfu didn't move, Jiannu just sent troops to watch the Huangfu, and then gave him a letter and asked him to go to the capital to hand it over to his little cousin, that is, his old man Huang Chenghao.
Although he is not an official, he has seen a lot of friends who are officials, especially those who have land near the capital, and he knows the stewards and housekeepers who are invited, so the martial law in the capital is nothing.
He easily found an acquaintance and hung him into the capital.
After reading the letter, the old man seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and then replied to the letter, asking him to take it back and hand it over to a slave chief named Huang Taiji.
He didn't know what was written in the letter, because both sides of the envelope were very dead, and if he opened it, he would definitely tear the envelope, so he didn't dare to read it.
After he brought the letter back, the slave chieftain Taiji personally met him, and after reading the letter, he not only rewarded him with one hundred taels of silver, but also gave him five boxes of silver, and asked him to take it back to the mansion and hand it over to the eldest lady, and then, the slave chief also wrote two letters for him to pass on to the master.
He accepted the silver and sent the letter to the capital, but the lord did not say anything else, but asked him if he had received the silver, and then told him not to say anything about meeting with the slave chief to collect the money, because fornicating with the slave is a big crime of the nine clans.
Then, there was no more, and after a few comfortable days, he was inexplicably arrested and brought to the capital.
In the end, it's that dog's donkey ball, eating the bear's heart and leopard gall, and you dare to catch me, don't you know who my master is, I want to die.
Thinking about it, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he fell asleep in a daze, but not long after he closed his eyes, he was dragged out again in a daze, and when he opened his eyes, it was dawn.
The two strong guys directly dragged them to a public court, threw them on the ground, and then arched their hands towards the public case, and said, "My lord, the prisoner is here." And then he retreated.
He was lying on his stomach in a daze, but he knew that there were many people standing on both sides of the court, and he didn't know which damn adult was on top of the court.
"Slap", a shocking sound, directly scared him, and the whole person was awake.
Then, the damned lord shouted behind the public case, "Who is the hall?" ”
, it turns out that this guy doesn't know who Lao Tzu is.
He got up directly, nostrils to the sky and said: "Do you know who I am, I scared you to death when I said it, our master is Huang Chenghao, the right man of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”
It was Zhang Bin who was the judge in the court, he didn't expect that a little housekeeper would dare to be so rude, right?
He picked up the startling wood again and slapped it vigorously, and then shouted: "Presumptuous, who told you to get up, kneel." ”
This time, Wang Dayong was not frightened, he said contemptuously: "Kneel, why, I told you, our master is ...... Oops. ”
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in the crook of his knee, and he involuntarily fell to the ground and knelt down.
Zhang Bin also said contemptuously: "This official didn't ask who your lord is, is the imperial history of the right hand of the Metropolitan Procuratorate very remarkable, and I am also the governor of Fuguang." ”
Governor Fuguang is a fart, Wang Da reprimanded angrily with a strong man: "You dare to beat me, do you think you are great if you are a Governor of Fuguang, tell you, our master is specialized in treating you officials, and if you fold it, you have to kneel down when you are the first assistant." ”
Wei Zhongxian, a hooligan, played a trick and killed three of them in a row, and he didn't talk about the rules at all, and these people below didn't know what the rules were, thinking that a right-hand man of the Imperial Court was the king of heaven!
Today, I will teach you what the rules are, Zhang Bin picked up the startling wood again and slapped it vigorously, and then shouted: "Presumptuous, you dare to roar in the court, come to someone, slap your mouth ten times." ”
When Zhang Pan heard this, he directly took a small board like a token, rushed up, grabbed Wang Dayong's hair, "pop papa", and faced him with ten boards in the face, and Wang Dayong covered his face and screamed miserably.
After the board was played, Zhang Bin snorted coldly directly: "Now, if the official asks you, you can say anything, otherwise, hum." Say, name. ”
Wang Dayong was beaten with blood all over his mouth, and several teeth were lost, he didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, and replied honestly: "Wang Dayong." ”
Zhang Bin suddenly asked again: "Say, have you seen Huang Taiji?" ”
"See ......." Wang Dayong was about to blurt out, but suddenly remembered that the old man had confessed that he couldn't tell the slave chief, so he quickly changed his words and said, "I haven't seen it." ”
Zhang Bin immediately asked, "Then do you know Huang Taiji?" ”
Wang Dayong hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
Zhang Bin immediately asked again: "Then do you know who Huang Taiji is?" ”
Wang Dayong hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
Zhang Bin suddenly picked up the startling wood and slapped it, and shouted: "Presumptuous, you dare to deceive this official, Jiannu is camped in Nanyuan, you don't even know who the slave chief is, say, do you know or not?" ”
Wang Dayong was scared, Zhang Bin was shocked, and he was immediately frightened and said, "I know." ”
Zhang Bin then asked slowly: "Is there a Jiannu guard in the Huang Mansion?" ”
This is obvious, Wang Dayong nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes." ”
Zhang Bin asked slowly: "Are your master's family members being watched by Jiannu?" ”
There is no need to hide this, Wang Dayong continued to nod and said, "Yes." ”
Zhang Bin suddenly asked urgently: "Is the five thousand taels of silver given to you by Huang Taiji?" ”
Wang Dayong nodded subconsciously and said, "Yes." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and quickly changed his words: "No, no." ”
No?
After listening to the report last night, Zhang Bin suspected that Huang Chenghao had received Huang Taiji's silver, and today this fraud came out, and the silver must have been used by Huang Taiji to Wang Da, and now this guy still wants to change his words, hum.
He picked up the startling wood again and slapped it, and then shouted: "Presumptuous, are you so foolish when you are an official?" Tell me honestly, what did Huang Taiji let you do, and what did Huang Chenghao let you do, how did you help them contact them? ”
Fornicating with slaves is a big crime of the Nine Clans, and it can't be said that he is killed, Wang Dayong shook his head again and again: "I don't know, I haven't seen Huang Taiji." ”
Still hard-mouthed, Zhang Bin shouted directly: "Come on, hit him fifty boards first, let him sober up." ”
When Zhang Pan heard this, he directly brought three special combat team members up, and held down Wang Dayong to beat him, which made Wang Dayong howl miserably.
After the fifty boards were played, Wang Dayong almost hissed in his throat.
Zhang Bin asked coldly: "Have you thought clearly, recruit, or not." ”
Wang Dayong gritted his teeth and said, "I don't have anything to do." ”
Bones so hard?
Zhang Bin then shouted: "Come on, get on the stick." ”
The clamping stick is the torture instrument that clamps the fingers, and the prisoner's fingers are tightened with a bamboo stick, so that the bones on the fingers can be clamped and deformed.
As soon as Wang Dayong heard that he was on the clamping stick, he was also afraid that he would not be able to do it, but if he recruited it, he would punish the nine clans, and he didn't want all his relatives to be implicated, so he decided not to say anything about the death.
Soon, Zhang Pan took the clamping stick, stuffed his ten fingers in, and then glanced at the special combat team members on both sides, and the two special combat team members immediately pulled the rope in their hands and pulled it to both sides, Wang Dayong immediately howled miserably.
The clamp stick is getting tighter and tighter, and Wang Dayong is howling more and more, but Zhang Bin stared at him coldly, without saying a word, this guy, why is his mouth so hard, it stands to reason, it shouldn't be, just an ordinary housekeeper, such a hard bone, how can it be?
He was thinking about why Wang Dayong was so hard-mouthed, Wang Dayong's miserable howl stopped abruptly, and then he tilted his head and fainted directly.
Zhang Bin didn't let people wake him up with cold water immediately, but sat there frowning and pondering, this guy's hard mouth is a little abnormal, at the beginning, he only gave him ten slaps on the mouth, and he was honest immediately, which proves that he is quite afraid of pain, why is he not afraid of pain later?
Zhang Bin thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered that fornicating with slaves is a big crime of the Nine Clans, and this guy is probably afraid of the Zhulian Nine Clans.
In fact, there is room for maneuver in this, only rebellion and rebellion are the major crimes that must be punished by the nine clans, and the others do not seem to be so absolute, like Yuan Chonghuan, his crime should be fornication and slavery, and he himself has been cut by a thousand knives.
However, later Chongzhen sent someone to arrest his family, and found that his family had no money, almost poor and white, and took such a big risk to fornicate with the slaves, but he didn't earn a penny, which was obviously a bit abnormal, Chongzhen may have found out in conscience, and later exempted his family from the death penalty, and only sentenced them to exile for 3,000 miles.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bin immediately stood up and walked to Wang Dayong, and then motioned for Zhang Pan to wake him up, Zhang Pan immediately poured a bucket of prepared cold water on Wang Dayong's head, and Wang Dayong quickly woke up.
Zhang Bin squatted down directly and said seriously: "Are you afraid of the Zhulian Nine Clans, in fact, fornicating with the slaves does not have to be the Zhulian Nine Clans, as long as you confess honestly, the official guarantees that not only your family will be fine, but you will also be fine, after all, Huang Chenghao is the mastermind, right?" ”
When Wang Dayong heard this, his face immediately showed a look of struggle.
Seeing this, Zhang Bin stretched out his hand and flicked the clamp stick, and said with a smile: "You don't want to recruit yet, do you?" If you don't want to clamp it again, don't worry, if you can't kill people with a stick, the official will let them keep clipping until you say it. ”
Wang Dayong shivered in pain, and then shouted: "Don't clip, don't clip, I'll move, I'll move." ”
The corners of Zhang Bin's mouth curled, shook his head and sighed: "Wouldn't it be okay if you recruit earlier, why do you bother?" ”
Wang Dayong really recruited everything, he was 1510, starting from Jiannu's siege of Huangfu, until he sent a letter for the last time, and told the whole process in detail.
When Zhang Bin heard this, he frowned, this guy knows too little, just based on his words, plus the five thousand taels of silver, it seems difficult to make Chongzhen believe that Huang Chenghao is the one who fornicated with the slaves.
What to do?
Li Guangchun and Wang Jikui couldn't break through at all, because Zhang Bin had already sent someone to investigate, and these two people had not built a mansion outside the capital, and their land had been looted by Huang Taiji, and no one was left.
This proves that they are just Huang Chenghao's downline, they should have no connection with Huang Taiji, and this mastermind is Huang Chenghao.
It's really a bit troublesome now, do you want to arrest Huang Chenghao and torture him?
This method seems inappropriate, because Huang Chenghao is the mastermind, if he recruits, even if he doesn't punish his nine clans, he himself will be executed by Ling Chi, so it is very likely that he will not be recruited if he is killed.
This guy is the right man of the Imperial Palace, if he is arrested without Chongzhen's consent, he will be tortured for a while, Chongzhen is likely to think that he is tortured, in this case, Chongzhen will not believe that Yuan Chonghuan was wronged!