Chapter 124: An Renyi
Chapter 124: An Renyi
Two days later, Li Shenfu, the assassin of Shengzhou, and Yang Wu, the prince of the world, Wang Maozhang, the commander of the capital, and Li Chengsi, the deputy envoy of Huainan Jiedu, each led their troops to march, and tens of thousands of troops set off from Shengzhou and Guangling by boat, with flags in the sky. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
A few days later, a group of poor people from Runzhou sounded the "Dengwen Drum" set up in front of the Huainan Jiedu Embassy, accusing Runzhou Assassin Shi An Renyi of committing crimes such as lawlessness and indiscriminate killing of innocents in the prefecture and county, and asked Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu, to make decisions for them.
Yang Xingmi was convening officials from Huainan to discuss the alliance with Wang Shifan at that time, and when he heard the news that the drums were beaten, he immediately ordered Zhou Yin, the judge of Jiedu, to be responsible for investigating and collecting evidence, and after obtaining preliminary confirmation, he sent a messenger to summon An Renyi to come to Guangling for questioning, putting on a business-like appearance.
However, An Renyi did not come in person, and only sent his own son to be questioned.
So soon there were rumors in the market, some said that An Renyi had committed many crimes, and the reason why he did not dare to come in person this time was because he was afraid in his heart, afraid of confronting the sufferers on the spot; Some also say that An Renyi is unruly, self-serving and disdainful of Yang Xingmi's edict; Some people even secretly said that the reason why An Renyi didn't dare to come to Guangling was because he secretly plotted to rebel, and suddenly heard that he came to Guangling for questioning, thinking that the rebellion had happened, so his heart was weak; In short, public opinion in Guangling City is now very unfavorable to An Renyi.
Zhou Yin has always been fair, has a deep prestige, and is respected by the officials and people of Huainan, for this time Yang Xingmi asked him to personally investigate and collect evidence, he behaved very fair and strict, and every trial was conducted publicly, allowing ordinary officials and people to observe; And the physical evidence obtained each time is also shown to everyone; In addition, during the interrogation, he carefully inquired about the things told by each bitter master, and did not arbitrarily draw conclusions about the doubtful points, but made a choice after many verifications; And An Renyi's son tried his best to quibble in the lobby, but he was also dumbfounded by Zhou Yin's questions many times.
After many days of interrogation, Zhou Yin finally believed that the people of Runzhou told An Renyi that there was human and material evidence, and the facts were conclusive and could not be denied.
This conclusion was also unanimously convinced by the officials and people of Huainan, and because An Renyi was rampant in Runzhou, the crimes were too brutal, and many civilians were killed, and the seriousness of the circumstances caused an uproar in Guangling public opinion, and the people who were angry agreed that they should be severely punished.
After the results of the interrogation were reported, Yang Xingmi was furious on the spot and ordered his officials to discuss how to deal with An Renyi's crime.
Everyone thought that the former general Tai Meng had great military achievements and was an old brother who raised troops with Yang Xingmi, but he was also removed from the position of assassin because of corruption; Now An Renyi's qualifications and merits are not as good as Tai Meng, but the things he has committed are far worse than Tai Meng, so even if his merits are taken into account and his capital crime is exonerated, then at least he should be demoted to a civilian.
Yang Xingmi muttered and rejected everyone's proposal, he thought that although An Renyi had committed too much, after all, he had served him for many years, and he had made great contributions many times when he confronted Sun Ru, and he was also a rare general, so it was too much to be demoted to a civilian, and finally decided to remove him from the position of assassin and demote him to the vanguard commander and transfer to serve under the command of the prince of Haizhou, so as to make meritorious contributions.
The officials in Huainan were deeply grateful for Yang Xingmi's tolerance and generosity, but everyone thought that this punishment was still too light, even if they cherished An Renyi's talent and let him wear the crime and make meritorious contributions, at least the generals under An Renyi who directly committed major crimes should be severely punished, otherwise how could they calm down the people's anger and warn others.
As for everyone's request, Yang Xingmi finally agreed, and ordered to send an envoy to Runzhou to arrest the guilty generals under An Renyi, and convey the will to demote An Renyi.
When the news came out, although everyone was still a little dissatisfied with the result, they reluctantly accepted it; Then Yang Xingmi ordered the Jiedu embassy to properly settle those who accused An Renyi, and rewarded them with his own private money as compensation, which made the people praise King Wu's benevolence and righteousness, and An Renyi's reputation naturally became infamous.
Runzhou Thorn History Mansion.
"Smack!"
With a clear sound, a delicate blue-glazed water ripple four-series jar was smashed into pieces, and several knowledgeable scribes around couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths. Move, obviously distressed.
This is not the first piece of fine porcelain that An Renyi has broken, a few days ago, the people of Runzhou sounded the Dengwen drum in front of the Jiedu Embassy to accuse him of many crimes, and when Yang Xingmi ordered him to go to Guangling for questioning, he realized that it was not good, but he thought that it was just a few Diao Min's complaints, as long as there was no important evidence, there would be no big problem with his past achievements, so he didn't care much about it at that time.
As a general born in the Caizhou Army, and he is a Shatuohu person, his brutal and murderous character has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, even if he takes refuge in Yang Xingmi, he still can't change his character.
When Yang Xingmi conquered the Jianghuai prefectures, he used some upright generals as assassins, such as Tao Ya as the assassin of Shezhou, and Li Yu as the assassin of Changzhou, which were warmly cheered by the local people; Only Runzhou took An Renyi as the history of assassination, and the local people cried like a dead father and mother after hearing about it: "Every state has a good history of assassination, why is it only in Runzhou that An Renyi, a Hu person, is the assassin history?" ā
So from the very beginning, the people of Runzhou were extremely dissatisfied with him, and later facts proved that the people's worries were justified. After serving as the assassin, An Renyi has done many things in Runzhou over the years, destroying families or slaughtering villages, most of which he did secretly, and those who knew about it tried their best to destroy the evidence.
However, no matter how secretive he is, there will always be evidence left, and there will be witnesses who will survive, and will eventually be found by the secret agents who are strictly requisitioned.
It wasn't until Yang Xingmi ordered Zhou Yin to investigate the case thoroughly, and all kinds of relevant evidence surfaced one after another, that he knew that something was wrong. After all, although some people have escaped his extermination in the past few years, those people are just ordinary people, how can they collect such detailed evidence after they survive by luck?
Moreover, they actually gathered in front of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion at the same time to ring the drum, and An Renyi felt that if no one organized it in secret, it would be impossible for these bitter masters to act spontaneously.
But whether or not someone is secretly dealing with him, he has really done these things, and with Zhou Yin, a fair old guy, coming forward to review it, even if he wants to refute it, he has no chance.
Now that the results of Guangling's interrogation have come out, Zhou Yin unsurprisingly announced the crime he committed, and this result was also unsurprisingly convinced by Guangling.