The people present were solemn, Nurhachi's order meant that most of the materials of an important trade route of Houjin were cut off, and the scale of trade with Mao Wenlong was small, basically Mao also lacked bulk cash, most of them were exchanged for grain and groceries for Houjin's ginseng and fur, and the trade volume has been growing, but Mao Wenlong did not have the rules of doing business with Yusheng, and Houjin has also been strictly guarding against the fine work of Dongjiang Town, and the scale of trade between the two is unlikely to develop to as large as He Yusheng. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Moreover, the upper echelons of Houjin have always been suspicious, and Mao Wenlong also has He Yusheng behind him, which makes them even more vigilant.

Sure enough, Nuerha Equator: "Wenlong doesn't have to be false with him, this person is a hero, I know him, don't hurt him, don't let him know that my Dajin strength is far above him, this person will not be convinced." Trading with him will not make him feel like I have a lot of gold, but will only make him more complacent, arrogant and arrogant, and we only need grain for his trade, and we don't want any other goods, and we only give ginseng and Dongzhu fur here, not cash, that's it. ”

The banner lord bowed and said, "The Great Khan is wise. ”

Amin said: "I don't believe that the food shortage will continue like this, and if there is a good harvest in all the official villages in a year or two, the two trade routes will be cut off." Well, at most, it is to maintain and Yusheng all the way. ”

Dai Shan and Nurhachi glanced at each other, and Nurhachi nodded and said, "By the way, just look at this year and see the situation!" ”

……

Screams rang out from the room, and all the Han soldiers curled up, waiting for the judgment of fate.

More than a dozen heads have been cut off, the blood on the bloody and fleshy heads has not yet coagulated, and the eyes of all the heads are round and open, this is the natural reaction of people who are extremely frightened, and no one can close their eyes when their heads are cut off.

Cao Zhenyan also had the same reaction, although the people of the Thirteen Mountains judged that he could survive, but no one dared to believe the judgment of others in this kind of thing, especially in the current punishment, and people were constantly pushed out and beheaded.

Every time he entered the house, he was in a group of ten, and when it was Cao Zhenyan's turn, he stood up and walked into the house with others.

Everyone is trembling, and Cao Zhenyan is the same, and there is no clear distinction at this point.

Li Yongfang sat on a chair, dozens of Han army and Jurchen officers stood in the room, the weather was a little hot, and the torture would make blood, everyone took off their robes, shirtless, and their bodies were splashed with blood, looking even more fierce and brutal.

"Rack up, fight!"

One Bashiku ordered, and then in teams of two, all the captured Han troops were set up.

"Did the Han Dog send you back as a fine worker?"

A Houjin officer pressed Cao Zhenyan, the yellow front teeth flashed in front of his eyes, and a foul smell hit his face, this Houjin officer did not wait for Cao Zhenyan to answer, but directly hit him in the face with a stick.

Pain, incredibly painful.

Cao Zhenyan, who was beaten with this stick, was extremely painful, but the next thing was for him to understand what pain was.

The sticks hit all kinds of places that made people extremely painful, stomach pouches, joints, fingers, these people were ruthless and accurate, and the flesh and blood of the people were blurred after a dozen sticks.

Cao Zhenyan's voice was hoarse, and then he couldn't make a sound in pain.

"Who was sent by the Thirteen Mountains?" Officer Houjin gasped and said: "If you admit it, you can save your brothers, and if you are a little bit of a man, you can admit it yourself, and don't affect others." ”

This man's Chinese language is very good, but it is estimated that the Jurchens sent by the Houjin side to monitor Li Yongfang were interrogated, and their interrogation was just a beating.

At this time, of course, no one spoke up, and if he confessed, he was beheaded, and all the pain still couldn't be compared with life and death.

At this time, another group of Han army officers came to interrogate, from each person's origin, experience, performance on the mountain, etc., including whether they had private contact with the people of He Yusheng, whether they had received preferential treatment on the mountain, and so on.

Not only inquired, but also encouraged these Han soldiers to report and expose others, once they found that someone wanted to report it would be brought to the ear room to ask privately, and after a while, sure enough, there were Han soldiers dragged out of the crowd, and these reported people were not interrogated, and they were directly beheaded.

In such a situation, of course, everyone is in danger, and almost everyone looks at others with a particularly fierce eye.

Cao Zhenyan made a dying appearance, and when he was asked, he answered 1510.

Li Yongfang walked over, Cao Zhenyan didn't dare to look up, only saw the Han man's forehead with a white pigtail hanging down from his left chest.

"I've seen your father, and he's an old acquaintance." Li Yongfang groaned: "When you were on the mountain, did you ever think about serving the past in order to survive? ”

"Back to the master," Cao Zhenyan said with a faint breath: "The slave definitely didn't think about it." ”

"Did they tell you to do anything?"

"Nope." Cao Zhenyan said: "The slave is locked up with everyone, and he only thinks about how to get out and save his life every day, the slave has a good life on the side of the gold, and the whole family has a future, no matter what, it is impossible for the slave to serve them, maybe they also understand this, and they have not come to win over the slave." ”

"That's true of your family." Li Yongfang nodded, and suddenly said sharply: "If you have bad intentions, you will lose more than your own head, your family will definitely be buried with you, you have to think clearly, now you will go back and confess and not behead you, just confide in the situation on the mountain and their arrangements." ”

"The slave will never dare to serve the Ming Kingdom," Cao Zhenyan said: "If the master doesn't believe it, it is better to cut the slave, and the slave does not want to affect the family and cause trouble to the parents, wife and children." ”

Li Yongfang stared at Cao Zhenyan, seeing that there was no abnormality on the other party's face, and there was no unique expression when he lied, he already believed in his heart that this young Han army would not surrender, after all, the Cao family surrendered as a hereditary military attache of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not bad on the Houjin side, Cao Zhenyan also became the household of the fourteenth elder brother, the future is not bad, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to confess to the punishment here, and it is inevitable that he will take the initiative to serve the other party and become a meticulous work, this possibility is too small.

Li Yongfang nodded at the moment and said, "In this case, you can go out to meet your parents and family, and after your injuries are healed, I will send someone to summon you and appoint you with another appointment." ”

Most of the Han army will be sent to Jinzhou and Fuzhou, and will also be sent to the Kuandian area to participate in the war against Dongjiang Town, which is the worst place in the current strategic form of the Later Jin, and most of the people sent in the past are dead and alive, Li Yongfang feels good about this Cao Zhenyan, and plans to observe it, and if he can, he will stay by his side and cultivate it.

Cao Zhenyan didn't dare to refuse, and he couldn't refuse, so he agreed weakly at the moment, Li Yongfang saw this, waved his hand and asked someone to take Cao Zhenyan down to treat his injuries.

The people who were beaten in the house were already tortured, and they began to bite indiscriminately, but fortunately, Li Yongfang's subordinates were not stupid, and they didn't take it seriously, otherwise, none of the hundreds of Han troops outside could get out of the courtyard alive, so it was better to behead all of them directly according to the meaning of some Jurchen nobles, so as not to make these Han soldiers suffer such a living crime before they died.

Cao Zhenyan was also in hot pain all over his body, and a doctor gave him medicine indiscriminately, regardless of whether it was useful or not, fortunately, he was in his twenties, and his body was very strong, and it was estimated that this small injury would not kill him.

At this time, Cao Zhenyan also remembered the torture training he received in the Thirteen Mountains, when he hated the intelligence officer named Zhao Lide, I heard that that person was born in Jinyiwei in the Beijing Division, a spy of the family, and he was a good hand at torture and torture, very professional, Cao Zhenyan hated Zhao Lide at that time, but now he can't help but be grateful.

Without the training at that time, it would have been really difficult to survive this big punishment tonight!

Cao Zhenyan couldn't help but glance at the Han soldiers in the courtyard, most of them were like ashes, or they were beaten very miserably, how many people in this crowd were like himself, and they came back from the mission of the Thirteen Mountains?

In any case, Cao Zhenyan did not dare to oppose the water, Houjin was strictly legal, if he confessed truthfully, he would probably not be able to save his head, and most of his family's lives would not be able to be saved.

In the other courtyard, there were Han soldiers who could be let go after screening, and the city gate was closed every night, and they had to wait until tomorrow morning to leave.

Some family members of the Han army in Liaoyang carried lanterns to look for in this courtyard, even though many people knew that their relatives had died in battle, but there were still many people who rushed to hear the news, with a little last hope, calling the names of their relatives here, hoping that a miracle would happen.

In the midst of the shouts, Cao Zhenyan finally heard his father's voice.

"Huang Nu'er, Huang Nu'er?"

"Brother Cao, are you here?"

"I'm here, I'm here." Cao Zhenyan couldn't help but answer loudly.

There were too many people in the yard, and there were people's shouts and calls everywhere, Cao Zhenyan's answer was not heard at first, but then it was finally heard by Cao Shixuan, and the shouts of both sides were increased, and they squeezed around the crowd along the sound, and finally Cao Zhenyan finally saw his father carrying the lantern, and Li Mingli with a surprised face.

"Father, Brother Li."

Cao Zhenyan took a few steps forward and knelt in front of his father, two lines of tears couldn't help but flow.

"Huang Nu'er, it's good for you to come back." Cao Shixuan couldn't help crying, calling Cao Zhenyan's nickname, and caressing Cao Zhenyan's back with his hand.

Father and son are not accustomed to such emotional exchanges, Chinese scholars pay attention to holding grandchildren and not children, because the elderly can love children, and it is not hindered, and the responsibility of educating children is on the father, the so-called "son does not teach, father's fault", so even when Cao Zhenyan was a child, he rarely saw any caring expression on his father's face, and most of them were strict requirements and reprimands.

The Cao family is also a family, although it is not as good as those scholarly families, but the rules in the family are still much stronger than ordinary people, Cao Zhenyan was very naughty when he was a child, and he may have got a nickname of "Huang Nuer" because of jaundice.