When he returned to Dongwangfu, Yang Xiuqing immediately organized his subordinates to re-interrogate Zhang Jigeng, Wu Changsong, Weng Yuefeng, Jia Zhonglin and others, and search for other accomplices involved in the crime. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wu Changsong couldn't survive the punishment, and soon took the opportunity to be unprepared, biting his tongue and committing suicide. And Weng Yuefeng, Jia Zhonglin and other scholars have long recognized the names of their ancestors for the eighteenth generation, but they are far from satisfying Yang Xiuqing. Because they know too little, the leader is Zhang Jigeng, and the important information is in Zhang Jigeng's mind.

It was also Weng Yuefeng and Jia Zhonglin who were stupid, they revealed this meaning to Yang Xiuqing, naturally, there was no value in being interrogated, so they were naturally dragged aside, considering that they were very cooperative, as a reward, Yang Xiuqing ordered the two of them to be executed Ling Chi.

Yang Xiuqing focused on dealing with Zhang Jigeng, the number one spy of the Qing Demon.

Now, through Weng Yuefeng and others, Yang Xiuqing has learned that this Zhang Jigeng turned out to be the son of the official gentry of the Qing Demon, not only did he plan to open the city gate to Xiang Rong as the inner director of the Qing Demon, but also had evil deeds.

At the beginning, when the Taiping army conquered Jinling City, Zhang Jigeng led the crowd to fight in the streets, and after the Taiping army broke through Jinling, he mixed into the Beiwang Mansion under the pseudonym Ye Zhifa as a scribe so far.

In the middle of last year, this Zhang Jigeng often sneaked into the water camp, because Zhang Jigeng has lived in northern Hunan for many years, and most of the brothers in the water camp are in Yiyang and Yuezhou, so he soon formed an alliance with a group of brothers in the water camp.

Immediately afterwards, he used "the king of the east treats the Cantonese people well, and the Hunan people are thin" to instigate the soldiers of the water camp to defect, causing a conflict between the guards of the Beiwang palace and the soldiers of the water camp, and the soldiers of the water camp are ready to rebel, fortunately, Yang Xiuqing found out the seriousness of the situation in time, not only scolded the king of the north, but also announced that he would treat the soldiers of the water camp well, so as to quell the mutiny. But even so, Zhang Jigeng was still not discovered and continued to lurk in Tianjing City.

Thinking of this Zhang Jigeng's cunning and abnormality, and knowing which people had taken refuge in the Qing Demon and became an internal response, Yang Xiuqing decided to interrogate him personally. For a burst of conventional leather whips and wooden sticks, Zhang Jigeng all survived, without bite, and was very tough, which made Yang Xiuqing very angry! This pure demon spy is such a tough guy, doesn't this set off his incompetence?

So, Yang Xiuqing ordered to prick his nails with an embroidery needle, this trick actually worked in one fell swoop, Zhang Jigeng was so painful that he couldn't survive the punishment, and revealed to Yang Xiuqing on the spot more than 40 Taiping leaders in Tianjing City, among which there were nearly 20 generals and subordinates at all levels in the Beiwang Palace, and even Huang Qifang, a close confidant of the Beiwang and the official of the North Palace, was among them.

Yang Xiuqing was furious in his heart, he was unforgivable for these people to betray the kingdom of heaven! However, he asked suspiciously: "You Qing demon and traitor, are you the only ones who have gathered no locals in Jiangning?" ”

Zhang Jigeng laughed and said: "The locals in Jiangning have always been weak and not enough to plot big things. For such a big matter, if it weren't for the conspiracy of the old brothers in Guangxi, who would dare to respond internally? ”

Yang Xiuqing thought about it, it was indeed the case. Without the participation of the old brothers of Guangxi, how could it be so smooth, and there would be so many low-level soldiers involved? So, he directly ordered that the more than 40 leaders of the Taiping soldiers confessed by Zhang Jigeng be beheaded to show the public, so as to set an example!

When Wei Changhui, the king of the north, heard that even Huang Qifang, the official of his north hall, was also a Qing demon spy and was about to be beheaded by the king of the east, he hurriedly came to intercede: "Nine thousand years old, Huang Qifang is an old brother in Guangxi, and he has been following his younger brother since the Jintian regimental camp, and he is loyal to the kingdom of heaven, so it is impossible to betray the kingdom of heaven and defect to the Qing demon." Please also ask for 9,000 years old! ”

Yang Xiuqing was furious: "It's hard to know people and faces!" If it weren't for Huang Qifang, how could this Zhang Jigeng enter your Beiwang Mansion as a scribe? If this Huang Qifang is not maintained everywhere, how can this Zhang Jigeng be able to make trouble several times, but he is safe and sound? You still give this king a quibble, it's really lard! What's more, aren't you, the king of the north, responsible? This Zhang Jigeng, hiding under your nose, you didn't even notice it, and almost let him succeed! ”

Yang Xiuqing said that Wei Changhui was speechless, not only did he not dissuade the East King, but he got himself into trouble again!

"Come on, the king of the north is not strict in governing his subordinates, he mixed in with the spies, and gave this king thirty lashes as a punishment! If you plead again, you will be guilty of the same crime as the criminal! ”

The furious Yang Xiuqing gave an order, and the palace guards hurriedly came over, confessed the crime, and dragged Wei Changhui past him and executed him in the main hall.

The dignified King of the North, because of his intercession, was ordered by the King of the East to pull out his pants in public, revealing his white buttocks, and whipped in public!

Wei Changhui didn't bite a word, he knew that it was useless to beg for mercy, so he gritted his teeth and endured it. It's just that when he looked at the nine-thousand-year-old who was high above, his eyes became vicious.

No one stopped them, and soon, more than 40 Taiping Army brothers who were told by Zhang Jigeng were all beheaded.

The Dongwang guards stepped forward to report, tied up a large pile of bloody heads, and were picked up in front of the palace and released, the smell of blood made Yang Xiuqing's anger disappear, and he suddenly woke up: he has been tricked! I was deceived by this demon spy! These slain leaders of the Taiping Army should not be the internal response of betrayal, they were used by this hateful spy to kill those Taiping brothers.

But Yang Xiuqing can't say it, as soon as he says it, his face as the king of the east will be gone, and, the most important thing is that he is known as the possession of the Heavenly Father, and he often communicates with the Heavenly Father, how can he not even know this little thing, and he will be deceived by the Qing Demon, isn't that a joke? Moreover, this is also extremely detrimental to the glorious image established by the Jiangnan camp that he has just defeated the Qing Demon.

So, Yang Xiuqing blushed and said, "Enough!" The rest of the brothers involved in this matter, this king will no longer pursue it. As long as they have the courage to change their ways, they will never betray again. But for you, a lackey of the pure demons, you must be severely punished! Come, cut off the thief's tongue, gouge out his eyes, pour mercury into his ears, and tie his hands, feet, and head to five horses, and divide the five horses! ”

When Zhang Jigeng heard that he was going to die anyway, he also let it go, so he shouted: "Brothers, listen, I'm dead, you continue to complete the task for me, and you must let this inhumane crime Taiping Heavenly Kingdom perish!" The court's reward will not be less of you, and the history will also let you leave your name! ”

"Quick! Shut him up and put him to death! "Yang Xiuqing is angry!

The guards of the Dongwang Mansion hurriedly rushed up, first blocked Zhang Jigeng's mouth, and did as he said, Rao is Zhang Jigeng was tough, and he couldn't help but scream and wail because he was tortured.

In the end, the five guards rode five horses and galloped, under the huge tearing, Zhang Jigeng's left hand and right foot were broken first, and then his head was also torn off, and the rest, his right hand and left foot had not been torn off, and his body had been torn into two parts, and the flesh and blood were flying on the spot, and the scene was miserable.

Fortunately, Yang Xiuqing immediately ordered Zhang Jigeng to be killed, otherwise, if he continues to interrogate, I don't know how many old brothers in the Taiping Army he will frame. However, even so, Jean still cast a shadow on the brothers of the heavenly kingdom, and they became suspicious of each other.

For Zhang Peize, although he was a subordinate of Chen Guitang, Yang Xiuqing's direct confidant, and when Zhang Guoliang and Feng Zicai entered the city, Zhang Peize and others also acted to deceive the demons, and cooperated very well, but Yang Xiuqing still did not let go of the people who wanted to surrender to the demons. Zhang Peize, Zhang Peijiang and several other pawn commanders were all executed. And Zhang Peize's distant cousin Jin Shuben was saved by Hou Yukuan's intercession.

Only then did Yang Xiuqing know that the news that Hou Yukuan had received that Zhang Peize and others in the city wanted to act as a Qing demon and should open the city gate came from this golden tree. couldn't help but praise him, and personally appointed him to replace Zhang Peize's position as the military commander, and was still responsible for guarding Chaoyangmen!

and his confidant Chen Guitang, Yang Xiuqing sent him to Yang Fuqing to assist him in attacking the Qing demon and atoning for his crimes.

And everything that happened in Tianjing City seemed to have nothing to do with Hong Xiuquan. This heavenly king of the kingdom of heaven did not ask questions from beginning to end. And Yang Xiuqing, except for the defeat of the Jiangnan camp at the beginning and the victory after the victory, did not have the slightest hint of asking for instructions on the handling of these old brothers of the Heavenly Kingdom later.