Chapter 41: A Tooth for a Tooth
Leaving Qin Zhan and Jing Jie in the Imperial Prison will be more dangerous, Fang Yuan took Luo's Yang Sex Token, led five or six Jinyi Guards, and went directly to the Imperial Prison of Jinyi Guards.
He took out Luo's Yangxing token and ordered the Jinyi guards guarding the edict to release Qin Zhan and Jing Jie, and ordered several people to bring Zhang Xingcheng and Li Da to the lobby of the edict.
Qin Zhan and Jing Jie, who were covered in blood, dirty, and exuding a foul smell, were taken to the lobby by Jinyiwei, and when they looked up and saw that it was Fang Yuan, they were so surprised that they couldn't believe their eyes.
Qin Zhan was overjoyed and said, "Boss, are you still alive?" It's okay? ”
Fang Yuan thought of the brotherly love between the two of them, and his nose was so moved that he personally stepped forward to open the shackles for them, and regardless of the stench on the two of them, he hugged the two of them tightly, "Good brother, it's okay, everything has rained and the sky is clear." ”
Jing Jie completely forgot the pain behind the cane on his body, and said with tears in his eyes, "Boss, I've been worried that I won't see you again, it's okay." ”
Qin Zhan also took the opportunity to curry favor and said, "I can see it now, the leader will be fine, and I will follow the leader in the future, I'm afraid of a bird!" Ouch! ”
When they met after the catastrophe, the three of them looked at each other with six eyes, and they all shed tears.
Fang Yuan saw that the lips of the two were dry and their hair was scattered, so he hurriedly ordered the Jinyi Wei to lead the two of them down to freshen up and tidy up, so he sat on the chair in the lobby and waited for Zhang Xingcheng and Li Da to be disposed of.
Half an hour later, Zhang Xingcheng of thousands of households, and Li Da of 100 households were brought up by Jinyi Guards, with their ranks, they obviously had not received the edict of Emperor Chongzhen, and saw Fang Yuan sitting on a chair in the middle of the edict prison, and more than a dozen Jinyi guards behind him were waiting for each other, and the two looked at each other.
Fang Yuan lit up Luo Yangxing's token in front of the two of them, and said with a sneer, "Zhang Xingcheng, Li Da, this time I was promoted to the rank of Jinyi Wei Baihu by the Holy Order, and I came full-time to try the case of national Qi Tian Hongyu who bent the law for bribes and arrogantly indulged in discipline. ”
Tian Hongyu, who was supposed to be the plaintiff, became a criminal in an instant, Zhang Xingcheng trembled when he heard this, and looked straight at Fang Yuan, this blow came too suddenly, and he was so frightened that he was stunned.
Li Da was so frightened that he was so frightened that he was gone, so he knelt on the ground like this, kowtowing like pounding garlic and begging for mercy, "Fang Zongqi, oh, no, Fang Baihu, I was forced, I was forced by Tian Hongyu to meet that villain, spare my life, spare my life!" ”
Fang Yuan looked at his prostrate back begging for mercy, and sneered, "I said, if you beat my brother, you will definitely repay it tenfold; Bullied Xiao Yuan, I want your life. If I don't spare you today, I don't count if I say it, my brother has the final say. ”
He shouted coldly and said, "Jing Jie, the fourth, you come out." ”
Qin Zhan and Jing Jie, who had been briefly groomed and tidyed, walked out of the back hall and saw Li Da, a hundred households kneeling on the ground like a dog and begging for mercy.
Qin Zhan was annoyed that he was whipped in public, and he was also given fifty canes in the edict, and now he rushed forward and kicked him fiercely, "Dog, dare to beat your fourth grandfather!" ”
When death came, Li Da was kicked and yelled for mercy like a pig, "I am a dog, a blind dead dog, please spare my life!" ”
Fang Yuan looked coldly at Li Da, who was kowtowing and begging for mercy, and asked leisurely, "Fourth, Jing Jie, he is a Liangzi who has formed a relationship with you, what do you say should be done?" ”
Qin Zhangao shouted, "This kind of beast is not as good as a dog, kill and feed the dog!" ”
Jing Jie said with an unmoved face, "Just take a tooth for a tooth, one of us was scolded with fifty rods, and beat him with a hundred rods, if he can live, it is his fate, and if he can't live, it is nothing to do with others." ”
Although Fang Yuan has Chongzhen behind him, but when the new official takes office, everything must be done according to the rules, and the abuse of violence can neither convince the public, nor is it his style, "Just follow Jingjie's!" Come! dragged Li Da down and scolded a hundred rods. ”
Qin Zhan was still angry, rolled up his sleeves, covered the wound on his face that was beaten by Li Da's whip, and said loudly, "I'll fight it myself!" ”
Fang Yuan knew that if Qin Zhan came to fight, and the cane fell into place, Li Da would die nine times out of ten, but this was also Li Da's own doing, he couldn't see the direction of the wind clearly, and there was no backstage, so he dared to do something desperately, and he would die!
Fang Yuan was noncommittal, he just turned a blind eye and let Qin Zhan toss it.
Qin Zhan and the three brocade guards escorted Li Da down to the cane and scolded him, and Li Da's shouts like killing pigs came from the other side of the torture room.
Zhang Xingcheng trembled when he heard this, and he didn't know if what was waiting for him was the same fate.
Fang Yuan's eyes fell on Zhang Xingcheng's body, Li Da was sure that he would not survive, but it was the same with Zhang Xingcheng's confession from a thousand households, "Zhang Xingcheng, you colluded with Tian Hongyu, a national relative, can you be guilty?!" ”
Zhang Xingcheng was on his chopping board, and Li Da's increasingly low shout came from his ears, obviously he was about to be interrupted, so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, and lowered his head and said, "Fang Baihu, I plead guilty." But Tian Hong met me when he met me, I have a high hall and a child, and I am also forced to be helpless, and I am in a dilemma! ”
Fang Yuan looked at Zhang Xingcheng coldly, his difficult prescription Yuan could also empathize, with Tian Hongyu's flying domineering, if he refused, I was afraid that a big disaster would come immediately. At least when searching Fang's house, they didn't kill them all, and even left Fang Yuan and Cao Huachun's gold and silver.
If there is any room for this, the sin does not deserve death.
Fang Yuan had forgiven his capital crime in his heart, and said slowly, "Zhang Xingcheng, if you are an accomplice under duress, you will be exempted from the punishment, and you will truthfully write the crime of colluding with Tian Hongyu as a crime, and I will report it to Your Majesty and hand it over to Your Majesty." ”
Zhang Xingcheng has been in Jinyi Wei Prison for a long time, and he knew that he was exempted from this cane punishment, but Fang Yuan's subordinates showed mercy and were busy kneeling down honestly to confess their guilt.
Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to take him down and put him in the Imperial Prison, awaiting punishment.
Qin Zhan, who rolled up his sleeves, walked out of the torture chamber and snorted, "Without beating, I will be out of breath after only eighty rods." ”
Jing Jie said lightly, "With this strength, it is better to kill the Houjin Tartar and kill the Liukou." ”
Qin Zhan was ridiculed by him lukewarmly, and replied angrily, "Jing Jie, you don't pretend to me, in the edict prison, don't you grit your teeth more than I hate?" Now pretend to be a good person in front of the leader, pretend to be chicken feathers. ”
Jing Jie was scolded back by him, and he was not angry, "Li Da is a dog who relies on human power, and it is not the dog that should really be liquidated, but the person behind it." ”
He bluntly said that the culprit was Tian Hongyu, the abbot, and if he wanted to settle the account, he should find Tian Hongyu to settle the account.
Qin Zhan was speechless by him, looked at Fang Yuan and said, "Boss, my fourth brother is not a master who bullies the weak and fears the hard, as long as you give the order, I will immediately go and arrest Tian Hongyu and beat him." ”
Fang Yuan muttered to himself, Tian Hongyu is the father-in-law of the country, how can he talk to a mere Li Da? To deal with Tian Hongyu, you must not only look at Tian Guifei's face, but also look at Chongzhen's face, where can you say that you will fight?
Only wait for tomorrow to go to Tianfu to meet for a while, and then talk about Tian Hongyu.
Fang Yuan collected his mind a little, and put on a bright smile at the two, "You don't have to fight anymore, we will all be brothers in the future." Fourth, Jing Jie is older than you, he is the second, oh, no, third. ”
The name of the second child was really indecent, and Fang Yuan immediately changed his words to become the third.
After Qin Zhan was demoted to Jingjie, he became the fourth child, and said in a lost voice, "This, boss, the matter of worship, you can't come according to your age!" ”
Fang Yuan was too lazy to talk to him, and scolded, "Fourth, do you want to worship us?" ”
Qin Zhan hurriedly said, "Think, think, just that, that's it, the fourth is the fourth!" Leader, third brother, I admit it. ”
Jing Jie bowed to the two, "Boss, fourth brother." ”
Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Today is a day of great joy, those unlucky words, unlucky people will not say it, let's go to the Jiaofang Division, and all the expenses will be on my head." ”
The Jiaofang Division is a high-level brothel run by the government of the Ming Dynasty, and the reception is all high-level bureaucrats above the sixth grade, and Fang Yuan's grade is just enough to qualify, but Qin Zhan and Jing Jie are not even qualified to enter.
As soon as Qin Zhan heard that he could go to the Teaching Division, he immediately put the displeasure of being the fourth brother behind him, and said with great joy, "Okay, good, my fourth child dreamed of entering the Teaching Division, but I didn't expect to wait for such a day!" ”