At the end of the second year of Chongzhen, what happened in Puzhou also happened in Baode Prefecture in northern Shanxi, Xinzhou, Yuci, Taigu and other places in Taiyuan Prefecture, as well as other areas in Pingyang Prefecture.

That is to say, in addition to four of the eight families of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou who were captured by Dongchang in Zhangjiakou and walked in the foreground, the "Tongyu Jin merchants" who were arrested by Jinyiwei who entered the Jin Dynasty this time were inevitably expanded.

In addition to the four families and relatives who stayed in Shanxi, the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Shen family in Puzhou, who were identified by Jinyiwei as suspected of participating in dividends, as well as the wealthy merchant Kang family in Linfen, Pingyang Prefecture, the wealthy merchant Chang family in Yuci, Taiyuan Prefecture, and the Cao family in Baode Prefecture, a total of 14 families, were arrested and imprisoned by the personnel of the Jinyi Wei and Jinyi Wei Shanxi Thousand Households Office of Fusi in Beizhen.

During this period, how many people were mistakenly killed and wrongly arrested, and how many female dependents were abused and abused by the low-level personnel of Jinyiwei, of course, it is difficult to say.

For example, the Kang family of Pingyang Prefecture, which has been running a pawnbroking business for generations and making a fortune by engaging in loan sharks, was only taken down by Jiang Jiao, who was afraid of catching a big fish, because he had provided a loan to one of the eight families of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou.

This is also a helpless thing.

Although Emperor Chongzhen hopes to be able to do many things in person, arrange them personally, or put the whole process under his own supervision, but for these little things, he just wants to manage them, but he is really powerless.

But then again, Emperor Chongzhen's dispatch of the Jinyi Guard to enforce the law itself can be regarded as a punishment for these Jin merchant families who are or are suspected of being captive.

When the first month of Chongzhen's third year came, although the arrest process of Jinyiwei in various parts of Shanxi was still ongoing, the main culprits in the list listed by the emperor had already been arrested.

Including Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa, who were escorted by Li Xianzhong from Datong Youwei, the four people who were on the list of traitors listed by the emperor, as well as Fan Yongdou's eldest brother Fan Yongkui, his son Fan Sanba, and Wang Dengku, a total of 57 relatives, all arrived in Taiyuan one by one.

However, even so, the errand that Emperor Chongzhen handed over to Jinyiwei was only half completed.

Because next, as important as the capture of these traitor businessmen who have betrayed the country, Wang Guoxing, the envoy of Jinyi Weibei, needs to torture all their family property from the mouths of these people.

So, in the days of the Forbidden City to celebrate the arrival of the third year of Chongzhen, and at the same time when the people in Taiyuan City were happy to celebrate the New Year, the dungeon prepared in advance by Shanxi Jinyi Wei Qianhu was full of ghosts and ghosts crying wolves.

Fan Yongdou, Fan Yongkui, Fan Sanba and others, who have always been hard-mouthed, immediately collapsed after seeing Ning Wanme, who had been sent to Taiyuan earlier and handed over to Wang Guoxing, in this dark dungeon.

Ning Wan's head and face are relatively intact except for the black pitch, but his body, hands, feet, and limbs are already incomplete.

Located in a remote place in Taiyuan City, in the dungeon of Qianhusuo in the west of Jinyi Weishan, it is full of bloody half-dried human skins, human heads, stumps and broken arms, and is filled with an inexplicable and rich fishy smell.

This is a place set up by Wu Guoan, a thousand households in Jinyi Weishan, in Taiyuan City, which is specially used for torture and torture.

When Ning Wan was sent here, as soon as he saw this scene, he immediately confessed, whether it was true, fake, yes, or no, as long as it was asked by Jinyiwei, he signed and confessed happily.

Similarly, in this hell-like scene, Fan Yongdou and the others saw Ning Wanme, who was like a ghost, and collapsed on the ground at that time.

And those bloody human skins and heads that were peeled off and dried belong to Zhang Hub, the nephew of Zhang Siwei, a wealthy official and businessman, who has always fantasized about someone suing the emperor to save him, and Wang Dun, the great-grandson of Wang Chongyi, the eldest brother of Wang Chonggu.

When the Puzhou Zhang family arrived at Zhang Siwei's grandchildren, they were no longer very good in officialdom.

Except for one Zhang Ran who served as the governor of Suide Guan, most of the others were minor officials in the prefecture and county, and there were no ministers in the court.

However, the Puzhou Wang family, that is, Zhang Siwei's uncle's family, has always been prosperous.

After Wang Chonggu's death, his sons did not have many outstanding big men, but his grandchildren, Wang Zhizhen, had served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard for more than ten years, and his other grandson, Wang Zhicai, was also a high-ranking official, and it was in the fifth year of the Apocalypse that he died of illness from the post of the governor of the three sides.

Although this Wang Zhicai died of illness not long after, the power of the Puzhou Wang family has always been very large.

Because of this, this Wang Dun was very arrogant after being arrested by Wu Guoan and others.

Although he is not a descendant of Wang Chonggu, he is the great-grandson of Wang Chongyi, the eldest family of the Puzhou Wang family, and is now in charge of the huge family business of the Puzhou Wang family.

It's just that today's situation is already different from the past, and Wang Guoxing and the others, who came with the emperor's will, know in their hearts that it is the family property of these Jin merchants that this long-lived lord is looking at now, and how can they easily spare you because of your ancestor's power or status?

Therefore, the more tough the attitude, the more stubborn the person who does not accept the softness, and does not want to obediently give up his family property, the more he will be treated-for-tat for the first time.

In the end, the people in charge of the Zhang and Wang families in Puzhou, who thought that even Jinyiwei had to be polite to themselves, were used as chickens to kill chickens and monkeys.

These two people were not only pulled out and beheaded in front of the big proprietors of the Jin Shang family who were arrested before, but also stripped of their skins in front of those people.

The bloody human skin of the two people's dead heads was hung in the torture chamber in the dungeon of the West Thousand Households of Jinyi Weishan.

After the news spread, even Shanxi Governor Zhang Xiao was shocked, and from then on, he no longer asked about the arrest and interrogation affairs of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town and the Jinyi Weishan West Qianhu Office.

Similarly, after the news came out, the former first assistant Han Yi also thanked the guests from the closed door, and at the same time sent people to recover those subordinates who went to Jingshi and other places with their names and letters to deliver letters.

And those Shanxi businessmen who were arrested in Jinyiwei Taiyuan Prison also quickly confessed their guilt and signed on the basis of various confessions.

Because Wang Guoxing, Wu Guoan, Jiang Hui and others have taken such measures against wealthy families like the Zhang family and the Wang family in Puzhou, it shows that this long-lived lord is really ruthless.

Even Zhang Siwei, the first assistant of the Wanli Dynasty, and the children of the great families such as the Xuanda Governor of the Wanli Dynasty and the elder Wang Chonggu of the pavilion, were all taken into the prison of Jinyiwei, and they were beheaded and skinned without saying anything, what did the others count?

The kind of real peddlers and pawn-turned-merchants, such as those Shanxi businessmen who worked hard to walk in the foreground, when faced with the torture of Jinyiwei, who could save them, and what were they?

Therefore, after being brought to the Jinyiwei dungeon in Taiyuan City, when he saw Ning Wan and me, and saw the terrifying scene in front of him, Fan Yongdou was devastated.

On the day of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, Shanxi Jiexiu Zhangyuan Fort was slaughtered, according to the tradition of previous years, before this day, there was already a separate street in Zhangyuan Fort called Fanjia Street, Fanjia Courtyard, came forward to tie lanterns, guess lantern riddles, and celebrate the Lantern Festival.

However, this year's Lantern Festival, the entire Zhangyuan Fort is deserted, without any festive atmosphere.

Anyone in Zhang Yuanbao who had a little kinship with the Fan family has now been taken away.

Most of the rest are the old residents who originally settled in Zhangyuanbao, and they have nothing to do with the old Fan family who moved here decades ago after making a fortune from border trade.

On this most lively day of family reunion in previous years, Fan Yongdou and Fan Yongkui were personally taken by Wang Guoxing, the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, and returned to the long-lost Fan family compound.

The people in Zhangyuan Fort who survived the large-scale search and arrest of Jinyiwei were all closed, and they did not dare to make a single movement, lest they anger the soldiers of Jinyiwei who poured into Fanjia Street again.

The leader of the Jinyi Guard, who walked in front of the team with the freshly clothed angry horse, was Jiang Jian, who suddenly came and entered the emperor's field of vision after escaping from the killing mouth.

"Calming the Envoy! The mansion in front of you is the Fan family compound in Jiexiu Zhang Yuan! The brothers under the lowly rank searched for three days before, but they couldn't find the cellar where his Fan family's seal was hidden! Today, with the pacification envoy in person, it must be a success! ”

As soon as he came to Fanjia Street, Jiang Jian hurriedly reported the situation to Wang Guoxing, the boss of Jinyi Weibei Town, while patting his ass.

Nearly a month ago, Jiang Pai was ordered to bring a team of Jinyi guards to Jiexiu Zhangyuanbao once, and during that trip, he detained Fan Yongdou's father, Fan Ming and Fan Qiongbiao, as well as all the fourth-generation men of the Fan family who stayed in this Fan family compound.

In addition to the first generation of Fan Ming (Ziqiongbiao) who really made a fortune in the Fan family, there is also the grandson of the head of the Fan family, that is, Fan Yongkui's grandson Fan Yudong, and the others are Fan Yongdou's own grandchildren, Fan Yufu, Fan Yubin, Fan Yuqi, Fan Yuqin.

Fan Yongdou's eldest grandson, Fan Yuxin, has been accompanying Fan Yongkui's son Fan Sanzhen to preside over the business of the Fan family firm in Zhangjiakou, and was also arrested by Dongchang personnel in Zhangjiakou not long ago.

In addition, Fan Yongkui's second brother, that is, Fan Yongdou's second brother, died when he was a teenager.

Therefore, at this time, Fan Yongdou went up to the only surviving father of the previous generation, down to his sons and grandchildren, and all fell into the hands of Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

This time, after returning to the courtyard of Zhang Yuanfan's family in Jiexiu, which had made him famous and proud of his hometown, and which cost a lot of money to build, he couldn't help but cry bitterly.