It was a two-foot square, somewhat cramped and dreary hut, and the room had no windows, only one door in and out, which made it even more unsettling to keep people in it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Jing was taken down by Jinyiwei's people and thrown into this house, and it took a long time. He estimated that it should have been dawn at this time, but the other party seemed to have completely forgotten him, and no one came in to ask, or even do anything.

When he was taken down by Jin Yiwei and put in a sack and transported into the capital, Xiao Jing's mind flashed from time to time those hearsay about Jin Yiwei's many cruel methods when dealing with people and criminals. The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. And now, the other party has not seen anyone coming, which makes him even more cranky, do they plan to starve themselves to death of thirst and starvation like this?

I thought about it a lot in fear, and just when Xiao Jing was about to knock on the door and shout because he couldn't hold back the fear in his heart, the door was suddenly opened from the outside, and then a young man walked in slowly, accompanied by two attendants.

Although this person just sat in the room casually, a terrifying momentum still made Xiao Jing's heart secretly tense, and this momentum was not weaker than the old Zhang Ge he had met before. And just when he was stunned, the young man also looked at him condescendingly for a long time, and then pointed to the chair in front of the table in front of him and said, "Sit!" ”

The other party's voice was not too loud, and his tone was not too strong, but invisibly let Xiao Jing stand up from the other side obediently, came to him with some restraint, and sat down cautiously.

"Presumably you shouldn't know me, Xiao County, you don't have to be too afraid, the official Yang Zhen is the commander of Jinyiwei, and the official is still from Jiangling County." Yang Zhen lightly reported his identity.

Xiao Jing was already nervous, and when he heard the other party's identity at this time, he was even more frightened, and almost knelt down from the chair. This Yang Zhen also became a legend in Jiangling after Zhang Juzheng, from a street gangster all the way to the head of Jinyiwei, this magical rise is only in a few years, and the folk naturally have too much rendering of this.

"No...... I don't know if Lord Yang will ...... What is it about bringing the little ones here? After trying his best to control his thoughts, Xiao Jing asked in a low voice in a dry voice. Although he had already judged in his heart that Yang Zhen was instructed by Zhang Juzheng to deal with him, he still had a trace of luck.

In the eyes of him, as well as many other people in Jiangling County, Yang Zhen's achievements today, in addition to his own ability, may also have a lot to do with the background of Jiangling County. He must have climbed the high branch of Zhang Ge Lao to climb to such a high position and become a powerful figure in the Jinyi Guard. And thinking that he understood this, Xiao Jing naturally thought that Yang Zhen must have obeyed Zhang Juzheng's will this time.

Yang Zhen smiled slightly, but his seemingly peaceful smile became even more unpredictable and gloomy in Xiao Jing's eyes: "Speaking of which, Xiao Xiancheng, you are too thick. Although I, Yang Zhen, am far less powerful than Zhang Ge Lao in Beijing, but as a fellow villager, since you have come to the capital, why do you patronize to meet Zhang Ge Lao, but you don't even go to the door of the cold house? Could it be that you look down on my Jinyiwei? ”

Xiao Jing's body trembled, and he quickly shook his head and denied: "Don't dare, how dare the little one have such an idea?" It's just that his status is low, and he doesn't dare to enter the door of adults. ”

"Oh? Then why do you dare to go to the door of Zhang Ge Lao? ”

"I ...... The little one only asked to go to Zhang Ge Lao because he had something to do, so he had to go cheekily. Xiao Jing could only explain this.

"But I don't know what it is, I want to work you Xiao Xiancheng came to the capital thousands of miles away, and went to see the head of the cabinet so abruptly?" Yang Zhen continued to ask quietly.

"Does he really not know what happened, or is he just teasing me?" Xiao Jing was stunned. But now that he is in the hands of others, it is better to be honest, so he replied truthfully: "It is related to our Huguang grain tax this year, so the lower officials have to ask Zhang Ge Lao to beg him." You may not know it, this year Huguang because of the rain has been a lot of grain harvest, if the imperial court can not properly reduce some grain taxes, I am afraid that the people of the prefectures and counties will have a hard time. ”

"Is that what happened? From this point of view, Xiao Xiancheng, you are really running around for the people of Huguang, which really makes Yang admire. Saying this, Yang Zhen's face did not have the slightest hint of gratitude or admiration. After a pause, he asked again: "But I don't know if Xiao Xiancheng has made it happen?" Judging from your behavior of leaving Beijing today, it should be done, right? ”

"Lord Yang's eyes are really like a torch, and Elder Zhang Ge did promise the small one, and Huguang can be exempted from 30% of the grain tax this year." While answering truthfully, Xiao Jing didn't want to slap Yang Zhen on the back.

However, Yang Zhen didn't react much to this at all, but frowned slightly, which made Xiao Jing feel even more worried, and he didn't know which of his words made Lord Yang unhappy. After a while, Yang Zhen stared into his eyes: "No, I know Zhang Ge very well, he is definitely not a fake public and private person, even if it is his hometown, he will treat other provinces equally." What skills do you have in Xiao Xiancheng to make him change this position? It was only at this time that he finally gave out the question he wanted to ask.

During the period between taking Xiao Jing back to the Zhenfu Division and when he came in for interrogation, Yang Zhen thought about how he should ask the answer he wanted from the other party's mouth. He can naturally use the simplest and most brutal means to extort a confession by torture to make Xiao Jing confess, but there is also a hidden danger, that is, whether the other party will hide something or tell some lies. Although the likelihood of this kind of thing happening here in Jinyiwei is not high, it is not completely impossible.

Yang Zhen has to face the powerful cabinet chief, compared to Jinyiwei, who is completely at a disadvantage, so he can't be negligent, and he can't have the slightest uncertainty about what happens, otherwise if he really moves, he will fall into passivity. So after some consideration, he decided to interrogate Xiao Jing in a step-by-step manner, so that he could tell everything unconsciously.

Xiao Jing was obviously stunned for a moment after hearing Yang Zhen's question. In his heart, he had already regarded Yang Zhen and Zhang Juzheng as a group, so he naturally felt that it was a little strange for him to ask about this. But under the strong pressure of Jin Yiwei's place, coupled with the fact that he hadn't slept all night, he felt very tired, and his mind couldn't be as bright as before, so he just said: "This, I have my own way, after all, Zhang Ge's hometown is in Jiangling County, and there are a lot of his family members there." ”

"Really? This alone can make Zhang Ge Lao make such a concession? Do you think this is credible? Or Xiao Xiancheng, do you think I, Yang Zhen, am very easy to deceive? Yang Zhen was not too aggressive when he said this, but the invisible pressure was still quickly pressed.

When he asked this, Xiao Jing was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said with some hesitation: "Actually, it was Xiao who used some of his Zhang family's so-called tricks in Jiangling to force Zhang Ge Lao to make concessions. My lord, since you are from Jiangling, you have always heard of how domineering the Zhang family is in our Jiangling......" He seemed to have sensed something, and replied lightly.

However, his careful thinking naturally couldn't hide from Yang Zhen's eyes, and he saw that his gaze continued to stare at the other party's eyes: "It's just so?" I naturally know very well how domineering the Zhang family is, but just these small problems, I feel that you can't even enter the gate of Zhang's mansion! Speaking of this, Yang Zhen's tone was already a little calm: "It seems that you really don't take our Jinyi Wei seriously." ”

Being told the truth in one word, Xiao Jing was both embarrassed and worried, and at the same time his heart had turned his mind, it seems that today's incident is not what he expected, this Yang Yan didn't seem to be arrested by Zhang Gelao's orders, but wanted to get evidence about Zhang Gelao's unfavorable from himself.

Thinking about it made him even more nervous in an instant. And Yang Zhen didn't give the other party any chance to think at all, squinting his eyes and threatening: "Do you know what the last person who dared to despise our Jinyi Wei so much was the result?" Just throw a person into the edict is enough for him to suffer enough for three years of sin in it. And don't think that if you have an official body, someone will definitely save you, our Jinyiwei has taken too many officials, but none of them can be rescued. ”

In the face of such a direct threat, Xiao Jing's heart was even more chilling, and his face turned completely white. He could see that Yang Zhen was not saying big things to intimidate himself, but he did have the ability to make himself survive and not die.

Seeing the fear in the other party's heart, Yang Zhen suddenly stood up: "It seems that you are indeed not strange and do not shed tears, in this case, come on-!" ”

With his shout, the two people standing behind Xiao Jing immediately slashed his hands behind his back and pulled him up from the chair at the same time. This action made him exhale in pain at that time. At the same time, the closed door also opened, and several fierce brocade guards rushed in.

Yang Zhen said to Xiao Jingyi: "This guy refuses to tell the truth, you take him down to take good care of him, as long as you can tell him the truth, you don't have to care about anything else." As he spoke, he didn't look at Xiao Jing, and walked out without looking back.

Seeing that Yang Zhen was about to leave, and looking at the smiles full of gloom and compassion around him, Xiao Jing was suddenly so frightened that he was about to cry. At this moment, what Zhang Ge Lao, what consequences have been thrown out of the clouds by him, all he wants is his own safety, so he hurriedly pulled his neck and shouted: "The little one said, Lord Yang, the little one will tell the truth, please ......show mercy to your subordinates."