A few are happy and a few are sad. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even on Chinese New Year's Eve, where all surnames gather to celebrate, not everyone can be happy.

In addition to the beggars who have no roof to cover their heads and can only sleep on the streets of the deserted suburbs, the prisoners who are in prison are also having a hard time. Among them, the situation of the felons who are in Jinyi Wei Prison is the most worrying.

In other prisons, as long as they are not guilty of heinous crimes, they will also prepare some hearty food in the prison, so that they can eat better than before. After all, the wool comes from the sheep, and the silver money from the families of these prisoners alone is enough to exchange for dozens of times the food, and these cell guards are naturally happy to be good people.

But Jinyi Wei Prison is completely different, after the changes in the Chinese New Year's Eve, the defense here is tighter, and the jailers inside keep a closer eye on these Qin prisoners. As for their Chinese New Year's Eve meal, it is no different from usual, it is still a rancid steamed bun, accompanied by a vegetable soup that is clear enough to illuminate people.

However, compared to a certain brother, the other prisoners in the prison feel that they are really lucky, at least for this period of time, they do not have to suffer. And this benevolent brother who can make other prisoners have a sense of superiority is the original Ministry of Works, Zuo Yunqian.

Since he was taken into prison by Yang Zhen from the Ministry of Industry, his interrogation has not stopped. Even if it was Chinese New Year's Eve, there were still people who deliberately stayed to take care of him, and all kinds of terrible but non-fatal punishments were constantly inflicted on him, torturing his whole body to a bloody blur, and he couldn't even take out the strength to seek death.

At this moment, he was firmly tied to the iron frame again, and a red-hot soldering iron was constantly dangling in front of him. The general banner of a brocade guard said impatiently: "Zuo Shilang, I advise you to honestly admit it and confess, so that you may suffer less flesh and skin, and our brothers can be more leisurely, so you don't have to do such a thing during the New Year." ”

In the face of such a threat, Zuo Yunqian just snorted weakly, and said in a weak voice: "Don't think that I will bear such a serious crime, so as to cheapen Yang Zhen and Yang Chen!" If you were really daring, you could have killed me, but if I confessed, it would be a fantasy! ”

"You're really ...... Impenetrably! I can't say it, I can only make you suffer more! The general flag muttered unhappily, his hand shook, and the soldering iron was pressed on Zuo Yunqian's chest, in exchange for a terrible scream.

But even though they used many methods, this left waiter actually resisted. This is also a helpless choice, because he knows very well that once he really confesses his guilt according to Yang Zhen's intentions, not only himself, but also his family, including his relatives in his hometown, will face the most terrible nightmare. For the people of this era, no crime is more serious than colluding with foreign enemies and plotting misdeeds.

Seeing that although he had suffered enough, he still gritted his teeth, and the general flag was even more angry. Suddenly, he moved the soldering iron in his hand down, aimed at the vital point of Zuo Yunqian's lower body, and said with a cruel smile: "I'm giving you one last chance, otherwise I will press it this time, you should know what the consequences are!" ”

Feeling the heat emitted by the soldering iron, Zuo Shilang's body twitched, and he scolded in a weak voice: "Despicable ......" but helpless, he couldn't even flash back when he was tied up, he could only bear the threat of the other party's lower body. If it weren't for the fact that he was already a little dehydrated in his body, I was afraid that Zuo Shilang would be incontinent because of fear.

But just like that, he still gritted his teeth and refused to confess to such a crime. He knew very well that after this battle, he was completely finished, even if the court was convinced that he was wronged in the end, after some torture, his body was also crippled, and it was impossible to be an official again. So the only thing he can do now is to save his family's lives.

Seeing his persistence, this made the general flag a little weak. In fact, he didn't dare to really press the soldering iron, which was the key point for all men, and most of the injured ones would die, which was the opposite of their original intention.

Just when he was a little at a loss and wondered if he should continue to use some means, there was a heavy footstep behind him, and then a majestic voice sounded: "Why, hasn't he confessed yet?" ”

The general flag looked back and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Lord Qianhu...... The little incompetence still can't make him confess! ”

The one who came was one of the few thousand households in the Zhenfu Division who were heavily used by Yang Zhen, Xia Kai. At this time, he squinted his eyes and looked at the other party a few more times, and then said, "Originally, this official was eating wine at home today." But suddenly, something came to mind, so I rushed to help you solve this problem. ”

"Huh? I wonder what Qianhu can do to make this person confess? ”

"That's why he kept denying death, just to save the lives of his own family. As long as you follow this rule, everything will be solved. Speaking of this, Xia Kai took out a rattle from his sleeve and a silver hairpin, which flickered in front of Zuo Yunqian's eyes: "Zuo Shilang, do you still know these two things?" ”

Although the person was already very weak, Zuo Yunqian still heard Xia Kai's words clearly, and he was also nervous in his heart. When he tried to open his already swollen eyes and stare at the two objects, his whole face suddenly swollen red: "You...... What did you do with them? ”

These two things are not rare, but they are extremely special to Zuo Yunqian, because they are the hairpin of his wife's beloved hairpin and the rattle of his newborn son. Because he bought these two things with his own hands, he remembered them very clearly.

Xia Kai smiled faintly: "Well, both of them are safe, but there are a few more brothers from our Jinyiwei around them." However, he didn't say the latter words explicitly ......", but just smiled meaningfully.

But the meaning of his words was already very clear, which made Zuo Yunqian tremble even more, which was a reaction caused by the overlapping of fear and anger. After a while, he spit out two words: "Despicable! ”

But Xia Kai didn't care about his reaction at all, just shook the two things in his hand, and said with a smile: "How is it, does Zuo Shilang still want to insist?" ”

The muscles on his face twisted in pain, and Zuo Yunqian at this time felt more pain than when he was tortured by Jinyiwei. He knew very well what would happen if he confessed his sins, but if he didn't, he would use the terrible methods of Jinyiwei to his wife and son...... This kind of all-dead choice is really torturous.

"You...... Kill me......" At this moment, perhaps death is liberation.

It's a pity that what responded to him was Xia Kai's sneer and his shaking of his head in categorical refusal. Later, he took the two things to the stove with the soldering iron, and made a gesture to throw them in and burn them.

It seems that a deeper meaning can be seen from this action, which made Zuo Yunqian's entire mind completely collapse, and under the tearful exchange, he shouted in an almost screaming voice: "I move, I move?" Whatever you want me to recruit, just say, I will recruit ......."

A desperate roar actually pierced through the thick walls of the torture chamber and quickly spread throughout the prison, causing some of the prisoners to shiver.

Xia Kai, on the other hand, showed a very satisfied smile, and with a wave of his hand, someone brought the confession that had been prepared earlier. He knew that after today, everything would end, and this time the matter was finally over.

Is it really over?

Xia Kai thought so, and Yang Zhen, who soon learned the news, also felt that this was the case, but for those in the north, it was the opposite, everything had just begun!

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, when the officials and dignitaries in the city of Beijing, down to the bottom of the small people were immersed in the celebration of the festival, when the entire state capital and county of the Ming Dynasty were celebrating the festival, the grassland thousands of miles away also ushered in the moment for them to celebrate.

However, the people of the grassland celebrated not the festival presented by the round moon overhead, but the arrival of a good news that they had been waiting for for a long time.

The mysterious figure who came out of the capital, appeared in multiple capacities in the Little Chinese New Year's Eve change, and then calmly left before the defeat, finally returned to the grassland after more than twenty days of wild running, and met his own leader patriarch.

Although he was exhausted, and his flesh and blood were blurred by the saddle between his two strands—he had been running thousands of miles in the face of the howling cold wind for more than twenty days, and even the herdsmen growing on the grassland would not be able to bear it—but when he saw the tents of his own family group, he was still in good spirits, and then handed over a drawing that he had collected and regarded as more important than his own life: "Patriarch, this is the deployment map of the nine towns in the north of the Ming Kingdom......" After saying this, he fainted.

The eyes of the wooden figure who took this drawing were full of fanatical joy, and even the hands holding this drawing that did not have much weight trembled slightly. In order to get this, they spent three years arranging many times, and even sacrificed hundreds of steppe warriors.

But he believes that it is all worth it, because that person said this to himself, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win all battles. When this drawing arrives, it is the time for the grassland tribe to re-invade the Central Plains and regain the glory of their ancestors!

Now that the map is in hand, as long as they are given some more time to prepare, seize the Central Plains, recreate the majesty of the Great Yuan Empire, and make themselves a figure like Genghis Khan, all this is close at hand!

"Take him down to take care of him, and then pass on my order, this winter, everyone will rest well, and the horses will be protected, and next year, by autumn at the latest, our fate will be completely different!" Mutu waved confidently.

Is it all over? No, it's just the beginning!