As soon as Zhang Yuanzhi heard that his son Zhang Chengzong was taken down by Guo Ye from the Yanyun Yamen and escorted to the Assassin's Mansion, his eyes were wide with anger, and his beard was cocked, is this worth it?

immediately scolded: "Guo Yexiao'er actually dared to arrest my son, what a dog!" Is it really a tiger's mouth and beard, bullying me Yangzhou Zhang family no one cares? ”

After scolding, he turned his head and pulled his legs to run out of the hospital.

Zhang Yuanxin suddenly stepped forward and opened his hand to intercept him, and said: "Second brother Mo is impulsive, we haven't understood the whole story yet, and we don't know why Guo Ye arrested Chengzong's nephew, how can we be reckless?" ”

Zhang Yuanzhi was angry at this time, and when he heard Zhang Yuanxin's words, he was immediately unhappy, and hummed resentfully: "Third child, I don't like to hear what you say." Dare to love the son Chengzong is not from your third room, so you are naturally not in a hurry. I don't need you to interfere in this matter, I have my own opinion. ”

After that, he went straight out of the courtyard to the Assassin's Mansion to negotiate with Guo Ye.

Seeing Zhang Yuanzhi's insistence on going his own way, Zhang Yuanxin couldn't help but stomp his feet in a hurry, and sighed: "Second brother, second brother, it's the same with being a father, no wonder Youzi is so reluctant to grow." Both father and son are virtuous, how can frizziness become a big thing? Fortunately, my heir is not like that bastard Zhang Chengzong, hum! ”

He saw that the subordinate who reported the news was still in place, and asked directly: "Do you know why the Zhichong Governor's Mansion led troops to besiege the Yanyun Yamen?" Also, why did Guo Tingshi arrest Young Master Chengzong? ”

The man shook his head, and said in a somewhat frightened voice: "Third master, I don't know the specific reason, but at that time, the scene was noisy, and the little one vaguely heard Guo Tingshi seem to mention a scribe surnamed Xue of the Yanyun Yamen. Then without saying a word, he abruptly asked people to tie up Young Master Chengzong and escort him directly to the Assassin Yamen. Oh yes...... The assassin surnamed Guo seems to have also mentioned that the young master of Chengzong was bold and reckless, intercepting the salt tax of the imperial court for several years, and he was a rat in the warehouse and a moth in the country, and he should be punished for his crimes! ”

Salt tax!

Or is it because of the salt tax!

Zhang Yuanxin muttered to himself: "Speaking of which, after all, it is still for Yangzhou's salt tax." But without evidence, why should he take people? Who is the scribe surnamed Xue? Could it be that the kid surnamed Guo has evidence in his hands that our Zhang family has intercepted the salt tax? ”

He was puzzled and puzzled, so he had to shout at the subordinate: "You hurry down and let people prepare a sedan chair, and Master Ben should go to the Yanyun Yamen in person and find out for himself." ”

"Yes, Third Master!"

The man answered, and galloped out of the courtyard

Yangzhou Mansion, above the public court.

Guo Ye sat in the hall in a scarlet robe with a dignified face, and on the left stood the county prince Chen Jitao, looking at the hall with excitement in his eyes, looking at Zhang Chengzong who was detained in the public court by two officials.

Syllable~!

Guo Ye slapped the startled wood in his hand and landed on the table, and shouted at the hall: "Zhang Chengzong, how can you be allowed to fly above the court? On your knees! ”

Zhang Chengzong is used to being arrogant in Yangzhou City on weekdays, how can he be so obedient?

I saw that although he was restrained by the two servants on his left and right shoulders and couldn't move, he still refused to kneel, his eyebrows were unruly, and he bared his teeth and smiled: "The surname Guo, don't come to this set." This is Yangzhou, not Chang'an, not your hometown of Longxi in Shuzhong, you can't scare me. Besides, Lao Tzu is still the salt envoy of Yangzhou, and before the Criminal Department convicts me, I still have an official body, why should I kneel? ”

"Yo, it's pretty horizontal!"

After Guo Ye sneered, he glanced meaningfully at Chen Lang standing on the left side of the hall.

Chen Lang immediately understood, stepped forward with an arrow, raised his leg and swept at Zhang Chengzong's knee joint, boom!

Zhang Chengzong landed on his knees and screamed in pain: "Bastard, you dare to ...... me"

"Shut up!"

Guo Ye suddenly screamed, interrupting Zhang Chengzong's ghost crying wolf howl, and after throwing an appreciative look at Chen Kang, he suddenly shook it off from the desk * Xue Hao handed it in his hand, and shouted: "Zhang Chengzong, open your dog eyes and see what this is?" ”

Zhang Chengzong was naturally no stranger to this detailed account book, and his expression changed dramatically and exclaimed: "How could this thing be there with you?" ”

In a hurry, he got up from the ground, and stepped forward to snatch it.

Guo Ye saw that the other party suddenly went crazy, and he was unexpected.

Chen Jitao, who was beside him, was already flustered, and shouted at the officials under the hall: "Hold it, hold Zhang Chengzong!" ”

Let's click~

The two servants rushed forward and pushed Zhang Chengzong to the ground again, unable to move.

Guo Ye sneered: "What? I didn't expect this official to get this account book, right? Zhang Chengzong, you didn't calculate that your henchmen would betray you, right? Over the years, your Zhang family, as well as your tenure in the salt transportation yamen, how much you have done to the salt tax in Yangzhou, and how much tax money you have withheld, are clearly written in this account book. Tsk, it's really bold, even the silver that the imperial court wants to fill the treasury dares to move. Zhang Chengzong, this official doesn't want to grind his teeth with you today, the ironclad evidence is in front of you, I will ask you, do you admit guilt? ”

"What about Xue Hao? You let Xue Hao, a dog who eats inside and out, get out of here! ”

Zhang Chengzong was pressed to the ground by two servants, his eyes were bloodshot and red, he looked at Guo Ye in the hall, gritted his teeth and roared almost like madness.

When Guo Ye heard this, he added: "Oh yes, the detailed account books are physical evidence, and as for Xue Hao, he naturally became the official's witness." There are all kinds of human and material evidence, I don't think you can quibble, right? ”

As he spoke, Guo Ye turned his head to look behind a curtain on the right, where there was a table, and a scribe was holding a brush and writing hard.

Immediately, Guo Ye shouted at the scribe: "Have you prepared a confession?" After it is prepared, let Zhang Chengzong sign and draw it. ”

The scribe hurriedly got up and responded: "Master Hui Assassin Shi, it has been drafted, please take a look!" ”

Guo Ye hummed and glanced at Chen Jitao beside him.

Chen Jitao understood, walked behind the curtain and took the confession and read it carefully, and then took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to the public court, squatted on the ground* The confession shook off in front of Zhang Chunqiao, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Chengzong, you also have today?" When you encroached on my father-in-law's salt farm, did you ever think that there would be today? ”

After that, Chen Jitao suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, spread the confession in front of Zhang Chengzong, and pretended to shout loudly: "Zhang Chengzong, sign and draw!" ”

"No!"

Although Zhang Chengzong was forced to the ground and couldn't move, his head could move freely, and he shook his head again and again and shouted: "I don't sign, I won't sign if I die, what if the human and material evidence are there?" This is Yangzhou, I am a child of the Zhang family in Yangzhou, what can you do to me? ”

Seeing this, Chen Jitao directly grabbed Zhang Chengzong's hand and soaked it in the ink of the inkstone, ready to force him to press his handprint.

Who knew that Zhang Chengzong was dead or alive, and he didn't know where he got the strength to shake his hand and directly knock over the inkstone, sprinkling ink all over the ground.

Chen Jitao's clothes were also stained with ink.

"How can this be reasonable, going to court is still so fierce and untamable," Chen Jitao squatted on the ground, turned his head and shouted at Guo Ye, "My lord! It seems that this dog thief is going to resist to the end, what should I do? ”

Guo Ye looked at the scene in the hall with a cold face, he had expected Zhang Chengzong's performance, but he had already taken countermeasures.

Then, he waved his hand at Chen Jitao and signaled: "Chen Juncheng, you get out of the way first, this official has his own way to punish him." ”

Immediately afterwards, he shouted at Chen Lang in the hall: "Captain Chen, you will hold the stick and beat him with thirty sticks." If you don't beat him to open his flesh and flesh, and don't first smash his prestige, this person will not be obedient. ”

Chen Lang sighed, took the stick in the hand of a servant, bared his teeth and smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, I guarantee that the strength of the stick is moderate, and the stick will not kill him, but it can also beat him so that he can't even recognize his parents." Hey, you two listen—"

Chen Lang pointed at the two servants who were holding Zhang Chengzong strongly, and shouted: "You two took off his pants, and then pressed him well, so as not to make this guy go crazy in pain." ”

"Guo Ye, you are an outsider, you dare to beat me?"

Zhang Chengzong saw that Guo Ye actually dared to torture himself to extract a confession, and shouted in horror: "If you dare to touch a single hair of my hair, our Zhang family will never let you go." The Zhang family will definitely not let you get out of Yangzhou alive! ”

Guo Ye raised his eyebrows when he heard this, stared at Zhang Chengzong on the ground with an awe-inspiring face, and sneered: "When death is on the verge of death, don't you forget to threaten this official?" Today I want to try it, how will your Zhang family not let me go, I want to see if the Zhang family is a dog, and even dare to kill the history of a state assassin. Chen Duwei, don't show mercy, hit me, hit me hard, don't stop if you don't hit the full 30 sticks! ”

"Okay, Lord Thorn Shi, look at it, bah!"

Chen Lang spat two mouthfuls into the palm of his hand, rubbed it back and forth twice, clenched the stick, raised it high, and was about to swing it at Zhang Chengzong's white buttocks......

"Stop!"

A loud shout slowed down Chen Lang's movements, and Chen Lang couldn't help but turn his head to look at the source of the sound.

Guo Ye also looked at the crowd of onlookers in the court, and shouted majestically: "Who dares to roar in the court without knowing life or death?" ”

"It's me!"

An old man with a gloomy face squeezed out of the crowd, walked into the public hall and came to Zhang Chengzong's side, and shouted at Guo Ye: "I am Zhang Chengzong's father, Guo Tingshi, do you want to torture to extract a confession?" ”

Guo Ye glanced at Chen Jitao, wanting to get confirmation of the identity of the person from him.

Chen Jitao nodded slightly and said in a low voice: "My lord, he is Zhang Chengzong's father, Zhang Yuanzhi, the second master of the Zhang family in Yangzhou. ”

Seeing this, Guo Ye suddenly had an inexplicable smile on his face, and secretly said in his heart, as I expected, hitting the small one will inevitably attract the old one. Zhang Yuanzhi, Zhang Yuanzhi, I've been waiting for you for a long time.

Immediately, he said to Zhang Yuanzhi with a smile: "Who is my Dao, it turns out that it is the second master of the Zhang family who has no way to teach his son?" How? Could it be that the second master wants to come over today to help the official and sing a drama of righteous annihilation? ”

"You ......"

Zhang Yuanzhi was choked by Guo Ye's cynicism, and he didn't think of a response for a while.

Zhang Chengzong on the ground saw his father arrive in time, and he was already crying bitterly and shouted: "Dad, you are here, save me, save me!" ”

The old man in his forties, who was stripped of his pants and exposed his white buttocks, cried so much that it really made people feel sick to their stomachs.

And Zhang Yuanzhi was even more disappointed in his heart, and scolded angrily: "You don't grow up, you say a lot of mistakes, shut up Lao Tzu!" ”

After scolding, Zhang Yuanzhi looked at the confession on the ground, then looked at the detailed account book on the table in the court, and remembered that he was hiding in the crowd outside just now and heard the conversation between Guo Ye and his bastard son, and sighed sadly in his heart.

There are all human and material evidence, where can this unscrupulous person be allowed to quibble?

So, he put down his lofty posture, held back the indignation in his heart, and asked Guo Ye in the court: "Guo Tingshi, there are many people here, the old man has a few heartfelt words that he wants to talk to Guo Tingshi in private, I don't know if Guo Tingshi is convenient?" ”

Guo Ye was already smiling like a summer flower at this time, extremely bright, and his heart was ecstatic, you old thing, Lao Tzu spent a lot of effort to lay out so much, isn't it just waiting for your words?

Immediately, he nodded again and again at Zhang Yuanzhi and said with a smile: "Convenient, convenient, very convenient." Come, the second master of the Zhang family, let's move to the back hall to talk, how about it? ”