After Li Guang and Tang Sai'er discussed it properly, on the side of the capital, Zhang Ru received three pieces of information on the seventh, ninth, and eleventh days after this incident.

On the seventh day, the information received was that Niu Zhen, the prefect of Jinhua Prefecture, had framed Jinyiwei Baihu Huangtu and imprisoned, and two of the four Jinyiwei who escaped came back, one was seriously injured and the other was unconscious.

The news was said by the unconscious man after he woke up, as for the seriously injured man with three brocade guard crossbow arrows inserted in his body, he didn't say a word after waking up, raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhang Ru and died.

That look was deeply engraved in Zhang Ru's heart, and when he heard the fact that the person who woke up choked up and retold it, he couldn't help but clench his fists, and asked Fan Tong to lead people to Jinhua Mansion as soon as possible.

Naturally, there will not be too many people with this person, at most dozens or hundreds of people will be brought to a place so far away as Jinhua, but before leaving, Fan Tong got a military order from Zhang Ru, a military order that can mobilize the people of Datong Sanwei.

With the participation of the border army, he believed that even the political envoy of Zhejiang would not dare to openly disobey the order, not to mention that according to the explanation of the living Jinyiwei, this matter did not seem to be the instigation of the political envoy, and there seemed to be a shadow of the Metropolitan Procuratorate behind it.

On the ninth day, I received information from the thousands of households in Datong, and the tone of the newspaper was very urgent, saying that the White Lotus Sect was in turmoil again, and the radiation area was unprecedented.

Almost at the same time, news from four or five prefectures in Shandong was also sent, and the spearhead of the news was directed at the White Lotus Sect.

It seems that the White Lotus Sect, which was suppressed by the Jinyi Guard a year ago, suddenly broke out overnight.

The information sent back on the eleventh day was only four words: fortunately, it was not dishonored.

Who sent this information back, and where it was sent, except for Zhang Ru, no one else knows. Even Fan Tong, Wang Zhou, and Jiang Wei, who he trusted the most, didn't know, let alone the other people in Jinyiwei.

In the Jinhua Mansion prison, nearly half of the dozens of Jinyi guards have died, and there are only nine people who are still alive, including the leading hundred households Huangtu.

At this time, he had been tortured to the point that he was not human, his body was weak and trapped on the iron frame, and the black marks of the soldering iron on his chest were four or five teacups, making his chest look extremely terrifying.

There were whip marks all over the arms and feet, some of which had scabbed over, and some of which were still bleeding out. The nail cover of the index finger was gone, leaving only a blur of flesh.

There were two sweaty shirtless men standing in front of him, because there were two big stoves inside, and they were doing manual work, even though the cold wind was blowing outside, the two people inside were still sweating like rain.

"The boy fainted again, and woke up without splashing it with water." The younger one looked at the older one with an inquiring gaze.

The older shirtless man smiled: "You young don't know how to be tired, but my old man is different." Forget it, people have already become like this, and if they continue to be tortured, they will be tortured to death sooner or later. ”

The young man was a little puzzled: "The above means to torture him to death, he has been insisting for so many days, and the prefect will come to see it every day, if he can't kill people in half a month, I'm afraid that the prefect will trouble us at that time." ”

The elder scolded: "Let's do whatever the prefect says, it stands to reason that it's right." But you and I both know what kind of person this person is, and if the king of Hades fights above, we little ghosts will suffer. This person's life is hard, and he won't die after tossing for so many days, every time the prefect comes, he says a straight word, Lord Zhang will not let you go. Have you noticed that every time the prefect hears this, he can't help but shudder. After so many days, I can't die, the capital should already know the news, according to the time, it is estimated that it will arrive in Jinhua in these two days.

If you toss people to death early, it doesn't matter, if you don't die sooner or later, you were killed by us when the big people in the capital came, do you think we are tired of being crooked? ”

The young man nodded, and said very happily: "Thanks to coming with Master Lin this time, if you were with Xiao Wu, he would never tell me so much." When this matter is over, I will ask Master Lin to appreciate his face and go to my house for a few drinks. ”

The older man known as Master Lin smiled and patted the young man's shoulder: "You kid is quite knowledgeable, okay, the prefect deliberately said that he wanted to torture this person to death, maybe he wanted to find someone to carry the black pot." When the time comes, there will be no proof of death, and the unlucky ones will be you and me. ”

As he was talking, there was a faint sound of footsteps, Master Lin's face changed slightly, and he quickly picked up the tax stamps in the bucket and scooped a basin of water, and splashed it on the loess face without saying a word.

The young man was about to open his mouth to ask with a puzzled expression, but Leng Buding caught a glimpse of two more figures at the door, and in a panic, he grabbed the whip in his hand and threw it towards the loess.

The people who came were the prefect Niu Zhen and the inspector Yu Shi Guo Feng, Niu Zhen's face was gloomy: "Why did you stop?" ”

Master Lin hurriedly put down the water ticket, bowed down and trotted to Niu Zhen's side, and said flatteringly: "My lord, you are here, this kid has just fainted, and he has not woken up after splashing cold water several times, and it is estimated that he will not be able to support it for long." ”

Niu Zhen waved his hand with a cold face and said: "Go and see if the person is dead, if you don't die, you will immediately push it to the entrance of the vegetable market and behead it in public." ”

Master Lin was obviously stunned: "My lord, this."

Niu Zhen glanced at him unhappily: "What is this, that, hurry up and do it, the reward is indispensable to you." ”

The reason why Master Lin was stunned was because no matter how big the thing he committed, if he was really beheaded, he would not be tortured too much before he died. After all, officials are also human beings, and there are also some idealism, and they are afraid that the soul of the prisoner will ask for their lives.

And this man who has been tortured by them for twelve days, he also knows that he is not an ordinary person, but such an ordinary person, can't he even give him a full meal before he dies?

The prefect had already spoken, and Master Lin naturally didn't dare to disobey, so he immediately ran over and tried Huang Tu's snort, and then reached out and touched Huang Tu's neck in a similar way, and after making sure that the person was not dead, he trotted and reported to Niu Zhen: "My lord, the person just fainted, and he is not dead for the time being." ”

"Come, take the prisoner out, and escort him to the execution ground." Niu Zhen simply bypassed Master Lin and the young man, asked the official behind him to untie Huang Tu from the chain, and then dragged Huang Tu's weak body towards the outside of the torture room.

After Niu Zhen led the people away, the young man asked while dressing, "Master Lin, why is this prefect suddenly going to kill people again?" ”

Master Lin looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "I guess the prefect also learned the news of the people from above, and I want to do it as soon as possible." This old miscellaneous hair is not kind, and wants to put the responsibility on you and me, but seeing that it can't be done, he just does it himself. It's a pity that a good man didn't know where to offend the bull head, so he lost his life. ”

Niutou is the name of the people of Jinhua to Niuzhen in private, and this title does not contain praise, because Niuzhen is in the hearts of the people, just like the cow head and horse face that summons spirits.

The hastily prepared execution team sorted out the execution site at a rapid speed, everything was simple for the honor guard and other things, Niu Zhen asked for nothing else, only to kill Huang Tu as soon as possible, and there was no proof of death when the time came.

Master Lin's guess was good, he asked the people in the torture room to torture Huang Tu, the purpose of holding it was to make people carry the black pot. As long as a person dies, he will shirk it casually when the time comes, and there will be a superintendent of the imperial history to help him speak, and the people in the court will not be able to pinch him too much. Even if the people of Jinyiwei want to kill people to vent their anger without mercy, he can completely push out those who carry the black pot and send them to death.

Pity the few old men in the torture room except for Master Lin who were still complacent after taking the silver, but they didn't know that a big knife prepared by Governor Niu was already hanging above their necks.

Jinyiwei's people are almost in Jinhua, and with it, there are 15,000 border troops in Datong.

The speed of the brigade was slow, so he had time to kill Huang Tu. Once those people come into contact with Huang Tu, then not only his black gauze hat, but also the head on his neck, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep it.

Everything is ready, and the Niu Governor, who is powerful and blessed on weekdays, personally supervises the beheading, but today the Niu Governor is obviously not in a state, and keeps urging those executioners to hurry up.

Less than three o'clock in the afternoon, it stands to reason that the executioner will not easily cut the knife, after all, every line has its own rules, if they don't do it when the yang energy is at its peak, they are afraid of retribution.

Finally, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the Niu Governor, who couldn't wait any longer, sent the red arrow to the ground and ordered majestically: "Cut!" ”

The executioner drank a bowl of spirits, then shouted another sip of the liquor and sprayed it on the edge of the knife, and after enough foreplay, he raised the ghost head knife high.

In fact, the executioner was thinking in his heart, why did such a half-dead person take it to the execution ground and walk around, and casually throw it outside to a deserted place, without using his hands, such a person would naturally die.

But although he is stubborn, this stubbornness can allow him to fight for a time slot of three o'clock in the afternoon in front of the prefect, but he can't go too against the prefect's will.

If you change to an executioner, I'm afraid you won't even have the courage to hold out until three o'clock in the afternoon.

There are more and more people watching, many people are called by others, from ancient times to the present, the people in winter have never disliked lively things.

The people were talking about it below, and everyone was speculating about the origin of the man who was wearing prison clothes but was completely inhuman. Some people who were seriously ill in their families were fooled by the doctors of the rivers and lakes and said that the blood of the wicked could cure the disease, and even directly brought steamed buns to prepare to dip in blood.

The butcher's knife raised high fell suddenly, and many people couldn't help but close their eyes, all of them came to see the beheading, but the people who dared to really watch the head fall to the ground were still a minority.