"Big brother, now that everyone has taken it, what should I do with it?" The angry look on Wang Zhou's face had not yet dissipated, and he asked in an angry tone.

Of course, his anger was not directed at Zhang Ru, but at those killers who did not know whether to live or die.

Zhang Ru said coldly: "It's all up to you, you can find a way to make them open their mouths, and it's best to ask Guo Hansheng where Guo Hansheng is from them." If you are not at the worst, you have to ask where these people's nests are, or you will show me Guo Hansheng's head within three days. ”

Wang Zhou's legs were together, and his waist was straight: "Big brother, don't worry!" ”

After speaking, he turned to Fan Tong to clean up, and the two of them led the Jinyi guards who were guarding the prisoners towards the Fuzhou Mansion Prison.

Fuzhou does not have a thousand households in Jinyiwei, and if you want to use torture, you must have torture tools, and the only place in Fuzhou where there are torture tools is in prisons.

Of course, for Wang Zhou and the others, it doesn't matter whether they have those special torture instruments or not, even if they are left in the wilderness, they have a way to torture those killers. It's just that there is no murderous aura on the torture instruments in the torture room, and there is a lot less fun.

Fan Tong's somewhat demonic laughter before leaving made Lei Yuan shiver firmly.

Zhang Ru smiled: "What, are you afraid"

Lei Yuan sneered: "The lower officials are timid, and the reputation of Jinyiwei is outside, so the lower officials are not afraid." ”

For a middle-level official like Lei Yuan, Jinyiwei is not only famous, it is simply thunderous. In their hearts, Jinyiwei is specially concocted incriminating evidence against civilian officials like them.

Zhang Ru comforted: "As long as you don't make trouble, Jinyiwei won't trouble you, besides, these people who are with me now are no longer in Jinyiwei, even if you make a mistake, they won't trouble you." ”

Lei Yuan nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, the lower officials must do their best to contribute to the Daming Society." ”

Zhang Ru said with emotion: "Nowadays, there are fewer people like Changfeng among the officials, and there are fewer people!" I hope that what you do in the future will be true to today's vows. ”

Lei Yuan shuddered and stopped talking.

This young master is clearly the master who only looks at things and doesn't listen to good words, and he makes a lot of mistakes when he says more, if he says the wrong thing again, he doesn't want his head.

"Why don't we go and see how they torture?" After a while, Zhang Ru looked at Lei Yuandao with some ill will.

Lei Yuan waved his hand again and again: "No, no, Hou Ye's command is all elite, so he can naturally handle it properly." ”

Zhang Ru was about to tease a few words, when he suddenly saw a servant coming on foot, and bowed in front of him: "Lord Qiyu, Lord Qiyu, there are more than ten squires with hundreds of families asking to see." ”

Zhang Ru frowned, and was slightly puzzled in his heart, why did those squires come with their families in the middle of the night? If you want to collude with Guo Hansheng and rebel, you naturally don't need to say the word "begging to see", but I'm afraid that the yacha won't be able to see him and Lei Yuan at all.

To say that they couldn't sleep at night, they ran out to see the moon, and they happened to hear the shouting and killing sound from inside the prefect's yamen, so they specially brought people to help. Not to mention Zhang Ru, even a three-year-old child will not believe such a reason.

Lei Yuan is also a big one, and he can't figure out what happened to the arrival of those squires than Zhang Ru.

After thinking for a moment, he didn't think clearly about the other party's intentions, Zhang Ru simply didn't bother to think about it, and bowed his head slightly: "The squire led by the leader comes in, and everyone else is waiting outside, if someone breaks in, it will be killed." ”

The yacha took the order and left, of course, he would not think that Zhang Ru's order was given to them, as far as their little arms and legs were concerned, if they met more than 100 families, they would only die a tragic death.

After a while, the yacha led a dozen squires to come quickly, and all the squires knelt on their knees after seeing Zhang Ru, and bowed down: "The grass people see the Hou Ye." ”

Zhang Ru raised his hand: "Get up and talk, you are a lot older, if you don't sleep well at home, how can you have time to run to the prefect's yamen to find Ben Hou?" ”

He couldn't figure it out, so he simply asked his doubts directly, and forgave these timid squires who didn't dare to hide anything.

An old man in the middle stood up and said: "Master Hou, forgive me, the grass people saw someone passing in front of the house and wearing night clothes, so they took it upon themselves to contact the good family and wanted to help Master Hou." It seems that the grass people are too worried, Hou Ye's ability is monstrous, these small nights are not worth mentioning. ”

After looking closely, I found that the other party was a little familiar, and after searching in my mind, a figure emerged.

This person lives next to the post station, and only knows the surname Niu, but the name is unknown. However, this person made a deep impression on Zhang Ru, because when he repaired the wall in front of the post station, it was this old man who was the first to tear down the wall of his house with his family. Later, thousands of sailors besieged the post station, and it was this old man surnamed Niu who was the first to participate in the aftermath sweeping work.

After seeing him, Zhang Ru's tense nerves relaxed: "It turned out to be Niu Yuanwai, sorry, sorry, it's too dark, I didn't recognize it for a while." ”

The little old man smiled and said, "Master Hou is so forgetful, how dare the grass people mind." Hou Ye is here for the well-being of the people of Fuzhou, and it is naturally good for Xiao Lao'er to be able to add to the icing on the cake. Since Master Hou is fine, the little old man is relieved. ”

After saying that, Niu Yuanwai planned to leave.

Zhang Ru stopped him: "Stay outside." ”

Niu Yuanwai turned around and said, "I don't know what else the Hou Ye commands." ”

Zhang Ru said with a smile: "I can't talk about it, it's just that I forgot to ask about a little thing before, and I want to ask you." ”

The cow clerk hurriedly said: "Although Master Hou commands, the little old man must know that there is no end to his words." ”

Zhang Ru said: "Dare to ask the staff, how many people have heads and faces in this Fuzhou City, and how many people are there in the family with the most wealth in addition to the bandit leader Guo Hansheng?" ”

Niu Yuanwai didn't know what Zhang Ru was asking for, so he said honestly: "Don't hide it from the Hou Ye, there are not a few people in Fuzhou City who are rich and rival the country, and the most powerful is the bandit leader Guo Hansheng." In addition, there are eight sea merchants such as Yang Yiyu and Zhao Bingrui, who are extremely wealthy, and the assets of these people's families are enough to cover the national treasury of the Ming Dynasty for a year. The rest of the people, there are no less than 100 people, all of whom rely on the sea business to make a living.

However, their families and wealth are not in Fuzhou City, and the specific place is scattered, and Xiao Lao'er does not know. ”

Zhang Ru bowed slightly: "Well, I know, Niu Yuanwai will go back first, don't tell others about coming to help today, Guo Hansheng has not been arrested for a day, and he is a threat to Yuanwai after all." ”

Niu Yuanwai said proudly: "Half of the little old man's body has been buried in the ground, I am afraid that he Guo Hansheng will come from." Hou Ye has something to say, the grass people in Fuzhou City are familiar with it tightly, as long as they can help Hou Ye and the court, they will be bankrupt and want the grass people's lives, and the grass people will not say anything. ”

After Niu Yuanwai said this, the faces of several squires who came with him changed greatly, and even Lei Yuan, who was standing beside Zhang Ru, was shocked.

Zhang Ru took in everything and nodded quietly: "Niu Yuanwai's loyalty is commendable, and Ben Hou will take it to heart." ”

With that, he made a gesture of please.

After the cow member waved his hand deeply at Zhang Ru, he turned around and left.

After everyone left, Zhang Ru turned his face to Lei Yuanmu Ran and said, "Ben Hou needs an explanation. ”

The white sweat on Lei Yuan's back that had just been put in came out again: "Master Hou, the lower officials didn't mean to hide it, those little maritime merchants just followed Guo Hansheng and others to beg for food, and they didn't do too many evil things." ”

Zhang Ru stretched out a finger and shook it left and right: "What I want you to explain is not about these little maritime merchants, what I want you to explain is why this cow is so not afraid of death." ”

Lei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "This cow's real name is Niu Biao, and his ancestor once raised people during the years of Grandpa Cheng, and he can be regarded as a scholar. At that time, Niu Biao had a few sea boats in his hands, but they were only sea boats used to go out to sea. But somehow, it was rumored that the Niu family had a nautical chart handed down from the Chengzu period and a method for benefiting the ship, and Guo Hansheng came to the door to ask for the blueprints. I don't know if this Niu Biao is unwilling to sell or if he really doesn't have those drawings, and in the end the two broke up unhappily.

Not long after the incident, Niu Biao's eldest son suddenly drowned at home, and by the time he was found, he had become a white-soaked corpse.

After conducting an autopsy, the yamen concluded that Niu Biao's eldest son did not fall into the water, but that he killed him.

There was a murder case, and the lower officials naturally couldn't take it lightly, and were preparing to investigate it to the end, but they didn't expect that the work had mysteriously disappeared, and the files left in the yamen had also been tampered with.

Without these things, there is no way for the lower officials to investigate, but it is true that most of this matter is related to Guo Hansheng.

Niu Biao's eldest son didn't pass the first seven, and Guo Hansheng sent someone to the door again, but this time it was still unhappy. Yang Yiyu, who came to the door as a lobbyist, threatened that if Niu Biao did not send the drawings to the Guo Mansion in person within three days, he would let him taste the pain of cutting off his children and grandchildren.

This Niu Biao didn't dare to deal with these sea merchants, so he simply sent his youngest son out of Fuzhou overnight, but half a month later, the bad news came back that the youngest son was killed by mountain bandits, and his bones were gone.

Since then, Niu Biao has been like a different person, and the day after getting the bad news, he honestly sent the drawings to Guo Hansheng's mansion, and at the same time brought back several maids that Guo Hansheng gave him.

However, there are rumors that Niu Biao would mumble to himself every night next to the well where his eldest son drowned, and as for what he said, I am afraid no one knows except himself. ”

Zhang Ru squinted his eyes and said to himself: "It seems that this Niu Biao is a good ally." ”

Lei Yuan nodded and said, "I'm afraid that this Niu Biao will be blinded by hatred, and it will ruin the affairs of the Hou Ye when the time comes." ”

Zhang Ru sneered: "My affairs have never been afraid of bad people, no matter how bad they are, they will not be worse than the current situation." Changfeng, tomorrow will gather all the maritime merchants who can be summoned, and Ben Hou will have a good talk with them. ”