Chapter 35: The Second Entrance to the Palace
"Blood book? Locked you up with Lei Qi? ”
"Next door!" Tang Xiucai looked up his face, and if he looked closely, he would find that his muscles were constantly twitching. Although it was only a short two or three hours, Tang Xiu really understood what life is better than death, and what hell is!
As soon as he entered, he saw a terrible scene, and in the next cell crawled a large man, his back was covered with scars, whipped, and beaten with sticks.
The piece near the waist was the size of a palm, the flesh was blurred, and the skin was gone. The most terrifying thing is that there is a mouse, which crawled onto the big man in a big way, and gnawed on the big man's wound with two sharp front teeth like a knife, and after a while, the mouse's mouth was full of terrible blood.
The big man snorted in pain, his hands were bruised and swollen, his waist and legs were injured, and he couldn't move at all, so he could only let the rats bite him. The ugly little thing raised its head from time to time, and its shining black eyes even turned a terrible blood-colored, like a vicious wolf in the mountains!
Tang Xiucai didn't know where he got the courage, grabbed the broken bowl and straw in his hand, and threw it at the mouse.
"Get out, get out! Brute, get out of here! ”
I don't know if I was full or frightened, the mouse staggered away, and Tang Xiucai seemed to be drained of his strength and sat on the ground. His face was pale, and his mouth kept saying, "Hell, hell!" ”
After a long time, a faint voice suddenly came.
"Friend, you still have a conscience here, you are the first!"
Tang Xiucai snorted: "I'd rather not." ”
"It'll be gone in a few days, this is the underworld, and the people who come in are all ghosts, and no one can get out."
Tang Xiucai stood up suddenly, his facial features were hideous, he punched and kicked at the wooden fence, and roared angrily: "I can get out, I will definitely be able to get out!" Yi'er will save me, so he won't watch his father in prison! ”
After another half a day, the voice gasped and asked, "Who is that 'Yi'er'?" ”
"My son, his name is Tang Yi, my proudest son!" Tang Xiucai's heart was full of pride.
He didn't know that these two words were no less than a thunderbolt on a sunny day in the ears of the big man!
"Little Xianggong, you are Xiao Xianggong's father!" Dahan actually supported the ground with his bloody ten fingers, sat up in a daze, and roared excitedly: "Tang Xianggong, my name is Lei Qi, my name is Lei Qi, you want to save me!" For a moment, tears welled up in my face.
"Yi'er, after this time, Dad finally understands, there is really hell on earth!" The corners of Tang Xiucai's eyes were moist, he grabbed Tang Yi's arm tightly, and said vigorously: "Yi'er, help Lei Qi, count me father begging you!" ”
Tang Yi listened to his father's narration, and his fists couldn't help but clench.
"Dad, my son is not a ruthless and unrighteous person, not to mention that Hu Bin has already attacked us, and my son will not spare him!" Tang Yi cut the railway.
In fact, in Tang Yi's heart, there was another reason that he didn't say, if Lei Qi was really framed to death. For Tang Yi, it is also a hidden danger, and making friends with bandits is not a small crime.
"Dad, don't say anything else, let's take a look at Lei Qi's blood book first."
Including Wang Shimao, everyone came over.
"What do you mean?"
Tang Yi couldn't help but look at his father, Tang Xiucai shook his head: "Lei Qi wanted to tell me, but the jailer came again, and he could only give me the blood book." ”
Tang Yi frowned and said, "I guess Lei Qi should tell us that there is evidence hidden in the statue of the land lord, but it is not clear which land lord it is!" ”
At this moment, Aunt Zhu's brows tightened, and she stopped talking, Wu Tiancheng couldn't help but say: "The shopkeeper, human life is at stake, what do you know, just say it!" ”
Tang Yi also hurriedly said, "Aunt Zhu, don't be afraid. ”
"Alas, Xiao Xianggong, I heard Xu San say that Lei Qi does not believe in gods and Buddhas, but only in the land lord. You say it's not surprising that when he was building a house, he dug three feet down, and he actually dug up a statue of the god of the land. Lei Qi set up a flowing water banquet for three days in a row, saying that the land lord blessed, and also built a land temple next to his home, no matter what he did, he had to go to worship the land lord first. Now behold, the Lord of the Earth is not spiritual! ”
In the past, Aunt Zhu would definitely say a few cool words, but at this moment she closed her mouth honestly.
"It should be this land statue." Tang Yi knew that many businessmen believed in some strange things, and worshipping the land lord was nothing.
"Cousin, you are familiar with the situation in Taicang, I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you!"
"I didn't say it, it's so fun, no, it's an important thing, give it to me and put a hundred hearts." Wang Shimao had a positive momentum, and he broke into Kyushu in a hurry.
"Master, why do I think the second prince is unreliable?" Wu Tiancheng tilted his head and said, Tang Yi glanced at him, which means that you still need to say it.
"Then why do you still use him?"
Tang Yi sighed lightly and said lonely: "You guys are more unreliable than him!" ”
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This time Tang Yi's master and apprentice really misunderstood Wang Ergongzi, just after the third watch, Wang Shimao was out of breath, jumped from the back wall into the Tang family's house, and went all the way to the study. He slammed a package on the table, pointing at it, too tired to speak.
Tang Yi took the package and hurriedly opened it, only to see that there were several account books inside, a stack of lists, and a note at the bottom, and when he took it out, it was written by Lei Qi, Tang Yi couldn't wait to open it, he urgently needed to know what was going on.
After a hurried browsing, Tang Yi found that this was Lei Qi's activity record after leaving Liuhe Fort.
After getting the results of the investigation from Tang Yi, Lei Qi, as he said, began to frantically collect evidence and ask his subordinates for confessions. Almost six or seven days ago, he had everything ready. also took the evidence to find Sun Yafang, the same knowledge of Taicang Prefecture.
Tongzhi is the second-in-command of Taicang, higher than the judge Hu Bin, and one percent of Lei Qi's business is dedicated to Sun Yafang. The two of them have a combination of interests, and Lei Qi judged that Lao Sun would definitely help, so he went home and waited for news.
I didn't know that when I just came home, I found that my wife and a subordinate had set up a table of wine and food, and the two of them were sitting together in rags, drinking and laughing, unscrupulous.
Lei Qi was a man, and he was crazy at the time. What a cheap maid, don't say anything about stealing silver, but dare to steal people, you let me Lei Qi be the eighth living king, Lao Tzu won't kill you!
Lei Qi was angry, so he rushed up to two people, the man was not bad, jumped out of the window and escaped, leaving only his wife Hu, Lei Qi beat him violently, and beat Hu Shi all over the body and fainted. He was still angry, went out to call someone, tied up the Hu family, and sent him directly to the government to confess.
Who knew that the moment he went out, when he came back, he saw that the Hu family had disappeared, Lei Qi looked for it like crazy, and heard that a man ran into Judge Hu's house with the injured woman on his back.
After turning the day, the furious Lei Qi found Sun Yafang again, Lao Sun received him politely, and after asking about the situation, he sighed: "Lei Qi, you are a smart person, since ancient times, the people have sued the officials, no matter whether you win or lose, it is the people who suffer, and my dynasty is no exception!" ”
Sun Yafang did not tell a lie, Zhu Yuanzhang was the most cherished of the people among the emperors of all dynasties, he not only encouraged the people to sue the unjudicial officials, but even allowed the local squires and elders to arrest and convict the illegal officials.
Lao Zhu thought well, but the local officials were intertwined and their power was amazing, how could they be dealt with by ordinary people. Even if Lei Qi is a wealthy businessman, if he wants to sue an official, he will have to be beaten first.
"Boss, the little Lei Qi can endure anything, but he can't bear the green hat, it's a big deal that Hu Bin and I will fight!"
"It doesn't have to be this way, it doesn't have to be this way!" Sun Yafang said with a smile: "The old man has long been unaccustomed to Hu Bin's style. Nan Zhili's patrol press Yushi is going to Taicang to inspect recently, and the old man will find an opportunity to send the charges up, wouldn't it be better! ”
Lei Qi thought about it, and reluctantly agreed, and left Sun Yafang five hundred taels of silver tickets.
Waiting with hope, who knew that three days later, suddenly bad news came, Hu was seriously injured and died, Hu Bin took the official to directly arrest Lei Qi, put him on death row, tortured, and executed in two days on the charge of murder and money......
The diary was only until the day before Lei Qi was arrested, and after Tang Yi read it, his brows turned into pimples. There is no doubt that Lei Qi was wronged, and not only Hu Bin, that Sun Yafang is not a good thing.
"Taicang's second- and third-in-command are all involved!" Tang Yi rubbed his sore eyes, shook his head and sighed, if he wants to break the situation and save people, I'm afraid it won't be easy.
Just as he was thinking, suddenly the shopkeeper Zhu's face changed color and ran in.
"Little Xianggong, the big thing is not good, the official errand is here again!"
"What!" Tang Yi stood up suddenly, Zhizhou Chen Menghe let himself go, who is so bold and dares to arrest people!
Tang Yi hurriedly rolled up the days and account books in his hand, and asked the shopkeeper Zhu to send them to Wang Shimao and let him hide them. Shopkeeper Zhu nodded hurriedly, Tang Yi strode out of the study, and at this time, Dad and Wu Tiancheng also ran into the courtyard.
The gate that was knocked down last time was knocked down again before it could be repaired.
Hu Bin walked in with a young man, only to hear the young man laugh and say: "I didn't expect that Tang Shentong actually colluded with the Japanese and took 200 miles of silver from the Japanese Kou, you really want money and don't want your life!" ”
"Wan Hao, don't frame good people!" Tang Yi reprimanded angrily.
"Good guys? Let's wait until the lobby goes up! ”