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West of Guangzhou City, Dexuan Street. There is a large complex of buildings, ordinary houses, but all of them are made of brick and stone, and the walls are much thicker than ordinary houses. This is the largest prison in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, focusing on felons, and Yao Qisheng is among them at the moment.

Although Yao Qisheng is a scholar, he was good at military affairs when he was young and liked to practice martial arts and fitness. But at this time, he was forty-five years old, and he had worked hard to deal with the government affairs of Xiangshan for six years, his hair was half gray, and he no longer had the courage of his youth. It's just that he governed Xiangshan as a rich county and a strong people, and he didn't leave the road behind and didn't close his door at night, but when he came, not only did he not get promoted, but he went to prison. came directly from the capital, and he was sentenced to death, although he was not executed on the spot, but when the verdict that Kangxi personally rejected came, he would definitely be on the ground.

Although it has been less than 30 years since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the review of this criminal law is extremely strict. At the moment, states and counties have only the autonomy to hear civil cases, and criminal cases must be reported. Briefly, for death penalty cases, after the prefecture or county has been tried in the first instance, they are to be submitted to the prefect, the procurator, and the superintendent for retrial. If there is no objection to the conviction and sentencing opinions submitted by the local authorities, the governor shall report to the emperor and send a copy to the department in charge of the criminal department. After the emperor received the report of the superintendent, he handed it over to the three legal divisions (the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple) to prepare the crime according to the law. If the crime involves the death penalty, it will be included in the autumn trial procedure.

This set of procedures is very complicated and strict, which also prolongs Yao Qisheng's life a little longer. A trial in which the death penalty must be reviewed in accordance with the law but not yet executed is called an autumn trial, and the autumn trial is also regarded as a national ceremony. The strictness of this set of procedures, the prudence of deliberation, and the fairness of circumstances and laws are only seen in ancient Chinese history. Even in contemporary China, which claims to have formed a "socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics". Death penalty cases are subject to a two-instance final adjudication system just like ordinary criminal cases. It's just an additional death penalty review procedure. There is no such complicated and strict and prudent procedures and system as the autumn trial of the Qing Dynasty.

The autumn review is generally divided into two stages. In the previous stage, from January to April, the scribe drafted the copy, and the officials in charge of the criminal department (the director, the clerk, and the langzhong) added or deleted the copywriting and attached the judgment opinions, and finally handed it over to the officials of the criminal department (Shangshu, left and right servants) for approval. The initial judgment opinion is called "Divisional Observation", the second is "Review", and the third is "General Observation". The division uses a blue pen, a purple pen for review, and a black pen for review. After three looks. There is also the approval of the court official, which can be said to be cautious.

In the latter stage, from May to July, the Criminal Department will compare the conclusions of the local governor's trial with the words of the Criminal Department, and then divide the discussion into two meetings, the "Division Discussion" with the judge as the main body and the "Court Discussion" with the court officials as the main body, so as to arrive at the final opinion of the Criminal Department. Subsequently, the criminal department prepared a copy, which was reviewed by Jiuqing Kedao, and reported to the emperor after the decision, and if the ministers disagreed, the pros and cons would be played together. The emperor made the final decision: if the death penalty was to be carried out immediately, and if the death penalty was not to be carried out for the time being, the death penalty would not be carried out for the time being.

Now Yao Qisheng is a little troublesome, after Guangzhou took Yao Qisheng. The local government sentenced the death penalty in the first instance, and then reported the specific situation to the capital. Yao Qisheng's family is also a strong party, the family property is still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the officials of the Criminal Department in the capital have only delayed the time for the judgment, and the case has not been tried for a long time, so Yao Qisheng has been locked up until now, if the official of the Criminal Department was cut off earlier, and then sent to Kangxi, then Yao Qisheng would have gone to see the king of Hades as early as January.

In the original history, after Yao Qisheng was sentenced to death, it was delayed until the end of March in the spring of the following year, on the birthday of the empress dowager Xiaozhuang, Kangxi granted amnesty to the world, and Yao Qisheng was spared death, and then went out of prison after several twists and turns. After he was released from prison, he stayed in Guangdong to do business for a living.

When Wu Sangui opposed the Qing Dynasty and Geng Jingzhongshang's letter echoed it, Yao Qisheng donated 100,000 troops to recruit 1,000 soldiers, and went to serve the Qing court and urgently went south to Zhejiang, commanding the southeast rebellion military affairs Prince Kang was appointed by Prince Kang as the magistrate of Zhuji. Yao Qisheng only gave full play to his talents at that time, "repeatedly offered strange schemes, and the prince attached great importance to them". In only two years, he was promoted to the provincial magistrate of Zhejiang Province with military merits.

In the second year of his work as a minister of Wen, Zhejiang, Yao Qisheng was the vanguard of the Qing army. The Qing army defeated Geng Jingzhong's troops in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and when they parted ways to enter Fujian, Geng Jingzhong in history saw that the situation was unfavorable, and he hesitated to surrender or not. Yao Qisheng rode into Fuzhou alone to persuade him to surrender, which can be said to be a hidden strategy and a great discussion. In the end, Geng Jing was deeply impressed by his demeanor and said: "It is the likes of Li Baozhen, and he will not deceive me", and surrendered. From then on, the Fujian Qing soldiers were able to free up their hands to deal with Zheng Jing with all their might. Yao Qisheng was also promoted to the political envoy of Fujian.

In the next two years, Yao Qisheng repeatedly made military exploits, successively recovering Shaowu, Xinghua, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, which were occupied by Zheng Jing's troops, and marched to Chaozhou, Guangdong. Later, Zheng Jing led the army to counterattack, and Lang Ting, the governor of Fujian, was defeated in successive battles, so he had to ask for reinforcements. At this time, the Qing court appointed Yao Qisheng as the governor of Fujian. After he took office, he vigorously won over the hearts of the people in Fujian, and Zheng Jing retreated to Taiwan after a short time. For this reason, Kangxi also deliberately lowered the seal book to praise.

The governor of Fujian was also the biggest official he did, and he made great contributions to the later battle to recover Taiwan, but he was not promoted. Is such a powerful man, but now he is locked in a prison, counting how many more days he can live. This time the situation is a little different from the original history, under the instigation of Geng Jingzhong's butterfly wings, Emperor Kangxi's attitude has changed somewhat, and it is estimated that the capital will not drag on for too long. Kangxi made up his mind to kill a group of people to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, so the speed of Geng Jingzhong's rescue must also be accelerated.

At this moment, Yao Qisheng didn't know anything about the situation outside, his family was not in Guangzhou, but stayed in his hometown in Shaoxing, and he didn't know about his family going to the capital to rescue him. This is a heavy prison with very strict guards, especially for death row prisoners, who are not allowed to visit the prison.

At night, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was not a trace of starlight. On a day when the moon was dark and the wind was high, the fifteen elite rescue troops secretly arranged by Li Guangdi had already arrived at the head of the prison wall.

"Dang, dang! It's dry, watch out for candles! ”

"Dang, dang! It's dry, watch out for candles! ”

At the time of the third watch, the husband walked through Dexuan Street, and it was time for the jailers in the prison to change the guard. The leaders of this group of jailers have been bought off by someone sent by Lee Kwang-di, and in a moment someone will pick them up from this place. Their plan is very simple, just replace Yao Qisheng with a corpse, and then set a fire to several nearby prisons, and make an accidental fire to death, as for whether it can succeed, it depends on the next action.

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

The sound of wooden sticks hitting the wall sounded, and the soldiers in charge of the rescue divided into ten people, climbed over the wall lightly, and jumped into the prison, even if they carried a dead corpse, they hardly made a sound, as if they had practiced light skills, and there was no trace of stepping on the snow. This place is a very remote part of the prison, and no one usually moves, so ten people jump into the wall and crouch on the ground.

"Is it Captain Qin?" A jailer in poor clothes shouted in a whisper.

"Is it Lin Zhengjiao?" Captain Qin asked in a low voice.

"Exactly, it's almost time, you guys quickly change your clothes and follow me in." Saying that, the little head of the prison took down a package from his back, and the package was the jailer's standard uniform. Captain Qin and the other fighters didn't talk nonsense, and immediately put these clothes on their bodies. Fortunately, this Zhengjian Lin master chose these clothes to be relatively fat and loose, and they didn't look small when worn on his body.

"I'll take all my brothers to the signing room to gamble later, and you can replace them while you have the opportunity. Brother, I'm giving up this errand this time, with this money, we can also live a life like an old man, by the way, is the gold ready? ”

"Hmph, don't worry, you're indispensable. After success, the brothers outside will send the rest to your home, we are very honest! Captain Qin said with a light snort.

"Here's the key to you, okay, let's go!"

There are very few prisoners in this death row prison, except for a few officials who were imprisoned with Yao Qisheng, the others are extremely vicious, and when the time comes, they will be pulled down by burning to death, and the right is to eliminate harm for the people.

All the way was smooth, Lin Zhengjiao called all the dozen or so jailer brothers he was guarding the death row into the signing room, and then began to shout and roll the dice to gamble, while Captain Qin led his subordinates to take the opportunity to enter the prison. The condemned prisoners also fell asleep at this time, and they did not know that the jailers had been replaced.

Captain Qin found Yao Qisheng's prison according to Lin Zhengjiao's information, which was actually very easy to find, and he was locked in the second room at the entrance, which was a single room with a good salary. Captain Qin quickly opened the cell door and resisted the corpse inside. The sound of opening the door also woke Yao Qisheng up, but Yao Qisheng didn't make a sound, and wanted to see what these jailers wanted to do?

"Master Yao Qisheng Yao?"

"Who are you and what do you want to do? I don't think my time is up yet, and even if I want to be killed, I'll have to wait until daytime, right? Yao Qisheng asked.

"Master Yao, don't worry, we are here to save you, and please cooperate, don't make it difficult for me to wait." As he spoke, he walked to Yao Qisheng's side, and while Yao Qisheng was looking outside the prison door, a hand knife slashed at his neck, and Yao Qisheng fainted.

"Quick, take him away! I'm going to set it on fire! The next thing was very simple, Captain Qin and the three warriors poured the fire oil bottle they carried on the hay and the wood of the cell door, and when they withdrew, they immediately lit the fire fold, and a fire rose to the sky. The jailer who was waiting for the signing room saw the smoke, and everyone was already outside the wall! (To be continued......)