Chapter 819: Meritorious Service Rewarded
Yao Qisheng was brought up, followed by a big fat man, and then saw that the fat man was tied with a belt around his arms, and his face was full of frustration. It really looks like an officer, and if this fat-headed and big-eared appearance is an ordinary soldier, it is really an alternative.
Li Xin beckoned Yao Qisheng closer.
"Where did you go that night? In case of chaos, your little life will be explained. Besides, aren't you going to join the Three Guards? If you act without an order, if you are in the army, you will be dealt with according to military law! ”
After hearing this reprimand, Yao Qisheng not only did not panic, but became elated, and then he saw that if Li Xin did not scold him, he would treat him as an outsider, and the more he scolded him now, it proved that the more he treated him as his own, of course, the happier he was.
"Yuzhen Marquis, isn't it okay to go down here, and I caught a big fish!" Yao Qisheng has a hippie smile.
"Big fish? I look at the fat pig is almost the same! ”
The cow pine next to him teased.
Yao Qisheng was in a good mood after being scolded by Li Xin, and he did not refute Niu Jinsong's ridicule, but continued his words and replied: "Whether it is a big fish or a fat pig, in short, it is fat, and the town will be interrogated by the Hou Hou to see what kind of official this guy is!" ”
Only then did Li Xin wake up to the fact that the so-called big fish before was just Yao Qisheng's nonsense. Li Xin glanced at the fat man and asked, "What position do you hold in Fujian?" What is the last name? ”
The fat man suddenly became nervous, and stammered back: "Reply, reply, the villain is just an ordinary soldier, who came to Fujian according to the order, and please be gracious to the lord!" ”
In fact, Li Xin really didn't intend to embarrass those ordinary soldiers under Zheng Hongkui, after all, these people obeyed orders, and it didn't make any sense to embarrass them. If this fat man is really an ordinary soldier, he must also be released, but this still needs some careful screening, after all, he doesn't want to let go of those real big fish.
"Don't listen to this fat pig's nonsense, which one of the generals will accept him as a soldier? Look at these hands and feet again, there are no calluses at all, how can they be ordinary soldiers? If he weren't a big fat pig, my Yao Qisheng's Yao character would be written upside down! ”
Li Xin recognized Yao Qisheng's statement, and then asked: "If you can prove that you are an ordinary soldier, Ben Shuai can let you go!" ”
The fat man cried excitedly: "I'm really not a big fish, the villain is fat because he is greedy, and his hands and feet have no calluses because the villain is the cook who cooks for the officers on the ship, and he deals with oil Xingzi every day, how can the villain's hands and feet not be tender?" ”
This is true, but the screening work cannot only listen to one side, and it is also necessary to find people to corroborate each other in order to form a complete chain of evidence. When Li Xin questioned the fat man like this, the fat man choked for a long time and didn't come up with a reasonable explanation.
Li Xin keenly noticed the change in the fat man's expression, so he said further quietly: "If you can't find someone to testify with you, the Three Guards can't let you go, and they can't release you until they can find conclusive evidence that can prove your identity." ”
"This, this, the people are all disrupted, where to find someone who knows the villain? Besides, the villain only cooks for three or five generals on the boat, and the people he knows are cooks, and there is no one else. ”
However, such is the method of screening the Three Guards, only those who can be mutually confirmed to be ordinary soldiers can be released, and those who are temporarily in doubt must also be detained until evidence of identity can be found. Those who have been confirmed to be military officers are suspicious of being detained and detained, waiting to be escorted to Nanjing for public trial in the future.
Therefore, those who can't prove their identity would rather make a mistake than let one go easily. The fat man kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy, hoping that Li Xin would let him go, and then performed a scene of an eighty-year-old mother and a child waiting to be fed.
How could Li Xin be deceived by such tricks, this kind of clumsy acting skills will not only not add points to him, but will have the opposite effect. He waved his hand impatiently, signaling the soldiers beside him to escort the big fat pig down, now there are too many things waiting for him to deal with, how can there be any extra time to delay this guy?
Suddenly, a pig-killing howl came from the crowd not far away.
"I'm going to sue! I want to make meritorious service! I want to report! I want to make meritorious service! ”
The excited shouts of a man who described him as obscene soon led to a commotion. This was a group of captives who had just been escorted by, and the man who was desperately struggling and shouting finally caught Li Xin's attention. Niu Jinsong immediately went over and asked people to bring the guy who was desperately shouting that he was going to report to Li Xin.
"Zhenyu Hou, the humble position is the promotion of Gao Zhenfu by the Zhejiang City Bo Division, and the humble position is wronged! The humble post was seized by Zheng Hongkui! He wanted to report Zheng Hongkui and accuse him of blackmailing the Zhejiang political envoy for millions of stone of grain and more than 200,000 taels of silver......"
"Do you think anyone can prove this? Besides, Zheng Hongkui and we are also looking for him, everything is empty words, why should we believe you? ”
Niu Jinsong heard that he was Gao Zhenfu promoted by Zhejiang City, and immediately kicked him very unceremoniously, and then made him squat on the ground. Everyone knows that Lu Jiu was seriously injured in Zhejiang, and he escaped with his life, and the black hands behind the sneak attack all said that they had something to do with this Gao Zhenfu, and now that this person is in front of him, how can he get around this guy?
The high amplitude seemed to be strange to David, looking at Li Xin and then at Niu Jinsong, and then the whole person turned to the fat man again.
"You, are you tempting me? Zheng Hongkui is not him? ”
Gao Zhenfu stretched out his hand all the way and pointed straight at the fat man in front of him.
Suddenly, the fat man stayed on the spot, and his face turned green. angrily scolded Gao Zhenfu: "You idiot, if it weren't for you, how could you be exposed!" ”
Seeing that his identity was exposed, Zheng Hongkui no longer continued to pretend to be the villain, and jumped to scold Gao Zhenfu. At this time, Gao Zhenfu also came to strength, and he was bullied by Zheng Hongkui in the past few days, and he was not to be outdone.
"The surname Zheng, are you leading a fleet to attack the coastal areas of Zhejiang to rebel? Also, I heard that the Japanese in Xiaoshan also colluded with you, is it possible that your Zheng family wants to rebel against the imperial court? ”
This charge is not clear, once it is confirmed, it will be punished, and it is very unfortunate that Gao Zhenfu's words are the truth, if Gao Zhenfu jumps over the wall in a hurry and reveals all the previous secret deeds, how can he still have his own way to live?
Zheng Hongkui regretted that he was too arrogant and mean in the past, and offended this villain, so he had today's catastrophe. Is it karma too? However, he was not reconciled, but-for-tat: "Hugh has to be untrustworthy." The Zheng family has always been loyal to the imperial court, and this time they came to Hangzhou to hear about the invasion of the Japanese invaders, so they came to help in the war. ”
Zheng Hongkui's level of staring and talking nonsense has also reached the point of perfection, and he will come when he opens his mouth, Gao Zhenfu said one, and he refuted one. After a few rounds, the two of them were on par, but Li Xin and others watched a wonderful drama on the side.
Li Xin secretly thought that there was no doubt that Gao Zhenfu had colluded with the Zheng family for a long time, and now he revealed the Zheng family's previous filth, even if there were places to add oil and vinegar, at least more than half of them might be true, it seems that he really caught a big fish this time. As long as Zheng Zhilong's confession of rebellion is obtained, the Three Guards Army can advance by land and water, and attack Fujian in a two-pronged manner.
Therefore, Li Xin was not in a hurry to interrupt the two of them to blame each other, he wanted to be worthy of what other means these two guys could use. You might even get a miracle! Sure enough, Zheng Hongkui suddenly said to Li Xin: "Zhenyu Hou, Gao Zhenfu was promoted to the post of Zhejiang City, and colluded with Zhang Kentang, the former governor of Fujian, to embezzle millions of taels of silver, I will report it!" Many of his silks were sold by the Dutch and the Francos, and they were actually handed over to the imperial treasury, but the profit was only 1/12! ”
Gao Zhenfu is like falling into an ice cave, if his crimes are revealed, where will he still live? His face suddenly turned like ashes, and he denied it.
"You, you're spewing blood! How much appetite do I have to swallow a million taels of silver? ”
Why did Zhang Kentang pop up again? Now this Kentang is no longer an official in Fujian, so Gao Zhenfu has lost the backstage, maybe this is also the reason why he is eager to take refuge with the Zheng family, if there is no huge force behind him, with his small city to promote, how can he sit back and enjoy the million taels of silver that he is greedy for?
However, things always backfire, the Zheng family and stupid pigs like Xiang Zheng Hongkui were born into pig teammates, if it weren't for his greed and mistakes, their fate at this moment would not be like this.
"Good! Ben Shuai will give you each a chance, and recruit everything you know from the truth, and if you recruit well, Ben Shuai can ensure the safety of your lives! ”
With Li Xin's promise, Gao Zhenfu refused to believe it easily, and questioned: "Humble position, humble position dare to ask, can the words of the marquis of Zhenyu be counted?" "Unlike Gao Zhenfu, Zheng Hongkui is more straightforward." We've said it here, and if you talk back, I'm not stupid? ”
Li Xin said with a smile: "Ben Shuai swears here, everyone present is a witness, if you violate your promise, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!" ”
Although Li Xin swore an oath, the two of them were still suspicious, but there was only one way to confess in front of them. Another antithetic of ensuring the safety of life is that if you don't cooperate well, you may kill them.
Li Xin waved his hand, "Stay these two people, don't look at them, one person will send a scribe to record the confessions one by one!" ”
After sending Zheng Hongkui and Gao Zhenfu away, Yao Qisheng's mouth was open, and he couldn't close it for a long time. Originally, he thought that he might have caught a military attache such as a commander and a garrison. Who would have thought that it was Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Hongkui who was captured alive today, what a good God!
Li Xin looked at Yao Qisheng and said with a pleasant face: "Today's performance is good, barely qualified, the Three Guards welcome you to join!" ”
Yao Qisheng is a little confused, shouldn't he be rewarded for meritorious service? How did you get a barely qualified review......