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A basin of cold water was poured on the top of Jiang Dehong's head, and he who had already passed out woke up again. Two days ago, Xu Yingyuan, under the order of Li Guangdi, carefully arranged and secretly took down Jiang Dehong. Then he was secretly sent to a private house in the Mawei Tea Mountain, the name of this place is called Tea Mountain, which feels a little weird. It's in the middle of nowhere, but close to the Mawei barracks. Ordinary people rarely come near this side, and even if there is an emergency, Li Guangdi can quickly send the soldiers in the Mawei military camp to assist.

A few hills, surrounded by a small valley in the middle, and three rows of ordinary houses, are the cells and interrogation offices set up by the Fuzhou Intelligence Headquarters here. Here, on the periphery of the earth mountain, there are dark whistles, and there are three steps and one post inside, and one post in five steps. In the past two years, in Fujian Province, many corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been secretly arrested here as if they were dealing with Jiang Dehong. If the crime is extremely heinous, he will be put to death directly after the trial. This trial is to ask them to spit out the proceeds of corruption over the years. If the circumstances are forgivable, they will be imprisoned here. After a certain number of years, it will be released. The shortest of these people will be imprisoned for seven or eight years. By the time they could come out, the battle between the imperial court and the three feudatories had already begun!

Jiang Dehong's arrest was unknown to no one except for the dozen or so people involved. Even the hundreds of naval soldiers who set off on patrol with Xu Yingyuan didn't know about it. Xu Yingyuan's ships have always been ahead of other warships, and when they attacked, they were on the foredeck. blocked the view of those behind. It was on Xu Yingyuan's own battleship. The soldiers on the foredeck had also been retired. After several people took Jiang Dehong down, he was quickly dragged aside with a sack, and then stuffed into a box that had already been prepared. By the time there was chaos on the battleship, Jiang Dehong had already been dragged aside.

"Your mouth is hard enough, and it's the first person like you to be as hard as you in recent years! But do you want to go out again? Let's be honest, who else in the army is like you? "The person in charge of the trial is a senior cell boss in his thirties with more than a dozen years of trial experience. His name is Geng Bajin. is also the son of the Geng family, and his father is the slave of the Geng family, with the surname Geng. It is said that when he was born, he weighed eight catties, so his father named him eight catties. In the past, when Geng Jingzhong did not set up a special intelligence agency, they were also responsible for interrogating the people arrested by the Geng family.

We have always been cautious about selecting people for this intelligence structure. The family background is very innocent. Especially the house slaves who were born and grew up in the Geng family, that is the most trusted group of people. It's not like you have to go through a lot of screening when you select people from outside. The few people who are now in charge of interrogation here are all the sons of the Geng family and selected from the Wangzhuang household, and there is absolutely no problem in terms of loyalty. Geng Jingzhong is not afraid that they will have problems, after all, the families of these people are all placed in the Geng family manor.

"What's wrong with the prince and the prince treating you, ah? The official seal is the leader, and he has 4,000 soldiers and horses, and he is in power! If you dare to betray the prince and the son, you can't be killed! Although Jiang Dehong had been beaten and his flesh was broken, Geng Bajin still whipped two whips in anger. Geng Bajin also knew that Cheng Dù's torture was of no major impact on his body, and he couldn't die, so he was ruthless in pumping. However, this man has been sent here for a day, and several torture instruments have been used, but the prisoner has not spoken. As if knowing that he was already mortal, he simply stopped talking.

Geng Bajin was tired, put down the whip in his hand, picked up a bowl of wine on the table, and took a sip. Smash it, smash it, smash it, and then take a sip, and spray it at Jiang Dehong. The liquor sprayed on Jiang Dehong's wound, and a sharp pain caused him to faint again. No matter how fierce a person is, he can't stand such pain.

Geng Bajin sat down, gasped twice, and the two jailers behind him stood next to him without moving at all, like two sculptures, if Geng Bajin hadn't given an order, these two people wouldn't even have a little expression. Suddenly, there was a "squeak!" from behind him. With a bang, the heavy iron door of the torture chamber was pushed open from the outside.

As soon as Geng Jingzhong entered the cell, he felt a strange smell, the dampness after the rain and the smell of dried blood. The whole space feels dim, only a few oil seals on both sides flash a faint light, as long as it is blown by the wind, it will be extinguished immediately. There is no light of day here all year round, and although it has not been built for a few years, the air is muddy. A normal person can't stand it for a while, and a person who is locked up here may not be able to get out for the rest of his life. It seems that there is not only the smell of dampness and blood, but also the smell of death.

Speaking of the prisons in the ancient Yamen, people may immediately think of the Hongdong County Prison in the "Su San Qi Jie", which is one of the most well-preserved ancient prisons in the 21st century. Hongdong County Prison is located in the right corner of the entrance of the county government hall, mainly to facilitate the arraignment of prisoners at any time. There is a wall inside the prison door, and there is only one side of the passage, in order to prevent the prisoners from escaping. As soon as you enter the prison gate, there are four right-angled and five doors in succession, followed by an "alley" about one meter wide. On either side of the "alley" are two rows of low cells, where ordinary miscellaneous prisoners are kept; At the southern end of the "alley", at a right angle to the east, is the inner prison, which is dedicated to holding death row felons. The inner prison is in the shape of a quadrangle, the east, west and south sides are ordinary prison cells, and there are two windowless cave type prison cells in the north, which is the women's prison that holds female prisoners who are to be executed, and it is said that the famous prostitute Su San was once imprisoned here. From Hongdong County Prison, we can learn about the construction and setting of ancient prisons.

Geng Jingzhong's prison is not much different from other prisons, Geng Jingzhong has to come up with other things to develop the army, okay, but to transform the cell, Geng Jingzhong really doesn't have that experience, and in the later generations of more than ten years of study and life, this piece is almost a blank. That is, when I was watching anti-Japanese dramas, I saw some shadows of prison cells in movies and television, but that was not much different from what I saw now. In the modern prison of later generations, he was not a prisoner, and he had never seen it with his own eyes. The TV was just a small room with an iron door with a small window.

I remember that there is such a paragraph in the novel "Water Margin", where the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi is in Tokyo. Selling knives at Cheonhanju Bridge. was bullied by the pimply cow. In a fit of rage, he killed Niu Er, went to Kaifeng Mansion to surrender, and was put on death row. There is a poem dedicated to the various prison utensils in this prison:

"Pushed into the prison and rushed through the prison door. Yellow whiskers knots, hemp rope ready to hang and stretch; The black face is imprisoned, and the wooden box is arranged to be locked and shackled. Kill the stick. jailer with low back pain at break; Scattering the horns, the prisoners were frightened when they saw it. Don't say that if you die to see Hades, that's all it will be like a real hell. ”

The hemp ropes, wooden boxes, locks, shackles, etc., in this poem, are all torture tools used in prisons to restrict the freedom of movement of prisoners, called "prison tools", also called "restraints". According to the documentary records and underground excavations, it can be confirmed that there were relatively complete prison utensils as early as the Shang Dynasty. It is said that when the king of Shang was king, in order to establish his own prestige, he specially built thousands of shackles and shackles. It is used against princes who are unwilling to obey them. King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned in shackles and imprisoned for seven years. Because the shackles, shackles, and shackles are all made of wood. Therefore, later generations called them "Miki" and became synonymous with prison equipment.

At this moment, in front of Geng Jingzhong, these torture tools are the same, although Geng Jingzhong doesn't know what the ten major tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are, but just these in front of him, it has already given Geng Jingzhong a cruel and terrifying feeling. The walls were covered with rows of torture instruments, and some of them still had some dark red blood stuck to them, which made people feel a little creepy. Even Geng Jingzhong is used to seeing dead people, but in the face of these things, he is panicked in his heart! However, these things are used against one's enemies, and they are also indispensable in this era, so if you want to ban them, you should wait until you have completed all your business.

Geng Jingzhong saw what Geng Bajin did when he was outside just now, and he used to only see such scenes in movies and television, but he didn't expect that now this villain has become his hardcore subordinate. Geng Bajin didn't notice that there were people outside at the moment, and he was still slowly tasting tea. There are rules in this cell, here he is a veritable boss, and the interrogation of Jiang Dehong is a matter personally explained by Geng Jingzhong, otherwise, he would not normally appear in this interrogation room! In fact, no matter which cell you are in, the cell boss is very powerful.

Let's just say that in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a powerful hero, his name was Zhou Bo. People who like history should know that Zhou Bo not only made great contributions in the process of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, but also at the critical juncture when the Lu family tried to usurp the Liu family after Liu Bang's death, he turned the tide, mobilized the army to quell the rebellion, and established Emperor Wen of Han. Zhou Bo was also appointed as a lieutenant and prime minister because of his outstanding merits, and was named the Marquis of Jiang, with ten thousand households, and the eldest son Zhou Shengzhi also married the daughter of Emperor Wen as his wife, which can be said to be a very popular minister.

However, because someone accused him of rebellion, he was interrogated by Tingwei and imprisoned in Chang'an Prison. After being imprisoned, Zhou Bo was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. The prison guards did not give him preferential treatment because he was a prince, but on the contrary, they humiliated and abused him in every way like ordinary prisoners. Zhou Bo had no choice but to bribe the jailer with his daughter. When the jailer got the money, he immediately changed his attitude, and also taught Zhou Bo to let his daughter-in-law intercede with Emperor Wen.

Originally, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty had no tangible evidence for Zhou Bo's rebellion, but he just wanted to frustrate the prestige of this group of old ministers, and now when he saw his daughter interceding, his mother Empress Dowager Bo also said that Zhou Bo could not rebel, so he fell into the boat, not only released Zhou Bo, but also restored his title. After Zhou Bo was released from prison, he sighed and said: I once commanded an army of millions, and I thought I was extremely noble, and I was a very noble minister, how did I know that a small jailer was so noble!

Zhou Bo's words, although he complained a little, said the truth. No matter how big or respected you are, as long as you go to prison, you are the fish and meat of the prison officials, and fate is in their hands and at their mercy. But this situation is not one-sided, and there are also places to pay attention to from the cell head to the ordinary jailer, and the typical case is the allusion of "resurgence". Han Anguo was originally an attendant officer of Lord Liang Xiao, but he was imprisoned for a crime and was humiliated by the jailers in every way. Han Anguo said to him, aren't you afraid of a resurgence? The jailer replied that when it was burned, he would douse it with urine.

Here, Han Anguo used "resurgence" to warn the jailers that he could still regain power one day, and asked the jailers not to abuse themselves too much and do things to the end; And the jailer used urine to extinguish the rekindled ashes, explaining to Han Anguo that as long as it was in the hands of their group of jailers, they had to be at their mercy. Won't give you a chance to recur. Interestingly. Han Anguo later "revived". Not only was he released from prison, but he was also appointed as the chief official of the administrative affairs of the Liang State. Han Anguo found the jailer who had abused him, but not only did he not punish him, but praised him and used him again.

Geng Jingzhong didn't mean to blame Geng Bajin, after all, he ordered him to be interrogated strictly, which already meant this. I know some of the Tao in the cell. But I don't want to worry about this now, I will finish a lot of big things first, and then slowly get busy with small things! Geng Jingzhong stood outside the door for a moment, then pushed the door in.

"The little one is the son of the world!" Geng Bajin saw that Geng Jingzhong was coming, and immediately got up from the stool and knelt on the ground to salute Geng Jingzhong. In the army, Geng Jingzhong had already abolished the bow salute and changed it to a military salute. But Geng Bajin and others were born in the Geng family, and this rule has never been changed. The same is true of those people in the palace, who asked Geng Jimao to follow the previous etiquette. The old prince Geng Jimao also responded to their request, so Geng Jingzhong no longer demanded of them.

"Get up. Did he say it? Geng Jingzhong nodded, and then said with a blank face.

"Back to the world, the little one is useless, and the prisoner hasn't said a word until now!" Geng Bajin was a little apprehensive in his heart, afraid that the prince would blame him for not doing things well. Kneeling on the ground, but not even raising his head!

"Go out first! I'll judge it myself! Geng Jingzhong also knows in his heart, now that Jiang Dehong has a will to die, people who are not afraid of death are generally not afraid of other things.

"Wake him up!" Geng Jingzhong said to Yang Jian behind him. Yang Jian gave the order, and immediately picked up a basin of water from the side and splashed it over!

Although the temperature is always eighteen or nineteen degrees Celsius this season, the cold water from the deep well is still very cold. The cold water strongly stimulated the sensitive nerves at Jiang Dehong's wound, his body trembled, and the person slowly raised his head again and opened his eyes.

His vision was blocked by the cold water droplets dripping from his scattered hair, and it took a long time to see clearly that what he saw was no longer the original cell head, but Geng Jingzhong, the son of the world. Yang Jian and several other guards next to him were also acquaintances.

When he was first captured, he knew that he was completely exposed! exposed his identity, the Geng family's father and son would never spare him, his end was already doomed, but the way of death was different.

"Don't you have anything to tell me?" Geng Jingzhong looked at Jiang Dehong and said with a cold face. "My father treated you like a brother, and you were drawn with one hand, and this is how you repay my father?"

Jiang Dehong raised his head for a while, as if he had exhausted his strength, tilted his head back, and then squinted his eyes and said to Geng Jingzhong: "Hehe, your father treats me well, but I have also saved him a few times, and I don't owe him anything." Everything I got today was killed with the knife in my hand, and I deserved it, and it has nothing to do with your father! ”

"Heh, hehehe!" Geng Jingzhong was directly angry, "I just found out today that the word white-eyed wolf was not invented for you. Back then, you were just a small and no longer small soldier, but it was my Geng family who appreciated you and promoted you, and you have today's glory and wealth step by step. Not to mention before, in the past two years, I will treat you well, just the silver given to you can fill four or five carriages! What do you say about this? ”

Jiang Dehong's eyelids dropped, his eyes looked at the ground, and he stopped talking.

"I really don't understand now, what benefits did the imperial court give you, so that you are so desperate to do things for them. In the past two years, you have also seen the development of my Geng family's army, and the combat power is only stronger than the Manchu Eight Banners, but it is no longer the soft-footed shrimp of the past. Could it be that after a battle of conquest and war, you still have no confidence in my Mawei army? ”

"My preparations in the past few years are indeed preparing for a big battle with the imperial court, but now is not the time, so I haven't arrested you openly. Otherwise, at this time, you should be dragged out to parade through the streets. Outside, you're already a dead man, falling into the sea and whirling in the sea, with no bones left! How about it, this ending is good, so that if you die, the court will not react at all. ”

"Needless to say, isn't it just one death, Shizi, if you kill me!" Jiang Dehong gritted his teeth and said.

"Humph! It's easy to kill you, but I still hope to get more useful things from you. Geng Jingzhong snorted coldly and said.

"It's all come to this, what else is there to say! There is only one death! If you say it, it's death, and if you don't say it, it's death, will your father and son still let me go? Jiang Dehong leaned his head against the wooden pillar and said slowly.

Geng Jingzhong looked at him like this, it seemed that with ordinary methods, he really couldn't make him speak. I turned around in my head, and suddenly thought of something, and then said, "Let me guess, you are now fifty-five years old, and you should have seen everything very thoroughly at this age." What you can do for the court is nothing more than that they promised you enough benefits, and it may also be that they got some handle from you. ”

Geng Jingzhong stared at Jiang Dehong's eyes and slowly opened his mouth to analyze. "Enough benefits are nothing more than power and money. Maybe you don't care about money anymore, then it must be right! Why, do you think that you helped the imperial court deal with my Geng family, and they will let you be the king of Jingnan? The next time, let you be the governor of Fujian? ”

The corners of Jiang Dehong's eyes moved slightly, but his face was expressionless and he didn't speak. Geng Jingzhong continued: "No, this is not very likely. So let's see what handle you will have in the hands of the court? The general handle, that's useless, you have been staying in Fujian, with my Geng family to protect you, and the court can't help you. Your family is also here in Fujian, by the way, family! ”

At this time, Jiang Dehong's eyes opened, and he seemed to be afraid that Geng Jingzhong would continue. "You only have one daughter here in Fujian, and you don't seem to have heard of you taking a concubine and having a son all these years. I'm not even in a hurry to continue the incense, it's a big problem! Is it in the capital?"

"No, you can kill me!" Jiang Dehong's face was extremely nervous, it could be said that his face was like ashes, and his eyes were full of fear. In addition to worry, there was only a gaze of death.

Geng Jingzhong was happy: "I really said it!" Hahaha! You should have a son, and it's still in the capital! Hehe, it's easy to know this information, you want to die, okay! I wonder if my intelligence team can find anything in the capital? Do you know, where did that Ah Hou, who grew up with me, go? You won't remember Ah Hou, he is in the capital now, it has been more than three years, I really miss him. The princess shop in the capital is secretly responsible for him, so"

Geng Jingzhong set his eyes on Jiang Dehong, staring at him to see his reaction. Jiang Dehong is also caught in the battle between heaven and man at this moment, he thinks he is hiding a secret, but he is still found out by Geng Jingzhong, so that little thing in his capital, as long as he calms down and investigates, sooner or later it will be found out. To say, or not to say, what a question at the moment!

"Okay, I won't ask you anymore, I just want to tell you in the end, my Geng family is a person who misses the old love, if you cooperate, whether it is your family here or the family in the capital, I will not touch them, your family property is still your family's. If you don't cooperate, hehe, you think for yourself! The smell here is really bad, so I'll go back first, and if there's anything you want to say, just tell the person who interrogated you just now. After speaking, without waiting for Jiang Dehong's reaction, he raised his feet and walked out.

Outside the door, Geng Bajin and a few people did not leave, and kept guarding the door to listen to orders. After Geng Jingzhong came out, he said to him: "I guess there should be no problem below, write down everything he said in detail, and then send it to me immediately!" ”

"Yes! Shizi! Geng Bajin hurriedly nodded yes. Then he followed behind Geng Jingzhong and watched Geng Jingzhong leave the prison.

Geng Jingzhong left the torture room before he could make a cup of tea, and after Jiang Dehong's face changed back and forth more than a dozen times, he shouted loudly outside: "Lao Tzu has recruited all of them, your Geng family has to talk about it, and you are not allowed to embarrass Lao Tzu's family!" (To be continued......)

PS: Two in one, 6,000 words in a big chapter!