Chapter 202: Public Trial Conference
"Why is this mouth so cheap, whip you to death, whip your crow's mouth to death......"
Not long after entering the vast prairie, torches and dead wind lanterns suddenly lit up in the darkness not far away, like twinkling stars in the dark, or more like flying fireflies, they flew like a convoy approaching, and soon gathered around the convoy.
Huang Liuye and all the family members of the convoy were frightened and stupid, their minds were blank, they stood stupidly, their calves twitched, and the timid ones were already paralyzed on the grass with fright.
After the dense fireflies flew closer, through the flickering firelight, everyone could see the wolf's head battle flag that appeared from time to time, that is, the entire Horqin prairie was turned upside down, daring to fight with the invincible Jin Army Iron Cavalry in the field, and fighting with the Phoenix Legion and Shenji Battalion with the fierce combat power of the Ming Army, robbing all caravans and small tribes, and the terrifying wolf thief group.
Huang Liuye was stupid for a long time before he reacted, and his first reaction under the horror was to smoke his own ear melon seeds first, Nima made you cheap, don't mention anything, you want to mention the wolf thief group, this time you are dead, right?
Although he rode a high-headed horse, but turned his head to look around, all the black stretched out his fingers and could not see his five fingers, how dare he ride a horse to escape, even if he was not caught up and hacked to death by the wolf thief group, it is estimated that the horse will lose its forefoot and fall to death, people like him who cherish life naturally do not dare to take risks, only honestly raise their hands and surrender.
Without his orders, all the family members threw away their weapons, obediently raised their hands and surrendered, and started a war with the wolf thieves? Don't be funny, they still want to live a few more years, and they still have wives and children at home waiting for them to feed.
Outflanked by a battalion of the wolf thief group, after careful spy reconnaissance, they found that the eight families have recently begun to move frequently, so they naturally keep an eye on it, and at the same time go out of the city in the middle of the night, fishing with nets on the vast prairie, and they are very angry, and they caught Huang Liuye, a big fish, not long after they left the customs.
All of them were tied up in a string of long ropes, blindfolded, stumbling for a long time, falling many times before reaching the ground, and then thrown into several sturdy cells and imprisoned, no one knew where they were, everyone was terrified and uneasy about their unknown fate, and the timid scared cry and pee.
In fact, Huang Liuye, the voter, was all imprisoned in the relatively remote wolf thief group training camp behind Shanhaiguan City, and several rows of cells were temporarily modified, but everyone was blindfolded, and they entered the city in the middle of the night, and it was normal to not be able to figure out the specific direction.
The first battalion of the wolf thief group went out of the division and caught the big fish of Huang Liuye, after everyone sent the people to custody, they counted the seized loot with a smile, there were some smelted iron ingots, grain and cloth, and eleven men who were tied up like big browns, obviously they were forced to sweat and the like, no matter how you move and toss, they are still sleeping.
The trick to crack the sweat medicine is very simple, it is OK to pour cold water on the noodles, one of the men was drenched in cold water, and woke up immediately, he looked at the big man who was surrounded in front of him, and pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and was so frightened that he threw a tom and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.
It took a long time for everyone to understand what was going on, the eleven men who were tied up by the flowers were all blacksmiths, because they didn't want to go out of the customs to work for the gold people, they were beaten with a stick, and then they appeared here inexplicably, and the battalion officer who led the team did not dare to take matters into their own hands, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Lu Hongniang.
Lu Hongniang took people out of the city overnight, came to the training camp of the wolf thief group, summoned eleven blacksmiths to inquire successively, and roughly understood the conspiracy of the eight families, and then brought Huang Liuye to interrogate and testify, and before the big punishment was moved, Huang Liuye, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, even recruited all the ugly things done by the three generations of his ancestors.
Knowing Huang Taiji's intentions, Lu Hongniang sent someone to call Lei Zhenjiang of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu of the Liaodong Guard overnight to discuss, the stakes were very high, the time was too tight, and it was too late to ask the emperor, and she didn't want to miss this opportunity, so she decided to take this matter to the eight families.
Lei Zhenjiang is also a radical type, and completely agrees with Lu Hongniang's opinion, one of the main purposes for the Son of Heaven to send him to Liaodong is to target the eight major families who betray the country and seek glory, and now the opportunity is rare, how can he miss it?
Lu Hongniang, Li Qing, and Lei Zhenjiang discussed strategies overnight, and at the same time sent a fast horse to gallop to the Son of Heaven, so that he could be psychologically prepared and make various countermeasures. They have access to the core secrets, and they know that the backer behind the Eight Families is the entire civil official group, and if they move the big cake of the civil official group, they will definitely suffer a strong backlash from them, but this is none of their business, and the person who has to withstand the fierce fire of the civilian official group is the Son of Heaven.
Lu Hongniang, Li Qing, and Lei Zhenjiang interrogated Huang Liuye's entire convoy while discussing strategies, and under the pressure of the steel knife, everyone confessed one by one, signed and drew on the confession paper, and eleven blacksmiths were written by others, accusing the Huang family of robbing the population, fornicating with the enemy country, betraying the country for glory, etc., and demanding justice.
When they were done, the sky was faintly bright, and Huang Liuye and the others, together with the captured trucks, were escorted out of the city again, and walked a small half circle near Shanguanhai until the sky was bright and the city gate was opened.
Huang Liuye and other hundreds of people were tied up and escorted into the city, and there were nearly 100 trucks, a long long string, it was difficult not to attract attention, the people who rushed to the market in the morning, and the residents of the city all flocked to the streets to watch the excitement and ask each other what happened?
Lei Zhenjiang had already sent a group of Jinyi guards to mix in the secret spies, under their propaganda, everyone knew what was going on, all indignant, the people living in the border area, almost every household had relatives died under the butcher's knife of the Jin army, they hated all kinds of evil deeds committed by the Jin army, many young people who joined the army were precisely because they wanted to avenge their relatives to join the army, their children fought to the death, and defended their homeland at the cost of blood, but now there are people who are enemies, who is not angry?
However, there are also many people who are skeptical, after all, the reputation of the Eight Great Families is very good, they help the poor people every month every year, subsidize the poor scholars from poor families to go to school, and give porridge to save people's lives when there is a famine, so that the suffering people are grateful, so they have won the praise of the great good people, how can such a good person betray the country to seek glory?
"Are you blind, didn't you see that the person in charge of the arrest was Huang Dafa and Huang Liuye, the sixth steward of the Huang family?"
"Yes, I used to work in the Huang family, and I recognize several of them as the Huang family's home care home."
"What if it's just Huang Liuye's own doing?"
"Don't make any noise, and listen to the public trial first."
The onlookers were talking about it indiscriminately, and some of them were red-faced, after all, the people were simple and simple, and without conclusive evidence, they still did not overturn the good impression of the eight families in their hearts.
"Fellow villagers, our Phoenix Legion caught a caravan that secretly went out of the customs last night, and the search found that the caravan was carrying knives, guns, muskets, iron ore and other contraband, in order to confirm whether this caravan is innocent, we will hold a public trial meeting on the spot, and let everyone understand what is going on."