While Sima Ying was surprised, a group of captured pirates were being interrogated by Qin Tai. Several diehards have already been tortured by the "Ma Sandao," and the "Ma Sandao" only used a few sets of torture tools and criminal laws to subdue the Japanese who are strong on the outside and those who are in the middle. This group of island people who eat soft and fear hard is now as well-behaved as the third grandson.

Qin Tai finally knew everything that the Wakou knew, and it was precisely because Sima Ying had indeed participated in their activities.

Qin Tai ordered to surround Sima Ying's family, and at the same time arrested Sima Ying's third son Sima Ba on the spot, and Sima Ying's eldest son Sima Qian and second son Sima Qiu were imprisoned on the spot. All the immediate relatives of the Sima family were suspended. This is Qin Tai's right as a supervisor of the imperial history. At that time, it was a highest-level case, and as long as there was conclusive evidence, it was possible to take immediate action. The crime of complicit is only ranked after the case of rebellion, that is, it is a little lighter than rebellion. It is more serious than the killing of officials, the creation of massacres, etc. Qin Tai, as an imperial historian, has ready-made soldiers in his hands, so of course he will not show mercy to his subordinates.

When Sima Ying saw the killer's head, he immediately returned home. But as soon as I got home, I found that Sima's house was surrounded.

Qin Tai wore his six-rank official uniform and surrounded Sima's house with his soldiers.

Sima Ying, under the protection of a large group of family members, came to the gate. He said to Qin Tai: "Lord Qin, the old man is also a member of the government. Pediatric Sima Ba is the first current magistrate. How can you lead troops to surround my Sima family? Do you still have the royal law in your eyes? Aren't you afraid that I will sue you in the court? Aren't you afraid that Yushi will impeach you? ”

Qin Tai stood upright and said, "First, Sima Ying is just a 'Zhishi' official, not a formal official. Second, your son Sima Ba is the magistrate of Jiangxi, not the magistrate here, so he can't manage here. Thirdly, Lord Sima, the magistrate of your own family, has violated the law that officials are not allowed to be officials in their hometowns. I have sent someone to take his place, and he is waiting to be sent to prison to await his sentence. Third, I didn't send troops to surround your Sima family at random. You, Sima Ying, as the patriarch of the Sima family, secretly have dealings with the Japanese Kou. This has violated the law of the Ming Dynasty. Now not only you, Sima Ying, but also your four sons and one daughter will be arrested and put on trial. Fourth, the killer has already confessed that you were responsible for the assassination. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you, Sima Ying, and the Sima family have committed crimes such as 'collusion', 'killing officials', 'buying murder', and 'secretly possessing weapons in an attempt to commit crimes'. This officer has the right to arrest you. As for whether the imperial history will impeach me? Don't you know that I'm an overseer? When I go south, I not only want to solve cases, but also to supervise officials who violate laws and disciplines? ”

Sima Ying was a former official, and he knew that some of the crimes Qin Tai said were capital crimes. "Possession of weapons with bad intentions" is the smallest crime, but it can also harm one's own head. "Buying murder" is a crime of homicide, whether it is a current official or an ordinary person, committing this crime is a word "death". "Killing officials" is a major crime, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, those who succeed in "killing officials" implicate five generations of three tribes, and those who do not succeed implicate three generations of three tribes. That is to say, as long as the "killing of officials" is determined, all the instigator's family will be implicated, and even the instigator's wife's family, mother's family, and daughter-in-law's family will be implicated. The light ones were sent to the frontier, the heavy ones were slaves and maids, the women became official prostitutes, and the men entered the palace as inferior eunuchs. The most frightening thing is the charge of "passing through the Japanese", when the imperial court knew that the Japanese could drive straight into the Ming Dynasty and endanger the Ming coastal area, because someone led the way for the Japanese invaders, the imperial court had a strict order to strictly prohibit the Ming people from passing through the Japanese. "Rebellion", "Complication", and "Bullying" have become the major crimes of the Ming Dynasty's whole family.

Sima Ying knew that he was finished, the people in his family were finished, and the entire Sima family was finished.

At this time, several white-bearded people came to the door of Sima Ying's house.

They didn't come to find Sima Ying, they came to see Qin Tai.

The eldest of them said to Qin Tai, "My lord, the little old man is the elder of the Sima family. We also just heard about Sima Ying. Sima Ying not only did evil himself, but also implicated my Sima family. Now a few of our elders have decided to remove Sima Ying's family from the Sima family. From then on, the people and things of Sima Ying's family had nothing to do with us. Ask the adults to bear witness. ”

Qin Tai is actually the mastermind behind this matter, after all, the Sima family is the big family here. It is absolutely impossible to wipe out the Sima family in such a move. Since he couldn't, he had to take Sima Ying down first. As for the rest of the Sima family, there will be a court to decide their life and death in the future. So he secretly asked someone to find a few elders of the Sima family, believing that these elders would know what to do to their advantage.

The elders breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Qin Tai nodding. They had already heard about the charges that Qin Tai had said, and if the Sima family was implicated, few members of the Sima family would survive.

At the entrance of the street, in front of many people and soldiers, the elders said to Sima Ying: "The rebel son Sima Ying has insulted the ancestors and ancestors of the Sima family. Colluded with the Japanese to bully my Ming people. Now, as all the elders of the Sima family, we have sentenced Sima Ying to no longer serve as the patriarch and expelled his family from the Sima family. They are no longer allowed to have the surname Sima. All the property of the Sima family was recovered, and they were driven out of the town. ”

An officer on the side said: "Wait, now Sima Ying's family is full of evidence of guilt and reverse birth." Without Lord Qin's consent, no one is allowed to approach or move. Those who dare to disobey the order will be killed on the spot. ”

Although the elders are reluctant to have money, they are willing to give up anything compared to the life of their own family. They hurriedly left Sima Ying's house, like hiding from the plague.

Qin Tai ordered Xiao Lingzi and Zhan Xiaoxiao to each bring a team of people into the Sima family to occupy Sima's house, and strictly forbade anyone to destroy the evidence. "Ma Sandao" led people to arrest Sima Ying's family, and "Ma Sandao" personally took care of it. The master "old drunkard" went to the other elders of the Sima family and persuaded them to hand over all the things and people they knew about the overall situation. If this storm cannot be completely cleared, it will bring earth-shaking changes to the entire Sima family.

Qin Tai came to the room of the second lady Sima Ling alone, and Xiao Wang had been arranged to go to the fourth lady to register all the things one by one and check all the letters. Because the Japanese confirmed that this fourth lady was not only a Japanese person, but also a noble child of an island country. Although Xiao Wang doesn't know how to solve cases, he is delicate enough, and this kind of thing is suitable for him to handle.

Sima Ling's room was not big, it should not have been a master room, it was a larger subordinate room. Sima Ling's place of residence is in the northwest corner of Sima's house, separated from the main house by a garden and a patio, which is the most remote master room. The room consists of two rooms, one bright and one dark. The louder one outside is Sima Ling's study and embroidery room. In ancient times, women not only had to read, but also embroidered clothes and mattresses for themselves. When you become a family, these embroideries will be sent to your husband's family along with the dowry. There is not a single embroidery here, so it can be seen that all the embroidery has been sent to her husband's family, or buried with Sima Ling.

knew from Xiao Wang that in the year Sima Ling died, Sima Ying had already married her to a foreigner. It seems that this family is also a wealthy and powerful family.

One of the rooms inside is Sima Ling's bedroom, which is the "boudoir pavilion" of everyone's ladies.

Outside the room there was a dead tree, which was not killed by itself, but was deliberately hacked to death. Qin Tai casually pinched off a branch of a tree, ready to ask someone who knew what kind of tree it was.

Sima Ling's room was very clean, not that it was clean, but that there were almost no things inside.

After leaving Sima's house, Qin Tai and Xiao Lingzi went to a florist's house, and he handed over the branch to the gardener.

After looking at it, the gardener said to Qin Tai, "My lord, what do you want to know?" This is a branch of cherry blossoms. This kind of cherry blossom is not very common in our place, and I remember that Master Sima's family planted a batch many years ago. But the cherry tree is dead, and it's been dead for years. ”

After Qin Tai asked the gardener about some cherry blossoms, he left.

Back at the place where he lived, Qin Tai was not in a hurry to interrogate Sima Ying. Qin Tai felt that Sima Ying didn't know much, otherwise Sima Ying wouldn't dare to use the Japanese to kill people so blatantly. Sima Ying knew that they were Japanese people, but he didn't know much about them.

The master came back, and the elders promised to recall all the people of the Sima family who were officials in Anhui for the sake of the Sima family. This is done in the hope of saving the entire Sima family, and not leading the court to kill them.

The five of them sat down again.

Qin Tai said to everyone: "I have a bold conjecture. Let's listen and see if that's the case. ”

Qin Tai stood up and said as he walked, "The Japanese have discovered this place and think that this is a good place to recuperate. took advantage of Sima Ying, the patriarch of the Sima family, to be lustful and sent a noble woman to Sima Ying. This woman was very liked by Sima Ying, so that the Japanese Kou had a foothold in the town of Zailai. This new lady accidentally met Sima Ling, a second lady who was about the same age. One is a young lady who is in a foreign land, and the other is a young lady who is not valued by her father, and the two become good friends. Sima Ling learned a lot from the widow and the fourth lady, and also taught the fourth lady some experience in the power struggle. The fourth lady gradually took control of the Sima family and developed her own power. poisoned the eldest lady and controlled Sima Ying. Soon the fourth lady became pregnant, and at this time, the Japanese sent a batch of cherry blossoms. The fourth lady gave Sima Ling a cherry blossom, but she didn't expect to plant a bane. A Japanese took advantage of Sima Ling's youth and ignorance to forcibly take possession of Sima Ling. Sima Ling was very angry afterwards and hacked the cherry tree to death with his own hands. Soon the fourth lady's child was born, and just as everyone was celebrating, Sima Ling found out that she was pregnant. In order to take revenge on the fourth lady, Sima Ling killed his little brother and the fourth lady. Sima Ying not only got pregnant unmarried because of Sima Ling, but also killed his wife and children. In a frenzy, Sima was locked in a coffin and buried overnight. Unexpectedly, Sima Ling was rescued by a tomb robber, and Sima Ling should not have died. ”

Zhan Xiaoxiao and everyone felt that this analysis was both bizarre and in line with the current situation, and everything was tightly matched.