Chapter 80

The sky was bright, and the courtyard of the Jinyi Guard Yamen gradually became lively, and Han Zongqi, who had been waiting to see the joke for a day, came very early, and he wanted to know how Song Nan reacted after the case that happened in Zhengdongfang last night.

He hummed a little song and stepped into the courtyard, habitually greeting the captains in the courtyard, but faintly found that there was a slight hint of wrongness; Because he saw Song Nan standing on the steps and looking at him with a smile, next to Song Nan stood Zheng Da, Huang Hui and several small flags on duty last night.

A trace of uneasiness enveloped his heart, Zheng Da, Huang Hui and the others looked at him with obvious schadenfreude in their eyes, and then, out of the corner of his eye, he found that the gate of the garden behind him had been quietly blocked by the four flag schools.

"Good morning, everyone! Song Baihu is early, why is Zheng Zongqi so early today? Didn't you take a leave of absence? Han Zongqi was calm and bowed.

Song Nan smiled and said, "Mr. Han is early, we are waiting for you." ”

"Wait for me? What's wrong? Han Zongqi chuckled in his heart.

"Well, it's not a big deal, I caught a few small thieves last night, I thought it was just some chicken and dog thieves, but I didn't expect to lead to a big person."

Han Zongqi asked nervously: "Who did you catch?" Where did you catch it? ”

Song Nan said: "Zhengdongfang Caijia Restaurant, the head of the thief is named Qiu Wu, Han Zongqi should be no stranger." ”

The sweat on Mr. Han's forehead came out, and he forced himself to calm down: "Qiu Wu? There seems to be such a person in Zhengdongfang, who is just a gangster on the street, so it's okay to catch them, let them suffer a little. ”

Song Nan laughed, waved his hand in laughter, and Zheng Da ordered loudly: "Come on, take down Han Gui." ”

Several flag schools shouted in response, stepped forward to surround Han Zongqi left and right, grabbed his arms, and grabbed his arms, and firmly controlled him.

The captains in the courtyard who didn't know what happened last night were all startled, Han Zongqi was usually very popular, and he had a good impression among the captains, but suddenly he was ordered by Song Baihu to take it down, and everyone was surprised, and there were many discussions.

Han Gui shouted, "What are you doing? Song Baihu, what does this mean? Zheng Zongqi, are you confused? I'm Han Gui. ”

Zheng Da scolded: "How come Lao Tzu doesn't know that you are Han Gui? It's you bad seed who takes it. ”

Han Guigao shouted, "Why take me? What did I do wrong? Song Nan, you are lawless, I want to see Lord Qianhu accuse you. ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "Don't make a noise, why do you take you, you and I know very well, Qiu Wu and a gang of bandits have confessed to the collusion with you, in front of all the brothers, I will save you some face, don't let me order someone to pull your hair and reward you with a few mouths; Let's go to Lord Qianhu, and we have to report this matter to him. ”

After that, Song Nan ignored Han Gui's noise, glanced at the dozens of stunned captains under the stairs, and said loudly: "Brothers, Han Gui colluded with the bandits in the market to do evil, connived at the bandits to poison the people, and designed a trap to pull Mr. Zheng's water in a vain attempt to create trouble in the market to force me to leave Zhengnanfang. It is now verified that the evidence is conclusive, and I will handle it impartially and hand it over to the Thousand Households. I know that some of you have a good relationship with him, and some of you are involved in this matter, but I don't want to hold you accountable, and if any brother feels that life is dull and wants to take a trip to troubled waters, then it is up to you. From now on, everyone will go to the public house to meditate, and they are not allowed to go out until I come back, and they are not allowed to talk about this matter from ear to ear, let alone spread rumors, otherwise they will not blame me Song Nan for turning his face and not recognizing people. ”

Most of the people were stunned, but there were also many people who already knew in their hearts that Han Gui colluded with the bandits in the street and connived at them to do evil things in Zhengdongfang, as the accompanying captain, how could they not know? It's just that they all got some benefits, just turn a blind eye and don't say anything, Song Baihu has said that he is not to blame for the past, who would be stupid to be a bird? It's better to obediently shut up and wait for it to change.

Song Nan ordered someone to drag Qiu Wu and others out of the torture room, and everyone saw that the eight bandits were all covered in blood, and they could also think of the result of torture last night last night.

Han Gui saw at a glance that Qiu Wu's hands and feet were festering, and the flesh and blood all over his body were blurred, and his legs suddenly weakened and he collapsed to the ground; Since the punishment has been used, as a Jinyi Wei, he naturally knows that no one can bear those punishments, and confession is inevitable, and he must have been confessed by Qiu Wu.

More than 20 flag schools dragged and dragged Han Gui and Qiu Wu and others to the yamen hall, and along the way, the brocade guards of the other hundred households cast surprised eyes, especially when they saw that Han Zongqi was also tied up like zongzi, they were even more surprised.

Peng Wanli, who received the report, didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly led people from the back into the public house to the lobby in the front yard, and saw a bunch of bloody prisoners lying crookedly under the hall, Han Gui was also among them, and hurriedly asked: "Song Baihu, what's going on?" ”

Song Nan gave a gift, and the relationship between Han Gui and Qiu Wu and the others and the arrest of Qiu Wu and the others last night were reported.

Peng Wanli exclaimed: "There is such a thing? Can there be a confession? ”

Song Nan beckoned Sun San to present all the confessions: "Except for Han Gui's confession, the others are here, and the confession also includes two homicides, three cases of burglary and adultery, and more than ten cases of fighting and wounding people. ”

Peng Wanli quickly flipped through the confession, and suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Damn, really hateful, Han Gui, you are really bold, you dare to collude with this group of thugs to do evil, and lose the face of my Zhengnanfang, can you admit your guilt?" ”

Han Gui shouted: "Spare your life, Lord Qianhu, for the sake of Han Gui's more than ten years of service in Zhengnanfang, please forgive Qianhu for the momentary confusion of his subordinates, it is Qiu Wu's persecution to me, otherwise how can I condone them." ”

Peng Wanli said angrily: "I am willing to fall, but I blame others, come to someone, record a confession for him, and ask him really questions." ”

Han Gui shouted for mercy, was dragged aside by the flag school in the hall, and without saying a word, he crackled and began to beat him wildly; Song Nan thought to himself, after all, Qianhu's handling of cases is different, everyone is denied and not recruited, and Peng Qianhu is beaten first regardless of whether you recruit or not.

In fact, Song Nan still doesn't understand the implicit meaning of Peng Wanli's words, and the prisoners of Jinyi Wei generally have several habitual expressions; The first is called 'asking questions,' which means that if a prisoner confesses, he can be beaten without a confession; the second is called 'asking questions from a good student', which means that no matter how many people beat him first and then ask for a confession, he just pays attention to proportions when beating and must not hurt his life; the third is that the phrase 'good students are really asking questions' is a secret reminder, and it doesn't matter what life or death is.

What Peng Qianhu said was the third kind of 'good students really asked', that is, the captain who was going to be executed didn't care about Han Gui's life or death, just beaten, it was best to beat him to death.

Several officers in the hall who knew the way were surprised, it stands to reason that Han Gui should immediately obtain a confession and report it to the Fusi of Beizhen for such a big thing, in the yamen of Qianhu, he only has the right to interrogate but has no right to sentence and convict, but Peng Qianhu hinted at killing this person, is it really angry that there is a scum in Zhengnanfang, ruining the reputation of Zhengnanfang, and the momentary gaffe under the anger is not successful?

Song Nan didn't have so many thoughts, the prisoner was handed over to Peng Qianhu, and he was also relaxed, and it was normal for Han Gui to be punished for his crimes.

But seeing Peng Qianhu walking down the hall with a smile, he patted Song Nan on the shoulder and said: "Song Baihu, very good, young but very methodical, he captured the thugs in Zhengdongfang within a few days of taking office, and dug out the scum of Han Gui; To tell you the truth, the murder of two foreign tea merchants in Zhengdongfang has not been solved, and I have been reprimanded many times by the above, but I didn't expect it to be done by Qiu Wuyi's gang. Good job, I will report this matter to Xiao Zhenfu so that he will be happy and happy. ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Luck, luck, if it weren't for Han Gui hitting my head with the idea and forcing me to check his old bottom, I wouldn't have solved the murder case by mistake." ”

Peng Wanli said with a smile: "You are not arrogant, very good." ”

Song Nan took out an official document from his sleeve and handed it to Peng Wanli and said: "According to the rules, this case must be written and reported, I have already written it here, Peng Qianhu can still make it if you can take a look?" ”

Peng Wanli took a look at it, and immediately smiled: "The writing is very good, the writing is smooth, the narrative is clear, and it is better than what my scribes write, so I won't change it, just submit it directly." ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Thank you Lord Qianhu for your compliment, and retire from your humble position." ”

Peng Wanli said with a smile: "Go on, go on, this case is handed over to me, and you tell Zheng Da that he is also at fault in it, but I will divide it for him, and let him do a good job, don't worry." ”

Song Nan hurriedly said: "Thank you for your understanding, Zheng Zongqi also took my order to be false with them, and the Lord Qianhu can understand this, and I am very grateful for my humble duties." ”

Peng Wanli smiled and nodded, and Song Nan saluted again and led people away.

Looking at the back of Song Nan leaving, Peng Wanli looked at the official document in his hand and smiled: "This kid is quite acquainted, and the submission said that this case was under his own personal deployment plan. Shengsheng takes credit for himself, but he is a boy who is quite good at being a man; It's just that...... Hey, Song Nan, do you know that you have cut off one of my financial routes, this Han Gui honors me with hundreds of taels of silver every year, although I don't know about his collusion with the thugs, but obviously these silver are not coming from the right way, if you arrest him and track him down, it will inevitably implicate me. ”

Peng Wanli stood at the door of the lobby and thought like a tide, and an execution captain ran quickly from the side hall to report: "Lord Qianhu, Han Gui has been in a coma several times and is unconscious, what should I do now?" ”

Peng Wanli frowned and said, "The scribe wrote a confession and pressed his handprint. ”

The captain said, "What about Han Gui?" ”

Peng Wanli gritted his teeth and said: "This guy is extremely evil, obviously denying and pretending to be dead, and he woke up with water and continued to fight." ”

Before the lieutenant could ask again, Peng Wanli glared and said, "What are you talking about?" Why don't you go soon? Even if this guy is beaten to death, he will not be wronged, and he will not be punished heavily, how can he set an example? In the end, everyone went to collude with the thugs, are we still the Jinyi Guard Yamen? ”

Of course, the execution captain understood what Peng Wanli meant, and turned around and went back without saying a word, and after a while, the sound of torture in the side hall started again, and Han Gui still had a sound at the beginning, but later, there was no sound at all.