Chapter 144

In a dilapidated and abandoned firewood house, Meng Xiaosi was tied to a wooden pillar by five flowers, Song Nan moved a broken stool and sat on him and smiled at him, Meng Xiaosi was furious by him and shouted: "What's wrong with Jinyiwei?" Can I set up a private court? Besides, what did Lao Tzu do? ”

Song Nan smiled: "You are still hard-mouthed, I told you, the young man from Sihai Restaurant must know you, don't you understand what happened?" ”

"Impossible, it's so dark and his face is covered, how can he recognize ......" Meng Xiaosi shouted, suddenly realizing that he had missed his mouth, and he hurriedly shut up.

Song Nan smiled and said: "Don't admit yourself, okay, to tell you the truth, the young guy at Sihai Restaurant really doesn't know you, but don't be too happy, your whereabouts have long been under the control of my Jinyi Weiqi School, and your every move has not escaped our eyes." ”

Meng Xiaosi said disdainfully: "Bragging, you want to lie to me, but there is no door." ”

Song Nan said: "You don't believe it? Then I'll talk to you, that day you a group of six people came to Zhengnanfang, gambling money in the Hongyun Gambling House at night, you have good luck and won a lot, when the third watch, you went to commit the crime, before you found out the route of the guy from the Four Seas Restaurant, and hid in the pig tail alley and waited for him; I know where you're hiding, behind a low wall at the south end of the alley, right? When you saw that young man, you went up and beat him up, and robbed other people of two coins of silver, right? ”

Meng Xiaosi's big mouth was incredulous, if you want to talk about the process of committing the crime, the young man will definitely inform the person investigating the case, Song Nan knows it, how does Song Nan know the location where he is hiding behind the low wall? Could it be that it was really seen by others, and the whole process could not be done?

"After that, you go back to the Fortune Gambling House to continue gambling, and in the morning, you go to the door of another fellow and block him in the yard and beat him, and then return to the gambling house to gamble until noon before leaving, am I right?"

Meng Xiaosi's scalp was numb, what Song Nan said was the whereabouts of himself and the others that day, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, how could this be possible? Meng Xiaosi thought about it, and suddenly found a big loophole in it, and immediately put his mind at ease.

"This is all speculation, since our whereabouts are known to the Jinyi Guard, why didn't you take us at the right time, but it took almost twenty days to come to me? It can be seen that you have no eyewitnesses, but you are just trying to trick me. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "You are not stupid, it seems that you have dealt with the government a lot, and you are used to quibbling and denying, the reason why I took you inappropriately is because I want to know what your intention is to come to my Zhengnanfang from other places to commit crimes?" ”

Meng Xiaosi said: "Grab money, what else?" ”

Song Nan shook his finger and said, "Don't carry it to death, you are wasting my master's time, and my patience will soon be worn out by you." If you want to grab money, you won't choose two poor restaurant guys to start, and you won't be able to beat the two of them to get up; Don't think that I don't understand the rules of your business, even if you have the idea of robbery, you will naturally find a big family, just give money, and never indiscriminately hurt the innocent. ”

Meng Xiaosi was speechless, he only robbed more than three dollars of silver on the two guys that night, which is also called robbery, and it was rumored that he was afraid that his peers would laugh off his big teeth.

Song Nan's face turned cold, and he said sharply: "Your only way out is to confess honestly, if you want to fool the past, it is a fantasy, the reason why I brought you here instead of being directly escorted to the Jinyi Wei Yamen is to give you a chance to explain, otherwise, you must have heard of the suffering of the eighteen torture instruments in the Jinyi Guard, and if you enter the Yamen, you will not be able to confess, go through it first, if you are lucky, you can withstand these means." ”

How could Meng Xiaosi not know the methods of Jinyiwei, often messing around on the streets, and would rather be arrested by the Yamen of Shuntianfu or the Yamen of the Criminal Department, rather than fall into the hands of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which are two wolf dens that eat people and do not spit scum, don't think about getting out of a good skin if you go in.

Beads of sweat poured out of Meng Xiaosi's head, and his expression was quite hesitant, wanting to say but he was afraid of something.

"Zhilu said, why didn't I arrest you in the gambling house, but chose to use the excuse to take you in the brothel? This is to keep it secret for you, I know that you can't afford to provoke the person behind the scenes, and I also understand that you are afraid that they will attack you if you confess, and the reason why you do this is to save your life, don't know what to do. Song Nan said coldly.

Meng Xiaosi's face turned pale, biting his lower lip and being silent, Li Daniu said impatiently: "Brother Nan, why do you talk so much nonsense to him?" I'll let him bleed first, I'm afraid of this little foot, I don't know what the inside story is, let's deal with him and then arrest others to ask, are you afraid that you won't be able to ask? ”

Song Nan sighed and got up and walked out: "Okay, the person who kills himself has nothing to do, first cut off a few of his fingers and dip them in salt water, I heard that it will bleed and dry up, you go and try it, if it works, there will be one more punishment in our yamen in the future." ”

Li Daniu spat at the mouth, rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, I'll try it." With that, he smiled and leaned forward with a dagger.

Meng Xiaosi was so frightened that he shouted: "Don't be like this, you have something to say, Song Qianhu, spare your life." ”

Song Nan turned his head and said, "If you don't explain, teach me what to do?" Could it be that you are at ease? ”

Meng Xiaosi shouted: "I said yes, but I really don't know much, I'm worried that Song Qianhu thinks that the villain has something to hide, I'm just a little footfoot, and I completely follow the order to take the money and leave." ”

Song Nan stopped and said: "As long as you tell what you know, I will spare your life, do you know that Lu Dao is a little foot, can you die for others?" If you die, what good will it do you to be happy and others are alive happily? ”

Meng Xiaosi gritted his teeth and said: "That's right, you can't give your life for ten taels of silver, Song Qianhu, you ask, the villain knows everything." ”

Song Nan smiled and nodded: "This is called Junjie who knows the times." Turning around and coming back to personally untie the rope on his body, Meng Xiaosi was sore, and he sat on the ground and couldn't get up.

Song Nan squatted down and asked, "Tell me, where did you come from?" ”

Meng Xiaosi whispered: "The villain is usually messing around in the inner city of Fucaifang. ”

"Who do you follow on weekdays?"

"The boss of the villain is called Hu Dahai, and he is the black fat man who came to commit the crime that day."

Song Nan didn't know which black fat man Lu Dao was, but he still pretended to suddenly realize: "It turned out to be him, so why did you come to Zhengnanfang to attack the two restaurant guys, who wants you to come here to commit crimes?" ”

Meng Xiaosi said: "Why do you want to start the villain really don't know, Hu Dahai found a few of us that day, said that there was a deal to do, that is, to come to Zhengnanfang Mao's ears Hutong to break the legs of the two young guys in the restaurant, after the matter each gave ten taels of silver, Hu Dahai said that this matter must be carried out in secret, and no one can say anything after the incident, otherwise there will be a worry about life." ”

Song Nan said: "You didn't ask what it was?" Don't you think it's strange that you will be paid a handsome reward of ten taels of silver for wounding two young men? ”

Meng Xiaosi snorted: "Song Qianhu, the villain eats on the street, such a good thing finds us, so what is the mouth?" Twenty or thirty brothers, Hu Dahai only looked for five of us, and it was too late for us to be grateful, so how could we ask questions indiscriminately? ”

Song Nan's face was gloomy, and he frowned and was silent.

Meng Xiaosi saw that Song Nan's face was not good, and hurriedly said: "But I heard Lao Niu and them say in private that this time the business was paid by others to ask Hu Dahai to help, as if he was the opponent of the Four Seas Restaurant, and he envied the good business of his restaurant, so he injured their guys and asked them not to open." I was still laughing with Lao Niu at the time, this method is too stupid, with more silver, we set fire to the Sihai Restaurant, or directly take the life of the shopkeeper, and the guy who hurts people is a fart, and people just hire two more, it's really stupid. ”

Meng Xiaosi's face was disapproving, and Ye Fanggu on the side was angry when she heard it, and kicked Meng Xiaosi twice with a cold face, kicking Meng Xiaosi almost out of breath, and sizzling in pain.

Song Nan was afraid that Ye Fanggu would kick Meng Xiaosi to death, so she hurriedly pulled her out, and Wen Yan comforted: "You can breathe and dissipate your anger, don't kick him to death." ”

Ye Fanggu said angrily: "Are you still going to let such a wicked person go?" ”

Song Nan said in a low voice: "Don't be angry, let's talk to him first, and only through his mouth can we find out the real culprit behind the scenes, after the incident, you can do whatever you want, and kill him." ”

Ye Fanggu said angrily: "Killing him dirty my hands." ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "Be low, don't teach him to hear, after the incident, I will hand him over to the Jinyi Guard Yamen, there will always be a good life for him, and he can't be angry about these things." ”

Ye Fanggu sighed and said: "What kind of world is this, the officials are lawless, and even these ruffians on the street take pleasure in harming others, and they have no shame. ”

Song Nan comforted her repeatedly, and Ye Fanggu stomped her feet hatefully and turned her head, her chest rising and falling.

Song Nan turned around and entered the firewood room, saw Meng Xiaosi's painful eyes with tears in his eyes, lifted his clothes and checked his chest, only to see the dark green footprints on the chest in two purple bars swollen and high, and almost broke his ribs; Song Nan smacked his tongue, if it weren't for Ye Fanggu knowing the importance of this person and keeping his strength, I was afraid that his two feet would kill him.

Meng Xiaosi said with a sad face: "Song Qianhu, who is this person, looking at it in vain, how can he be so ruthless, doesn't this cost my life?" ”

Song Nan comforted: "He is my personal guard in the yamen, known as Ye Sanjiao, three feet must be life, even if you are blessed with a great life, he only has time to kick out two feet, otherwise you will become a puddle of mud." ”

"So fierce? I didn't provoke him, isn't that a reply to your words? Hiss...... It hurts me to death. ”

Song Nan said to Li Daniu: "I went to get the bone-setting wine to wipe it for him." ”

Li Daniu went out to get medicine, and Song Nan continued to ask: "In this way, you don't know who is looking for Hu Dahai to do business?" ”

Meng Xiaosi endured the sharp pain in his chest and said: "The villain really doesn't know, after the incident, Hu Dahai asked a few of us to go out of the capital to the countryside to avoid the wind, I don't think it's a big deal, so I secretly stayed, and several of them are still outside the capital." ”

Song Nan said: "You should understand that the matter is not as simple as Hu Dahai said, if it is really a small case of injuring two young men, why do you need to go out of the capital to avoid the limelight afterwards, tell me, where is Hu Dahai hiding?" ”

Meng Xiaosi thought for a while and said: "The villain is not sure, but I heard that he set up a manor outside the Fucheng Gate, maybe he is hiding there, I can't tell the specific location, and the villain has never been there." ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Who knows the way?" ”

Meng Xiaosi rolled his eyes and said, "This villain can help you inquire." ”

Song Nan said: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you, I will hear the report tomorrow morning, don't make up your mind and want to escape, I will order someone to stay near the nine gates of the capital, once you want to escape, don't blame me for being unkind after you are caught." ”

Meng Xiaosi waved his hand again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, how can I escape from your palm." ”

Song Nan said: "I won't treat you badly, here are two taels of silver, take it to see the injuries on your body, and buy some wine and food to eat the rest, after hearing the news, I will have a heavy reward." ”

Meng Xiaosi looked at the silver ingot handed over by Song Nan, his eyes lit up but he didn't dare to take it, and waved his hand and said, "How can I ask for your silver, I can't ask for it." ”

Song Nan threw the silver to the ground and said, "You can do it yourself, if you don't want the silver, you have to do things for me." ”

Meng Xiaosi quickly grabbed the silver, didn't care about the pain in the wound on his chest, and muttered: "Since Song Qianhu insists on rewarding, the villain can't refute your face, don't worry, there will be news tomorrow." ”

Song Nan said: "Tomorrow afternoon, I will wait for you at the fork in the street, and if it is too late, I will search for you in the whole city." ”

Meng Xiaosi got up, agreed repeatedly, and limped away holding his chest.

Song Nan and Ye Fanggu stood side by side, looking at Meng Xiaosi's back and smiling, Li Daniu came out and said, "Brother Nan, does this method work?" ”

Song Nan said: "Do you hear clearly?" ”

Li Daniu said: "I vaguely heard clearly, I deliberately pretended to go to the corner of the house to explain, and the guy listened to it with his ears open, and his mouth seemed to be cursing." ”

Song Nan smiled: "It's strange if you don't scold, I know that I'm using him, can I not scold?" This guy is running the train with his mouth full, none of them are the truth, we can't believe him, let's see, the show has begun, I don't know if the big fish will take the bait. ”

Ye Fanggu chirped: "The two feet just now were lighter, and they should be more forceful." ”

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