Chapter 670: Exoneration
In the face of the strong deterrence of the Praetorian Guard, none of the five hundred slaves led by Wei Jianxiong dared to resist, and they all laid down their arms and surrendered.
After all, no matter how arrogant the Fei family is, no matter how arrogant and domineering the Fei family slaves are, they have not yet dared to fight head-on with the army. Moreover, this army is the Praetorian Guard, which has just defeated hundreds of thousands of rebels, and it is the Praetorian Guard under the command of the emperor himself.
Fighting with the Praetorian Guards in front of you, even if you win, the consequences are very serious, and no one wants to risk killing their heads and robbing their homes.
Hou Jinglin ordered the weapons of these domestic slaves to be confiscated, and then tied up and kept in custody.
Camped in Liujiagou that night, Liu Wenbin mobilized the villagers to vacate the house for the Praetorian Guards, but was stopped by Hou Jinglin. It was not long before dawn, there was no need to set up another camp, and more than 300 Praetorian Guards rested in the haystack of the threshing field at the entrance of the village.
After dawn, the villagers made breakfast and sent it out, and Hou Jinglin accepted the kindness of the villagers, after all, he had to march next, and he couldn't let his subordinates have an empty stomach, but when he left, he left money for cooking.
"My lord, it's my subordinates who are too reckless and cause trouble." Liu Wenbin's eyes were red. Just now, he already learned the news of his sister Yan'er's murder.
"Let's mourn, think about the consequences before doing things in the future." Hou Jinglin soothed. This Liu Wenbin was too eager to achieve quick success, and there was no need to kill people to achieve the same effect at that time, and as a result, he killed his own sister.
However, Liu Wenbin can be regarded as a meritorious service, which will help him quickly solve the Fei family, in view of this, Hou Jinglin is no longer ready to pursue him for murder.
After breakfast, Hou Jinglin ordered to march to the Fei family. He wants to take this opportunity to directly and completely take down the Fei family.
The Fei family, the chief steward Fei Li, stayed awake all night.
At night, the people sent to the villages reported one after another, but they did not find the soldiers of the county lieutenant Yamen who had returned to their hometowns to visit their relatives, saying that these soldiers had been recalled to Hekou Town that day, which made Fei Liao have a bad feeling.
It was a plan in advance to secretly hire people from the rivers and lakes to give these soldiers of the county lieutenant yamen who were born in Hekou Town a hard lesson, and to deter the villagers from following the county lieutenant yamen into chaos. Now, however, the plan has fallen through. More than a hundred soldiers returned to Hekou Town ahead of schedule, either because the news was leaked, or because the county lieutenant of Nagou had made some big moves to recall his subordinates.
This reminded Fei Liao of the five hundred house slaves led by Wei Jianxiong to Liujiagou, could it be that the county lieutenant of Nagou recalled the soldiers after receiving this news? Is it to deal with Wei Jianxiong?
Fei Liao was so anxious that he sent his slaves to Liujiagou overnight to investigate.
It wasn't until dawn that the men sent out came back panting, bringing back bad news, and the fearful thing really happened.
Hearing that Mrs. Yan had gotten up, Fei Liao hurriedly asked to see her.
"This, how should this be?" Listening to Fei Li's words, Yan Shi was stunned.
"The soldiers who recalled the relatives in advance by the county lieutenant Hou probably knew the news that we were going to send someone to Liujiagou early in the morning, and there may be a traitor in the family." Fei Liao smiled bitterly.
"Grab this food inside and out, and beat me to death with a stick." Yan said angrily.
However, now is not the time to catch the traitor at all, and most of the male slaves in the family have been captured by the dog county lieutenant, and there is no way to find out.
"Madam, the county lieutenant will definitely bring troops to our Fei family, otherwise you will take the young ladies to avoid the limelight first?" Fei Liao suggested.
"I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere!" Yan patted the back of the chair and said angrily, "The master handed over the home to me when he left, and I want to live and die with the Fei family!" ”
"Madam, there is no need to come hard at this juncture, you take Miss Gongzi first, go to meet the master, the old slave looked at Zhuangzi, even if the dog county lieutenant came to arrest the old slave, you can also think of other ways outside." Fei Liao patiently persuaded.
Yan was still hesitating, unable to make a decision.
"Madam, don't hesitate, Liujiagou is only ten miles away from our house, and the county lieutenant will soon bring someone to kill him." Fei Liao urged.
Since the county lieutenant of Dog secretly transferred troops to deal with Wei Jianxiong, he will definitely not let go of the Fei family in the future. More than 500 domestic slaves were captured, and now the handle is in the hands of others, and now the Fei family has no room to fight back. Things have come to this point, Fei Liao thinks that the main responsibility lies with himself, and it was because he didn't resist choosing to do it, so he was seized by the dog county lieutenant, so he had the intention of repaying the Fei family with death.
"But" Yan hesitated, this move was tantamount to giving up the Fei family and the family business accumulated over more than a hundred years.
"Madam, stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, as long as there are people, the Fei family will be able to get up sooner or later." Fei Liao persuaded.
"Okay," Yan finally nodded with difficulty.
Fei Liao immediately asked people to call Fei Yinghuan's sons and daughters, and then packed up some soft goods, escorted by more than a dozen loyal slaves, and quickly left the Fei family's mansion with the Yan children in a carriage.
The Yan clan had just walked for less than half an hour when Hou Jinglin led the team to arrive. Fei Liao did not resist at all, and ordered the gate to be opened to welcome the arrival of the team.
More than 300 Praetorian Guards rushed into the Fei family complex that stretched for hundreds of acres and drove everyone into the front yard, but to Hou Jinglin's surprise, none of the Fei family's direct family members were there. After being questioned, he asked about the movements of the Yan family and their children.
"Lord Hou, my subordinates are willing to take people to chase after you." Liu Wenbin pleaded.
Hou Jinglin shook his head and sneered: "What are you chasing them for, let them just escape." ”
The Fei family's absconding has completely confirmed their crimes, and then they can justifiably raid the Fei family, confiscate all their money, grain, property, workshops and shops, and distribute their fields equally to the local people.
"The villain Fei Liao visited the county lieutenant, these things were forced by the Yan family to do it, I am just a housekeeper, I can only do things according to the instructions of the head of the family." The Grand Steward Fei Liao was brought in and put all the blame on the head of the fleeing Yan clan.
"Liu Wenbin's sister Yan'er, did you make people sink into the pond?" Hou Jinglin asked.
"Wronged, it was ordered by the Yan family, and there were many people who heard it at that time, if you don't believe it, you can ask." Fei Liao shouted injustice.
did everything possible to persuade the Yan family away, just to put all the charges on her head.
"Come, take them down, and torture them severely." Hou Jinglin waved his hand impatiently, and immediately a soldier came up and dragged Fei Liao down.
"My lord, my subordinates are willing to interrogate me personally." Liu Wenbin pleaded.
Hou Jinglin shook his head and admonished: "Liu Wenshu, you have to pay attention to your identity, you are now the county lieutenant Yamen clerk, and you are also a member of the Praetorian Guard, our Praetorian Guard is disciplined, everything must be done according to the rules, and it is not your duty to interrogate prisoners." ”
Liu Wenbin's heart sank, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Yes, my subordinates know." ”
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