"My lord, what should I do with the rest of the villagers?"

Gao Hanwen on the side smelled the smell of blood in the air and the death of the villagers, his stomach rolled, and then he looked at his hand in a daze, and was speechless for a long time.

"According to what the senior master said before, arrest them all and take them to the yamen, and after the confession is completed, the innocent ones will be released."

Seeing that Gao Hanwen was speechless, Ma Ningyuan stepped forward and gave him an answer.

"Yes!"

The soldiers received the order, and soon the sturdy villagers of Taoyuan Village were escorted back to the Yamen, and only a few women, children and the elderly were left at the scene, and the corpses were collected.

……

"Teacher, here is the whole process of me and Master Gao going to Taoyuan Village to suppress the rebellion!"

In the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang, Ma Ningyuan handed over the excerpt to Hu Zongxian, while Gao Hanwen knelt on the ground and did not speak.

Hu Zongxian took the excerpt, and after browsing the content above, he nodded.

"You've done a good job, and when you're done right, let's put all the innocent villagers back! In addition, that Zhang Daniu must let him speak as soon as possible, I want to see who is behind this. Hu Zongxian put down his fold and encouraged the two.

"Yes, I'll be arraigned right away!" When Ma Ningyuan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, he was finally able to help the teacher with some favors.

"I'll go too." Gao Hanwen's faint voice was transmitted to Ma Ningyuan's ears.

"Okay." Ma Ningyuan looked at the expression on Gao Hanwen's face and did not refuse.

……

Inside the prison, Zhang Daniu was tied to a pillar, dying, without a piece of good meat.

As soon as he entered the prison, the jailers tried all kinds of punishments on him, but he just gritted his teeth and stiffened, and passed out several times, and then he was woken up by cold water, and the whole process was repeated countless times, while Zhang Daniu's eyes were fixed on the way he came, as if he was expecting something.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Zhang Daniu's originally godless eyes suddenly became angry.

"Did he say it?"

"No, he said he had to see you two before he could speak!"

"It's okay, you go down."

"Yes!"

It was Gao Hanwen and Ma Ningyuan who entered the prison, and after they finished their reports, they rushed to the prison without stopping.

"What's it like here?"

The jailer opened the cell respectfully, Ma Ningyuan looked at the miserable Zhang Daniu, his face was full of happiness, Gao Hanwen sniffed the musty smell emitted from the cell, and couldn't help frowning.

"Okay." Zhang Da Niu grinned, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and there was not a single tooth in it.

"Earlier, the jailer said that you must see us before you would confess, but now that we are here, you can say it." Ma Ningyuan smiled and spoke.

"Who instructed you? And how do you know how to write? Gao Hanwen also gave his own questions at the right time.

"No one instructed me, and as for writing and reading, I taught myself. Two dog officers! Hahaha. Zhang Daniu's face was full of banter.

"You Diao Min, you deliberately entertain your own official, right? Someone, punish me. When Ma Ningyuan heard Zhang Daniu's answer, he was furious, and immediately called the jailer, wanting to continue the punishment.

"No! If he is tortured again, he will not be able to hold on, he is now deliberately provoking us, he wants to ask for death. ”

Since he finished asking the question, Gao Hanwen has been observing the expression on Zhang Daniu's face, and seeing that Ma Ningyuan was stirred up by his emotions in a few words, Gao Hanwen admonished.

"Death?" Being reminded by Gao Hanwen like this, Ma Ningyuan also reacted quickly, and couldn't help but flash a trace of fear in his heart.

"You're dying to save the people behind you, right? They may be your relatives, your friends, your bosses, or of course your teachers, am I right? Gao Hanwen said, staring at Zhang Daniu's eyes.

And when Gao Hanwen mentioned the teacher, Zhang Daniu's pupils shrank suddenly, and they returned to their original state in just an instant, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to notice it at all.

And all this was seen by Gao Hanwen, and then he found a chair to sit down, and said indifferently: "Your teacher instructed you to do this, right?" ”

"I don't know what you're talking about." The look of horror in Zhang Daniu's eyes flashed, and he quickly returned to normal.

"That way, you can read and write and be able to speak." Ma Ningyuan also nodded, agreeing with Gao Hanwen's opinion.

"Come on, go down and check if this Zhang Daniu has gone to a private school, and arrest all the learned people he has come into contact with recently!" Immediately afterwards, Ma Ningyuan summoned his subordinates and commanded in a deep voice.

"Big... My lord! We can't afford to mess with those people. After hearing Ma Ningyuan's request, his subordinates looked embarrassed and cried.

"I said I would catch it, and I would bear it if something happened!" Ma Ningyuan's gaze swept over his subordinates, making him shudder.

"Yes, yes, sir! I'll do it. ”

After hearing about the measures taken by Ma Ningyuan, Zhang Daniu was completely panicked and shouted: "Don't touch the teacher, everything will come at me!" ”

Gao Hanwen and Ma Ningyuan glanced at each other, nodded, and then Gao Hanwen spoke: "Say it, tell everything you know!" We may also consider not using torture on your teacher. ”

After Zhang Daniu hesitated for a moment, he finally chose to make peace with him.

"Here's the thing, a year ago, when I was going up the mountain to chop wood, I rescued an old man who was injured in an accident, and later the old man recommended me to study at the Egret Academy in order to thank me."

"Egret Academy?" When Ma Ningyuan heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Is there any origin of this Egret Academy?" Gao Hanwen couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw Ma Ningyuan behaving like this.

"Master Gao doesn't know that this Egret Academy is one of the most famous academies in Zhejiang, and there are countless talented scholars in it! Some are even in high positions and are quite respected by the scholars here in Jiangsu and Zhejiang! Seeing that Gao Hanwen was interested in this, Ma Ningyuan immediately introduced the ins and outs of Egret Academy to him.

"The current Bailu Academy is headed by Lu Dongxing, he is a Jinshi in Jiajing for eight years, and then resigned and returned to his hometown, which is quite famous."

Ma Ningyuan glanced at the expression on Gao Hanwen's face, and then added.

"Then Egret Academy is not something that ordinary people can enter, just because you save people, you can enter and study?" Ma Ningyuan then raised his own questions.

"I said I was studying, but in fact I was just listening, because I was born low, coupled with my ugly appearance and dark skin, those scholars were not willing to associate with me! So I only learned how to read and write. Zhang Daniu said, his tone gradually lowered.

"Then how did you come across these topics about changing rice to mulberry?" Immediately afterwards, Gao Hanwen asked the answer he was most concerned about.

"The students are talking about it, and the teachers at the academy seem to be quite critical of it."

"Then one day, a teacher who was teaching at a private school came to me and hoped that I would take action to lead the villagers to resist the harsh government, and tell me the inside story of changing rice to mulberry without any reservations. What else do you say about the rise and fall of the world, and the husband is responsible......" Zhang Daniu's voice gradually became quieter, and gradually turned into a murmur.

Ma Ningyuan sneered twice and said contemptuously: "So you listened to its rumors and led the villagers to kill the soldiers who measured the fields!" ”

"Is it all recorded?" Ma Ningyuan looked at the officials on the side and asked.

"Your Excellency, it's all recorded."