Yang Lian never dreamed that the disaster would cause Xiao Wall, and the person who betrayed him turned out to be the housekeeper Yang Zhong, and he would not have thought that Xi Zongquan would not think of the old kindness, Yang Lian sighed, from now on, there will be no Yang Lian in the court, and there will be no Donglin Society in the world. As for the dark and dull prison, Yang Lian knew in his heart that it was impossible to get out of this prison in this life, and he did not regret his choice, but hated the thief Wei Zhongxian for not getting the retribution he deserved.

"If there is a lesson in heaven, we will get rid of the Wei thief." Yang Lian looked up to the sky and sighed, his mournful voice echoing in the cell for a long time. After shouting hoarsely, Yang Lian sat on the ground, looking at the pitch black, dazed. Long....... The heavy cell door opened, and three people descended the stone steps.

They came to Yang Lian's approach, and said to Yang Lian with the edict in their hands: "By the will of the Holy Lord, investigate Yang Lian's corruption case, and now bring the Qin criminal into the lobby for interrogation." After the errand officer finished reading, the two errand officers behind him walked into the prison, set up Yang Lian and left. When he passed in front of the errand officer just now, the errand said to Yang Lian with a cruel smile: "Lord Yang, Wei Qiantose asks the villain to greet you. ”

Yang Lian glanced at the man and followed the two servants up the stone steps. When he arrived at the main hall, Xu Xianchun, the new temple secretary, held the shocking wood in his hand, shook the case three times, stared at a pair of vicious eagle eyes, and looked Yang Lian up and down. Although Yang Lian knew that he had been wronged, he was now reduced to a prisoner, and the law of the country could not be abolished, so he knelt down on his knees and saluted Xu Xianchun.

Xu Xianchun saw Yang Lian kneeling, thinking that he had the intention of giving in in his heart, and took this opportunity to say: "Lord Yang, the one who knows the times is Junjie, as long as you recruit a traitor who frames the nine thousand years old, the thousand years old will definitely open the net and let you live." ”

After listening to Xu Xianchun's words, Yang Lian reprimanded sharply: "Lord Xu, although Yang is in prison, the sage does not dare to forget the lessons, and he also knows loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness. You don't have to waste your time, I don't know anything. ”

Yang Lian's words angered Xu Xianchun, but he had set up a "military order" with Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian would definitely not let him go if he didn't get a confession. He wants Yang Lian to be a scholar, why don't you worry about getting a confession under Miki? ordered Yang Lian to be beaten fifty boards, until Yang Lian's back was blurred with flesh and blood, and he passed out in the hall. Xu Xianchun ordered the messenger to wake Yang Lian up with cold water, and then forced Yang Lian to ask if he could recruit or not? Yang Lian was silent, Xu Xianchun ordered someone to clamp the stick, and the pain of breaking his leg made Yang Lian faint again. After a few days, Xu Xianchun used all the torture tools, and did not get a word out of Yang Lian's mouth.

Xu Xianchun was very scared, Wei Zhongxian was very likely to convict him for ineffective work, and failed to find out Yang Lian's accomplice, Xu Xianchun crucified Yang Lian on the charge of perverting the law for bribes. Later, Zuo Guangdou and others also died tragically in prison, and after pulling out the thorn in their eye, Wei Zhongxian used Dongchang killers to start a large-scale arrest of members of the Donglin Society. Many have been sent to prisons that have never seen the light of day and have been subjected to various forms of torture. There are still many innocent people who have been implicated, but Wei Zhongxian, in line with the principle of "I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one", attacked those who framed him as enemies by investigating Yang Lian's case.

The relatives and friends of Zuo Guangdou and others were brutally killed by the agents of Dongchang, and their family property was burned down by Wei thieves. Zhao Da, the dumb servant of the fire room, was a thoughtful person, he had been taking care of Yang Zhong in the few days when the master was out, and once he went to visit Yang Zhong's room at night and found that Yang Zhong's shoes were stained with a little soil. He pretended to knock over the medicine bowl, and took the opportunity to twist a little dirt from his shoes with his hands, and found that the soil was wet. Yang Zhong fainted in the rainy night, it has been more than a month, why is his shoes still wet? Zhao Da began to secretly pay attention to Yang Zhong's room, and finally found that Yang Zhong had sneaked out of the mansion in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep.

During the secret meeting on a rainy night, Yang Zhong accidentally fell and injured himself, but now it seems that it is not an accident, he must have an ulterior secret. The master should also arrive home according to the footsteps, even if there is something that stumbles and can't get out, he should send a letter to the family. Could it be that something happened to the master? Thinking of this, Zhao Da first thought of the master's only bloodline, the safety of Cunyi.

The rapid shouting outside made Zhao Da's heart palpitate, and at this time he walked quickly to the room of the nurse Zhang's mother, and eagerly began to knock on the door. After Zhang's mother opened the door, Zhao Da kept gesturing with gestures, telling her to hand over the young master to him quickly. At this time, the Dongchang spies who should not call the door broke in, and they killed anyone they wanted, Wei Zhongxian had issued a death order to them, and he would never let go of anyone in the Yang Mansion. The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and Zhang's mother asked Zhao Da to take the young master from the dark room into the rockery behind the lotus pond in the center of the courtyard, where the passage could reach the outside.

At this moment, the torches as bright as day illuminated the door, Zhao Da completely lost his soul, and saw that the Yang family was about to be buried in the hands of Wei Zhongxian. The nurse Zhang's mother said to Zhao Da: "If you can get away with it, and worship in front of the old man's grave every Qingming Festival, you will be grateful for your kindness." After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she took out an embroidered pillow and covered the swaddling clothes that wrapped the young master, wrapped him tightly in a quilt, and handed Cunyi into Zhao Da's hands. The dumb servant Zhao Da suddenly knelt on his knees and kowtowed respectfully to Zhang's mother, who knew that Zhao Da was thanking herself on behalf of the master, and she received this great gift.

At this time, a familiar voice came from outside: "Listen to the thief mother-in-law, Yang Lian conspired to frame the nine thousand years old, and now he has been sent to the prison, and his relatives are all important criminals in the imperial court, you quickly bring the thief out to me, Wei Qiansui will open up to you." ”

Zhang's mother pushed Zhao Da and Cunyi into the secret passage, covered the exit with a screen, and then rushed out with a cloth pillow in her arms.

Yang Zhong and the Dongchang killers followed closely, where could Zhang Ma and an old woman escape, the pursuit of the Dongchang killers with superb martial arts, and soon the killers surrounded her front and back and stopped her under the porch of the garden.

"Lady thief, you are so bold, dare to resist the official errand, and you won't hand over that evil obstacle to me?" Yang Zhong said viciously behind her back.

"Phew, you shameless villain who sells for glory, you will definitely not end well if you do such an unrighteous act. Zhang's mother scolded bitterly.

Yang Zhong was annoyed when he heard this, and commanded the killer to go forward to rob the young master, but Zhang's mother had no way to retreat, so she turned over and threw herself into the lotus pond. Yang Zhong saw that Zhang's mother fell into the lotus pond, thinking that the water in the pond was bottomless, and Yang Lian's son had no chance of survival, so he said to the killers: "That little cub is now buried at the bottom of the lake, we can sit back and relax." ”

The killers only listened to Wei Zhongxian's orders, and the Wei thieves specially explained to them, killing Yang Cunyi to bring his body back. The spies did not complete the task, naturally refused to leave, several killers with good water properties jumped into the pool, dived underwater to search around, when the night was dark, where did the killers go to find, busy for a long time without results, had to leave with Yang Zhong stupidly.

Wei Zhongxian was furious when he saw Yang Zhong returning empty-handed, cut off his left ear as punishment, and still ordered him to continue to take the killer to hunt and kill Yang Lian's relatives. Yang Zhong was bent on capturing and killing Yang Cunyi, and at this time, he knew that he was negligent and missed an important person in the Yang Mansion, Zhao Da, the old servant of the fire room.

This old guy has been in the Yang Mansion for many years, and he is loyal to Yang Lian, and he must not let him stay in the world and leave a disaster for himself. However, the Yang Mansion was suddenly robbed, and it was impossible for Zhao Da to stay here and wait for someone to arrest him. Yang Zhong ordered someone to draw a picture of Zhao Da and paste it at the gate of the city, so that the people in the past could report and expose it.

This villain who betrayed the owner for glory would never have dreamed that Yang Lian was strongly supported by the people in the local area, and Yang Zhong's ugly behavior of betraying the master had been widely spread among the people, and the person he wanted to arrest must be a good person, so the people made up their minds in their hearts, even if the family was ruined, they would never reveal Zhao Da's whereabouts.

Zhang's mother's death gave Zhao Da a revelation, he understood that dead people would never reveal secrets, and Zhao Da would be seen again in the world.

A medicine farmer in Dongshan saw a man crying bitterly in front of a grave, and after the worship was finished, the man picked up the wine jug and drank a sip of wine, and then bled to death. The medicine farmer was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly informed the government of the situation, Yang Zhong searched for Zhao Dawumen, and after understanding the situation, he rushed to the scene with the Dongchang killer and the Gyeonggi Yamen. There is also a desperate letter left by the deceased on the side, which mentions that he can not recover the bones of his master, so he can only set up this clothed mound, and now that the master is dead, the servant should be loyal and righteous, and go to death to save his name.

Yang Zhong tried his best, but in the end he didn't get anything, and Zhao Da's death once again humiliated him, an unrighteous villain. Everyone dispersed, and a cold moon in the empty mountains revealed a miserable white light, at this time, a night walker flew down from the tree, bowed respectfully to Zhao Da's corpse, and after stuffing a trace of silk into Zhao Da's shoes, it disappeared into the night like a ghost. Several people who admired his loyalty could not bear Zhao Da's corpse exposed to the wilderness, and secretly buried it next to Yang Lian's tomb, hoping that this righteous servant could still serve the upright Lord Yang in the underworld.

Wei Zhongxian did not collect other evidence of Yang Lian's crimes, although the testimony in the corruption case was Yang Lian's housekeeper Yang Zhong, but Wei Zhongxian knew that except for Yang Zhong, the rest of the Yang family's servants were executed. No one bowed their heads to themselves in the face of death, which made Wei Zhongxian's heart very uneasy, and when the saint thought of Yang Lian's merits in the future, it was inevitable that he would not ask about Yang Zhong, and he would be a carbuncle at that time.

When Yang Zhong returned to Dongchang to inform Wei Zhongxian that Zhao Da was dead, Wei Zhongxian said to Yang Zhong with a smile: "Although Yang Lian has been subdued now, it is difficult to ensure that the Holy Lord will not remember Yang Lian's old feelings and review this case in the future. It's better to take the silver taels right now and live a stable life incognito. ”

After Yang Zhong listened to Wei Zhongxian's words, he kowtowed like pounding garlic in thanks, Wei Zhongxian waved his hand to let him get up, and then handed the cloth bag prepared in advance to Yang Zhong. Wei Zhongxian said: "You go out from the west corner gate of the mansion, and you don't follow the path to the mountain road, you won't attract attention, the city gate officials I informed them in advance, you won't be interrogated." ”

Yang Zhong nodded, picked up the cloth bag and left the East Factory. At dawn, Yang Zhong's body was found and a letter was found in his cloth bag. The Gyeonggi Yamen presented this letter to the court during the early reign of Xizong. Seeing this scene, Wei Zhongxian's face showed a sly smile.