Chapter 28: Hostage-taking
After the collapse of Song Yuming's main forces, Song Xiaojia was not dead. As for the cause of the fire, only the dark department and Guan Dadong of Humen are secretive about it.
"Tell the young master, Song Yuming's family has collapsed, and only Song Xiaojia is left to be brought back by us. What should I do with him?"
"If this person is not removed, there will be great trouble in the future. Immediately put to death! Guan Dadong said in a very tough tone.
"I know that the young master cherishes talents and wants to buy Murong Kong's hearts. But we can't kill him now, we want to keep Murong Kong's heart, which is also our agreement. Tiangang introduced.
"You can't kill or stay. So what should I do?" Guan Dadong stomped his foot in anger.
"It must be killed to prevent future troubles. There is a suggestion for this. The earth shattered no time in advising.
"Tell me about it. Guan Dadong was in a dilemma.
"Putting him directly in the Humen dungeon, and then slowly torturing him to death, this is much more painful than killing him with one move. Earthshatter explained carefully. During this period, there were still some disagreements, and the earth demon whispered to Guan Dadong one by one. After hearing this, Guan Dadong was very satisfied, and Tiangang had to obey his orders.
Song Xiaojia, who was tied up with a rope, was taken into the dungeon by the doorman, which was dark and damp, like a prison cell in the government. In the past, Song Xiaojia saw that a prisoner was not pleasing to the eye, so he used all means to torture him until he was slowly killed. Unexpectedly, now he himself has become a prisoner and has become the object of other people's abuse.
"Hurry up and call your boss to see me!" Song Xiaojia was tied to a pillar wrapped in iron chains, unable to move.
At this time, a familiar face appeared in front of him, and that person was Tiangang, but he was holding a whip in his hand. It seems that he wants to teach this cynical gentleman a lesson.
"We're meeting again!" Tiangang sneered.
"What do you want to do? Didn't you promise Murong Zhu to spare my life quickly?" Song Xiaojia was already scared.
"Did I say that? I don't think I said it!" Tiangang said selectively with amnesia. For such a thing, Tiangang is already an old man. The edges and corners of the stone in my heart are polished flat, so there is no so-called good or bad.
"Aren't you afraid of Murong catching the shadowless needle quickly? There is also Governor Zhang who will investigate this matter, he is an important minister of the imperial court. But if you let me go, this account will be written off, okay?" Song Xiaojia bowed and said. This is also his only excuse, besides, the ants are still stealing life!
"Hehe, if you want to live longer, you have to be obedient. Tiangang picked up the whip, and whipped it back and forth, beating Song Xiaojia in pain and hoarseness.
"Scream, the louder I am, because no one else will hear it. Tiangang hit him hard more than a dozen times, but he didn't expect Song Xiaojia to pass out after being beaten.
After a basin of filthy water with a fishy smell woke Song Xiaojia up, he was already a half-life person. Tiangang asked: "Knowing how powerful our Humen is, if you can say your birthday, maybe I can calculate the good luck, is it life or death?" ”
Tiangang slapped Song Xiaojia twice, and the other party screamed in pain: "Say it quickly!"
"I said, I said. Song Xiaojia said weakly. Tiangang coerced and lured, but the result was still the same, Song Xiaojia was whipped again.
The case of Song Yuming's family being burned to death reached Mei Ruoxue's ears, and this matter was related to her, so she naturally couldn't calm down. She wanted to find out the real culprit, but her own strength was too weak. It would be nice if there was Guo Yitian, but there was no news from him for eight or nine days, but did he mean to escape? But the last time Guo Yitian's brother Bai Langxing stabbed her, Guo Yitian also helped.
As a parent official, Song Yuming was a little greedy and could distinguish right from wrong when judging cases, but he was blinded by money and ended up miserable. The new official took office three times, and Li Xiangru had no choice but not to cause trouble, turn a blind eye, and hire a large number of newcomers, which brought some benefits to some people.
Humen is full of talents, masters are like clouds, and officials everywhere must be polite. When a new official takes office, all localities will give some dowry, and Humen is no exception. Guan Dadong gave away one-tenth of the 300,000 taels of silver looted from Song Yuming's house, which made Li Xiangru, the new county commander, smile from ear to ear. Not only that, but the new county order will have to "eat enough" when it comes to power, and it will greatly increase the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which is worse than Song Yuming.
Because of this, the people are calling for the new official to be more restrained, otherwise he will end up repeating Song Yuming's mistakes. Mei Ruoxue loves and hates clearly, and she doesn't rub sand in her eyes. She wants to go to Humen to see if she has nothing to do, and she travels in a sedan chair.
After arriving at the back garden of Humen, Mei Ruoxue and Guan Dadong chatted, chatting about the world and the beautiful scenery. As soon as Mei Ruoxue mentioned the tragedy of Song County's Ling family, Guan Dadong kept silent, and then changed the topic, saying that he was tired of walking and wanted to play against her.
But halfway through the two of them in the pavilion, the disciple ran over and said that there was an emergency.
Guan Dadong was very irritable and postponed it again and again, but the disciples still did not leave. Guan Dadong knew that there were some things that had not yet been dealt with, and when he turned to leave, he said to Mei Ruoxue that he would continue to play chess when he came back.
Mei Ruoxue waited for half an hour and didn't see Guan Dadong, so she pushed the chessboard in disappointment and didn't play. Walking around the mansion, a faint scream reached her ears. Mei Ruoxue felt that there must be something strange in it, so she followed the sound and came to the remote and hidden entrance of the dungeon. There was someone guarding the entrance, and Mei Ruoxue returned in vain.
The words were divided into two ends, Guan Dadong saw Murong Kong, and he was really thirsty for talent. The servants took turns to bring tea, and Guan Dadong said happily: "I will put a table of delicacies on the table today and invite you to join the Humen." ”
But Murong Kong had already taken precautions, and when he saw Song Xiaojia, although he looked good, he still felt guilty. So he asked Song Xiaojia's birthday, after all, such an important secret was only known to the Song family's master, his mother, Song Xiaojia and Murong Kong.
So Song Xiaojia replied: "Wuxu, Ding Mao, Renchen, Yihai." ”
Murong Kong smiled and said that what Song Xiaojia said was indeed not wrong at all. In addition to being happy, Guan Dadong clapped his hands and asked the dancers to dance to add to the fun. Wine is a good thing, when it seems to be drunk but not drunk, you know the mellow flavor of wine.
At this time, Mei Ruoxue rushed to the banquet. Seeing Song Xiaojia and Murong Kong's sincere convincing to Humen, this had to make her feel incredible. Mei Ruoxue remembered that Dong Xiang had said that Song Xiaojia and Guan Dadong had always been at odds. Everything in front of her made her feel that it might be a conspiracy.
"Ruoxue, you're just in time. I was thinking that you would give us a song to play the piano so that everyone could enjoy it. Guan Dadong said with joy.
"Guan Dadong, I just want to ask you if you set the fire of the Song family? Murong Kong can be used as a witness here, and more than ten lives were turned into ashes overnight. Mei Ruoxue wanted to break the casserole and ask to the end, but Guan Dadong was caught off guard.
"That fire was just an accident, I don't believe you go ask Murong Kong. Guan Dadong tried his best to cover it up.