Sui and Tang Dynasties: Killing Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to sacrifice to heaven at the beginni

Chapter 587 Interrogation
When Qin Qiong arrived with his army, the pirates had run away without a trace.

Under the dark night, the clouds are thick.

There were monstrous fires everywhere, and the corpses in the fire exuded this burnt smell.

From the burning factory to the beach, there are traces left by pirates when they moved goods.

Since the pirates had fled into the sea, Qin Qiong could no longer chase them.

In desperation, they could only put out the fire temporarily and rescue the wounded.

"The general is here!" A loud shout sounded, and Li Mu led his troops to come.

Seeing the mess all over the floor, Li Mu was furious.

How could such a mighty and powerful country as the Sui Dynasty allow such mere pirates to bully it.

Seeing Li Mu coming on horseback, Qin Qiong hurriedly came to Li Mu's horse to plead guilty.

"General, if you fail to stop the pirates, you will die!"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Mu felt a little guilty.Qin Qiong cannot be blamed for this incident, and he can only blame himself.

Not to mention Qin Qiong and the others, even he himself did not expect that the pirates would suddenly attack the shore.

Now the Sui country is strong, and the pirates are relatively weak. Only on the surface of the sea can these pirates be able to advance and retreat.

Going ashore rashly is actually a very risky thing for pirates.

For example, today, if Qin Qiong had come earlier, or if the plan of the pirate raid had been leaked, then these pirates who landed rashly might never come back.

"Hey!"

"No wonder you guys, if you want to blame me, Li Mu, I, Li Mu, are the ones who are sorry for these common people!"

"In the final analysis, I've been at ease for a long time, I've been negligent!" Li Mu said with a sigh.

It has been many years since the war between Li Mu and the powerful family. Li Mu has been at ease for too long, and it has been too long since he fought.

Today's tragedy can only prove one thing, that is negligence, indeed negligence.

From top to bottom, from Li Mu, the general, to the soldiers below, they all felt negligent because they hadn't experienced war all year round.

As the saying goes, the master humiliates his ministers to death.

Li Mu, the master, took the initiative to take the responsibility, which was like slapping Qin Qiong in the face!

Although Li Mu neither beat nor scolded Qin Qiong and the others, in the hearts of Qin Qiong and the others, Li Mu might as well beat them or scold them a few times!

"General, you give my old Cheng three thousand sailors, and I will go to sea to chase after them, and I will definitely bring back these murderous pirates!"

"Let these murderous pirates pay for their lives!" Cheng Yaojin said through gritted teeth.

In fact, what Cheng Yaojin said was also angry.At this time, the pirates no longer knew where they had fled.

The sea is boundless, if you chase them at this time, let alone give him [-] sailors, even if you give him [-] sailors, they will not be able to catch up with these pirates.

When things go wrong, Li Mu doesn't like throwing the blame away, let alone sharing the blame.

Now, the thing to do is to solve the problem!

After pondering for a while, Li Mu calmly said: "Pirates will never go ashore for no reason, there must be something strange in it!"

"However, I will talk about these things in another day. Put out the fire first, count the casualties and losses, and appease the hearts of the people!"

The next morning.

Li Mu's mansion.

"General, the list of casualties and losses has been calculated!" The county magistrate of Huating County came to stand in front of Li Mu and said with an ugly expression.

Li Mu's face was calm, and he said lightly: "Near!"

"Three people died at 760, seven people were injured at 450, 38 factories were burned, and a total of 30 taels of gold was lost!" The voice of the magistrate of Huating County trembled.

These casualties and losses are not insignificant!

Moreover, these losses are all superficially calculated losses, and the negative impact brought about by them is even more immeasurable.

For example, the rest of the merchants who set up factories in Huating County have already started to panic because of this incident, and many factories have shut down.

As for those merchants who originally planned to set up factories in Huating County, because of this incident, their plans to set up factories may be put on hold for the time being.

At this time, it was the sea merchants who panicked the most.After all, these pirates are so rampant that they dare to wreak havoc on land. Wouldn't it be more dangerous for them to be on the sea.

Because of this incident, the entire Huating County felt that a storm was about to come.

"Go ahead, the family members of the deceased must be compensated, and all compensation will be paid by the government!" Li Mu told the county magistrate.

"Yes!" The magistrate of Huating County responded.

After years of development, Huating County is no longer the impoverished county composed of countless small fishing villages.

At this time, Huating County has become a famous big county, Fu County, which is the capital of the entire Sui Dynasty.It is not a big deal to pay the compensation for these people who died in vain.

After the magistrate of Huating County reported the matter, he withdrew.Although Li Mu didn't look furious, he looked very calm.

However, the magistrate of Huating County knew that this matter must not be so easy to settle.

The general will never let these pirates go.

After the magistrate of Huating County left, Li Mu called Qin Qiong over!

"General!" Qin Qiong bowed his hands and saluted.

Li Mu looked at Qin Qiong and ordered: "After the pirates have looted a large amount of goods, they will definitely find a way to sell these goods and exchange them for gold, silver and food."

"Release all our hidden stakes. Once you find that the pirates want to sell the food, let me stare at them!"

"However, remember not to scare the snake away, I suspect that someone is playing tricks!"

It has not been a year or two since pirates have ravaged the waters of Huating County. Since there is no real navy, Li Mu's means of dealing with pirates are also limited.

Therefore, in the past few years, Li Mu and these pirates have maintained a tacit understanding.

As long as these pirates don't come to make trouble on land, and don't plunder the caravans that leased official ships, Li Mu doesn't bother to encircle them.

This time, the pirates took the risk of attacking the land, which was tantamount to breaking the tacit understanding with Li Mu.

These pirates are not fools, they know the price of breaking this tacit agreement!

For no reason, they would never touch the bottom line rashly. Since they touched this bottom line, it can only show that someone paid enough rewards to the pirates.

"Order!" Qin Qiong took the order and left.

In order to prevent the pirates from keeping the looted goods in their hands for a few days, Li Mu ordered Cheng Yaojin to be summoned.

He was given [-] soldiers and horses, and more than a dozen lucky boats, which were specially responsible for searching the islands in the sea.

What Li Mu did was to prevent pirates from hiding their goods on the island.

When the pirates left, they looted a large amount of goods, and these goods on the pirate's ship would slow down the speed of the ship.

Pirates can't hide the looted goods on the island. Leaving the goods on the ship will delay the speed of the ship. Therefore, they have only one option to sell the goods.

Cats have cat ways, mice have rat ways.

These pirates naturally have channels to sell their goods.

three days later.

Huating County, please come to the inn again.

"Uncle Pei, these pirates are so eager to sell their stolen goods, it's easy for Li Mu to target them!"

"Also, what Li Mu has done in the past few days is obviously to force these pirates to sell their stolen goods, and then find them!" Yuwen Jackie said to Pei Yun.

Pei Yun smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "That's exactly what it is. These pirates sell their stolen goods at sea."

"Even if Li Mu knows, if he wants to deal with these pirates, he must go to the sea."

"What we want, isn't Li Mu going to the surface of the sea?"

"Just wait, Li Mu will definitely not suffer from these dumb things. After finding out the whereabouts of these pirates, Li Mu will definitely go to sea to encircle and suppress them!"

"At that time, he will fall into our scheme!"

Pei Yun was also cunning and cunning, he knew that these pirates selling their goods would definitely attract Li Mu, but he deliberately didn't remind them and let these pirates sell their goods.

Are these pirates Li Mu's opponents?
of course not!

Pei Yun didn't put all his cards on a group of useless pirates, Pei Yun also had other cards.

These years, Pei Yun has not been idle. In order to deal with Li Mu, he also arranged a lot of cards and kept a lot of backhands.

Knowing that Li Mu would follow these pirates, Pei Yun deliberately didn't remind them.

Pei Yun knew that these pirates could not achieve great things, and these pirates were just a bargaining chip that Pei Yun used to attract Li Mu to the sea.

Pei Yun is not simple, and Li Mu is not easy to be with.

While Pei Yun was plotting against Li Mu, Li Mu was also secretly investigating the mastermind behind the scenes.

In addition to starting the investigation from the pirate's dirty sales channel, Li Mu also secretly arrested many people who worked for the pirates, and arrested these people for interrogation.

"Da da da."

"Da da."

Yuwen Jackie Chan and Pei Yun were eating, when there was a sound of hurried footsteps, Xiong Kuohai hurried in.

"Master, Mr. Pei!"

"The big thing is bad, the people who helped us connect the pirates are gone, I'm afraid they have fallen into Li Mu's hands!" Xiong Kuohai said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Pei Yun didn't panic in the slightest. It was within Pei Yun's expectation that these people revealed themselves.

"Let's expose it!"

"It just so happens that it's time for us to leave here and make the next step!" Pei Yun said lightly.

When he asked these people to help him connect with the pirates, Pei Yun did not reveal his real name, and he also disguised himself.

Therefore, at this time, Pei Yun was still able to escape calmly.

Even Pei Yun planned to deny the pirate's reward.

These pirates were just bait, and giving them 15 taels of gold was already extraordinary.As for the rest of the gold, Pei Yun still has great uses.

After Pei Yun and Yuwen Jackie made some disguises, they quietly left Huating County under the protection of Xiong Kuohai.

at the same time.

Huating County, prison.

"Crack, snap, snap!"

"Crack, snap."

"Snapped."

The whips with iron spikes lashed the spies who informed the pirates again and again, making their bodies bloody and bloody.

In the prison, the fire was flickering in the brazier, and a soldering iron was inserted into the brazier, and the soldering iron was burning red.

"Zi la la!"

"what!"

The soldering iron was pressed on these people, but these people gritted their teeth and endured it forcefully.

These people who can be spies for the pirates are all deeply involved with the pirates, and they do not know how many outrageous things they have done.

They know that they can't say anything at this time, and speaking out about the things they did will definitely lead to a dead end.

As the saying goes, if you are frank, you will be lenient, but you will be imprisoned.Resist strictly and go home for the New Year.

"Da da da."

There was a sound of footsteps, and Li Mu walked in from the outside.

"What happened!" Li Mu said to the person in charge of the interrogation.

The general in charge of the interrogation was a little embarrassed, and replied: "Report to the general, I haven't said anything yet!"

When Li Mu came to Huating County this time, he didn't bring any professionals in charge of interrogation.The generals in these armies are good at fighting, but the method of interrogation is really rare and common.

I only know that there is no other way to fight hard.

Li Mu took a look and thought, if the beating continues like this, even if he is beaten to death, he won't be able to ask anything.

However, it might be too late to dispatch professional interrogators at this time.

Li Mu glanced at the beaten man, and said in a deep voice, "Take him with me!"

"Yes!" Pian Jiang responded, ordered a group of people, and led this person away with Li Mu.

Li Mu led this person all the way out of the city until they reached a forest outside the city.

This mountain is called Bamboo Mountain, and this season is the time when bamboo grows.The entire forest is lush and lush, and the environment is quite good.

After Li Mu chose a good place, he ordered the soldiers under his command: "Tie his hands and feet to the bamboo."

This person was tied up in the shape of "Tai", and his body was pressed against the ground.

After this, Li Mu did not do anything to him, nor did he torture him to extract a confession.

Instead, he directly ordered someone to make tea at the side, and drinking tea on his own looked like a book of war!
an hour!
This person is not abnormal!
Two hours!

This person is not abnormal yet!
These soldiers also murmured in their hearts, wondering what the general is doing?
However, due to the unfavorable interrogation just now, the general in charge of the interrogation did not dare to speak too much, so he could only wait there quietly.

At noon, when the sun is at its most venomous, it is also the hottest time.

At this time, the prisoner felt something strange, he felt a little panic under his body.

At first, the prisoner didn't care about it, he just thought it was some stone or something.

Being tied up like this is better than being beaten in a prison, isn't it?
Another hour passed!
"what!"

"Ah! Ah!"

"It hurts, it hurts!"

"pain!"

Suddenly, the prisoner began to howl, screaming for pain.

At this time, the person in charge of the interrogation will become even more confused.Why is this man screaming for no reason? Now no one is punishing him, no one even touches him.

The soldiers in charge of the interrogation only thought that the prisoner was playing tricks, and ignored him.

Li Mu glanced at the prisoner indifferently, but said nothing.

Li Mu knew in his heart that this criminal was about to confess if he didn't need much effort.

Sure enough, things did not go as Li Mu expected.

Another half an hour passed, and the wailing of the celebrity prisoner became louder and louder!

"I recruited, I recruited!"

"Forgive me, I'm recruiting!"

(End of this chapter)