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Chapter 752 Severely punishing the murderer (three more)
"Oh, I didn't expect that I, Chen Zilong, would be imprisoned at such a young age. Is it God's will?" As the leader of several societies, Chen Zilong was also imprisoned in a prison in Suzhou City.

"Brother Chen, your teacher is Zhang Yandeng, Civil Affairs Officer of Jianghuai Chief Department. Even the prefect of Suzhou government listens to him. Can you ask someone to ask him to rescue us?" A scholar who was imprisoned in the same cage as Chen Zilong asked him. asked.

"Since the Kyushu Army's New Policy, the concept of master-apprentice has become increasingly weak. The teacher was promoted by the Kyushu Army as a government official, and he was in charge of civil affairs in Huainan, Nanjing, Suzhou, Changshu and other places. For his future and protecting the people of Jianghuai, It may not help me." Chen Zilong said.

"Anyway, he used to be your teacher, and he is an upright person. At least he would plead with the Kyushu Army, right?" the scholar said again.

"Even if the teacher pleads with the Nine Provinces Army, the Nine Provinces Army may not let us go. After all, what we did was treason." Chen Zilong shook his head.

These scholars scolded and scolded, but they all knew that they were caught here, and they knew that they were probably doomed.

"Military officers such as Zuo Liangyu and Liu Liangzuo have never been to Huqiu Mountain. They have not been exposed. They are our last hope. If they succeed, we may still have a chance to make a comeback. Everyone, for the sake of our country, don't leak them existence." Qian Qianyi reminded everyone.

"We will never compromise with the Kyushu Army!" These people said one after another.

While Qian Qianyi and the others were talking about Zuo Liangyu and Liu Liangzuo, the prison door opened again, and several more people were pushed in.Because they were facing the sun, some of them couldn't see the appearance of the people who came in for a while.

"Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo! Why are you two!" Qian Qianyi fell into despair on the spot when he saw who was coming.

They jointly conspired against each other. Qian Qianyi and others were responsible for finding supporters among scholars, while Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo and others were responsible for contacting surrendered generals who were dissatisfied with the Kyushu Army.One of them has an accident, and another person is responsible for rescue, but both people are in deep trouble, and even the only chance of survival is gone.

"Mr. Qian, I'm afraid this matter has been leaked ahead of time, and there is nothing we can do to recover." Zuo Liangyu said helplessly.

All the scholars who were shouting stopped, and there was no sound in the prison.

Knowing that their group was helpless, the guards never heard the scholars complaining in the prison, and all the scholars fell into dead silence.

A day passed, and Chu Yun didn't look for them.

Two days passed, and Chu Yun didn't look for them either.

Three days have passed...

On the fifth day, a scholar finally couldn't bear this feeling of waiting to die, and yelled in the prison crazily: "If you want to kill, kill quickly, what is this! Let us taste the pain of failure in despair before doing it Kill us?!"

"He, he's crazy!" The scholar in the same prison also shouted.

When the prison was in chaos again, the prisoners shouted louder and more crazily than five days ago.

Chu Yun was not in a hurry to deal with these people.After arresting the main conspirators, Suzhou City and other places in the south of the Yangtze River announced the lifting of the strict ban.In order not to escalate the situation, Chu Yun chose to concentrate the prisoners in Suzhou City instead of Nanjing City.

Externally, the "Kyushu Daily" has published the news of the suspect's arrest, and suspects that those who advocate the restoration of stereotyped essays deliberately assassinated the envoys in order to put pressure on the imperial court.The people in Jiangnan were in an uproar after hearing this.

Literary leaders like Qian Qianyi were superior to others in the eyes of ordinary people, and the people would not think they are hateful because of this incident.But when they knew that Goya was a young and simple girl from the mountain tribe, they all accused the mastermind behind the assassination, a large group of literati and military officers, how could they collectively murder a little girl!

"Strongly request to deal with the black hands behind the scenes!"

"Protect Miss Goya and punish the murderer severely!"

The shouts of the people of Suzhou City came from outside the Suzhou government office.

"The more developed the material civilization, the more people like to sympathize with the weak. The Jiangnan region was the most prosperous place for business in the late Ming Dynasty, and the atmosphere here is also the most open." The assassin Chu Yun, who initiated the evil, was in the Suzhou government office, and heard the people outside Suzhou city Shouting, can't help feeling.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, capitalism sprouted in the south of the Yangtze River, and the citizens and businessmen were relatively active. As long as they used it a little, they could control public opinion.

"How does the military lord plan to deal with the people in the cage?"

Zhang Yandeng rushed from Nanjing City to Suzhou City, and when he saw Chu Yun again, Chu Yun had already captured all the people on the list collected by the intelligence department, and had no intention of escaping.

"How does Mr. Zhang think I should deal with them?" Chu Yun asked Zhang Yandeng.

After all, Zhang Yandeng was the Civil Affairs Officer of the Jianghuai Chief Secretary, and Chu Yun arrested people on his territory, unintentionally alarming him.

"They really committed the assassination of the envoy?" Zhang Yandeng asked.

Chu Yun had just told him not long ago that he wanted to suppress the cronies among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. As a result, the envoys were assassinated not long after, and nearly a hundred influential scholars were imprisoned for this.If you want to say that there is no relationship between the two, killing Zhang Yandeng will not respond.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think?" Chu Yun still asked back.

"The military leader wants to execute a group of people to make an example to others?" Zhang Yandeng said slowly seeing that no outsiders were present.

"The intention is to kill the chickens to warn the monkeys, but the execution is too severe." Chu Yun said, "If they are executed, the whole Jiangnan will be in turmoil, right?"

"Indeed. For the group of people you captured, military lord, everyone's family has great influence in the south of the Yangtze River. Although a considerable number of people have lost their power because their land was confiscated by our government, their reputation and connections It’s still there. If the military leader starts killing, I’m afraid it will destroy the stability of the Jiangnan area and cause a rebellion.” Zhang Yandeng asked Chu Yun tentatively.

He was an official in the Jiangnan area, and he had a close relationship with many Jiangnan scholars. Among those arrested by Chu Yun was his favorite student, Chen Zilong.If possible, Zhang Yandeng would naturally want to protect these people.

"I didn't intend to execute them either. It's just that capital crimes are inevitable, but living crimes are inevitable. I need to give an explanation to the world. Mr. Zhang, do you understand what I'm talking about?" Chu Yun said.

Zhang Yandeng's withered old face was slightly wrinkled. He had been in the officialdom for 40 years, so he didn't understand what Chu Yun said.Now that the assassination of the envoy has been published in the newspapers and known to the people in the south of the Yangtze River, someone has to take the blame, and it is useless for anyone to intercede.

Yu Cheng walked in: "Master, there are many scholars making trouble outside the government office, and they are about to fight with the common people."

(End of this chapter)