Daming heir

Chapter 318 Skinning and Deboning
Jiangning County, Chunhua Town.

This location should be southeast of Tiancheng, more than [-] miles away.

On the triangle between Fangshan, Qinglongshan and Xishantou, there are patches of village houses and fields that surround the village like silk.

At present, the fields around Zhili have already entered the warehouses for autumn grain, and there are only some two or three inch high rice stalks left in the wilderness, and there are piles of rice stalks piled up beside the fields in twos and threes.

It only needs to wait for the people to finish their farm work completely, and then set fire to the rice stalks in the field, so as to burn the insect eggs hidden in the soil and rice stalks, and the ashes turned into ashes can be regarded as replenishing some soil strength.

Behind the Xishantou in the northeast corner is a continuous mountain range, Huanglong Mountain, Dalian Mountain, Xiaomao Mountain and Tangshan Mountain are connected into one piece.

And Fangshan in the southwest corner, from a distance, is just a small mound of dirt.

This is an extinct volcano that survived from ancient times.

It's just that there are many temples and Taoist temples on Fangshan Mountain.

In a small mountain, there are two schools of Buddhism and Taoism gathered, such as Dongxuan Temple and Dinglin Temple.

At this time, the sky and the earth are dark, with a sliver of light on the edge of the sky, and everything is silent on the earth, making it hard to tell whether it is the first nightfall or the approaching dawn.

But the faint sound of chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha from Fangshan Mountain made people unwilling to move.

At the eastern foot of Fangshan, all the way connects Huanglong Mountain and the Qinhuai River to the Jiexi River, Zhang Hui, a hundred households in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, and dozens of people lie down on the river bank, looking higher than the river bank, looking at a village at the foot of Fangshan .

"Hundred households, this piece of land is the field of the Li family, and this village is also called the Li family village because it is the Li family."

A general banner leading Jinyiwei here lay beside Zhang Hui, explaining in a low voice.

Zhang Hui's eyes turned around Lijiacun left and right, with a trace of indifference on his face.

"I heard that the fields around the foot of Fangshan Mountain are all occupied by Dongxuan Temple and Dinglin Temple. Can his Li family close to the foot of the mountain to enclose such a large piece of land?"

Zongqi snorted: "This Li family is not a good bird. The Fangshan Temple on the mountain is dedicated to their family. The Dongxuan Temple and Dinglin Temple have also received a lot of benefits. Otherwise, it would be near the Qinhuai River." Let the Li family take over the Shangshangtian?"

"Fangshan Temple." Zhang Hui muttered in a low voice.

This Fangshan Temple is not a Buddhist treasure temple, but a god who is originally from Guangde, Zhang Bo, is enshrined. Because of his meritorious service in water control, he was consecrated as the Great Emperor of the Mountain.

Zongqi was stunned for a moment, showing suspicion, and then realized that Baihu was probably lamenting that he and the Emperor Cishan enshrined in the Fangshan Temple belonged to the same family.

After thinking for a while, Zongqi said in a low voice: "Brothers have brought Wuhou, who was patrolling the city in Taiping that night, into Lijia Village, and it won't take long to clear them up."

After repeating the current situation, Zongqi was a little puzzled.

Why did Baihu believe that the person who reported the crime to Marquis Wu of Xuncheng is now staying in Lijia Village.

It was Li's family who died. The informant must be related to the case, and even an accomplice. It would be too shocking to say that he was hiding in Li's village.

Zhang Hui nodded, and continued to ask: "Is there someone in the Li family who has turned against each other recently? Is there any dispute with the Taoist temple on Fangshan?"

Zongqi frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I've never heard that Fangshan is all on the mountain. There are only a few fields all the way to Qinglongshan, but this time they were raided by the tax office and Chen was found. years of wrongdoing.

The Li family believed in Buddhism and also worshiped Taoism. They kept making offerings throughout the four seasons, and the Fangshan Temple spoke for him. The land at the foot of the mountain has always been very stable. "

Zhang Hui asked again: "How does the Li family treat their servants and tenants?"

Zongqi smiled wryly: "These people's families are all average. They have money and food in their families, so they naturally feel that they are several levels above other ordinary people."

Zhang Hui snorted coldly, and looked back at Qinglong Mountain and Xishantou: "The world is as black as crows, but his Li family can't find out any illegal things? I think it's because his Li family hides too deeply and secretly."

How can the people from the tax office who came down from the battlefield compare to these people who are scheming all day long in terms of intrigue and trickery.

But as soon as Zhang Hui finished speaking, there was already movement from Lijiacun.

Several dogs kept at the entrance of the village whimpered and barked, startling a group of forest birds resting on the trees outside the village, flapping their wings and circling in the air.

The light-sleeping old man shouted from the inside of the house, thinking that someone's bride was tossed badly by a man with a mace, which startled the animals in the village and aroused the feeling that they, the old men, had not much time left.

After a while, several rooms were lit up.

A few figures were walking outside the village, and there was a low voice of shouting and cursing, and then the lights that had just been turned on were turned off again.

Then, there were indeed a few curses from the young woman in the Li family village, mixed with the echo of the panting man.

"Who the hell is eavesdropping outside the house!"

"I won't be able to conceive a cub this year, so next year I'll take over your roof!"

"..."

"Fuck you! When you get startled, you can't see your head!"

"If you can't get pregnant this time, it's only because you are useless."

"Why am I useless! It's not that I can conceive a baby in my stomach..."

"Then my old lady will have a fight with the bastard who just eavesdropped outside, to see if she can get pregnant?"

"Fuck you..."

bass.

The woman in the bellyband and the sweaty man with half-arms were standing in their own yard, all shrunk their heads, and looked out of their own yard with dull and terrified eyes.

Another general banner under Zhang Hui's command stared gloomyly at the pair of bastard men and women standing in the yard arguing, with the scabbard blade in his hand glowing coldly, and swept across the yard coldly.

"Get the hell out of here."

The men and women in the courtyard shivered at the same time, only felt that the cold wind in the cold winter was blowing by, the hairs of the whole body stood up, the back was numb, and the soles of the feet were cold.

Hearing the reprimand from the official's master outside the yard, the two immediately hugged into a ball, turned around with their heads tucked in, but hid in the house with their buttocks bare.

Click.

There was a sound of shattering tiles coming from the front.

A Jinyi guard under the courtyard wall quickly turned his head and whispered: "Not good! That person was startled!"

"Chase!"

At the command of Zongqi, the Xiuchun knife in his hand was finally pulled out completely.

More than a dozen people hurriedly rushed towards the direction of the sound.

Ahead, at this time, there was already a shout.

"It was the person who reported the crime!"

This is the voice of the Wuhou Zhongren who went out of the city to the side of Fangshan to patrol the city.

The general banner entering the village immediately took out a whistle and blew it.

The long voice spread outside the Li Family Village.

Outside the village, Zhang Hui, who had been waiting for a long time by the Xiexi River, saw people in the Li family village moving, and a whistle sounded from afar.

Zhang Hui immediately slapped his palm on the embankment and jumped up: "Go! Block it!"

In the wilderness, dozens of people outside the Li family village formed an encirclement circle.

A man wearing boots and a strong suit flicked left and right, but the range in front of him was getting smaller and smaller.

at last.

Holding the scabbard in his hand, Zhang Hui swung it out from behind the man, and slammed it heavily on the popliteal of the man's right leg.

The pain from the penetration was still irritating, the man just yelled in pain, but because the popliteal was hit, the strength of his entire right leg was taken off in an instant, half of his body lost his balance, and the man turned his whole body to the right. fell to the ground.

Before the man could react, he was already overwhelmed by the crowd around him.

After a moment.

The man who has been bound from head to toe can only bend like a maggot in the cesspit in the painful field.

"Who are you."

"Why catch me!"

"I want to report to the police!"

Snapped.

A crisp sound came from the screaming man's face.

Zhang Hui squatted on his knees, turned his palms, and stared at the man with disdain: "I am the official!"

After finishing speaking, without giving the man a chance to speak again, he picked up a handful of straw from the ground and randomly stuffed it into the mouth of the babbling man.

Then Zhang Hui roughly grabbed the man's hair and lifted his head heavily: "Take a look and see if it's the person who reported the crime to you at that time."

Several patrolling Wuhou who were arrested to identify people were terrified. They looked at the bloody and fleshy teeth scattered on the ground, and then looked at the man whose mouth was stuffed with straw, and blood continued to flow out of the gap.

Several people nodded their heads blankly at the same time.

"Zhang Baihu, there is no doubt that this is the person."

"At that time, this person came out from Taiping and reported the case with us."

Zhang Hui nodded, then lifted the man's head, and actually pulled him up from the ground, pushed him back, and delivered it to several subordinates.

The man's head was covered with blood due to this torment, his scalp was dry and cracked, and his hair was messy mixed in the blood.

Zhang Hui's eyes were gloomy: "Leave a team of people to guard Lijia Village. No one is allowed to enter or leave until the matter is clarified!"

"Follow the order."

……

"Your Highness, this person is the person who reported the case at that time."

"My name is Li Erfu, I live in Li Family Village, and I am a tenant of the Li Family."

When a new day came, Zhang Hui took advantage of the moment when the gate of Yingtian City opened, quietly entered the city with people, and returned to Jinyiwei.

Zhu Yunxi, who had been waiting in the prison all night, silently looked at Li Erfu, who was still on the ground with his head covered in blood, and looked at Zhang Hui: "Are you sure it's this person?"

Zhang Hui knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists with both hands, and said in a deep voice, "I have confirmed with the patrolling Wuhous at that time that this person is correct."

Zhu Yunxi's eyes flickered. The whole night's waiting did not make him drowsy and tired, but he became more and more spiritual: "The tenant of Li's family? Take it down and ask him clearly."

"Yes."

The two Jin Yiwei who were waiting aside wanted to step forward and propose Li Erfu, but Zhang Hui waved him away.

A stern look appeared on Zhang Hui's face, he bent over, clasped the five fingers of his palm on Li Erfu's shoulder bones, and his fingers sunk deeply.

Li Erfu, who was already groggy from the pain, woke up instantly. Because his mouth was tightly stuffed, he could only widen his eyes and groan.

Zhang Hui, who was holding Li Erfu, exerted a little force on his arm, and dragged him to the outside.

Wait until the dull sobs disappeared from the interrogation room.

Sun Cheng, who was also waiting here all night, walked to Zhu Yunxie, staring at his slightly flushed eyes: "Your Highness, the man has been caught now, do you want to go back to the palace to rest?"

"I won't go back to the palace." Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "Go to Taisun's mansion, if you have any news, tell me right away."

Sun Cheng nodded, and immediately greeted his subordinates outside, preparing to escort Taisun to Taisun's mansion.

Now it is getting closer and closer to the grandson's wedding day.

The Taisun Mansion on the other side of Qingxi Jiuqu is basically completed now, and recently it is just decorating with furniture and gardens.

Now if you want to live in people, it's not bad.

After all, it is far easier to let the palace spread the news than to send the news directly to the Taisun's mansion.

……

In the dark depths of the prison, the air is stagnant all year round, and the rancid smell fills every inch of space.

"Jie Jie Jie Jie..."

A gloomy laugh came from the darkness.

Zhang Hui was holding a dagger with a clear edge in his hand, holding the knife flower, dancing and turning it constantly, and walked in front of Li Erfu who had been tied to the tiger bench with laughter.

The two accompanying subordinates silently turned their faces away.

Master Baihu's method is really...

What Li Erfu stuffed in his mouth had already been taken away.

Seeing Zhang Hui approaching with a dagger, trying to shrink back, but unable to move, Li Erfu could only stare at Zhang Hui who was approaching step by step with his eyes wide open.

"You...you you...what do you want to do?"

"I did not do anything!"

"I do not know anything."

"I was wronged."

Zhang Hui snorted coldly, and the cold light reflected by the spinning dagger slipped past his eyes: "There has never been anyone who has been wronged in Jinyiwei Prison. If you know what you don't know, you won't know until I ask you something."

Li Erfu's entire face had turned pale without a trace of blood, and the depths of his pupils were full of fear.

"What the hell do you want to do..."

"what……"

A scream came from Li Erfu's throat.

The dagger in Zhang Hui's hand had been completely pierced into his thigh.

It's just that after piercing in, Zhang Hui didn't move any more, but looked up at Li Erfu, who was sweating profusely and blushing, with his mouth bared.

"Li Erfu, you know Tai Hospital, right?"

"I guess I know."

"But do you know that Tai Hospital is currently researching a very new thing."

"They want to understand more clearly what's in the human body..."

"Although there are many death row prisoners in the imperial court, it is inevitable that civil officials will criticize them for doing these things, so Jinyiwei has become a good place to do it well."

Zhang Hui said silently, someone brought a jug of wine, opened the lid, and spilled it on Li Erfu's lap.

The wine seeped into the wound.

Li Erfu's whole body trembled, his eyes rolled upwards.

Zhang Hui was still washing his hands with wine, and then continued: "A few days ago, my official provided three different internal organs to the imperial hospital, and the imperial physicians knew that people with the same symptoms would actually have the same internal organs. There are different variations."

"Recently, the Tai Hospital hopes to have a better understanding of the direction of the blood in the human body, so that in the future, it can bandage the wounds of my Ming soldiers on the battlefield."

As he spoke, Zhang Hui held the dagger with one hand, and pressed the other on Li Erfu's trembling thigh.

"You don't have to move."

"Here, from here to here, the Tai Hospital said that there is a very thick blood vein that flows from the heart all the way to the soles of the feet, and then flows back into the heart from many thin blood vessels."

"However, they don't know whether the specific location of these blood vessels is the same for everyone, including whether the size and thickness of these blood vessels are related to a person's weight, obesity, and height."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Hui didn't care whether Li Erfu listened to it or not.

The dagger in his hand had already started cutting along Li Erfu's thigh.

The yellow-black skin was cut open, revealing the yellow fat layer underneath, and the white muscle layer mixed with red below.

There was a creaking sound.

It was the piercing sound of a knife scraping against a leg bone.

At this time, Li Erfu had completely passed out.

No one in this world can bear the pain of skinning and deboning.

Zhang Hui snorted disdainfully.

"When did you faint?"

He stood up, glanced at the thick blood that was beating under the skin from the incision he had made, and asked the two subordinates behind him.

"Return...Report to Baihu, you haven't used the knife yet, but when you were making a statement, this person was frightened and fainted..."

"After Baihu's knife, this person woke up once, and then passed out completely."

Tick-tock-tick, drops of blood dripped from the tiger stool to the ground, the sound seemed to be hitting against the periosteum in a person's ear.

In the gloomy and cold cell, steam was rising from Li Erfu's thigh, visible to the naked eye.

Every time the two Jin Yiwei saw such a scene, they felt that those wounds were stuck in the same place on their bodies.

Not daring to look too much, I could only lower my head quietly.

Zhang Hui stood aside, wiping his dagger with a sterilized towel, which was requested by the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital, who said that there were invisible things that would rot people's flesh and blood.

This will seriously affect their research.

I don't understand these things, but it is my pursuit to cooperate with the Supreme Hospital and improve my interrogation methods to a higher level.

Zhang Hui thinks this kind of cooperation is very suitable and hopes to continue.

"Wake him up."

puff.

The liquid mixed with alcohol and refreshing drugs was splashed on Li Erfu's face.

Li Erfu, who could no longer see a trace of blood on his face, shuddered violently, and his bloodshot eyes stared like bull's eyes.

"I say! I say! I say everything!"

"Let me die, let me die... woo woo woo... I can say anything..."

"Let me die..."

After waking up, Li Erfu had completely lost the idea of ​​insisting on keeping the secret, not at all.

All he wanted was to die now.

Right now, there is nothing he desires more than death.

Zhang Hui curled his lips in disdain, his eyes full of contempt: "I haven't picked out the blood to watch with you. There are also internal organs. I am also learning from the imperial physicians how to make the prisoner awake. Watch your internal organs."

"pity……"

Zhang Hui glanced at Li Erfu indifferently.

This guy turned out to be a soft bone.

"Hundred households..."

The two Jinyi guards walked up to Zhang Hui carefully, and the prisoner had already spoken, so they were responsible for recording the interrogation, something that Lord Baihu didn't bother to do.

Zhang Hui waved his hand: "You can ask, give him a good time after asking, and then inform those old gentlemen in Tai Hospital that they can come and try to treat the dead, and see if they can save the dead."

The backs of the two brocade guards felt numb, and the bodies hidden under the flying fish uniforms trembled slightly.

I can only pray frantically in my heart that I will not do anything that violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty in my life, let alone get caught in court battles.

Otherwise, it would fall into the hands of Lord Baihu...

The two couldn't help but pound their heads like garlic: "Yes, yes, this subordinate is taking orders."

Zhang Hui was bored in every possible way, waved his hands and walked out: "The old gentlemen are really... hey, I learned from the old gentlemen!"

(End of this chapter)