The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 212 The fish that slipped through the net turned out to be him ([-]-character chapter)
In order to be safe, Chang Feng directly closed the gate of Yanchi city.Before the end of the Western Expedition, the people were not allowed to leave Yanchi City.

This is to guard against the Tatar spy work in Yanchi City.If Xi Zuo told the Tatars about the hoarding of military rations in Yanchi City, the [-] frontier troops in the northwest would be in danger.

This day, Chang Feng and Fatty Xu were patrolling the city wall of the East Gate.He suddenly saw Lu Gan, the old county magistrate, riding a donkey to the city gate.

Qiu Yue under the city stopped Lu Gan: "Magistrate Lu, you want to leave the city? Where are you going?"

Lu Gan replied, "Ah, it's about Qiuqian. I'll go to Wuzhong's mansion and report the county's grain collection for this ten-day period."

Yanchi County is under the jurisdiction of Wuzhong Mansion.It is not uncommon for the magistrate to go to the government office to report government affairs.

But during this sensitive period, Qiu Yue did not let Lu Gan out of the city easily.

Qiu Yue said: "Coincidentally, the magistrate of Lu. Admiral Chang and Xu Shizi are on the wall of the north gate. If you want to go out of the city, go talk to Admiral Chang."

Lu Gan had no choice but to come to the city wall and asked to leave the city.

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "Magistrate of Lu County, the battle ahead is imminent. The ground in the northwest is not flat, and there may be a small group of Tatar cavalry harassing."

"It's not safe for you to go out of the city to Wuzhong Mansion. You'd better go back to the county government."

Fatty Xu agreed: "That's right, it's a trivial matter of food and taxes, and I will report it to your prefect after this battle."

Lu Gan said: "The two superiors don't know something. Our Yang Zhifu treats our subordinate magistrates very strictly. If we fail to report food and tax matters in time, we will be severely reprimanded."

Chang Feng said: "Don't worry. I'll write to explain to you where your prefect is. You should go back first."

Lu Gan had no choice but to go down the city wall, ride a donkey and leave in the direction of the county government.

Chang Feng stared at the back of Lu Gan leaving, and sensed something was wrong: "Fatty, this old man Lu Gan is weird."

Fatty Xu asked, "Why is it so weird?"

Chang Feng said: "He claimed to be going to Wu Zhong's mansion to report the grain and tax affairs. However, he didn't bring a clerk or a yamen servant with him."

"When the county magistrate travels, he always takes three or five yamen servants with him to protect his safety along the way."

"As for grain and taxes, all counties are recorded by scribes. He always brings a scribe to meet the magistrate, right?"

Fatty Xu slapped his head: "That's right. It's weird. Master Chang, don't you suspect that Lu Gan is the one that slipped through the net?"

Chang Feng said: "It's hard to say. You send a few warriors to keep an eye on Lu Gan."

At night, the moon is dark and the wind is high.The wind mixed with sand from the northwest roared "vomit".It's like the wind has been hit by something, and she's pregnant.

Lu Gan sneaked into the west courtyard of the county government where Chang Feng and Fatty Xu lived.

A member of Jinyiwei Baihu was standing at the gate of the west courtyard on duty at night.

The name of these hundred households is Zhang Cai, which has the same pronunciation and different characters from the name of Zhang Cai, Chang Feng's friend and the doctor of Wen Xuan of the Ministry of Officials.

It has the same name as Zhang Cai, the Minister of Nanming, but was born more than 100 years earlier.

Zhang Cai is a newly emerging young talent in Jinyiwei, shrewd and capable.

Liu Jin once commented: Zhang Cai is very much like Chang Ye from more than ten years ago.

Jin Yiwei has a staff of [-], and ability alone cannot stand out and become the follower of the boss Chang Feng.

The reason why Zhang Cai can stand out is because he followed Liu Jin's footsteps.Recognize Liu Jin as a godfather.

Throughout the dynasties, tactical recognition of father is the only way to promotion.

Lu Gan asked Zhang Cai: "Admiral Chang, have Admiral Chang and Shizi Xu slept yet? The official is afraid that the poor reception will not be good, and the bed is hard and ugly. Admiral Chang and Shizi Xu will not be able to sleep peacefully."

Zhang Caidao: "Master Chang and Master Xu have been busy all day. They fell asleep as soon as it got dark. They should be sleeping soundly at this moment. Don't worry about Lu Zhi County."

Lu Gan nodded: "Okay, okay."

Chang Feng was indeed asleep.

He was dreaming, dreaming about who could pick garlic faster than Xiao Tangtang when he was a child.Xiao Tangtang tossed the garlic cloves into his mouth and chewed.He hiccupped and almost fainted Brother Dang.

Suddenly a hand pushed him awake.

Chang Feng opened his eyes and saw that it was Zhang Cai.

Chang Feng asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Caidao: "At noon today, Lord Xu sent you an order to send two people to keep an eye on Lugan, the county magistrate."

"That fellow Lu Gan has made some changes tonight."

Chang Feng asked, "Oh? What happened?"

Zhang Cai replied: "He first came to the West Courtyard to probe his brain, to find out if you and Master Xu had slept peacefully."

"Then the brother who watched him reported that he rode a donkey out of the county office. It seems that he went to the west gate."

Chang Feng got up from the bed: "Let's go to Ximen."

Zhang Cai asked: "Do you want to wake up Master Xu?"

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "That guy sleeps heavier than a pig. It's not easy to wake up. Let him sleep."

Two quarters later, the west gate of Yanchi City.

The person in charge of guarding the west gate is a member of the frontier army.

Lu Gan rode a donkey to the city gate.

Hundreds of frontier soldiers stopped him immediately: "Admiral Chang has an order, no one is allowed to leave Yanchi City without his permission."

Lu Gan's complexion changed: "I just followed Admiral Chang's order and rushed to Lingwu to report the emergency military situation to Marshal Wang."

Hundreds of households in the frontier army asked: "Is there any evidence? For example, a note approved by Admiral Chang, or a token token?"

Lu Gan became impatient: "It's been said that it's a military emergency. How can Master Chang care about approving notes and giving tokens?"

"This military situation is related to the life and death of the [-] frontier troops. Can you afford to delay this important event?"

Baihu, a frontier soldier, has always been a vulgar and careless man.He was taken aback by Lu Gan's few words.

He said: "Ah, the magistrate of Lu, please get out of the city quickly. Come on, turn the winch, and open the city gate!"

"Crackling", the winch began to rotate, and the city gate slowly rose.

Just as the city gate was raised a foot, Lu Gan heard a voice that made his heart tremble: "Where are you going, Lu Zhi County?"

Lu Gan's expression changed in fright.After a while, he put on a smiling face and turned to look at Chang Feng: "Ah, Admiral Chang is not asleep."

"I'm here to help you inspect the city gate guards."

Chang Feng sneered: "Heh, why did you open the city gate to inspect the guards at the city gate?"

The frontier army Baihu explained: "Admiral, Lu Zhixian said that you sent him to Lingwu to report the emergency military situation to Commander Wang."

Chang Feng looked at Lu Gan: "Magistrate Lu, when did I say I sent you to Lingwu?"

Lu Gan was taken aback: "Ah, I, I may have lost my sleep. My mind is full of military affairs and war these days."

"Bewildered, he came to Ximen, and said some nonsense in a daze."

"I'll go back to the county office now and go to sleep."

Chang Feng said: "What are you talking about in your sleep? I think you are very awake at the moment, you don't seem to be in a daze? Zhang Cai, take him down and take him back to the county government for interrogation."

They escorted Lu Gan back to the county government office.

Chang Feng scratched his nose with his right thumb: "Zhang Cai, how long have you been my close friend?"

Zhang Cai replied, "Back to Master Chang, it's been five months."

Chang Feng said: "Close to Zhu Zhechi. Follow me, the butcher of the Jinyiwei, and you should have learned the essence of the memory recovery technique through hearing and seeing, right?"

"Sentence to Lu Gan!"

Chang Feng has already judged that Lu Gan definitely has a ghost.

Zhang Cai asked: "Decree. Master Chang, how about nailing the footboard first, and then put on the tiger stool?"

Chang Feng sat on the chair: "Today I'm testing your method of punishment. What kind of punishment and how to use it, you can decide for yourself."

Lu Gan had just witnessed Jin Yiwei's execution of the fake Bale Mengyi more than half a month ago.He knew the power of Jin Yiwei's punishment.

He kept begging for mercy: "Master Chang, please spare me! I'll tell you anything you ask me!"

Jin Yiwei has always tortured first, and then interrogated.While speaking, Zhang Cai had already nailed the bolt of a scorpion crossbow to Lu Gan's foot.

Jinyiwei nails the prisoners' feet with two-inch-long steel nails.

It's inconvenient to carry instruments of torture when we come back to the northwest.Zhang Cai simply used crossbow arrows instead.

After nailing the footboard, Zhang Cai pulled out the crossbow and sprinkled salt on the wound.

Lu Gan's veins bulged from the pain: "Oh, spare me. I'm the work of the Tatars! Even if you don't spare my life, at least give me a happy death!"

Chang Feng laughed: "After all, he has been a civil servant for 46 years. He is pampered. It is not as hard as a warrior."

"The minimum punishment for the memory recovery technique has not been completed yet, so this is the move?"

Lu Gan said: "I am 71 years old. I am half buried in the loess. I don't live long. I just hope that I will not suffer before I die!"

Chang Feng said: "If I'm not mistaken, you are one of the 23 people bought by the Tatars, right?"

Lu Gan confessed: "That's right. I am!"

Zhang Cai patted Chang Feng's ass on the side: "Master Chang is really clever. The last fish that slipped through the net was caught!"

Chang Feng suppressed his hand and signaled Zhang Cai to keep silent.Then he asked: "Lugan, you made up a lie to go out of the city to report to the Tatars. Tell them that Yanchi is still a storage place for military rations, right?"

Lu Gan replied, "That's right. I was unlucky when I went out of the city during the day. It's not good to go through the four gates, but I chose the east gate, and I met you and that fat idiot."

"If I'm not mistaken, that's when you became suspicious of me, didn't you?"

"Crack!" Zhang Cai gave Lu Gan a fight: "Bold! How dare a spy and prisoner ask our Lord Chang a question!"

Chang Feng said: "It's okay. That's right, it was the first time you were going out of the city during the day, and I became suspicious of you."

"Tell me, why did you, a person who had been paid by the imperial court for 46 years, betray Daming?"

Lu Gan squeezed out a word between his teeth: "Hate!"

Chang Feng asked: "Hate? Who do you hate?"

Lu Gan replied: "I hate the damned court, I hate the damned Ming Dynasty, I hate the damned promotion system!"

"Why can I only be a county magistrate? I have been in the Northwest for 46 years and have worked hard. But I haven't been promoted halfway."

"Is there any magistrate in the world who has been struggling for 46 years without being promoted?"

"I am the first year of Jingtai, a candidate in the Zhejiang Provincial Examination. Do you know who I will sit at the table with at the Luming Banquet?"

Chang Feng asked: "Who?"

Lu Gan replied: "Xu Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites at that time! We were elected in the same year, and now he is a hall official, and he is the second-rank official."

"What about me? A native of the south of the Yangtze River, was thrown by the imperial court to the Northwest where no shit. I have been working for 46 years! Now I am only a seventh-rank sesame official!"

"Why? Just because Xu Guan later became a Jinshi, we have to go up to the sky and go to the bottom of the earth?"

"Since I was 65 years old, I have repeatedly asked the court to tell me to return to my hometown. The court has never allowed it! The Ministry of Officials also gave me a letter saying that if I leave my post privately, I will be punished as a local official."

"It's a donkey, so you have to give carrots? If you don't give carrots, at least the donkey should be given a rest."

"What about the court? Use me to death! Such a court, so what about betrayal?"

Lu Gan finished complaining.Chang Feng believes that he is telling the truth.This is the motive of his treason: a lifetime of failure.

Sun Guishou once told Chang Feng.There are only three reasons for civil servants or generals to treason: money, women, and lack of ambition.

Chang Feng asked, "What did the Tatars pay for buying you?"

Lu Gan replied, "It's only 100 taels of silver. It's very cheap."

Chang Feng sighed, "It's the first time I've seen a traitor sell so cheap."

Lu Gan knew that his death was imminent, so he said without hesitation: "This rotten court and rotten Daming are not worth 100 taels of silver in my eyes!"

"However, if I'm lucky this time, I'll tell the Tatars about the food storage in Yanchi. No matter what, the Tatars will give me a few thousand taels of money."

Chang Feng asked: "When you transmit information, there must always be a contact person and a contact location. Tell me!"

Lu Gan smiled wryly: "Heh! Not only does Daming despise me, but Tatars also despise me."

"They thought I was an old bastard. They haven't contacted me for three years. I have neither a contact nor a contact location."

"But it's nothing. Now the entire Helan Mountain is the territory of the Tatars. As long as I go all the way west and enter the Helan Mountain, I can naturally pass the information to the Tatars."

Chang Feng suddenly realized.This is why all 22 spies were arrested, but Lu Gan slipped through.

The Tartars didn't like him at all, he was like a kite with a broken string.How can follow the vine?
Chang Feng couldn't help laughing: "It seems that the Tatars also feel that cheap goods are not good. I don't believe that a mere 100 taels of silver can be exchanged for enough information to determine the ownership of Helan Mountain."

Lu Gan sighed: "I have failed to be an official in my life. I have also failed to be a traitor. I just ask you to see that I have been a county magistrate for 46 years and have quite a lot of political achievements. Please give me a good time."

At this moment, Chang Feng didn't feel sorry for the old man Lu Gan.

Those who betray the country and the nation, no matter what their reasons are, will not be forgiven, and they will not be allowed to die.

Chang Feng said: "The ten heinous crimes are unforgivable and serious crimes. The first is treason, the second is great treason, the third is treason, the fourth is evil rebellion, the fifth is immoral, the sixth is disrespect, the seventh is unfilial, the eighth is disharmony, and the ninth is disobedience." Righteousness, ten is civil strife."

"But I think that conspiracy should be number one!"

"Because the traitor not only betrayed the Ming Dynasty, but also betrayed our Han clan!"

"In the final analysis, rebellion is nothing more than a struggle within the Han family."

"You betrayed the big Han clan, and you still want to have a good time? Are you thinking too much?"

Zhang Cai interjected: "Master Chang, it's a pity that bamboo doesn't grow in the northwest. Otherwise, he will be dragged to the downtown area, where he will be severely punished with bamboo."

"Weili's executioner Baihu didn't accompany him. There is no way to give him a lingering punishment. Those of us who cut his head alive may kill him in half a day."

Chang Feng said: "It doesn't need to be so complicated. Take him to the downtown area tomorrow, and he will be divided into five horses."

"He shall not be buried in the ground after his death. The split body shall be fed to wild dogs."

After hearing this, Lu Gan cursed: "Chang Butcher, you are a vicious dog raised by the court and the emperor!"

"I'm a ghost and I won't let you go! This barren egg rotted against Daming and the court, and sooner or later someone will destroy it!"

"If there is reincarnation, I would like to entrust my birth in the northwest, be the leader of a rebel army, go into Beijing, and slaughter those high-ranking officials in Beijing! Change the dynasty!"

"Papa Papa".Zhang Cai had quick eyes and quick hands, and slapped Lu Gan ten times, knocking out all his teeth.Make him unable to talk nonsense anymore.

The next day, Lu Gan was escorted to downtown.

The five army horses were respectively tied with five thick hemp ropes.The other ends of the five hemp ropes were tied around Lu Gan's limbs and neck.

Chang Feng stood on a high place: "Fellow folks and elders, Lugan, the county magistrate, colluded with the Tatars, and Litong betrayed the country!"

"Today, on behalf of the imperial court, I will punish him with five horses to quarter his body. To deter those villains who try to be traitors!"

The people applauded in unison.

In fact, the common people don't care whether Lu Gan really betrayed the country.

As long as officials are killed, the people will applaud.In the eyes of most people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, those high-ranking officials and lords don't have a single good thing.

Killing an official will never be wronged.

Chang Feng gave an order.Five frontier soldiers whipped the horse's whip on the horse's buttocks.

The traitor Lu Gan was torn into five pieces by the army horse.
Fatty Xu said: "Master Chang, now you have uprooted the entire intelligence network planted by the Tatars in the northwest."

Zhang Cai is good at doing things, and he is even better at flattering: "Master Chang, you are really clever and clever. You can plan and defeat the enemy thousands of miles away."

However, Chang Feng waved his hand and interrupted his rainbow fart: "Don't praise me to the sky. Cracking the intelligence network of the Tatars is just a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse. The Tatars made a stupid move and were caught by me It’s just a flaw.”

"There's also Lu Gan down there who was broken into five pieces. If he hadn't been reckless and tried to leave the city twice, I wouldn't have noticed that he was a spy."

Fatty Xu said: "Sometimes good luck is also a skill!"

"Anyway, the imperial court rewards you for your merits, regardless of whether your process of catching spies is complicated and bizarre. It only depends on whether you catch spies or not."

"This time I can have some glory with you again, and I will get some rewards."

After Chang Feng executed Lu Gan, he was busy patrolling the city wall guards and granary guards every day.

Seven days passed in a flash.

Today, Chang Feng was watching dozens of frontier soldiers setting up rat-proof poison baits all over the granary.

A thousand households sent by Lingwu City found Chang Feng.

Qianhu cupped his hands towards Chang Feng: "Admiral Chang. A Tatar entered Lingwu City. He called himself Jinyiwei. He told Wang Zhitai that he had important information about Tatar on him."

"He also said that he can only give the information to you."

Chang Feng said to himself: "The Tartars have sent a fake Balemeng or something like that to deceive me?"

Qian Hu said: "Wang Zhitai ordered you to go to Lingwu City to identify this person."

Chang Feng told Fatty Xu: "Take that fake Bale Mengyi, and let's go back to Lingwu City."

Everyone hurried on and returned to Lingwu City two days later.

Tripartite Commander-in-Chief.

Wang Yue was still half lying down as usual.He coughed badly, and when he caught the sputum with a handkerchief, it was bloodshot.

Wang Yue quickly covered the handkerchief, so as not to disturb the army's morale by the news that the commander-in-chief was seriously ill.

The war is imminent, and the morale of the army must not be disturbed.

Chang Feng, Zhang Yong, and Fatty Xu sat at the bottom of the tent.

Before them stood a Tatar youth in his twenties.This person is the "Jinyiwei man" who claims to have important military interests.

The Tatar youth said in jerky Chinese: "The bastards in the Yongding River are becoming more and more difficult to catch."

He is talking about joint code words.

When Chang Feng heard this, he immediately concluded: This person is also a secret agent sent by the Tatars to disturb the sight!
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