The lucky little prince's doting wife

The three sons of Qingheng had been trembling with fear for so many days. When they were dragged out of the house by soldiers with their arms tied behind their backs, their throats were tight and they couldn't make any sound. They were definitely panicked. They were prisoners and would panic at the slightest disturbance. What's more, they were dragged out by someone and didn't know whether they would be executed or beaten.

The men and women were imprisoned separately. When the noise came from this wing, a woman in the wing where the women were imprisoned started asking loudly.

"Mother!" Qingheng's youngest son opened his mouth and started crying. The soldier didn't have time to cover his mouth.

When a cry was heard here, the women on the other side understood what had happened, and the old lady of the Qing family immediately started crying out the names of her three grandsons.

Zhang Yao ran back to report to Master Lin, who was still reading the travel notes. After listening to Zhang Yao's report, he suddenly asked Zhang Yao, "Have Qingheng's two sons-in-law been arrested as well?"

"They have been caught," Zhang Yao said hurriedly, "and several of his grandchildren have been caught. His old lady is going to celebrate her birthday, so all the family members have returned."

The eldest son: "Then interrogate all the adult men. After the interrogation, send them to the prison. Walk slowly on the road to see if there is anyone who wants to save them."

These are two different things. Zhang Yao thought about what the eldest son said and asked, "Who should be sent to do this?"

The eldest son: "Let's just do it, can you do it?"

Zhang Yao subconsciously wanted to say that he was not capable of it, as his own grandfather and father did not expect him to do anything. However, when the eldest son looked at him gently, Zhang Yao suddenly felt that it was not impossible for him to give it a try.

"I can try," Zhang Yao said to the eldest son very cautiously, "I don't know if I will mess it up."

The eldest son laughed and said, "I'll send my Xixin to follow you. Do you think this is okay?"

Zhang Yao knew Xixin. According to Lin Deyi, he was not as good as Chuanlian at present, but when Chuanlian was released to serve as an official, Xixin would take over Chuanlian's job. From this point of view, Xixin was also a capable person.

"Okay," Zhang Yao nodded quickly, and assured the eldest master without feeling embarrassed: "I will discuss this with Xixin if anything happens."

"That will be hard work for you," said the eldest son.

How many times has Master Lin told him how hard he worked? Zhang Yao couldn't remember, but he was very happy. He felt that Master Lin valued him very much.

Before the women of the Qing family had finished crying, Zhang Yao ran back from the eldest son's place and gave another order. The soldiers entered the house and escorted Qing Heng's two sons-in-law and his adult grandson, a total of nine people, out of the house.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think?" One of the eldest son's aides spoke to Zhang Yao who was standing in the yard.

Zhang Yao thought about it and said to Xu, "I don't know how to interrogate people. You guys do it."

He didn't even know what to get out of the Qing family's male members, so what was he supposed to do? Master Zhang knew his own limitations and that he really couldn't do this job.

"Are there still people from the Wei party in the city?" Zhang Yao asked Xu Muzhao belatedly.

If the Wei party members didn't flee at this time, what were they doing in Wuzhou? Looking for death?
Xu Muliao said: "We will know if it is true or not after trying it."

If you want to be sure of something, how can you do it without experimenting?
Zhang Yao: “Oh, I see.”

Master Zhang couldn't understand, but he obeyed Master Lin's orders.

That night, Young Master Lin was flipping through books in Governor Qing's study. He ordered someone to bring a map and spread it on the ground. Young Master stood and looked at the map for a long time.

At the same time, in several rooms in the mansion, the interrogation of the male members of the Qing family was also carried out overnight.

Zhang Yao, along with his guards, Zhou Zheng and a few others, kept standing in front of the door of one house, looking at it, then standing in front of the door of that house, looking at it. Master Zhang couldn't stop for a moment.

"I found that I was suddenly interested in interrogation," Zhang Yao said to Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng couldn't answer his young master's question, so Zhang Yao asked him, "What do you think?" Guard Captain Zhou thought, what can a young man think? You are interested in interrogation. Do you want to join the government? "Then go to the capital to ask after you return to Beijing?" Zhou Zheng gave a suggestion.

Zhang Yao: "I want to be an official in the capital? Can I go? How can I go?"

So, how can I become an official in the capital?
Zhou Zheng didn't know, he was just a guard. If he knew, he would have gone to work in the capital. Why would he work as a guard (bodyguard) in the private residence of Zhang Daxueshi when he could eat public food?

"But they didn't even use torture during the trial," Zhang Yao said to Zhou Zheng, "None of Qingheng's descendants are tough."

Zhou Zheng and the guards also saw that every male member of the Qing family was obedient like docile sheep, answering whatever their superiors asked before the whip even touched them.

"I heard that no one dared to mess with this family before," Zhang Yao said, "I thought they were so powerful, such an arrogant family."

Zhou Zheng whispered, "In the past, Qing Heng was the God of Wuzhou City. Who here dared to go against God?"

"Heh," Zhang Yao sneered, and said, "That old guy is worthy? Let him stand in front of my eldest brother and see, won't he still pretend to be the grandson?"

Zhou Zheng and the guards all nodded in agreement. The elder brother that the young master was talking about was definitely not the eldest son of the Zhang family, but the eldest son of the Lin family. They all understood that. They just didn't quite understand that the eldest son of the Lin family was the biological brother of the fourth young master. Young master, your last name is Zhang, so why are you so proud?
Zhang Yao shook his head. In addition to feeding the mosquitoes in the prefectural government's mansion, he also heard something about Mingtang when he stood at the door of each interrogation room that night.

"These people don't know anything," Master Zhang said, "Are they really Qing Heng's descendants? Why do I feel like they were just picked up? How come they don't know anything about what Qing Heng did?"

"Do we still have to whip him?" Zhang Yao turned his head and asked Zhou Zheng.

Guard Captain Zhou: “…”

I'm not good at interrogation.

Soon, the interrogation ended and several staff members gathered together for a small meeting.

Zhou Zheng asked Zhang Yao: "Why don't you go ask them?"

"I won't go," Zhang Yao said immediately, "I won't get involved in my elder brother's affairs. I just follow his orders."

Zhou Zheng thought that this was fine. With Young Master Lin's brain, they couldn't keep up with him. They just had to follow his orders.

After seeing the staff finished their small meeting, Zhang Yao asked loudly, "Are you done? Should I send them to the prison now?"

Xu Muliao came up and whispered, "I have finished asking questions. I will trouble you from now on."

How hard could it be to escort a prisoner? Zhang Yao did not take the matter seriously. He immediately ordered his men to tie up all the male members of the Qing family and escort them to the state prison in Wuzhou City.

After Zhang Yao left, Xu Muliao and several others came back to see the eldest master.

"They don't know much," several staff members stood in front of the map with the eldest son. Staff member Xu reported to the eldest son, "Qingheng's second son mentioned something. The garrisons of Qingheng and Yingchuan are brothers from the same school."

"Yingchuan is a poor and remote area, so Qingheng provides assistance to Yingchuan from time to time," said Xu.

"How do you help?" asked the eldest son.

Xu Muliao: "Give us money and food."

The eldest son's eyes fell on the map under his feet again. Yingchuan, what a coincidence, Hutou Mountain is in Yingchuan. (End of this chapter)