Jinyi Night Walk

As soon as Zhang Shisan turned around, he saw Xia Xun's face was pale, his teeth were clenched tightly, and his legs were trembling slightly. If he hadn't been holding on to the wallboard, he might have fallen to the ground.It turned out that he was not afraid, but he was struggling, and he couldn't help laughing at himself suspiciously, and then he said leisurely: "Dead people are ignorant, what is there to be afraid of? The really terrible thing is not death, but life is worse than death.

Do you know what it's like to pour hot water on a person, he will scream like a ghost, even after three days and three nights, your ears will continue to echo his horrible cry Sound, whether you are awake or asleep.Boiling water was poured on his body, and then the rotten flesh was brushed off layer by layer with an iron brush, mixed with the bloody water, until his white bones were exposed. The scene was like hell.

There is also intestinal hooking, which is a very interesting punishment. You need to use an iron hook, and you need to know very good skills to hook the intestines out of the lower body. The prisoner is tied there and can only watch. Watching a part of his body getting farther and farther away from him, he will feel that his stomach is getting empty gradually, and his belly will be flattened little by little...

However, I don't like such complicated punishments. When I was 13 years old, I inherited my father's position and joined Jinyiwei, and served under the command of Commander Jiang Yu. Later..., in fact, the simpler the punishment, the easier it is to use. When I use punishments on criminals, I only Need an iron chisel, insert it into the furnace and burn it red, then strip the prisoner naked and tie him to the torture bed With a ruthless poke, the iron chisel rushed in. He couldn't struggle, but every piece of flesh in his body was throbbing desperately. He would use all his strength to let out a shrill scream, and blue smoke rose from the wound, blood and water mixed with each other. Grease gurgles out from the wound, hehe..."

Zhang Shisan laughed nervously: "Our Jinyiwei is divided into South Town and Beizhen. Beizhen Fusi is just as wonderful...you don't have to be afraid, as long as you obediently obey my orders, you will have meritorious deeds and won't have the chance to enjoy Jinyiwei's severe punishment."

The corners of Xia Xun's eyes suddenly twitched, but he quickly regained his composure.

Zhang Shisan took the corpse out, and said nonchalantly, "This woman is Tingxiang. Yang Wenxuan bought it from the Cuiyan Building in Tai'an Prefecture for two hundred guan. When Yang Wenxuan was assassinated, she was by the side and witnessed everything." Since 'Yang Wenxuan' was safe and sound, there must be a reason for Ting Xiang's death, so I brought her here..."

The body was carried by the two to the billowing Gushui River. Zhang Shisan glanced at Xia Xun worriedly, and asked, "Do you remember what I taught you just now?"

Xia Xun nodded heavily, and Zhang Shisan smiled: "Very well, be smart and act according to plan."

He turned around and took two steps, suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked: "Do you know the nature of water?"

There are very few people in the south of the Yangtze River who don't know water skills, not to mention that when they first met, Xia Xun was holding a bunch of fish caught with bare hands, so Xia Xun didn't hide this, and replied calmly: "Yes, I am very good at water skills. Well, you can catch fish with your bare hands."

Zhang Shisan shook his head slightly and said: "But Yang Xu doesn't understand water, he is completely a landlubber, you must remember this, don't show any flaws after falling into the water, from today onwards, in front of people who are familiar with Yang Wenxuan, you must Be careful, you don't understand water."

"Yes!"

Zhang Shisan suddenly remembered something again and asked, "Can you ride a horse?"

Xia Xun shook his head, Zhang Shisan smiled wryly and said, "Yang Xu knows how to ride a horse, and he is very good at it. It seems that after you arrive at Mount Xiishi, you have one more thing to learn."

Xia Xun watched Zhang Shisan's figure go away until he completely disappeared into the jungle before squatting down beside Tingxiang's body.

He gently lifted Ting Xiang's head. The girl's neck was soft, and her skin was cold to the touch. Even though she had become a corpse, her beautiful face and moving body still had considerable attraction to men. One can imagine what a charming stunner she must have been when she was alive.

Xia Xun sighed softly: "Miss Tingxiang, take a good look at it when you reincarnate...Find a good family in the next life..."

He gently wiped Tingxiang girl's eyelids, but those eyes were still wide open. Xia Xun stared at those palpitating eyes, and after a long while, he whispered: "The girl's life is hard, so am I." Bitter, you and I can be said to be sympathetic to each other, I know that the girl will not die with peace, if you have a soul in heaven, please bless me."

He gently wiped it off again with his hand, and he didn't know whether Tingxiang's stiff skin had begun to melt and loosen, or if her unwilling soul had really understood Xia Xun's words. The palpitating eyes finally closed.

Xia Xun picked up her body and gently pushed it into the river, watched her float up and down into the distance, until her figure completely disappeared, then took off her robe and jumped into the water with only a pair of short-nosed trousers. He soaked himself completely, wiped the water marks on his face, and suddenly shouted: "Help! Help..."

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There is a Linjiazhuang two miles down the river. The landkeeper of Linjiazhuang is called Lin Wudou.

Xia Xun, who was struggling in the water, was dragged up by Zhang Shisan and others who came from Chuangxun, and then a group of people rushed to Linjiazhuang. Passing by here, while enjoying the cool by the river, the concubine accidentally slipped and fell into the water, and asked the local guardian to help with the search and rescue, and gave a thank you gift of five guanbao banknotes.

Seeing Xia Xun's extravagant hands, old man Lin smiled, and immediately took the five guan banknotes, beating gongs and drums to call out all the young and old in the village, and searched down the river.After more than an hour, the people in the village found Tingxiang's body caught by a jagged rock at the corner of his clothes at a river chazikou where the water was slow and shallow.

Tingxiang was a concubine bought by Xia Xun from a brothel for two hundred coins. Her life and death would not have attracted much attention. In addition, there were dibao and many villagers who proved that she died of drowning, so the county government The tolerance sent by Li only made a simple record, and Tingxiang's death was logically classified as a very common case of misstep and drowning.

It has been the principle since ancient times that the people do not raise officials and do not investigate. What's more, if a case occurs in one's own jurisdiction, even if it is solved later, it will be judged by a jurisdiction that is not stable, which is very detrimental to the future promotion of the county lord. Since everyone said that he slipped and fell into the water and drowned, then he died by drowning.

Zhang Shisan bought a thin coffin, filled it with Tingxiang's body, and paid the local villagers to bury her in the nearby green hills at will, and the group continued on the road.

In the evening, they arrived at Xiishipeng Village.

Xiishipeng Village is at the foot of the North Ridge of Xieshi Mountain, while Xia Xun's quarry is built at the foot of the East Ridge, only a dozen miles away from the village.

Xiishi Mountain is surrounded by many rocks, green peaks and ridges, and the mountains are connected by mountains and mountains, and the mountains are connected by mountains and mountains. The mountains are steep and extremely difficult to climb.

The most natural resource here is stone.

Yang Xu built a quarry here at the beginning of the year, not on a whim, but the fundamental reason was that King Qi wanted to rebuild the palace.King Qi has only been in Qingzhou for 14 years. It is reasonable to say that the palace is newly built, and there is no need to repair it, let alone rebuild it. However, King Zhu of Qi has been thinking about rebuilding the palace since he returned from a trip to Beiping.

Between vassal kings and vassal kings, the policy of "the king does not see the king" is adhered to. Unless they are in the pilgrimage or when the royal family is reunited, there is generally no chance to meet, but there are exceptions, that is, those who are ordered by the emperor when.King Zhu of Qi once led his troops from Shandong to cooperate with King Zhu Di of Yan in the crusade against Beiyuan, so he had the opportunity to enter Peiping and saw the palace of King Yan of the fourth brother Zhu Di.

King Yan's Mansion was built on the basis of the imperial palace in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. It is grand in scale and majestic. Among all the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, King Yan's Mansion is the most magnificent. When Zhu Laoqi saw the fourth brother's mansion, it was like the first time a rich man in the country entered the palace. When he saw the grandeur of the big families in the city, his eyes immediately became warm. When he returned to Qingzhou and then looked at his palace, he felt a little different from the Jade Emperor's Lingxiao Palace and Earth Temple, which was not pleasing to the eye.

At that time, Yang Xu, who was already in high use by him, took the opportunity to entice him to rebuild the Qi Palace under Feng Zongqi's instruction.Zhu Yuanzhang first refused on the grounds that the court was in short supply, and wrote to his son to warn his son that greed is like a flame, and if it is not contained, it will start a prairie fire;Although the spring at the bottom of the well is not full, it can be used every day. If you are greedy for extravagance, the world will inevitably be in chaos. As a prince, you must cultivate virtue and set an example for the world. "

Qi Wang Zhu Yu is a very stubborn person, once he makes up his mind, he will never return.After seeing his father's letter, he was unwavering, and immediately wrote back complaining about the large population of his palace, and how poor and small the Qi palace built on the former site of Longxing Temple was, and how inconvenient it was to live in, and promised that the imperial court would not need to allocate funds. One-time payment, he can use his own salary to advance expenses and so on, his words are very cute and sincere.

Zhu Yuanzhang is strict with himself and others. He himself is an extremely frugal person. Even if he became an emperor, he would never be willing to spend extravagantly in all aspects. The common problem of the elderly is pampering and loving. Seeing his son's pitiful words, his heart felt a little sour, so he agreed.

Building the palace requires a lot of stone materials, so Yang Wenxuan took over the business because he was near the water, but if he buys stone materials from other places and transports them to Qingzhou, the cost is not small, and the profit he can make is not much. Therefore, after finding out that there are many stone materials in Xishishan Mountain, Yang Xu simply invested and built a stone quarry here.

When Xia Xun arrived at the quarry, a large amount of stone had already been piled up on the hillside, neatly stacked, and it was about to be transported to Qingzhou in the near future.On the cliffs and hillsides, there are still many naked and dark-chested people still working.The old man in charge brought seven or eight foremen to stand at the foot of the mountain to greet him. When he saw Xia Xun arriving, he immediately greeted him with a mouthful of yellow dies. He bowed to the ground and said courteously, "I'll wait to see my master."

Xia Xun asked Zhang Shisan to give him a hand, jumped out of the car, glanced up the mountain, and said with a smile: "Get up, you are very diligent, it is almost dusk, and you are still working."

Steward Wang bowed his head and said: "It should be, it should be, the boss is so trusting, how dare you refuse to work? My boss, please, your residence has been cleaned, please."

The main purpose of Xia Xun's visit to Jieshi Mountain is to find a reason for himself to avoid returning to Qingzhou temporarily, and at the same time, he must make various preparations here to impersonate Yang Wenxuan during this period of time, but since he is here to inspect the quarry He came here under the guise, but he had to ignore the progress of the project here, so he immediately met with the big and small managers of the quarry as soon as he had dinner.

It was after dusk when Xia Xun arrived, and it was already dark after dinner, but the lights in the hall were not bright, and the oil lamp was intentionally placed near the stewards, Xia Xun sat in the dimly lit upper seat , asked the stewards about the recent production situation of the quarry: "Steward Wang, the first batch of stones in the quarry must be supplied to the Qi Palace, and there must be no delay. How is the progress of the quarry now? There are enough people." Is it?"

Steward Wang hurriedly stood up and said in a respectful voice: "My boss, don't worry, now the workers have gone smoothly, and the speed of digging and quarrying has increased by [-]% compared to the beginning of the year. The manpower is also sufficient. At least one hundred strong laborers were recruited in the village. According to the orders of the boss, each person was paid one hundred yuan a day. Those who steal and play tricks, once they find out, they will be sent away immediately."

"Yes, yes, my boss, don't worry, our quarry will never miss the start of the palace. Steward Wang is doing his best, and the brothers are also working hard."

As soon as Guanshi Wang said it, all the foremen responded in a hurry.

Speaking of which, Yang Wenxuan is indeed a generous owner. In his quarry, each worker is paid one hundred cash a day, which is very fair and kind.We must know that at that time, a county magistrate of the seventh rank had a yearly salary equivalent to only 45 taels of silver, while a groom in the yamen’s annual salary was 40 taels, which was equivalent to about 3 yuan in later generations, which was similar to that of the county magistrate.

It's just that the county magistrate's 45 taels is net income, and his housing, travel, entourage, clothing and food expenses are all paid and subsidized by the court, and the groom does not have these benefits.Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor family and hated corrupt officials the most. In his opinion, being an official is not for getting rich, and the income gap between civil servants and ordinary people should not be huge.

Although the workers in Yang Wenxuan's quarry work hard, but with one hundred yuan a day, the total income of a year's work is not much different from that of a "driver master" in the yamen. Of course, it is an opportunity worth cherishing. As long as the management foremen are honest and strict in management, in order to keep their jobs, it is indeed impossible for the workers to have someone who steals and cheats.

But Zhang Shisan immediately realized the problem, and interjected: "Guard Wang, I remember that there are not many young and strong laborers in your village? At the beginning of the year, the young master offered a high price of [-] yuan a day to recruit workers. How can you work in your village?" All the manpower has come, and there are not so many people responding to the work. Why are there suddenly more than [-] strong laborers now? You don’t want to use public affairs for personal gain, and give away all your relatives and friends who are old, weak, sick and disabled. Arrange to come in, if I find out that you are out of work or out of work, you will delay the big business of the young master, hum!"