Concubine

Chapter 197

The Jin Yiwei promised to run down, Yang Qiuchi waved his hand: "Slow!" Then he said to Luo Qianhu: "Obviously, this old boy knows that he will not escape the death penalty, and he can't bear the pain of torture. That's why I wanted to provoke Lord Luo intentionally so that you could beat him to death in a fit of anger, this would be a muddled case, and you won't be prosecuted, at least you can keep his reputation."

Yang Qiuchi dialed, and Luo Qianhu suddenly became sober, nodded repeatedly, thinking that it was dangerous, if he killed him without asking clearly, and there was no proof of death, then he would be in trouble, after all, he is a high-ranking official from the imperial court , can not be handled by others.Fortunately, Yang Qiuchi reminded him, so he hurriedly asked Yang Qiuchi what to do.

"Bring him up, first trial."

The chief minister of Quan had already passed out. Two Jinyi guards dragged him to the hall, threw him on the ground with a bang, knocked his chin on the bluestone board, bit his tongue, and woke up slowly in pain. come over.

Yang Qiuchi ordered to untie the rope on his body, took a chair and put it in the middle of the lobby, and helped him sit on the chair.He ordered Jin Yiwei to bring a basin of cold water, soaked the cold water with a towel and wrung it dry with his own hands, and wiped off the blood on his face, while wiping, he frowned and shouted at the Jin Yiwei: "What are you doing? It's against you!"

Those Jin Yiwei looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine Yang Qiuchi was selling in the gourd.

The chief envoy of Quan thought that Luo Qianhu would definitely beat him to death with a stick in his rage this time, but he didn't expect to stop beating him after a beating. Yang Qiuchi, the special envoy of Jinyiwei's command envoy, even washed his face himself, even though he knew it in his heart It was very clear that Yang Qiuchi was making red faces, and the purpose was to ask for a confession, but Yang Qiuchi felt better after seeing him as a human being.

After Yang Qiuchi finished wiping his face, the envoy Quan opened his mouth with difficulty and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yang."

Yang Qiuchi smiled slightly, and ordered Jin Yiwei to take down the washbasin that had been washed into a basin of blood, took a chair and sat beside him, sighed first, and then said: "Lord Quan, I have no other choice. Please Must understand."

Chief Minister Quan said vaguely: "I understand, Lord Yang, but you don't need to ask any more questions, I won't say anything."

Yang Qiuchi smiled, and changed the topic: "I know what you're thinking, you want to go to the backer outside Mi Yuan to save you!"

There was a wry smile on the red, swollen and scarred fat face of Quan Buzheng, and a look of admiration flashed in his eyes, but he still didn't say a word.

Yang Qiuchi has worked in criminal investigation for many years. Although he is a forensic doctor, he is also very familiar with interrogation. He has seen pigs run without eating pork.Therefore, he knew that in this situation, he had to break through his psychological defense first and cut down the spiritual pillar he relied on for support. Only in this way could he achieve a breakthrough.

Once this kind of psychological warfare is successful, it will be very beneficial to break through the joint crime and find out all the crimes.There is much more to be said voluntarily than forcedly.

Yang Qiuchi continued: "I know who Mi Yuanwai's backstage is. Mi Yuanwai's daughter married Xu Jingchang, the son of Dingguo Duke Xu Zengshou, and Xu Jingchang is the nephew of Empress Xu. backing, so you have nothing to fear. Right?"

The chief minister of Quan smiled, although the smile was ugly, he still didn't speak.

A trace of sarcasm appeared on Yang Qiuchi's face: "Although Mi Yuanwai has such a big backer, do you really think that Mi Yuanwai will use this backer to protect you? Can this backer really protect you?"

The smile on Quan Buzheng's face suddenly froze.He didn't think about this problem. When he started to think about this problem, he realized that this problem was so serious.

Yang Qiuchi noticed the change in his face, and said: "Lord Quan, I know that you have come to this position step by step from the county magistrate, and all of this was given to you by Mi Yuanwai. Qian Tongzi, so, if you climbed this big tree, of course you will rise to the top."

"However, you should know that you are just a pawn in his hand. Why does he support you? He wants you to be his puppet and be at his mercy. Presumably, you have done a lot for him over the years. Not to mention anything else, just for these two tickets of disaster relief food, you embezzled it for him, what you and Tan Zhifu got is not as good as him!"

"However, Mi Yuanwai asked you to embezzle these two relief food for him. He didn't want to use it to make money. He had other purposes! Do you know this?"

The chief minister of power was taken aback for a moment, but shook his head involuntarily.

Yang Qiuchi changed the subject, and suddenly asked: "Let me ask you, do you know the price of grain sold by the rice store outside the Miyuan?"

The envoy of Quan didn't know why Yang Qiuchi suddenly asked this question, so he shook his head again.

"A bowl of rice is one tael of silver!" Yang Qiuchi said bitterly, "Master Quan, if it were you, would you buy it at such a high price of rice?"

The chief envoy of power shook his head again, already vaguely guessing the meaning of Yang Qiuchi's words, and looked at Yang Qiuchi nervously.

Yang Qiuchi said: "I've come to this point, you should have guessed it. It stands to reason that in a famine year, grain is a good opportunity to sell at a high price. As long as the price is not ridiculously high and the common people can afford it, he must pay for it. It is easy to make a lot of money on this. The reason why Mi Yuanwai sells such a high price that almost no one will buy it is that he does not want to sell the rice, but he does not want others to discover his intentions, so he uses a high price. Outrageous rice prices to sell rice."

"He doesn't sell rice, so what is he going to do with the millions of catties of disaster relief rice he took from you? I believe that he took so much grain from you not to sell it at a high price, but to sell it at a high price. There is no purpose in hoarding them!"

"What's the purpose?" Chief Minister Quan asked nervously, the guess in his heart was becoming clearer, but he didn't want to hear such a result, but he had to ask.

"With millions of catties of grain, his family can't eat it all, and he doesn't want to sell it at all, so why is he hoarding so much rice? Under what circumstances would he use so much rice? Who would need so much rice? How much rice?"

"Army rations? He is preparing rations?" The voice of the chief minister of power trembled, and Yang Qiuchi's persuasiveness revealed a terrible secret for him. He had been being used as a gun by others without knowing it.

"Yes! He must be related to rebels like the Jianwen Remnant Party. He raised military rations for them. Once a war breaks out, logistical support is the key. In a sense, war is fought with logistics. No food, no matter how powerful the army is. It’s not worth a single blow until the end.”

Although the chief envoy of power could not understand Yang Qiuchi's words, he knew the meaning of the words.If Mi Yuanwai is really related to treason, then I..., Chief Quan didn't dare to think about it anymore, cold sweat was already streaming down his forehead, I don't know if it was because of pain or fear.

Yang Qiuchi asked again: "He Mi Yuanwai asked you to raise food before, right?"

The chief envoy of power has begun to loosen his psychological defense. As long as he is caught, this kind of embezzlement of disaster relief food has a big target and involves many people, so it is easy to investigate, and it cannot be concealed. It's enough to lose my head, I don't care about more similar things, so I nodded.

"Tell me about it," Yang Qiuchi said. Seeing that the chief envoy was hesitant, he added: "Lord Quan, I am helping you. I will help you see the situation in front of you clearly. If you can't see clearly, He, Mi Yuanwai, committed the capital crime of treason, and you are an accomplice, and when the time comes, you will implicate the nine clans and be sentenced to death, if you want to talk about it at that time, it will be too late to regret it!"

There was a trace of fear in the eyes of the chief minister of power, and he hesitated: "Just because he hoards a large amount of food, can't he be convicted of rebellion?"

Yang Qiuchi has already seen that the Chief Envoy of Quan should not know the real identity of Mi Yuanwai. If the Chief Envoy of Quan cannot be convinced that Mi Yuanwai committed a capital crime of treason, he will have hope in his heart, and it is impossible to give a full account .

Yang Qiuchi asked the chief envoy, "Have you been in charge of disaster relief before?"

Chief Envoy Quan nodded: "I have been in charge. I have been an official for so many years, and I have provided disaster relief at least six or seven times."

"Then there were famines in previous years, so there are so many hungry people in Wuchang?"

Chief Envoy Quan was slightly startled, thought for a while, and shook his head: "Although there are hungry people, there are not so many."

"Then do you know why there are so many this time?"

The governor of power shook his head.

"Then do you know why the hungry people came to the magistrate's yamen tonight?"

"They heard people say that food will be distributed tonight."

"You and Tan Zhifu know very well that all your disaster relief food has been given to Mi Yuanwai, and replaced by the mountain of silver piled up in your inner house. Therefore, you must not have released the news of the food release, otherwise, what would you give to the public?" Starving people?"

The Chief Envoy of Quan could not help but feel very grateful when Yang Qiuchi helped him speak, analyze, and even seek truth from facts, and the hostility in his heart became much less. The dissemination was just an agreement with Mi Yuanwai that the granary would be set on fire immediately after the grain was transported, and he would arrange the fire, but he did not mention the grain release, let alone spread the news that the grain would be released.”

"I believe what you said. If the food is burned because of the fire and the hungry people lose their temper, you can only blame God, but if you find that there is no food in the granary, there will be riots. Then your officials will not be able to be officials." So you won’t shoot your own feet with a rock.”

"Thank you, sir, for your insight!" Chief Envoy Quan said gratefully.

"Spreading the news of the food release is obviously not good for you, and it will even kill you. Do you know who spread the news? Do you know who is the one who is clamoring for food among the hungry people?"

If the chief minister of Quan didn't know at this time, then he would not be able to be a high-ranking official like the chief minister. After hearing Yang Qiuchi's words, the chief minister of Quan said to himself: "Could it be that it was done by Mi Yuanwai?" ?”

"Who else could it be?" Yang Qiuchi ordered Master Jin to show the Minister of Quan the confessions of those house slaves who had previously been interrogated for inciting the grain robbery.The chief envoy of Quan had only read a few papers before his hands trembled and he could hardly hold the paper.

Yang Qiuchi added fuel to the fire: "If Mi Yuanwai's conspiracy was not discovered in time today, and the hungry people rushed into the yamen and found that there was no food in the granary, you should be very clear about the consequences for you and Tan Zhifu. Even if you are not beaten to death by the hungry people, the two of you will be the same He will also be beheaded for losing relief food and triggering riots among hungry people! He, Mi Yuanwai, knows the result, so why would he do it on purpose, do you know?"

"Why?" Political envoy Quan already knew the answer, but he couldn't help asking.

"Because he wants you to die!"

The chief minister of Quan twitched his face in fright, and murmured: "No, if, as you said, he supported me to use me, but I am only in my fifties now, and I am already in the second rank Senior official, I have more use value, how could he destroy such a hard-working person?"

"Because he needs your death to ignite their rebellion!" Yang Qiuchi said coldly. "Corrupt officials like you who embezzle the relief food are just the best example of their propagandizing that the current imperial court fishes the people and forces the people to rebel. When the hungry people rush in, their people will take advantage of the chaos to kill you dog officials who fish and eat the people." !"

"Killing officials of the imperial court, storming the Yamen to grab food, these starving people face such a situation, do they have a way out? At this time, their people raised their arms and raised the recruitment flag. Tens of thousands of hungry people responded and took advantage of the situation to seize Wuchang City !"

"He is going to use your death to force these tens of thousands of hungry people to retreat and rebel against them. The first step in their rebellion was to step on your blood, but you are still here counting on him to save you !"

Yang Qiuchi's words broke the psychological defense of the chief minister of power. His whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice hole. The person he had been counting on turned out to be someone who planned to kill him and wanted to push him into the [-]th floor of hell. people!
The chief envoy of Quan tried to grab the last straw, struggled and muttered: "Isn't his plot unsuccessful now? He and I are grasshoppers on the same line. He should rescue me, his son-in-law But the current queen's nephew is Duke Ding, a relative of the emperor, and he will definitely save him."

Having said that, it can be seen from the panting and despairing eyes of Chief Minister Quan that even he himself did not believe this sentence.

However, Yang Qiuchi has already decided to take away his last straw: "Don't dream, he won't save you, and he can't save you either!"

"Why?" Chief Envoy Quan asked hoarsely.

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