Concubine

Chapter 229 The Oil Lamp in the Wind

"Then what is the furnace in your workshop used for? Don't tell me that you are not a carpenter but a blacksmith. You use it to melt molten iron, right? There is still silver powder left in it!" Yang Qiuchi sneered.

"This one……"

"So, I'm afraid you didn't help him for a mere one or two storage fees?"

Carpenter Li didn't dare to raise his head: "The villain is indeed like this."

"Do you think you can carry it over by denying it? Let me tell you, this big man Huagang has a fake name, his real name is 'Wu Yangjun', and he turned out to be a general under Bai Qian of the [-]th Household of the Fourth Guard of the Beijing Yingtianfu Jingying. Boss, the other named Deng Youlu, we have already killed him for participating in the rebellion! Do you know why I told you this?"

Carpenter Li began to tremble.

Yang Qiuchi said slowly: "Because I want you to know that Wu Yangjun is a treasonous felon, and he was the one who led the troops to kidnap the emperor's concubine Luan! —— Do you know what will happen if you help such a treacherous felon? ?”

Carpenter Li trembled even more.

Yang Qiuchi turned his head and asked Master Jin: "Sir, how does our Daming Law stipulate the crime of treason?"

Master Jin said: "Anyone who conspires against or rebels, but who is accomplices, regardless of who they are, will be executed immediately. Grandfather, father and son, grandson brothers, and cohabitants, regardless of surname, and sons of uncles, uncles and brothers, are not limited to nationality." The similarities and differences, above sixteen years old, no matter serious or disabled, will be beheaded. Those under fifteen, mother, daughter, wives and concubines and sisters, and wives and concubines of Ruozi, will be paid to the families of meritorious officials as slaves. Their property will be entrusted to officials.”

Yang Qiuchi nodded, and asked Li Carpenter: "Do you understand? That is to say, as long as you are involved in rebellion, regardless of who you are, you will be executed by Ling Chi. Do you know what Ling Chi is? It's a thousand cuts, isn't that good?" You can imagine how good it is. By the way, it doesn’t matter if you die. All the men in your family will die with you, and all the women will be slaves for others. Your seven aunts and eight aunts will all accompany you You are unlucky, at that time you will be a sinner of your Li family."

Carpenter Li was already shaking like he was sifting chaff, tremblingly said: "But I, I really don't know he is a traitor. I don't know how to count me as a traitor?"

Yang Qiuchi sneered and said, "Some time ago, the chief envoy and the magistrate of Wuchang City died, and they were also used by rebels without knowing it. In the end, it was considered treason. Do you think you are better than them?" The backstage is big, won't you be executed?"

The so-called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles. This kind of thing has already spread to Kunming. Yang Qiuchi and the others came from Guangxi by detour, and they traveled all the way, so the news had already spread to Kunming before they arrived in Kunming. Yes, Carpenter Li has also heard about it.Hearing what Yang Qiuchi said now, he immediately collapsed on the ground.

Yang Qiuchi strikes while the iron is hot: "Many people in that treason case were executed by Ling Chi, and the nine clans were wiped out, but the chief envoy and the magistrate were only hanged and beheaded, they were not executed by Ling Chi, and their family members were not implicated, you know Is there a reason?"

Carpenter Li nodded miserably: "I can guess that they must have confessed something and made meritorious deeds, but I'm just a young man, I don't know what's going on, so it's useless to say it."

"How do you know it's useless if you don't tell me?"

Carpenter Li lowered his head in thought, and finally nodded: "Okay, let me say. This Wu Yangjun is a distant relative of mine. All I know is that he is an official in the capital and has nothing to do with him. At the end of last year, he suddenly came to Kunming to look for me in disguise. Said that he embezzled some money in the capital and came to me to take shelter, and also gave me a lot of money to take him in. I agreed just because I was greedy for money."

"He kept telling me about his dissatisfaction with the imperial court on weekdays, saying that the emperor...was usurping the throne and seizing power, not the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty. After talking a lot, I was very scared at first, but after listening to it, I felt that it made sense."

"Then he gave me money to expand my business and help my family. Finally, he told me that he led a rebellion in the capital and failed to hijack the emperor's concubine. He escaped here. I was terrified and thought about reporting to the government. But he hinted to me that I have taken him in for such a long time, even if he denounced him, he would be an accomplice, and as long as he has something to do with treason, no one can escape."

"Then he gave me some money and said that as long as I join them, Emperor Jianwen will regain the throne in the future. We will all be meritorious officials, high-ranking officials, high salary, glory and wealth. I have no choice but to join them. This time, he stole the money from the yamen of the prison, and the government was strict at the gate of the city, so we came up with a way to hide the money with a big log to transport the money away. We planned to close the city gate and search it a bit later this evening. Get out of town, and you're coming."

Yang Qiuchi secretly rejoiced, if it was a little later, they might have been fooled.Said: "Where are you going to send this silver?"

"Wu Yangjun just said that it's okay to help him send the money out of the city, he will arrange it, and he also said that the matter of killing his head is a one-line contact, so I don't want to inquire about it."

Yang Qiuchi cursed inwardly, the Jianwen Yu Party really has a way of doing underground work.It seems that only by prying Wu Yangjun's mouth open can he find his next home.

Yang Qiuchi then interrogated several other apprentice helpers, even tortured and coaxed, but still did not find out anything else, it seems that these people are all listening to the magic knife Li, in order to get a few small money, and they don't know the inside story .

Yang Qiuchi ordered Wu Yangjun to be brought up.

After Wu Yangjun brought him, Yang Qiuchi was taken aback. This big man had already been tortured by Jin Yiwei until he was out of shape, but he was fine when he showed his face. There was almost no flesh and blood in other places. His back, chest, and thighs were everywhere. It was the bloody flesh that had been peeled off.The whole person was dying.According to Nan Gongxiong's report, despite all the torture, Wu Yangjun still refused to recruit.

This reminded Yang Qiuchi of Widow Xie who would rather die than recruit. It seems that there are still some tough bones in the remaining Jianwen party. No wonder Jinyiwei has been unable to do anything against them for so many years.Yang Qiuchi ordered to pour cold water on him to wake him up, and then asked, "You are a big boss, why are you interested in this mere 2000 taels of silver? Are you poor and crazy?"

Wu Yangjun raised his head slightly, opened his eyes hard, smiled wryly, and said nothing.

Yang Qiuchi said again: "Of course you wouldn't be so unpromising, not to mention Jianwen, not to mention the gold, silver and jewelry he brought when he escaped from the palace, relying solely on those who are willing to support him, such as Mi Yuanwai, he wants It's still easy to live a rich life. But how can he be interested in such a small amount of money?"

Wu Yangjun tried his best to raise his head, without saying anything, he stared at Yang Qiuchi in a daze.

Yang Qiuchi said coldly: "Actually, it's easy to guess—because Jianwen is Jianwen, and Yu Dang is Yu Dang—am I right?"

Wu Yangjun's expression dimmed all of a sudden, like an oil lamp flickering in the cold wind, but he still didn't speak.

Since Jin Yiwei couldn't pry Wu Yangjun's mouth open, Yang Qiuchi decided to hand him over to Jin Yiwei North Town Fusi, and let them interrogate him slowly.

Yang Qiuchi asked Mr. Jin to write a secret report to the commander Ji Gang, talking about the capture of Wu Yangjun, a rebel criminal, and re-wrote that the case was solved, mainly because Mr. Bai Qian's wife and daughter saw through Wu Yangjun's disguise. The felon who absconded and rebelled and took away the Jianwen Yudang den in Kunming city made the first contribution, and asked for atonement for their meritorious deeds, and pardoned their predestined death sentence.Attach the confession, and ask the procurator Kang Huai to write a testimony and attach it.

After sealing the secret report, Nan Gongxiong led people to escort Wu Yangjun, Li Carpenter and several apprentices, took Nangong Xiong Jingchengbei Town Fusi Jinyiwei waist badge, and sent them to Yunnan Jinyiwei Thousand Households, and asked them to escort the criminals to the north of the capital. The Zhenfu Division will submit a secret report.

When Wu Yangjun was escorted out, Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei saw his miserable appearance at the door of the living room. Although they hated him deeply, they couldn't help feeling sorry for him when they saw his miserable situation.

That night, Kang Huai hosted a banquet at the Yamen to greet Yang Qiuchi and express his gratitude.

After two days of recuperation in Kunming, Master Long specially ordered several sedan chairs for Yang Qiuchi to use when he took his female relatives to his post.After everything was ready, he officially set off for Qingxi County, Zhenyuan Prefecture to take up his post.

As previously agreed, Kang Huai had sent a trusted prisoner and Yang Qiuchi to go to the prison of Mrs. Bai's mother and daughter to deal with the redemption. Kang Huai also wrote a letter to the prison officials in charge of exiles, Instruct them to deal with it differently, let Mrs. Bai, mother and daughter go with Yang Qiuchi to live in Yuanzhou, Huguang Town, and come back to settle the case after the three-year period expires.

After bidding farewell to Kang Huai, Yang Qiuchi and his party set off in a mighty way.

With Kang Huai's own letter, and Kang Huai's close friend, the prison chief Jiupin, accompanied him personally to handle the matter in the prison.

After finishing, Yang Qiuchi rewarded the jailer with some silver taels, and the jailer went back happily.

So far, the stone in the hearts of Mrs. Bai's mother and daughter has finally fallen to the ground. Now her mother and daughter have almost recovered their freedom, and they have seen their enemy captured and brought to justice with their own eyes.Her mother and daughter are extremely grateful to Yang Qiuchi.

In addition to being grateful, Bai Sumei took the time to find a time when no one was around, put her arms around Yang Qiuchi and gave him a sweet kiss, expressing her infinite gratitude in her heart.

Taking Mrs. Bai, mother and daughter, the group continued to go to Qingxi County, Zhenyuan Prefecture.

After entering the boundary of Qingxi County, Zhenyuan Prefecture, there are indeed green mountains and green waters, and the scenery is beautiful, but the common people are very poor.

On this day, when he came to a small town three stations away from Qingxi County, Master Jin began to arrange the details of his appointment.

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