Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 126
Interrogation requires methods and skills, and sometimes even tricks are needed. When Sun Xiangfu used both skills and tricks, he couldn't believe that none of the three people were recruited.

Soon, after the three people were imprisoned in three different places of the dungeon, Sun Xiangfu led several guards to the innermost cell where Hu Ran was imprisoned. The walls of the cell were very thick, but the corridor in the center was just wooden pillars. The fence, Liao Sheng, who was imprisoned in the outermost cell, soon saw them walking back from the corridor, and knew that they might be going to interrogate Hu Ran and Zhang Han.

Zhang Han, who was locked in the middle cell, saw them passing by the door of his cell, and knew that they were going to interrogate Hu Ran at the innermost cell.

Entering Hu Ran's cell, two guards had already grabbed his shoulders and pressed him to the ground. Sun Xiangfu looked down at him and said, "You only have one last chance. If you want to survive, just tell yourself Come out, it’s okay not to mention your master’s, but it’s okay to talk about other people’s masters, seven families and five surnames, besides your royal family, how many other families are involved in Lingnan’s affairs?”

Sun Xiangfu still remembers the first time he met Wang Lin, he tricked himself to deal with Zheng Peicheng, and at the same time he wanted to kill Zheng Peicheng, he asked the Zheng family to kill him. It is seven companies, they maintain the same grand strategy, but at the local small level, they also have competing interests.

The Zheng family acquired [-] mu of land in Guanzhong, and his Wang family may lose tens of thousands of mu. If there is interest, there will be battles. Therefore, they are not monolithic. They do not betray their masters. This is loyalty and morality, but It should be fine to betray someone else's master!

But Sun Xiangfu underestimated Hu Ran's intelligence and backbone, and Hu Ran, who was still bleeding from his mouth, just snorted coldly, "I won't say anything, if you dare to kill me, the people behind me will It will definitely kill your whole family."

"Hmm, if you don't say it, it doesn't mean others won't say it, Zhao Long, beat him up again! I don't want to see him with good flesh, and besides, I want the screams to frighten other people." guts."

Sun Xiangfu was threatened, so he was naturally not in a good mood. He gave an order lightly, and Zhao Long began to execute it. After a while, Hu Ran's screams began to resound in the entire cell.

Hu Ran didn't know that Sun Xiangfu's first breakthrough was not on him, he was just regarded by Sun Xiangfu as the unlucky guy who frightened Zhang Han and Liao Sheng.

After a while, Hu Ran's body could not find a piece of good flesh under Zhao Long's iron fist, but he was only in pain, but not in danger of his life. This is the skill that Zhao Long groped out during training and actual combat.

"Okay, let someone from outside bring over wine and meat, let's go out!"

Everyone was a little puzzled by what Sun Xiangfu did, but they did it anyway.

After a while, Liao Sheng and Zhang Han, who were anxious in their hearts, watched the servants in the cell pass through the middle of the corridor carrying delicious wine and meat, and went to Hu Ran's cell at the back.

Sun Xiangfu, on the other hand, took the guards to Zhang Han's room after a while, and said to Zhang Han who was pressed on the ground in the same gesture, "Hu Ran is a tough guy, and he didn't betray his master. I told me everything, so I immediately gave him the wine and meat he wanted, and when he was full, I let him go out to find women to play with, and, as long as he didn't leave Lingnan, I guaranteed his safety. So, what about you ? Have something to say to me?"

When Sun Xiangfu said this, he kept watching Zhang Han's expression. When Zhang Han heard that Sun Xiangfu told him a lot about the other family's affairs, Zhang Han became obviously nervous. That is to say, Zhang Han and Hu then The people in front of you are not a family.

"No, I don't know what the adults want to say." Zhang Han's tone was a little loose.

"Hehe, Shangdao, I like smart people like this the most, so you don't have to worry about betraying your master, and your family's life will be lost, because you just need to tell me some news about other families. Pick you Just say whatever you know, and I’ll use your words to trick them and let them expose themselves.” Sun Xiangfu finally showed a hint of kindness on his expression, and said with a smile on his face.

Zhang Han's eyes rolled wildly when he heard the words, and he felt that what Sun Xiangfu said was a little credible, because Sun Xiangfu didn't use the content of the confession to make him say something about his master, and if he could not die, who would dislike himself He lived a long time, so he said, "I know that Hu Ran's master is Wang Hao, the second son of the Wang family. Their Wang family has stored a lot of grain near Hongzhou. When the hunters from Lingnan attack the border of Hongzhou, their grain will be destroyed." Sell ​​it to the people of Hongzhou at a high price."

"Wang Hao? Is he Wang Lin's younger brother?" Sun Xiangfu said with joy when he heard the words.

"Yes, and he is one of the heirs of the Wang family's patriarch, leading the southern affairs of the Wang family." Since Zhang Han had exposed the Wang family's information, he didn't care to say more, and replied.

"Wang Lin is the eldest son, isn't he the heir to the position of head of the Wang family?" Sun Xiangfu continued to ask.

"Of course not. The family's selection of heirs is not like the royal family's selection of the emperor. The eldest son is the first choice, but the most talented person. As long as they are the first sons, after finishing the book, they will have the opportunity to gain real power and each control a piece of property to practice. The person with the best talent among them will be the next generation of patriarchs, and there are many generations of the big families who are not the eldest sons to inherit the position of patriarch."

Although this sentence was short, it gave Sun Xiangfu a lot of information. It turns out that there is such a set of rules for the selection of heirs by the aristocratic family. Then, there may be something for him to make a fuss about.

"Well, what you said is very good. Is there anything else you can tell me?" Sun Xiangfu continued to ask.

"Uh, besides these, I also know that Liao Sheng has a lot of connections in Guangzhou City, and the few of us were able to get mixed up with the Liaoren tribe because he was the one who found someone to make a bridge..."

After a while, Sun Xiangfu came out of Zhang Han's cell, and then went to Liao Sheng's and Hu Ran's cells.

"Hu Ran, Zhang Han has already confessed his knowledge of the matter, tell me! Besides storing food near Hongzhou, what other activities did your master Wang Hao do?"

"Liao Sheng, Zhang Han and Hu Ran have already recruited everything. Your relative in Lingnan cannot save your life. If there is no extra news to tell me, I will arrange for someone to send you on the road."

When Sun Xiangfu used the small amount of information obtained from Zhang Han to cover Liao Sheng and Hu Ran's words, and told them who betrayed them, a strange scene appeared.

Sun Xiangfu spent more and more time interrogating each cell, because everyone hates being betrayed. When Sun Xiangfu told Hu Ran that Zhang Han told him something about his master, Hu Ran would Tell Sun Xiangfu more about Zhang Han's master in order to retaliate against Zhang Han who betrayed his master.

As a result, a cycle of mutual revenge was created between the three of them. Sun Xiangfu even got a general idea of ​​the arrangement of several big families through them, and even asked them clearly about some dirty things in the early days.

Looking at the dozens of pages of recorded manuscripts in Sun Xiangfu's hands, Feng Ang was amazed, his interrogation techniques were simply unheard of.

"Zhengming's only rank one or six is ​​simply too inferior. I don't think it's a problem to be a minister of Dali Temple. Otherwise, you should stop being the emperor's retainer and come to Lingnan to be an official! Yizhou governor and chief minister History is fine." Feng An said with a smile.

"Mr. Yue was joking. The boy is only occasionally quick-witted, but he can't do it alone. What do you think should be done?" Sun Xiangfu probably knew all the plans of several big families through sorting out the confession information. Chang'an spread far away, and then sent people to the Lingnan tribe to provoke them to attack the Han city, forcing Feng An to ride a tiger and raise the flag to rebel, and then dragged Datang into the war. Near the war zone, not to mention a thousand dollars for a bucket of rice, you can still sell it for a few hundred dollars Yes, after these aristocratic sons sold the food they hoarded at dozens of times the price, they didn't care about the next thing.

The land resources accumulated by the aristocratic family are too huge, and they are no longer satisfied with petty profits. Earlier, Wang Lin said that the restaurants in Chang'an were just some small businesses in the hands of their aristocratic family. Sun Xiangfu still didn't believe it. The business is done by them, and the restaurant, which is a slow-moving industry, is really not worth mentioning.

"I'll play separately and send the matter here to Chang'an in a hurry, what do you think?"

Feng Ang felt that since he knew their plan, he should immediately inform the emperor to clarify himself and deal with possible incidents together.

Sun Xiangfu didn't think so, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It is necessary to report, but you can't rush to report with great fanfare within eight hundred miles. You only need to send someone to inform His Majesty in a secret letter."

"Why is that?" Feng An asked very puzzled.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to tear yourself apart with the family at this time, so we picked the matter apart, and His Majesty may choose to compromise. However, the family has done such a disgusting thing, so how can we not let them taste the bitter fruit? We can do this." Like..."

Sun Xiangfu whispered in Feng An's ear.

Feng An laughed after hearing this, "In this way, it will make them suffer a dark loss."

"Well, there is a small drought in Guanzhong this year, and the grain production is not abundant. With this plan, we can get a large amount of grain for His Majesty and alleviate the shortage of food in Guanzhong." Seeing that Feng An agreed, Sun Xiangfu spoke humanely.

"In this way, the old man will arrange for people to act according to the plan. As for the guy in the cell, I will hand it over to you to bring back to Chang'an."

Holding the manuscript, Feng An was ready to go down to make arrangements. Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Mr. Feng will make arrangements for himself. These people will be escorted back to Chang'an later. They are the evidence that the family has harmed the Tang Dynasty. I will hand over this evidence to Your Majesty." In your hand, one day His Majesty will settle with them."

(End of this chapter)