Blood from Daming

Chapter 359 Questions
While Xue Polu was waiting for Lu Yaojin to come back, Yu Anxing, the governor of Shanhaiguan, dragged his weary pace into the tent of the Chinese army. Just sat on the stool, and then there was a person panting heavily.

After a while, Yu Anxing said, "General Xue, does anyone have any news about the arsonist?"

Xue Polu said, "Master Yu, you have already killed two of the arsonists and captured three of them."

Yu Anxing said, "Oh, we found out who it is."

Xue Polu said: "My lord, I just got the news just now, and the specific situation will not be known until Mr. Lu Qian, who arrested him, comes back."

Yu Anxing nodded, hesitated for a moment and said to Xue Polu, "Polu, can we continue marching today?"

Xue Polu said: "My lord, the baggage camp was burned, and many soldiers were injured and unconscious. In addition, the people who attacked our Xue family army have not been dealt with. Our army cannot make it today."

Yu Anxing said: "Polu, the military situation in Uiju Prefecture of North Korea is urgent. Should we put the overall situation first and go to the front line of Jinzhou first? I believe Master Jinglue will give you an explanation for what happened in the city later. .”

Xue Polu said: "Master Yu, let's talk about it after Mr. Lu Qian comes back. It would be best if Jianlu did it, but if he finds out that it was done by his own people, it would be useless for Polu not to avenge his brother who died."

Yu Anxing continued: "General Xue, please focus on the overall situation."

Xue Polu sat there silently, and after about a cup of tea, there were noises from outside the big tent, and a personal soldier came in to report: "General, President Lu Qian and the others are back."

Xue Polu sat there without speaking, nor did he stand up and go out of the big tent to meet Lu Yaojin and those people, but just continued to sit there silently, which made Yu Anxing, Zhang Sanzhu, Yu Dahui, Wang Ping, Tao Yaofu, etc. Everyone felt that the atmosphere in the big tent was very depressing.

It wasn't until Lu Yaojin, Rao Guoying, and Yan Laoyao entered the big tent that Xue Polu raised his head slightly, and Lu Yaojin and the others found stools and sat down by themselves. At this time, Lu Yaojin said: "General In the end, only three bastards were caught, and there were two dead ones."

Xue Polu said in a low voice: "Find out who did it."

Lu Yaojin said: "General, the broken bones are very hard, and I will give them some tricks later."

Xue Polu said, "Bring people in to have a look."

Lu Yaojin glanced at Yan Lao Yao, and Yan Lao Yao left the tent of the Chinese army in a blink of an eye. At this time, Yu Anxing in the tent said: "General Xue, under the three trees, I'm afraid the bandits will randomly attach themselves."

Xue Polu said: "Master Yu, don't worry, a humble person is also a sensible person. He will never wrong any good person, and he will never let any enemy go. Well, Mr. Lu Qian looked at the three guys who set fire. Injuries, if there are injuries, treat them, so as not to say that our Xue family army abused prisoners."

Lu Yaojin agreed knowingly, and Xue Polu turned sideways to Yu Anxing and said, "How about I trouble the governor to testify later."

Yu Anxing said: "As long as General Xue doesn't make a criminal confession, I will arrange for clerks to take notes, and everything will be handled according to the rules of criminal trials."

Xue Polu said: "Since this is the case, it is better for Mr. Yu to be more careful and be the chief judge of this arson case."

Yu Anxing was afraid that Xue Polu would fight hard to make a move, force Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others to be filthy, and produce countless right and wrong, so Governor Yu originally wanted to take the arson case on himself, and now Xue Polu Agreeing to be the presiding judge, Yu Anxing naturally agreed wholeheartedly, and also had a high opinion of Xue Polu's character.

So Yu Anxing passed on the income of his staff to make notes. Yu Anxing's staff was named Chu Mingyi. He was a student who failed to pass the test for a long time. Over the years, Chu Yi became a well-known learned man in the south of the Yangtze River, and was recommended by his classmates to Yu Anxing, the Guangdong sea patrol envoy at that time, as an aide.

Yu Anxing and Chu Yi have been in the guest-host relationship for many years. Chu Yi is humble and talented.

After Chu Yi sat down next to Yu Anxing, Xue Polu's personal soldiers brought him a small case. Chu Yi set up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and waited quietly to record the prisoner's statement. up.

After a while, Lu Yaojin and Yan Laoyao led their men to drag the three arsonists into the tent of the Chinese army. Ya Yu Anxing looked at the three people who collapsed on the ground. All three were injured, two of them were injured. Judging from the appearance of the dressing, the injury should still be very serious.

Yu Anxing asked: "Who is the next person, quickly report their names."

Yu Anxing's attitude was kind, and he didn't look like he was interrogating a prisoner at all. Yu Anxing hoped that these three people would grit their teeth and refuse to admit it, so that the arson case of Xue Polu's military camp would be delayed. The three people were handed over to the officials of Jinglue Mansion or Zhonghousuo City, and the arson case would be settled.

But knowing that the three arson suspects cooperated very well, unexpectedly all three arson suspects answered Yu Anxing's question.

"Wu Yougui"

"Zhang Dashan"

"Wu Xiaodai"

Yu Anxing wondered how such a soft-footed shrimp would dare to come out and set fire to the barracks, so he pointed to Wu Yougui who was crawling a little further ahead and asked, "Where are you from? Who ordered you to set fire to the barracks."

Wu Yougui said somewhat confusedly: "The younger one is Yu Ding, the guard of Zhonghousuo City, and the boss Wu Sanfeng asked the younger one to do it."

Yu Anxing felt that something was wrong, this kind of interrogation is really not difficult, and when he asked the arson suspect this way, he confessed honestly, Yu Anxing wondered if Xue Polu just got a few people to fool him , Yu Anxing couldn't help looking at Xue Polu.

Yu Anxing really couldn't see anything abnormal about Xue Polu, so Yu Anxing could only continue to ask: "How many of you came to set fire to the barracks, and how did you set the fire, tell me one by one."

Wu Yougui said: "We have fifteen people, led by the boss Wu Sanfeng. We took tung oil and pine resin as fire starters to burn the supplies and grass of Xue's family. Everything went smoothly at first, and we even assassinated two officers and soldiers. We were spotted by the officers and soldiers when pouring oil, and we hurriedly lit the fire and fled.”

Yu Anxing felt that Wu Yougui was stuttering and dizzy, but the order of his speech was very clear, and what he said was reasonable. Yu Anxing could only judge that General Xue used some means to make these arsonists have to Confess to their crimes one by one.

Yu Anxing asked, "Who killed those two officers and soldiers?"

Wu Yougui replied: "Boss Wu and Dayou Wu did it."

Yu Anxing said, "Where did these two escape to?"

Wu Yougui said: "Boss Wu ran away with his brothers, but Dayou Wu is still there."

Yu Anxing asked, "Oh, where is Dayou Wu?"

Wu Yougui replied: "Both Wu Dayou and Ma Xiaosan were killed by you."

Yu Anxing understood that the murderer who killed the officers and soldiers was one of the two corpses lying outside the tent. Yu Anxing looked at the arsonist who had questions and answers in doubt, and murmured in his heart: "Wu Yougui , Are the situations you answered true, and have you been threatened and confessed by others.”

(End of this chapter)