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Chapter 227 Oil Lamp in the Wind

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

"this……"

"So, you probably didn't help him for just one or two in storage fees, right?"

Carpenter Li didn't dare to look up: "The villain is indeed like this."

"Do you think you can resist it by debunking? Tell you, this great man Huagang is a false name. His real name is 'Wu Yangjun'. It turns out that he was a general under the command of Bai Qian, the 3000th House of the Fourth Guard of the Jing Camp of Yingtian Prefecture, and the other general named Deng Youlu. He has been killed by us because he participated in the rebellion! Do you know why I told you this?"

Carpenter Li's body began to tremble.

Yang Qiuchi said slowly: "Because I want you to know that Wu Yangjun is a serious treason in the treason. He was the one who led his troops to hijack the emperor's beloved concubine! Do you know what the result will be if you help such a serious treason in the treason?"

Carpenter Li's body trembled even harder.

Yang Qiuchi turned around and asked Master Jin: "Sir, how does our Ming Dynasty law stipulate this crime of rebellion?"

Master Jin said: "Anyone who rebelled or rebelled or had no distinction in different surnames, and who was a uncle and brother, and who was a son of uncle and uncle, and who was a son, would be killed. He was over 16 years old, regardless of whether he was seriously ill or abolished, he would be killed. He was less than 15 years old, and his wife, concubine, and sister, if his son was a wife, concubine, would be given to the family of the heroes as slaves. He would be appointed as an official."

Yang Qiuchi nodded and asked Carpenter Li: "Do you understand? That is to say, as long as you are involved in treason, you will be executed by Lingchi regardless of your subordinates. Do you know what Lingchi is? It's just cut into pieces. You can imagine whether it feels good or not. By the way, it's not enough to die. Your men will die with you, and your sisters and aunts will be slaves. You will be unlucky to accompany you. Then you will be the sinner of your Li family."

Carpenter Li's body was already shaking like a sieve, and he said tremblingly: "But I, I really don't know that he is a thief. I don't know how to count me as a thief?"

Yang Qiuchi sneered coldly: "The two high-ranking officials of Wuchang City Land and the Prefect died at the forefront. They were also exploited by rebels without knowing it. As a result, they were based on the theory of rebellion. Do you think you are bigger than their backstage and will not be executed?"

The so-called good things don’t go out, bad things spread thousands of miles away. This kind of thing has long been spread to Kunming. Yang Qiuchi and his friends came from a detour through Guangxi and traveled all the way, so before they arrived in Kunming, the news had already reached Kunming. Li Carpenter also heard that, and now he heard Yang Qiuchi say this, he sank on the ground.

Yang Qiuchi struck while the iron was hot: "Many people in that rebellion were executed by Lingchi and the nine clans were killed, but the governor and the prefect were only hanged and beheaded, and were not executed by Lingchi, and their family was not implicated. Do you know the reason?"

Carpenter Li nodded miserably: "I can guess that they must have confessed something and made contributions, but I am just a minion. I don't know what the situation is, and it's useless to say it."

"How come you know it's useless if you don't say it?"

Carpenter Li lowered his head and pondered, and finally nodded: "Okay, I say. Wu Yangjun is a distant relative of me. I only know that he is an official in the capital and has no contact. At the end of last year, he suddenly put on makeup and said that Kunming came to me, saying that he embezzled some money in the capital and said that I came to shelter from the wind, and gave me a lot of money to ask me to take him in. I agreed to it with a greed for money."

"He kept telling me that he was dissatisfied with the court, saying that the emperor was... who usurped the throne and seized power, not the orthodox Ming Dynasty. After saying a lot, I was very scared at first, but later I felt something was right after listening to it."

"Then he took out the money to expand his business and help my family. Finally, he told me that he led the rebellion in the capital, failed to hijack the emperor's beloved concubine, and broke through and fled here. I was frightened and wanted to report the government in the corridor, but he hinted that I had been inhabited for so long, and even if I reported it, I was a complicitor. As long as I had something to do with the rebellion, no one could escape."

"Then he took some more silver for me, saying that as long as I joined them, Emperor Jianwen would regain the throne in the future, we were all meritorious ministers, high officials, generous salaries, wealth, etc. I had no choice but to join them. This time he stole the silver from the Criminal Office. The government investigated strictly at the city gate, so we thought of using big wood to hide the silver. We were planning to close the city gates to search and leave the city when we were sent a little. You will come."

Yang Qiuchi secretly thanked that if they were a little later, they might have been confused and said, "Where are you going to send these silver?"

"Wu Yangjun just said that he would give the money out of the city and didn't have to worry about it. He would make arrangements and said that doing this head-lost thing was just a single line contact, and told me not to inquire."

Yang Qiuchi cursed in his heart that Jianwen's remnants really have a good time in doing underground work. It seems that only by knocking Wu Yangjun's mouth can we find the next home.

Yang Qiuchi then interrogated several other apprentices, and even asked and coaxed her, but still couldn't find out any other place. It seemed that these people were all listening to the magic sword Li Di, and in order to greed for a few small amounts of money, they didn't know the inside story.

Yang Qiuchi ordered Wu Yangjun to be brought up.

After Wu Yangjun brought it, Yang Qiuchi was shocked. The man had been tortured by the Jinyiwei. He had a good face. There was almost no piece of flesh in other places. His back, chest, and thighs were covered with blood and flesh. He was already dying. According to Nangong Xiong's report, despite using all the torture, Wu Yangjun still refused to attack him.

This reminded Yang Qiuchi of Xie Widow, who would rather die than to call on him. It seemed that there was still some hard bones among the rest of Jianwen's party. No wonder the Jinyiwei had no choice but to do anything to them for so many years. Yang Qiuchi ordered him to be awakened with cold water, and then asked: "You are a general manager, why are you interested in this mere 2,000 taels of silver? You are not crazy, right?"

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

Yang Qiuchi said again: "Of course you won't be so unpromising, and even more so, Jianwen won't. Not to mention the gold, silver and jewelry he brought when he escaped from the palace, it would be easy for him to live a rich life by relying solely on people who are willing to support him, such as Mi Yuanwai. However, how could he be interested in this little money?"

Wu Yangjun raised his head hard, said nothing, and stared at Yang Qiuchi in a daze.

Yang Qiuchi said coldly: "Actually, it's easy to guess - because Jianwen is Jianwen, and the remnants are the remnants - I'm right?"

Wu Yangjun's expression suddenly dimmed, like an oil lamp swaying in the cold wind, but he still didn't speak.

Since the Jinyiwei could not pry Wu Yangjun's mouth open, Yang Qiuchi decided to hand him over to the Jinyiwei North Town Fushi and let them review it slowly by themselves.

Yang Qiuchi asked Master Jin to write a secret report to commander Ji Gang, and said about the arrest of Wu Yangjun's rebellion criminal, and rewrite that the case was solved. It was mainly because Mr. Bai Qian's wife and daughter discovered Wu Yangjun's disguise, and made the first contribution to arrest this rebellion criminal and took down the remnant party in Kunming City. She asked to atone for the merits and forgive them for their crimes. She also attached the confession and asked the Censor Kang Huai to write a testimony to attach it.

After sealing the secret report, they handed it over to Nangong Xiong and others to escort Wu Yangjun, Li Carpenter and several apprentices, and took the Jinyiwei waist tag of Nangong Xiong's Beijing North Town Fushishi to the Qianhu House of the Jinyiwei in Yunnan, and asked them to escort the criminals to the Jinyiwei in Beijing North Town Fushishi and submit the secret report.

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

That night, Kang Huai held a banquet at the yamen to greet Yang Qiuchi and expressed his gratitude.

After resting in Kunming for two days, Master Long specially customized a few sedan chairs for Yang Qiuchi to take his female family to the post. After everything was ready, he officially set off to Qingxi County, Zhenyuanzhou to take his post.

Kang Huai had already sent a prisoner of Confidence and Yang Qiuchi to the Lie Office of Mrs. Bai’s mother and daughter to handle the redemption matters. Kang Huai also wrote a letter to the officials of the Lie Office who managed the lie office and asked them to make the Lie Office to make a flexible deal with it, and let Mrs. Bai and her daughter go to Yuanzhou, Huguang Town to live with Yang Qiuchi, and then settle the case after three years.

After saying goodbye to Kang Huai, Yang Qiuchi and his party set out in a mighty manner.

With Kang Huai's personal letter, and Kang Huai's confidant, the ninth-rank prisoner, went there with him to handle the matters in the office, and the relevant matters in the office went smoothly.

After finishing the payment, Yang Qiuchi rewarded the Si Prison some silver coins, and the Si Prison returned happily.

At this point, the stone in the hearts of Mrs. Bai and her daughter was completely destroyed. Her mother and daughter have almost recovered their freedom. She also saw her enemy being sent to the court with her own eyes, and she was angry. The mother and daughter were so grateful to Yang Qiuchi.

Bai Sumei was grateful and took the time to find someone when there was no one. She hugged Yang Qiuchi and gave him a fragrant kiss, expressing her infinite gratitude.

Taking Mrs. Bai and her daughter, the group continued to set out to Qingxi County, Zhenyuanzhou.

After entering the Qingxi area of ​​Zhenyuanzhou, it was indeed green mountains and clear waters, with beautiful scenery, but the people were all very miserable.
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