Chapter 2870

As the special envoy to participate in the investigation on behalf of Haihan, Zhu Ziwu naturally had no choice but to work hard and stay up late to participate in the interrogation. However, due to the large number of prisoners awaiting trial, he and the several Haihan officers who came with him were unable to cope with the situation, so they could only

Keep an eye on several places where the main prisoners were interrogated separately to avoid missing key information.

It's just that both the interrogator and the person on trial were Manchus. Zhu Ziwu couldn't understand the conversation at all, and he had to be translated by someone in the middle. As a result, the entire interrogation process was unavoidable and extremely unsmooth. In the end, the Qing army officer in charge of the interrogation was too lazy to continue.

Taking into account Zhu Ziwu's feelings, the translator no longer asked him for his opinion.

Although Zhu Ziwu didn't understand, he saw all the brutal torture by the Qing army. It was obvious that the top management of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were extremely angry about this matter, so they continued to use torture methods during the investigation without any scruples.

The life and death of the prisoner.

At dawn, a Qing soldier brought breakfast, porridge, pickles, and a piece of boiled mutton. But Zhu Ziwu watched the torture and confession all night, and his head was filled with the smell of blood, and he smelled the mutton smell.

, I had no appetite at all, and in the end I just managed to finish the porridge without touching a bite of the mutton.

On the contrary, the few Qing soldiers who took action ate with gusto, and finally destroyed the large pile of untouched boiled mutton for him. It seemed that the torture this night cost them a lot of energy, and they had to pass.

Eat a lot to replenish energy.

As the person in charge of this investigation, Suksaha also stayed up all night, reading the confessions submitted by various interrogation teams. The reason why it is so urgent to find out the truth of the case is because Suksaha also understands it very well.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the longer this matter drags on, the easier it will be for Haihan to find an excuse to start a war. Only by closing the case before the situation worsens can the Haihan people's mouths be blocked and they will not take advantage of the situation to make trouble.

After breakfast time, Suksaha reconvened the Haihan officers and announced to them the results of the current investigation.

In yesterday's operation, the Qing army captured a total of 247 criminals, and all other people in the town were regarded as accomplices, totaling 767 people. Two people were killed by the caravan guards during the crime.

The bodies of the seventeen people have all been exhumed from the cemetery outside the town, and their identities have been identified one by one. There are also twelve criminals who were visiting relatives and friends in other places outside the town. Yesterday, separate troops were sent to pursue them. It is believed that they will be arrested soon.

The thirteen main criminals who organized and commanded the Qingyang Fort robbery have now been captured. Most of the robbed goods have been recovered and will be delivered to the original owners after being counted and registered.

Suksaha also explained several issues that Haihan was most interested in.

Alin's source of information was one of his nephews, who was also one of the principal criminals in the case. This man had stayed in Shenyang City for a long time, and during this period his job was to provide information for the robbed trading company.

He worked as a coachman and left his job seven days before the robbery and returned to this small town.

All the intelligence information about the hijacked convoy was provided to Alin by this person. Alin was greedy and thought that he could steal this property quietly and cash it out to use it to strengthen his tribe's military expenses. So he ordered all of it.

The men and horses, armed with weapons and dry food, quietly marched for more than a hundred miles, waiting near Qingyang Fort for three days, and finally arrived at the convoy.

What happened after that, as everyone knows, Alin led the Niulu armed forces to raid the convoy, killed and injured many people, and robbed all the goods. He also abandoned the carriage after crossing the border and carried the goods back on horses.

small town.

Alin took part of the loot as a reward and distributed it to each household participating in the operation. The purpose was of course to keep everyone secret. As for the subsequent division of the loot, it would have to wait until the goods were liquidated on the black market.

However, it soon spread in the border area that Haihan officials had offered a high reward for information about the Qingyang Fort robbery. Alin did not dare to take the risk of finding a place to sell the stolen goods at this time, so he found a place outside the town to hide the stolen goods.

But unexpectedly, the news could not be avoided, and within just a few days, Suksaha came to the door with his army.

Based on the confessions of Alin and other principal criminals, Suksaha concluded that there was no other mastermind behind the case and that all actions were planned and implemented by this small tribe.

Since the chain of evidence is relatively clear, and the Haihan officers also participated in the entire process of tracing, arresting, collecting evidence, and interrogating, they did not raise any objections to Suksaha's conclusion.

This made Suksaha breathe a big sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was not the small problem of being able to recover all the stolen goods and catch all the prisoners, but that the Haihan people did not recognize their own side in order to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

The investigation results will further amplify the situation. For example, if Haihan wants to forcefully send troops to Manchu territory in the name of catching the murderer, it will be a big trouble.

However, it seems that this incident has not developed in the direction that Suksaha was worried about. At least the situation can be controlled within this small town, and there is no need to upgrade the target of the attack to a higher level.

However, the Haihan Observation Group immediately raised a new issue to Suk Saha, that is, the follow-up treatment of the relevant criminals. Chen Yixin originally wanted the Manchus to hand over the real culprits to Haihan for disposal, but after repeated discussions with Geng Jimao, he finally

It was still agreed that the Manchus would implement the judgment and punishment measures. Of course, if the result did not satisfy Haihan, the matter would not be settled easily.

Suksaha had already prepared for this, so the answer he gave made it difficult for the Haihan Observation Group to make further bargaining.

Suksaha said that all direct participants in this case will be sentenced to death, and their heads will be placed at a key border point near Qingyang Fort as a warning. All accomplices will be demoted to slavery and distributed three thousand

He was sent to the distant Sakhalin Island to work as a coolie. All the property of the cow was sold by the Manchu official organization, and was later used to compensate for the aftermath.

However, Alin and other principal criminals need to stay alive for the time being. Suksaha will escort them back to Hetuala City to report to Shunzhi. After Shunzhi's personal trial, they will be escorted to the Sarhu border and their execution will be jointly supervised by the two countries.

.If Haihan wants to send someone to execute him at that time, they can discuss it again.

As for holding Niulu's superior Xiangbaiqi accountable for supervision, this is beyond the scope of Suksaha's power. He must report the details of the case to Shunzhi, who will then decide what punishment to impose on Xiangbaiqi.

This kind of treatment was extremely harsh. All those involved in the robbery were sentenced to death. Zhu Ziwu was also secretly shocked when he heard this. But what made him feel very uncomfortable was that the Qing army frequently invaded the Ming Dynasty. Similar incidents occurred every year.

There have been many cases, but there has never been anything like this. The behavior of the Manchu Tatars was too bullying and afraid of the strong.
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