Chapter 2055

Under Dong Yanyun's persuasion, Xu Xinsu finally gave up some unrealistic ideas and tried to solve the problems that had arisen first. At this time, the gates of Zhangzhou City had been closed, and the city defense army and Xu Xinsu's relatives

The military guards were dispatched en masse and began to arrest Jinyiwei related personnel in the city in the name of catching Jiangyang thieves.

The Jinfa was temporarily requisitioned by Xu Yuxing as an interrogation venue, and the interrogation of the captured persons began. Xu Yuxing had three main questions to clarify. First, what were the contents of the materials that the Jinfa and others had destroyed before?

The first is the channel through which the seized muskets came to Zhangzhou City from the South China Sea, and the third is what the Jin Yiwei wanted to do by hiding these weapons in the Jinfa.

Although the person in charge of Jinyiwei in Zhangzhou could not be captured here, Xu Yuxing believed that among the people captured so far, there must be insiders, so they deliberately delayed the time to destroy and hide the evidence when he took people to Jinfa.

However, most of these Jin Yiwei have received special training, and it is difficult to extract valuable information from them without being ruthless. In addition, time is tight, and Xu Yuxing does not have time to spend time with these people. He only asks questions once. If he does not cooperate, he will directly

He was sentenced to death. When Jin Ming saw this, he stepped forward and gave Xu Yuxing an idea.

Jin Ming's method is actually very simple. He uses the Prisoner's Dilemma principle to launch a psychological attack on the prisoners, telling them that whoever confesses first will be exempted from death penalty. If someone else confesses first, those who refuse to cooperate will be directly punished with death penalty. Although this method is simple,

Rough, but tried and true, the effect in practical applications is excellent. Even people who have already determined to die will inevitably suffer from psychological imbalance when they learn that other companions who are imprisoned at the same time have a chance to survive. The so-called "no risk"

This is the reason why we suffer from inequality when we are few.

Xu Yuxing readily accepted Jin Ming's suggestion. The most important thing for him now was to find out the inside story of Jinfa as soon as possible. As for what method to use during the interrogation process, Xu Yuxing only decided based on its expected effect.

If he adopts it, he doesn't care at all now as to whether it will result in loss of life.

Of course, verbal threats alone are definitely not enough. Torture plus psychological offensive can achieve the best results. So the several courtyards of Jinfa soon became an execution ground, and screams could be heard one after another from everywhere.

Exit. If the surrounding neighborhoods had not been sealed off, a large number of onlookers would have gathered to watch the fun.

The collapse of these Jin Yiwei was faster than Xu Yuxing expected. Soon, subordinates came to report that some people could not bear the torture and were willing to confess in exchange for a chance to survive. Xu Yuxing immediately called Jin Ming to interrogate the prisoner who was willing to speak.

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They saw this man in the flower hall after entering the courtyard for the second time. This man was tied behind his back to the pillars in the hall. There were a lot of blood on his face, chest, and the ground in front of him, and his eyes were both red and swollen.

, it seems that he must have suffered a bad meal just now.

Xu Yuxing said coldly: "My time is limited, don't think about playing tricks, you only have this one chance! Report your identity first!"

"The villain is Cui Kan, Xiaoqi of Jinyiwei." The man responded with a hoarse voice, and blood foam flowed out of the corner of his mouth when he opened his mouth: "Please give me a chance, sir!"

After the person reported his identity, Xu Yuxing winked to the side, and someone immediately went out. The Jinyiwei waist tags previously found from Jinfa could be used to verify whether this person was lying. If there is Xiaoqi Cui

After talking about this person, Xu Yuxing's men would announce the news to other prisoners. Firstly, Cui Kan would have no way out, and secondly, it would stimulate other prisoners to confess quickly in order to survive.

Xu Yuxing said: "You must also know how serious the consequences of today's incident are. If you confess honestly, if what you say is verified to be true, I will protect you from death!"

Xu Yuxing asked him about his identity to gauge whether this person was qualified to have access to confidential information. This Xiaoqi's official rank was only from the seventh rank, and he was the lowest-ranking military attache in the Jinyiwei establishment. Xu Yuxing actually didn't believe that this person could provide anything useful.

valuable inside information, but at this time only this person was willing to confess, so he could only come to interrogate it first to see what this person had to say.

Cui Kan responded: "I dare to ask, can the words of adults be effective?"

"How presumptuous! Open your dog eyes and see clearly, this is Young Master Xu San!" Xu Yuxing's men immediately shouted sternly next to him.

Xu Yuxing raised his hand to stop his subordinates from scolding, and said to Cui Kan: "I, Xu Yuxing, said that if you can live, you will not die, but if you don't confess quickly and let others take the lead, then I can't guarantee it."

Cui Kan was afraid of missing out on his chance of survival, so he quickly responded: "The villain will recruit you as he is!"

According to Cui Kan, Zhangzhou Jinyiwei picked up a batch of goods from the sea about a month ago, and then, under the command of Sun Baihu, secretly transported the goods into Zhangzhou City. In order to keep it secret, they did not even transport it.

When he returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen, he sent the Jinfa number to hide. However, the Jinfa number was originally one of Jinyiwei's properties, so no one thought it was strange to do this.

A few days later, Sun Baihu mobilized the local Jinyiwei manpower to Jinfa, and then showed him the true identity of this mysterious cargo. Sun Baihu said that in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the local Jinyiwei, he would arrange rotation training for everyone.

, learn to use this kind of musket, but in order to avoid misunderstandings from the Xu family, this matter needs to be done secretly.

This is of course just a very lame excuse, because all the Jin Yiwei who are assigned to work in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou know that they do not have any authority to take armed action locally, and the weapons sneaked into Zhangzhou are definitely not used as decorations

Yes, the only possibility is that Sun Baihu is planning to use these weapons to cause trouble in Zhangzhou.

Not everyone agrees with Sun Baihu's approach. Some people now express doubts, thinking that if there is any noise in Zhangzhou, it is likely to attract investigation by the Xu family, and their small manpower is compared to the Xu family's local power.

There is absolutely no chance of winning, Xu Xinsu can really crush them as easily as crushing a group of ants.

Although Sun Baihu was the highest-ranked Jinyi Guards officer in Zhangzhou, he was still only a sixth-grade officer after all. He could not make his subordinates obey his arrangements honestly, so he put the matter of learning the gun on hold for the time being.

A few days ago, Sun Baihu said he had something to go out, so he left Zhangzhou City with two of his confidants. Before leaving, he once again mentioned the gun lesson and asked everyone to go to Jinfa No. to take out the guns and learn how to load ammunition first.

When he comes back, anyone who has not learned how to load ammunition will have one month's salary deducted.

This is tantamount to rushing the ducks to the shelves. Even those who felt that this matter was inappropriate finally chose to compromise because they felt sorry for Yinzi. But everyone knew how risky it was to engage in such small tricks under Xu Xinsu's nose. If this matter

If the Xu family members find out, they will probably not even get a chance to defend themselves, and they will be punished by the other party with any accusation.

And it happened to be such a coincidence. When the Jinyiwei gathered at the Jinfa No. for training today, Xu Yuxing and his people came to the door right away. The Jinyiwei in the Jinfa No. realized that something was wrong outside, and mistakenly thought that the incident had been revealed, so they did not dare to open the door.

Let outsiders come in, and quickly destroy all kinds of written evidence. However, these muskets could not be destroyed in a short period of time, so they had to collect them and hide them in the woodshed, but this did not avoid subsequent searches.

"Sir Xu, everything the villain said is true. Please be careful! When Sun Baihu got these muskets, the villain strongly opposed it. He never dared to cause trouble in Zhangzhou City. He only acted under his coercion.

Will appear here!" Cui Kan also tried his best to defend himself at the moment, trying to make Xu Yuxing believe that he was forced to be involved in this matter.

What Cui Kan stated was very detailed and sounded credible, but there was not much truly valuable information in it. Cui Kan did not mention the details of any of the three issues that Xu Yuxing wanted to investigate.

Xu Yuxing suppressed his impatience and still asked him: "Do you know where these muskets come from? Who else passed through the hands before arriving in Zhangzhou City?"

Cui Kanyu said: "This matter was arranged by Sun Baihu. He never mentioned it. I really don't know about it. At that time, the cargo we handed over at sea was a Guangzhou ship, but the other party didn't seem to be my Jinyiwei Zhong.

people."

Xu Yuxing asked again: "Those things you burned before opening the door, what are the contents on them?"

Cui Kan said: "It seems to be the Jinfa's account books and cargo entry and exit records. The villain has actually not been here a few times, so he doesn't know much about the situation here. Mr. Shi said that these things cannot fall into the hands of outsiders, so he did it earlier

It will be burned in a hurry."

Xu Yuxing thought that since there was a general banner among the arrested people, they must know more than Cui Kan. However, he continued to ask: "Did Sun Baihu tell you clearly?

What do you plan to do with these muskets?"

"He only said that he would use this to improve the strength of the local Jinyi Guards, but he never mentioned where these weapons would be used." Cui Kan's answer was the same as before, without any new information.

Xu Yuxing waited for a moment and saw that the other party had nothing to say, so he decisively ended the conversation: "Copy the contents of his confession clearly and have him sign it!"

While Xu Yuxing was interrogating, there was a document nearby that kept recording the conversation. However, this kind of shorthand handwriting was scrawled and probably only he could understand it, and the archived transcript Xu Yuxing needed must be clearer. Let Cui Kan sign and stamp it.

It is also to confirm the reliability of this record. If you want to argue with Jin Yiwei in the future, this kind of evidence will come in handy.

But Xu Yuxing could hardly be said to be satisfied with Cui Kan's confession. This guy blamed almost everything on Sun Baihu, who was lucky enough not to be in Zhangzhou City, and claimed that he didn't know many details. This may be because he really

He had no access to relevant information, and may have deliberately concealed it, but the contents he confessed did not have much of a role to play in promoting Xu Yuxing's investigation.

After leaving this flower hall filled with the smell of blood, Xu Yuxing asked Jin Ming for his opinion. Jin Ming was not satisfied with the confession he had just received. He shook his head and said: "This person is not worth much, but he is the one who commands them."

Shi Zongqi, who burned the information, may have more information. But there is no need to worry, as long as there is the first person to speak, there will be a second and third one soon."

Jin Ming's expectation was correct. After realizing their unfavorable situation, most people trapped in the Prisoner's Dilemma would choose to compromise in exchange for a relatively light punishment, especially when it was confirmed that an accomplice had chosen to compromise first.

If you do not allow yourself to take responsibility for other accomplices, people who originally have a tough attitude will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and make choices that are beneficial to themselves.

All the prisoners in the retrial were told that their colleague Cui Kan had already confessed, and those who planned to remain secretive had no value at all.

"Don't imagine that someone will come to get you out, and don't think that you have any other way to escape. Only by confessing honestly can you have a chance of survival!"

"Your accomplices have been recruited. If you still don't speak, you will be of no value to us. We will take you directly to the execution ground for execution later!"

"You'd better tell some news that your accomplices haven't mentioned as soon as possible, otherwise we will have to let the person who confessed first survive!"

Under the constant pressure from the interrogators, one after another some people began to lose their patience and chose to confess. At this time, Xu Yuxing also confirmed the identity of Mr. Shi through the identification of other prisoners.

"Are you Shi Biao? It seems that you are the person with the highest official position we have caught here." Xu Yuxing interrogated the Imperial Guard Chief Banner in a study room. He looked quite embarrassed, and his bun had been captured.

His face was covered with blood stains left by torture. Although he had been loosened, his body was still curled up into a ball, and he coughed twice in pain from time to time. According to Xu Yuxing's men, they were a little harsher when they tortured this person just now.

, probably broke one or two of his ribs. But this is good, Xu Yuxing doesn't have to worry about this guy suddenly rebelling.

"Your men have already caused a lot of things. Even if you don't say anything, you can't completely cover up the truth. And you have to understand one thing. If I want to deal with you and your accomplices, it won't be possible at all.

What evidence do you need to prove that you deserve to die?"

Xu Yuxing said slowly: "What you want to hide from us will kill you and your accomplices, and even implicate your family members. If you think such consequences don't matter, then think about the nature of this matter

, Jin Yiwei is trying to assassinate a high-ranking local official who holds military power, what does this mean? Civil strife may occur in Ming Dynasty because of this, and you and your accomplices will be sinners throughout the ages!"
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