True to his word, Qin Dewei actually let one person go back to report the news, leaving only Lady Dong and another archer from the Army Horse Division.
In Madam Dong's expectation, she finally saw the old master wearing casual robes coming out of the house.
Commander Xu glanced at the scene for a few times, frowned and asked Qin Dewei: "What are you doing?"
Before Qin Dewei could say anything, Madam Dong answered first: "This must be Mr. Xu, the commander of the mansion. Today, an ignorant girl has offended your family's family. She deserves death. She must come to your door to apologize in the future!"
Commander Xu saw that Mrs. Dong was quite respectful towards him and did not want to cause trouble. Besides, those arrested were all from the Nancheng Army and Horses Division, and they were not ordinary people with no foundation. No matter how they dealt with it, it would be troublesome.
He was about to say something, but was overtaken by Qin Dewei. "This criminal dared to use his power to force the Jiangning County government to bend the law. The evidence of his crime is conclusive. I would like to thank Mr. Xu for lending me manpower!"
Where did the evidence of crime come from? Madam Dong subconsciously thought of the document she had just put in her arms. The content should be asking the county government to release the person, right? Is this evidence of using power to force the county government to violate the law?
Commander Xu then whispered to Qin Dewei: "Although I helped you catch someone, we can't set up a private execution hall and imprison them casually. After all, there are too many eyes and ears in Nanjing, and I can't bear it if anyone can just get involved."
Qin Dewei knew what Commander Xu was worried about and replied: "I don't want to lock her up in Xu's house. I just find some official reason to throw her into the yamen and lock her up. At that time, it will be a matter between the yamen."
, you have nothing to do with Mr. Xu."
Just don't keep the trouble in your own hands. Commander Xu shouted to the servant: "Tie him up and send him to Jiangning County!"
"Wait a minute!" Qin Dewei quickly stopped him, "If we send him to Jiangning County, I'm afraid it will be too much to bear!"
The gang of Inspector Dong and Inspector He have been entrenched in the local area and on the streets for many years, so they may have some connections.
Now that there is only one Chief Dong being imprisoned in the county jail, my uncle is left to guard the county jail day and night as if he is facing a formidable enemy. If another Inspector He's wife is sent in, will my uncle be able to hold on?
"Then what do you think we should do? We can't lock him up in my house!" Commander Xu said dissatisfiedly.
Qin Dewei hurriedly said: "Isn't Mr. Xu affiliated with the left-behind right guard? I heard that each military guard has a town and defense department, which is responsible for criminal and judicial affairs within the guard. Then there should also be a guard prison? Throw her to the guard prison.
That’s it!”
Mrs. Dong didn't pay much attention to the county jail when she heard about it, but when she heard about the guard prison, she immediately became furious and cursed: "You are a little thief raised by a cheap servant. If I can still live in the future, I will definitely kill you."
Crushing bones and ashes!”
The Ming Dynasty had a system of separate administration for military households and civilian households. The Weisuo was the yamen that managed military households, and outsiders could not get involved at all.
It would be unimaginable to imagine that a pretty woman like herself was thrown into a prison that was completely merciless, where she was told not to respond every day, and where she was completely disconnected from the outside world!
Qin Dewei looked back with dissatisfaction and shouted to the servants: "I didn't see your master talking to me! What's the matter with a shrew cursing next to me? Why don't you shut your mouth!"
The servants of the Xu family looked at each other, and seeing that their master didn't stop her, they found a rag and stuffed it into Madam Dong's mouth. Although it couldn't completely stop her from making any noise, it finally silenced her a bit.
"Ignorant children, don't let your imagination run wild!" Commander Xu shouted softly: "The governor of the guard station can only take care of my own case, and the guard prison can only temporarily detain the people of my own guard. How can you catch someone from outside and lock him up at will?"
Qin Dewei pointed at Mrs. Dong and said: "But she wants to kidnap Mr. An. Isn't Mr. An a military household who stays on the right guard and a future official of hundreds of households? You left guard on the right and just let it go?"
Commander Xu: "..."
Xu Shian, who was hiding behind the gate and watching the excitement: "..."
Qin Dewei described the process in a serious manner: "What happened just now was that this evil woman named Dong blocked me and Mr. An at the same time, and tried to do something wrong. Mr. An was smart, and when the opportunity came up, he ditched me and ran away.
Already.
This matter should have been seen by many passers-by at the intersection, as well as the concierges of nearby shops and stores, and the witnesses are clear and unquestionable!"
There may be several explanations for the facts seen with the naked eye. Xu Shian wanted to come out of the door and say a few words, but Qin Dewei stared back.
"Then this evil woman forced me to go into the Xu Mansion to invite Mr. An out, and then kidnapped me. At the same time, she also forced me to ghostwrite a document to extort ransom from the Xu Mansion.
This document is in her arms. As long as she successfully kidnaps Mr. An, she can directly submit the document to the Xu Mansion."
Commander Xu finally felt like he could say something: "Didn't you just say that the document she took away was a letter to be sent to the county government to ask the county government to release the person? Where is the document demanding ransom?"
Qin Dewei said nonchalantly: "Really? It doesn't matter, let's write her one now!"
Immediately, he squatted on the ground again, and with the pen and ink he had not yet put away, he wrote a document in the tone of a kidnapper, asking for a ransom of two hundred taels from the Xu Mansion.
Then Qin Dewei gently dried the ink and stuffed it into Madam Dong's arms with his own hands. He turned to Commander Xu and said, "Look, there is new evidence."
Commander Xu: "..."
Xu Shian, who was hiding behind the gate and watching the excitement: "..."
Only Madam Dong, who had been tied up, struggled desperately, twisting violently, her eyes almost popped out of her head, and she was cursing without knowing what she was saying.
Qin Dewei formally saluted Commander Xu and said: "In place of Mr. Feng, I would like to ask Mr. Xu to help me with this. There is no need to verify it anyway, just have a reason to lock him up."
Mr. Xu, you are also a commanding officer after all. You don't even have this dignity in the left guard? Or is it that Mr. Xu is afraid of trouble and just doesn't want to help Mr. Feng?"
Commander Xu's expression was complicated, and he even felt that the young boy in front of him was a bit scary, "Honestly, what do you want to do?"
Qin Dewei said very insecurely: "It's just for self-protection. I still want to live in Nanjing. I don't want to have to guard against these scum and rotten people every day."
Commander Xu was speechless. Are you the one who is causing trouble now?
Qin Dewei looked at Mrs. Dong with disdain and concluded: "If you want to deal with these scoundrels, you have to be more ruthless and evil than them!
You act rogue against me, and you dare to threaten the people around me, saying that charlatans have their own tricks, so let them open their eyes to how the government will do things once they get serious!"
Commander Xu felt that Qin Dewei's lies were not reliable, so he questioned: "Feng Xiancheng may not follow you to do this nonsense."
Qin Dewei asked rhetorically: "If he can be promoted to a real censor in a month or two, given his character and background, do you dare to give it a try?"
Commander Xu was speechless. Anyone in the officialdom would be tempted by this kind of temptation.