After being force-fed with honey water, Tu Shan regained some of his physical strength after a while. In other words, the prairie people were already physically strong, so as soon as the honey water was given to him, he regained some of his physical strength.
Jia Heng looked at the big man coldly and asked: "Mongolians?"
There are many differences between the facial features of Mongolians and Manchus.
Tu Shan took a sip and looked at the young man opposite him fiercely.
Jia Heng smiled, his face suddenly turned cold and he chuckled, his eyes were even more contemptuous, and he asked: "You want to kill me?"
Tushan still looked at the young man with murderous eyes and cursed: "Han dog!"
Jia Heng waved his hand to stop Li Shu, whose face was gloomy and wanted to teach him a lesson, and asked: "Who is Master Ten?"
Tu Shan snorted coldly and ignored Jia Heng.
"Even if you don't tell me, I know who it is." Jia Heng said coldly, looking at Xiang Tushan, and said: "The one who fell into our hands just now has been recruited. The tenth master ranks among the ten Jurchens.
Five, his name is Aisin Gioro Dodo, what is he doing here?"
When Tushan heard this, his pupils shrank and he said in shock: "Did Saihan betray his master?"
Jia Heng looked at the big man across from him, his eyes darkened a bit, and he smiled and said: "He couldn't bear the punishment, so he had to confess. Not anyone has such a strong backbone as you."
In fact, one of the Donglu who had been shot down by a round of arrows wiped his neck with a dagger. When the big man in front of him was captured alive by him, he did not die immediately. Obviously, deep down in his heart, he did not want to die.
It's not necessarily because of greed for life and fear of death, there may be other reasons.
Hearing this, Tu Shan felt relieved in his heart, but on his face he cursed angrily: "You Chinese dogs only use these despicable means of tormenting people!"
Jia Heng took the tea cup from Li Shu, took a sip, turned around and ordered: "Go get this strong man a bottle of wine!"
Tu Shan's expression changed slightly, but he became more courageous and shouted: "If you want to kill me, then kill him. I just frown, it's your grandson!"
Jia Heng looked at the big man's blood-stained face and said: "Your master wanted to assassinate me. Now he has been stabbed by me. Now he doesn't know whether he will live or die. He will fall into my hands soon. With your master's mind,
You probably won’t be able to return to your original place of residence, so even if you keep it a secret, it’s useless, and of course I don’t need to ask you.”
One is dead, one is injured, and another one falls into his hands. Duduo will not return to his original place to wait for him to catch him. As for the most dangerous place is the safest place, this is not a battle of wits and courage among the police.
Gangster drama.
As long as there is a slight possibility, he knows where to stay and sends people to arrest him, which is a piece of cake.
At this time, Li Shu came over and handed a wine pot to a fanzi, who poured wine into Tushan.
It must be said that for Mongolian men, alcohol is the best painkiller.
Tushan took a big gulp of wine, and the liquid flowed down his nose and beard under his chin, but he didn't care. He couldn't help but screamed with joy. It seemed that the pain in his body had eased a little, and his hair was messy and stained with blood.
He threw him away and stared at the young man with his tiger eyes.
No wonder the master wants to kill this pretty boy, he is a hero!
Jia Heng said slowly, observing the big man's face, and asked: "I'm very curious, Duduo came to assassinate me, who helped you take over?"
Tushan's eyes narrowed and he shouted coldly: "You want to trick me?"
Jia Heng smiled and said: "You came to Yangzhou to assassinate. You want to hide your identity, collect information, and search the streets. It is impossible without local people to guide you. As a local merchant, the Yangzhou salt merchants are familiar with the roads.
I am having a banquet at Huanhua House. Is this the news that the salt merchant secretly revealed to you?"
Does he need the truth? Not at all. Even if it is a false accusation, as long as all the salt merchants are not involved, it will be tolerated in the eyes of some people.
Even torture can be used to extract confessions, and as long as he has no morals, no one can morally kidnap him. As long as he is willing to take the torture script, there is no need for evidence at all.
Not everyone is a Tushan.
And because he had just collected hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from a salt merchant and arrested one of them, he still had good words for the others, and gradually they would be divided.
Jia Heng said, his eyes focused for a while, he came close enough, took a blue moon gem necklace from the neck of Tushan who was silent and said, "What is this?"
Just when I looked at it, it was sparkling and quite eye-catching.
"Bring it here!" Tushan suddenly had veins on his forehead and roared, struggling violently. If it weren't for the chain, he could almost break it.
Jia Heng looked at the blue moon gemstone necklace, put it down gently, and asked, "Is this a gift from your wife or your sweetheart?"
Tu Shan stared at Jia Heng, his eyes bloodshot, breathing heavily the smell of alcohol, and said nothing.
Jia Heng put down the blue moon gem necklace and said: "Those salt merchants are not important to your master. They are just Chinese dogs in your eyes. If you tell us which salt merchants have friendship with your master, they will be sent to Yangzhou."
, I can spare your life and let you go back to see your wife, children or sweetheart."
"I am a great Han warrior, so I keep my word." Jia Heng sat down, took the tea cup again, and took a sip.
Tushan's face changed, his eyes were gloomy and uncertain, he was clearly at war with heaven and man. He was not betraying his master. Although he had no direct contact with the salt merchants, what did his life and death have to do with them?
Jia Heng's face paused and he said in a deep voice: "Since you don't tell me, come and follow me to ask Chahan. He may know."
As he said that, he stood up from the stool. As soon as he reached the door, he heard a roar from behind him, "Wait!"
Jia Heng turned around, stared at Tushan closely, and asked, "Have you figured it out?"
Tushan growled: "Do you mean what you say?"
Jia Heng said: "I am spitting and nailing it. Which salt merchant is it that colludes with your master?"
Tu Shan said a name, and then said: "I don't know, I just heard from the master that this person can be fought for. He has discussed business with the master several times, and he is quite attracted to me, Dai Jin."
Jia Heng listened expressionlessly, then turned to look at Li Shu and said in a deep voice: "Go and arrest Ma Xianjun immediately and torture him severely!"
A breakthrough has already appeared, or it is an excuse.
Li Shu clasped his fists in response, and then quickly ordered the men to capture Ma Xianjun.
"Are you serious about what you say?" Seeing this, Tushan asked.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Of course I keep my word, but you are covered with injuries now and you can't walk far at all. Come here, find a doctor to treat his injuries, and give him wine first."
A guard from the Jinyi Mansion went to take the order, and soon a fan picked up the wine pot and poured wine into Tushan.
Jia Heng asked Tushan, who was burping from wine, and asked, "What's your name?"
"Tushan." Tushan was feeling dizzy from drinking. Because of the promise he just made, he couldn't help but feel a good feeling in his heart and whispered.
Jia Heng looked at Shang Ming, a hundred households in charge of punishment, and said: "Let him draw a seal and inscribe his name."
After Tushan signed the pledge at the invitation of Jinyi Fanzi, Fanzi on the side gave Tushan another drink.
Jia Heng whispered to Shang Ming, who was on the side of the court: "Tomorrow, let people release the news in Yangzhou City, saying that the gangster Tushan has confessed, and the murderer who assassinated me is Aixinjueluo Duoduo.
The Jurchen Fifteen Beile, called the Tenth Master, is now seriously injured. The reward for capturing him alive is two thousand taels! The reward for finding the body is five thousand taels! Anyone who provides clues that can help the capture will be rewarded two thousand taels!"
Tushan: "???"
Shang Ming cupped his fists and said, "Sir, I'll do this humble job right now."
Jia Heng turned his eyes and stared at Tushan, who was angry and in disbelief. He nodded and said: "Tushan, when your injury recovers, I will send you back to Jurchen to recuperate."
Tu Shan struggled violently with the rope, roaring angrily, saying: "I didn't betray, you lied to me! You don't keep your word, you are not a hero!"
He didn't betray his master, so what if this news comes back to the Jurchens?
Jia Heng smiled and said: "I promised to let you go back, but I didn't say I wouldn't do anything else. If I'm not a hero, how can you be? You are a Mongolian, so big, but you are determined to be a dog to the Jurchens
?”
Tushan's face was gloomy, he heard people yelling and scolding him, his pupils were blood red, and he almost wanted to choose people to devour.
"If you surrender to me and hand in the certificate of surrender, I will not spread the news about your surrender to me. You will still have the opportunity to return to Jurchen to reunite with your wife, children or your sweetheart. I still mean what I say." Jia Heng said softly.
.
"You... get out!" Tu Shan gritted his teeth and roared.
Jia Heng didn't look dissatisfied and said, "Then you should think about it carefully."
Jia Heng said, took the handkerchief and wiped his hands. His slender and slender hands were sweaty. He left the wing and raised his eyes to look at Chen Xiao who was standing under the eaves of the corridor.
Under the red lantern hanging on the eaves of the corridor, the girl is still wearing a Sichuan brocade round-collar robe. She has a slim appearance and a beautiful figure. She is just holding her shoulders, like a sharp sword. Her face is filled with the look of a stranger.
So close to the breath.
Jia Heng asked: "What are you looking at? I didn't say anything."
"You are quite despicable and shameless." Chen Xiao looked at the young man with a faint look under Liuye's slender eyebrows, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.
Jia Heng's face was as dark as water, he looked at Chen Xiao, and said in a deep voice: "Han and captives are not at odds with each other. I am despicable and shameless, so that the people of this land in the future will not be like him, a seven-foot man, and become a Tatar."
’s slave.”
Chen Xiao was silent for a moment, looking at the upright and outspoken young man, his starry eyes sparkling, and his heart felt like a string was gently plucked.
Seeing Chen Xiao's stunned expression, Jia Heng's face was silent. He suddenly came closer and whispered in Chen Xiao's ear: "It's also for your old Chen family's country and country."
Suddenly he saw the young man approaching, and a voice came from Chen Xiao's ear. Qingli's cheeks turned red, she pushed Jia Heng away, with a look of disgust on her face, frowned and said angrily: "It's such a big summer, so close, don't you feel hot?"
"
For some reason, she always felt that the heir to the deposed prince, her cousin, seemed to be... teasing her?
Jia Heng took a few steps away and looked at the girl with an imperceptible blush on both sides of her icy face. His eyes were a little deeper and he said nonchalantly: "Let's go to the official hall."
In fact, he doesn't want to be such a "Korean drama male protagonist". He is not interested in Chen Xiao. Xianning is the type with long legs and can show off the contrast. It is enough.
It's just that Chen Xiaoru has been recruited as a tool under his command, so that he can try to develop his own secret power, and the manpower of Jinyi Mansion, no matter how skillfully he uses it now, still belongs to the palace.
There is indeed a lack of such a person around him. Men tend to betray because of their power, while women are easier to control. However, Chen Xiao has such a deep gap and complicated kinship with the emperor, so his identity is more suitable.
To put it this way, it's actually a bit unfair to cousin Xianning. It's all about technique and almost no emotion.
As Jia Heng spoke, he came back to the front hall. At this time, Wang Shouqi had already come out to welcome him. There was fear on his old face and he asked: "Uncle Yong Ning, what's going on with the old horse?"
"The prisoner has been recruited. This guy colluded with the Donglu and plotted to assassinate me. He needs to be interrogated strictly." Jia Heng said solemnly with a solemn expression.
Wang Shouqi said: "This is just based on the villain's words. Such a bite...does Uncle Yongning have any evidence?"
Others who took notes, Huang Rishan and Huang Cheng, mostly looked at each other and looked at the boy in the python suit, while Lin Ruhai was also standing by, ready to speak at any time.
Jia Heng said: "Master Wang, do you want evidence?"
Wang Shouqi grimaced and said, "I still know what Lao Ma is like. Have you misunderstood me? This has to be more certain."
Jia Heng looked indifferent, turned to look at the stunned Jinyi palace guards behind him, and said coldly: "What are you still doing? Why don't you immediately send Tiqi to search the Ma family manor, and arrest all their relatives, managers, and strict officials?"
Increase torture and look for evidence of complicity and traitors!"
Wang Shouqi and other salt merchants: "..."
Gu Ruoqing, who was sitting not far away, had his bright eyes under his beautiful eyebrows slightly condensed. He was stunned for a moment, his eyes were complicated, almost like looking at a court dog officer, while Nan Ling on the side was already looking at the green-shirted man with bright eyes.
The straight-faced young man couldn't take his eyes off him, and he was a bit... heartbroken.
Li Shu and several captains in golden robes looked solemn, clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Commander-in-Chief."
With that said, he led several Jinyi palace guards and left the Yanyuan Yamen in a hurry, preparing to summon Tiqi to inspect Ma's house.
Jia Heng raised his eyes and looked at Wang Shouqi, whose expression changed slightly, and said warmly: "Master Wang, this time the Donglu sent people to assassinate me, and some of them suffered a disaster. You are all frightened."
It involves the whereabouts of a big shot in Donglu, and you want to ask for evidence?
The criminal's confession is the greatest evidence. In this era, oral confession is king, and verbal evidence is especially superior to physical evidence.
Wang Shouqi was already a little confused at this moment, or he gradually realized the seriousness of the matter. This was not just playing tricks. He handed over his hands and said: "Uncle Yong Ning, it's easy to talk about. The assassination is something that no one has thought of. It's just me and others."
Are you still waiting here?"
Jia Heng said: "It actually has nothing to do with Mr. Wang here. Mr. Wang can just go back with the others later. Mr. Wang doesn't have to worry. Although I am in charge of the royal robes and carry out edicts on behalf of the emperor, I have not climbed up randomly.
The habit of falsely accusing Lian."
These words made Wang Shouqi feel a little more approving. Who could have been full of food to assassinate such an upstart in the imperial court? He just went south to Yangzhou and did nothing.
Just Jia Heng's words made several people's hearts tremble, and a smile appeared on their faces. They almost forgot that the imperial prison of Jinyi Mansion was the real place where Luo Zhi was unjustly imprisoned.
One thing to say is that Jia Heng's reputation is actually quite good. At least since he took charge of Jinyi, he has never been accused of any false accusations and has only been convicted based on evidence.
Xiao Hongsheng's eyes flickered, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but the assassination did indeed happen.
Jia Heng said: "Several gentlemen are also frightened. I will send these gentlemen back. I will never forget my previous warm hospitality and profound understanding of righteousness."
Wang Shouqi had no choice but to suppress the worries in his heart and said with a smile: "Uncle Yongning is so polite."
I feel very depressed. If Lao Ma is caught, who knows if other salt affairs problems will arise. This matter needs to be discussed with Mr. Liu on how to rescue him.
With this in mind, I didn't want to stay any longer, so I said goodbye and left.
Then, after Jia Heng and Lin Ruhai saw each other off, the salt merchants left.
Wang Shouqi came out of the Yanyuan Yamen, his face as gloomy as water. At this time, Jiang Tong, who was following from behind, said anxiously in a low voice: "Brother Wang, what should we do?"
Wang Shouqi lowered his voice and said, "Let's go back first."
Then several salt merchants' servants and relatives drove the carriage. Wang Shouqi, Huang Rishan, Huang Cheng and others boarded the carriage with great thoughts.
There were eight people when they came, but now that Ma Xianjun has been arrested, there are only seven people left.
Several people went back together and all went to Wangyue Villa in Slender West Lake. When they entered Wang Shouqi's study, the seven salt merchants sighed and looked unhappy.
Huang Rishan couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Wang, what does Uncle Yong Ning mean?"
Wang Shouqi sighed and said, "I can't see through this Uncle Yongning."
Cheng Peili frowned and thought hard, and said, "I wonder if this Uncle Yongning is trying to trick us?"
Bao Zuhui asked anxiously: "Old Cheng, what happened? Did Lao Ma tip off the Tatars to assassinate the man named Jia?"
As soon as these words came out, several other salt merchants looked at Cheng Peili, the son and daughter-in-law of Ma Xianjun, and the think tank of the gang of Erhuang, Cheng and Ma.
"How do I know this?" Cheng Peili shook his head and said with a grimace.
"You are a family of sons and daughters, and you often vent your anger through the same nostril. Don't you know?" Jiang Tong frowned and asked: "Now Uncle Yongning has a hidden fire because of the assassination, and he is about to have someone stabbed him! Tell the truth!
, is it a plan that you, your son and daughter’s in-laws, the Ma family, and those Tatars teamed up to do? Do you want everyone to fight against you together? "
Bao Zuhui also looked a little suspicious, and asked with a bad look: "Old Cheng has always been a man of ideas, don't think about selling someone else's Tatar, and then borrowing a knife to kill someone, right?"
"If Uncle Yongning dies, he will die, but now he has nothing to say, and he has the chance to have an attack." Huang Cheng said coldly.
For a moment, everyone was talking and writing, and they all looked at Cheng Peili complainingly.
At this time, Wang Shouqi also looked at Cheng Peili, whose brows were wrinkled and his name was Sichuan, and asked: "Pei Li, I want to call you."
"Master Wang has ruined this junior." Hearing this, Cheng Peili became more serious and looked at the gray-haired Wang Shouqi.
In fact, Cheng Peili was only about forty, and his children were getting married early at this time. One of the children was related to Ma Xianjun, so they were somewhat related, but to say that the air was coming out of the same nostril was actually not the case.
Wang Shouqi looked serious and said: "I know that you and Ma Xianjun have done a lot of business with the Tatars in the north, and I usually don't bother to pay attention to it. There are businessmen from all over the world, and they don't stick to anything. But this assassination of an imperial official was like last time."
I didn’t ask who did what happened in the hospital. Lin Yanyuan is the one with the pen, no matter how bad he is, he will not be in trouble, but this time it is the one with the knife, how dare you do this?"
Cheng Peili sighed: "Mr. Wang, I really didn't do this. Who knew that this Tartar would come here to personally assassinate Uncle Yong Ning? Who would have thought of this?"
"Where is Ma Xianjun?" Wang Shouqi's eyes were gloomy and he frowned: "He is usually ruthless and has used many methods in recent years."
Cheng Peili said: "I don't know. My own son is guarding against such confidential matters. How could he tell me? But if you talk about colluding with Donglu, I have no such intention."
There was worry on Jiang Tong's old face. He twirled his gray beard under his chin and said, "Now they have taken advantage of him."
Cheng Peili looked calmly and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang and everyone else, no one will bite you randomly if you go in and get involved in this matter of losing your head. If it involves too many people, everyone will be dead. If we don't get involved, there will still be descendants of the Ma family."
Please take care of me, Lao Ma is also a smart man, he knows what to say and what not to say."
When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief. No one dared to say that their buttocks were clean.
Wang Shouqi nodded and said: "That's what I mean. Let's go in now. We will rescue when we should rescue outside. It is said that it is colluding with the Donglu. It may not be a big deal. I see that Uncle Yongning is also a man who can collect money.
, since we can collect money, everything can be discussed easily. We should control the impact of this matter and prevent him from making a big deal. This matter is really reckless."
Huang Cheng's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, maybe we don't know each other until we fight."
Bao Zuhui also echoed: "Master Wang is a wise man. When I look at this official, I see that he is not greedy. It's just because of his appetite. Some people don't seem to be easy to bribe, but they just ask for high prices."
, if you can afford this price, you will still have the same virtues as a bird."
Xiao Hongsheng frowned, but there was an inexplicable worry in his heart. Is it really like this for Uncle Yong Ning to succeed at a young age?
As the youngest and latest salt merchant here, it is obviously not easy to interrupt randomly.
But precisely because you are young, you are better able to abandon wishful thinking and see through the fog clearly.
While several people were discussing, the steward from outside suddenly reported: "Master, Mr. Liu is here."
Liu Shengzao was so frightened that he sobered up. After sobering up, he was frightened and frightened.
Recalling that when I was drunk, I made a big fuss over a woman, I couldn't help but regret it. As for the assassination, I was even more shocked and confused. I heard that the staff mentioned that Yangzhou salt merchants all returned from the Yanyuan Yamen, regardless of the sprain on their legs.
As soon as possible, he took a carriage and left the manor villa where he lived, and came to Wang Shouqi's house to visit.
Yangzhou Yanyuan Yamen
The official hall was brightly lit and crowded with people.
Jia Heng asked Liniang, the madam of Huanhualou, who had finished writing the notes, to lead Yingying Yanyan away, and then only Gu Ruoqing and Nanling were left in the room.
Jia Heng frowned and looked at the experienced scribes, Zhaomo and other scribes aside, and asked, "Why aren't you letting them go?"
Chen Xiao then said: "This woman is a little suspicious. She has a dagger on her body. As for this, she said that she has recognized you as her master. Her body deed was given to her by the madam, saying that she would give it to you or sell it to you.
Or you can hire a maid as a rough messenger."
Liniang, an old madam, was frightened when she saw that she had offended the guards of Jinyi Mansion. She did not dare to keep Nan Ling anymore and planned to make a favor to Jia Heng.
Jia Heng looked at Gu Ruoqing and Nan Ling in a red dress. His eyes fell on Gu Ruoqing, who had a moonlit eyebrow and a frosty face, and asked, "What is Miss Gu doing with a dagger?"
"When you are unwilling to be humiliated, you either take a risk or commit suicide to seek innocence." Gu Ruoqing looked at the young man opposite, his voice was clear, and he looked at the young man with a pair of bright eyes, calm and calm.
Jia Heng glanced at Gu Ruoqing, then looked at the dagger held in Chen Xiao's hand, and said: "When you take a dangerous blow, you often fail to get what you want when you encounter someone with strong martial arts. If you commit suicide in order to be innocent, and take advantage of... it may not be true."
Keep your innocence.”
He has no sincerity towards this kind of woman who plays both sides of the fun, and with what he said just now, he felt that she was trying to attract his attention.
Previously, if he guessed correctly, it was to use him to get rid of Liu Shengzao's entanglement. This may still be the purpose now.
In fact, at his level, if he is not polite, he will easily become the target of high-end peripherals and green tea. This is a real reality.
"Xiaoxiao, give the dagger to Miss Gu." Jia Heng said calmly, then turned to Nan Ling and said, "You should also go back with this Miss Gu."
Chen Xiao responded, took the dagger and handed it to Gu Ruoqing, making eye contact with Gu Ruoqing, as if to say, I have already helped you, but it is not enough.
In fact, I don't want my senior sister to stay by Jia Heng's side. The senior sister is very scheming and has learned the master's methods of bewitching and playing with people's hearts.
"Uncle, please accept me." Nan Ling looked at the young man in a daze, and suddenly knelt on the ground. The girl in a red dress had slender shoulders and trembling, thin and fair body, petite and exquisite, as big as a palm.
Her little face was as white as jade, with a look of prayer in her eyes, and she said in a trembling voice: "If I go back now, my mother will be sold to someone else. My uncle will take me in, bring tea and water, and make the bed and quilt."
Jia Heng looked at the girl and said indifferently: "I never accept people of unknown origin. Since you have the bond with me, you can follow Miss Gu and go wherever you want. As for Huanhua Tower,
Bian'er, just say what I said."
Most of the Yangzhou thin horses are the daughters of poor people. Their life experience is miserable or pitiable, but they really can't keep such an unknown person beside him. Who knows if he is the spy of Wang Shouqi and others?
Otherwise, having a maid like Ling Guan or Fang Guan in the garden is nothing.
Hearing this, Gu Ruoqing's bright eyes flashed under her beautiful eyebrows, she bent down, supported Nan Ling, and said softly: "Nan Ling, if you don't kneel to those who are heartless in this world, just follow me back."
Nan Ling had no choice but to stand up, looking at the young man reluctantly, and gently pursed her pink lips.
For being able to reject her so many times, this person must be a good person, unlike those businessmen who regarded her as a plaything.
