1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 437 Sudden Trial
Chen Yixin bent down and picked up the waist badge that fell from Li Qingyang's hand to the ground, and showed it to everyone in the courtyard: "As for this so-called Jinyiwei waist badge, according to his accomplices, he just spent three renminbi on it. The fakes made by people in Guangzhou are only used to fool the ignorant people when necessary! This kind of thing can be made as much as you want, everyone, don’t be deceived by this gangster’s inferior means.”

Li Qingyang was pinned to the ground by seven or eight people, and his mouth was stuffed with a cloth ball. There was no way to tell, so he could only forcefully make a "woo hoo" sound to express his dissatisfaction.

Song San looked at the waist card in Chen Yixin's hand, then at Li Qingyang who was being pressed on the ground, his face was pale, his legs softened, and he knelt down, saying repeatedly: "Chief, the villain is confused, the villain is really I don't know that Li Qingyang is a villain!"

Chen Yixin waved his hand and said: "You don't have to blame yourself, I know you are all innocent, this group of gangsters have made very good preparations, it's no wonder you were deceived. You get up first, take the militiamen to the boat and take all his belongings Clean it up."

"Yes, yes, the villain will take all the military masters on board right now, and make sure that none of them will be lost." Song San hurriedly stood up, and when he passed by Li Qingyang, he didn't forget to spit hard.Song San didn't expect that the newly recruited young man turned out to be a gangster with evil intentions. If this group of people really sneaked into Sanya and caused something big, then it would be difficult for him to get rid of the responsibility when the time comes to track down.Thinking that he was almost killed by this villain despite his good intentions, Song San didn't get angry, but with the Haihan militiamen in front of him, he didn't dare to take any drastic actions.

At this time, Li Qingyang, who was pushed to the ground, was angry and impatient. Although he also thought that this group of lawless Haihan people might not be afraid of his identity as Jinyiwei, and might even resort to force to resist, but he never expected The other party actually used this kind of stigma to frame him, and even the so-called evidence had been prepared.Their team originally carried a few official documents to temporarily mobilize reinforcements from the local government, but these things must have been hidden by the Haihan people, and the items displayed on display could easily make people misunderstand their identities.Coupled with the fact that several other people had already been arrested, Li Qingyang completely lost the opportunity to defend himself.

Of course, what methods the Haihan people used was actually secondary. The key issue was that they had already exposed their identities, which led to the arrest of the Haihan people.What Li Qingyang is not sure now is whether the previous batch of companions who arrived at Wanshan Port had a loophole, or whether they were noticed by the Haihan people before they came here.If it wasn't for Wanshan Port to show its flaws, then which link did the problem lie in?
After taking down Li Qingyang, Chen Yixin didn't look directly at him, and said to everyone in the courtyard: "Everyone, don't be nervous, our Haihan militia will never blame a good person, but we won't let a bad person go! Please After you cooperate with our inspection and registration, and prove your innocence, you can leave Wanshan Port freely. In order to express our apology, we will also compensate you. All merchants who are affected by this matter and delay their trip, everyone has a share !"

Everyone quickly responded: "It was my carelessness that allowed these thieves to get on the boat. It's too polite for the military master to say that!" "" "Master please be sure to investigate strictly, if there are remnants of thieves on board, then don't let them go!"

Li Qingyang on the ground was almost dizzy with anger when he heard these words, he really wanted to spit out the cloth in his mouth, and teach these stupid people a lesson, who is the official and who is the thief.However, the militia soldiers who were escorting him obviously would not give him such a chance. They grabbed his arms and lifted him from the ground, then dragged him outside like a dead pig.

After Chen Yixin came out of the yard, he told his Guihuamin adjutant: "After detaining the people, remember to separate them, and don't let those few people have the opportunity to collude with each other! People in this yard should also be investigated one by one. , including the captain who spoke for Jin Yiwei's spies just now! In addition, all their luggage on the ship must be taken back, and they must check what is inside!"

"Yes! Sir!" The adjutant saluted a standard military salute, and led a group of people to the pier.Since the boss has ordered a thorough investigation, the ship will probably have to be turned upside down.

When Chen Yixin returned to the headquarters, when Li Dou saw him, he stood up and asked eagerly, "How is the matter going?"

"The last one was also caught, and he was going to resist, but I didn't give him a chance, so I took it directly." Chen Yixin grabbed his teacup and took a sip, and then told Li Dou about today's arrest.

"Jin Yiwei from Fusi of Nanzhen!" Li Dou tutted repeatedly, "I've only seen Jin Yiwei in movies before, I never imagined that I would be able to catch a few of them with my own hands now..."

"I caught it with my own hands, okay?" Chen Yixin immediately corrected Li Dou's acknowledgment: "Also, these Jinyiwei are also human, but they are in a special industry. It's not the martial arts master in the movie. Before I took it out and made a move, I was knocked down by my people."

"You should let him try it, maybe he will fly out of it with ease." Li Dou joked.

"It's useless to be able to fly. I took three platoons of people there, and made a few rounds inside and outside. Even if he could fly, he would be shot down by the musket array. Besides, even if he could fly out, how much he could fly Far? The island is so big, can he still fly out to be a seagull?" Chen Yixin said with a smile: "Don't be idle, hurry up and draft a telegram, and send a telegram to the Guangzhou Office and the base camp to inform us of this Please let me know what to do next.”

Li Dou said: "Don't be greedy for this credit, kid, it's my idea to put him on the shore to spend the night before arresting him."

"Don't worry, when I write the report, I will write it down for you." Chen Yixin patted Li Dou on the shoulder and said, "It's a good partner to get promoted and get rich together!"

The two quarreled, but they were unambiguous in doing things.Both of them are in their twenties, and they can be regarded as the true young men in the time travel group. The executive committee has also given them a considerable degree of freedom in their actions. The purpose is to train them to become the backbone of the next generation, and even the rulers. candidate.Although no one has explicitly mentioned this kind of purpose, both the executive committee members and the two parties involved more or less have it in mind.

An hour later, the radio station on the island received a call back from the Guangzhou Office and the base camp. In addition to encouragement, they also explained the next step.Due to the limited manpower of the Guangzhou Office, it will no longer send another person to Wanshan Port to continue participating in this case.The opinion from the base camp is that Chen Yixin temporarily represents the Ministry of Security to conduct a sudden interrogation of these Jinyiwei spies to see if they can dig out more information—especially whether they have undiscovered accomplices who are carrying out the same mission. Task.After the surprise trial was completed, the spies were escorted back to Victory Port by warship, and the Ministry of Security handled the follow-up matters.

So after receiving the new order, Chen Yixin went to the place where the spies were being held without stopping, and began to interrogate them.In order to improve efficiency, Li Dou was temporarily requisitioned by him, and the two were interrogated separately, and then the information obtained was compared.

According to all the information currently available, Li Qingyang was undoubtedly the leader of this group, so Chen Yixin made him the main target of his surprise trial.

Since there are no facilities dedicated to torture on Dawanshan Island, the interrogation can only be carried out in the warehouse where these prisoners are held.The warehouse where Li Qingyang was imprisoned was used to store salted fish. As soon as he entered the door, he could smell a strong fishy smell, which made Chen Yixin frowned involuntarily.

The militiamen escorted out Li Qingyang, who was tied up in a big way. Chen Yixin didn't ask him to kneel on the ground, but asked the militiamen to bring him a stool and let him sit opposite him.

"Li Qingyang, Deputy Chief of Jinyiwei South Town, Ming Dynasty, Li Qingyang?" Chen Yixin read out the text engraved on the yellowed ivory waist plaque while playing with it: "So you are a real Jinyiwei, not some kind of gangster? "

Li Qingyang had calmed down from the initial exposure at this time, and he was not angry when he heard the words, so he replied in a deep voice, "I don't know what to call this little brother?"

Chen Yixin gently put the badge on the table, stared at Li Qingyang's face and responded word by word: "Major Chen Yixin, Commander of the Haihan Militia in Wanshan Port."

Although Li Qingyang didn't understand the meaning of "major", but since the other party was an officer, since "major" was before his name, it should be a position.He also couldn't figure out how big the official position of the "major" in the Haihan army was, but since the other party was a Haihan, the position should not be too low.At that moment Li Qingyang opened his mouth and said: "May I call your honor Major Chen?"

"Yes, Li Baihu." Chen Yixin immediately replied.

"Major Chen, I've heard that the Haihan militia has done many things to protect the environment and the people. It has never opposed the imperial court, but has helped the imperial court to do a lot of righteous deeds to relieve the victims and equalize the bandits. I wonder if these rumors are true?" Li Qingyang is now thinking about it. The only thing he wanted was how to escape safely. After much deliberation, he felt that he had to use words to trap the other party first.

Chen Yixin nodded and said: "What you said is basically correct. Ever since we Haihan settled in Yazhou, we have been committed to helping the people live a better life. Yazhou is a place where no shit used to happen. , and now it is the most prosperous commercial port on Qiongzhou Island, and more than half of the credit is indeed due to us..."

"But you didn't pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty!" Li Qingyang couldn't help interrupting Chen Yixin: "Yazhou is the land of Ming Dynasty!"

"But most of the money we earned was spent on the people of Daming." Chen Yixin retorted calmly: "In the past two years, there have been many natural disasters in Guangdong and Guangxi. Presumably Li Baihu will also be in Nanjing. I have heard that, after all, you are the eyes and ears of the imperial court! In the past year alone, after our rescue, more than 2 Guangdong victims found their livelihoods in the Sanya area of ​​Yazhou! I don’t know that Li Baihu has helped so many people. Do you have an idea of ​​how much money people need to spend? Just to transport so many people from Guangzhou to Qiongzhou, the shipping cost is more than [-] taels of silver. If the money is handed over to the government, how much of it do you think can be used? What about helping the victims?"

"Aren't these disaster victims working for you Haihan people? Naturally, they will help you earn back the freight and other expenses you spent!" Li Qingyang was not stupid, and was not fooled by Chen Yixin's remarks. live.

"But if we don't save them, there will be no one to save them. Either they will become dead bodies lying on the side of the road, or they will become bandits and robbers who wreak havoc on the people. The bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi have been suppressed no matter how much they have been suppressed in recent years. A large part of them The reason is that the government's disaster relief is not effective. In order to survive, many people can only rely on those local forces that can get food. I think you probably heard that we wiped out thousands of bandits there last year when you were in Lijiazhuang In fact, at least half of the bandits were civilians who had to become bandits in order to survive. If we hadn’t transported [-] victims from Guangdong and Guangxi, how many new bandits would have emerged? They earned it by working, so why didn't the court and the government save these poor people who have no other way out?" Chen Yixin would not give up easily, and immediately launched another verbal offensive.

Li Qingyang really wanted to charge this brat who didn't know what to do or what to do with another charge of "discussing the government indiscriminately", but he also knew very well that this was not the time to show off his words, and he had to try to get the other party's understanding first. Suppressing the anger in his heart, he said: "The matter of the imperial court is just a small hundred households, so I dare not discuss it rashly. But since you have always taken good care of the people of Ming Dynasty, why did you imprison me and other officials? Probably one of them is There is some misunderstanding!"

Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Misunderstanding? I also think it should be a misunderstanding, but it's not us who misunderstood you, but you who misunderstood us. God knows what kind of yamen Jinyiwei is, you know me, you are so disguised What is the purpose of sneaking into Sanya? Don't tell me that you want to go there to work for us!"

"I'm just ordered to go to Sanya to investigate a case, and it has no direct relationship with your side." Since Chen Yixin made his words so clear, Li Qingyang could only find a plausible excuse to respond.

However, Chen Yixin obviously didn't agree with his argument. He shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with us directly? Then why didn't you say hello to us? Anyway, Sanya is also under our jurisdiction. Even if we want to arrest someone, we will come forward to assist us." Wouldn't it be easier than doing it yourself?"

"This is a court secret and should not be leaked." Li Qingyang couldn't think of a better excuse for a moment.

Chen Yixin was about to speak when someone knocked on the door and came in and whispered something to him.After listening, Chen Yixin said to Li Qingyang: "Li Baihu, everything hidden in your luggage has been searched, do you still want to continue arguing?"

(End of this chapter)