Crazy! Crazy batch of chief ministers reduced to subordinates

A basin of cold water was poured on his head, and Xu Beisheng woke up suddenly.

My whole body was so cold that I couldn't stop trembling.

My arms and legs were stiff and uncomfortable. I wanted to get up and move, only to find that my hands were tied behind my back, and my legs were wrapped around a large tree with thick bark from top to bottom.

The hemp rope was too tight, so she struggled twice. Her hands were squeezed and rubbed against the bark of the tree, causing a dull pain. She felt that the skin on her wrists and palms had been torn.

Her hair stuck to her face, and water flowed down the locks, blocking her sight.

She shook her wet hair and moved her eyes away, so that she could see the situation in front of her clearly.

There is a large house with stacks of houses not far away. This place looks like a back garden.

The autumn chrysanthemums in the corner are still swaying in the wind, and there are many trees, including rows of tall poplar trees in front of me.

There were also some thick willow trees that had lost all their leaves, so she was tied to a willow tree.

A variety of torture instruments were stacked on a crude high-leg table, and next to it was a brazier with a blazing flame.

A group of people stood in darkness before them, and countless torches illuminated the surroundings as bright as day.

There was only one chair in the middle, and Leping Wang Xiaoyi sat on it, wearing a grape purple t-shirt and a mallow-colored cloak. He held a folding fan between his fingers and stared at Beisheng with unconcealed resentment in his eyes.

The sergeant next to him was holding a wooden bucket in his hand. When he saw that the man was awake, he threw the wooden bucket into the huge water tank next to him. The water splashed out and hit Bei Sheng, giving him another chill.

The sergeant went to prepare other torture instruments, picked up a branding iron from the case and put it into the brazier, then stood beside Xiao Yi with his hands behind his back.

Bei Sheng smiled bitterly. A wise man must make a mistake after all his considerations. This time, he was finally caught by Xiao Yi.

Yan Mo bought horses from a horse dealer. Although he used a fake name, his identity was revealed when his subordinate accidentally called him "Boss Yan".

King Leping also spent a lot of effort to find out that the same person was behind the many horse dealers who sold horses to him.

He ran away from Yan Mo, but after a torture session with Yan Mo's men, Xu Beisheng was confessed. This was an unexpected surprise.

From cotton and raw silk, to high-priced rice grains, to this time a thousand soldiers and horses, Xu Beisheng and Yan Mo were trying to trick him one after another, and they would not stop until they deceived him to death.

There was nothing he could do about Xu Beisheng staying in Beijing, but when he inquired about it, he found out that he was in Runing. Isn't it just right?

After Yan Mo got the money, he asked Bei Sheng to meet him. Yan Mo got a total of 600,000 taels of silver, and he gave Bei Sheng the agreed 500,000 taels, while keeping the 100,000 taels for himself.

Beisheng held a thick bundle of one hundred taels of silver notes in his hand and could not count them.

She didn't have time to count. She believed in Yan Mo's character, so she directly asked Jing Fan to take the banknotes and hurry back to Beijing.

When Xiao Yi's men surrounded Beisheng at an inn in Runing, they were a step too late. Yan Mo had already escaped and the banknote was not on Beisheng's body.

After taking off his clothes and searching all over his body, he found nothing more than a money bag containing some scattered silver, which amounted to less than twenty taels.

Beisheng was numbed by medicine, then put into a sack and sent to Baoding for Xiao Yi to handle in person. From Runing to Baoding, no matter how fast Pegasus kept working day and night, it would still take eight or nine days.

They didn't give her much to eat on the way. Even if she woke up at this moment, she was still dizzy and didn't have much strength.

But when he saw the livid King Leping, Beisheng still grinned at him and said, "I'm going to pay homage to the prince."

King Leping was able to spend 600,000 taels of silver in one go to buy horses, which shows that he was wealthy. He had been plundering a lot in the capital over the years.

Beisheng gave Yan Mo the task of exchanging 150,000 taels of silver for 500,000 taels of silver, but she just said it casually. After all, she was not sure that Yan Mo could find so many sick horses to make up the money.

She gave Yan Mo 150,000 taels of silver. In addition to the money required to buy horses, she also included Yan Mo's travel expenses and money for various things.

To be honest, she came to cheat King Leping with the mentality of losing money.

The general price of a war horse will not exceed 20 taels of silver. A thousand war horses will only cost 20,000 taels of silver at most. Even if you sell all the horses in the world to King Leping, you will not make 600,000 taels of silver. Come.

But Yan Mo provided King Leping with a one-stop service, including horses, fodder, bridles, saddles, and the construction of stables at the racecourse, and he earned a total of 600,000 taels from King Leping.

It's just that the horses were taken away from the refreshing and tonic medicine and fell ill quickly. Before the promised fodder, bridles, saddles, and stables could be built, many of the horses died of illness. Only then did the incident come to light.

Xiao Yi was furious, but still restrained, and said slowly: "The two girls are familiar with me. As long as you return my money to me, and inform me of Yan Mo's whereabouts, the rest will be done." If the king does not pursue the matter, he will send someone to send the second girl back to the capital safely."

Xu Beisheng glanced at the torture instruments on the high-leg case over there. He might not be able to escape the torture today. She had no money to pay him back, and she didn't know Yan Mo's whereabouts.

I really don’t know Yan Mo’s whereabouts. He is such a cunning person. King Leping’s people caught up with him at the inn, jumped out of the window in a flash, and then disappeared without a trace.

Pay back the money? Beisheng will not pay back even if he dies. Not to mention that the money had been sent to the capital, even if she still had it with her at this moment, she would rather throw it into the brazier and burn it than let King Leping take away a copper plate.

She said: "Your Majesty sent out so many people to capture me and tie me to a tree, but I don't know where I offended Your Majesty."

Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and listened carefully to what she said.

Beisheng continued: "I have never forgotten what the prince said to me. In order to stay away from the prince, I tried every possible means to cause trouble in the palace, and then the queen issued an edict to punish me out of the palace. My father has also agreed to Gaoyang Hou I am willing to help the prince with your request, why would the prince kidnap me in return for kindness?"

Xiao Yi burst out laughing when he heard this, "I have known that you are eloquent and eloquent, and can confuse right and wrong. Today, I have gained a lot of knowledge."

He stared coldly, stood up and walked towards Bei Sheng, grabbing Bei Sheng's collar, the fire in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

He said: "I have suffered big losses at the hands of Yan Mo several times. I still wonder how a small profiteer can be so bold, but I don't expect you to be the mastermind behind him! There is no grievance between you and me. , why do you want to murder this king!"

Bei Sheng was afraid now, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he was weak and vulnerable, "Did the prince misunderstand me? I am acquainted with Yan Mo, but I have also bought tea from his Erya Hall several times. Little Marquis Yan Mo helped me with my jewelry business, but I did not instruct him to do what the prince said."

"Yeah!?"

Xiao Yi threw Bei Sheng away and shouted to the people behind him: "Bring them up!"