Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 144 I regret it! I regret it!

After arresting all members of the Zhang family, Qinglong immediately took his Jinyiwei and the captured prisoners to the Wang family compound.

Soon, everyone arrived at the gate of the Wang family compound.

In the Zhang family compound, after witnessing the tragedy of the Jinyiwei arresting people with the family tree, the head of the Wang family, Wang Ze, was terrified.

Seeing that the Jinyiwei had actually come to the Wang family compound, he knew what they were thinking and shouted anxiously.

"Where are you going?!"

"Stop right there! Stop right there!"

"Children! Run! Run!"

"The Royal Guards are here! All members of the Wang family, run!"

"..."

Wang Ze couldn't call the Jinyiwei and could only shout loudly outside the door.

He hoped that the Wang family members in the Wang family compound could hear his shouting and escape in advance.

Qinglong did not stop Wang Ze from shouting. He just glanced at him, then walked forward and pushed open the gate of the Wang family compound.

As the Wang family's door was pushed open, a pungent smell of blood immediately wafted out from inside the door.

Inside the gate, in the Wang family compound, the ground was covered with crisscrossing bloodstains.

The pale ice and snow and the bright red blood intertwined together, making the ground blurry and muddy.

The bodies of several members of the Wang family lay in the cold snow, staring out the door with empty eyes.

Several Jinyiwei who had their backs to the gate turned around and saluted the Qinglong outside the door.

"Second Master!"

Qinglong walked into the Wang family compound, looked around, and asked, "Where is the Third Master?"

"Replying to Second Master, Third Master went to the ancestral hall to get the Wang family genealogy!"

Qinglong nodded and stopped talking.

Outside the Wang family compound, Wang Ze looked at it with a dazed look on his face. The Wang family compound had become like a hell on earth.

He suddenly recalled the warm times he had spent in this compound.

At that time, he was still very young, his father was still the head of the family, and he was still a carefree eldest son of the Wang family.

Four wet nurses circled around him, sixteen maids played with him, and twenty-eight servants were at his disposal.

Later, he grew up and became the head of the Wang family. He married the daughter of a wealthy Shanxi merchant from another county.

He had eleven concubines and twenty-seven maids to serve him. He had six big fat boys, and more than seven hundred tenants paid him rent every year.

Later, his son grew up and started to help run the family business. He also had his own maid and was about to get married and have children.

I originally thought that his future life would be the same as his father's, slowly growing old in this compound.

And his descendants will be like him, marrying wives and concubines, having children, buying land and collecting rent, and continue to live an ordinary life in this compound.

But unexpectedly, overnight, the originally warm and lovely Wang family compound turned into a living hell!
Those happy and joyful family scenes of the past have become memories forever!
"Do not!!!!"

Wang Ze's eyes widened, turned red, and he roared at the top of his lungs.

Then Wang Ze became so angry that he vomited two mouthfuls of blood, his eyes went black, and he passed out.

Qinglong and the other Jinyiwei stood where they were, not even interested in looking back at Wang Ze.

Soon, the white tiger came out from the backyard.

"Second Master, have you finished dealing with the Zhang family?"

Qinglong nodded: "It's done. Hou Wei, Wu Yong and Wang Ze happened to be at Zhang's house, so I arrested them together. It saved me some effort."

Bai Hu let out a long sigh: "I was wondering why I couldn't find Wang Ze. I thought he ran away in advance, but I didn't expect he was at Zhang's house."

"Since you caught him, I feel relieved."

"Except for Wang Ze and Wang Yao, everyone still alive in the Wang family tree has been arrested."

As Baihu spoke, he glanced at the person who was captured behind Qinglong, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Where's Wang Yao?"

Qinglong's expression also changed slightly: "There is only Wang Ze in the Zhang family compound, not Wang Yao!"

Where did Wang Yao go? !
Wang Yao is Wang Ze's eldest son, the future head of the Puzhou Wang family, and the core figure of the Puzhou Wang family.

This person must not be lost!
If they lose it and His Majesty holds them accountable, none of them will be able to bear the consequences!

Qinglong and Baihu looked at each other, and at the same time turned their gazes to Wang Ze who had fainted on the ground.

……

Wang Ze was awakened by the pain.

When his consciousness regained consciousness from the darkness, the first thing he felt was the pain coming from the lower part of his body.

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

The severe pain made him cry out miserably. He opened his eyes suddenly, but what he saw were the ferocious-looking Azure Dragon and White Tiger.

He looked at his lower body and found that he was being hung in the air with a rope. One end of the rope was wrapped around the beam and was held in the hands of two Jinyiwei.

Beneath him stood a rough wooden stick, the tip of which had already sunk into his body. At this moment, the Jinyiwei were punishing him with a stick, a punishment that would make anyone shudder at the mere sight of it!
After Wang Ze endured this torture, he was in excruciating pain, cold sweats broke out all over his body, his face turned extremely pale, and he kept wailing.

Qinglong and Baihu watched Wang Ze being tortured coldly. After letting Wang Ze howl miserably for a quarter of an hour, Qinglong raised his hand and gestured to stop.

The Jinyiwei who was responsible for pulling the rope quickly pulled the rope downwards, and Wang Ze was also lifted up by the rope and moved upwards a little bit again.

But just moving this small part immediately made Wang Ze howl in pain.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! It hurts! It hurts so much!”

"Please let me go!!! Stop torturing me!"

"Kill me! Kill me now!!!"

"Kill me now! Kill me!"

"..."

Qinglong stared into Wang Ze's eyes and asked sternly, "Tell me! Where is Wang Yao?"

Qinglong's words made Wang Ze's brain, which was blank from the pain, suddenly regain a moment of clarity.

Yes, their Wang family has not been completely wiped out yet!
His eldest son, the future head of the Puzhou Wang family, the Wang family's last hope and the last spark, is still doing business in Xuanfu!
At this moment, Wang Ze had only one thought in his mind.

That is, we must not let them catch Wang Yao!
Wang Ze bit his lips tightly and said nothing.

"Did not say?"

Qinglong has seen many people like this who won't cry until they see the coffin. He has a hundred ways to pry open their mouths.

A cold arc appeared at the corner of Qinglong's mouth: "Release!"

The Jinyiwei who was responsible for pulling the rope suddenly let go, and Wang Ze's body fell straight down, and was held tightly by the wooden stick under him.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

Wang Ze let out another horrific scream of pain. The cry was so shrill that even Zhang Yi and his son and others who were locked in the next room could hear it clearly.

Zhang Ning's hands and feet were tied. He curled up in the corner of the room, shivering.

He listened to Wang Ze's screams, staring ahead with lifeless eyes, feeling filled with regret.

He regrets so much!
He really regrets it!
Why did the Zhang family and the Wang family end up in this situation?

If he had known earlier, this would be the consequence of resisting the land survey.

Even if he had a hundred courages, he would not dare to incite his tenants to start a civil uprising!

Having their land surveyed simply meant that from now on, they would have to pay taxes for every acre of land under their names.

But resisting the land survey will lead to the destruction of your family, the confiscation of property and the extermination of your clan!

If you want to blame someone, blame the current emperor. He does not play by the rules!

The uprising was caused by the people of Puzhou. The emperor did not arrest those troublemakers and did not even investigate them. Why did he arrest the Zhang and Wang families? !

No evidence!

There is no evidence!
You can’t arrest people at will without evidence!

Zhang Ning clenched his fists tightly, feeling extremely regretful and resentful of Zhu Youtang for not following the rules.

Next to Zhang Ning, Zhang Yi heard Wang Ze's continuous screams and was so scared that his whole body was shaking and twitching.

Zhang Yi also felt extremely regretful and was filled with fear of death.

His life used to be so wonderful. He had been well-dressed and well-fed since childhood, and he never lacked a good wife and beautiful concubines. There were plenty of people around him to take care of him.

He is only twenty years old, he has not enjoyed enough, he just wants to continue to enjoy this luxurious life, what's wrong with him? !
Zhang Yi now resented everyone in this world equally, even his father Zhang Ning.

If Zhang Ning hadn't come up with such a bad idea, how could he have lost such a wonderful life?
Thinking of this, there was a bit more resentment in his eyes when he looked at Zhang Yi.

On the other side, Hou Wei, who was lying on the ground, covering his legs and wailing, was filled with regret.

It's not that he regretted participating in the Puzhou uprising.

He was the commander of a thousand households and an officer of the garrison. For an officer to privately occupy the land of a military household was an undisputed capital crime.

If he didn't fight for it and Wang Yan and his men found out that he had taken possession of the land used by the garrison, he would surely be killed.

So he never regretted participating in the private sector, he just regretted why he came to Zhang's compound to drink the celebratory wine tonight.

If he were still in the garrison, he would lead his own soldiers and would definitely be able to break through the encirclement of the Jinyiwei, escape, and live a carefree life somewhere else.

No, he should have run away with his personal soldiers when Wang Yan and his men arrived at Jinzhou!
With the support of these hundreds of personal soldiers, he would be able to live a very comfortable life even if he became a bandit.

Regret! Regret!

Of course, the one who regretted even more was the magistrate of Puzhou, Wu Yong.

He shouldn't have come to Pu County to be this official!
When he was assigned to be the magistrate of Pu County, he should have retired and returned home!
He is just a county magistrate, what can he do? !

He can't do anything!

He had no chance of defeating the Zhang and Wang families who had been operating in Puzhou for hundreds of years. His best option was to accept their money and become their dog.

In the past two years as a county magistrate, what else did he gain except accepting several hundred taels of silver as tribute from the Zhang and Wang families? !

Regret!
regret!!!

(End of this chapter)