Han official!

Chapter 107 Plunder
Doctor Du's house is a larger "日"-shaped house than the "Qi L" house. It has two entrances, front and back, and corridors on both sides of the small double-eaved house. There is a small watchtower in the corner of the house. Several servants live in the watchtower and gamble with gambling games.

Bo game is also called Liubo chess, which consists of chopsticks, chess pieces, chessboard, Bo chips, cutting knife, peeler and containers.

There are a total of six chopsticks and twelve chess pieces. The chopsticks are used for throwing, and the chess pieces are used for moving the chess pieces.

Six chopsticks will be thrown into different combinations, which is called Bo Cai. The chess pieces in the hands of the servants are also called horses, totaling twelve pieces, half black and half white, or half black and half red, and each side holds one color.

Mu Nu gripped the copper dagger tightly in his hand, walked along the rammed earth wall below the watchtower, and headed towards the back door of the sun-shaped house.

From time to time, the shouting and cursing of the servants could be heard from upstairs.

Several servants were so focused on gambling that they didn't notice Guo Jie and others at the foot of the wall.

At the back door stood an open cart piled high with hay and water chestnuts, which were used to feed the oxen in the cowshed.

There was a shortage of horses in the early Han Dynasty, so oxen were mostly used to drive carriages and rarely used to plow fields.

Guo Jie and his men hid their swords and knives in a pile of water chestnuts, carried a bunch of water chestnuts into the back door, and hid behind the haystack in the cowshed.

In front of the cow prison was a small double-eaved house connected by corridors. There was a small hall at the back of the house, but no one was there.

"Take the officer and guard the back door."

Guo Jie instructed, "Once I have captured Doctor Du, leave immediately and quietly leave Dongjunli. This is Ba Ling, not Chang'an. Remember not to be seen by the Ba Ling officer. It is best to bring him back to Chang'an quietly."

The military clerk and ten material officers were all wearing red armor, holding spears and having ring-handled swords hanging from their waists.

Still can't make too much noise.

The person in charge of the county soldiers and slaves in Ba Ling was the Ba Ling Wei, not Zhang Tang, the Chang'an Wei.

"Wait a moment, Wei Jun."

The shepherd slave usually lived on a haystack of water chestnuts. Seeing Guo Jie, Wei Guang and others lying on the haystack, quietly waiting for Doctor Du to come back, he hurriedly dug out a tattered box from under the haystack.

He took out a handful of wheat from the box, and then took out a pottery pot, placed it on the fire next to him, and poured water into the pottery pot.

A li is a round, open-mouthed food vessel with three hollow legs.

He also placed a pottery steamer on top of the pottery tripod.

A zong is a utensil for steaming food. It has many small holes on the bottom, similar to a steamer.

The shepherd slave spread a layer of coarse linen in the steamer, put the wheat on the linen, and began to cook to entertain Guo Jie, Wei Guang and others.

White steam was coming out of the pottery steamer. As it was getting dark, the wheat was steamed and cooked.

Wheat is wrapped in a layer of bran and is cooked by steaming the grains. It is very hard and rough, and can easily cause bloating. If wheat gets damp and sprouts, it can cause food poisoning. It is far less safe and delicious than millet and rice.

Pedal pestles and stone mortars were expensive and ordinary people could not afford them, so they mostly cooked grains into coarse wheat rice.

Semolina is the food of the poor.

The nobles and powerful people only ate wheat rice under one circumstances.

During mourning.

It embodies simplicity and filial piety.

"Gentlemen, please come in."

Even the hard and rough coarse wheat rice was the best food for the herdsmen, and was used to entertain Guo Jie and others.

Mu Nu suddenly remembered that Wei Guang was a Tiqi.

He looked guilty, "I am so poor that I can only treat Lord Wei with coarse wheat rice. I feel guilty."

The few pounds of coarse wheat rice in the pottery steamer is enough for the herdsmen to eat for more than half a month.

Normally, the herdsmen could only fill their stomachs with wild vegetables, or cook a pot of water chestnuts, and rarely could they eat coarse wheat rice.

Doctor Du has not distributed food allowances for a long time.

Guo Jie looked at the shepherd slaves who took out their last rations to entertain him and shook his head. He thought that Doctor Du deserved to be arrested. He lived in a house with the shape of the word "日" and went in and out of Dong Yan's Changmen Garden, which later became the Changmen Palace.

He even withheld the meager rations from the herdsmen.

“It’s quite tasty.”

Guo Jie showed no disdain. He took the wheat rice and put it in his mouth, chewing it. "Today's feast is better than duck soup. Although it is just wheat rice, it is your last ration. Friendship is precious."

He didn't say that since he had a pot and a steamer, why not steam the semolina rice into buns or eat minced meat.

Turning semolina into flour is a messy process.

Life imprisonment below the death penalty is called Chengdan Chong.

The biggest reason is that pounding rice, pounding wheat and shelling rice and wheat is hard work.

Extremely torturous.

The spelt is pounded and shelled into grains, which are then ground into flour using a stone mill.

The herdsman was just a commoner who made a living by herding cattle. He could not afford a treadle pestle or a stone mill, so he could only make coarse wheat rice by steaming or boiling grains.

Guo Jie's Jincheng neighborhood provided treadle pestles and wei, which are also known as stone mills, which the residents considered to be a great favor.

"Wei Jun came here in a hurry."

The shepherd slave took out the last item from the chest and hurriedly explained, "A few days ago, Doctor Du and his men brought back several large chests. A piece of red gauze, seemingly made of silk brocade, fell out of the door of one of the chests. I found it. If the Lord of Wei had told me in advance, I would have sold it, exchanged it for leeks and millet, and treated him to a feast of delicious food."

Red silk head!
Wei Guang's expression suddenly changed.

He immediately snatched the red silk hair and looked at it carefully.

The gauze is a piece of cloth wrapped around the bun.

The nobles and powerful people wore crowns and belts.

Only some common people in plain hats wrapped their heads with linen gauze to protect themselves from the wind and sand.

The red gauze head is made of Yuegui brocade.

It seems weird.

Only nobles and powerful people could afford silk and brocade.

It is impossible for a noble to wear a silk bun on his hair.

"Doctor Du!"

Wei Guang's face turned grim, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Little brat, I will kill you!"

Guo Jie saw the fury on his face and knew that the red gauze hair had brought some trouble. He asked, "The red gauze hair looks like it belongs to Xijun. What's wrong? Could it be that this red gauze hair belongs to your sister?"

He just said it casually.

Just a guess.

I didn't take it seriously.

Wei Guang's face was filled with anger. "Brother, you may not know this, but my sister, Wei Junru, loves sword fighting and is a skilled swordsman. She is highly regarded by Princess Pingyang. The knight-errant and the princess's concubine, who live in Princess Pingyang's residence, have gathered around my sister and often ride their chariots around the mausoleum to show off Princess Pingyang's majesty. My sister and the knight-errant and the princess have their hair wrapped in red gauze."

He held the red gauze tightly and said, "It is exactly this kind of gauze made of Yue Gui brocade."

Guo Jie understood.

Wei Junru is a policewoman or military beauty who is as capable as any man.

A group of daughters of knights gathered around Wei Junru and formed a female army.

He often drives his chariot around and crashes into other people.

It is used to show that Princess Pingyang, or more accurately, Princess Yangxin, is well-equipped.

Emperor Liu Che's eldest sister, Princess Pingyang, was titled Princess Yangxin. She married Cao Shou, the great-grandson of Cao Shen and was called Princess Pingyang.

Wei Junru and other concubines had a sign that their hair was wrapped in red gauze made of Yuegui brocade.

Guo Jie's expression changed. "Are you sure the red silk thread is Wei Junru's clothing?"

Wei Guang said solemnly, "You are right. Brother knows that there are two major relatives in Chang'an. One is the emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Dou, and the other is the emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Wang. The two relatives have been engaged in many dirty things and have been fighting with each other. Princess Pingyang allowed my sister and Youxiaer Xijun to go unchecked. In fact, she was showing off her power to Princess Guantao of the Dou family."

The market price of Yueguijin is very high.

Wei Junru and Youxiaer Xijun both had their hair wrapped in red gauze.

The reward from Princess Pingyang. The more Wei Guang thought about it, the angrier he became. He raised his ring-handled sword and was about to kill Du Yicao and his wife in the palace.

"Do not impulse."

Guo Jie held Wei Guang's shoulders and said in a deep voice, "We must not alert the enemy. The most important thing right now is to wait for Doctor Du to return from Changmen Garden and arrest him to interrogate Wei Junru's whereabouts. Since he is familiar with Princess Guantao's male concubine, Wei Junru was most likely abducted and sold by Doctor Du."

He remembered that the main ingredient of Ma Fei San was violet poison.

The violet poison and poison arrows provided by the food doctor in Dachangli should be used to make a drug.

Doctor Du was secretly doing things like kidnapping and selling concubines.

A human trafficker!

"Brother."

Yi Zong mentioned something: "Last time when the clan executed Qiu Jing, some violet poison was found in Qiu Jing's house. It was used to make a drug that knocked out the sick doctor. It seems that Doctor Du bought the violet poison to make a drug as well."

When Wei Guang heard that Wei Junru had been abducted and sold, he became even more anxious and wanted to capture Doctor Du immediately.

Guo Jie gripped his ring-handled sword tightly and said in a deep voice, "In another hour or two, Doctor Du will be back. There's no need to hold back. Just capture Doctor Du. If we're discovered."

A ruthless look flashed across his face: "Just kill everyone in the house!"

This place is Baling Town after all.

If they were to be stopped by the Ba Ling Ling and Ba Ling Wei, and Dong Yan of the Dou family, a relative of the emperor, lived in Ba Ling, Guo Jie and the others might be trapped by Dong Jun.

Guo Jie turned and said, "My brother-in-law, hurry back to Chang'an and tell the Chang'an official Zhao Yu that someone has kidnapped and sold Princess Pingyang's slaves. Remember, go directly to the chief official Zhao Yu, not to the higher official Zhang Tang."

The cruel official Zhao Yu presumed guilty.

As long as he suspects someone is guilty, he is guilty, and there is no need for a closed chain of evidence.

Yi Zong opened his mouth, wanting to say that he couldn't leave.

He thought it was more important to bring over the thief catcher and the prison historian.

Yi Zong bowed solemnly and said, "Take care, my dear brother-in-law. I will go to Chang'an immediately to find the chief official Zhao Yu."

His figure disappeared through the back door, and he quickly ran to the gate of Dong Junli's neighborhood, riding a Hexi horse and galloping towards Baqiao.

"Haha."

Doctor Du returned with his only son, his face beaming. "We've captured hundreds of beautiful women, and when we sell them to Guandong, we'll be able to raise enough money for your bride price. Although that woman is from the Pianzhi tribe, she also has the surname Dou. It's worth the expense of Dong Yan as matchmaker and the large sum of money spent on the bride price."

Kill!

A figure suddenly jumped out from behind the stack of茭草.

Guo Jie's face was filled with murderous intent, and he rushed directly to the eaves of the corridor in one step.

"boom!"

Before Doctor Du and his son could react, he kicked Doctor Du in the stomach, causing him to roll on the ground.

He was in so much pain that his body began to convulse.

"you"

Doctor Du's only son was terrified. Before he could even scream, a strong hand grabbed his neck and he couldn't utter a word.

Guo Jie pinched his only son's neck with one hand and dragged Du Yicao's trousers and socks with the other hand, and walked towards the back door.

Doctor Du's black silk robe, which cost two thousand five hundred coins, was covered in dirt, and his hair was disheveled, making him look like an old concubine who had been kicked out of the house.

The military official and the material officer stood guard around the area, vigilantly watching the movements outside the corridor to avoid being discovered by the servants in the mansion.

"boom!"

Wei Guang was furious. He walked over and kicked Doctor Du hard again, directly in the face.

Du Yicao's old teeth were kicked out on the spot, his nose was also broken, and he was bleeding from his mouth and nose.

He rolled his eyes in pain.

The only son was so frightened that he dared not say a word and had only one thought in his mind.

It would be best for this group of thieves to only attack Du Yicao.

Don't hit me.

Kill that old guy and you'll inherit the family fortune.

Otherwise, if he went out with the young men from Wuling, he would be scolded by the old guys and be treated as people from the same class as him.

"Cough cough!"

Doctor Du recovered after a quarter of an hour. He coughed out old teeth and blood, and endured the severe pain and said, "You bandits are just looking for money. If you are caught by the government, robbery and murder are two different punishments. I am willing to give you the money, but I only hope you won't hurt anyone."

Very patient.

He didn't even make a sound despite the excruciating pain of having his tooth kicked out.

Guo Jie sneered, knowing that Doctor Du could not be kept.

"I am a knight-errant from Chang'an. Someone asked me to bring his daughter back."

Guo Jie held the ring-handled sword in his hand against Du Yicao's neck and said, "Tell me, where are the concubines in Dachang now?"

Redeem someone?!
Doctor Du was horrified, unable to understand how this group of knights had found Dong Junli. He stubbornly refused to speak, "I don't understand what you're saying. Take the money and leave as quickly as possible, or the servants in the watchtower will see you. If they do, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

Did not say?

Guo Jie said coldly, "Leave it to you. Torture him until he tells you the truth."

Wei Guang couldn't wait any longer, so he walked to Doctor Du with a ring-handled knife in his hand and began to imitate Yi Zong's torture methods.

Various tortures began to be inflicted on Doctor Du.

Doctor Du remained silent throughout the whole process and refused to confess that he had kidnapped and sold his wife.

It’s not that I don’t dare to say it.

It cannot be said.

As long as he admitted to the looting and selling, Du Yicao would lose his official position.

Doctor Du Cao didn't say anything.

The only son just watched the torturous torture, his legs became weak and his forehead was covered with sweat.

Guo Jie noticed something strange about his only son and turned to ask, "Do you know where those captured concubines were sent?"

"Thieves. Ah, no, gentlemen."

The only son nodded hurriedly, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice. "I know, gentlemen, please don't torture me. I'm willing to tell you the whereabouts of those children."

"shut up!"

Doctor Du scolded, "Shut up! If you dare to say another word, I'll flog you to death!"

He said coldly, "I am the Medical Officer of Dai State, one of the vassal states' Medical Officers. I often go in and out of the King of Dai's service!"

Before Doctor Du could finish his words, relying on his status as an official of Dai State.

A flash of sword light flashed.

"puff!"

Guo Jie chopped off Du Yicao's head with a knife and said impatiently, "Shut up!"

Doctor Du stared with his eyes wide open, unable to close them in death. He had only one thought before he died.

How dare that man kill him.

Du Yicao is a rank official in a vassal state!
No one can kill him until the Supreme Court has issued a ruling.

Kill an official.

It was tantamount to a provocation to the Han court.

Guo Jie sneered in his heart, I dare to kill officials at the palace gate, how could I not dare to kill you!
(End of this chapter)