Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 111 Interrogation of Li Hu
Governor Wang Tingshu led He Liu, Lao Hu, and Steward Zhao to the office in the back office.

In the center of Wu Zuo's room, there was a large coffin, the lid of the coffin was not nailed, but covered with a layer of red cloth.

Wang Tingshu explained: "This is the rule of the martyrdom. Before the emperor's posthumous decree comes, the coffin cannot be covered with a lid, but only covered with a layer of red cloth.

Housekeeper Zhao fell to his knees in front of the coffin with a plop, crying loudly, "My lord, you died so badly!"

Wang Tingshu comforted Zhao Guanjia and said: "My condolences! Your master died for the country, which is more important than Mount Tai!"

Taking advantage of Wang Tingshu's inattention, He Liu winked at Lao Hu.

Lao Hu understands.He walked to the window and shouted suddenly: "Governor Wang, Steward Zhao, look, there is a purple aura in the western sky! Could it be Master Zhao's spirit in the sky?"

After hearing this, Wang Tingshu and Steward Zhao came to the window together and looked westward.

Taking advantage of their unpreparedness, He Liu lifted the red cloth from the coffin.

There are seven or eight human bones in the coffin, three or four of which are longer, like thigh bones and arm bones, and a few short ones, which should be finger bones.

He Liuqiang endured his nausea, reached in, and put a finger bone into the sleeve of his robe.Then he immediately covered the red cloth.

Wang Tingshu and Steward Zhao looked at the window for a moment.Wang Tingshu asked suspiciously: "Master Hu, why didn't I see the purple qi you mentioned?"

He Liudao: "You're listening to old Hu talking nonsense! He's over 60 years old, his old eyes are dim, and he's still suspicious."

A group of people left the room.He Liu said to Wang Tingshu: "Governor Wang, I'm sorry we came so early and disturbed your sweet dreams. We still have some things to do, so we will go back to the imperial envoy first."

Go back to the imperial envoy's office.Old Hu asked He Liu: "Have you got the things?"

He Liu took out a handkerchief from his left sleeve, covered his hand with the handkerchief, and pinched the phalanx from his right sleeve.

Lao Hu had a disgusted expression on his face: "I said, Liu, is this handkerchief Jiangnan silk handkerchief? My niece and daughter-in-law prepared it for you? It's a pity, it's stained with this dead man's bone, so I have to throw it away."

He Liudao: "Go get the carrier pigeon!"

Jin Yiwei, who was out on business, always used flying pigeons to deliver messages to the capital.Flying pigeons deliver books much faster than flying horses.

Lao Hu brought in a pigeon with red ideas.On the leg of the carrier pigeon, there is a letter box tied.

The finger bone was not big enough to fit into the mailbox.

He Liu took another piece of paper and wrote in small letters: "The twelfth younger brother Zhao Ci immediately verified whether this phalanx is that of a 51-year-old man. Reply quickly."

He Liu rolled up the paper and tied it to the other leg of the pigeon with a string.Then in the yard, the carrier pigeons were released.

Old Hu asked: "Lao Liu, do you suspect that the pile of bones does not belong to Zhao Jianzhi?"

He Liu replied: "If Wang Tingshu and Governor Wang say what he says, then we don't have to investigate any cases!"

Old Hu said: "Is it time for you to interrogate Li Hu?"

He Liu nodded: "Naturally. He, the former General Guard of Datong, was the chief culprit of Datong's defeat. Since we want to investigate the reason for the city's destruction, we must interrogate him."

In the afternoon, the two came to the room where Li Hu was being held.

When Li Hu saw He Liu and Lao Hu, he fell to his knees with a "plop".

He Liuban said mockingly: "Mr. Li has eight stab wounds on his body, so it's better to be excused."

What Li Hu said next surprised He Liu a lot: "Master Liu, the wound on my body was caused by my own chopping! It's okay!"

He Liu was taken aback: "What? You chopped it yourself?"

Li Hu is a rough man, but he speaks directly.He said bluntly: "Master Liu, I lost Datong City. If I didn't have any injuries on my body, I wouldn't be able to explain it in front of the emperor!"

He Liu smiled wryly: "Mr. Li, are you admitting to Jin Yiwei that you have deceived the emperor?"

Li Hu said stupidly: "My sixth master. If you don't bully you, you will die. If you bully you, there is still a way to survive! Maybe the emperor will feel pity for me when he hears that I have suffered eight stab wounds, and spare me my life." Woolen cloth?"

Old Hu interjected: "I said Li Hu, are you short-hearted? The world knows that our Jin Yiwei is only loyal to the emperor. You told us that you are deceiving the emperor, which is equivalent to telling the emperor that you are deceiving the emperor!"

A smile appeared on Li Hu's face: "The sixth master will protect me. Because I want to tell him a shocking secret!"

He Liu smiled: "How can people nowadays shake the sky and move the earth? I have been in Jinyiwei for 20 years. I have investigated many big cases and seen many big secrets!"

Li Hu asked: "Is the real reason for the death of tens of thousands of frontier troops and the loss of Datong considered a shocking secret?"

He Liu became interested: "Oh? Tell me."

Li Hu clasped his hands and said, "Sixth Master! The reason why Datongwei fell within a day was because someone had an affair with a Tatar!"

He Liudao: "How can I see that?"

Li Hu talked eloquently: "First, when defending a city, there must always be a strong point and a weak point. The Beipian Gate is the weak point of Datong's city defense. Do the Tatars know fortune-telling? How do they know that the Beipian Gate is the most defensive? Weak? Their main attack direction is the North Pian Gate! There must be an insider to inform us! Second, there are [-] Francophone guns on the tower of the North Pian Gate. Two thousand defenders have two hundred three-eyed guns. These If the firearms were fired, they would be condescending, and no matter how many Tatars came, it would take [-] dead to break through the city gate. However, those firearms did not fire! Because all the sub-powder used for the cannon and the firecrackers were damp. How could the gunpowder not be damp sooner or later, but why did it get damp when the Tatars attacked the city?"

He Liu nodded: "What else?"

Li Hu said: "As soon as the Beipian Gate was broken, there were dozens of cavalrymen in the armor of the Ming army riding fast horses in the city, shouting, 'The Beipian Gate has been breached! The Tatars are coming in! Brothers, run away!" When the brothers from other disciplines heard this, nine out of ten morale was lost! The fear of war was like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger! Without morale, the weapons in the hands of the brothers were not as good as the fire sticks. They ran down the tower one after another, and became the chopping board fish of the Tartars."

He Liu smiled: "What you said makes sense. It does seem that there is an internal response. But, I heard people say that this internal response may be you, Li Hu and Li Zongbing!"

Li Hu shouted: "Wrong!"

Old Hu laughed and said: "Nine out of ten people who fell into the hands of our Jin Yiwei are crying for innocence."

Li Hu said: "Sixth Master, I am really greedy for life and afraid of death! Otherwise, I would not have caused these eight stab wounds on myself! Birds and beasts are greedy for life, let alone human beings? But I never dare to cheat on Tatars , Give the entire city of Datong to the Tatars! Doing that would be a crime of killing clans! In the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, nine clans were punished at most, but our Ming Dynasty can punish ten clans!"

He Liudao: "Don't dare to have an affair with the Tatars? How did I hear that you have been doing business with the Tatars in private?"

(End of this chapter)