Princess Fuyao

Chapter 105 The Night Trial
Wu Shangdong was locked in the hallway of his house, and when he heard Fuyao leading troops to search, he shouted through the window that he wanted to sue the imperial court.

"Wu Jianjun, you should calm down. Do you know who Chen Zhuo is? The leader of the Five Ghosts Gang. Who is this Five Ghosts Gang? They do all kinds of evil, and the most common thing is assassination. Yao Guangyu once paid for the Five Ghosts to kill people."

"What's the matter with me?" Wu Shangdong was even more angry. He had never hired the Five Ghosts, and he didn't even know what the Five Ghosts were for.

"Chen Zhuo, formerly known as Aguda, is a tartar, the leader of the Five Ghosts Gang, nicknamed the Ghost Envoy of Wolf City."

"You are slandering, you killed legitimate merchants, and now you can't explain to the court, so you are talking nonsense here!"

"Hehe, Ah Guda has a tattoo on his chest, which is the head of a wolf. Do you know who worships wolves? Wo Jin! Aguda is Wo Jin's man."

"It's impossible. Even if you have support, I'm not without it. Who in this world doesn't have three friends, four friends, relatives and neighbors? Master Ji, your hands haven't grown so big that they can't cover the sky."

When Wu Shangdong was talking, there was a man dressed as a literati not far from the window. He gestured to him twice to remind him that he thought he would be fine with Fuyao on his back. Didn’t he know that Zhang Qiaozhi who was opposite him could see clearly, and he walked over: "who are you?"

"I'm the accountant at home." As soon as he spoke, he immediately revealed his identity, Fuyao walked over, and gave Zhang Qiaozhi an order: "Take him to wash his face."

Wu Shangdong said in surprise: "What are you doing?"

"When he washes his face, you'll understand everything."

How could the accountant be able to defeat a warrior like Zhang Qiaozhi?He was forced by two people beside the copper washbasin, rubbing his face with two big hands.

"His beard is glued on." Zhang Qiaozhi said in surprise.

"Oh, his skin has also dropped a layer." Zhang Qiaozhi yelled, arousing the great curiosity of the people present, even Wu Shangdong couldn't help stretching his neck to look over, the master he relied on, instantly turned from black face The loyal minister turned into a white-faced traitor, and his beautiful beard almost fell off, turning into a few sparse goatee.

There must be something wrong with not daring to show your true colors.Wu Shangdong's face suddenly turned from red to white, and then to gray. Chen Zhuo's identity, he can still argue a few words, his tent, now he is by his side every day as a master, turned out to be a thief pretending to be Qiao What should he do?Jumping into the Yellow River can't clean it up.

"Wu Shangdong, I didn't expect that there would be such a wonderful talent by your side. Do you know who this is? The creator of the Jiang family murder."

"Master, he slandered. The Jiang Chen case was not solved. Who can tell who killed it? I provoked villains in my hometown, and I had to run out in disguise. When I met the master, I was like this. There is no way to change it, sir. , you have to trust me." The white-faced master quibbled.

Fuyao saw his eyeballs rolling constantly, occasionally glancing at his sleeves, then walked over to check his clothes, except for a small patch, there was nothing abnormal, very strange, she pinched the patch and twisted it. Twisted, a little hard, as if dirty.

When the white-faced master saw Fuyao smelling it, his eyes flashed, but Fuyao's head left again, and he was very disappointed.

"Find some clothes and change them for him." Fuyao didn't know what was wrong with the clothes, even if there were no problems, he would change them first.

Wu Shangdong was already in despair at the moment. Even if he didn't know it, in the end, the imperial court would think that he was confused and not suitable for continuing to be an official. If he stripped off his gleaming tiger skin, he would never be able to look good again in this life. .

A servant from the Wu family brought a piece of coarse cloth, and Zhang Qiao commanded him to search the white-faced master carefully, even taking off his shoes. Finally, he changed the clothes, tied them tightly, and stuffed a cloth towel in his mouth.

"Tell me, who will make friends with him?" Fuyao asked.

There was silence in the courtyard.

"Master Wu may not be able to protect everyone now. If anyone does meritorious service at this time, I will remove your slave status immediately."

There is still no one to speak, except for slavery, if there is nothing to do, wouldn't it be a waste of time and nothing to do?

"If you still want to stay in Wu's house, then you will be rewarded. As long as you are willing to speak up, you will be rewarded. If you make great contributions, you will get 20 taels of silver."

Many people's eyes widened in surprise, 20 taels of silver?Most of them only have three or four hundred Wen a month, which is the income of several years. Many people showed greedy expressions on their faces, but they remained silent for a while.

"I once saw Mama Huang in the backyard and whispered to him." A rough-looking old woman whispered.

"You paid a thousand knives, Lao Jin just passed by and chatted with me..."

"What are you talking about, tell me honestly." Fuyao's face was extremely serious, Huang Ma stammered under the oppression of her stern eyes: "I just want my old man to say more good things about him in front of the master."

Fuyao saw that she didn't seem to be lying, so he gave the rough envoy a dime.

Seeing that it could be cashed on the spot, someone cleared his throat and said, "Old Jin is secretly dealing with people from Chu Erye's family."

"What's that man's name?"

"I don't know you, newcomer."

"Yang Gao, seal Chu's second son's house, take him in to identify him, and arrest that guy." Fuyao immediately arranged.

"You, if you don't want to be a servant here, go to the warehouse to report now. You are only in your early thirties. Once you get to the warehouse, you can grind your teeth and work hard. After a few years, you can be promoted to a higher level. Even if you are a warehouse manager, you can pass it on to your children and grandchildren. "

The man who spoke stuttered excitedly, and the Ku Bing only paid two taels of silver a year, but every family lived comfortably.The warehouse is fat, that is, the old grain is replaced with new grain every year, and the food that falls outside can be swept away, and a hundred catties of grain can be produced, and the family has enough rations for the month.Throughout the year, the warehouse is either turned over regularly, or new grain is put into the warehouse and old grain is taken out of the warehouse. Anyway, as long as the soldiers don’t go back with a big sack, the officials don’t see it, because the soil on the ground is stirred up, and the grain in the warehouse I don't want it, it's considered a loss, and Ku Bing's behavior is not called stealing.When the soldiers saved money, they went to buy land. The military households did not have to pay food and donations, and the family wealth would be accumulated bit by bit, and passed down from generation to generation.

Unless you meet a treasury official like Chu Laoer, you can even pay two taels a year!

Seeing that someone got well, all the servants in the Wu family raised eyebrows and thought about it, hoping to squeeze something out of their minds in exchange for a better life in the future.

"Master Ji, the servant of the Chu family that Fusheng mentioned had whispered twice to the steward of Chu's third master's shop. The steward had a good relationship with the Tartar businessman." After saying this, he remembered that he had nothing to do with Lao Jin. The servant shut his mouth embarrassingly.

"That's okay, what do you want?"

"I want to be a soldier too!"

"Okay, sure!"

Several people patted their thighs in remorse: "We have seen it too, it's fine if Master Ji didn't say it just now."

"Qi Yiniang's elder brother recommended Chen Zhuo to the master. Several times, there was movement in her room in the middle of the night, but I stared at it and saw nothing. There was no sign of him the next day. Later, the master said that Chen Zhuo was very clever. , come and go without a trace..."

Qi Yiniang scolded sharply in anger: "You heart-wrenching slave, you're trying to slander your master's innocence for a little profit. When the master gets over this difficulty, see if I don't take your skin off!"

"Qi Yiniang, I speak with conscience. A Tartar businessman came to the house to give the master a gift. He quietly asked me to pass you a hairpin. I even found out that it was hollow."

"Take it!" Zhang Qiaozhi was still winking, and had already asked two soldiers to move over quietly. Fuyao saw that Qi Yiniang had just raised her hand to touch her hair, and immediately issued an order, and the two soldiers rushed up.

"Who passed the message between Lao Jin and Seventh Yiniang?"

"Mom Huang!"

Unexpectedly, this old woman is still a top-notch acting school, even she was blinded, she waved her hand, and her subordinates immediately caught her attention.

The row of houses in the backyard of Wei Wei's mansion was used to lock up wrong-doing sergeants. This night, all the suspects captured by Fuyao were locked up here, and there were guards at every ten steps and five steps at every step.

Yinhu was rejected by Fuyao, he felt that it was strange and boring, so he went to check the grain depot until dark, but found nothing, so he had to withdraw, he was so angry that he had nowhere to vent, so he had to interrogate the prisoners overnight.Wu Shangdong is currently the supervisor of the army, and he was also arrested to listen in the back of the main room. Yinhu did this on purpose. He is upset now and dare not vent his anger on Fuyao. Wu Shangdong will be out of luck.

Yinhu has a unique trick, which is to infuse the prisoner with reverse energy. The torture is very unbearable.

But the Tartar spies are really powerful. Some people will not say a word and resist to the end, while some are full of lies and refuse to admit that they are spies.Only Wu Shangdong's Seventh Aunt knew everything she could say - she was not a Tartar spy, but was coerced by him.

"The slave's surname is Zheng, originally from the capital city, the son of Lord Hong's family, the Hong family fell into ruin, and my family was sold into the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion. Thirteen years ago, I was 13 years old, and I was the second-class maid in the Zhenbei Prince's dowager's house. Just because he was spotted by Uncle Chu who went to Beijing, he brought back the Golden Arrow Collection."

"How could you, a maid beside the lady in the inner house, meet a man outside?"

"My lord, I let him see it on purpose." Qi Yiniang didn't rush, "I heard something that I shouldn't have heard, and I'm afraid that the princess will find out."

"What?"

"That day, the prince of Zhenbei and the concubine were together, and casually said: 'This is Xin'er's birthday present for mother. Look, how beautiful it is!' He had to lie on the ground against the wall, and he returned calmly, as if he was not noticed. I slipped out quietly, and the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. I knew that Uncle Chu often came to the capital. Two silver coins, so I placed my hope in him, dressed up and waited on the road he must pass, and it turned out to be a success."

"Who is Xin'er?"

"It's Liang Xinyi, the second sister of King Zhenbei."

(End of this chapter)