Blood from Daming

Chapter 602 Prison
Yang Zhenlei refused the request of the retired officials to release them on the pretext of Wang Erwa's absence. However, Yang Zhenlei also reciprocated and asked the soldiers to untie the ropes that bound the dozens of people. However, these people were not allowed to leave the tower for the time being. The relatives of these people know that there is no serious problem, and it is estimated that all the promised food will be transported into the city, and the Xue family army will release them.

The retired officials took the food convoy to the Zhizhou Yamen in the center of the city to deliver goods. Seeing that Jiangzhou City had calmed down, Xue Yun also went to the Zhizhou Yamen with Yang Zhenlei to meet Wang Erwa. It turned out to be the soldiers of the Xue family who escorted Li Zhizhou back. The retired officials and gentry were instructing their men to unload grain from the cart.

There were not many ordinary people watching in front of the yamen. Looking at the blood flowing on the ground, they knew that many people had been killed or injured here. Xue Yun just didn't see the bodies of those people. Li came out to welcome Xue Yun, who was very respectful to Xue Yun, and Xue Yun entered the gate of the state government office under Li Zhizhou's respectful welcome.

But at the moment when Xue Yun stepped into the gate of the state government office, Xue Yun glanced at a figure beside the alley on the right, and quickly flashed into the depths of the alley. , Is there anyone I know well in Jiangzhou City?

Xue Yun stopped walking towards the gate, fixed his eyes deeply on the alley, and kept thinking about who he was familiar with in his mind, but he couldn't think of it at all. Xue Yun's abnormal behavior made Li Zhizhou was very surprised and stood on Xue Yun's left, not knowing what to do.

Seeing Xue Yun hesitate in front of the gate, Yang Zhenlei didn't know what Xue Yun was thinking, so he hurriedly took a step forward and whispered to Xue Yun, "Master, what's the problem?"

Hearing Yang Zhenlei's words, Xue Yun suddenly became enlightened, and suddenly remembered the figure who escaped just now, yes, it was her, Xue Yun was sure that the person who had been disguised by Qiao Zhuang must be his Mongolian concubine Ha Rizhu La's younger sister, Bumbutai, Xue Yun is very familiar with Bumbutai's figure and waist, so she can't be wrong.

Xue Yun said to Yang Zhenlei: "Brother, I saw Bumbutai just now, and he disappeared beside that alley."

When Yang Zhenlei heard the voice saying that he had found Bumbutai, Yang Zhenlei felt his scalp tingling for a while. It turned out that the young master still couldn't forget the little girl's film. It is really unbelievable how they fled to the interior of Daming instead of returning to the desert after escaping from Datong City.

However, Yang Zhenlei would not show doubts about the young master's identification, but asked softly: "Master, shall we conduct a city-wide search?"

Now Xue Yun can definitely be Bumbutai. This little girl is really cunning. A girl of thirteen or fourteen escaped from Datong City, instead of going north to Horqin Grassland, Huihui’s hometown, but went south to the hinterland of Daming. No wonder Xue Liu and Yang Zhenlei and the others were busy at the border for a while, and they didn't even catch a single figure of Bumbutai.

Xue Yun nodded and said: "Brother, Bumbutai was dressed as a beggar just now, pay more attention to the corners where beggars come and go, search and dig three feet to catch her."

Yang Zhenlei Deling immediately issued an order: "Send the order and immediately close all the gates of Jiangzhou City."

One of the general banners replied: "My lord, except for the opening to the east, the other city gates are not open."

As soon as Yang Zhenlei heard that he was in a hurry, he quickly revised the order: "Then order the East City Gate to be allowed to enter and not to leave, especially women are not allowed to leave the city. ,action."

As soon as Yang Zhenlei finished speaking, he rushed to the alley pointed by Xue Yun. The 300 Xue family soldiers brought by Xue Yun and Yang Zhenlei, except for Xue Yun's personal soldiers, more than [-] other soldiers went to arrest him. The female beggar who didn't even know the face of her life, Xue Yun stepped into the gate of Jiangzhou Zhizhou Yamen.

Xue Yun's hesitation and refusal to enter Zhizhou's mansion just now gave Li Zhizhou a big jump. He thought that Xue Yun didn't believe him and suspected that there was an ambush in Zhizhou's yamen. Seeing that Xue Yun had discovered some suspicious person, his heart was greatly relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about it, there is General Wang in the prison behind the Zhizhou Yamen, and there are three hundred soldiers of the Xue family army inside and outside the gate of the Yamen. Anyone who wants to harm General Xue Yun is simply asking for death.

So Li Zhizhou asked cautiously: "General Xue, do you need help from the Jiangzhou Yamen's servants?"

Xue Yun hadn't planned to ask Li Zhizhou to assist Yang Zhenlei in capturing Bumbutai, but now that Li Zhizhou Li Zhizhou proposed on his own initiative, Xue Yun thought that Xue's army was unfamiliar with Jiangzhou City, and it would be true to have the help of Jiangzhou City's guards. It can get twice the result with half the effort, and asking Li Zhizhou to help him can make it easier for Li Zhizhou to get along with him further in harmony.

Xue Yun said to Li Zhizhou: "Then leave it to Mr. Li."

Li Zhizhou got a chance to serve General Xue Yun, and he was very excited. He immediately ordered the master behind him and the head catcher to assist the Xue family army, searched the prisoner that the Xue family army wanted to arrest from house to house, and then accompanied General Xue Yun to go. The prison behind the yamen.

The prison in Jiangzhou City is located behind the Zhizhou Mansion. You need to walk through the side passage next to the main hall of Zhizhou to a small courtyard. After entering the small courtyard, Xue Yun saw that it was a common courtyard in the north. Passing through the courtyard in the middle of the courtyard , is a long and narrow passage, and only through this long passage can one reach Jiangzhou Prison.

Before Xue Yun's personal soldiers had time to lead the way, a group of soldiers from the Xue family escorted several prisoners out of the passageway. The leaders were two squires, who seemed to be escorting these prisoners to recover the stolen goods. The two squires met Xue Yun and Li Zhizhou nodded and bowed quickly, and the soldiers of the Xue family army also saluted Xue Yun.

Accompanied by Li Zhizhou, Xue Yun finally passed through the seemingly dangerous passage. The layout inside suddenly became clear. What Xue Yun saw was a large courtyard. The entire courtyard was full of people. The open prison in front of him The prisons are crowded with prisoners, giving people a feeling of suffocation.

Seeing the young master arrived, Wang Erwa left those gentry and eunuchs to see the young master. Xue Yun asked, "Erwa, how are the criminals going?"

Wang Erwa said: "Those gentry and country eunuchs probably recognized more than 200 people, but most of them refused to admit it. However, they still handed over some people and stolen goods to each other. The general has sent nine groups of soldiers to recover the stolen goods. Now Important criminals are being interrogated in isolation, striving to further expand the record."

Before Xue Yun had time to speak, the gentry and eunuchs in Jiangzhou City rushed to come up. It was inconvenient for Xue Yun to say anything now, so he had to speak in an official tone: "General Wang, our Xue family army must help Jiangzhou Let the fathers and villagers in the city recover their losses, severely punish the criminals, and return Jiangzhou to a clean and bright world."

The old man who was involved in the household affairs came over and said with a bitter look: "This general, the poor in Jiangzhou City robbed our family. Hey, God knows how much we can get back. I just beg The Xue family army stripped the tendons and skins of the poor, and let the poor in Jiangzhou know how much they offended the officials and their families."

Most of the forty or fifty gentry and eunuchs on the side agreed, Xue Yun frowned and said: "You are all talents related to the rest of the Ming Dynasty, and it is imperative to punish these guys who dare to make trouble. The frontier army, helping you recover stolen goods, is based on being an official in the same dynasty or your contribution to the court, but the family has family rules, the state owns the state law, and the big and small affairs of Jiangzhou City still have to be decided by Master Li of Li Zhizhou."

Li Zhizhou made it clear that he would be attached to the Xue family army, and Xue Yun voted to repay Li Tianran to support Li Zhizhou, so that these gentry and rural eunuchs understand that Jiangzhou is still Li Zhizhou, and everyone should obediently listen to Li Zhizhou's words. Sure enough, Xue Yun's words have worked. Including the father in the Ministry of Household Affairs, almost all the gentry and country officials had a much milder attitude towards Li Zhizhou.

Xue Yun took the opportunity to leave these gentry and eunuchs to Li Zhizhou to deal with, and walked aside to talk with Wang Erwa, Xue Yun asked Wang Erwa, "Erwa, what is the composition of the 2000 people you captured?"

Wang Erwa replied: "Young master, half of them are gangsters from the city, and the militias from outside the city want to take advantage of the opportunity to pick up cheap ones. What do you mean, young master?"

Xue Yun said: "Li Zhizhou hopes that our Xue family army will garrison in Jiangzhou City. I am going to take over the defense of Jiangzhou City. You and the youngest will follow me into the desert. Manager Yang's troops belong to the Governor's Mansion and Diving Guards." You can't move lightly, where will you find a soldier and horse in a while?"

Wang Erwa said: "Master, most of these people are scumbags who are greedy, lazy, and unkind. I'm afraid it's unreliable to recruit them to guard Jiangzhou City at a critical moment. Didn't you say that Xiao Lizi went to Shaanxi to recruit soldiers? Master, do you want to recruit those from Shaanxi? The soldiers were transferred to Jiangzhou City to garrison."

Xue Yun thought for a while and said: "It seems that this is the only way. I have a talk with Li Zhizhou when I am free. I will leave a group of veterans and the Shaanxi soldiers recruited by Li Xiaoyong to control Jiangzhou City in the hands of Xue's army. As long as the civil unrest Controlled within the territory of Shaanxi, the trade route from Hangzhou to Datong has the fortress of Jiangzhou City, which will be safer and more convenient.”

(End of this chapter)