Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 154 Interrogation
No wonder Xiong Mingyu supported Yang Chao at this time.

Because the nature of Wuxi scholars' riots has changed, from pure scholars' riots to riots with the participation of unruly people.

According to the report from the Wuxi county magistrate, scholars and unruly people armed with wooden sticks entered the county government office and smashed it wantonly, injuring many servants.

Xiong Mingyu was not worried about scholars making noise, but he was very worried about unscrupulous people using pretexts to make trouble, and even feared civil unrest.

The scale of the disturbance of Nanjing scholars is obviously far greater than that of Wuxi. There are only a few dozen students in Wuxi, but there are hundreds of scholars gathered in Nanjing now, and there are no fewer than five hundred students who are only famous. Can't stop.

But what happened in Wuxi strengthened Xiong Mingyu's determination not to come out on his own, not because he was afraid of not being able to suppress it, but because he was afraid of getting burned.

Xiong Mingyu couldn't help remembering an incident in the 15th year of Wanli. At that time, Ling Yunyi, a Taicang native who was also "Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, beat all the students because of his arrogance at home. Shi Lianzhang was impeached, the imperial court issued a decree to arrest Xie Zhizhi, Ling was dismissed from his post and his title was removed, and the perpetrator's adopted son was sent to the garrison, and the hearts of the people were very happy."

Ling Yunyi is the majestic Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. Because his adoptive son beat up a student in his hometown, the student got into a fight with his classmates, Tongnian, and the teacher, and ran to the capital to sue the imperial court. The officials in the capital took the opportunity to impeach and suppress Ling Yun. Yi, the final result was that Ling Yunyi was demoted to a commoner, and his adopted son was exiled.

With previous convictions in front of him, Xiong Mingyu would never send troops to suppress it. This is no longer an issue of reputation, but an issue involving his wealth and life. If there is a civil uprising or troops are sent to suppress it, I will definitely bear full responsibility in the end.

Scholars making noises belong to the Ministry of Rites, and it is a matter of learning. If there is a civil uprising, it will be Xiong Mingyu's business. Death, if not suppressed, is also death.

Xiong Mingyu couldn't wait until then, so he had to settle the matter this morning.

If the matter cannot be resolved by forceful means, then Yang Chaolai must be invited.

Xiong Mingyu couldn't help but regret it, maybe he should have supported Yang Chao long ago, and the scholar's uproar would end sooner, so he wouldn't be as anxious as he is now.

I can only hope that the incident in Wuxi will not affect Nanjing. If all the scholars in Nanjing also smash up the yamen, it will be out of control.

Xiong Mingyu immediately wrote a long and sincere letter to Yang Chao. At the same time, he told Yang Chao that it was not that he did not help Yang Chao, but that Gu Zhaoji tried his best to suppress Yang Chao, and told Yang Chao that he would not help Yang Chao tonight. There will be another night banquet for Gu Zhaoji. If Yang Chao dares to confront Gu Zhaoji in court, he will come. Xiong Mingyu will definitely stand by Yang Chao's side. If he dares not, Xiong Mingyu will help him fight to the end, at least he will protect Yang Chao life.

When Yang Chao received this letter, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the old fox was finally in a hurry.

But Yang Chao was a little puzzled, why Xiong Mingyu suddenly became active.

Yang Chao didn't know that the emperor reprimanded Xiong Mingyu, and he didn't know that the most frightening thing happened to these officials in Wuxi.

When Xiong San delivered the letter, Yang Chao was still lying on the bed. It had been two days and his head was still dizzy. Yang Chao knew that he had lost too much blood, but fortunately it was not life-threatening. It was better than those two who injured their necks. The injuries were much stronger. Those two injuries had already come to their senses, and they were in worse condition than Yang Chao. They didn't have the strength to exercise at all.

What moved Yang Chao was that the first thing he did after waking up were the two injured people who couldn't even stand up, and invited their friends to kowtow to Yang Chao behind their backs, thanking Yang Chao for saving his life. Crying so heartbreakingly, the two even agreed to recognize Yang Chao as their godfather.

Yang Chao naturally didn't dare to admit it, joking that the two soldiers were older than Yang Chao, Yang Chao was only 15 years old this year, and the two soldiers were both 17 years old.

"My lord, that Xiong San will not leave for life or death, he must see you!"

Yang Chao was bedridden, and Lao Zhang came in to report.

Due to the wounded in the battalion, Yang Chao stopped the escort across the river for the past few days, and all the soldiers stayed in the battalion, the wounded recuperated, the tired recuperated, and the uninjured continued to train.

Naturally, Lao Zhang didn't have to sail, and stayed in the camp with the other three veterans, and continued to serve as Yang Chao's personal soldier.

Xiong San is here again, Xiong San comes every day, Yang Chao is no stranger to it, because of something these days, he refuses to see anyone for the reason, but after reading the letter sent by Xiong San, Yang Chao knows what to do. Meet him.

"Please come in."

Lao Zhang went out as ordered.

Soon Xiong San strode in.

"Master Yang, my master just wants to ask, will you go tonight?"

Xiong Mingyu told Xiong San that as long as the letter was delivered, Yang Chao asked Xiong San to confirm whether Yang Chao would go to the banquet after reading the letter.

If Yang Chao participates, Xiong Mingyu will use one countermeasure, if Yang Chao does not participate, Xiong Mingyu will use another countermeasure.

Yang Chao nodded: "Of course I will. Confrontation? Of course I will go."

Xiong San nodded and smiled, showing his yellow teeth. The task his master entrusted to him was considered completed.

"Then I'm leaving."

After finishing speaking, Xiong San cupped his fists and said.

"Wait a minute!"

Yang Chao went to stop him.

Xiong Sandao: "Master Yang, what else do you want?"

Yang Chao said: "Please ask Mr. Xiong to interrogate someone with me."

"Interviewer?"

Xiong San shook his head.

"The head of the family is famous, and he wants us to confirm whether you will attend the meeting, Mr. Yang, and then go back and report back immediately."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Don't worry, it won't take long, you go with me to interrogate the person, and your master will be happy when you go back."

"Okay then, hurry up."

Xiong Sanmian felt sorry for it.

Yang Chao nodded and was about to get up.

Lao Zhang immediately helped him up very colorfully.

After standing up, Yang Chao was still a little dizzy, and a few days was not enough for Yang Chao to recover.

Zhang Dawei kept supporting Yang Chao, and Xiong San followed closely behind, showing a look of impatience.

In a nearby room, four soldiers stood at the door, holding long guns in their hands.

In the rooms in the barracks, except for the front, there are no windows at the back, and the walls are all thick brick walls, and the base of the wall is built with city bricks, which cannot be dug at all. Therefore, as long as you guard the front door, you will not be afraid of people escaping.

What's more, the prisoners inside are still tightly tied with ropes, so even if they are not closed, they may not escape.

Yang Chao walked into the room, opened the door, and suddenly there was light inside, and a person trapped in a chair struggled suddenly.

Yang Chao walked up to him, and his eyes got used to it. This room is not too big. There is no bed in it, only a chair. There is a door and a window in front, but the window is completely blocked, and it is blocked with bricks, so no When the door was opened, the room was dark.

Yang Chao kept looking at the struggling prisoner, and the chair was shaken and creaked by him. It was an armchair with good workmanship, but it also had a tendency to be broken by the prisoner.

It was only when I came to the front that I saw the struggling face and neck of the person in front of me was flushed, and the eyes were still full of tears. He kept shaking his head, trying to shake off the stinky socks in his mouth.

Yang Chao made a signal, and Lao Zhang went up to pull out the socks for him, and took out two balls of cotton from his ears.

As soon as his mouth was loosened, the prisoner couldn't wait to yell loudly.

"My lord, the villain has recruited, recruited, recruited everything."

Lao Zhang was quite surprised, but Yang Chao acted as if it should be taken for granted.

Yang Chao chuckled and said, "Recruit? I haven't asked you anything yet."

The prisoner hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, my lord hasn't asked yet, so you can ask quickly, my lord, I promise to recruit all of you, and I dare not make half a lie. I just beg you, my lord, don't lock this little man here, even if you kill the little man." People, a knife is fine."

Lao Zhang was even more surprised. This man had a cunning attitude before. He was like a hob. When asked him, he talked about him from left to right. He neither gritted his teeth and said nothing, nor told the truth. What came out.

In the end, Yang Chao came up with an idea, asked him to find this secluded corner room, blocked the doors and windows, didn't let anyone talk to him, and didn't give him food, so he closed it. After two nights and one day, it was just It looks like this, is it because you are hungry?
Lao Zhang naturally doesn’t know that the punishment of confinement is not physical pain, but mental torture. Compared with pain or even death, sometimes loneliness is the most terrifying. How many tough men in the army have been confinement in later generations In the end, they all cried bitterly and had a nervous breakdown, let alone a slicker from the Ming Dynasty.

Not only was this slippery man locked up, no one spoke to him, he was not given the slightest sound, he was also tightly bound and unable to move, at first he must have struggled desperately, but found that the struggle was useless, he could not see Nothing, no sound can be heard, the surroundings are dead silent, and day and night cannot be distinguished. Over time, there is even a feeling of being unable to distinguish up, down, left, and right, and even can't tell whether he is dead or alive.

When Yang Chao was studying abroad, some parents in the west used this method to educate their children. If the children are disobedient, they cannot be beaten. If they beat the law, some parents lock their children in a secret room for a few minutes. After a few times, the children will behave. However, some experts oppose this method, thinking that punishing children with loneliness is a crueler punishment, which will cause psychological distortions in children in the long run.

Of course, this kind of punishment is really inhumane, but Yang Chao thinks it is best to deal with such cunning people.

This prisoner was a prisoner captured by his own army. When Yang Chao was being interrogated, everyone else was recruited. Only this person confessed a lot of useless things in a mess, so that the interrogators couldn't tell the truth from the fake. , and because of the blood transfusion, Yang Chao didn't have the energy to interrogate him at all, so he came up with such an idea while lying on the bed. Sure enough, the prisoner clamored to be recruited when he just arrived today.

"Okay. Since you are so active in recruiting, then tell me, who sent you to attack my ship?"

Yang Chao asked straight to the point. In fact, he knew it already in his heart. Several other prisoners had said it, but what this prisoner said had a different meaning from others. The first reason was that Xiong San was watching. To be honest, Yang Chao asked Xiong San to come Just to be a witness, and secondly, because of the different identities of this person, the other captives are just soldiers, but he is a little boss.

The prisoner suddenly hesitated and did not speak for a long time.

Yang Chao didn't press, just turned around and left.

Xiong San also followed closely, curious in his heart, didn't he mean to interrogate, why was he about to leave, but he was so happy that he happened to go back to report.

As a result, the prisoner yelled at this moment: "My lord, don't go, don't go, don't leave me here alone, I'll recruit, I'll recruit. Master Cui sent the villain here."

Yang Chao stopped: "Master Cui? Which Master Cui?"

The prisoner breathed out and said, "Cui Wei, Deputy General of the Yanziji Camp."

Yang Chao asked again: "What's your relationship with him?"

The prisoner said: "He is the master of the villain, and the villain is the head of his family's servants."

Yang Chao said: "What's the relationship between Cui Wei and the Marquis of Zhenyuan?"

The prisoner said: "My lord's elder sister is the concubine of Marquis Zhenyuan."

Yang Chao nodded slightly, thinking to himself, "That's it."

(End of this chapter)