The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 241
Jia Min is well versed in interrogation techniques.

How to set the topic, how to ask questions, how to control the other party's thinking, and observe body language are all learned.

When Meng'er poisoned him back then, Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong obviously didn't participate, so they asked him to go in.Not to mention King Lu at this time.

As soon as Lu Bawang's defensive line collapsed, he naturally said what Jia Min asked.The interrogation lasted two hours.Mr. Private School’s house was running out of paper, so I went to someone else’s house to ask for some more paper, so I finished copying and copying the confessions of Lu Bawang and his son, and finally produced five confessions, which were signed and affixed by both father and son.

Then I had dinner at Mr. Private School's house, Chen Yejun gave three taels of silver, and Mr. and his wife packed up two tables of meals.

Jia Min and others shared a table, and Lu Bawang's family shared a table. The father and son also got a jug of wine.

After dinner, Lin Dajiang escorted Lu's daughter-in-law back to the village.Feng Zijing, the battalion commander of the second battalion, led Shi Song's company to search for Lu Bawang's floating wealth.

These floating wealth, as long as silver bills and gold and silver fines and soft things, are not available in the confession.After copying it, it will belong to the government corps.

Completely wiped out the Wulongshan bandits who had been infesting for many years, and solved such a huge and shocking case, it is still necessary to spend some military expenses.

As for the real estate such as land and shops, there are naturally some in the confession.This is evidence.

Next, the siege of Xiaoshahe village was lifted.Huang Tianyun took his company to inform Baojia, and a line went up the mountain to hand over the bandit's corpse.His remaining two platoons were responsible for escorting the captives, including Lu Bawang and his son, back to the city.

Jia Qiang and Jia Yun each took a company, went back to the city early, and went to Ma's house and Chen's house to arrest people.

According to Lu Bawang's account, Ma Xinde, the housekeeper of the Ma family, has been his contact person with Ma Qiming over the years.

Chen Ming, the steward of the Chen family, was the one who followed Chen Jiayin to Xianke to look for them last time.

Jia Min led a large army and went straight to the garrison yamen of Changping Prefecture.

Today is the market day in Changping State Market.Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, there are many more people coming to the market than usual.

The market is full of people coming and going, bustling.This is the last market day before the Spring Festival, people want to buy some new year goods, and then wait to have a good year at home.

With the arrival of an army, a shocking news spreads in the fair.

The bandits of Wulong Mountain who have been endangering for many years were all besieged and suppressed by officers and soldiers!
Every Chinese New Year, there are some gentlemen who can write in the market and set up stalls to write couplets for people.

There are many gentlemen who can write in Changping Prefecture, and there are more stalls, but the business is not so much.

However, today was different. Many people surrounded the various couplet stalls.

These people are officers and soldiers, and what Mr. Ming wrote was not a couplet, but a notice.

The notice was written about the news that the Fu Bingtuan wiped out the Wulong Mountain bandits.

Not only the husband wrote, but many soldiers also took up pens to write.This makes people who go to the market very strange.

General officers and soldiers are basically illiterate.This team of officers and soldiers is somewhat unusual, it seems that everyone can write.

Which team is this?Have you ever seen such officers and soldiers?
After the announcement was finished, a few copies were posted at that time, so people knew the identity of this officer and soldier, which turned out to be the Fubingtuan.It was when they were practicing that they met the thieves from Wulongshan, and by the way they wiped out this group of thieves.

Changping Prefecture's garrison yamen, the normal size of the garrison is 560 people.However, there have been no major battles for many years, so the garrison's establishment is not full.

Now that the armaments are slack, although there are audits on the number of personnel every year, it is just a formality, and it is just a matter of reporting to the higher authorities.

In fact, there are only about 300 soldiers here, including many old, weak, sick and disabled.

This kind of thing is almost a common phenomenon in the garrisons everywhere. Everyone knows what is going on, but no one will come forward to pierce this layer of paper.

Naturally, Chen Jiayin didn't know how to do it either, so he was happy to eat some free money.

Now that it's New Year's Eve, it's not a big deal.The only thing that could go wrong is the bandits in Wulong Mountain.

However, Chen Jiayin was no longer worried about this.Because a few days ago, King Lu sent him 500 taels of silver.He also told him to rest assured during the New Year.He will not cause trouble in Changping Prefecture and cause trouble for him.

In the past, Lu Bawang also gave him money, but he didn't take it away.This time, he accepted it.

Ma Qiming has been fine for so many years, and has been promoted step by step.Why don't I accept it?No charge, no charge.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the officers and soldiers under him don't have the heart to stay here anymore.Some of them just clicked and left, and most of those who stayed were just playing cards and having fun.

Chen Jiayin didn't want to stay here anymore, so he wanted to go home.Just as he was about to leave, the door of the office was suddenly kicked open.

A dozen or so people rushed in and tied him up in a few strokes. When they saw the leader, he was wearing a regular fourth-rank garrison uniform. This person was recognized. It was Jia Lian from Rongguo Mansion.

"Jia Lian, what are you messing around with, let me go."

Chen Jiayin yelled loudly, until now, he thought Jia Lian was messing around with him.

"Presumptuous, is our battalion commander's name also yours?"

A platoon leader came up and slapped Chen Jiayin twice.

Before Chen Jiayin could figure out what was going on, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old man in the uniform of the capital came in.

Such a young Dusi from the third rank?Who else but him?
Chen Jiayin knew who it was.

"Jia Min, what are you doing?"

"Well, it's okay, I'm not stupid, I know that the official is here. Chen Jiayin, I'm arresting you on suspicion of being a gangster. You have the right to remain silent, but from now on, every word you say will be As evidence in court. You can hire a lawyer, and if you can’t afford it, you can ask the Ministry of War to hire one for you, and take it away.”

After going out, Chen Jiayin saw in the courtyard that more than 100 of his subordinates were all blocked under the east corner of the courtyard, holding their heads in their hands and squatting on the ground.

He wanted to say something, but his mouth was gagged.Several soldiers picked him up, threw him onto a carriage, tied his feet up, and tied him tightly to the carriage board.

He raised his head with difficulty, trying to look around.In the end, I really saw a person in another carriage, who was tied to the carriage just like him.

It is Lu Bawang, the bandit leader of Wulong Mountain.

Jia Min and others stood at the gate of the garrison yamen. Many people on the street were watching from a distance, but no one dared to approach.

"Officer Min, I think what you said just now is very powerful. When we arrest people in the future, can we also say that?"

Jia Lian looked happy, still immersed in the excitement of winning Chen Jiayin.

"Which sentence?"

"It's the line 'You can keep silent'."

"Say what you want."

"Battle Commander Lian, I think Officer Min's other words are more powerful."

Qin Zhong also had an excited expression on his face.

"Which sentence?"

"Don't be obsessed with brother, brother is just a legend. I really want to shout on the street."

"You can shout if you want, and you can ask the brothers to shout together."

"Officer Min, you said this yourself, and all the officers have heard it."

After Qin Zhong finished speaking, he ran out.Jia Min and the others got on their horses and started galloping towards the city.
After a while, I heard the soldiers behind shouting.

"Don't be obsessed with brother, brother is just a legend!"

After running all the way for nearly two hours, the government troops entered the city.By this time it was getting dark.

The first one to go was the Yamen of the Ministry of War.At the gate, Jia Min called Jia Lian.

"Commander Jia, you send these prisoners to the Ministry of War, and say they are our prisoners of war. Except for Lu Wenju and his son, take them all, and also take a copy of their confessions. After the assignment, return directly Barracks."

All the other captives were handed over to the Ministry of War, why did King Lu and his son stay behind?
Although Jia Lian was puzzled, he took people there.

"Let's go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Following Jia Min's order, the team marched towards the Metropolitan Procuratorate.When they arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Feng Ziying took Chen Jiayin in with a confession.

"Next stop, Ministry of Punishment."

The team came to the Ministry of Punishment again.

Jia Qiang brought Ma Xinde, the housekeeper of the Ma family, and Jia Yun brought Chen Ming, the housekeeper of the Chen family, who were already waiting at the door.

This time, Chen Yeqing, the battalion commander of the third battalion, brought a confession, and Jia Qiang and Jia Yun led the troops to escort the two housekeepers in to have a business meeting.

The only ones left are Lu Bawang and his son.

"Next stop, Shuntian Mansion Yamen."

Following Jia Min's order, the team marched towards the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion.

At the gate of the Yamen, Jia Min got off his horse and called Princess Chang'an.

"Chang'an, you caught this bandit leader, do you want to go in and be majestic for a while?"

Seeing that others were escorting people to the yamen to deal with errands, Chang'an was already in a hurry.How could she not want to show her face like this?
When she was complaining that Jia Min didn't give her a chance, Jia Min asked, how could she let it go?
"Yes, yes, I should go."

"Okay, Chen Yetong, you take your company and follow Li An's command, and hand over the bandit leader Lu Bawang to the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture."

"Yes. Chief Min."

Princess Chang'an was leading people to walk inside when she stopped suddenly.

"Li Chengbin, I think this is a bit strange."

"Your Highness is saying...?"

"The people we arrested today can all be handed over to one yamen, so it will save trouble. Why was Chief Min separated and handed over to four yamen?"

When Li Chengbin heard this, he couldn't help being surprised, and immediately felt happy for Chang'an.

After all, His Highness has matured a lot, and he immediately saw the strangeness in it.

"Your Highness, it's certainly possible to hand them all over to one yamen. However, there is a reason to hand them over separately."

"Those bandits are our captives. We captured them during the exercise and handed them over to the Ministry of War, which is also an official chapter."

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of the constitution, and Chen Jiayin is an official. It is their responsibility to manage things like bandit dereliction of duty."

"Those two housekeepers are slaves and have nothing to do with the military. The Criminal Department is in charge of civil affairs, so it is appropriate to hand them over to the Criminal Department."

"Changping Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. It should be handed over to Shuntian Prefecture if King Lu is captured on its territory."

"Oh, so that's the case. Chief Min is the one who is more thoughtful. Let's go in and do business."

Thinking of Jia Laosi not forgetting to give himself a chance to be prestige, Chang An couldn't help but chuckle: This Jia Laosi is sometimes very good, and he knows how to please others.

(End of this chapter)