Chapter 216(1/2)
Born to be hard
Yang Ling sent someone to escort the madam Shui Yezi and his group to the Governor's Office. These people were safe and sound after the incident, which was probably not related to the case. Moreover, there was no place to settle the house. The main purpose of sending them to the Governor's Office was to confuse the public and make the opponent unable to guess how much situation he had mastered.
Yang Ling quietly returned to the inn. It was not dawn at this time, and he didn't want to disturb others. He ordered his personal soldiers to rest. He brought Wu Hanchao and others back to the study room, and put on the lights. The personal soldiers went to make tea and deliver it.
Liu Biao is one of the two largest households in the inner factory, and his rank is very high. Yang Ling has no domineering style. How could he let him pretend to be a pawn at the banquet? Therefore, he did not go with him, but he controlled the safety of the entire inn. When Yang Ling came back, he reported his own story, and quickly got up in his clothes and came to the study.
Seeing Yang Ling thinking, Liu Biao quipped and said with a giggle: "Tonight, sir, I thought the brocade quilt would be scattered and eroded. I originally planned to go and urge the adults to come back at midnight. Why did he come back at midnight? Is there no girl who is desirable?"
Yang Ling laughed dryly before smiling and said, "Liu Biao, stop kidding, this 'Yanlailou' is a murderous intent every step. I really can't think of anyone to deal with me."
When Liu Biao heard this, his expression became tight and asked anxiously: "What? There are all officials gathering there and guards are everywhere. Could it be that someone has entered the internal rank and assassination? Han Chao, what's going on?"
Wu Hanchao said ashamed: "I don't know, but I heard from the adults that it seemed that the madam in the 'Yanlailou' came to the Hehuan Skies and was discovered by the adults. But what's strange is that the adults just ordered the inquiry and the master was stabbed to death and hid his body under the stairs. This is not simple."
Yang Ling coughed and told the story, but he just omitted the process of Hong Niangzi's accidental mistake and ran in for others. However, he could not face the fact that they had a relationship with each other calmly, so he kept avoiding thinking about it. When he said this, the scene that made his heart beat suddenly jumped into his heart again:
You should also avoid the three-pointed soft and powerful waist, flat belly, beautifully curved hips, and two firm and straight thighs, forming the center of the middle V-shaped bulge...
What was annoying was that he remembered clearly everything that happened. The flexible and smooth body pressed under him looked like a water plant dancing along the waves. It swayed with his passion, and was like a snow-white Xue Tao paper emitting a faint fragrance. He wrote a pen on it and smeared the passion.
The choked cry, the gentle moan, the vague plea between the lips and teeth, and the sound and rhyme were like a clear spring flowing in the cracks of the rocks. He sent him to heaven directly with the moist wine that had already drunk, and under the urging of the strong medicine...
Seeing the Lord sitting there after saying that, Liu Biao was stunned and thought about the person behind the scenes. He rolled up his sleeves and smiled grin: "Sir, why is this difficult? Didn't that Miss Liu fall into our hands? Hehe, the inner factory used 128 tortures, which made her bones go away. I don't believe that a little girl can keep her mouth shut!"
Wu Hanchao was thinking about this while listening to Yang Ling's words. When he thought, since Hong Gu was killed and silenced, the reason why Liu Feiwu approached Yang Ling was definitely not as simple as she said.
But since the other party can get close to the adults but does not directly harm him, most of them are not rebels who hate the court to the core, but people with other intentions, or even people in the government.
They gave a beautiful and innocent girl to the adults, but they only wanted to leave their eyes and ears around them, or to force the traitorous officials to impeach the adults on the excuse.
Who has the ability to force an official to do such a shameful thing? He also knows the whereabouts of the adults. At the same time, he can drive the madam Yanlailou to obey him and kill someone to silence him as soon as he sees something wrong. And once the matter is done, he can use the information he gets from the adults, or he uses his ability to impeach the adults with this reason?
Wu Hanchao thought of this and his eyes lit up and said, "Mr. Liu, you and I know that the lady is lying, but you can't just say that the madam is lying, just because the madam died, she is trying to murder her and give her her virginity, but the government said that she was a bandit who murdered the imperial court. Isn't this absurd reason? If she is smart enough, she will know that we are inconvenient to torture her. As long as we grit our teeth and don't vomit, what can we do?"
When Liu Biao heard this, he realized that he was just suspicious and had no real evidence. In addition, officials from all walks of life in Datong were now made nervous by Gu Dayong. If he really punished a young lady with no evidence, the emperor would be unreasonable. He couldn't help but hesitate and said: "This... what's the trick of Brother Wu?"
Wu Hanchao smiled bitterly and said, "But there are too many people who are suspicious, it is difficult to find someone who secretly conspired. However, Beizhi thinks that there is someone who is the most suspicious. We should not use this person to try her first. If you still can't get any verbal conspiracy, then... it's not too late to find another way."
Yang Ling moved and said, "Who is the most suspicious?"
Wu Hanchao said: "Governor Hu Zan, Wang Long and Li Yi are all generals appointed by him. Although this person has not been scolded by the emperor yet, anyone with discerning eyes can see that he will not resign. If the emperor returns to the capital, he will have to send another official to replace him. This person's career has come to an end.
Prince Dai is a royal relative. Yang Zhengyi has a good relationship with the adults and has the care of the adults. The emperor's words have already revealed that he will not pursue the matter. Only Hu Zan is abandoned, how can he not hold a grudge? What's more, he has always been incompatible with the adults.
Furthermore, he has been in Datong for many years, and the centipede worms die without being stiff. How can there be few loyal subordinates? Only he has the ability to understand the entire whereabouts of the adults, and has the ability to force his subordinates and their daughters who are concerned about him to serve him.
He did this just to catch the adults' handle, forcing him to plead for him to protect his official position, and even kill two birds with one stone, and to take the lead. As the saying goes, "There are people in the capital who are good at being an official." The humble father is a local official. I have heard a lot of dirty things here, hum! If Hu Zan had a young and beautiful daughter, I'm afraid this good thing would not be the turn of the little girl who was looking for the official land."
Yang Ling blushed and said awkwardly: "This... doesn't seem to be a good thing, right? Well, then you have any good plans. Tell me quickly."
When Liu Feiwu was locked in an empty room, the walls were empty and there were only spider webs and dust. It seemed that she was a vacant warehouse for a long time. She sat in the middle of the house with her knees in her arms. The candlelight was too weak. Occasionally, she would jump up when she heard the sound of mice crawling.
There was a clattering iron lock on the door, and with a "creak", a man in a blue official robe walked in. Liu Feiwu stood up in a hurry and took a step back in fear.
The door was closed, and the official was very young, in his twenties, smiling very kindly. He raised his voice and said to Liu Feiwu: "Miss Liu, I feel wronged that you will stay here for a night tonight. Lord Tianming will personally interrogate. If you really have no conspiracy, you will leave."
Liu Feiwu calmed down for a moment, bowed gently and said, "Thank you, sir, I don't know if you respect your surname?"
"Me?" Liu Biao smiled and suddenly stepped forward. Liu Feiwu was so shocked that she took two steps back, hugged her arms tightly against a pillar, and said in a trembling voice: "What are you...what are you doing? Don't come over, I'll shout if you come over again!"
Liu Biao was stunned. He was a little ridiculous. He pretended to look at the door and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I was told by the above to come to visit the lady. Don't worry, Hong Gu insisted that she was greedy for small profits and helped you to prescribe medicine. As long as your confessions were consistent, Yang Da... cough cough, the imperial envoy Yang Da can't do anything to you."
Liu Feiwu's eyes lit up. When she was desperate, she was so ecstatic that she saw Ao. She couldn't help but step forward in surprise, grabbed Liu Biao's hand and said, "What? Are you also ours? The leader is indeed... he has great supernatural powers."
The soft and plain hands were soft, but the green sleeves were light and the fragrance floated. Liu Qianhu, who had been to the Huajie and Liuxiang, had never been in contact with the serious and innocent lady, made his face turn red, and he was in a daze and could not understand it for a moment. He also said embarrassedly: "Of course, we are of course very powerful. What have you told Yang Ling? Have you ever revealed any secrets? Tell me quickly, I can notify Hong Gu..."
"grown ups?!"
"Chief?!"
The two shouted together, then let go, and each took a quick step back. Liu Feiwu's eyes widened, her pretty face was swollen and she said angrily: "You lied to me!"
But Liu Biao pointed at her and said excitedly: "Maitreya Cult! You are a member of the Maitreya Cult!"
Liu Feiwu's face turned pale, and she was completely bloody. All she thought about was the horror scene of killing the whole family, lighting the sky lantern, splitting the corpse in five minutes, and killing Lingchi.
The door opened with a "clang" sound, Yang Ling's python robe and jade belt entered, and the two rows of guards on their waists were wearing swords and burning torches in their hands. They lined up left and right. Yang Ling smiled and said, "So amazing, Maitreya Sect is so omnipresent. I am really curious. How many people are there in Datong?"
He smiled solemnly and said sternly: "Look at her, go to the governor's office immediately. I will interrogate Liu Guang immediately!"
The Governor's Yamen was tortured and was sleeping soundly in the warm bed in the middle of the night. Yang Ling brought a large group of prisoners. Although the bells were charming and looked very pleasing to the eye, in the blink of an eye, all the beauties were entered into the women's prison. The jailers from the dungeon heads outside got up just to appreciate the scenery.
Finally, the male and female prisoners were placed in place. They just went back to take off their clothes and slept. The bed was warm and the upper and lower office arrived again. This time, the imperial envoy rushed to the prison in person. Whoever dared to sleep in the room would quickly get up and serve.
The prison officer trembled and welcomed Yang Ling and a group of inner factory men like wolves and tigers. When he heard that the adults who were imprisoned in his prison were really Maitreya Christians, he hurriedly led them to the prison.
Although there were supervision from the Dongchang Manzi and the prisoners were punished without regard for personal gain, they also knew that these adults would probably go out to be officials after turning back, and they dare not be careless in their residence. They locked dozens of officials of all sizes in the prison, all of whom were living in single rooms. They turned through several prison cells along the gloomy corridor and saw a man curled up on the earthen kang in the wooden fence.
The prison officer called out a few times, but Liu Guang agreed. He was afraid of annoying Yang Ling, so he hurriedly snatched the key from the prison servant, opened the prison door, rushed in and patted the official's shoulder, and called out, "Mr. Liu, please wake up quickly...ah!"
He screamed and ran out stumbled and said in a daze: "Master...Master Liu, he...he is dead!"
"What?" Yang Ling was shocked, then silent for a while, only the sound of torches was heard. After a long time, Yang Ling suddenly shouted angrily: "What's the cause of death? What's the offense? Check it out!"
His harsh drink echoed in the cell and was awakened. In the dungeon, the adults grabbed the wooden railing with both hands and looked here, with injuries on their bodies and a cold face. They couldn't tell what it smelled like in their eyes.
The offender was called up in the middle of the night. He rushed over to check it out, but he could not find out the cause of Liu Guang's death. He had to carefully say to Yang Ling: "Sir, Lord Liu should be... he is... weak and cannot bear severe punishment, so he is seriously injured and dies."
Yang Ling sneered after hearing this. After this period, he had calmed down. Yang Ling went into the cell shortly, looked at Liu Guang's body, turned around and asked, "Zheng Dianzhuo, who are the torture places for Lord Liu today? Who are the people who are in charge of this cell? Bring it here to me."
Prison Zheng quickly asked the prisoners around him for a few questions, and then called the prisoners to Yang Ling. Yang Ling looked at the five or six prisoners and said lightly: "Liu Guang is an important prisoner, a person from the Maitreya Sect. But by chance, the official who was in prison was this low-ranking official Zhaomo who was in charge of you. After his death, I had to ask you to go back and talk to me and take them all away!"
At the fifth o'clock in the morning, the rooster crowed and it was already dawn.
Yang Ling dared not leave important criminals in the governor's yamen anymore. Now all he could trust was his own inn that had become a barracks. The warehouses in various places were temporarily converted into prison cells, and several jailers were separated and detained. He took them out to interrogate one after another. The confessions of these people were all in conflict with each other, so he found out the suspicious person based on this. He interrogated in detail and was punished with great punishment, so he was not afraid of not being able to get the real reason for Liu Guang's death.
But Yang Ling didn't dare to expect that the people from the jail stroke to join the Maitreya Cult would know how many secrets they would know. After thinking about it, only Liu Feiwu might have known some valuable information, so he brought her up.
Liu Feiwu was brought into the room. Seeing the blood-covered torture instruments in the room, she couldn't help but look of fear on her face, but she still forced herself to say, "Where is my dad? How are you doing to him?"
Yang Ling refused to answer and said, "I already know your identity. You should know what the court can do to deal with cults! Miss Liu, you are young and handsome and smart. Don't miss your bright future. Should you stop your horse and make up for your mistakes, or be stubborn and beheaded and killed by death? You should have a smart choice, right?"
Liu Feiwu said anxiously: "Where is my dad? How did you do him?"
Yang Ling continued: "Your life, his life, and law are all death sentences. What else can you do? But if you confess, I can tell you a little bit about it and give it a lighter sentence. Are you willing to confess?"
Liu Feiwu said intimately: "Dad has fallen into their hands, and our identity has been known by the government, but is he really willing to let us go when he says it? He just lied to me at 'Yanlailou'. This person is so cunning, how could he tell the truth? If my father doesn't say it, I won't say it. The second young master will definitely come to save me after he knows the news."
Seeing that she shook her head and did not answer, Yang Ling waved her hands and rushed forward, without any mercy, she put her on a torture rack, and carried a stack of sieves to insert her slender fingers into her torture.
Yang Ling couldn't bear to watch again. When he saw that the fans were about to torture, he was about to get up and leave. The monk behind him called out: "Sir, she...she fainted..."
"Uh?" Yang Ling turned around quickly, and saw Miss Liu being tied to the torture frame, her head hanging on her chest, and she was really disgusted. The two actors poured cold water and slapped their cheeks again. But they were angry, and they pulled up the stack of sieves and pulled them tightly. They wanted to wake her up in pain, but they still had no effect.
It turns out that the secret magic of this White Lotus Sect has always been passed down to high-level scholars. It can resist torture after being caught by the government, so as not to expose the secrets of the sect.
Li Dayi once passed this kung fu to her privately, and the purpose was only because the little girl could not endure the hardship of practicing. This kung fu was just a training of her mind and used to make her feel fun. Unexpectedly, it came in handy at this time.
At first, Yang Ling thought she was timid and fainted, but when she woke up, she was about to torture her, and she was stunned again. In this case, Yang Ling guessed that she, like Wang Long, knew this self-hypnosis technique.
When Liu Feiwu woke up for the third time, she saw that Yang Ling had taken off the torture frame. A hint of pride appeared in her eyes. Yang Ling sat on the chair, crossed her legs, held a cup of tea in her hand, and said with a smile: "I can't get up, I know how to use this method to escape torture. Unfortunately, I am the most capable person in dealing with women."
He nodded to the side and said, "Don't be too busy and dizzy, right? Have you seen that bucket?"
When Liu Feiwu saw a half-man high ground wooden barrel next to her, filled with clear water, she couldn't guess Yang Ling's intentions for a moment, but instinctively felt that he had bad intentions. She couldn't help but change her color and said, "What do you want? You are an official of the court, not a bandit. If you want to insult my innocence, the censor will not let you go!"
Yang Ling smiled and said, "What a sharp mouth. I will not give the people a good word. I will give people a handle saying that I am using the guise to insult the female prisoner."
At this time, the two monks carried two large dustpans, covered a cloth bag tightly, and ran in excitedly with a fishy smell, saying, "Sir, I brought the things, hey! I mobilized a group of brothers, and dug all the places where the rotten water in the kitchen were poured into pieces, and one shovel and one large ball, making my scalp numb even when I saw it."
Yang Ling pinched his nose and said, "Okay, okay, put it in quickly, I can't stand the smell."
"Oh!" The two men agreed and ran to the wooden barrel to pull the cloth open. They began to pour into the bucket like sieve beans. The torches in the room were bright. Liu Feiwu opened her eyes wide and then saw clearly what was in the dustpan. When she saw that she almost vomited on the spot, she felt her scalp numb and her whole body was filled with air conditioning.
"Oh my God!" In the dustpan were large and dark red things entangled together, some of which were as thick as little fingers, and the whole ball was as thin as thin lines, white or red. They were wrapped around, twisting their soft and sticky bodies, poured into the water, quickly spreading and slowly sinking.
Liu Feiwu followed her father to fish by the river during summer and autumn, and used earthworms, but she really didn't expect that seeing such a dustpan full of meat would make people so disgusting.
Her face turned pale, she trembled all over and pointed at the wooden barrel, gritting her teeth and not daring to open her mouth, otherwise she would vomit.
Yang Ling was disgusting enough to see herself, and she had to pretend to be a perverted and crazy and laughed: "Don't you like to dizzy? After dizziness, you won't hurt anymore, and you won't know what pain you feel.
Well, that's good, did you see it? Don't worry, the water is not hot, but it's not cold, it won't freeze you. If you don't want to, I will make you dizzy and put you in this bucket. When you wake up, the earthworm will drill everywhere, maybe it's crawling out of your hair, or crawling into your nostrils, in your skirt, and in your boots..."
Yang Ling winked, and the two men raised Liu Feiwu and lifted him towards the bucket. Liu Feiwu was almost crazy and dared not faint. Those things were so scared that they could see them. If they were in the water, they knew they were but couldn't see them, that fear could really make her crazy immediately.
The delicate body Ruo Liu's weak body burst out with amazing strength. The four players tried a lot of effort to hold her above the wooden barrel and pressed her into the water. Her buttocks were half a foot away from the water. Liu Feiwu burst into tears in a collapse, roaring desperately and begging: "I've called it, I've called it all. Please let go of you. You can do anything. Don't put me in. Please... wuwu..."
Yang Ling raised his chin, and the four characters who had long seen his wink moved Liu Feiwu to the ground. Liu Feiwu's body was soft and collapsed on the ground and cried. He held the blue bricks on the ground with both hands and refused to move them away again.
"Hey!" Yang Ling sighed, stood up and turned his head. Seeing Liu Biao, Wu Hanchao and others, they looked unbearable. They looked at their own eyes a little strange. They couldn't help but rub their noses and thought to themselves: "His grandma, the beauty is popular, they are both cults, and the treatment is different. Even people like Liu Biao have pity. Don't I want her to be a young girl with delicate flowers and tender leaves to scare her? Why do you look like a strange uncle?"
Under the threat of a hundred times more terrifying than death, Liu Feiwu finally poured beans into bamboo tubes and made all the tricks.
Although she knew that the land was limited, it was of great use to Yang Ling. She didn't know who was from Datong was a member of the Maitreya Cult, but from the usual conversation between Hong Gu and her father, she knew that the important spies placed in Datong by the Maitreya Cult in Datong had been pulled out one after another. At present, there were no important figures of the cult among the civil and military officials in Datong. This urged the emperor to release the arrested officials immediately, and he had a clear idea in his heart.
As for ordinary people at the bottom, Maitreya believers are everywhere in the world. These people are endless, and there is no commander of the evil. They will not play any role unless they gather to rebel. They can be ignored for the time being.
Furthermore, he also knew that the Maitreya Church used beauty tricks. With his current status and identity, if he knew that there was a potential enemy but did not know his identity and purpose, he would inevitably be too careful in his actions, and he should be too cautious about other officials. Many mistakes in judgment will affect his every move, and even establish many unnecessary enemies, which will make it much easier.
Yang Ling also confessed to Liu Feiwu that the death of Liu Guang and Hong Gu, and told her that this was a killing act within the Maitreya Cult. He was still continuing to investigate, but except for the two prison guards who had already locked in doubt, it was difficult to find out the real murderer behind the scenes.
Liu Feiwu knew that Yang Ling had no need to deceive herself. When she remembered that Hong Gu had poisoned her tea in order to prevent her from remorseing temporarily, she believed in eight minutes. The family was loyal to the Holy Church, but now she ended up like this and was in prison. The girl could only cry and regret.
To be continued...