Chapter 221 The evil gentry is fiercer than the tiger
Songjiang's most capable general Wang Dachui and two bachelors were standing under the large camphor tree at the back door of the Xiangxian Temple. There was a single-coach carriage next to him. The variegated horse driving the horse flicked its tail and leisurely drove away mosquitoes and flies. In the late afternoon, the sunshine
It was blazing, the heat was overwhelming, and it was still relatively cool under the shade of the trees. Wang Dachui looked towards the gate of Jinzhai not far away, cursing. The three bachelors had been waiting here for almost an hour. They were ordered by Dong Zuchang to capture Jinlang.
When I went to ask questions, one of the bachelors recognized Jin Xiucai——
Tired of waiting, Wang Dachui said, "Jin Xiucai won't go out because of the scorching sun. Let's find a tea stall to have a cup of tea first and then come back in the evening."
The three bachelors were about to drive away in a carriage when they saw a man walking out of Jinzhai. He was wearing a square scarf and a blouse, holding a folding fan in his hand, using it to block the sun, and walking quickly towards the Xiangxian Temple.
"Come on, come on, this will save trouble." Wang Dachui lowered his voice and cooed at the other two bachelors, who then ducked behind the big camphor tree.
Wang Dachui stood beside the carriage, tilting his body and tilting his head to watch the scholar whose face was covered by a folding fan approaching quickly. Wang Dachui called out: "Mr. Jin, do you want to hire a car?"
This scholar was not Jin Langzhi, but Fan Chang, who was visiting Jin Langzhi. He had lunch at Jin Langzhi's house. At this time, when he returned home, he heard someone asking if he wanted to hire a car, so he casually responded: "No."
As soon as he finished speaking, two figures jumped out from behind the big camphor tree. Fan Chang felt his eyes go dark. A sack was hooded under his hood. The folding fan in Fan Chang's hand was knocked off, and his head and upper body were covered by the sack.
He screamed: "What are you doing!" A sharp object was pressed against his lower back, and someone shouted: "If you dare to speak out, I will stab you to death with a knife." As he said that, the tip of the knife touched in. Fan Chang immediately felt a stinging pain and was frightened.
Angry, he shouted: "In broad daylight -" without saying a word, he was pushed into the carriage by two people, his face was held down, his hands were tied behind his back, and the carriage immediately started driving.
Fan Chang's head was wrapped in a cloth bag, and everything was dark. His breath was suffocated, and he shouted in a muffled voice: "You are Dong's people!"
Wang Dachui was driving, and the other two bachelors were holding Fan Chang down in the car to prevent him from moving. Fan Chang guessed that they were Dong's people. The two bachelors looked at each other. One of the bachelors said: "Shut up if you don't want to die."
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Fan Chang really couldn't guess why Dong's people were able to track him down so quickly. Did Dong's people catch Laifu from Wanghailou? But Laifu didn't know the servant he sent last night -
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The carriage rumbled, and Fan Chang didn't know where it was going. He estimated that the carriage had traveled two or three miles before entering a large house. Fan Chang thought to himself: "From the Xiangxian Temple to Dong's House in the northwest corner of the county.
The house is about three miles away, and as expected, the Dong family arrested me. I am a member of the Zengguang School. Dong family dared to rob people in the daytime. This is really the height of arrogance. I will argue with Dong Qichang and his son when I see them later.
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The carriage stopped in the courtyard. Wang Dachui got out of the car to report. Dong Zuchang came out soon. Two bachelors dragged Fan Chang out of the carriage without taking off the sack. Although Fan Chang couldn't see it, he heard Dong Zuchang speak.
, and shouted: "Dong Zuchang, it is indeed you!"
Dong Zuchang was stunned. Although he and Jin Langzhi were students from the same county, he had never been to the Confucian School in the county a few times. He didn't know who was Jin Langzhi. How could one of Jin Langzhi know that he was Dong Zuchang just by hearing him talk?
Since he has recognized him, there is no need to cover it up. Dong Zu often shouted: "Take off the sack and let him kneel down."
The two bachelors first pushed Fan Chang to his knees, and then pulled away the sack. Fan Chang's body was thin and weak. He was forced to kneel on the ground unable to struggle. He held his head high and his eyes were ready to spit fire. He shouted angrily: "Dong Zuchang,
You humiliate me like this, and I am incompatible with the situation."
"Huh?" Dong Zuchang was surprised and said to Wang Dachui: "I asked you to catch Jin Langzhi. Why are you arresting this person?"
Wang Dachui said: "This person is Jin Langzhi——"
"Nonsense." Dong Zuchang shouted: "This man is Fan Chang."
The bachelor who recognized Jin Langzhi looked over and realized that he had arrested the wrong person. He let go and said, "We really caught the wrong person. This is not Jin Xiucai."
Fan Chang stood up and glared at Dong Zuchang: "Untie the rope - Dong Zuchang, see you in court."
The two bachelors hesitated, and when Dong Zuchang gave instructions, Dong Zuchang yelled: "You bastards, how can you arrest a living person by mistake? Are you all eating shit? You bastards!"
Wang Dachui was unhappy about being scolded after hard work, and argued: "This man came out of Jinlangzhi's house. He covered his face with a fan, so of course he was arrested."
Fan Chang thought to himself: "Dong Zu often wanted to arrest brother Lang, it must be because of the article against Dong. I have to tell brother Lang not to go out in the near future." He shouted: "Since you arrested the wrong person, don't let me go!"
Dong Zu often asked Wang Dachui: "You said he came from the Jinlang family?"
Wang Dachui said: "Exactly, otherwise, how could we arrest him? He is a scholar wearing a scholar's clothes."
Dong Zuchang sneered, took a few steps back, stood under the shade of the eaves, waved a Japanese fan, and said: "Since you say so, it doesn't mean you have arrested the wrong person. Fan Chang, please tell the truth. Is that bullshit article about you and Jin?"
Was it posted by Langzhi Conspiracy?"
Fan Chang also sneered and said: "I have seen that article. It is posted in the Xiangxian Temple and the County Confucianism. It is indeed a wonderful article, but it is a pity that it was not written by me."
Dong Zuchang ordered the bachelor to grab Fan Chang and kneel down. Fan Chang struggled hard and simply fell to the ground, angrily scolding Dong Zuchang: "Dong Zuchang, God will kill you, God will kill you!"
Dong Zuchang came over and kicked Fan Chang in the face, and cursed: "I knew you were one of Jin Langzhi's members. When I catch Jin Langzhi and interrogate them together, you will slander my father. Your crime is unforgivable." Yes.
Wang Dachui said: "Hurry up and guard again, and catch the man named Jin too."
Wang Dachui led the two bachelors there. Dong Zuyuan walked over and saw that Fan Chang had been arrested. He whispered a few words to Dong Zuchang and asked someone to get paper and pen. He said to Fan Chang: "Write a confession. Just say that you were the victim of Zhang Yuan."
, Jin Langzhi and others were bewitched, and he slandered my father in a moment of confusion. Once he wrote it, I will let you go."
Fan Chang made a "poof" sound and gritted his teeth and said: "Don't even think about asking me to plead guilty! Dong Zuyuan, Dong Zuchang, you are violating the laws of nature and will be punished by God for all your bad deeds."
Dong Zuchang was furious and wanted to beat Fan Chang again, but Dong Zuyuan stopped him. Dong Zuyuan said: "Let him be exposed to the scorching sun for a while. When will he plead guilty, when will he be released?"
The midsummer sun was like fire. Fan Chang was a weak scholar. He was angry, resentful and humiliated. He sat in the courtyard under the scorching sun for less than half an hour. He was sweating profusely and his mouth was dry. He shouted: "Let me out."
Let me out." As he stood up to leave, Dong's slave rushed over, pushed him to the ground, and shouted: "If you want to go out, you must first confess your guilt."
Fan Chang was upset, his head hurt, and his throat was on fire. He said hoarsely: "Give me water, I want to drink water."
Dong's servants looked on with cold eyes and no one paid attention.
Fan Chang's breathing gradually became rapid, he had a splitting headache, held his head and groaned in pain, twisting and turning under the scorching sun.
But Dong's slave smiled and said: "Pretend to be crazy and act stupid, let's see how you pretend."
After a while, Fan Chang was seen vomiting all over the floor and passed out. A domestic slave stepped forward and kicked Fan Chang gently. When no movement was found, he stretched out his hand to check his breathing. He felt that his breathing was rapid and the breath he exhaled was hot to the touch.
Then he asked someone to drag Fan Chang to the shade, and at the same time asked someone to report Dong Zuchang——
Dong Zuyuan and Dong Zuchang came together and saw Fan Chang, who was originally a white-faced scholar, now as red as Guan Gong, breathing like a bellows, and unconscious.
A servant said: "First Master, Second Master, this man must have suffered from heatstroke. If he doesn't get treatment, his life may be in danger."
Dong Zu often scolded: "Save him, just die."
Dong Zuyuan frowned and said: "After all, he is a living worker. It would be troublesome to kill someone. Just give him some water, have someone drive him back, and just leave him at his door."
Two Dong family slaves pried open Fan Chang's teeth, poured some cold water in, then lifted Fan Chang into the carriage, drove to the vicinity of the Xiangxian Temple, threw Fan Chang under a big tree, turned the carriage and left.
A passerby saw a man leaving a carriage. When he came to see him, he recognized him as member Fan Sheng. He hurriedly ran to the Fan family to report the news. When the Fan family arrived, they saw Fan Chang in such a state. He hurriedly delayed medical treatment and sent someone to question him.
Jin Langzhi, the Fan family knew that Fan Chang had lunch at Jin Langzhi——
Wang Dachui and the two bachelors were still waiting in front of Jin's house. They heard that something happened to Fan Xiucai, and many people came to watch. Knowing that it was not convenient to arrest Jin Xiucai today, they had to leave.
Jin Langzhi rushed to Fan's house and saw that Fan Chang was in a coma due to high fever. He was shocked and said: "Brother Fan left our house at about three o'clock. He only had two drinks at noon and was not drunk at all. How could he collapse in the Xiangxian Temple?"
No one has discovered it until now!”
The doctor was diagnosing and treating Fan Chang and said: "Fan Xiucai is suffering from heatstroke. The heatstroke is extremely severe. Let him drink some salt water first, and then take some medicine to decoct it. If he cannot sweat and reduce the fever, it may be very dangerous."
Jin Langzhi stayed by Fan Chang's side. At night, Fan Chang's fever persisted. When he woke up, he was like a madman, shouting: "Dong Zuchang, God will kill you - Dong Zuchang, you forced me to write a confession.
Don’t even think about it!”
Jin Langzhi took Fan Chang's hot hand and asked, "Brother Fan, did Dong Zuchang arrest you for questioning?"
Fan Chang's face turned red and he stared, but he was not looking at Jin Langzhi. He just screamed for a while and then passed out again.
The doctor tried acupuncture and medicine, but it could not relieve Fan Chang's fever. When he gave three drums, Fan Chang died suddenly, and Fan's house burst into tears. A good person died suddenly in less than half a day. Where are his relatives?
I can bear it!
Jin Langzhi mourned the tragic death of his best friend. Fan Chang left his house at the beginning of Wei Shi, and was seen being thrown from the carriage at the end of Shen Shi. Where was Fan Chang during this period of one and a half hours?
When Fan Chang was dying, he cursed Dong Zuchang. It must be that Dong Zuchang arrested Fan Chang for posting a proclamation, which caused Fan Chang to suffer from heatstroke. However, he failed to rescue him in time, and finally Fan Chang died——
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Dong Zuchang learned that Fan Chang was dead early in the morning, but said: "It's a good thing he was sent back, otherwise it would be unlucky to die in my house." At the same time, he ordered people to monitor Fan Chang's house, the county government, and the government government.
Send someone to keep an eye on it.
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