"You're talking nonsense!" But then I suddenly heard a slightly childish voice saying: "How could my father be a White Lotus cult bandit! He has been doing his duty since he entered the Zhou Dynasty to protect His Royal Highness King Runan, and he has never slacked off. Ru
His Highness King Nan also has great trust in my father! How could he be a White Lotus cult bandit!"
Tang Sai'er didn't believe what the man in black said at all. She couldn't remember clearly what it was like in her hometown when she was a child, but since he entered the Zhou Palace in the capital more than eight years ago, his father had been doing his best to protect King Runan, and he had never been with her.
Having said something about the White Lotus Sect, he didn't believe that his father could be a White Lotus Sect at all.
"If my father was a White Lotus cult bandit, how could His Highness King Runan be safe today? Even if my father did not take action personally, as a bodyguard of His Highness King Runan, it should not be difficult to know His Highness's itinerary. How could he not secretly reveal it to
Other White Lotus cult bandits, let them attack His Highness King Runan? But His Highness King Runan has never been attacked since the seventh year of Jianye. So my father is definitely not a White Lotus cult bandit! You framed a good person, and when my father was cleared of his grievances
, I will definitely sue you in front of His Highness!" Tang Saier said loudly again.
The man in black was not excited, nor did he speak. He even stopped the two captains who were holding Tang Saier from gagging her. He just looked at He Miao. For a moment, the whole room was filled with the sound of people gasping.
, no sound could be heard, and it was even dark, making people feel chilling.
After a while, Tang Sai'er saw that no one spoke, and the man in black across from him did not show any emotion or worry at all. He became even more angry and wanted to shout something. Suddenly, he heard He Miao say: "This sir
, you are right, my husband is indeed a White Lotus cultist, and I also know about it." He Miao thought about not admitting it, but since the Jin Yiwei has captured himself and Tang Sai'er, who are the relatives of the royal guards, he has them in his hands.
There must be conclusive evidence. Even if she does not admit it, it is useless. Instead, the people in front of her may torture the mother and daughter because they are eager to obtain a confession. She does not care about being tortured, but how can she want her daughter to be tortured? Even if she is in prison later.
She would definitely be humiliated by the jailer, and she did not want her daughter to suffer any more torture.
"My lord, you can ask whatever you want, but the guilty woman's daughter knows nothing, and it is useless to interrogate her. I beg you to arrange for the guilty woman's daughter to be sent to the women's prison, and do not use it until the court's decree comes down.
Humiliate her. If the daughter of a sinful woman is safe, the sinful woman will definitely know everything and tell her everything." He Miao said again. She knew that her plea might not be useful, but she had to give it a try.
"If you tell everything you know, I will definitely not humiliate your wife." The man in black said.
"Thank you, sir!" He Miao thanked him.
"Come here, take the Tang girl down." The man in black ordered again.
The two captains promised to arrest Tang Sai'er and take him to prison. However, Tang Sai'er suddenly started struggling violently and seemed to be crawling towards He Miao, and was mumbling something unclear.
Tang Saier was stunned when she heard her mother's words. She never thought that her father would be a White Lotus cultist! She didn't realize it until two captains wanted to take her away. She didn't know that she should
What to do, I don’t know what to say, but I instinctively want to be close to my mother.
The two captains held on for a while, but failed to subdue Tang Sai'er. They had to knock her unconscious before she stopped. They then completely tied Tang Sai'er's hands and feet with thin iron chains before carrying her out.
This room.
Seeing her daughter being carried out, He Miao had a very nervous expression on her face, but in the end she said nothing and turned to look at the man in black, waiting for his question.
The man in black asked He Miao a lot of questions. Most of the questions He Miao told everything he knew, and there was not even a lie in the middle. He Miaojiu answered a few questions truthfully, but He Miaojiu answered them truthfully.
The man couldn't hear it either; in the end, there were some questions that He Miao didn't know about, and he said very honestly that he didn't know.
This interview lasted for a long time, and it was not accepted until Shen Shichu in the afternoon. The man in black glanced at the thick stack of papers next to him filled with confessions, smiled and said, "Thank you." He then ordered: "
Take Tang He to prison and arrange him with his daughter Tang Saier."
"Thank you for your kindness, sir." He Miao said hurriedly.
The man in black didn't answer any more, and just asked someone to take her down. After He Miao was taken away from the room, he whispered softly: "How could He Miao explain everything so straightforwardly? She is also a White Lotus believer.
And he seems to have been a believer for generations, how could he explain it so easily?"
"Master Commander, is it possible that she is deceiving us?" said another person in the room.
"It's hard to say. It's hard to say. After the confessions from Tang Jingyu's interrogation in Suzhou are received, we may be able to know the truth and falsehoods after comparing them. Even if the couple had made confessions before, it would only be a few important matters, not all of them.
Lies and lies will tell you the same thing. You can tell the truth by comparing them. If these small questions don't match up, then the big question is probably false; if the small questions all match up, then the big question is probably true."
The man in black replied.
This man in black is of course Qin Song, the commander of the Jin Yiwei. Although this "Bai Lian rebellion" did not cause serious consequences, it scared everyone into a cold sweat. If King An Zhu Ying is killed or captured alive, it will be the worst since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
The first prince to die in the hands of the rebels, it is simply unimaginable what the consequences would be. Yun immediately ordered that all the families of Tang Jingyu and others in the capital be arrested and interrogated, and Qin Song personally took charge of the job.
"Commander, you really can't do anything to the Tang family's mother and daughter?" The man asked again: "The Tang family's mother and daughter are both very beautiful, especially that girl, even if she is the number one in several brothels in Qinhuai River,
It may not be comparable, but if it could..."
Before he finished speaking, Qin Song interrupted: "Don't think of such an idea! Not to mention this mother and daughter, even other female prisoners can't do such a thing! If you want a woman, buy it or go to a brothel.
It’s not that we don’t have money! In a yamen like ours, you must be cautious and cautious in doing things. It’s okay to embezzle a little money, but don’t do anything else!”
"Yes, the commander has informed me, sir." The man hurriedly agreed.
Qin Song has been the commander of the Jinyiwei for fourteen years and has already completely controlled the Jinyiwei. But because of this, although Yun has not expressed any words yet and supports the Zhensi to "grab business" with the Jinyiwei, he has a hunch that he
He won't stay as the commander of the Jinyiwei for much longer. He just doesn't know where to go, or he may just be idle at home.
If he leaves, the so-called three things that will happen when a new official takes office is that the new Jinyiwei commander will not find some excuses to disparage a few people he originally appointed and establish his own authority? These will all be sins by then. So Qin Song advised this subordinate
Don't do it. But I can't say this clearly, I can only mention a few words.
"Furthermore," Qin Song added, "Tang Sai'er's identity is different. She has a good relationship with the eldest princess. Although Tang Jingyu committed a capital crime, he also performed meritorious deeds. Your Majesty will probably use him to eradicate other White Lotus cultists in the future.
In the end, he may not be convicted, and Tang Saier may not be the daughter of the guilty minister. Therefore, he must not be humiliated."
"Yes." The man agreed again.
Qin Song wanted to say more, but suddenly there was a knock on the door. A school captain opened the door, and a man rushed in and said: "Commander, Tang Jingyu's confession has been sent from Suzhou! It's a foot thick!"
"Quickly, show it to me!" Qin Song immediately ordered. But he immediately said: "Wood, you first compare He Miao's and Tang Jingyu's confessions to see if there are any differences in their answers to the same question. There are differences.
How many problems are there and where are the differences? I'm going to rest for a while first. I need to complete the verification as soon as possible, Your Majesty is still waiting."
"Yes, Commander." Qianhu, the Jin Yiwei who was called by his name, hurriedly agreed.
Qin Song stood up from the Grand Master's chair, yawned, and gave a few instructions to leave the room.
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"Dad, did you hear that Tang Sai'er and her mother were arrested by Jin Yiwei?" Min'er's voice suddenly sounded outside the house, and she immediately appeared in front of Yun.
Yun was originally talking to Miao Jin when he suddenly saw Min'er coming. He waved his hand to all the palace ladies and eunuchs present to leave. The palace ladies brought by Min'er also turned around and retreated outside the house. He also ordered Miao Jin to sit aside and said to Min.
Er scolded: "Why are you so rude!"
"I've met my father, I've met your empress." Min'er listened to his scolding and hurriedly saluted. Miaojin hurriedly responded.
"You are right. Father ordered the arrest of Tang Sai'er and others." After she finished her salute, Yun said.
"Dad, what did Tang Saier's parents do that caused him to order the Jinyi Guards to arrest her?" Min'er asked.
"Where did you hear about this?" Yun asked. He ordered the arrest of Tang Sai'er yesterday. He didn't take Min'er out of the palace yesterday and today. How did Min'er know?
"This," Min'er faltered for a while, and finally she could only confess honestly: "I heard it from Third Aunt's maid. Didn't Third Aunt enter the palace once yesterday and rest in the palace at night? My daughter went to see Third Aunt to play.
I heard her maids discussing this matter. Dad, don't punish them, they made it unintentionally."
"It's not an unintentional mistake! Yun Yun's maids also left the palace. In just a few years, they have forgotten the rules of the palace!" Yun said. "But as a father, I will not issue punishments.
They told Yunyun to handle it."
Yun Yun had always treated his servants generously, so Min'er was slightly relieved and asked again: "Dad, what did Tang Saier's parents do that caused Daddy to order the Jinyi Guards to arrest her?"
"Her father is a White Lotus cultist." Yun said calmly.
"What? Sai'er's father is a White Lotus cultist?" Min'er exclaimed. Not only her, Miao Jin was also very surprised.
"How could her father be a White Lotus cultist?" Min'er raised the same doubt as Tang Sai'er.
"The White Lotus Sect has finally placed a few people in a royal palace in the Ming Dynasty, or in the royal palace in the capital. How can they kill people at will and expose themselves? What they want is probably to get information to make a better response to the imperial decree, or
Knowing where the imperial court is going to wipe out the White Lotus cultists, and evacuating people from this place in advance. These are much more useful than killing a prince." Yun said. Not to mention a prince who has no real power at all, even if the court holds great power.
The significance of killing an important minister is not great, far less than the information that can be obtained, unless it is to kill Yun himself.
"Then, Tang Sai'er himself is a White Lotus sect?" Min'er asked tremblingly. She suddenly thought of a possibility: Tang Sai'er's friendship with her was also due to the arrangement of the White Lotus sect, rather than Tang Sai'er and her.
Sincerely make friends.
"Don't worry, Tang Sai'er is not a White Lotus cultist." Yun Dao. Not only did Tang Jingyu and others test it out when they first came to the capital, but later Tang Sai'er became friends with Min'er, and they arrested their mother and daughter yesterday.
Later, Qin Song had people test or interrogate him (yesterday, after interrogating He Miao, others interrogated Tang Sai'er) to confirm that Tang Sai'er really didn't know anything.
"That's okay." Min'er breathed a sigh of relief. She only had one private friend, but luckily she wasn't arranged by someone else.
"Dad, what are you going to accuse their family of?" Min'er asked again. At the same time, he was thinking: "As a White Lotus cultist, Tang Jingyu lurked beside the prince in the capital. His crime is not punishable and he will definitely be executed. His wife will be the same."
"But Sai'er knows nothing and should be able to survive. If she is sentenced to exile, I will plead with my father and ask her to be a palace maid by my side when I get married."
"It's hard to say," Yun said, "It still depends on how much merit Tang Jingyu can make and how many sins he can offset."
"Tang Jingyu is committing meritorious service?" Min'er said doubtfully, and then said: "Dad, what is going on? How did the court know that her family is a White Lotus cultist? What on earth is Tang Jingyu doing?"
"The reason for the matter is this..." Yun began to talk about what happened in Suzhou on the first day of the night, as well as things about Tang Jingyu and others. Of course, he could not say that he had known that the Tang family was a White Lotus sect.
For more than eight years, he had been using the truth of "fishing" by Wang Zhuyou of Runan. If it were spread, it would cause an uproar between the government and the public, which would not do him any good. He changed the story and said that it was found in Suzhou. Together with the Dan family, it was Bai Lian.
The matter of the believers was also said to have been discovered recently.
"Uncle An actually encountered a rebellion in Suzhou? He almost died!" Min'er screamed in surprise. She was so shocked that she couldn't speak and almost fell to the ground. In such peaceful years, there was actually a rebellion on the edge of the capital.
She never expected it.
"Keep your voice down!" Yun hurriedly urged. He has not made the matter public yet, and two days are not enough for the matter to spread from Suzhou to the capital. He is still thinking about how to make the matter public, but he cannot let the palace do it now.
Got it all.
Min'er hurriedly covered her mouth and let go after a while, but she still didn't fully come back to her senses.