The afternoon class went smoothly, but Zhang Shou always felt that his nose was itchy and he wanted to sneeze, his throat was itchy and he wanted to cough, and his ears were even itchy, as if thousands of people were talking about him behind his back.
As the most handsome man in the capital in the eyes of others, he was used to being talked about behind his back, but this time he had a not so good feeling.
After finishing three consecutive classes in the afternoon, Zhang Shou ordered a break and planned to leave the last class to the students to do exercises. An unexpected and unreasonable guest hurriedly visited Jiuzhang Hall.
, but it was the executioner who captured Lin Hu.
Seeing Zhang Shou strolling out, he quickly raised his hand, and then lowered his voice and asked: "Scholar Zhang, did you use your own carriage to send President Hong Shan of Yuzhang Academy back to Yashe?"
"That's right. And let the ten Ruiqi battalion guards that the emperor sent to me before escort him back." At this point, seeing Lin Laohu's face full of sighs, he asked knowingly, "Why, could it be?
What happened when you went back?"
"Under the rule of the capital, public security has always been good, but by chance, on the long way back to Hongshan, he bumped into some ruffians who were bullying the city. Then he got angry and stopped the car to ask questions, and was smashed in the head with a fruit.
"
Faced with such unbelievable news, Zhang Shou couldn't help but be dumbfounded. If this was an assassination, some gangster killer happened to be involved in the street fire, or some soldiers were engaged in a pay mutiny... these reasons made him
All of this is acceptable, but what the hell is a bully who smashed his head in with a piece of fruit?
Seeing that Lin Laohu was also embarrassed, he couldn't help but ask: "What about the ten guards I lent to Chief Hong Shan? Could it be that they just sat on the horse and watched Chief Hong Shan beheaded?"
"This..." Lin Laohu became even more embarrassed for a moment, and his eyes were extremely erratic. Even if the reason had nothing to do with him, he felt embarrassed even if he said these words. After a long while, he had no choice but to say
Said: "It was Chief Hong who was being hypocritical, saying that he was just a mountain chief with no official position and no need for the emperor's guards to accompany him to protect him."
Although Zhang Shou had guessed such a possibility, he still felt unbelievable when Lin Laohu actually said it like this: "Did those ten guards really abandon him and come back because he said that?"
Looking at Han Lie, who claims to be the leader of the Ruiqi Battalion, he seems to be a very reliable veteran in the military. And after hearing the initial conversation between him and Commander Hong Shan in the car, he would not do such an unreliable thing, right?
Under Zhang Shou's extraordinary gaze, Lin Huhu could only continue to smile bitterly: "They were unwilling at first. After all, you have given the order first, Academician Zhang. However, it happened that the fourth prince happened to take people out of the palace to go to King Jiangdu.
The two groups of people ran into each other head on. After the fourth prince heard about it, he couldn't help but mocked Hong Shanchang, and Hong Shanchang became even more angry and drove everyone away to follow the fourth prince."
"It happened that the fourth prince only had thirty or forty people with him, and he was also angry, so he forced people to follow him, so as not to be offended after doing good deeds. Finally, the Korean team ordered two guards to follow him
Chief Hong Shan, so after the incident, he not only stopped him in time, but also caught two of the bullies on the spot. Otherwise, Chief Hong Shan would not have had his head smashed by a piece of fruit."
Lin Laohu said and complained in his heart - with the arrogance of those stupid bullies, if all the hawker's carts of fruit were used to hit people, Chief Hong Shan would probably be beaten half to death! Even so,
Now that such a big thing has happened, even the Duke of Qin will be punished, let alone his executioner.
I am afraid that even Zhu Tingfang, who is in charge of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, will be reprimanded and even fined!
Zhang Shou could only put his hand on his forehead. What kind of divine unfolding is this! He could have predicted Hong Shanchang's hypocrisy, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he vented it to a group of big-headed soldiers, but why would the fourth prince be just right?
Passing by! This should be something that no one else can design, right? Then the naughty kid really didn't have any brains and really took away all the guards that Hong Shan didn't want.
If Han Lie hadn't finally been smart and sent two people to sneak around, he would have really set up a big trap!
Zhang Shou, who had regained consciousness, said with a sullen face: "Where is that naughty kid?"
Lin Laohu knew who the so-called naughty boy Zhang Shou was referring to without asking. He couldn't help but shrink his head: "After the fourth prince found out that he was in trouble, he hid in Jiangdu Palace. When I came to see you, Academician Zhang,
He hasn't come out yet. I think the Emperor or His Highness the Crown Prince will send someone to take him back to the palace after hearing about it, right?"
Hearing Lin Laohu's tone, it was clear that he was very uncertain. Zhang Shou thought about this farce. It was deliberate, and it seemed that everything happened by chance. But it was accidental... How could it be possible in the world?
Is there such a coincidence? He calmed down and asked calmly: "Then Mr. Lin, why did you come here to see me?"
"I just...just want to ask, did anything unusual happen to Zhang Shou and Hong Shan Chang today?" Although Lin Laohu wanted to ask more about what Zhang Shou and Hong Shan Chang had talked about today,
But when he thought that if it was something he shouldn't know, he would be involved in a very serious incident, he finally chose a more conservative question.
"Nothing unusual."
Zhang Shou smiled faintly and then said in an understatement, "It's just a friendly exchange of views on certain recent events. I don't think you, Mr. Lin, are like ants on a hot pot and just beat up those ruffians."
Just a hard interrogation with a cane will do. This kind of street knife meat cannot pass the test of a veteran criminal."
Lin Laohu smiled awkwardly. He was not surprised by Zhang Shou's answer, but then he smiled and said: "In fact, he has been sent to the Xicheng Military and Horse Department. Mr. Zhu said that he has to deal with such difficult things."
Cooking. Since you said there is nothing unusual about it, Academician Zhang, then I will resign. However, this kind of thing happened in broad daylight, so please be more careful, Academician Zhang."
There was no need for Zhang Shou's orders. At this time, the two gangsters who were said to be bullies in the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division were beaten to death with big wooden boards. When they were begging grandpa to sue grandma and crying, they really wished they had done what they had done in their previous lives.
You tell me all your regrets, how can you dare to hide anything?
But precisely because they confessed so readily, Zhu Tingfang felt that it was simply ridiculous. After he took office, the military divisions in the southeast, northwest, and central cities were whipped around by him like a spinning top, and the local snakes who had once been domineering were cleared out.
Either killed with a stick or exiled, only those who were a little more honest were left behind.
As for the little minions running around below, they have become more restrained in recent days to the point where they want to lower their eyebrows and obey. Under such circumstances, there are still bullies who are not afraid of death and even pick up the fruits sold at the stalls when people stop drinking.
Just hit people? And smashed Hong Shanchang’s head? If a mere ruffian and bully had such accuracy, then why would he be a ruffian and bully?
Why not just go into battle and hit people with stones? Isn't this a sure thing?
The cold-faced Young Master Zhu said word by word: "Continue to spank. These things you just asked about, turn them upside down and continue to ask them one by one! Stop spanking your butt and spanking your legs! Change to the thinnest cane. If
If you don’t tell the truth, then break their legs!”
The two bullies on the ground were crying without tears and were almost going crazy.
Who is Mr. Zhu? It can be said that everyone in the capital has known it for the past few days. They never thought that just bullying a few hawkers would actually provoke a bullshit celebrity in a carriage to meddle in other people's business!
They were just throwing a piece of fruit at random to scare people, but they actually hit people on the head directly and broke their heads! If they had known this earlier, who would have done this!
But they couldn't stand the fight from the beginning, and they had already confessed the other two accomplices who had escaped, but Master Zhu didn't give up, and looked like he wanted to ask them for some important information, but
They really just happened to be there, they really just happened to be there!
After Zhu Tingfang gave the order, they felt that the cane had indeed moved from their buttocks to their thighs. However, the flesh on the thighs was not as thick as the buttocks, and it immediately hurt more when they touched it. However, the two people whose mouths were gagged even cried out and screamed.
No, every time after ten blows, the gag was removed and asked a series of questions, and then the gag was continued and the blows were continued.
Who can bear such seemingly endless punishment?
After another three or four rounds of this, I heard that the two accomplices were finally arrested. Although they were not tried together, the crackling sound of the stick next door could be heard, but it was obvious that they were treated exactly the same.
Suddenly, the two people who initially only hated themselves for running slowly and suffering alone finally relieved themselves, and then...of course they were beaten to death together.
They just felt that all the evil they had done in the first half of their lives had been paid back in just half a day!
Zhu Tingfang initially asked the veteran in charge of torture to ask seven or eight questions that he had prepared long ago, and then repeated them three or four times. Then he reviewed the confessions again and again, staring at the inconsistent items, and then ordered the details.
Ask for details. And even if someone can't help but make up the truth, they will be exposed after repeated inquiries for confirmation.
Then, of course, there are people who get whipped even more for making up nonsense.
So, by the time of dinner, when the eight legs of the four gangsters were almost beaten to pieces, Zhu Tingfang got the finalized confession. But this time, it was no longer a complete coincidence and a completely random thing.
.
There is no brave man under three trees, not to mention that these four guys who bully the weak and fear the strong are either brave men or iron-clad men, and not everyone can pass this level. It is precisely because of this, under such torture with the stick and torture, they can’t wait to put today
What they had for lunch was explained clearly, and they racked their brains to recall some of the forgotten details.
For example, they appeared on that street because they heard from passers-by that there were a lot of hawkers there these days and the business was very good. Several hawkers were making a lot of money and were smiling happily, so they thought they could go there after passing by.
Get oil and water.
For example, they can't help but push, kick, and beat a certain hawker because this person not only has a prosperous business, but also fights with them when they extort money from them, and refuses to spend any money to deal with them.
Such a local snake.
For another example, the reason why they ignored the fact that Chief Hong Shan came out of a respectable carriage and shouted loudly, but instead first ridiculed, and then got angry and smashed fruit and hit people, was because they heard someone laughing and claiming that Chief Hong Shan
He is just a poor man who is putting on airs and swaggering through the city in someone else's carriage!
And they were carried away by greed and anger because they had simply forgotten one thing. In a place like the capital, how could a person who could just borrow someone else's carriage to ride on him be so poor? Of course.
, but by the time they remembered it, it was too late.
Zhu Tingfang flicked the confession in his hand, and when he saw the commander of the Xicheng troops and horses standing respectfully below, he said lightly: "You have read the confession, right? I said, there is no such thing as a fairy tale, look at it
Things that seem like coincidences are sometimes actually planned by others. It’s a pity that too much time was wasted on these useless snacks!”
The commander of the soldiers and horses could only apologize, but did not dare to say anything, for fear that Zhu Tingfang would ask him to arrest those passers-by who had no clue at all. Only the hawker who was struggling with people was easier to catch, but the problem was, with what means
The crime? Just because he refused to pay money to the blackmailing gangsters? He was not afraid of being stabbed in the back by the people of the capital, but he was afraid that it had gone against Zhu Tingfang's original intention.
Just when he was on tenterhooks, Zhu Tingfang finally spoke calmly: "That's the end of the matter. In my name, I will send a message to Chief Hong Shan who is recovering in Yashe, saying that the four villains who committed the crime, the Xicheng soldiers
Ma Si has all been arrested and is now in prison. If something like this happens, I should apologize to the emperor."
Even though the commander of the Xicheng Army and Horses had complained behind his back more than once that Zhu Tingfang, his boss, was harsh and difficult to serve, at this moment, he was extremely lucky to have such a big boss. In the past, when the five cities' military and horse departments were doing their own thing,
If something like this happened today, the commanders of the other four cities' troops would definitely stand back and watch, gloating at his joke.
But now, such a noble man with an extraordinary status, who could have blamed him, has taken the initiative to take over the matter. This is simply the same wise boss as the former boss who never blamed him.
Having said that, the commander of Xicheng's troops did not dare to let his superiors take the blame. He had to speak with fear and fear to take the responsibility on himself. But before he could finish his words, a voice came from outside.
"Sir, Shuntian Prefecture sent someone to deliver a message. Qin Guogong, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, has written a letter to apologize. Qin Guogong also said that if something like this happened under the Shuntian Prefecture, it would be better to hand these criminals over to Shuntian Prefecture for trial. The veterans in the execution room will deal with it.
These ruffians are very knowledgeable. The Five Cities Military and Horse Division has heavy responsibilities, so please don’t punish them too harshly."
Knowing that Zhu Yi deliberately told others, Zhu Tingfang couldn't help but be stunned and refused without thinking: "The Duke of Qin made serious remarks. I am fully responsible for this matter, how can I let him bear it alone? As for those bold and evil people
Disciples, they have been punished today, and they will be paraded through the streets tomorrow to serve as a warning to others!"