About an hour later, Big Eye Ming lost his mind and walked out of the casino dejectedly.
When Xie Qiguan saw him coming out, he said to Capt. Li: "Old Li, arrest him!"
Li Captou waved his hand, and six government officials rushed over, trying to swarm Da Yanming down. Da Yanming was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the government officials rushing over, he raised his legs and kicked the first government official to the ground.
He pulled out the sailor's sword from his back and said, "Wow..." Just a few cuts, and he cut down three or four more.
Seeing that Big Eye Ming couldn't hold him down, Capt. Li gave an order, and the other yamen servants armed with water and fire ruthless sticks rushed out of the alley, surrounded Big Eye Ming, and beat them with sticks. Big Eye Ming chopped down four or five more yamen servants, but
Two fists were no match for four hands. One of them didn't pay attention and got hit by a stick on the back. He was knocked forward and nearly fell down.
At this time, he was hit with another stick on the cheek. This blow was quite severe. Da Ming was blinded, and the stars in front of his eyes were shaking wildly. He lost the ability to resist. He took another seven or eight sticks, and the sailor's sword was knocked down.
, the government officials knocked him to the ground and handcuffed him behind his back.
Big Eye Ming was lying on the ground, holding his neck, dissatisfied and angry. He looked up at Capt. Li and shouted: "Li, if you dare to arrest me, be careful of your family."
Li Captou said: "You have a bright eye, I don't need you to worry about my children, you should take care of yourself." Then he said to Xie Qiguan: "Master Xie, what should I do with this guy? Should he be taken to the county government or should he be taken to the county government?
Send it to Jinyiwei Branch Office."
Xie Qiguan said: "Let's take him to the county government first, and then we'll talk about it."
Li Captou said to the government officials: "Take them away!"
Everyone came to the Ningde County Government Office. There was no torture room in the county government office, and torture was done in the lobby. Xie Qiguan did not want to alarm the county magistrate, so he asked Li Captou to hang Big Eye Ming on a crooked neck tree in the backyard of the county government office.
Sit in a wing chair and conduct interrogation.
Xie Qiguan asked: "Big Eye Ming, were you responsible for the murder of the Ye family in Fuqing County?"
Big Eye Ming was hung upside down with his head down, his head flushed with blood, and he shouted: "We didn't do it."
Xie Qiguan said: "You didn't do it? Then what big business have you done recently?"
Big Eyes said clearly: "I haven't done any big business."
Xie Qiguan let out a "hum" and said, "I'm sorry for asking you for help. Li Captou, let him suffer a little, give him forty lashes first."
Li Captou ordered the yamen to strip off all Da Yanming's clothes, picked up a whip, and struck Da Yanming headless and faceless.
After the forty whips were finished, Xie Qiguan squinted his eyes, looked at Big Eye Ming, with a sneer on his lips, and said: "Big Eye Ming, the whip tastes good, right? This is just an appetizer, if you don't do it yet,
I'm going to let you have a taste of the feast. Don't ask for trouble. It's better to take the bait. What do you think? Do you have any tricks?"
Big Eye Ming shouted: "We did not do this, how do you want me to admit it?"
Xie Qiguan said: "How much money did you lose in the casino today?"
Big Eyes said clearly: "Not many, only twenty or thirty taels."
Xie Qiguan said: "Isn't that right? I was also in the casino at that time. According to what I saw, you lost at least a hundred taels. Where did you get such a large sum of money?"
Big Eyes said clearly: "I picked it up on the road."
Xie Qiguan said: "That's nonsense. If that's the case, I can only give you a severe punishment. Li arrested him and stabbed him blind in one eye."
Li Captou asked: "Left eye or right eye?"
Xie Qiguan said: "Whatever, left or right is fine."
Li Captou said: "Okay." He said to a yamen servant: "Go get an awl."
There was not much time, and the yamen servant took out an iron awl for holding the soles of shoes. Li Captou took it in his hand, grabbed Da Yanming's bun, shook the iron awl in front of his eyes, and said: "You guy...
It's quite a trick. It's a pity that it was destroyed like this. If you don't explain it again, I will take action."
Da Yanming looked at the iron awl, his eyes were dizzy, his whole body was shaking with fear, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Don't... don't do it, I'll tell you."
"Hmph..." Xie Qiguan sneered, "You are such a bitch for refusing to fight. Tell me honestly, were you responsible for the murder of the Ye family?"
Big Eyes said clearly: "We did it."
Xie Qiguan was overjoyed and asked Capt. Li to call Master Xing Ming to take notes. When the master arrived, he had prepared tables, chairs and the four treasures of the study. When the master sat down and picked up the ink brush, Xie Qiguan said: "
Big Eyes, please tell me how you committed the crime one by one. If you continue to talk nonsense or deliberately conceal it, I will kill you immediately."
Big Eyes said clearly: "Young ones don't dare. You must tell the truth truthfully."
Xie Qiguan said: "Speak quickly!"
Da Yanming looked at the ground and recalled the scene that day.
Ten miles east of Zhangwan, Ningde County, there is an isolated island on the sea, called "Hengyu". The whole island is divided into three parts: Shetou, Shewei and Zhonglong. Although the area is not large and the slope of the mountain is not high, Zhonglong
There are valleys in the area for concealment, and as a battlefield it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The pirates Big-Eyed Ming and One-Eyed Dragon were hiding in the alcove of Zhonglong Mountain on Hengyu Island. There was a cave there. The boss, One-Eyed Dragon, and the second boss, Big-Eyed Ming, lived in the cave, and the minions lived in tents outside the cave.
That day, the one-eyed dragon came back from an outing and said to Big Eye Ming: "Second brother, I want to make a deal."
Big Eyes asked clearly: "What kind of deal?"
One-eyed dragon said: "I want to cleanse Ye Xianggao's house in Fuqing County."
Da Yanming was not very willing and said: "His family is not rich, so it would be better to rob his bank account than to rob his family."
The one-eyed dragon said: "It's a bank account with a large number of housekeepers and guardians. How can the Ye family be easy to grab? It's settled. We'll go over and step on the plate tomorrow."
After stepping on the plate, One-Eyed Dragon selected ten smart and capable pirates from among a hundred or so pirates to participate in this operation. He called these people to a meeting in the cave and said: "Let's do it at noon tomorrow while they are having lunch.
, At that time, people gathered together so that no one would miss anything, lest they report it to the officials. After grabbing the things, no one from the Ye family was left behind, and they were all wiped out."
Big Eyes said clearly: "Brother, we have no enmity with the Ye family. We are just seeking wealth. Why do we need to destroy his entire family? Ye Xianggao is the chief minister of the dynasty. If we do this, it will make the matter bigger than we are.
Eat the good fruit.”
The one-eyed dragon frowned, glared at Da Ming, and shouted: "Damn it, you talk so much nonsense, I will do whatever I say, if you keep talking nonsense, I will chop you up."
The one-eyed dragon did not save face for Big Eye Ming at all in front of his brothers. Big Eye Ming was very angry, but he did not dare to show it. He could only hold it in secretly and said with a smile: "Plain me, blame me. Brother, please stop being angry. I won't."
If you talk too much, I will do whatever big brother says."
After Big Eye Ming told the past story, he added: "This guy Cyclops doesn't know what's going on. He insists on destroying the entire Ye family. I think he probably has a grudge against the Ye family. If this guy doesn't tell me, I won't."
Don’t dare to ask.”
Xie Qiguan said: "Is that all? If you think about it again, is there anything else that has not been explained?"
Big Eyes said clearly: "There is one more thing."
Xie Qiguan said: "What's the matter?"
Big Eyes Ming said: "We robbed a merchant ship last month, and that time..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xie Qiguan interrupted: "Come on, come on, I only care about the Ye family's case. Don't talk about irrelevant matters. Do you have anything else to say about the Ye family's case?"
Big Eye Ming pondered for a moment and said: "No more."
Xie Qiguan said: "Captain Li, put him in shackles and shackles, and put him in a wooden cage and prison cart. You and a dozen brothers will help me escort him back to the branch office."
Two days later, Xie Qiguan escorted Da Yanming back to the Jinyiwei branch in Funing Prefecture and reported the situation to the local Jinyiwei commander Lin Baihu. Lin Baihu was overjoyed when he heard about it and asked Xie Qiguan to take Da Yanming's confession with him.
Hurry to Fuzhou Fucheng and report to Min Qianhu.
A few days later, Xie Qiguan came to Min Qianhu's office in Jinyiwei Branch of Fuzhou Prefecture. Xie Qiguan reported to Min Qianhu, Mou Rongtian and others. Mou Rongtian read Big Eyed Ming's confession and thought to himself: "Why did the one-eyed dragon want to be killed?"
Killing the Ye family? This matter is really strange. We must capture the one-eyed dragon alive and force him to find out the reason."
Said: "Master Min, you select a hundred strong captains with good water properties, and accompany me to Hengyu Island to capture the Cyclops."
Then he said to Officer Xie Qi: "Old Xie, please return to the Funing branch immediately and ask Da Yanming to reveal the pirates' lair on Hengyu Island and the location of the sentry on the island. Then go to Ningde County Yamen to meet with me.
and."
Xie Qiguan clasped his fists and said, "I obey my orders."
A few days later, Mou Rongtian and others met with Xie Qiguan at the Ningde County Government Office. After Mou Rongtian learned the location of the pirates' lair on Hengyu Island and the distribution of sentries, he decided to launch an anti-bandit operation that night.
Hengyu Island faces the mainland across a ten-mile shoal. This shoal turns into a sea when the tide comes in, and a muddy puddle when the tide recedes. It is difficult to ford it if attacked by land troops, and it is easy for ships to run aground if attacked by naval troops.
It was the eighth day of the lunar month, and the tide was low at midnight. Mou Rongtian ordered each of the captains to carry a bundle of straw. At midnight, after the tide fell, they crawled forward, filling the mud with straw as they went, and under the cover of night, headed towards Hengyu Island.
The west coast approaches.
Based on Da Yanming's confession, Mou Rongtian learned that there were two pirates standing guard on the cliffs on the west coast. Mou Rongtian asked Shi Yi to take the first step and kill the two pirates standing guard.
Shi Yi performed the Wave Riding Technique on the muddy shoal, running like flying without making any sound. He could reach a distance of ten miles in a moment.
The cliff on the west coast is not very high, only about two feet. Shi Yi ran to the bottom of the cliff, jumped up, and landed on the top of the cliff. He saw two people lying on the ground, sleeping soundly, with a sailor's knife lying flat next to them.
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Shi Yi guessed that these two people should be the two pirates who were on guard, so he pulled out his small sword and one of them gave them a blow. The two people lost their lives in a dream.
After a while, Mou Rongtian led his people to land and headed towards Zhonglong Mountain. Shi Yi took one step and eliminated the sentries along the way. Shi Yi killed ten sentries in total. These ten people lost their lives while sleeping.
No one is doing their job and standing guard.
Mou Rongtian led his people into the valley and walked for several miles. He took advantage of the moonlight to look around. He saw a tent in the distance. He guessed that it was the pirates' lair. He ordered the captains to sneak around and make no noise, so as not to alert the pirates.