Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Six

Mr. Qian really has a good way to fix the rascal. After locking up Uncle Wang and a group of people with iron ropes, Mr. Qian will not be interrogated or interrogated, and they will all be thrown in the cell and starved for three days.Three days later, the prisoners were exhausted, and no one could complain about their grievances. Mr. Qian repeated the method of killing power to repair them, and brought them up to the lobby one by one. He didn't even ask anyone's name. A board.After beating the prisoners so hard that they couldn't even cry, Mr. Qian began to ask questions one by one.When interrogating the case, the prisoners were never allowed to wear their pants, and they had to kneel in the hall with their bloody buttocks covered.At this time, the prisoners were starving, bruised, and without dignity. They were all like pigs and dogs, and all of them became obedient citizens. Mr. Qian is playing a rascal.

Seeing Uncle Wang who had been completely repaired and kneeling crookedly in front of him, Mr. Qian was in a good mood, and there was a smile on his face.After asking about his name, place of residence, and the cause of the case as usual, Mr. Qian had the desire to speak, so he started with his own donation as usual, giving Uncle Wang a little hint. Because he was familiar with Uncle Wang, Mr. Qian spoke kindly, with a hint of confiding in his heart: "Wang Xishan, don't think that if you give this county some meager gifts during the festivals, the county will forgive you. Favoritism is perverting the law. The seventh-rank official position in this county was bought with a lot of money, and it has been waiting for more than eight years. I will definitely not lose my bright future because of favoritism. How can you Do you understand?"

Uncle Wang was injured and starved for three days, and he ate the big board of Shawei on his buttocks. He was already dying. He tried his best to listen to Mr. Qian's kind instruction, not daring to lift his head, only holding his trembling hands On the brick floor, he replied slowly: "Yes... yes... Xiao... Xiaomin understands..." Lord Qian continued: "But, what should be said, this county has to let you say, the mirror hangs high above the hall of this county, even if you ask you to make a decisive decision, you have to die submissively!" Only then did Uncle Wang, with tears streaming down his face, say to Lord Qian: "My lord, my little... Xiaomin is really wronged..."

Mr. Qian hated criminals to mention the word "injustice" the most, thinking that Uncle Wang had not been repaired, immediately put a long face on his face, and let out a long nasal "hmm". Before the nasal sound fell, Uncle Wang had come to his senses, and he did not mention the word of injustice, and repeatedly pleaded guilty, saying: "Little... Xiaomin deserves to die! Xiao... Xiaomin deserves to die! Xiaomin has no money, and adults gather crowds to cause trouble, causing death and injury. Human life, according to... according to the law, should be punished... should be punished..."

Mr. Qian had a smile on his face again: "That's right, you killed three people, and you, the chief culprit, called for injustice. Isn't it a big joke? Besides, it was you, Wang Xishan, who brought people to beat you." When it came to Xiao Taiping's kiln, it wasn't Xiao Taiping who hit your kiln." Uncle Wang wept and said: "My lord, my little...Xiaomin led people to beat...to the Xiao Taiping Kiln...There are also two secrets." Mr. Qian held the teapot and drank the fragrant tea leisurely: "What are the two secrets? Tell me." Uncle Wang said: "The first secret is... Xiao Taiping first... first dug the charcoal under the Wang's kiln..."

Mr. Qian said: "Well, the county has sent people to look at it. The kilns of your two families are connected together. You say he dug your charcoal, and he says you dug his charcoal. Who can tell? Taking a step back, even if Xiao Taiping dug up your charcoal, you can still come to this county to sue according to the facts! How can you gather people to fight? There is no king's law?!" Uncle Wang had no choice but to admit: "Xiaomin was... confused, he was so angry that he lost his head." Lord Qian put down the teapot, half-closed his eyes, and asked in a long voice, "What else is there to hide?"

Uncle Wang knelt a little straighter, and his eyes lit up a lot: "My lord, my... I am so angry, one is because Xiao Taiping dug up the charcoal from my kiln, and the other is... But Xiao Taiping and those gangsters in Xiao's kiln are all... all rebellious thieves! Xiao Taiping is the head of the second regiment of the thieves..." Lord Qian's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and he was stunned for a long time before he asked, "Is...is this true?" Uncle Wang kowtowed and said again and again: "Xiao... Xiaomin dare not talk nonsense, dare not talk nonsense..."

Lord Qian patted the gavel: "Since you know Xiao Taiping is the leader of the bandits, why didn't you report it to the government?" Uncle Wang hesitated for a moment, and said, "Xiao...Xiaomin also... also just... just found out before the fight..." Master Qian asked: "How did you know? What proof do you have?" Uncle Wang tried his best to recall, and finally remembered the scorpion who was charged on the "Rebel Confession" back then, and said excitedly: "My lord, s... there is... a man named Cao Bajin on sloping scorpion. This matter is the clearest, my lord, quickly... take this person, and you will know everything..."

Seeing that Uncle Wang spoke clearly and clearly, and had a name and surname, Mr. Qian knew that the matter was serious, and he was flustered all of a sudden.Mr. Qian had already made up his mind before asking the case, he wanted to protect the reasonable Xiao Taiping, squeeze out the ignorant Uncle Wang, and then kill him or kill him.It seems that it may not work now, if Xiao Taiping is really the leader of the bandit, he will be in big trouble. Master Qian thought about it with a pale face, and decided to leave the hall first, and let the servants drag Uncle Wang down for the time being.

On this day, Mr. Qian was very distressed, he closed the door and thought about his own thoughts because he didn't see anyone. The first thing that comes to mind is to protect oneself wisely, no matter how reasonable Xiao Taiping is, let's arrest him first.Thinking about it, it's not good to arrest.If Xiao Taiping is really going to be arrested and convicted of a crime, Xiao Taiping's life will be lost, and no one will honor his monthly rule of one hundred taels of silver.Because of the monthly regulations, I wanted to give Xiao Taiping a quick word, and force him to bet a good amount of money so that he could escape.But when I think about the details, I feel that it is not possible.If Xiao Taiping is arrested and confessed to him in the future, I am afraid that he will also have to be beheaded.Furthermore, from a business point of view, it is not very cost-effective. Even if you get the money you want, there will only be risks in the future, and there will be no income. It is a way to kill the chicken and get the egg.Instead of this, it's better to keep this traitor under your nose: if there is nothing wrong, you can swindle the traitor's good money; if something happens, you can kill it if you catch it. !

Having come up with such a good idea, Mr. Qian was very happy. He didn't want to excuse Xiao Taiping overtly or secretly, but wanted to realize Xiao Taiping's serious crime of treason.In the early morning of the next day, two cronies who changed into plain clothes were dispatched to catch Cao Bajin who was confessed by Uncle Wang to Kuzipo.Unexpectedly, the two policemen rushed back that night and reported that this Cao Bajin died in an accident at the mouth of the kiln as early as the tenth year of Tongzhi. The secret curtain.Both policemen believed that Uncle Wang was talking nonsense because of his feud with Xiao Taiping's kiln business. Mr. Qian didn't think it was nonsense, so he went to court overnight with great energy, and re-examined Uncle Wang: "...Wang Xishan, you scoundrel, you are not small, dare to cheat the county! The county asks you, Cao Bajin is dead After so many years, how did you know the secret of the Nian thief from the mouth of this dead ghost?" When Uncle Wang heard that Cao Bajin had been dead for many years, his face turned pale all of a sudden, and he was stunned for a long time before he shouted: "My... my lord, it must be... Xiao Taiping murdered and silenced him!" Mr. Qian said: "Cao Bajin didn't die just a few days ago, but he died in the tenth year of Tongzhi! How did Xiao Taiping know that he would have today? And how could he kill people so early? I think there must be something hidden here! Hurry up and come here honestly." !" Only then did Uncle Wang reveal his secret: "My lord, Xiao...Xiaomin deserves to die, Xiao...Xiaomin knew about the Nian thief as early...as early as ten years in Tongzhi, just...just because he was confused at the time , didn't... didn't go to the government to report..." Mr. Qian was very happy, and said again and again: "It's not too late to report it now, tell me quickly, tell me quickly, besides this Cao Bajin, who else can be a witness?" Uncle Wang said: "Mr. Bai Er and Mr. Li Wu can both be dry witnesses. In the tenth year of Tongzhi, Mr. Zhang, who was in the Baijia Kiln, came to me with Cao Bajin's "Self-Confession of the Thief". I wanted to sue the officials, but was stopped by Li Wuye..." Master Qian became more and more happy: "Where is that Third Master Zhang now?" Uncle Wang said: "Master Zhang has been dead for many years, I'm afraid he died with a reputation." Mr. Qian asked: "What is the name of Mr. Zhang's death?" Uncle Wang couldn't tell. ... Asking and asking, there are so many things. After retiring from court, Mr. Qian's joy faded a lot, and he felt that this matter was still a bit difficult to handle.The two main witnesses, Cao Bajin and Zhang Sanye, both died in the tenth year of Tongzhi, while the living Mr. Bai Er and Li Wuye are both close friends of Xiao Taiping's joint kiln. It may not be easy for them to testify against Xiao Taiping's death.Not to mention the relationship and interests between them, even because of the long-term charges of nesting thieves, they would not stand up to testify against Xiao Taiping. Mr. Qian was still unwilling, so he sent plainclothes police to secretly capture Li Wuye.Li Wuye didn't get it, so the police came back quickly and said that Li Wuye went to Jiangnan with the fleet to sell charcoal, and he wouldn't come back for a while.Master Qian followed Mr. Bai Er in time.Mr. Bai Er is the richest and most powerful gentleman in Mohe, and it is inconvenient to use an iron rope to grab it openly or privately.Mr. Qian had no choice but to come forward and invite Mr. Bai Er to drink and talk in secret, trying to get some useful words out of Mr. Bai Er's mouth. While eating and drinking, with a warm smile on his face, Mr. Qian brought up the topic about Mr. Zhang, and casually asked Mr. Bai Er: "... I heard that there used to be Mr. Zhang in your Baijiayao? Have you ever done it? The master of the kiln, isn't he?" Mr. Bai Er was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Hey, my lord, why do you think of this man?" Master Qian said, "I'm just asking casually." Mr. Bai Er said: "The third master of this chapter really can't be mentioned! I just lived a good life, whoring and gambling, and lost thousands of taels of silver overnight, and I have also fallen to the point of going to the kiln to carry coal. died!" Lord Qian asked: "Master Zhang is the shopkeeper of the Baijia Kiln, why would he go down to the kiln to carry coal?" Mr. Bai Er said: "Xiao Taiping is currently the kiln owner, didn't he carry coal for me in the past?!" Mr. Qian said: Really?Xiao Taiping also carried coal?I can't think of it! Mr. Bai Er didn't want to talk deeply: "Come on, my lord, drink, drink, let's not talk about them..." Mr. Qian insisted on talking: "Why did the third master of this chapter freeze to death on the flower boat?" Mr. Bai Er said: "How do I know this? You can ask Third Master Zhang." Mr. Qian had no choice but to bring Uncle Wang out, and asked Mr. Bai Er: "According to Mr. Wang's confession, Xiao Taiping and the gangsters on Zazipo are all remnants of the twisted party. Xiao Taiping is still the head of the Second Regiment. I don't know if Mr. what?" Mr. Bai Er put down his wine glass and got angry: "I said Wang Xishan is a scoundrel, and he really is a scoundrel! He gathered a group of people to beat him with weapons and killed three people, and then he spat out blood! If Mr. Qian believes his words, kill Xiao Taiping Arrest him and question him, and ask Xiao Taiping the truth, then ask me about the crime of a den of thieves!" Master Qian hurriedly said: "Where, where! Second Mister, you don't know? What is the relationship between this county and Brother Xiao? Brother who cut off his head and never changed his head! Let alone Wang Xishan, a rascal who slandered people, even if Xiao Taiping is really a liar Thief, I have to let him go! Not to mention you, sir, I really have a nest of thieves, and I'm the one to decide." Mr. Bai Er sighed: "Forget it, forget it, Mr. Qian, I know you are suspicious, so I won't say anything more, you should go to Changzipo to investigate the gang of twisters who were framed by Uncle Wang." The remnants..." Mr. Qian is of course going to investigate, this involves a lot of money, how can we not investigate carefully?It's a pity that Master Qian didn't see the remnants of the twisted party in Manpo when he went to Zazipo, but saw the mud huts and children growing wildly like weeds.In broad daylight, most of the men went to the kiln, but few of them were seen, and there was no evidence of treason... Only then did Master Qian lose his temper, and after returning to the yamen, he brought Uncle Wang to the front of the hall for a good beating, and in the future, he would only ask about beating people with weapons, and not about chaos... Forget about the chaos for now, Mr. Qian concentrates on dealing with the unreasonable Uncle Wang. Mr. Qian said casually to Uncle Wang: "...Wang Xishan, you bastard, you really pissed off the county! In order to save you from death, the county wanted to settle the case and made a private visit to Zipo seven times. Undercover investigation, the green battalion officers and soldiers searched all over the slope six times, but they didn't even find a single hair, but posted a lot of money! You bastards say what to do! The county is busy for nothing, and the brothers even You can't even afford a cup of tea, why are you so fucking mean?" Uncle Wang is embarrassed, since the case was discovered, the tea money has only been donated to a mere twenty taels of silver. Mr. Qian had no choice but to continue to enlighten Uncle Wang, put a stick on Uncle Wang, and slapped his mouth by the way. Seeing Uncle Wang paralyzed on the ground and howling in pain, Mr. Qian said in an orderly manner: "...clamping your dog's leg, Wang Xishan, is to make you lose the sole money of the brothers in Ben County and Luying. It is because of you Playing a rogue is slandering people's innocence. If you fall into the hands of this county, you can't play a rogue again, this county just wants you to understand some truths." Uncle Wang said bluntly that he understood the truth, retracted the Toutian statement, and pleaded guilty to slandering people's innocence, but he just refused to pay. Lord Qian was even more angry, and tortured again, and enlightened Uncle Wang more clearly: "... the county tells you, you are a big crime! Falsifying a person is a death penalty. Killing three lives with a weapon is another capital crime. .Your dog life is already in the hands of this county, even if your family has tens of thousands of coins and piles of money, if this county asks you to make a decision, you will not be able to spend it." It wasn't until this time that Uncle Wang really understood the truth, and first asked his family to quietly give all the five thousand taels of silver accumulated over the years to Mr. Qian, so as to avoid the death penalty of false accusation.Afterwards, Mr. Qian and Uncle Wang, who had already understood the truth, negotiated amicably and settled on a fair price: Uncle Wang paid another five thousand taels of silver, and the death penalty of killing three people with weapons could also be avoided. For the five thousand taels of silver, Uncle Wang had no choice but to sell the kiln.Thinking that it was all because of the traitor Xiao Taiping that he had come to this point, Uncle Wang was unwilling to sell the kiln to Xiao Taiping, so he asked his own brother to find Mr. Bai Er and Li Wuye.Mr. Bai Er and Li Wuye panted through the same nostrils as Xiao Taiping, and neither wanted Wangjiayao.In desperation, Uncle Wang finally sold the coal kiln and the kiln land to Xiao Taiping at a very low price of 5,200 taels of silver. The five thousand taels of silver was given to Mr. Qian, and Mr. Qian was naturally merciful. He only asked Uncle Wang to be executed, and said that he would help him to go to the Futai Yamen for exercise during the autumn trial, and he would definitely avoid the death penalty. .However, Uncle Wang’s fate was really bad, because he was injured in a fight, and after being imprisoned, he received more than a dozen punishments from Mr. Qian, and his body completely collapsed. He died of illness in prison before the autumn trial. Another well-to-do family in Qiaotou Town was ruined by Mr. Qian just like that. Uncle Wang's family was ruined, which objectively helped Xiao Taiping.It allowed Xiao Taiping to win the Wangjiayao he had dreamed of, not to mention actually monopolizing all the coal mines in Qiaotou Town, and became the largest kiln owner in Qiaotou Town in one fell swoop. However, before Xiao Taiping became serious and complacent, Master Qian's head became hot, and he thought of the silvery Twister remnant case again, and his infatuated eyes fixed on Xiao Taiping again...