Chapter 13 The Thirteenth Chapter: Embezzlement, Swallowing Bait and Fraud

Yuchi Jinxian interrogated Hai Lancha in secret until late at night when Haishi found out the cause of the case.It's just that Hailancha himself has no official seal, and his identity cannot be confirmed yet.Facing the 100,000 taels of silver bills found, he was stunned for a while, and ordered Hai Lancha and Ding E'er to be detained in two empty rooms in the back office, and then he took a sedan chair and went straight to the Yamen of Yanzheng in the north of the city to find Gao. constant. This yamen occupies a large area, because it and the salt storehouse are in a large compound with a radius of two miles. There are rows of warehouses to the east and north, and a small garden to the west.Adjacent to the garden is another compound with three entrances, which is a well-known wealthy widow's house in Texas.This "horse widow" is the Ma Shen family whom Gao Heng met when he was suppressing bandits in Taiping Town, Laiwu County.Ma Shen was born beautiful, but she married a rich man and suffered from impotence.The two were very close to each other, and after they separated, Gao Heng missed him so much that he donated a salt treasury on behalf of her husband Ma Jiyao, and both husband and wife were transferred to Dezhou to manage the salt treasury.He also recently built the Yamen of the Secretary of the Salt Administration, and even the courtyard is connected.This matter is well-known in Texans, and they secretly say that "a widow recruits a man", and she becomes a "horse widow" when she is called around. In fact, her husband lives a solid life, does not fool around with women, and is a good hand with money.When Wei Chi Jinxian got off the sedan chair in front of the yamen, he is a very familiar person who walks around here. The gatekeeper is a ninth-rank military officer inspecting, so he came up to greet Qian'er when he was busy, and said with a smile: "Master Futai, we all go to Yintai The master talked to Ma Kusi in the west courtyard, but he hasn’t come back yet. Pi Yizun is also waiting in the flower hall! You must come here sooner or later, there must be something important, I’ll go and tell him the old man.”

"Pi Zhongchen is here?" Yuchi Jinxian stepped into the yamen, looking at a large dark warehouse, and said, "You can go and report. Just say we are waiting here—the wall in the northeast corner of the warehouse." Has it been raised? You always throw salt and ask us to solve the case, and you have been patronizing your side all day long." "It's been raised, it's been raised!" The doorman replied, and then he slapped another thousand son, and said with a smile, "How dare we not follow what you ordered? I'll go and report to you, please! I'll come back and answer in a while. "After that, he headed west and hurried to find Gao Heng.

Gao Heng was angry with Widow Ma.The gatekeeper entered the third courtyard and saw that the west wing where Ma Jiyao lived was dark and turned off the lights. He only heard Gao Heng and Ma Shen talking in the upper room. The widow was crying, so she hurriedly stopped, and quietly stood under the pomegranate tree in the courtyard, waiting for an opportunity. She didn't dare to leave, and she didn't dare to listen carefully. She looked up at the stars, but she finally heard something. Su Luling bought a garden in the west, and the two were fighting. Gao Heng in the room was sweating all over from the heat. He felt that Concubine Xiang's fan was too windy, so he flapped a big plantain fan and wore only a short sky-blue solid gauze gown, and said, "Don't look like this, now is not the time to be angry. .In the beginning, the big tree attracts the wind, and the imperial court has issued several edicts to clear up the deficit. Buying a garden at this time, isn’t it a fucking ass to attract the wind—is it asking for trouble?”

"Our Ma family bought the garden—what does it have to do with you?" Ma Shen cried and said while leaning on the back of the chair, "Chen Xixi also bought the garden, Liu Ajuan also bought it, and sister Cui! I don’t know who paid for it?——They can buy it, why can’t I?” Gao Heng approached her, put his arms around her shoulder and wanted to kiss her, but was pushed away by Mrs. Ma, so he could only say with a wry smile: "My dear aunt, keep your voice down... What does it matter if people hear you?—Who's out there?" Gao Heng suddenly found the gatekeeper standing in the courtyard, coughed, walked out as if nothing had happened, squinted his eyes, and said, "It's Xiao Gongzi! What's the matter?" The loyal ministers came to pay their respects, and said again: "They came in the middle of the night, and the slave thought that there must be something important, so hurry up and report to the master." Gao Heng sighed, and said: "You talk to them, and I will be there in a while. "As he spoke, he turned around and entered the room again, and said, "It's my coat servant, it's okay—you heard me! They must have come because of the shortage of salt! You are confused! I'm done, can you Can you stand up?"

Only then did Widow Ma realize that the matter was not trivial. She was "crying", but she smiled "sneaky" and said, "What's wrong with the shortage of salt affairs? Didn't you say that there are no clean officials in the world today? All the officials have been killed?" She stood up and gave Gao Heng the handkerchief she used to wipe her tears to wipe the sweat off her brow. "Look it scares you - I haven't paid for the garden yet, so I said no, just a word, you are the uncle of the country, isn't the governor of Zhili also here to curry favor? Thanks to your boasting all day long - —I’m so angry, you are too greedy! In this room, I, and all the girls, are not enough for you to play with, so what’s the “Twelve Gold Hairpins”, this one is called “Lin Daiyu”, and the other is called “Lin Daiyu” 'Xue Baochai'..." She said at one end, "Hot" at the other, and immediately took off her big clothes.After taking off the big clothes, there is only a water-red organdy gauze skirt, two white shoulders are exposed, and a close-fitting lotus-colored waistcoat, pink thighs, and pink milk beans on the towering breasts... all are swaying hazily In front of Gao Heng.Because of her beauty, she grabbed a handful of black crow-like temples, came up and grabbed Gao Heng's neck, breathed Ruolan in her mouth, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you say that people have two ends, the upper end is troublesome, and the lower end... is relieved." Are you sad? Master Gao..."

Gao Heng devoted his whole life to women, and he always got along with them for a while, and after a while, he put away a few dollars and then let go.It's just that Ma Shen's body is not only good-looking, coquettish and charming, but also has other abilities that ordinary people can't match.She is so charming that she laughs and laughs freely, plays around with Gao Heng's desire to burn, but does not allow Gao Heng to touch him, gets annoyed when she is serious, but is coquettish and angry, whenever she comes, she is always "new".Gao Heng also has a problem, he doesn't like yellow-flowered girls, he only likes to hang out with middle-aged women, saying that girls are coy and too reserved, not as good as middle-aged women, half-aged women, flirting to have fun.The two are very close to each other, and Ma Shen's son is similar to Tang'er in appearance, so they have been like fish in water for many years, and their love is like a newlywed.Looking at Ma Shen under the lamp at this moment, he is in his early thirties, still has lame eyebrows, spring mountains and autumn water in his eyes, all kinds of charms, and he can't help but get angry, and said with a smile: "Come and release the water of troubles! - don't you Did you escape as soon as you rolled in your arms?" He also took off his clothes.

"No." Ma Shen said with a sweet smile, "Sometimes, it's because I'm afraid that you...don't want to go home when you're full." "Then you take off your clothes too." "Girls..." "Not afraid." "too hot……" "It's better if it's too hot," Gao Heng whispered into her ear, "It's so naked, sweaty, naked, and comfortable all over... But... hold your hands, be careful not to make mistakes... ...Forgot last time, the two of us took a bath, soaked soap all over... hee..." The woman let him wander for a while, becoming more and more excited, dizzy for a while, sucking her tongue, licking her legs, pinching her feet, and wheezing Moaning tenderly and lasciviously, she suddenly turned over on top, pressed him tightly, and let him go quickly on top, saying in a trembling voice: "Okay, my dear father, dear brother... this time I am satisfied. I'm running out of money..."

When the word "deficiency" was mentioned, Gao Heng lost his enthusiasm, and the job fell into a slump.Mrs. Ma didn't let it go, no matter how he fiddled with it, it was useless to suck and play, so he sighed and complained: "Is it because I don't give it to you, or you don't give it to me? At the critical point, the army will be defeated like a mountain. It's as soft as noodles—it's all those little Langchen's hooves that hollowed you out..." Gao Heng thought about "losing money" in his heart, and didn't know what was important about Yuchi Jinxian's loyal minister, but It's inconvenient to break it.Seeing Ma Shi wearing her clothes and trimming her temples, with an unhappy expression on her face, she also put on her clothes and stood up with a smile, holding her shoulders and saying, "I didn't listen to what I said to you in three words and two beats." At that critical moment, it becomes soft and soft. ...'I will tell you the reason later, and you will understand. Song Gaozong was doing that thing, and when he heard 'the golden soldiers are coming', he was so frightened that he would be impotent all his life-I will go to the serious business first, and then I will talk to you later. You fight for 300 rounds!" After saying that, he left.Ma Shi laughed and spat, and said to his back, "Come back later—listen?"

"I heard it!" Gao Heng agreed and hurried away. Yuchi Jinxian and Pi Zhongchen were talking and discussing in the Sishi Yamen, and they were also worried.There is a letter from the inner court to send Liu Yong to Chapi's loyal ministers to sell porcelain and make money from the warehouse.In fact, the business was a partnership between the two of them.Borrowing 50,000 from the Shandong treasury, Gao Heng asked them to write a loan of 70,000, and received 20,000 silver in vain. Now the Shandong governor has sent people to force him, promising him that the 10,000 interest would rather not be given up. They sent people to Jinan to check the accounts, but Qian Du couldn't get through that hurdle.These matters have already been reported to Gao Heng, but he did not come up with a serious idea.Both of them felt that Hai Lancha's one hundred thousand silver, even if he could borrow it for half a year, everything would be more than enough.This amount of money is enviable, but hot to the touch.If they go out, the four-character crime of "embezzlement of military pay" is enough to send them to the West Market together.

The money is too tempting.There is no root to find, no account to check, and it belongs to whoever falls into it.It's just that it's not easy to seal Hailancha's mouth.Both of them are accustomed to lying in muddy waters in the officialdom, and they both have the intention of killing people to silence them, but they don't say anything about it.Just talk about the name of the case.If it is charged with "fleeing generals", it will be brought to the Ministry for trial, but if Gao Wanqing is killed under civil penalties, he can be sentenced to trial on the spot, and at most one "improper punishment" can put Hailancha to death.

The two were leisurely, discussing the case carefully, when Gao Heng came in with his fan.Seeing that the two of them were still saluting with their sleeves and robes up, Gao Heng said impatiently, "Forget it! Why are you disturbing something important in the middle of the night?" "The humble job is for the fugitive Hailan who is wanted by the imperial court." Yuchi Jinxian said with a smile, "He killed six people in a row at the Water Transport Wharf today, and three of them were seriously injured. The local government has such a big case. It's in a place where water transportation is important again, so I have to come and report to Lord Qi." Pi Zhongchen bowed and said, "The whole city is a sensation! Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it is the first time that such a big case has occurred in Dezhou." Gao Heng let out a "hmm", sat on the easy chair, sipped a cup of herbal tea, and listened to Yuchi Jinxian's detailed account of the case from beginning to end, sometimes frowning, sometimes shaking his head slightly, sometimes smiling, until he heard There was no sound at all.It took a long time before he sighed, and said, "It's like the hero saving the beauty in the poem. I know this Hai Lancha—he has a playful smile on his face, but he is actually a hero with courage, thoughtfulness and courage!" With his appreciation, Yuchi Jinxian and Pi Zhongchen couldn't help but glance at each other.Pi Zhongchen said: "He is really smart. He declared his identity in front of thousands of people. We can't easily interrogate him... However, he is a double criminal. It turned out that the 'escaping general' was the main case, and now he is guilty of a white crime. The major homicide case in Japan. It seems to be more important than the previous case, so I don’t know how to deal with it?” "Then—what are your plans?" Gao Heng seemed to be careless, playing with the porcelain teacup with a gold hook, and asked, "It sounds like you want to be tried as a murderer on the spot?" Yu Chi Jinxian was afraid that the country Uncle said the word "offender", because he laughed: "His sea arrest document was issued by the Ministry of War, and it is nothing more than arrest. Since the main crime is in Dezhou, it should be judged in Dezhou as a rule, and it will be reported to the court. .” Pi Zhongchen was in a hurry as he listened, this mansion was too convoluted - because he bowed down and said: "His case is not limited to this one, he still has a hundred thousand taels of silver bills with him, for no apparent reason, the Ministry of Criminal Justice will find out in the future It’s hard to answer when asked. He has been dismissed from the military, but he is actually a common man, and if he killed so many people in Texas at once, the province will not be able to justify it if he does not try him.” One hundred thousand!Gao Heng's eyelids trembled.He immediately understood the purpose of the two of them: they wanted to kill people by torture on the spot, so they swallowed the money.It's terrible to have such a heart for one's own fame.But this amount of money is also very attractive to him. The romantic debt he owes for playing with women is taken from the salt likin, and it is also a deficit.If one hundred thousand silver is freed up, at least forty to fifty thousand must be honored to him, and he will be debt-free immediately.Gao Heng is in a high position and knows a lot about the inside story of the court.Qianlong was full of gentleness and elegance all day long, seemingly more merciful and lenient than Yongzheng, but Yongzheng was extremely cautious in his decision to kill people, and he no longer thought about it without mentioning the ink pen, but Qianlong never hesitated. Liu Tongxun's black face is always an unbreakable iron-blue color when he does things, and it makes people feel even more palpitating when he thinks about it... Gao Heng picked up the cup, his eyes sparkled, and he was fascinated by the slightly flickering candles.Pi Zhongchen and Yuchi Jinxian stared at him, wondering what his plan was.After a long time, Gao Heng laughed "chih" and said: "He killed people in Dezhou, whoever is in charge of the prefect and county magistrate of Dezhou? I take care of salt (idle) salt, and I don't care about other matters."Yuchi Jinxian heard the first half of the sentence, but Pi Zhongchen heard the second half.Pi Zhongchen laughed dryly, but changed the subject: "Qi Ye, Jinan sent someone to bring a letter saying that Qian Du was already annoyed, and if he didn't open the treasury for his people to investigate, he would impeach Gong Mingzhe, the governor of Shandong. Mingzhe just opened his mouth to ask for interest, and he naturally pushed it away without evidence. We have an IOU of 70,000 taels, and the millstone is rolling our hands! Last time you said to write to Qian Shinong, I don’t know how he replied Said? This is also one of the reasons why the lowly officials came to visit at night." Gao Heng was naturally unhappy when he heard this, and asked for a long time, "What is this business of yours? Silk and satin? Or looms? How much is the total cost— —When will the principal and interest be recovered? I am the guarantee for the IOU, but the guarantee period is only half a year. If it is not paid, even I cannot get rid of it!" "So we and Qiye are in the same boat, and we have to help each other." Pi Zhongchen stroked his forehead that was shining under the lamp, and smiled at each other with a rogue face, and said: "There are looms shipped to Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and we will bring silk and satin when we come back. There are medicinal materials and cloths that are shipped to Sichuan, bought copper in Tongling, Anhui, and brought them back to make bronze utensils..." "Bronze?" Gao Heng interjected coldly, "There is a ban on doing this, and the most holy taboo is not afraid of beheading?" Yuchi Jinxian grinned, and said: "Back to Qiye! The profit from selling copper is huge! It's 30 times the profit if you flip the boat. Last time when the ship capsized, we lost our capital and had to pay back the debt—let's be honest, this time The medicinal materials transported to Sichuan also have to be compensated, because the Jinchuan war has been suspended, and only some medicines for warding off the heat and eliminating the plague were sold, and the rest were sold at half the price. If you don’t get some copper, what are you going to lose?” Gao Heng said: “You guys It’s really money that’s obsessed, and you don’t even want your life!——What if you find out the private copper on the road?” Yu Chi Jinxian said: “With the introduction of the Yanzheng’s yamen, the copper is in the salt, who dares to investigate?—— Seven Lord, these things are easy to deal with. The most important thing is the superior! Liu Yong looks like Mr. Liu Zhongtang, and he likes private visits. He has been in Wuhu for two months, and yesterday's mansion reported that according to Liu Yong's written statement, the revolutionary Go to Wuwentang Dingdai, and temporarily detain Anqing Mansion for investigation. There are our friends in Wuhu officialdom, as well as people we sent, but we have not even seen what he looks like! Do you think this person is very powerful? Maybe he is on his way now It’s Texas! We don’t have any friendship with him, we don’t know him, he is a young man, and it’s time to step on others to climb up. Even if we know each other, who would dare to knock on his wooden clock?” "Don't talk about business. Take care of yourself!" Gao Heng saw that the two were getting tighter and tighter, but he spoke in a calm and aggressive manner. He thought about it and couldn't turn his face. He gave a long bow and said, "I don't know how to help each other. I got lost after watching the play, thinking I was the idiot uncle in the play! I told you to interrogate Hai Lancha, and you just have to interrogate it. What do you mean, do you want to find out the evidence, or I come to kiss you? Trial?" "Don't dare, dare not!" Both of them took a peek at Gao Heng's uncertain face, then bowed and replied. Gao Heng stood up, staring at the candle light with his eyes.The bottomless pupils are as dark as two black bluestones half-covered under the base of the earthen wall.Slowly said: "He may not be Hai Lancha. Why can't we ask for it under five trees? - You go!" "yes!" Yuchi Jinxian and Pi Zhongchen readily accepted their orders and resigned.Gao Heng watched their backs disappear into the darkness, with a cold smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, he took out his pocket watch to see that it was already time to draw.He let out a long breath with his face upturned, and softly shouted outside: "Little Gongzi, come in!" "Master, the servant is here!" Little Gongzi appeared in front of Gao Heng almost immediately, as if emerging from the ground. Gao Heng waved his hand to stop him from saluting, and asked, "The guest who lives in Hongda Inn, has he found out his identity?" "I figured it out!" Xiao Gongzi blinked, and said bluntly: "It is indeed Liu Yong. Tang Gechen, the head of the household department, is on business in Wuhu. They are the same year, and they often meet in the same place. In the old Maogan shop in Wuhu, it is easy to see. Confirmed. In our house, Yingcheng has been following from Wuhu to Dezhou, and there will be no mistakes." "Didn't let him see that it was a follower?" "No! I changed people and followed me after a few stops!" "Okay!" Gao Heng said with a smile, "This job is done beautifully!" He walked around the room, went to the desk to write a letter, but stopped again, but opened the cabinet and took out a crouching dragon. Belt, weighed it carefully, and handed it to Xiao Gongzi. This is a very exquisitely crafted belt. The inside and outside are wrapped in black Ning silk and covered with tribute cloth. They are all tightly stitched with the same color silk.The most eye-catching thing is an embroidered dragon with winding twists and turns, but it is embroidered with bright gold thread. This is an imperial reward given by Qianlong himself for his extermination of Liu Sanbald's bandit village in Taiping Town.Because of this bright golden dragon, even with his identity, he never dared to wear a belt in front of the public.Not to mention ordinary officials, it is also rare to meet. "You take this crouching dragon bag to see Liu Yong now." Seeing Xiao Gongzi's face full of surprise, Gao Heng said with a smile, "Just say that I, Gao Heng, can't go there, so I'll just wait here!" "What if he won't come?" "He will not not come, and he dare not not come." "Will he admit his identity?" "Let's say he was eating at a restaurant, and I recognized it with my own eyes." Gao Heng suppressed his smile, "If there is no important matter, I would not invite him at this time—if he really doesn't come, don't talk too much, just come back .” "tie!" Little Gongzi went.It was the fourth watch of the day, and the sound of cock crowing could be heard in the distance. It was the darkest time before dawn. The air is soaked so that people feel comfortable all over.Gao Hengjing waited for the official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who was ordered to investigate the case, feeling nervous, calm, and remorseful.He is not a money-grubbing person, nor is he fond of wine.He is shrewd and capable in handling errands, and is proficient in salt affairs. Although he is not as capable as Fu Heng, he is still a top-notch talent among many "uncles of the country".But he only made one mistake, love women.When he was in Beijing, he was infatuated with Mrs. Fu Heng's Tang'er, and tried every means to please her, but he couldn't get her. Later, he found out that Tang'er had an affair with the emperor, and it was forbidden.Going to Beijing to do business is free, from Shanhaiguan to Dezhou, all the way merciful, there is no need for money, but it is a handsome bird from the poor mountain village of the Ma Shen family, who doesn't know how to restrain himself, and spends money even if he spends money Being ostentatious, he lost his composure, owed a lot of debt, and gained a reputation as a playboy outside.Wanting to kick Widow Ma away, firstly, she was reluctant, and secondly, this woman knew that she had too many things to do... Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the corridor outside the window. Xiao Gongzi came in with a young official, and said to Gao Heng: "Master, Mr. Liu is here!" After saying that, he withdrew.Gao Hengli stood up, but did not speak, and looked at Liu Yong silently. This is another little Liu Tongxun, with the same solid build, the same slightly bowed legs of the same medium build, the same dark and rosy rectangular face, a pair of piercing triangular eyes under the thick eyebrows of the broom, but the wide mouth and upper lip are still thick. There is only a layer of furry mustache, and there are few wrinkles on the face.He was dressed in a sixth-grade suit, with a broken plate on top, and a mandarin duck patch on the outside of the eight python five-claw robe, and the finish was not messy-this one was obviously a little more particular than his father.Gao Heng saw that he was also looking at himself after the salute, so he couldn't help smiling, looking a little more casual, he waved his hands and said, "Chongru, don't be restrained, sit, sit!" "Thank you, Mr. Gao!" Liu Yong had a steady demeanor, and sat down on the guest seat, took the tea brought by the servant, and put it on the table, "I don't know if Mr. Gao summoned the lowly job at night, what instructions do you have?" Gao Heng sighed, smiled wryly, and said, "You have such an official air, such an awe-inspiring uprightness, it's really hard for me to say—your father Yanqing is my best friend, but he is serious about dealing with him, and I respect him for that." , so there are fewer visits. Back then in Fengtian, how friendly we were—he wrote to impeach Zhang Tingyu and Neqin, and got off the bus to kill Huguang Governor Chen Qunxing. , who is in charge of money and salt affairs, which one is not the slop tank that has been doing this job in the past, and it smells so bad? The communication is even rarer..." Liu Yong just listened quietly and only bowed slightly when his father's name was mentioned. His demeanor was a bit like Guozijian's offering wine, patiently listening to the students who just entered school talk about "Zhuzi Daquan".Gao Heng secretly admired his appearance, changed his tone, and became very sad: "I could also learn from Master Fu Liu, to make military achievements outside, to practice government affairs inside, and to be a good minister honestly. But I managed the Yanzheng, The people I deal with are all dubious businessmen. Last time, my mother scolded me, saying that I was attracting bees and butterflies outside, and no matter how hard I tried to curry favor, I would not get a good reputation. Chongru, think about it, this is like a dung tank. Can there be no flies? To tell you the truth, I have the crime of being romantic, I owe the debt of being romantic, and there is a deficit in the salt business, so of course I will take the responsibility. I know my own affairs well. If you say you want to investigate, you can open the warehouse in the morning Move the account. Is it done?" "Master Gao," Liu Yong heard his self-examination and self-reproach. Such a tall "Uncle Guo" treated him like a long-time friend, and he couldn't help being moved. He sighed slightly: "You are so open and honest. I am surprised. Open the library to check." Accounts are not within my duties, but my lord is indeed a little bit weak when commenting on the wind outside. I can’t say more. If you owe debts to the treasury, you should pay the debts quickly. If you have a deficit in the salt business, you should rectify it quickly. It's just a rumor, it's not going to cause any serious trouble-these two things are actually just one thing, and it's a principle of prudence in moral cultivation. Students, young people, young people, shouldn't say these things I'm here to listen to you. But the adults talk to the students, and the students don't dare to speak sincerely." After speaking, he raised his hand and bowed. Gao Heng seemed much more relaxed.Sighed: "Every day is weighing catties, abacus, and silver money. I haven't listened to reason for a long time. I am very happy." How did Liu Yong know that he had fallen into Gao Heng's trap?He smiled and said, "I'm happy if I hear it. There's nothing good about it. I'm also happy for my lord." Then Gao Heng changed the topic and said, "Just because of these words, I can talk to you calmly——Have you heard about the Hailancha case? ?” "Everyone in Texas knows it, and it will become a sensation in the world soon!" Liu Yong said, "I went to see it too." "That's natural. Yuchi Jinxian and Pi Zhongchen just walked away from me. They want to try the case on the spot." "Uh-huh?" "I don't pay much attention to the grievances here. I heard that this Hai Lancha still carries a hundred thousand taels of silver notes with him." The muscles on Liu Yong's cheeks trembled, and he immediately understood Gao Heng's meaning. He leaned forward, then looked up again, and asked, "Master Gao, how did you reply?" "They said they wanted a criminal trial." Gao Heng smiled indifferently, Said, "I said that I just care about salt and nosy business, I can't interfere with local government affairs, and I don't take responsibility - I didn't realize there was an article here after they left. Hai Lancha is a 'fleeing general', it's clear; The murder at the pier was committed under the eyes of all eyes, and he was caught without a fight; he is an imperial criminal, and he can just ask for the reason of the case, and he can go up to the court. Why should he be sentenced? What is the question of the sentence? Come out and intervene." Liu Yong was thinking nervously, the "strangeness" here is obvious at a glance, but why is Gao Heng so concerned, and why did he call himself here? ... thinking about it and asked: "Master Gao, how do you know that the humble job is in Texas?" Gao Heng smiled and said, "Lao Fu Fu told me—why, I can't know?" "Humble post doesn't mean that." Liu Yong was taken aback by the question, and said: "Humble post means—you can intervene in person. Hai Lancha is a prisoner who was ordered to arrest—the local official is the governor, and there is no Quan Xun Judgment—to be more straightforward, Pi Zhongchen and the others smuggled copper from Anhui, and their deficit, has anything to do with your lord?" "Nothing involved." Gao Heng said solemnly, "in my position It is a matter of course that they come to be courteous on weekdays. They borrowed 70,000 taels of silver from the treasury, and someone from me was the guarantee. Who doesn’t want to be perfunctory in the officialdom? It seems that even his accusation of 'running away' cannot stand. If you suspect me, you don't need to intervene, I will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and see who dares to come and do me a favor?" These words are so straightforward that Liu Yong feels uneasy.Standing up a bit cautiously, he took a sip of tea, and said, "I've been taught by the humble post. My lord is tired, and I take good care of you. I will go back to the humble post. I will go there when I am promoted." Gao Heng also smiled and served tea, and asked Said: "I'm afraid I can't accept it anymore? You have to be measured, you know, Yuchi's official position is higher than yours." "I'll take care of this humble job." After Liu Yong finished speaking, he bowed and retreated.Gao Heng had already missed the sleepy head at this moment, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. Seeing the bright morning light that made the window paper turn green, he simply washed up, and asked Xiao Gongzi to tell him, "Go to the government office to watch the interrogation, and report to me twice a minute. !” Then he sat down, racked his brains to write secret documents to Qianlong, and wrote letters to Fu Heng, Liu Tongxun, Ji Yun, Agui and his own family one by one.As far as humans are concerned, that is needless to say. The case of Hailancha's murder was jointly heard by the two courts in the prefecture and county of Dezhou, and it was posted all over the city before Mao's time, and Hailancha himself was still in the dark.When he came to the Yamen yesterday, Yuchi Jinxian treated him very politely. Not only was he not tied or locked, but he was treated with four dishes of food and a jug of wine in the evening.It's just that "Madame" Ding E'er and him were separated into two courtyards, and he could take a leisurely walk in the courtyard, but he couldn't leave the hospital.Yuchi himself never saw him again. The sound of snoring was thunderous and sweet, and it was dawn. Hai Lancha was still in a deep sleep. Hearing the "crack" of the door, his body trembled in shock, and he sat up with a "huh", but saw five or six A yamen servant broke into the door, all of them looked fierce, and he didn't wait for him to say anything. He rushed up and tied him up like a rice dumpling in an instant, and put a heavy weight around his neck with a "beep". flail.Hailan found out that there was a big change in the situation, and was coaxed by the yamen servants to go out, thinking in her heart: "Could it be that I was ordered by the Holy Order, or received a document? From Dezhou to Beijing, it is eight hundred miles to speed up the document, and it is not so fast. Ah..." Looking down at the prison uniform that was put on his body just now, he felt a "boom" in his heart, knowing that the prefect of Dezhou wanted to swallow this military salary for nothing! "He must be trying to kill me! What should I do..." The yamen servant shoved and shuffled away, thinking about countermeasures. When we got to the west side of the hall, we could already hear the noise of people outside the yamen, the sound of chasing people with whips, shouting, and the shouting and crying of the people watching the interrogation.Hai Lancha didn't know why this Yuchi prefect stuttered himself, it was difficult to prepare detailed countermeasures, so he just gritted his teeth and frowned.Seeing that Ding E'er was being brought over from the east backyard by two prison women, he couldn't hesitate any longer, because he shouted loudly: "E'er! Remember two things, give him whatever he wants; second, I am Hai Lancha, don't be suspicious—don't—" Before he could finish speaking, a handful of hemp walnuts had already been stuffed into his mouth.Ding E'er is not stupid, but she also knows that Hailancha is ten times smarter than herself. She chewed on Hailancha's two words, which just meant "don't suffer from immediate losses", and made up her mind to sit on the east side with the prison woman. Not a word. Boom, boom, boom! After three muffled hall drums, two rows of yamen guards entered from the east and west gates with wild goose wings, and then they heard the majestic sound of "Hey... oh...", with elastic vibrato in the deep, shaking. It makes people feel nervous.There was a commotion outside the yamen, followed by a loud chants of "Lead the prisoner—Go to the hall!" It immediately became dead silent again. Hai Lancha was brought in from the west door, and Ding E'er came in from the east door.The two looked at each other, and Hai Lancha smiled and said: "Madam, it seems that women are better off, I didn't put a rope on you and put a shackle on you." Before he finished speaking, a yamen guard who was guarding the case came over a few steps away, and slapped her in the face. He slapped Hailancha across the face and shouted: "Don't speak!" At this moment, Hailancha took a closer look at the scene in the courtroom: This is a trial hall with three couplets and five ridges and a green brick roof. The floor is covered with square bricks of the same color. Because it is too empty, there are two red lacquered pillars under the beam in the middle. There are also couplets written on the pillars. People are easy to abuse", the second line is "God is hard to bully".The two rows of yamen servants were divided into eight and stood side by side, holding black and red water and fire sticks in their hands, motionless. The upper seat was set on the north platform, with a picture of Jiangya and sea water painted on the screen, and on the top of the screen was written in white characters on a black background: mirror hanging high In the middle, the captain Chi Jinxian sat solemnly in official robes and boots, with a small case next to him, sitting a seventh-rank county magistrate, Pi Zhongchen, and several clerks, all of whom were a few low stools , a few of the four treasures of the study room are ready for recording and confession.Hailan looked at E'er, and saw that her face was pale, her hands were clenched tightly, her little feet were half exposed, and her legs seemed to be trembling. Just as she was about to comfort her, Yuchi Jinxian slapped the rattle in her hand very neatly, Stop drinking: "Looking at what?!—Kneel down!" "Kneel down! Let's hit!" The yamen servants shouted in unison. Hai Lancha sighed, smiled suddenly, and didn't say a word or kneel down.Pi Zhongchen whispered something to Yuchi, only then did Yuchi Jinxian know that Hai Lancha was so angry that he forgot the rules, and ordered: "Give him a punishment—kneel down!" Although his voice was still stern, he was a little discouraged anyway.Hai Lancha was untied, and she gave Ding E'er another playful smile, raised the corner of her robe and knelt down.Ding Mo'er also knelt down.Hai Lancha looked like a ruffian, and even kowtowed, and said: "Old Patriarch Yuchi, and this Mr. Pi! Just now I asked what I was looking for. I was looking at the plaque above." Ming Jing 'The two words are written too sloppily, it looks like 'pengjian' (friends are compared to traitors), and 'friends and traitors shine brightly', it seems that it is not smooth..." Yuchi Jinxian and Pi Zhongchen discussed it all night, knowing that this person must be very difficult to judge, they wanted to kill his prestige at the beginning, and then force him to submit step by step.Unexpectedly, Hai Lancha had no "prestige" to kill at all, and even put a pine cone on the spot, which made several yamen servants and masters turn their faces away and snigger.Yuchi Jinxian couldn't help being a little discouraged.He routinely asked Hai Lancha about his name, age, and place of origin, and then asked about the case.Only then did Hai Lancha know that six people were killed yesterday, and two more were dying.He couldn't help but sighed, and said, "Oh...it's really useless, I only killed six of them!" "What did you say? Loud!" "I said—" Hai Lancha raised her voice, the sound shook the roof tiles, and even the densely packed hearing audience outside the gate of the yamen heard harshly, "This is the least murder I have ever killed, only six of his mother's! "Yuchi Jinxian swallowed a sigh of relief, such a prisoner is really rare, he said he was yelling at the court, but he himself called him loud, so arrogant and mischievous, how can he be tried?After a pause, he asked, "Why did you kill people? What feud does Gao Wanqing have with you?" "Go back to the old grandfather. He just confessed. He robbed my wife and beat my son. I went to rescue them, but they still hurt me. They killed them accidentally." "Dezhou is a place where the law is important. He robbed your wife, so he can't report it to the government? How dare you kill several people in a row under the broad daylight!" "Yes—but I didn't understand this truth yesterday. The king's law is serious, and there are people who dare to rob someone's wife and children under the broad daylight!" Hearing this, Pi Zhongchen was worried secretly, asking the question like this turned into a child's play, Yuchi Jinxian was no match at all.Yin coughed softly beside him, and said darkly, "You are not Hailancha at all." His eyes suddenly shot fiercely, "Where are the bandits who kidnapped women and fled for their lives? Tell me!" "My lord!" Hai Lancha asked, "Then who am I?" "Now I'm asking you!" "Then I'm still Hailancha." The onlookers outside almost crowded the wooden fence, and they heard bursts of laughter.Yuchi Jinxian ordered the yamen servants to suppress him. At this time, he had already woken up. Thinking of the identity of the person kneeling down, he broke out in a cold sweat. The most wanted criminals are known all over the world. Since you are Hai Lancha, you should hide and run away, or surrender to the government nearby. How dare you openly come forward and kill people in daylight? It is obvious that you have killed someone, and you are afraid of the ruthless punishment of your government. Delaying time and waiting to escape—isn't it?!" "No! I can't trust the Sichuan and Henan officials, so I can't surrender. I'm innocent and meritorious, so I don't want to flee." Hai Lancha pointed at Ding E'er, and said, "Ask her, is what I said true? Just what you did today所为，我看德州府缺德——你问不了我的案子，申奏朝廷吧！”尉迟近贤被他顶得一怔，旋即勃然大怒：“刁顽！军中将领有携带眷属的么？” “我们是半路成亲！” “谁的媒证，下的什么聘？” “沙勇和为媒，葛致民是证。至于下的聘嘛……”海兰察一笑，“是个猪头。” 这句“供”完，堂上堂下立时哗然大笑，几个书吏录供，笑得握不住笔管，伏着吭吭地咳，衙役们拄着水火棍，也都笑得前仰后合。皮忠臣眼见不是事儿，忙向尉迟近贤递眼色，尉迟近贤会意，冷笑一声说道：“朝廷将军，哪有你这样的无赖？不动大刑，谅你不招——来！” "exist!" “夹棍侍候！” "tie!" “咣”地一声，两根簇新的柞木夹棍扔在海兰察面前。皮忠臣见丁娥儿籁籁发抖，脸色惨白，一手指定了，说道：“给这妇人也上拶指，给我照死里拶，照死里夹！看他还冒充海兰察不？” 海兰察临到此时，已不再嬉笑。朝上一揖，说道：“听我一言再动刑不迟。我是不是海兰察，六部里有的是认识我的，北京派人或解押北京，顷刻就能验明。至于白日杀人，也是明明白白，早已直认不讳。你们听好了。我决不熬刑，娥儿也不要熬刑。你就说我个谋逆反叛，我也都认了——我认供，你敢动刑，乾隆爷凌迟了你们也没准！就怕你们黑了我，我才在万人中亮明身分，你掩不住我！”他一笑而敛，“认了供，你总得整理文案，阿二阿三白昼杀人'申报到省，再到部，再奏万岁爷勾决，要多少日子批下来，你们算计过没有？到那时，我的案子早就明白了——不知甚么缘故，要置我于死地，你们自己心里清楚。你们长的不是人头，是猪！——对了，猪头！——想不到真的是猪头给我和娥儿定聘——娥儿，你我的事一直没定，今儿就在这，既然都跪了，就算拜天地了——成么？” “我心里早拿你当我的男人了！”娥儿听得心里发烫，早已泪如泉涌，激动得浑身发颤：“原想跟你当个使唤丫头就心满意足，你这么抬举，我领了！” 两个人在公堂诚挚恳言互吐情愫，当“堂”成亲拜天地！连书吏衙役们也都惊然心动，外边成千的听众嗡嗡蝇蝇互相传诵。两个主审官却都唬得魂不附体。尉迟近贤越想越觉得跟着皮忠臣趟浑水不上算，立起身来说道：“今日停审，退堂！——海兰察和丁娥儿仍暂拘府衙！”说罢拂袖而去。 满堂人众立时散尽。只有皮忠臣兀自僵坐如偶