Chapter 19 The Nineteenth Chapter: Escape from the Prison and the County Magistrate as a Hostage to Stop the Riot

Yunlu didn't expect to consult himself first, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "It's nothing to say, let the Ministry of War send troops to suppress it. Capture the leader and cut him! It's incredible that such a thing happened in a peaceful and prosperous age." Seeing Qianlong looking at him, Neqin hurriedly said, "I think what Prince Zhuang said is absolutely unacceptable!" "Why?" Qianlong asked coldly. "A magistrate of the imperial court was held hostage by them, and these prisoners did not escape from the prison." Neqin said calmly, "Using soldiers to suppress it is the easiest way, but it will not take care of the dignity of the imperial court. Since the prisoners dare to do this, it is a hug." Desperate, these desperadoes are red-eyed, what can't be done? As soon as the army is raised, the world knows that the imperial court will go to war even for such an idea, it's not worth it." Qianlong nodded and said: "What did you say? Yes, but what comprehensive solution do you have?" Neqin said: "The slave thinks that the case in Shanghai should be dealt with."

The Shanghai case happened more than ten years ago.A family surnamed Zhang in Xiaoqiao Town, Huzhou got married, and something happened on the wedding night.The bride colluded with her lover to tie her young son-in-law to the leg of the bed as a hostage in the bridal chamber, and the two lovers openly occupied the bridal chamber to get married.This event shocked tens of thousands of people to watch the excitement, and the state reported to the government, the government reported to the province, and all the way to the Yongzheng case, making it known to the whole court.The emperor decreed that the young son-in-law must be protected and the adulterer and adulterer captured.Helplessly, the two men and women took strict precautions, watched the ten-year-old groom, and dared not disobey him if he wanted to eat or drink, and surrounded him for more than three months.Later, Li Wei of Wuhu Road was specially transferred to check and rescue.Li Wei persuaded him in every possible way, but he couldn't say anything, so he found a long-standing thief from the prison, and scented the "couple" with incense sticks, only then rescued the hapless little son-in-law.Now when encountering the robbery in Shanzhou, Naqin came up with this method.Yun Lu shook his head and smiled, "One prisoner, more than five hundred thieves, all use incense sticks to fumigate? Opponents and postures are different, so we can't use that method." Qianlong asked beside him, "What Uncle Sixteen said? Also, is there no other way?"

"Since the master doesn't want to be killed." Yun Lu said, "I think it's a good idea to encircle and not fight. After a long time, there may not be no defectors among the prisoners." Qianlong shook his head again and again, saying: "I don't want to be killed because I'm afraid Losing face, it's not that I feel sorry for these bastards." Neqin frowned and thought for a long time, then slowly said: "Master, this place in Shanzhou is where the cult "Yizhihua" is active. Therefore, I would rather lose a county magistrate than be called This group of gangsters succeeded, this is one. Send a message to the governors of Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces, and martial law in the Luoshan area. If they escape, they would rather kill by mistake than slip through the net. This is two. Three, strictly order Sun Guoxi to block the news and not spread it rashly , Waiting for the imperial court to send personnel to deal with it - we are so far away, we can't discuss too much, Agui from Luoyang is not an incompetent person."

Hearing Neqin's arrangement, Qianlong felt that it was very appropriate and meticulous. He glanced at Neqin appreciatively, and said with a smile: "That's the only way, I'll leave this matter to you! Agui—is it the style of writing in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" He won the Jinshi examination?" Naqin hurriedly replied: "Yes. When the emperor was in the mansion, he once purchased tribute satin cloth. He is very capable, and he is very organized in speaking and doing things." "Don't send imperial envoys, but the imperial edict must have this meaning." Qianlong looked at the snow outside, and said slowly, "Let Sun Guoxi and Agui deal with it on the spot, and don't disturb the ministry. It's best. You kneel down ——Inform the Hall of Mental Cultivation if there is something urgent!"

While Qianlong was discussing the prison reform in Shanzhou, Agui had been ordered by Sun Guoxi to go to Shanzhou one day earlier to deal with the first strange case of the founding of the Qing Dynasty. The prison is located in the northwest corner of Shanzhou City.Different from other prisons, this is an underground prison - a courtyard as neat as tofu blocks is dug out on the thick yellow upper layer, there is only one passage to enter the courtyard, and a cave dwelling with holes is dug out along the four walls of the courtyard. cell.The top is surrounded by walls, and there are watchtowers at the four corners—it is Henan, and it is also the most tightly sealed prison in the country.The robbery criminals and death row prisoners captured in Western Henan have always been imprisoned here, and there has never been a case of escaped criminals.Only because of this, the prisoners are slack, and they don't go to the cell for a whole month to inspect.The new governor, Mi Xiaozu, had never seen this kind of prison room before. He went to inspect it suddenly, but he was swarmed by rioting prisoners and took them as hostages. can survive.

Agui's administrative office is located in the northwest of Yuewang Temple in the north of the city. From the top of the building, you can see the situation in the prison at a glance.Two thousand green battalion soldiers transferred from Luoyang have surrounded here for four days and four nights, and it is still unknown who is the first culprit in the robbery.He decided to make a statement today, put on a black lambskin and went up to the watchtower of the prison. "Hey——Listen below—" A Qianzong hand-rolled loudspeaker shouted loudly: "Our prefect A Taizun is talking to you!"

There was a moment of silence below, and then someone laughed and said: "What the fuck prefect! We are the old Zhang Zhang! If you fart, let it go!" Ah Gui leaned out and shouted: "Which of you is the leader? Come out and speak!" After a while of silence, someone replied: "We have no heads!" "Can you live without a head?" Agui laughed loudly, "I am Agui, a man from Manchuria, come out if you are heroes!" "I'm sorry, we don't want to be fooled - you want to identify who is the leader, so that you can chop off your head in the future?"

Ah Gui tightened her lips, suppressed her anger, and said with a sneer, "Are any of you still wanting to live? I only have one sentence, whoever wants to live will turn his back first! For one day and one night, let Master Mi be released, otherwise I will die." Just open the Jian River to flood this nest, this Sifang pond is a good place to raise fish and feed shrimps!" "As long as you are willing to give up these dozens of people, I don't care about this life! Tell you the surname Ah, a seventh-rank official, an eighth-rank warden, and more than a dozen government officials. If you release the water, we will soak them to death first!"

"I can't believe they're still alive!" "If you don't believe me, release the water!" "Let it go!" Agui was furious, and shouted loudly, "I'm also a rascal—yamen servants!" "exist!" "Block the river on the north-east of the city, bring the water from the river, and let the water drown him! -Listen, you bastards, let the water six feet deep! I'll watch you drown slowly from above !" There seemed to be a hasty discussion in the cell below, a few masked men pushed two unkempt officials out, and sneered at Agui: "Let your brothers talk to you!" Agui fell silent and slowed down. In a tone of voice, he asked, "Master Mi, do you have anything to say?" Mi Xiaozu looked at the row of soldiers with swords and bows on the top of the Sanzhang kiln and Ah Gui as if in a daze, and said, "My lord! What should I do?" Just do whatever you want, since you want to release the water, then release it—don't make a fuss!" Before finishing speaking, Mi Xiaozu was slapped twice in the face, and the corner of Mi Xiaozu's mouth was bleeding immediately.A tall masked man next to him scolded, "Damn shit! What did you say just now?" Mi Xiaozu also went all out, and shouted: "They are from the Yizhihua cult—" The warden also said He shouted "—the leader is Wang Laowu and——" before he finished speaking, the chins of both of them were taken off, and a group of people beat and kicked them around, and pushed them back.

Ah Gui suddenly felt sad, rebels and officials were only seen in books, Mi Xiaozu fell to such a point, he also felt the sadness of the fox.Thinking about it, he shouted: "Listen, Wang Laowu, Mi Xiaozu is cowardly and incompetent, and he is not a good official. The court doesn't feel sorry for him either! If you let him go, you can save these five hundred ignorant people." Prisoners, aren’t they also Yin Gong? I’ll tell you the truth, you won’t survive, don’t you think about so many people?!” When listening attentively, there seemed to be a discussion at the bottom, and suddenly everyone burst into laughter.Wang Lao Wu's voice shouted through the window: "Ah Gui, don't hang this kind of fancy intestines with your fifth master. You were in the womb, and I was already a famous 'Wu Yan Luo' in the underworld. What haven't you seen? "Ah Gui thought silently for a while, then said with a smile: "Zhong Kui met five ghosts today, so you are the character! Tell me, what rules do you have?"

"Well, he's an honest man!" Wang Laowu replied with a grin, "Pinglu County is across the Yellow River in the north, which is the border of Shanxi. Get ten boats and send two people to take us a hundred miles into the mountains. See you on the battlefield from now on!" Ah Gui laughed and said, "You are so smart! If I let you go, what if you don't let me go?" Wang Laowu said loudly, "I have been in the rivers and lakes for 30 years, no one can say that my words don't count. ! After crossing the Yellow River, I will leave the hostages to you, and we will change at fifty miles!" Ah Gui gritted her teeth and thought nervously. This place goes to Tongguan in the west and Luoyang in the east. They are both densely populated places and heavily guarded by soldiers.Funiu Mountain in the south and Taihang Mountain in the northern province are indeed the best places to escape and hide.It took a long time to come up with an idea, and Ah Gui said loudly, "That's the border of Shanxi. My people can't go a hundred miles with you. We'll change people on the boat in the middle of the Yellow River, and we'll go our separate ways from now on!" This time there was silence below, and it took a while for Wang Laowu to reply: "No, we must walk a hundred miles!" Ah Gui gritted his teeth and said, "I'll let you go for a ride, the court knows it will kill me. It's right in the middle of the Yellow River—otherwise, you'll just wait to drink the water from the Jianhe River!" After speaking, he listened carefully, and there seemed to be a few people below who were arguing quietly.After a long time, Wang Laowu reluctantly replied: "Okay, I'm up to you! But my brothers have to go ashore, and there will be no ambushes before changing people - when?" "Now!" "You're farting!" Wang Laowu laughed loudly, "The whole family will walk in broad daylight! Prepare ten boats and start shifting tonight, start shifting!" Agui smiled and said: "Okay, let's start! You listen to my words first, if your people dare to go back to my Henan Mansion to make trouble, I will kill your family members!" Then he went down to the Yuewang Temple and called The officers and soldiers Benzao secretly discussed the military aircraft, and until the time to apply for the license plate, the sergeants of each battalion acted separately. When it was night, the cell door suddenly opened.The prison robbers were first led by more than a dozen people who came out to explore the way. When they went outside the prison, they did not see any officers and soldiers.With a whistle, about a hundred people ran up the muddy steps.Then there was another whistle, and the rest were divided into two groups, and came up in order, straightening out the ranks without saying a word.A jailer passed by carrying two oil-paper lamps, and asked loudly, "Which one is Wang Laowu?" "I'm here." Wang Laowu squeezed out from the dark crowd, suppressed his excited voice and said, "What do you want?" The jailer handed the lamp to Wang Laowu with a straight face, and said word by word: " Our lords have already set up our defenses on the east, west, south, and south sides. There are six boats on the north side, one is for us to change people, and five are for you to cross the river. These two lights are shining on Mr. Mi. When the lights go out, we will shoot arrows and fire guns. This is Ah. Taizun's hook order!" Wang Laowu furiously said: "We agreed to prepare ten boats, why are there only five? Call the surname Ah. Otherwise we will go back to prison!" The jailer smiled and said: "There are only five ferry boats here, all of which have been conscripted. Our lord will restrain the army and cannot come here. My lord has something to tell you: this is a matter of destiny, there is no perfect What? If you want to go back to prison, or kill someone surnamed Mi, whatever you want!" "Go back!" Wang Laowu waved his hands and yelled at the prisoners: "We're having sex here!" But the prisoners looked at me, I looked at you, looking at the lonely wilderness, and no one was willing to go down.During the stalemate, countless torches in the east, west, and south were ignited one by one, and the horns, drums, and drums were beating together, gradually pressing down.Wang Laowu mentioned the jailer and asked viciously, "What does this mean?" "I've said it before." This jailer was rewarded by Ah Gui with a lot of money. He was nicknamed "Lian Dao Rou". They still want to shoot arrows!" Then Wang Lao Wu ordered someone to bring Mi Xiaozu over and stand under the lamp, and sure enough he stopped beating the drum and horn.The prisoners who had breathed the free air became restless. Some hid in the crowd and shouted, "Flee!" The team started to commotion, and it became a mess in an instant. No one paid attention. More than 20 selected officers and soldiers had already changed into prison clothes, silently blended into the crowd, and slowly approached Wang Laowu. Wang Laowu's face was full of oil and sweat. Seeing that the team was in disarray, he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and shouted loudly: "Go north, go down to the city, and cross the river!" The north wall of Shanzhou City is built on the high loess port on the south bank of the Yellow River. There is only a "zigzag"-shaped cattle driveway winding down to the river beach.This group of people came down from the city and saw almost dark boats moored in the Yellow River from a distance. Immediately there was a burst of cheers, and they swarmed up and rushed to jump on the boat.Wang Laowu took a few cronies to escort Mi Xiaozu and a dozen people, took the first boat, and shouted hoarsely for a long time, but no one listened to his command.The sound of fighting, shouting, and screaming on the huge river beach, and the sound of people falling into the water were all heard, and he couldn't hear what he shouted at all.In a blink of an eye, forty or fifty people were crowded into Wang Laowu's own boat, some were holding on to the side of the boat, some were pleading, some were cursing angrily to get on the boat.At this time, Wang Laowu was also confused, shouting "start the boat" repeatedly, and beat those people under the boat with pennies.At this moment, the two lights suddenly went out.Wang Laowu twisted his neck and roared strangely: "Who the hell blew out the lamp? Maybe the officers and soldiers are nearby, aren't you afraid of taking arrows?" "Officials and soldiers don't know how to shoot arrows." Ah Gui, who was among the crowd, suddenly sneered, "If you hit a mouse, you have to prevent the vase from being smashed!" "You—? Who are you?" "Ah Gui!" Ah Gui yelled loudly, "Don't do it yet?" "tie!" Twenty or so Geshha agreed in secret, and all showed their daggers.Wang Laowu was stunned, Mi Xiaozu had already let go, the boat was dark for a long time, and he didn't know where to go, the prisoners in the boat suddenly became a mess, amidst the screams, more than a dozen prisoners fell into the water with daggers.Some of the rest were frightened, some jumped into the water to escape, and some came up to fight, but how could they beat the well-trained and ready-made officers and soldiers?Seeing that the general situation was over, Wang Laowu raised his hands and shouted to the other boats: "Brothers—keep the green hills there, don't worry about running out of firewood, one by one will escape!" The individual was firmly fixed, punching and kicking while tying up, and it was tied as strong as rice dumplings in a short time. "No one can escape." In the dark, Agui's eyes flickered like will-o'-the-wisps, "They will know when they go ashore—you have to go south, maybe you can slip through a few. Go north—that's too stupid!" After a day, Qianlong's plan to deal with the prison case was issued to Luoyang.At this time, the big case was over, and Agui ordered people to clear up the dead and injured of the prisoners. on the beach; the whereabouts of twenty-eight are unknown. After the riot was quelled, the staff came to congratulate Agui and prepared to write a solid article to report to the present.Agui laughed and said: "Although I am not responsible for this case, it is not an honorable matter. There are three articles to be written in this booklet. The governor is in command, and the strategy is clear; the soldiers of each battalion work hard to catch the thief; Lai Tianzi Hongfu, captured alive The bandit leader eliminates hidden dangers; and asks for an order to punish Mi Xiaozu. Not long after Mi Xiaozu took office, this huge case occurred in the territory, and he should be punished according to the law. Please write it like this, the more sincere the better!" Several masters opened their mouths and said "ah" for a long time before they understood what Agui meant. The dead man sneaked into the five hundred desperadoes to rescue the hostages, and almost none of them slipped through the net after a hard night's hard work-no one can take the credit.This kind of writing not only expresses the love of the province, but even the emperor's face is bright, and he is really exquisite in all directions.They used to underestimate this new Jinshi in his twenties, but now they are too excited.Several masters set up a table of wine and food that night, and they recommended a master named You Lin to write the article. After studying it all night, they really wrote this article brilliantly.The memorial was in duplicate, one was sent to the province, and the other was sent directly to the study by express horse. Twenty days later, Ah Gui received the court letter, along with a sealed letter from Sun Guoxi.Ah Gui burns incense and reads it, it is actually her own original book, and there are Qianlong's imperial comments everywhere in the words: It can be said that Sun Guoxi has lived up to my kindness with such dedication to his errands. Well, well, exactly as it should be! The meritorious personnel will be listed separately for discussion. Such a cunning, fierce and stubborn person, it is a pity to die a thousand! The ink pen imperial approval in the blank space at the end is for Ah Gui. I am very happy to read the play. I can understand the so-called Hanshu with wine!Qing handled the Shanzhou case this time with careful consideration and foresight.Obeying the order and making a decisive decision, without hurting any of my soldiers, capturing the chieftain in one fell swoop in a dangerous situation, cutting off the evil and rebelling against him in a moment, I am very happy, why blame it?According to Sun Jiagan's report, Er was usually capable, shrewd, honest and clean, and like this, he was also a good minister of the imperial court.That is to say, you will imprison Wang and other chief murderers and Xiejing will severely punish them.All meritorious personnel such as You Lin, Chief Qian Heying, etc., reported to the Ministry to record their names.Mi Xiaozu was not at fault for inspecting the prison, but he was negligent in preventing it, which almost caused a catastrophe, and he was fined to stay in office for half a year.The previous state order also had the crimes he deserved, and Sun Jiagan has been ordered to deal with it. As a small magistrate, Agui obtained the imperial decree with more than a hundred words, and the meaning of appreciation and praise overflowed between the lines, so she was naturally very happy.That night, he called the twenty-three Goshhas who boarded the enemy boat with him, and three masters, and discussed the matter of escorting Wang Laowu and other three people to Beijing.Everyone eats wine and celebrates together until the second watch party separates. The road from Henan to Beijing was windy and snowy, the road was muddy and difficult to navigate, and it took more than a month to get to the capital, even if someone hijacked the car.After the delivery in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, Agui breathed a sigh of relief, went home that night, and fell asleep.Pai didn't get up until the beginning of the second day.He was originally from a broken banner, and he didn't have many friends in the capital.There are only two coated servants in the family, one old and one young, and they are still left by the ancestors.Ah Gui went out to be an official far away in Henan, and none of his acquaintances knew the news of his return to Beijing, and no one came to visit him.After staying at home for a long time, Agui felt very lonely, thinking that Guandi Temple would be more lively, so he came here on snow.After passing the Zhengyang Gate, this place is really different. The shops in other places are closed, and the streets here are bustling with pedestrians.The snow in front of Guandi Temple has been trampled down to the ground.The snow in each store is swept up and down.Some shops are piled up into snow lions, some are chiseled into snow elephants, and some have wide facades carved into snow dragons to attract customers.Ah Gui looked at it for a while and found it interesting, then went into the temple and burned a stick of incense, and was about to come out when someone beside him asked, "Isn't this Mr. Ah Gui?" "Yes!" Ah Gui was startled by the question, turned around and looked at it for a long time, then remembered He Zhi who had been drinking at Gaojin Restaurant, and couldn't help laughing: "You are the first one I saw when I came back to Beijing." Friend—are you waiting to take the exam in Beijing? Let’s go, and go to Gao Jin’s house for a drink!” He Zhi said with a smile: “The drinking friends in the past are different now, so it’s hard for you to know me!” Ah Gui giggled Said: "Although this magistrate is majestic outside, now he is a rotten Yangtou Pass in the capital. How can we forget the poor and humble friends!" He Zhi glanced at Agui with emotion, and said, "If you think so, we can still climb. I'm planning to invite Lemin to see Cao Xueqin, how about moving simultaneously?" He frowned and shook his head and sighed, "You know what? Xueqin couldn't stay in the right-wing sect, and has already resigned. Life is hard now!" Agui said in surprise: "He gets along well with Fu Liuye, how could he be so poor? I heard that his wife is still Liu It was a gift from my grandfather!" "Liu Ye is not what he used to be. He will be of great use." He Zhi said lightly, "Now he is on a long business trip and he is not in Beijing. Sigh... Xueqin's family doesn't know what's going on right now!"