Chapter 112 Torture
After taking two steps, Zhufeng stopped and reminded.
"Oh, by the way, take the little one in the room with you."
Li Li'niang was furious when she heard this: "Didn't King Jing promise to protect us mother and son from death?"
Zhufeng sneered: "The master said he would protect you from death, but he didn't say he would forgive you."
"For the things you have done that have angered the heavens and the people, you deserve to die a few times. You still want to get away with it. What are you dreaming about?"
Li Li'niang was choked and speechless.
Zhao Renxian understood why Li Li'niang betrayed him, and angrily cursed: "Stupid woman."
Zhufeng said sympathetically: "Don't worry, Lord Zhao, I will lock you two up together and let you two talk."
Zhao Renxian snorted coldly and didn't appreciate it.
Because Zhao Renxian was arrested and imprisoned, and the evidence was solid, the guards and runners of the prefectural governor's mansion did not dare to cause trouble, but only obeyed Yu Zheng's orders.
After all, they received salaries from the court and ate official meals.
In the early morning, Zhao Renxian's family members in the prefectural governor's mansion were sleeping soundly, but they were suddenly pulled out of bed and thrown into the prison.
Zhao Renxian's eldest son came back to his senses and struggled and yelled: "Let me go, do you know who my father is? How dare you arrest me?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, your father is in there too." Zhufeng kindly told him.
Mr. Zhao was stunned: "What did my father do wrong? What do you have to arrest us?"
"Go ask your father." Zhufeng kicked him into the prison.
The women of the Zhao family were sad, crying, huddled together and at a loss.
Until they saw Zhao Renxian and Li Li'niang in the cell next door.
"Dad, who is this woman? Why are you with her?" Zhao Renxian's daughter asked first.
Zhao Renxian was handcuffed and sat there with his head down without saying a word.
Li Li'niang shrank against him timidly, and the relationship between the two was self-evident.
"Well, you actually have a mistress. I didn't believe it when someone gossiped about you in front of me before..."
Madam Zhao rushed to the partition between the two cells, pointed at Zhao Renxian and Li Li'niang and started to curse.
Her tone was so vicious and her words were so dirty that the guards frowned.
This woman's curses were too dirty, it was simply unbearable to listen to.
Zhao Renxian gritted his teeth in anger, and finally understood why Zhufeng was so "kind" to lock him up with Li Li'niang.
Not only that, Zhufeng also deliberately locked Master Zhao and Zhao Xuan in the same cell, so that they could recognize each other as brothers and fight each other in a friendly manner.
"Tsk tsk, this family is really lively." The guards watched with interest.
On the left, Madam Zhao and several concubines were questioning and spitting at each other, and on the right, the two sons were beating each other. Zhao Renxian sat in the middle cell, his face blue with anger.
He was going to die anyway, so it was better to torture him to death.
However, his crime was so serious that Yu Zheng would not execute him on the spot. Instead, he would take him to Shangjing for further punishment, and would also severely interrogate his accomplices.
For example, the Jiangnan patrol.
The rain kept falling, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, but it refused to stop.
Jiang Shu got up and opened the window. Looking at the hazy scenery outside the window, he realized that he could not leave today.
It is not suitable to travel when it rains. There are few pedestrians on the street, and it will be more difficult for beggars to beg for food. Fortunately, the guards bought food for the little monkeys yesterday evening.
"Boss, do you want to have breakfast in the house or downstairs?" Tan Yu brought hot water and helped Jiang Shu wash up.
Jiang Shu said while washing his face, "Let's go downstairs to eat."
There was nothing to do in the house, so it was better to go downstairs to listen to interesting stories and liven up the atmosphere.
After the master and servant had packed up, they went downstairs and found a table in the lobby to sit down. They ate breakfast while listening to other diners' idle chatter.
"Life is so unpredictable. Yesterday he was the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture, but today he has become a prisoner."
"That's right. These ups and downs are more unpredictable than the drama on the stage. We ordinary people still have a stable life."
"Zhao Renxian deserves it. He doesn't want to be a good and honest official, but he has to be a corrupt official. The floods in Jiangnan killed so many people. Confiscating their homes and destroying their families is not enough to appease the anger of the people."
Zhao Renxian was arrested so soon? When did it happen?
Jiang Shu hurriedly asked the people around him.
They pointed outside and said, "There is a notice on the wall next to the inn. You can go and take a look."
After that, they continued to chat.
"This time, thanks to His Royal Highness Prince Jing, he not only came in person to repair the river bank, but also dealt with this dog official. It's really gratifying." "
Yes, if all the officials in Dazhao were like His Royal Highness Prince Jing, we would be blessed."
Jiang Shu didn't care about eating, and got up and ran outside the inn to check.
"Boss, it's raining, umbrella!" Tan Yu hurriedly borrowed an umbrella from the shopkeeper and chased after him.
It was drizzling, but Jiang Shu didn't care. He stood in front of the notice and read it word by word very carefully.
"Boss." Tan Yu hurried over to hold an umbrella for Jiang Shu, fearing that she would catch gonorrhea.
After reading the content of the notice, Jiang Shu let out a long sigh: "The prince is so quick, I'm afraid he didn't sleep all night last night."
Tan Yu said: "After dealing with this dog official, the prince and his men can sleep well without worries."
"Well, let's go back." Jiang Shu turned around, a faint smile on the corner of his lips.
It was drizzling, and Yu Zheng and his party drove out of the city and headed upstream to the river bank.
After a busy night, Yu Zheng just took a break for breakfast when he received a report from his servants that a river bank that had not been repaired in time had broken, and the river water was overflowing, but the nearby villagers refused to leave. It rained heavily
all night last night. Although the river water has not risen to the point of flooding the village, the rain is still falling. If it is delayed, it will definitely cost lives.
The prefect had been imprisoned, and there was no one in charge of Lin'an Prefecture, so Yu Zheng had to go there himself.
He rode his horse in the rain and was almost soaked when he arrived at the village.
The rain got heavier.
Yu Zheng stood on a high place and looked at the village washed by the heavy rain, and watched the river water slowly flowing into the village. He ordered Zhuiyun to take his token to find the village chief and gather all the villagers at the village chief's house.
Following Yu Zheng's instructions, Zhuiyun ordered his men to put the silver on the table and spread it out for the villagers to see.
"King Jing has ordered that anyone who packs up and leaves the village within an hour will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
As soon as these words came out, the villagers were furious.
"What, give me ten taels of silver, are you really going to give me that?"
"Then can we come back after we leave? If we can't come back, the ten taels of silver won't be enough to build a new house."
Zhuiyun said in a deep voice: "Lord Meng, the Minister of Works, has led people to repair the river embankment. As long as the river embankment is repaired, everyone can come back."
"Life is at stake. Temporary evacuation is also for everyone's safety. We are waiting for everyone to come to the village entrance to collect the silver."
After saying that, Zhuiyun ordered the guards to carry the silver and the table directly to the village entrance, wearing straw raincoats and hats and waiting for the villagers to evacuate.
Who doesn't love the white silver? With the village chief taking the lead, the villagers rushed back to pack up their valuables, lead cows and pigs, and pick chickens and babies to evacuate.
Ten taels of silver, the villagers could not earn that much money by working hard in the fields for a year, so they would not miss the chance to get it for free.
The mountain of silver was soon gone, but Zhuiyun did not feel bad at all, because all the silver was stolen from Zhao Renxian.
What is embezzled from the people, should be returned to the people.