Kong Yinzhi's expression was so ugly that it could not be described.
His big fat face turned pale and red.
Anger, sadness, helplessness, pride, humiliation and other emotions mixed together, slowly accumulating in his heart, waiting to explode.
He was thinking, I am the Duke of Yansheng!
Duke Yansheng, who was highly respected by emperors of all dynasties!
The top scholar in the world!
How dare you, soldiers, treat me like this? Aren't you afraid of being attacked by scholars and common people?
After thinking about the people of the world, Kong Yinzhi suddenly gained courage.
He took a deep breath and prepared to say something.
Before he could speak, Qufu County Magistrate Kong Hongyi quickly reached out and covered his mouth: "Stop talking, it will kill people."
Kong Yinzhi was stunned at first after his spell was interrupted, but he quickly calmed down after seeing the corpse on the ground.
At this moment, he finally faced the reality.
The title of Duke Yansheng is nothing in the eyes of these soldiers!
Not even as good as fart.
Kong Yinzhi suddenly lost all his strength. He sat down on the ground and nodded helplessly at Hao Yaoqi.
"Good, very good!" Hao Yaoqi stepped forward and patted Kong Yinzhi on the shoulder and said, "Do you know who we are?"
Kong Yinzhi didn't dare to speak and could only shake his head gently.
"We are the Dashun Army. We came to Qufu to borrow money and food."
Shun army? Bandits?
Kong Yinzhi looked at Hao Yaoqi, his face full of confusion.
Weren't the bandits fighting in Damingfu, more than 500 miles away? How did they suddenly appear in Qufu?
The Shun army generals nearby were stunned when they heard this, but they soon understood the purpose of Hao Yaoqi's words.
Anyone who does something like this would not reveal their identity if they are normal.
At this time, it is easier to get rid of suspicion by putting the blame on yourself.
It’s high, really high!
"The Kong family actually... doesn't have much money, and relies entirely on aid from the imperial court!" Kong Yinzhi still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
He fantasized that these people would let the Confucius family go and let him go.
"You don't want to tell me, right? Then I can take it myself!"
"You..." Kong Yinzhi stood there, gritting his teeth but unable to do anything.
When a scholar meets a soldier, he cannot explain his reason clearly.
What's more, what he encountered were not soldiers, but a group of robbers.
"Get started!"
Following Hao Yaoqi's order, two thousand soldiers divided the people from the Confucius Mansion into several groups, with dozens of people in each group and dozens of people in each group, and tortured them in the street.
The Shun army soldiers who went on this expedition were the elite among the elite. They were not only proficient in fighting, but also in extortion.
Every time they captured a city, the Shun army would detain local officials and wealthy families and recover the stolen goods and wages.
They had followed Li Zicheng for many years and were very familiar with the business of corporal punishment.
"Where is the money of the Confucius Mansion kept?" asked a soldier.
"I...I don't know."
"What about you?" The Shun army soldier turned and asked another person.
"We are all servants doing odd jobs in the Confucius Mansion. We really don't know where to put the money! Please, let us go!"
"The people in the Kong family are all poor scholars. They don't have much money and rely entirely on rewards from the court. In recent years, the Ming court has been short of money and rewards have been in arrears."
Watching their fellow clansmen die before their eyes, these people from the Confucius Mansion did not compromise, but continued to value money as their life.
They have long been accustomed to a wealthy life. If the Confucius Mansion’s money is robbed, their future days will become difficult.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frug
Everyone understood this truth, so they all started to cry poor in tacit understanding!
"Sure enough, the only thing that scholars have that is tough is their mouth!" Hao Yaoqi laughed coldly, "It seems that I have to give you some strength. Come on, put on the clamps!"
The first group of Shun troops were the first to use the clamps.
The clamp is three feet long and more than five inches off the ground. The wood has edges and is connected with nails. Anyone who is clamped by it will have his bones broken.
This thing can clamp hands, legs and feet.
In full view of the public, Kong Hongyi's hands were put into clamps.
His face turned pale as paper. "Please... please forgive me, I don't know anything! Really..."
Before he could finish his words, the soldiers exerted force at the same time and the clamps tightened suddenly.
"ah!!!"
The shrill scream was like a sharp blade, piercing the eardrums of everyone present.
This scream not only frightened the onlookers, but also scared the Shun soldiers who were carrying out the torture.
While they were stunned, the hands pulling the rope unconsciously loosened.
Kong Hongyi was as if he had been pardoned. He quickly pulled out his hands, held them to his chest and blew them continuously, muttering to himself: "I say, I say!"
"It's too late." Hao Yao ordered the torture to continue.
The Shun army soldiers pulled Kong Hongyi over, put his hands in the clamps and tortured him again.
"Ah..." The scream stopped abruptly.
Kong Hongyi fainted instantly.
Then there was a cracking sound and the hand bones broke.
"Ah..." Kong Hongyi was awakened by the pain, and then fainted again.
This brutal scene stunned everyone.
"Don't...don't pinch me, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"
"I'm the money manager of the Kong family. If you let me go, I'll tell you anything."
"I have the key to the vault!"
"I have the granary key!"
......
The people in the Confucius Mansion defected one after another, wishing to reveal all the secrets.
Hao Yaoqi snorted coldly and said mockingly, "You have no integrity at all. You have brought shame to all scholars in the world! Ridiculous!"
After all, Kong Yinzhi was the Duke of Yansheng and had seen big scenes.
After he recovered from his shock, he asked Hao Yaoqi palely, "What...what on earth are you guys going to do?"
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