Lao Zhu, a feudal uncle, not only completely conquered Shi Jinqing's heart, he even beat Shi Jinqing by the way, and put the Shi family under his nose and firmly held it in his hands.
This is indeed Lao Zhu's style... Han Du kept sighing in his heart.
Either don’t do it, or do it absolutely!
Lao Zhu can tolerate it again and again, but he will never choose to default. In normal times, Lao Zhu may be offended again and again, but before Lao Zhu's bottom line has been breached, Lao Zhu can tolerate them one by one. But once the love in Lao Zhu's heart is exhausted, Lao Zhu can still kill people with a knife, even if it is just because of a trivial matter.
Although Han Du had already guessed in his mind, there was no conclusive evidence to prove that Lao Zhu did not really appreciate Shi Jinqing, but wanted the Shi family to hand over the hostages.
What if Lao Zhu admires Shi Jinqing and simply wants to confer him the title of uncle?
Han Du smiled and couldn't help but look at Shi Jinqing a few more times. After the ceremony, he stepped forward with a smile and congratulated: "Congratulations, Uncle Jugang. It's such a happy day, so let's celebrate it well."
Shi Jinqing's face was full of pride. After bowing slightly and nodding towards Han Du, he turned to Zhu Biao and said, "I'm drinking a little wine in the palace. Please appreciate it by His Majesty the Crown Prince."
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded, agreeing.
"Your Highness, please!" Shi Jinqing quickly moved out of the way and bowed to signal.
Zhu Biao took Han Du and others into Shi Jinqing's mansion.
The Shi family has been lively for more than half a month. After the news spread that Shi Jinqing was conferred the title of uncle, people who were close to the Shi family and maritime merchants who came to the old port to do business came to congratulate him.
Han Du only witnessed Zhu Biao delivering the order in person and never went to the Shi family again. Han Du did not even accompany Zhu Biao to slowly visit everything in the old port, but Shi Jinqing accompanied Zhu Biao with all his heart.
Han Du came to the flagship. As soon as he boarded the ship, he saw Hard sitting on the deck with his back to him, bored. From time to time, he would fan his face with his hand to relieve the heat under the scorching sun.
After smiling, Han Du stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Have these people told you where their treasure is?"
Hard heard the sound and quickly turned over to avoid it. When he saw that it was Han Du, he quickly walked up to accompany Xing Lian and accompanied Xing Xing. He sighed and replied: "Honorable Lord Marquis, these three pirates It has not yet been said where their treasure is hidden.”
A look of helplessness.
Han Du frowned, it was just three pirates, how could they not handle this? Looking up at his general, Han Du cursed in a deep voice: "What do you do for food? It's been a few days and you can't even open three mouths? You're going to torture me if you don't open your mouth. You won't tell me. You can't even open your mouth." You can’t even use torture, right?”
The general was so scolded by Han Du that he did not dare to speak out. After Han Du finished scolding him, he explained: "Master Hou, the general is born in Ye Bu Su, and he is good at using torture to extract confessions. The general has already tortured them. But the mouths of these three people seem to have taken root, and even if they are beaten to death and don't open their mouths, there is nothing the general can do."
"You have no choice but to hang them on the mast to bask in the sun?" Han Du covered his forehead with his hands and glanced at the three pirates who were hung on the mast to bask in the sun.
General Pian smiled flatteringly and said nothing. Apart from this method, he really had no other option.
Han Du glanced at the general angrily and cursed: "I have taught you a long time ago that you need to use your brain to do things. If you don't use such a big head, are you just a decoration for eating? ?”
Seeing this, Jiang lowered his head and said nothing, and Han Du didn't bother to scold him anymore. Then he narrowed his eyes, looked at the three pirates carefully, and then ordered: "Keep hanging the leader of the pirates on the mast, and put the other two down."
General Pian was stunned for a moment when he heard Han Du's instructions, but fortunately he reacted very quickly and nodded in agreement before Han Du said anything to him.
Han Du nodded with satisfaction and continued to order: "Detain the two people separately, and tell them that as long as they reveal the whereabouts of the treasure, we will return his share intact to him. "
"Retreat, return it to these despicable pirates?" Hard on the side heard this and immediately became unhappy. "My Lord Marquis, if you return all the goods to the pirates, what will happen to my goods?"
Han Du glared at the idiot, ignored him, and ordered to the general: "Go."
What is most needed now is that some of these pirates are willing to speak up. As long as someone speaks up and finds the treasure, isn't it Han Du who has the final say on how to distribute it?
Do you really think that Handu will really give the pirates his share?
I'm afraid even the pirates themselves don't believe this. But people always take chances. Especially when it concerns oneself, it is even more unreasonable. He is particularly concerned about his own things and does not care at all about other people's, even the captain's.
Sure enough, the two pirates were interrogated separately and told that as long as they told them where the treasure was hidden, the treasure that belonged to him would be given to him intact.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the general to get what the two pirates had confessed to.
The general took the confession and happily went to Han Du and reported: "The Marquis really has a clever plan. He has already confessed. This is the confession. Please read it."
"Is the confession reliable?" Han Du asked while flipping through it.
The general replied quickly, "The general got it from two people respectively. The places mentioned by the two people are the same, so there should be no falsehood. Unless, unless Harder deliberately deceived us."
After Han Du finished reading the confession, he held the confession with his fingers and not only did not let go, but he rubbed it vigorously a few times. Then he folded it, put it away, and said to the general: "Had doesn't have the courage yet. Even if he lies to us, we are not afraid. Anyway, as long as we take him with us, it will be difficult for him to play any tricks."
The general nodded, and then asked: "Master Marquis, since those pirates have confessed, do you want them?"
Pian Jiang placed the palm of his right hand on his neck and made a stroke, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
Han Du shook his head slightly and said: "No, now is not the time. We still don't know whether the location they gave us is true, and we don't know whether Hader lied to us, so we should save their lives first. Put that Put down the pirate leader too, don't let him die. But you have to be careful, you must keep the three of them separate and under strict supervision, and they must not be allowed to meet."
"Yes, Lord Marquis. I will give you the orders now." The general raised his hand towards Han Du. After getting Han Du's permission, he quickly turned around and gave the orders.
The three pirates were imprisoned separately, and the doctor was asked to treat their injuries. After Han Du saw that all three of them were fine, he quietly left the flagship and returned to the Governor's Mansion.
Zhu Biao has looked at the old port inside and out in the past few days. Zhu Biao is not dissatisfied with the current prosperity of the old port.
Zhu Biao sat at the top, with Han Du, Tang Ding and Wang Yuanji on his left and right.
Picking up the tea cup, Zhu Biao glanced at Wang Yuanji and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you have only been here for more than a year and can manage the old port in an orderly manner. You are indeed an extraordinary talent!"
When Wang Yuanji saw the prince praising him so much, not only was he not complacent, but he had a wry smile on his face. He cupped his hands and said, "I'm ashamed of myself."
However, the other three people did not take Wang Yuanji's words to heart, and only regarded him as being humble.
Wang Yuanji could only smile bitterly and said: "I dare not deceive Your Highness. In fact, when I first came here, I managed the old port in a mess."
Seeing that Wang Yuanji didn't look like he was telling lies, Zhu Biao was surprised and asked quickly: "Oh? What's going on? Since you didn't manage the old port well at the beginning, how could you manage it to be as prosperous as it is now? scene?"
Wang Yuanji had no choice but to patiently explain to the prince: "Does your highness know who the previous governor of Old Port was?"
Zhu Biao had a good temper and didn't care about Wang Yuanji's somewhat offensive questions. He answered directly: "Of course I know, it's Zhang Chao. What's wrong?"
Speaking of which, Zhang Chao was Han Du's right-hand man in the navy, and Zhu Biao naturally heard Han Du mention it.
"Then, does your Highness know what Zhang Chao did when he was the governor of Old Port?" Wang Yuanji asked again.
Zhu Biao was not very clear about this. He frowned and didn't know how to answer.
Han Du interjected to help Zhu Biao out: "When Zhang Chao first served as governor, the old port had just stabilized, but there were many people with dissident intentions. Zhang Chao may have been a little more drastic in order to stabilize the old port."
Of course, Han Du spoke very tactfully for Zhang Chao. In fact, when Zhang Chao was in Old Port, he fully displayed the tough style of the soldiers.
Anyone who works for those three families will be killed!
Anyone with ulterior motives and double-mindedness will be killed!
Anyone who has anything to do with those three families will be killed!
Anyone who complains about those three families will be killed!
Anyway, as long as there is a possibility of threatening the stability of Old Port, Zhang Chao will kill with one word! I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!
After hearing this, Wang Yuanji shook his head with a smile and said, "Is the method a little more drastic? If there is any suspicion, even if there is no evidence, he will be killed with blood flowing like a river and his head falling to the ground."
Han Du's face suddenly became embarrassed. He didn't expect that his student would be so shameless and directly revealed it.
Zhu Biao's face also darkened. He disliked killing innocent people the most. Now that he heard that Zhang Chao was killing people so wantonly in Old Port, he was naturally angry.
But at this moment, Wang Yuanji suddenly said: "When I first became the governor, I was absolutely convinced that the previous governor's killings were too much. So he issued an order to relax the control of the old port. But the final result was... ....”
Wang Yuanji shook his head and let out a long sigh.
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