Zaicheng, who was sitting in Jingzhai, was actually very nervous. Today's scene was a completely unexpected gain!
Originally, Guiziliu's intelligence system did not know the secret of Bajiao Liulijing, but just last night, the old slave named Wang Zhong found the prince at night and reported the secret!
It's strange to say that Wang Zhong had a dream in the middle of the night, but the dream was so vivid that he seemed to have opened his eyes in a daze.
A hazy figure told him: "Tomorrow morning... there is a big fish in the Bajiao Liulic Well in Liulichang, Jingzhai, catch it quickly!"
After saying this three times in a row, the figure finally disappeared. After that, Wang Zhong suddenly regained consciousness and could move his body!
Wang Zhong knew that this was not a dream, especially the two abrupt footprints on the bedside proved that someone had just been here!
After putting on his clothes, Wang Zhong reported the matter to the palace steward. Knowing that the matter could not be delayed, the inner steward woke up the prince at night and reported the matter to his superiors.
The situation in the capital is complicated and the water is very deep. There are only two possibilities for sneaking into Prince Gong's Mansion late at night to report the news!
One is that an extremely skilled person can break through the eyes and ears of the palace guards and sneak into Wang Zhong's room to deliver the message without anyone noticing, and must use some means to immobilize Wang Zhong when delivering the message.
Such a master can only belong to a very large force. Of course, the master will not take the risk to go directly to people like Guiziliu and Zaicheng. The guards in the palace are not generally strict. Even the guards in the palace will find it difficult. near.
Therefore, such people can only find people on the outside who are relatively weak in defense and very loyal to Prince Gong to send messages. The old eunuch Wang Zhong is the first choice!
There is a second possibility, and this possibility makes Guiziliu even more scared!
In other words, the mysterious person who sent the message did not come from outside the palace, but was an insider from other forces within the palace!
He did not enter the inner house but knew very well the temper and temperament of the old eunuch Wang Zhong. Then he approached him in the middle of the night and used all kinds of tricks to inform him!
If it is the second possibility, it can only prove that hidden stakes have been driven into the palace!
The middle of the night is definitely not the time to analyze these things. After all, there will be a court battle tomorrow. Guiziliu decided to take a gamble. He ordered Zai Cheng to bring the soldiers of the Nine Admirals to handle this mission.
Of course, we can't take the Xishan soldiers with us. Even if Mian Taisheng changes his disguise, he will attract people's attention. This is not as good as the soldiers of the Nine Admirals, who are familiar faces wherever they go!
Zaicheng was originally unwilling to take on such a job. He thought that an old slave had a nightmare in the middle of the night and was pretending to be a ghost. But he did not dare to refute his father's words and could only lead people to copy Jingzhai casually.
It can also be seen from his previous performance. If he had known that there was such a big fish here, how could he still linger on the Cherry Street and be in the mood to eat melon seeds?
The ghost in the middle of the night really brought important information. Zai Chun never expected that he would find Emperor Tongzhi's crony, the eunuch chief Manshun, in this cave!
Big fish! That ghost is really not lying, this is really a big fish!
Along with the big fish came a whole treasure house of wealth. Zaicheng actually dug into the treasure house where Emperor Tongzhi hid his private money!
Just when the old eunuch Wang Zhong went to interrogate him in person, Zai Cheng waved his hand and asked the soldiers to carry away the dead bodies in the room. His butt was as if there were thorns and he was restless!
One moment he was sitting on a chair scratching his head, and the next moment he stood up and looked out from the window, "Try harder! You didn't have breakfast! Is your whip loose from your waistband?"
"Hurry up and count, I'm waiting for the specific numbers!"
Zai Cheng cursed a few words and sat back down in his chair impatiently!
Since this octagonal glazed well was an ancient well in a temple in the past, the temple property was later taken over by the common people, resulting in a strange pattern. The well is surrounded by houses on all sides, and it does not face the street!
This formed a relatively closed torture venue!
This small courtyard has become a hell now!
Zaicheng and the others' guess was correct. The residents in the surrounding area were not ordinary people. There were 17 people in the five households. In fact, they were all extras that Manshun had found through various channels.
In fact, they were all relatives of subordinates who were loyal to the emperor. The purpose was just to keep it a secret!
This eunuch is indeed a pervert, and he is ruthless in his evil intentions. The leather whip used to whip people is woven with thin wires. In the government world, this kind of whip has a beautiful name called "Scorpion Tail", which can hook people's flesh. Come!
Bang... Bang... Bang...
"Tell me! What's going on with this well? Who are you under orders from?"
"When did you dig this hole? When did Manshun come here!"
There were screams everywhere in the yard, "Don't hit the military master... I said... I said... we moved here years ago. When we came, there was this well and this hole..."
"Shopkeeper Sun hired us to live here... He asked us not to say anything and just carry some boxes if we have nothing to do... We really don't know anything else!"
"Ah... you have to interrogate shopkeeper Sun and his apprentice... stop fighting... ah..."
Wang Zhong was so anxious that his head was covered with sweat, and he was whipped with five whips in turn. However, after asking and asking, he always got these indifferent answers, which were of no value at all.
There was a fierce look in his eyes, and he suddenly grabbed a woman in her thirties and kicked her to the ground. "Which one here is your man? Is this one?"
"Tie this bitch to the bench..."
"You... why are you coming at me... don't touch my wife... people don't know about her womanhood..."
Snap... Another whip was struck, and the scorpion tail hooked a two-inch long strip of flesh off the kneeling man's back, and blood flowed down.
"Ah... Hu Zi's mother... don't touch my wife... he doesn't know anything..."
Wang Zhong looked at the woman tied to the bench and smiled ferociously, "Do you see what this is? This is called mulberry paper... I guarantee that your wife will die miserably!"
Poof...a mouthful of tea was sprayed on the woman's face, and a piece of yellowish mulberry paper was covered on the woman's face!
Her mouth and nose were blocked, and the woman tried her best to breathe, but she could only inhale a little bit through the gap. The pain of suffocation made her kick her hands and feet back and forth!
Phew... Another sip of tea, covered with a layer of mulberry paper! This Wang Zhong obviously wanted to suffocate this woman to death!
The seventeen people in the courtyard were all frightened. A few timid crotches were wet and smelly. They had seen such a scene before!
Zai Cheng also saw it very freshly, rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Interesting, interesting... fun, you really know how to play!"
"Spray again... spray two more... I don't believe they are really hard-hearted!"
