Hanlin Academy.
Zhou Yanru was frightened all night.
Because the people he sent to Xinglin Medical Center to eliminate Fan Yuqing didn't come back overnight.
Zhou Yanru did not dare to go to Xinglin Medical Center to check the situation by himself. After all, he was afraid that Jinyiwei would ask him why he went to Xinglin Medical Center when he had nothing to do.
But now that the capital has been closed again, he can't escape from the city to avoid risks.
Therefore, Zhou Yanru could only pretend that nothing was wrong and continue to come to the Hanlin Academy to order mao the next morning.
But Zhou Yanru discovered that Miao Changqi, who suddenly left the Hanlin Academy yesterday, did not come to the Hanlin Academy!
"Scholar Miao's family said he didn't go back last night?"
Zhou Yanru asked the servant Zhou Lai who had been ordered to go to Miao Mansion to inquire about the situation.
Zhou Lai nodded hurriedly: "Yes, sir!"
Zhou Yanru became even more uneasy because of this.
Then, Zhou Yanru ordered: "You immediately go to the Prime Minister of Guanglu Temple and tell him that our Donglin Party is about to face a disaster. Miao Changqi's whereabouts are unknown. I'm afraid that the people from Dongchang will come to arrest me in the next moment!"
"Okay, sir!"
Zhou Lai left the Hanlin Academy immediately after hearing this.
Sure enough, not long after Zhou Lai left, Qin Jianxing, the leader of Dongchang, came in with a group of Dongchang servants: "I was ordered to arrest Zhou Yanru, the imperial convict who wrote Hanlin! Where is Zhou Yanru!"
Zhou Yanru's knees were already weak at this time and he swallowed. He didn't expect the people from Dongchang to come so quickly.
Qin Jianxing noticed Zhou Yanru's uneasy look, so he walked towards him and asked, "Are you Zhou Hanlin?"
Zhou Yanru nodded.
"take away!"
Qin Jianxing shouted loudly.
As a result, Liangdongchang's subordinates removed Zhou Yanru from the Hanlin Academy.
…
The Ministry of War Yamen.
When Liu Guojin, the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, came back, he squeezed into a group of Ministry of War officials who were warming up around the fire, and shouted: "Get out of the way!"
Liu Guojin was the director of the Liao War Tribute Painting, and was responsible for the corresponding arrangements for the military affairs of the Liao region in the Ministry of War. In addition, he was now close to the Donglin Party, so he was more powerful than other doctors in charge of the Ministry of War, that is, Dare to be arrogant in front of these people.
Naturally, the other military officials who were warming themselves around the fire did not dare to offend him, and some of them even offered tea fawningly: "I wonder who made Mr. Liu angry?"
Liu Guojin snorted and said nothing.
Because the person who annoyed him was Xu Guangqi, the right minister of the Ministry of War. If he said it now, Xu Guangqi would definitely know that he was gossiping behind his back when he returned to the ministry.
But Liu Guojin couldn't help but glance at the main room where the right minister of the Ministry of War worked, with hatred in his eyes, thinking that he would also become a minister of the Ministry of War in the future! So majestic!
For a moment, Liu Guojin was really thinking about how he could advance his career to the position of minister of the Ministry of War, and did not take his breaking into the city with Miao Changqi and others seriously.
But just when he was thinking about how to become the minister of the Ministry of War in the future, someone from Dongchang had already walked in: "I have been ordered to arrest Liu Guojin, the master of the Liao War praise painting of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War! Who is Liu Guojin!"
"This is the person!"
An official from the Ministry of War quickly pointed at Liu Guojin.
Liu Guojin himself had not yet reacted.
But by the time he reacted, Dongchang's officers had already detained him and dragged him outside the military office.
Liu Guojin yelled in panic: "What are you doing? I am a civil servant, and I am a civil servant from two capitals who came from two ranks of Jinshi!"
However, it is useless for Liu Guojin to shout like this.
Naturally, the servants of Dongchang would not pay attention to this.
Liu Guojin therefore called Zhang Heming, the Minister of War, and said: "Da Sima! Da Sima! Dongchang came to the Ministry of War to arrest people for no reason. Please save me!"
…
No coincidence.
For a while.
The Hanlin Academy, the Sixth Ministry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, the Zhanshi Mansion, and other yamen in Beijing all had Donglin civil servants suspected of harboring and harboring imperial prisoners and rebelling against the imperial edict, that is, breaking into the city in defiance of the imperial edict.
As a result, Dongchang Prison was suddenly overcrowded.
Miao Changqi saw people being arrested one by one, but he didn't feel guilty because he was the one who confessed. He just felt more and more scared now.
Because Miao Changqi knew that the more people he arrested, the bigger the matter would be and the worse the consequences would be for people like him.
However, what frightened Miao Changqi even more was that the court actually continued to interrogate these civil servants.
Because logically speaking, these people just followed him to help Fan Yuqing break out of the city, and there was no need for retrial.
And now there is another trial, which shows that the people in Dongchang want to handle a bigger case and punish more people.
When Miao Changqi thought about the things his Donglin Party had done, such as placing spies in the palace and raising dead men to carry out assassinations, he became even more frightened.
The first person to be interrogated was Zhou Yanru.
"Someone has reported to the Holy Emperor that you, Zhou Yanru, have colluded with people in the inner court and planted spies in the inner court. You'd better recruit them truthfully, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
At this time, Wei Zhongxian personally interrogated Zhou Yanru.
Zhou Yanru was shocked after hearing this. He did not expect that what he and Miao Changqi said in the Hanlin Academy would be found out.
But despite being shocked, Zhou Yanru also knew what the consequences would be if he admitted this matter, so he denied it flatly: "This is nonsense! I have not colluded with anyone in the inner court, nor have I placed an informant around the emperor. What are you doing?" A random trial!"
Seeing this scene, Xu Xianchun on the side couldn't help but said to Wei Zhongxian: "Mr. Factory, it seems that we still need to be punished. These people will not speak if they are not punished. After all, he does not dare to admit such a thing."
Zhou Yanru laughed quite calmly, because as soon as he knew that Dongchang was going to interrogate him, it meant that he would definitely die, so he calmed down a little and said: "Then you can go ahead with the punishment. Anyway, I won't I will admit it, because admitting it will definitely bring harm to my family! I would rather be tortured to death by you! Many years later, someone will vindicate me!"
Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian came directly to Nanyuan and told Lu An, the old Jin Yiwei who had just been transferred back from Nanjing, about the interrogation of Zhou Yanru, and asked: "Lu Zhenfu, you have handled many cases. What happened in Pingbozhou back then?" The Intermediate Inquisition has produced many spies, please tell me, if it were you, how should you interrogate this person and how should he be tortured, so that you can get rid of all those bitches around the emperor who are used as eyes for others!"
Because Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to select a group of elderly factory guards who were taking leisure time to Nanyuan to train the intelligence and interrogation capabilities of factory guards.
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian actually selected a group of people from Lao Jinyiwei Laodong Factory to live in Nanyuan according to the order, and he would often ask these people for their opinions, which was equivalent to letting them act as his advisers.
Lu An, who was in his eighties, laughed because of this, showing his missing teeth: "Factory boss, don't worry too much, there is no criminal in this world that my factory guard can't handle!"
With that said, Lu An took out a paper package from his lapel.
After Lu An opened the paper bag, Wei Zhongxian saw that there was only a pile of black powder in the paper bag, and asked, "What is this?"
"This is the black incense from Siam. If you take it, it will make you lose your mind. If you don't eat it for a day, you will feel like you are mourning for your concubine. You will be arrogant and restless and even hit the wall and beat your chest. The effect is very good. It is more effective than any torture!"
Lu An spoke.
