"Sir, I have said everything that needs to be said. Can I... leave?" Huang Xijue asked tentatively.
"I'm very happy that you can tell the truth, sir, but I'm not very satisfied with your answer, sir." Lin Lin said.
"Sir! Handling cases is something that only you have the ability to do. How can you, a simple mediocre person, have that ability!" Huang Xijue yelled.
"You have to make up for your mistakes." Lin Linyou took out the Impermanence Book and threw it in front of him, "Write it down!"
Huang Xijue's relaxed mood became tense again: "I wonder what you want me to write?"
"Write down all the guys you know who sell illegal salt."
Huang Xijue's hand holding the pen shook, and his face suddenly turned livid: "Sir, do you want me to die?"
Lin Linyou smiled and said nothing.
"Lin... General Lin, General Lin, it was my fault in the past, I deserve to die! Now I have seniors and juniors above me, please show me your noble hands and let me go!" With a plop, Huang Xijue knelt on his knees. land.
"I didn't say I won't let you go. Write a few names and I'll let you go right away."
"Write down your name and I will die immediately!" Huang Xijue said with a pale face, "You have never seen their methods!"
"Oh, how does it compare to imprisonment?"
"I would rather go to prison!"
"Okay! He is really a tough man." Lin Lin said, "You have never been to the imperial prison, so I can let you get familiar with it first... Our Beisi imperial prison has a total of eighteen kinds of torture instruments, like sticks. You must have seen these things like clamping sticks and irons in the Penal Department Prison. We have everything that the Penal Department Prison has, and we also have things that the Penal Department Prison does not have. Such as a book, a mouse playing a zither, a swallow flying, a pipa, etc. Wait... don't look at the elegant name, just take this pipa as an example, it is to use the tip of the knife to scrape back and forth on your ribs..."
Huang Xijue had a cold war.
Lin Linyou patted him on the shoulder: "When you enter the imperial prison, the people inside will not be as easy to talk to as me. After entering, they will not speak. I will give you the eighteen torture instruments first... How about, Do you still want to go to prison?"
On a very cold day, there were beads of sweat on Huang Xijue's forehead. He hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice as if he had made up his mind: "Can I ask a question?"
"But it doesn't hurt to ask."
"Your Excellency, is it to protect Chao Gang that you arrest those of us who sell smuggled salt?"
Lin Linyou smiled: "Chao Gang must be maintained by the mouths of the censors and officials in the court."
"Is that to benefit the people?"
"Official salt costs more than one tael per catty, while private salt only costs a few cents per catty. If we want to benefit the people, it has to be you!"
Huang Xijue was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I can write, but I'm afraid you don't dare to arrest me if I do."
Lin Linyou sneered: "You private salt dealers are really used to being arrogant. You can just write, but I want to see how tough the backstage is. Even we Jin Yiwei don't take it seriously."
"Then can I write it?"
"There's so much nonsense, write it quickly!"
"Can I have a glass of wine?"
"You've done so many things!"
Impatient, Lin Linyou still brought him a bottle of wine.
"Tons, tons, tons, tons..."
Huang Xijue drank a bottle of wine in one breath.
There are several more names on the Impermanence Book.
"My lord, since you are not here to benefit the people, these names are enough for you to get promoted and make a fortune."
Lin Linyou took a look at the Book of Impermanence, and the first thing he saw was a name - Ji Gang!
"This Ji Gang..."
"Yes, it is your commander."
"Ci'ao!" Lin Linyou slapped him on the head, "Just the two words you wrote are a crime of Ling Chi that will be cut into pieces with a thousand cuts! Do you believe that I will execute you on the spot for slandering an official of the imperial court?"
Huang Xijue looked aggrieved: "Sir, I said you didn't dare to arrest me after I wrote it, but you didn't believe it..."
Lin Linyou tore up the page of Impermanence and threw it in front of Huang Xijue: "Rewrite it for me!"
"I'm afraid you won't dare to catch me if I rewrite it..."
"Then you go ahead and write me a few letters that I dare to catch!"
"Oh, I understand, my lord, you are here to clear the way for the commander..."
"Why did it take so much trouble to ask you to write down a few names?"
Seeing that Lin Linyou was about to get angry again, Huang Xijue hurriedly went to his desk and started writing: "I'll write, I'll write right now..."
…
Entering Hangzhou Prefecture from Prince Yue's Mansion, Lin Linyou chartered a private boat and prepared to take the waterway to Yingtian Mansion. After all, the scenery was better by water.
Just as the ship was about to weigh anchor, three people hurriedly walked up the shore and went straight onto the gangplank. Boat owner Wang Delu hurriedly stepped forward to greet them: "Three guests, our ship has been chartered by the owner."
The young man at the head was wearing a Songjiang cotton robe, wearing jade and beads. He looked like a kid from a wealthy family, and the two beside him were his servants, Lai Fu and Qing Xi.
The young man was polite and said: "Shipman, we are on our way in a hurry. Could you please tell the guest that I am willing to pay for the voyage on his behalf." He winked.
The servant Lai Fu immediately took out several slings of copper coins from his luggage and handed them to Wang Delu.
Wang Delu's eyes shone when he saw Qian, but he still hesitated: the person who chartered the boat was a royal guard, so I was afraid he wouldn't agree. However, I really want to do this young man's business. After all, the other party gave me so much money right away, and I don't know if the Jin Yiwei will default on the payment!
"Where are you going, guest officer?" Wang Delu asked.
"Capital Master." Another servant replied happily.
"Excellent, excellent." Lin Linyou had already heard it and walked out of the cabin at this time, "We are all away from home, who is walking around with the house in our hands? It's our companions."
Wang Delu quickly took the copper coins: "Since this guest has agreed, the three of you can come up!"
The young man walked towards Lin Linyou: "Big brother, I'm Xu Pengzi, are you going to the capital as well?"
"yes."
Laifu Qingxi took out another two ounces of money and asked the boatman to help arrange some food, drinks and snacks. They were generous, as if they were young masters.
Laifu took the money and shouted to Wang Delu: "My young master hopes that the boat can sail faster. If he can reach the capital early, he will be rewarded with ten crowns one day early."
The voice was so loud that all the sailors on the ship heard it.
After Wang Delu received the money and walked into the cabin with a smile on his face, Lin Linyou said to Xu Pengzi: "Little brother, is this your first time traveling far away? Don't you understand that wealth should not be exposed?"
Before Xu Pengzi could speak, Laifu answered first: "What are you afraid of? His ship is a government-registered ship, how can he do whatever he wants?"
"Lai Fu! Your name is Lai Fu, right?" Lin Lin said, "I once knew a man named Lai Fu, and he was beaten badly."
Qingxi puffed up his chest proudly: "Our master is the minister of the Ministry of Industry in Beijing!"
It turns out that he is the son of a Beijing official. No wonder he spends so generously and even his servants are so arrogant.
"Oh! It turns out to be the Young Master! Nice to meet you!" Lin Linyou enthusiastically saluted with clasped fists.
Xu Pengzi returned the gesture: "Is Brother Lin also an official in the capital? I have seen your clothes in the capital when I was a child."
"I am the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard, a minor military attaché, not worth mentioning."
While several people were chatting, the boat owner Wang Delu was also secretly discussing with his apprentice Wang Sandao:
"Really want to do it?"
Wang Sandao: "Master! This is a great wealth given to us by God. We cannot miss this opportunity!"
Wang Delu: "But there is a royal guard here, I'm afraid it won't be easy to do anything."
Wang Sandao thought for a while: "I have an idea..."
