"What does this have to do with my Yanshenggong Mansion? Who knew they were spies sent by the Ming Dynasty? I had never seen them before they came to Qufu." Yanshenggong refused to admit it and picked it all off.
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou snorted coldly and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. When you get to the Yamen, there will be a way to make you tell the truth and take you away."
He waved to his men.
"Hong Hengjiu, you come to Qufu to arrest innocent people randomly. The court will not let you go, and there will no longer be a place for you in the officialdom." Yan Shenggong roared at Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou had a gloomy face.
After capturing Kong's Yan Shenggong, he knew that his reputation was completely ruined, and he might not have any good reputation left behind after his death. But if he was given another chance, he would still come to capture him.
Only by capturing Yan Shenggong can he have a future in Tiger Flag.
Yan Shenggong and his party were escorted out from Yan Shenggong's mansion.
When he appeared on the street, he attracted many people to watch. Many people pointed and pointed, and some people had mixed feelings on their faces.
Duke Yan Sheng was someone that ordinary people like them could hardly look up to, especially for ordinary members of the Kong clan, Duke Yan's status was even more extraordinary.
Even though the Tiger Character Banner stationed troops in Qufu for a period of time, it weakened some clan concepts of the Kong family and relocated the people here, while attracting new people to live in Qufu.
Even so, Kong's special status still makes many people admire Kong as they look up at a mountain.
And Yanshengong is the highest point on the mountain.
Now that the top of this mountain has collapsed, Duke Yan, who should have been respected by countless people, has been arrested and is about to become a prisoner. Many people find it unbelievable.
It's like a bright and majestic person suddenly turned into a bad guy and felt like a bandit.
Many people find it difficult to accept this huge gap in mood.
"The dog officers are arresting people indiscriminately. People of the Kong family should stop them quickly. We must not let such dog officers humiliate the lintel of the Kong family." Yan Shenggong came to the street and saw the crowd of onlookers growing. Suddenly, shouted loudly.
He wanted to use his identity as Shenggong to call on the Kong family to resist and save himself from Hong Chengchou.
"Quickly stop his mouth." Hong Chengchou's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly asked someone to stop Kong Yinzhi's mouth.
Qufu was the old dynasty of the Kong family. Once the whole city besieged the officials, he knew that it would be difficult to escape from Qufu with just the few people he brought.
The officer in charge of guarding Duke Yan skillfully punched Kong Yinzhi in the stomach, then grabbed a dirty and unknown object and stuffed it into Kong Yinzhi's mouth, and then used a piece of cloth to put it into Kong Yinzhi's mouth. The mouth is wrapped around and around.
Woo! Woo!
There was something stuffed in Yan Shenggong's mouth, and there was a piece of cloth blocking his mouth. He could only make whining sounds, but his body kept twisting and struggling, trying to get free.
However, his previous shouts were still heard by many people in the crowd.
Some Kong clan members in the crowd subconsciously took two steps forward, but more people still stood in the distance and chose to watch.
There are more than just the Kong family in Qufu, and there are also many people who were later moved here by the Tiger-Character Banner.
The people who later moved to Qufu only knew Yan Shenggong as a big shot, and they also knew that Kong was very powerful. Especially the people who lived in Yanzhou Prefecture, almost no one didn't know how powerful Kong was.
But it is simply impossible to make them listen to Duke Yan like the Kong clan did.
More and more Kong clan members have gone through the education of the Huzi Banner Peasants' Association, and they no longer respect the original big shots of the Kong clan as much as they did before.
The Kong clan members who stood up saw more people staying where they were. They thought of something and immediately retreated.
From beginning to end, no one stood up to resolve Yan Shenggong's crisis.
Hong Chengchou secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one stood up to defend Kong Yinzhi and others.
However, he was afraid that things would change if things were delayed, so he did not dare to delay on the road, so he accelerated his march and rushed back to the county government office.
By the time he returned to the county government office, everyone on the list had been arrested.
Not daring to delay for a moment, he asked the Qufu County Magistrate to prepare a carriage. He immediately took the prisoner to Yanzhou Prefecture, and then found a way to return to Jinan Prefecture.
The number of prison vans in Qufu County is limited and cannot accommodate more than ten prisoners.
Hong Chengchou only put Duke Yan, the injured Jin Yiwei, and a few older people into the prison car. The others were all tied up with ropes and walked with the prison car.
The journey from Qufu to Yanzhou Prefecture was uneventful. He borrowed a troop of soldiers and horses from Yanzhou Prefecture and then rushed back to Jinan Prefecture.
When all the prisoners were put into the prison of Jinan Mansion, Hong Chengchou was completely relieved.
Jinan Mansion is his territory. Here, he doesn't have to worry about anyone risking the world's disapproval to rescue people like Yan Shenggong. As for those scholars who come forward, it is even more impossible. Those scholars who made trouble are still in prison.
When he caught Jin Yiwei, Hong Chengchou knew that he had caught a big fish.
If capturing Yan Shenggong is a matter of submitting a warrant, then capturing these Jin Yiwei is a real achievement.
"Imperial Envoy, everyone has been arrested. How will the case be tried next?" Hong Chengchou asked Huang Hong, the Imperial Envoy who was stationed in Jinan Prefecture.
Huang Hong said with a smile: "The trial of the case is your business, Hong Futai, so I won't get involved. Just tell me the result in the end. I will go back and resume my life once the result is obtained."
"Isn't the imperial envoy going to try the case himself?" Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment.
In his opinion, this was just talk of credit. As long as he got involved in the case, he could go back and resume his life with the credit. He didn't expect that anyone would refuse such free credit.
If you were an official in the Ming Dynasty, there would be a lot of competition for the credit you can see.
"The trial is a matter for the local government. I will not interfere. Hong Futai will only focus on the trial. I, the imperial envoy, will never interfere." Huang Hong said to him.
Seeing that the other party was really not being polite, Hong Chengchou said: "Imperial envoy, don't worry, the subordinates will investigate this case thoroughly and will never let any of the participants escape."
"With Hong Futai's guarantee, I feel relieved." Huang Hong said with a smile.
With the consent of the imperial envoy, Hong Chengchou began to examine the case.
He did not rush to interrogate Yan Shenggong, but started with the people around Yan Shenggong, especially the captured Jinyi guards, which were the focus of his interrogation.
On the other side, Huang Hong contacted the local garrison.
In a private house just one street away from the governor's office, several men gathered in the house, and there were also people guarding the yard.
"All the people from the Kong family in Qufu were arrested, even Yan Shenggong was not spared." A man in the room said nervously to several other people around him.
(End of chapter)
