All Chang Feng can do now is wait. Waiting for the good news that Ele found Yang Chun.
It is different from other errands I have run in the past three years. Although running errands was dangerous in the past, Chang Feng still had the initiative.
This time, he could only wait passively.
A twenty-three-year-old person cannot always be successful without encountering the slightest setback or making the slightest mistake.
What's more, his previous wrong decision was made in a state of excitement after not sleeping for a day and two nights.
At night, Chang Feng did not go home. Instead, he stayed in Nanzhen to be on duty.
Liu Jin, who had just been promoted to deputy director of the Bell and Drum Department, came to the duty room with a food box and a bottle of golden sore medicine.
Liu Jin bowed his head and said, "Oh, oh, oh, little uncle, you scared my nephew to death!"
Liu Jin had served in the palace for thirty years before and was just a firebender with no rank or rank. Since he became friends with Chang Feng, his official career has been on the rise. With Chang Feng's help, he was promoted to the rank of fifth-rank deputy secretary in three years.
He simply regarded Chang Feng as his reborn parent.
Chang Feng forced out a smile: "Isn't this a good thing for me?"
Liu Jin opened the food box for Chang Feng, which contained several exquisite side dishes.
Then he presented the golden sore medicine: "This is the golden sore medicine I asked for from the famous doctor Li Xiaoshan. It is specially designed to treat knife wounds. My uncle will change the dressing every other day, and the scar will definitely form within fifteen days."
Li Xiaoshan is a bell doctor. The so-called bell doctors do not have a fixed medical clinic, but walk around the streets to see doctors while ringing their bells. Similar to the barefoot doctors of later generations.
However, Li Xiaoshan's reputation in Beijing is greater than that of famous doctors from the eight major medical clinics.
Many years later, his son gave him a grandson named Li Shizhen. Naturally, these are all things for later.
Chang Feng said: "Thank you for your kindness. I will accept the food and medicine. Please return to the palace quickly. According to the rules, only eunuchs can leave the palace at any time."
Eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace are not the same thing.
There are nine levels of eunuchs, and the first level is the eunuch. Liu Jin is currently only in the fifth level.
As the saying goes, the spring breeze brings autumn rain. After Liu Jin left, there was an endless stream of people coming to visit Chang Feng overnight.
Qian Neng and Qian Ning, father and son, walked in.
Qian Neng said: "Oh! Chang Qianhu was injured for the country. We, father and son, were very worried after hearing this. Qian Ning didn't think about food and tea all day long, for fear that something might happen to Chang Qianhu."
Chang Feng sighed: "Ashamed. The lower official made a mistake, which led to the death of nine people. The crown prince of Dingguo was also almost killed by a gangster."
Qian Neng comforted Chang Feng: "How can someone not die when doing secret errands? When I was guarding Yunnan, I supervised and spied on the intelligence of the Burmese people. There is no month where ten or eight of his secret stakes are not killed."
"Who dares to use this matter to attack Chang Qianhu? I will be the first to refuse!"
Qian Ning echoed: "That's right! When has Mr. Chang ever made a mistake? It's just that his opponent was too insidious and vicious!"
In fact, Qian Ning asked his adoptive father to take him to see Chang Feng because he was concerned about checking Qian Hu's position.
Chang Feng temporarily took charge of Nansi. Based on Emperor Hongzhi's favor and trust in him, it was almost certain that he would be officially promoted to the position of governor of Nanzhen.
Then the position of inspecting thousands of households became vacant. Qian Ning is determined to win.
Qian Ning tested Chang Feng's tone: "It's a pity that you have been transferred to Nansi. Without your leadership, our brothers in Qianhusuo are like losing their backbone."
Chang Feng heard the hidden meaning of Qian Ning.
Wynn once said to Chang Feng during his lifetime. A good superior officer sometimes has to paint a picture for his subordinates at the right time.
Chang Feng said with a smile: "If I can't be transferred back to the inspection station of Qianhu, I think the emperor will definitely promote a capable person to take over Qianhu."
"When the time comes, I will be the first to recommend you, Brother Qian, to the Emperor."
Qian Neng told his adopted son: "Why don't you kowtow to Chang Qianhu quickly? Thank you Chang Qianhu for your support."
Qian Ning "bang bang bang" kowtowed to Chang Feng three times.
Chang Feng said: "Brother Qian, you don't have to be like this. Please get up quickly."
The Qian family father and son left with great gratitude. Brothers Shi Wenzhong and Shi Wenyi came to visit him again.
Chang Feng felt quite lucky: Fortunately, Shi Wenyi and Qian Ning were not allowed to follow me into the Daguan camp. Otherwise, they might have died in the high-ranking camp. Eunuch Qian and General Ye must not hate me forever?
Making mistakes is not terrible; what is terrible is not being able to learn from mistakes.
Chang Feng learned three lessons from yesterday’s mistakes. First, you must never make decisions when you are extremely tired or excited.
Second, when doing secret errands, you must not underestimate the enemy's carelessness. For example, if you go to the high official camp to find someone, why take the risk with only ten people when you can bring three hundred people?
Third, you must never assign dangerous errands to subordinates who have backers. If people die, their backers will hate me for the rest of their lives.
It is already the willow branches above the moon. Chang Feng lay on the desk and slept.
I slept for about two hours. Someone gently shook him awake.
Chang Feng looked up and saw that it was Wang Miaoxin.
Wang Miao thought: "Master Chang! Ele sent someone to send news. He has found Yang Chun and has already sent someone to watch him to death."
Chang Feng was surprised: "Ele found Yang Chun so quickly? If Yang Chun is a traitor, why doesn't he flee?"
Wang Miaoxin replied: "Let's put it this way, Master Chang. The hawkers, dung workers and even beggars in the Daguan Camp are all Ele's spies."
"As long as Yang Chun wants to eat, drink, poop, and sleep, he can't escape Ele's eyes."
"As for whether he betrayed him or not, and why he didn't flee. Let's catch him and we'll find out at the first trial."
Chang Feng said: "Take three hundred, no, five hundred capable warriors! Put on your night clothes, bring your long sword and scorpion crossbow, and go into the Daguan camp overnight to arrest Yang Chun!"
"I'll go there myself!"
learn from mistakes. This time Chang Feng brought enough people and horses to try to make sure nothing went wrong.
An hour later. In an inconspicuous adobe house in Daguanying.
"Blacksmith" General Banner Yang Chun rested on a large wooden box and was proud of his superb resourcefulness.
Guan Gong was betrayed by him.
He leaked Guan Gong's identity to the Vulture Society at a critical moment and earned a total of two thousand taels of silver as reward.
He knew that when the time came to hand over his reward, the vultures would definitely want to silence him.
He asked the vulture to carry the silver box to a carriage, and then used another identical carriage to play a game of civet cat in exchange for the prince.
After betraying Guan Gong and getting the reward, his first choice should be to flee.
However, carrying two thousand taels of silver was too eye-catching, and the Jin Yiwei and the Vulture Society were looking for him again.
If you want to escape smoothly, you have to give up your money and flee alone.
What a joke, how can I give up the two thousand taels of silver that I got in exchange for the position of the General Banner of Jinyiwei and the pursuit of the black and white?
He believes that the most dangerous place is the safest place. He simply hid in the Daguan Camp.
He planned to wait for three to five months, and then find a way to take the money out of the city and go to other provinces to become a rich man incognito. Buy a big house, buy hundreds of acres of land, marry a beautiful wife, have several rooms with concubines, raise a few fat little book boys, and live out your life.
Yang Chun rested his head on the silver box, with the scorpion crossbow issued to him by the Jin Yiwei in his hand.
It's really ironic. A Han actually betrayed a Mongolian who was loyal to the Ming Dynasty to the Vulture Society.
"Bang!" Suddenly the door of the adobe house was kicked open!
Yang Chun's reaction was extremely fast! He picked up the scorpion crossbow and fired a shot at the door.
"Cang!" He heard the sound of the crossbow arrows colliding with iron.
By the light of countless torches outside the door, he saw the first group of people who broke into the house, all holding iron shields in their hands!
Then a dozen people rushed up and surrounded him. Those people also had scorpion crossbows in their hands, and they were all aimed at him.
Yang Chun reacted very quickly and said immediately: "Ah! It turns out to be Jinyiwei's Paoze! We are our own family! I am the general banner of Nansi!"
Chang Feng and Wang Miaoxin walked in.
Before arresting Yang Chun, Chang Feng heard Wang Miaoxin say that Yang Chun might also have a scorpion crossbow in his hand.
In order not to let Pao Ze bleed in vain, he made a careful plan for this arrest.
The people who broke through the door were all armed with iron shields. Prevent Yang Chun from hurting people with his crossbow.
Chang Feng asked Yang Chun: "You are Yang Chun?"
Yang Chun said: "I am Yang Chun, the commander-in-chief of Nansi. Who is your lord?"
Wang Miaoxin said from the side: "This is Chang Feng Chang Qianhu, who is temporarily acting as the governor of Nanzhen."
Chang Feng waved his hand: "Take it!"
Several strong men tied Yang Chun into rice dumplings.
Yang Chun looked aggrieved: "Chang Qianhu, my subordinates have been lurking in the Daguan camp for ten years! During this period, they sent countless useful information to Nansi! You shouldn't treat a meritorious person like this!"
Chang Feng noticed the big box on Yang Chun's earthen bed.
Chang Feng has been dealing with Yinzi for many years and has a keen intuition about Yinzi.
He guessed: "Is this box filled with silver?"
When the two strong men heard this, they quickly opened the wooden box.
The wooden box was indeed full of white silver. But it’s not silver ingots, silver ingots, or silver ingots, but round silver coins!
Chang Feng grabbed a few silver coins and threw them back into the wooden box: "Where did this silver come from?"
Yang Chun said perfunctorily: "Ah, it's the silver reward that my subordinate has saved for many years of meritorious service! It's all rewarded by Liao Zhen's envoy!"
He knew that Liao Fanyong was dead and there was no evidence of his death.
Chang Feng frowned: "Where are you fooling the devil? Whether it's the hidden salary or the silver reward, it's all saved by Master Liao for you!"
"Besides, Jin Yiwei's rewards are all silver ingots and silver ingots. Only Mongolians use silver coins!"
During the Genghis Khan period, money was cast in the Huazizi mold, mostly silver coins. The subsequent people in power, whether it was Wokuotai or Empress Naimazhen, also minted silver coins.
Because of its light weight and easy circulation, silver coins are deeply loved by people in the grassland.
When Chang Feng saw this box of Mongolian silver coins, he was sure that Yang Chun had betrayed him!
Yang Chun was still denying: "Ah, these are the silver coins I captured, which the vultures will use to plot rebellion!"
Chang Feng said: "If you had said that when I first walked in, I might have believed it."
"But, you first said that the silver was rewarded by Master Liao. Then you changed your story and said that it was from the captured Vulture Society. Inconsistency must lead to evil!"
Wang Miaoxin reminded: "Mr. Chang, although we have brought five hundred robes with us this time, I still feel that the Daguan camp is not safe. Let's take him back to the imperial prison and interrogate him carefully."
Chang Feng nodded. "Pah!" An object similar to a horse bridle was directly placed on Yang Chun's mouth. Two strong men tied the belt extending from the instrument around the back of Yang Chun's head.
This thing is called "can't die". It is specially designed to prevent criminals from biting their tongues and committing suicide.
Another strongman put shackles on Yang Chun's feet and small shackles on his hands.
Everyone escorted Yang Chun back to the imperial prison. The box of Mongolian silver coins was also brought back.
Chang Feng began to interrogate Yang Chun.
"Can't die" is quite clever. Although the criminal cannot bite his tongue to commit suicide, he can speak, but his voice is a bit muffled.
In the interrogation room of the imperial edict, Chang Feng winked at the two execution flags.
Two execution flag bearers stepped forward and drove a nail into the sole of Yang Chun's foot. Then he pulled out the nails and put salt into the wounds on Yang Chun's feet with a torture tool similar to a large ear pick.
It is still the old rule of the Jin Yiwei, to be executed first and then to be questioned.
Yang Chun howled in pain, "Ugh! I was wronged!"
Chang Feng smiled and said: "You say you are wronged, I say I am wronged. Whether you are wronged or not, only God knows. Continue!"
Two execution flags held down Yang Chun's head.
Lao Qi, the chief executioner, inserted a silver needle into Yang Chun's Yintang point.
Yintang point is one of the six major pain points in humans.
A silver needle can be inserted half an inch into it.
Yang Chun felt a powerful force almost tearing his head apart!
Originally, he had already made up his mind, and he would not admit his betrayal even if he was killed. Otherwise, you will be punished!
But he forgot that Jin Yiwei had been in existence for one hundred and twenty years, and how many seniors had studied corporal punishment for a full one hundred and twenty years.
The main theme is a character who cannot survive or die.
No matter how hard-hearted a prisoner is in prison, he cannot keep his mouth shut.
Chang Feng said coldly: "Nailing footboards, spreading fine salt, and needle seal hall are all old tricks that I'm tired of seeing. Mr. Qi, don't you have anything new in your prison for me to see?"
Qi Zongqi was a little embarrassed: "Master Chang, there is a saying in the imperial edict that clothes are not as good as new, and punishment is not as good as before. Although these old punishments are old, they were all thought out by the seniors. They are very effective."
Chang Feng said: "General Qi, the memory recovery technique is divided into three levels and eighteen types. I recently figured out the nineteenth type of punishment."
Yang Chun shouted anxiously: "Chang Qianhu, you should ask me something! Don't just use torture!"
Chang Feng ignored Yang Chun. It seems that the purpose of execution is not to investigate the case, but to simply obtain pleasure from torturing the prisoner.
General Qi's eyes lit up: "The nineteenth kind of punishment? Please give me some advice from Mr. Chang. If it works, your name will be engraved on the prison torture card and passed down to future generations!"
Chang Feng said: "Take a larger piece of silver foil and bring my tiger over here."
Not long after, the men brought silver foil and tiger seeds.
Chang Feng pointed at Hu Zi: "Yang Chun, this is a dog that specializes in ransacking homes for money."
"Every time before I start working, I feed it lamb meat wrapped in silver foil to make it recognize the taste of silver!"
Yang Chun shouted: "Master Chang, what exactly are you asking?"
Chang Feng said: "After you finish your work, I will give you a reward of thirty taels of silver. I will let you go to Yihong Mansion to do dirty work for two days and two nights!"
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Execution Xiaoqi suppressed his nausea,
Chang Feng said: "Yang Chun, as soon as I let go, the tiger will rush to you immediately and chew you to pieces!
Qi Zongqi, who has been in charge of executions for four years, took a breath: "Master Chang, your new punishment is so destructive!"
Chang Feng said angrily: "When dealing with traitors who collaborate with the enemy and treason, the more sinister the better!"
After speaking, Chang Feng loosened Hu Zi's neck chain.
Hu Zi rushed towards Yang Chun!
Yang Chun was so frightened that he shouted: "Ah!!!"
It turned out that Chang Feng grabbed the dog leash on Hu Zi at the critical moment. The tiger bites the emptiness.
Chang Feng said: "Hey, Huzi has become stronger recently. I can't hold the rope anymore!"
Yang Chun collapsed and shouted like a barrage: "I betrayed Guan Gong!"
"The Vulture will send someone to assassinate Master Liao. I gave him the secret code so that the assassin can sneak into the library of Liao Mansion!"
"Yuansheng Tea House hides the list of hidden stakes, and I told the Vulture Club!"
Chang Feng pulled back the dog leash: "Huzi, come back."
Huzi was obedient and returned to Changfeng.
Chang Feng ordered a strongman: "Take the tiger away!"
Then Chang Feng asked Yang Chun: "Why did you betray your boss and your boss? Just for that box of Mongolian silver coins?"
Yang Chun's expression changed from fear to anger: "Three years and three years, three years and three years. Do you know how I spent these ten years in Daguanying?"
Yang Chun told Chang Feng the reasons for his betrayal.
Yang Chun has been a blacksmith in the Ministry of Industry for generations.
The Ming Dynasty had a strict household registration system. The royal family, scholars, and officials belong to the official class.
Military households, craftsmen households, civilian households, etc. belong to the civilian class.
Slaves, happy households, and hired workers belong to the lowly labor class.
It seems that the blacksmith family is a commoner. But the work is harder than that of a humble slave! Still tired!
My grandfather is a blacksmith, my son is also a blacksmith, and my grandson is still a blacksmith. There are endless descendants.
Why?
And if you work as a blacksmith among the people, making farm tools and horseshoes, it is a small business. I can live a very comfortable life.
The blacksmiths who have been inherited from generations in the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Works wake up earlier than chickens and go to bed later than prostitutes. After layers of deductions, it was difficult to even fill his stomach with the wages he received. Like a slave.
Yang Chun has wanted to get rid of his humble background since he was sensible! He doesn't want to be a humble blacksmith like his father and grandfather all his life!
The opportunity came twelve years ago.
Liao Fanyong, the governor of Nanzhen, came to the blacksmith camp of the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs to inspect the progress of a batch of weapons.
Because he was too close to the iron stove, the green rope tied to the jade pendant around Liao Fanyong's waist was broken. The jade pendant fell into the iron furnace.
In the midst of lightning and flint, Yang Chun reached into the iron furnace and snatched the jade pendant out. His hand was severely burned, but he didn't cry out in pain. He only said: "Sir, your jade pendant."
Liao Fanyong took a look and realized that this guy was a real person! Cruel enough!
So Liao Fanyong said to the doctor from the Ministry of Industry who was accompanying him: "I want to promote him. In addition to his craftsmanship, let him come to Nanzhen Fusi to become a strongman!"
Blacksmith Yang Chun almost reached the top in one step. He transformed from a humble blacksmith into a warrior in royal robes.
The next two years were the happiest years of Yang Chun's life.
Wearing the tiger skin of a royal guard, he is majestic and respected by others. He is simply a master of human beings.
Happy time is always short. Ten years ago, Liao Fanyong gave him a task: to serve as a hidden stake in the Daguan camp. Since you used to be a blacksmith, use the blacksmith as your hidden identity! I will transfer you back in three years.
Yang Chun is like falling into the abyss! From the majestic Jin Yiwei, he turned back into a blacksmith!
He felt resentful: Still working as a blacksmith? Wasn't all the pain I went through to get rid of that damn iron furnace in vain?
But the boss's orders are as big as the sky. He consoled himself: Isn't it just three years? Collect intelligence well in the Daguan Camp and make more meritorious deeds. Three years later, he returned to Nanzhen Fusi in great glory, got promoted and made a fortune!
However, maybe it's because Yang Chun's errands were done so well. Three years later, Liao Fanyong asked him to lurk for another three years.
In the sixth year, Liao Fanyong continued to let him lurk for three years.
This year is already the tenth year that Yang Chun has been lurking in the official camp!
When meeting at Yuansheng Tea House, he said to Liao Fanyong: "Master Liao, I am getting old. I can hardly lift the hammer anymore. Please let me go back to Nansi!"
Liao Fanyong comforted him: "I know you have had a hard time these past ten years. Let's do this, if you persist for two more years, I will definitely bring you back!"
Yang Chun was extremely disappointed when he heard this! He had heard this too many times!
Why can't I return to Nanzhen Fusi and be my Tiqi in an upright manner?
Why do I have to guard the hot iron furnace and carry the damn hammer no matter what my status is in this life?
Liao Fanyong, since you are ruthless, don't blame me for being unrighteous!
Guan Gong's identity, your old Liao's life, and the list of hidden stakes will definitely fetch a good price!
(End of chapter)
