Gu Zhengchen didn't understand, but he just asked if the wound was open. Why was he so excited? His delicate face was twisted in pain.
Yan Sangsang's eyes were full of anger, and he wanted to kill this guy who looked at his body.
Seeing that Yan Sangsang still had the strength to grab the soup bowl, Gu Zhengchen quickly took it and said, "That arrow just hit the chest. You'd better not move."
"roll!"
Yan Sangsang's face turned red. If he hadn't lost the strength, he would have had to teach him a lesson.
Gu Zhengchen smiled and handed the soup bowl to Lin Chengyi: "Thank you for your hard work. I have something to do and will see you later."
Lin Chengyi took a step forward, looked at the hurried back, but did not shout out. After a long time, he turned back to Yan Sangsang and asked softly: "Do you know big brother?"
Qin Song moved a chair and wiped it hard with his sleeves.
Gu Zhengchen walked into the room, sat down, and looked sharply at Jiang Cai, Ding Erquan and others.
Mei Hong stepped forward and took out the rags from the mouths of Jiang Cai and others.
Jiang Cai panted heavily and shouted: "Prefect Gu, we are sergeants of the Quanzhou Guard. If we commit crimes, they will be dealt with by the Quanzhou Guard. We have nothing to do with your government office. Aren't we afraid of being punished by the court for such arrogance?"
Ding Erquan spat a few times and looked at Gu Zhengchen fiercely: "The magistrate is acting like a bandit and a tyrant, robbing sergeants. We must tell Commander Zhou what happened!"
Wang Cong and Zhang Erjiu also started shouting, and each of them threatened Gu Zhengchen to let him go quickly.
Gu Zhengchen didn't say a word, and Xiao Cheng and others were also silent.
After Jiang Cai, Ding Erquan and others finished threatening, they had nothing to say and the whole room became extremely quiet.
Ding Er felt cold all over, and the suppressed breath seemed to be swallowing up the space bit by bit, and he couldn't even feel the sound of breathing. Jiang Cai didn't dare to look at Gu Zhengchen and lowered his head at a loss.
Silence was like a knife, pressing against the chests of the four of them.
Duan Shimin brought the tea bowl and handed it to Gu Zhengchen. Gu Zhengchen took it, held the tea bowl with his left hand, picked up the bowl lid with his right hand, and said softly: "If you have anything else to say, continue, I can wait until you are done arrogantly before asking questions."
Jiang Cai and Ding Er were all intimidated by Gu Zhengchen's powerful aura and did not dare to speak.
Gu Zhengchen took a sip of tea, handed the tea bowl to Duan Shimin, and looked at Jiang Cai, Ding Erquan and others: "Someone set fire to Shuangxikou. I was unlucky to meet my officer. Two of them died, and four of them were left." They were sent to Commander Zhou Yuanzhou. The four of you were sent to deliver messages from inside and outside the camp. If you want to know the fate of those four, I can personally send you back, as long as you nod."
The expressions of Jiang Cai, Ding Erquan and others suddenly changed. What happened to Zhang Tian, Zhou Ba and others?
It's death!
Their heads were chopped off by Zhou Yuan himself!
Gu Zhengchen looked at Jiang Cai, Ding Erquan and others coldly, and said unhurriedly: "When I try a case, I will always give the prisoner two opportunities to plead guilty. If he confesses, he will be given a lighter sentence if appropriate. If he does not confess, he will be punished according to the law." Severe punishment, you also have two chances. I will ask again, is there anyone who wants to go back?"
Jiang Cai and Ding Er didn't dare to answer, while Wang Cong and Zhang Erjiu also looked sad.
If you go back and analyze the situation, you might still have a chance to survive if you sneak back, but if you tie someone up, gag him and send him back without letting anyone say a word, then you won't kill him?
"We are not pirates, nor have we set fires to harm the people..."
Wang Cong whispered.
Gu Zhengchen sneered: "I just asked you if you want to go back. I didn't say you were pirates. I gave you a chance. Since you don't want me to send you back in person, just explain it."
"Whatever you tell me, we are not wrong."
Wang Erquan's eyes wandered.
Gu Zhengchen stood up, walked towards Wang Erquan, and his tone became sharp: "You know better than me what to explain. What orders did Zhou Yuan give you, why did he leave the camp at night, where did he go, who did he find, and what did he tell them? Words! I want to know everything."
Wang Erquan was a little afraid of Gu Zhengchen.
You can't say these things, because if you say it, you will stir up a hornet's nest, and the whole family may die.
Seeing that no one was talking, Gu Zhengchen shook his head slightly: "You think that if you don't speak out, the truth will not be revealed? Now is your chance to survive. Explain clearly that I don't have the blood of the people on your hands, so you can use your heart to atone for your sins." I will ask for orders from the imperial court to spare your lives. If you don’t tell me, I will add your name to the list of people who pretend to be pirates and attack and burn the people."
"ah?!"
Jiang Cai and Wang Erquan were dumbfounded, and Wang Cong and Zhang Erjiu were also dumbfounded.
Magistrate Gu, you are looking down on human life and killing people with malicious intent!
Unjustly accused!
We didn't do such a thing at all, how can we be blamed?
You are an upright official and cannot create injustice!
Gu Zhengchen looked at the few people coldly: "The fact that Zhou Yuan sent you to deliver the message means that he trusts you and is his confidant. He must have bullied the people of Quanzhou and other sergeants of the Quanzhou Guard in recent years. Killing you will not count." What an injustice. Qin Song, imprison them separately and light a stick of incense each."
Zhang Erjiu became nervous: "What are you going to do?"
Gu Zhengchen walked towards the door, turned his back to several people, and said coldly: "If you don't explain, people will die when the incense is extinguished. I dare to kill the general judge Yang Baiju, but do I have the guts to kill a few of you big soldiers? Hehe, you can decide for yourself clear!"
Jiang Cai, Wang Erquan and others wanted to cry, but were forcibly arrested.
A stick of incense in the incense burner can break people's hearts.
Jiang Cai looked at the incense in front of him, and then at Qin Song standing aside, struggling in his heart.
General judge Yang Baiju was beaten to death by Gu Zhengchen. This matter had long spread throughout Quanzhou Prefecture and became Gu Zhengchen's biggest move to rectify Quanzhou Prefecture.
This is a general judge, a senior official in the government office!
Without the emperor's will, let alone the magistrate beating to death the general judge, even a province participating in politics would not dare to openly beat the county magistrate to death! But Gu Zhengchen did it anyway. He was a complete lunatic, a murderous devil!
He was so cruel that he really cost people's lives. I heard that during these days, the wailing sound of the government office's beatings with boards never stopped. Although no one was killed, the frequent punishments of 60 or 80 boards were still frightening.
Qin Song yawned, and seeing Jiang Cai still struggling, he leaned in front of the incense candle, raised his hand to flick off the ashes on the incense candle, then blew a breath, and then another breath...
"You, what are you doing?"
Jiang Cai shouted quickly.
You are not blowing incense, this is blowing your life.
Qin Song glanced at Jiang Cai and said helplessly: "Prefect Gu has gone to bed, and I'm sleepy too. We haven't rested since yesterday afternoon. We are really tired. You won't explain it anyway, so why not Let me help you, put out the incense earlier, you go and take me to bed, don’t embarrass other people..."
Jiang Cai became anxious as he watched the red dots flashing out from the incense candle.
There must be a psychological struggle and a psychological process when explaining things. How can you be so pushy?
Qin Song didn't care what Jiang Cai thought, he pulled out the knife and put it on the table, and then blew on it, which meant to finish the work early and finish the work early...
Jiang Cai didn't expect such a scoundrel on the stall, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
Compared to Qin Song's manual acceleration, Mei Hong, who was about to take a nap, simply cut off two-thirds of the incense stick and threw it on the ground, then lit the remaining third, inserted it in the incense burner and closed his eyes.
That's right, this is one stick of incense, definitely not two sticks of incense. It's true that I am a rough person, so I can still plan this. As for the lack of so much, you can't blame yourself. There is something wrong with the quality of this incense, and it breaks when you pick it up...
Wang Erquan wanted to hit him to death.
Zhang Erjiu was also treated well. Duan Shimin inserted the incense candle diagonally into the incense burner, then held a candle and placed it under the incense, and then moved the candle...
Wang never had anyone to look after him. He was watching a stick of incense burning steadily. Suddenly he heard the voice of "I'll move, I'll move". He couldn't help but look down upon him. What kind of character does this damn Zhang Erjiu have? Half a stick of incense. You're in a hurry to explain before you've even finished ordering?
Bah, if you persist until the last moment, you still look like a man.
Zhang Erjiu also wanted to survive until the end, but whoever had seen someone burning incense with a candle would have to do so if he didn't confess.
Soon, Gu Zhengchen finished writing four recruitment forms, looked at the distinctive handprints on them, waved his hand, and asked Qin Song to take the people down.
These people explained everything thoroughly.
Zhou Yuan ordered his sergeants to disguise themselves as pirates and set fire to people's houses, intending to cause complete chaos in Quanzhou Prefecture and create signs of local chaos. Then he waited for Gao Huigao from the province to join the government and come to Quanzhou Prefecture, and first stopped Gu Zhengchen's appointment as prefect. He took his official position, took away his seal of authority, and then asked the court to deal with it.
The entire plan was completed very well, and Cai Ye and Yang Jing contributed a lot.
The soldiers were divided into six groups, each group had twenty sergeants, and one group was responsible for burning five villages.
The only thing that proves that Zhou Yuan is not completely crazy is that he only allows the sergeants to set fires, and strictly prohibits killing, robbing property, and robbing people.
But even so, arson still caused lives. Some people fell asleep in the middle of the night and only woke up when the fire started.
The sea of fire was already set, and they were burned alive because they could not run out. There were also people who clearly ran out for property, then ran back to move things, but they were also burned to death.
The leader responsible for burning Shuangxikou was named Zhang Tian.
In addition to the 120 "sea pirates" sent out by Quanzhou Guards, there were also desperadoes gathered by Tang Xian, Shi Ruji and others. Tang Bahu and others were causing trouble outside. These were also the ones who invaded Hui'an County Documents. The originator.
There are many names of sergeants on it, especially the leader and a group of Zhou Yuan's confidants.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Jiang Cai's recruitment, and the corner of his mouth moved slightly: "Tang Bahu, Lin Qingtang, Shi Ruji, and Wu Kang still don't know where you are now. It's impossible to let you enter the city, so you can only hide in the mountains. We are waiting for an opportunity at our base, right? Mei Hong and Duan Shimin, do you still have the energy to make a trip?"
Mei Hong and Duan Shimin said in unison: "You are very energetic."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly, wrote a letter, sealed it and handed it to Mei Hong: "You two go to the seaside five miles outside Chongwu Dongqiao Village, give this letter to Chu Xing, and ask Chu Xing to help with a thing."
Mei Hong put the letter in his arms, left Luoyang Town with Duan Shimin, and rode on horseback.
Gu Zhengchen stood under the eaves, watching the sky become gloomy, and said slowly: "The sky is going to rain, the ground is going to be stained with blood, no one can stop it..."
