"Somebody come!"
Li Ruolian shouted: "Master Jin looks down on us, so let him see your methods! As long as he doesn't die!"
Several Jinyi guards walked up carrying several small boxes. The boxes were opened and all kinds of torture instruments were available.
A moment later, Jin Liangyu's miserable howl resounded, and the scream echoed in the courtyard, making everyone's hair stand on end.
It lasted for a full two-quarters of an hour, with three different criminal methods. Jin Liangyu fainted and was later awakened by a bucket of ice water.
"Bring it up!"
Li Ruolian shouted loudly, and as soon as he finished speaking, several guards in golden clothes walked into the courtyard carrying several young and middle-aged people, and threw them into the courtyard.
One of the leading generals bowed and said: "Master Commander, all five direct descendants of the Jin family in Datong City have been captured.
We also sent people to six direct descendants in other prefectures and counties. It is estimated that they have been arrested by this time. This is a confession! "
"read!"
"In June of the second year of Tianqi, Fujian purchased 15,000 kilograms of iron ingots for construction, divided into eighteen carts, loaded with porcelain and silk on the top, and iron ingots on the bottom. They exited the customs through Weiyuan City in Datong... and escorted Jin Xinghuai."
"In September of the third year of Tianqi, Nanzhili purchased two thousand shi of rice and passed through Zhangjiakou Fort... to escort Jin Xingbo."
…
After reading a few words, Li Ruolian waved his hand, walked to Jin Liangyu, who had been twitching, and squatted down: "Why bother to persist?
In addition to your Jin family, the other seven families have probably been escorted to Taiyuan City by now.
Not everyone will persevere like you! "
The twitching Jin Liangyu's face changed drastically, and his body stiffened instantly.
"You are holding on, believing that someone will come to save you, but do you think there will be one?"
"You are committing a serious crime against the Nine Clans, but as long as you reveal the person behind you,
I, the commander, can promise you that if you report to Your Majesty truthfully, maybe you can save a few tribes from being killed. How about that? "
Jin Liangyu remained silent, and Li Ruolian continued: "If you don't speak again, I will have you executed in front of the whole city, and then you will ride on a wooden donkey.
Is it really okay for a man like you to suffer such humiliation before his death? "
At this moment, Jin Liangyu's expression changed drastically as he was lying on the ground. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind: "I, I can..."
"careful!"
Just when Jin Liangyu was about to speak, seven or eight of the hundreds of people squatting in the courtyard suddenly stood up and rushed towards Jin Liangyu.
But Li Ruolian, who was squatting, had no intention of getting up. Instead, there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
…
The sound of several arrows piercing the air came from high in the sky. The next moment, the few people who ran out screamed and all lay on the ground.
The Jin Yiwei on the side quickly stepped forward and punched everyone on the left and right cheeks, teeth spurting out at the same time.
"Take him down and interrogate him carefully. All means will be used. I just want the result!"
Li Ruolian's cold voice came out.
Since they knew that someone from the Jiannu and Mongolian tribes had infiltrated into the eight major families, and that there were people behind them who were protecting the eight major families, how could they not be prepared?
When the Jin Yiwei surrounded the Jin family, Hu Dawei and Meng Ruhu had already touched the highest control point of the Jin family and were waiting to take the bait.
Now that all his direct relatives have been arrested, it doesn't matter whether Jin Liangyu confesses or not.
Smuggling a thousand dan of grain is a capital offense, but smuggling 10,000 dan is still a capital offense. What difference does it make if the head of the family admits it or not?
The reason for such ink marks is just because I want to fish.
I just don’t know whether this fish belongs to Jiannu, King Jin, King Dai, or someone else.
"Jin Liangyu, you see, something happened to you. The people behind the scenes are not thinking about you, but want to kill people and silence them. Is it worth sacrificing your life for them?"
"Be honest!"
At Li Ruolian's signal, several Jin Yiwei dragged Jin Liangyu into a nearby room.
Li Ruolian did not participate in the interrogation, but led a royal guard into the next room.
After entering the room, Li Ruolian raised his hand towards a guard in uniform and whispered: "Mr. Han Ge, the person behind this is more calm than us.
I don’t know which side those... those who died just now were from! "
"According to my opinion, it is probably from Jiannu's side.
The purpose was to kill people and silence them, probably to prevent Jin Liangyu from leaking the way he passed the information.
As for the King of Jin and the King of Dai, they don’t need to do anything extra.
As long as one of the eight major families insists that it is Prince Jin and the others, it doesn't matter if the other family heads are dead. "
The Jin Yiwei rubbed his cheek and made an old voice that didn't match the young face.
Looking at Han Huang's movements, Li Ruolian whispered: "Mr. Han Ge, this mask is not very breathable. Please be patient a little longer.
Do you think Dai Wang remained calm or did not participate, or did he have other trump cards? "
Han Huang said nothing and seemed to be deep in thought.
After a while, he said softly: "Take someone to escort the direct descendants of the Jin family to Taiyuan City to wait for His Majesty's judgment.
I stayed in Datong City. Firstly, I was responsible for counting the Jin family's belongings. Secondly, I waited to see what the people in Datong were doing. I always felt that there was something fishy. "
"That's fine!"
Li Ruolian added: "Then when I leave, I will leave you one man from a thousand households and two from a hundred households, and let Meng Ruhu stay behind to protect your safety, just in case!"
After the two of them communicated quietly for a while, the Jin Yiwei Zongqi who was responsible for interrogating Jin Liangyu came over.
"Lord Commander, this is Jin Liangyu's confession!"
After Li Ruolian took it, there were only three items on the paper. One was the place where the ledger of materials transported to the Jiannu and Mongolian tribes had been hidden over the years, and the other was the informant on the chain of information transmission.
The third item is the explanation of the Jin family's hiding of the Jin family's money.
"What a cunning businessman!"
"Commander Cheng Hongwei, you immediately take two small bannermen to the place where the informant is hiding and arrest him. As long as he is alive, nothing else will matter!"
After Cheng Hongwei left, Li Ruolian looked at Han Huang: "Mr. Han Ge, you go to the Jin family's treasury first and I'll get the account book myself."
Han Huang nodded and followed Li Ruolian out of the room.
He also called Meng Ruhu to follow Han Huang, and then led a team of royal guards into the basement where the gold and silver treasures were stored in the Jin family.
According to a direct descendant of the Jin family, when the basement was built, the surrounding walls were poured with molten iron, and there was only one way in through the main gate.
The main door of the basement faces the window of the Jin family's study room.
As the heavy door opened, the scene in the basement was revealed to everyone, against the backdrop of torches.
Although it is underground, the moisture-proof measures are very good and it is quite dry.
As wooden boxes were opened one by one, gold ingots, silver ingots, various jades, jewelry, etc. were shining with precious light.
Without waiting for Han Huang's instructions, several Jinyi guards who followed began to look for the account books in the basement.
It only took a moment to find the basement's ledger in a small box.
Han Huang took it and looked through it quickly, his eyes full of surprise.
In a basement, there were actually 13,000 taels of gold, 830,000 taels of silver, and more than 200 pieces of jade and jewelry worth about 330,000 taels.
The total value in the basement is about 1.3 million taels of silver.
Looking at the data recorded in the account book, Meng Ruhu said in disbelief: "That's it? Are you fooling the ghost?"
