This is a fairly secluded street in Yangzhou City, not far from Baobao Lake (Slender West Lake), which is the residence of rich and noble families. On both sides of the street, there are deep mansion compounds, with high walls, giving people a sense of solemnity. One of the big mansions, I don't know how many people are deep and wide, there is a bunch of stone lions guarding the town at the gate, carved vividly, and there is a brand-new plaque hanging on the gatehouse, with four big characters on it - Nanfu Courtyard.

Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu and the plainclothes horsemen who were traveling with them all dismounted, and the horsemen stood neatly at the door, each with a knife on their waists. At first, a foreman Baihu went up and patted the gate a few times, and after a while, he saw that the gate was cracked, and a head poked out of it, it was a young man, and when he saw Tiqi in civilian clothes, he smiled and said: "This is the Nanfu Courtyard, where did you come from?" ”

The foreman Baihu replied: "We are from the Nanfu General Hospital. ”

He took out a wooden sign engraved with the words "Shock Xiaoxiao" and handed it to the young man who opened the door.

"It turned out to be a bad errand!" The young man examined the wooden sign, quickly opened a door, and returned the wooden sign with both hands.

It turns out that this is an undisclosed stronghold of the Fu Division of Jinyi Weinan Town in Huaiyang Second Mansion!

"Two grandfathers, please!" The foreman in plainclothes turned around, made a "please enter" gesture at Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu, and then led the way in front of him and walked into the mansion.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu glanced at each other, then turned over and dismounted together, and followed the foreman in.

The inside of the "Nanfu Courtyard" is very wide, and the courtyard is covered with a courtyard, and I don't know how deep it is when I enter it again and again. However, there were not many brocade-clothed guards and wrestlers walking inside, and the Wu family father and son walked through the courtyard for a while, and they didn't see a few big people.

In the end, Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu followed the foreman Ti to ride to a somewhat gloomy inner courtyard gate, and before they could step into the moon gate, they heard the sound of screaming.

"Stop fighting, I don't dare to be a traitor anymore......"

Wu Xiang was a little familiar when he heard this voice, turned his head to look at his son, and Wu Sanfu said, "It's Zu Kefa!" ”

"Ah," Wu Xiang said to himself, "I'm actually being tortured!" ”

At this time, there was a gloomy laughter inside: "Hehehe, who called you a traitor?" This official hates traitors the most......"

Wu Xiang heard that it was the voice of Zhang Tao and Zhang Yan of the Thousand Households of the Fusi Huaiyang Institute of Jinyi Weinan Town!

This Hades was earlier the cavalry of the Jinyi Weibei Town Mansion, and he was famous for his brutal torture, and he was feared by everyone. Later, he followed Zhu Cihong and became the head of thousands of households. At the beginning of October, it disappeared, but I didn't expect to be sent to Yangzhou......

Wu Xiang shook his head, hurriedly stepped into the courtyard, just walked in, he heard a big man crying, he looked up, and saw a bearded "bald" man covered in tendon flesh pulled out only a pair of pants, hanging upside down on a door-shaped torture rack, two thick arms cut behind him, should be handcuffed.

Looking at his bare skin and dense red marks, he should have been beaten badly......

Needless to say, this person is Zukoffa!

When Zhang Tao and King Zhang Yan saw Wu Xiang and them coming in, they threw the thorn strip in their hands to the wrestlers beside them, and then stepped forward with a smile and bowed: "Xia Guan has seen two princes!" ”

Wu Sanfu arched his hand, which was regarded as a return of the salute, and then pointed at Zu Kefa and said: "Why did you fight like this?" ”

Zhang Tao smiled: "It's not that Sun Zhiqi and Jin Zhijun are two traitors who are hard-mouthed and refuse to admit their guilt." ”

It turned out that the two envoys sent by Dolgon were also arrested by the Nanzhen Fusi and were also imprisoned in this "Nanfu Annex".

However, these two are small civil officials, and they are not easy to be tortured, and it will be difficult to do it if they are killed - Zhu Cihong still needs them to do a big thing!

Wu Sanfu frowned: "Those two traitors have hard mouths, you will beat Zu Kefa?" ”

"That's right," Zhang Tao smiled, looking at Zu Kefa with an appreciative gaze, "How strong and durable he is!" ”

Wu Xiang only felt that his hairs stood on end, "What does it matter?" Even if you beat him to death, those two traitors won't hurt a single hair! ”

Zhang Tao smiled: "Protector of the country, this official is measured in his hands, and he will not beat Zu Kefa to death...... Why don't you settle down first, and then the officer will fight for a while. ”

"You, you, you ......" Wu Xiang didn't know what to say.

At this time, Zu Kefa had already recognized Wu Xiang, as if he had seen a savior, and cried loudly: "Uncle help, uncle help!" ”

He is Zu Dashou's adopted son, and Wu Xiang is Zu Dashou's brother-in-law, so he has to call Wu Xiang's uncle - Wu Sanmei is his cousin, so Zhu Cihong is his cousin-in-law...... But he became a traitor, and he should still be beaten!

"What to save!" Wu Sanfu stomped his feet, "When you cast a tartar, you should think of today!" ”

What the? Not here to save lives? Zu Kefa's eyes were red from crying, and he looked at Wu Xiang pitifully, "Uncle save me......"

Wu Xiang sighed: "But law, the old man can't save you, you can only save yourself!" ”

"Self-help?" Zu Kefa cried, "How can I save myself? ”

"You have to confess!" Zhang Tao said in a weird manner beside him, "If you confess your guilt, you won't be beaten!" ”

Zu Kefa looked at Zhang Tao: Why didn't you say it earlier? You said I would have confessed earlier...... I'm a relative of the prince, can I still kill my head as a traitor?

Zhang Tao smiled: "But this crime is a big one!" ”

"What...... Crime? Zu Kefa asked weakly, "What do you want me to confess?" ”

Zhang Tao smiled: "It's not that you confess, it's that you have to confess for the Tartar!" ”

"What is the Tartar confessing?" Zukova was even more confused.

"There are many sins of Tartars!" Zhang Tao snapped his fingers and said, "One is to enclose land, the second is to occupy a house, the third is to surrender, the fourth is to flee the law, the fifth is to shave hair, the sixth is to slaughter the city, and the seventh is to destroy the name of the religion...... There are seven deadly sins!

Not only do you have to admit it, but you also have to make Sun Zhiqi and Jin Zhijun confess their sins together! Not only do the two of them have to confess the seven deadly sins for the Tartars, but they also have to admit that they are the leaders of the eunuch party! So that you can live and live well......"

"But, ......," Zu Kefa cried with a sad face, "but how can I make Sun Zhiqi and Jin Zhijun confess so many crimes?" ”

Zhang Tao said with a smile: "Of course there is a way, Master Chitose said it in the order to this official." You have to make Jin Zhijun and Sun Zhiqi believe that Ping Xibo and your godfather Zu Dashou have been killed because of the seven deadly sins of enclosing land, occupying houses, surrendering, fleeing, shaving hair, slaughtering the city, and famous religions. Now the area around Beizhili is full of rebels, and the Tartars are retreating outside the pass...... If the two of them want to survive, they can only cooperate with Jinyiwei. If you don't cooperate, it's a dead end! ”

Hearing Zhang Tao say this, Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu finally understood what Zhu Cihong was thinking. It turned out that he had detained Jin Zhijun and Sun Zhiqi for so many days, just to recognize the two of them as thieves who "took a bite and went to the bone for three points"!

Moreover, Prince Zhu also wants these two traitors to bite the Great Qing Kingdom, and they have to use their mouths to smear the Great Qing Kingdom and make it stink...... Let the Great Qing Kingdom become the sworn enemy of Shilin in the southeast!

......

"What? Mr. Zu, what's the matter with you? ”

Zu Kefa had changed to the official mansion of the Ming Dynasty at this time, but his head was still bare, and he was dragging a pigtail like a money rat tail behind him, and he sat in front of Jin Zhijun like a golden knife.

Jin Zhijun and Sun Zhiqi are detained separately, he has been detained by the Jinyi Guard for more than a month, and he can't get any news from the outside - the Jinyi Weili who is guarding him is the master of oil and salt, and he doesn't say anything to him at all. And he was searched and brought in, and there was nothing valuable to bribe.

So they don't know what is happening on the battlefields of the North? And they didn't know that Dolgon had implemented the three laws of enclosing land, occupying houses, and confiscating land in Beijing......

Therefore, Sun Zhiqi was immediately taken aback when he saw Zu Kefa appear in front of him in a Ming Dynasty uniform.

Zu Kefa touched his beard and smiled, no one could see that he was hanging Zhang Tao upside down and beating him to death yesterday!

"This official and the official's father-in-law, and the cousin of the official, Ping Xibo Wu Zongrong, have always been in the camp, and their hearts are in the Ming ...... This time, I finally found an opportunity, and when I took advantage of the Tartars' misdeeds, lost people's hearts, and lost both with the rogues, I did it anyway in one fell swoop! ”