Chapter 168: Taihu Lake Thieves
The Wuzi prison cell, which is the inner prison of the prison island, is extra heavily guarded, and important criminals such as the Qu family's bandits and the leader of the thieves who were colluded by the Qu family to attack the estuary are all imprisoned here.
The walls of the cell were held with large candles of pine resin, which crackled and burned in the quiet night, filling the cell with the aroma of pine resin.
"Phew!" Qu Wuyang bent his waist, for a few days he was puzzled by the heavy shackles weighing more than 30 pounds on his neck and more than 30 heavy shackles on his feet, and he was also imprisoned in the station cage after interrogation, even the iron man had to be tossed into an inhuman shape, at this time Lin Tie asked people to release him from the standing cage, he still had the strength to spit at Lin Tie, and scolded viciously, "Don't forget that your hands are stained with the blood of the children of the Qu family......
"If you are allowed to let the Qu family release other people's blood, you are not allowed to let others put the blood of your Qu family?" Lin Lian slapped Qu Wuyang's face with the scabbard, and then put the scabbard against Qu Wuyang's chin, and sneered, "I see that you are a living dog at this age, even if the children of the Qu family die in vain, this account will be counted on your dog's head, do you expect me to tie my hands and let your Qu family kill you to calm the resentment in your heart?" Can you Qu Wuyang have the pain of losing a child, and others are not people's children, people's husbands and wives, and people's parents? Blood debts and blood repayment, thirty-six people in the estuary, none of the lives of any one of them are cheaper than the children of your Qu family. ”
"......" Qu Wuyang choked Lin Tie speechlessly, this time he was planted in the hands of this shaft, he was unwilling to die, and only glared at Lin Tie angrily.
Lin Jian took the chair handed over by the jailer and sat down, and said with a smile: "Do you still expect me to respect you as a character and ask me to take care of you in prison?" From now on, I want you to understand that you're not bullshit on Prison Island. ”
"Aren't you afraid that the old man will commit suicide on a hunger strike?" Qu Wuyang opened his bloodshot eyes and said.
"Yes, it doesn't matter if you die casually on the prison island, if you die Qu Wuyang, it's really a big trouble," Lin Lian smiled coldly, turned around and ordered, "All the prisoners in the inner prison will have their food reduced by fifty percent from tomorrow, and some people can go on a hunger strike and distribute it to other prisoners to eat, so maybe the children and nephews surnamed Qu Lao'er are looking forward to his hunger strike." ”
"You come to interrogate me alone late at night, you must have a plan, don't be a three-year-old child when I Qu Wuyang is a three-year-old child to bully." Qu Wuyang said with a sigh of relief.
"Give him a stool to sit on and speak, and remove the shackles so that he may have the strength to speak." Lin Jian commanded.
The eldest grandson Geng brought a stool, removed the heavy flail on Qu Wuyang's neck, and retreated, leaving Lin Jian and Ao Canghai to interrogate Qu Wuyang alone in the cell.
"You said a lot of cruel things, but you are an understanding person, we don't have to lie about it," Lin Jian said, "You are still glad in your heart that your Qu family is in my hands, and I have my bottom line in doing things." If you feel wronged here, you can transfer all the men, women and children of your Qu family to the prison in the city or the prison in Jiangning Mansion, so that the men, women and children of the Qu family can live the last comfortable life. ”
Qu Wuyang didn't say anything, according to the usual practice, the female prisoners of the Qu family should be detained in the official media wife, if this is the case, the official media woman is only afraid that it will be a little more lively than the most famous Qingfen Lane in the city. There are a group of officials and gentry in Jiangning City who like to see large families in the local area being punished and imprisoned, and most of the wives and concubines of large families are beautiful and moving, and they are much more interesting to play with than the women in brothels.
"What do you want, isn't there enough money from the confiscation of the Qu family?" Qu Wuyang finally softened his tone and asked.
The seizure of the Qu family's property was one of the most oily errands, and Lin Jian gave up and did not participate, but Zhang Yubo and Chen \/Yuanliang did not leave him behind, and the gold and silver ingots that were quietly transported to the estuary afterwards were converted into 20,000 taels of silver; Lin Jian used this money to place an order with the Longjiang Shipyard to build two five-masted galleons.
Lin Jian just wanted to try his best to cover up the secret of Changshan Island at this time, Gu Wuchen and the others knew that Jiyun Society had 20,000 taels of silver, so he took 20,000 taels of silver to build a ship, so there was nothing bad to explain. As for outsiders, they can't even figure out the intricate relationship between Lin Tie and the Lin family, and they don't have to explain anything to the outside.
In addition, Zhang Yubo and Chen/Yuanliang sent a half-foot-high wooden basket, which was filled with jewels and jade.
In the accounts temporarily sealed in the public treasury, Zhang Yubo, Chen/Yuanliang and their family property confiscated from the Qu family was only 80,000 taels of silver. This number is just fooling, the Lin family fled from Shanglin in a hurry and brought out 200,000 taels of silver, in fact, they calmly copied the Qu family, the gold and silver ingots were close to 300,000 taels of silver, and there were countless calligraphy and paintings of famous people who cherished pearls and jades, and this was only the family property of Qu Wuyang and Qu Wuming, after all, the crime of banditry was much smaller, and it was no better than the crime of rebellion that could confiscate most of the family property surnamed Qu in Quyang Town.
In addition to the confiscated 80,000 taels of cash, they withheld more than 200,000 taels of cash - this is also the actual account reported by Zhang Yubo and Chen / Yuanliang to Gu Wuchen. Of course, it is impossible to estimate how much of the official in charge of the raid hid it.
It's no wonder that it is said that being an official is good to make a fortune, and it is no wonder that the prefect and the county order like to break people and destroy people's doors, although Lin Jian said that the income from the raid was far inferior to Gu Wuchen, but the Lin family's annual savings in the forest were less than 20,000 taels of silver.
Luoyang Lake fished in troubled waters, Lin Jian had nearly 100,000 more cash in his hand, he was not short of silver at this time, he sat cross-legged, stared at Qu Wuyang, and said: "The Qu family colluded with the Taihu Lake thieves to control the rice grain exported to Jiangning in Huzhou, Danyang, Pingjiang, and Jiahang, I need a complete list of the Qu family's collusion with the Taihu Lake pirates - if I find that there is a defect, this prison island is also small, and it will not be able to accommodate your Qu family, before you start writing this list, I might as well tell you one more thing, one of your Qu family's daughters is not sick and has a slippery pulse......"
If a woman is diagnosed with a slippery pulse without disease, she can be judged to be pregnant.
Qu Wuyang opened his eyes and looked at Lin Bin: "Do you dare not cut the grass and eradicate the roots?" ”
"Hmph, I have my limit, I don't need you to remind me how to do things......" Lin Jian said coldly, letting the jailer waiting outside hand in the pen and paper.
Qu Wuyang couldn't figure out what Lin Tie wanted this list to do, he knew that he was not qualified to ask, and he didn't dare to fake, after all, there were hundreds of Taihu Lake thieves caught by Lin Tie at the mouth of the river overnight, and Lin Tie only needed to take some time to check a little, and he could check the authenticity of the list he wrote.
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Lin Jian got the list written by Qu Wuyang, and asked Changsun Geng to take out other records for him, and went straight to the training camp at the eastern end of Prison Island with Ao Canghai.
Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Zhao Hu, Big Loach Master Ge Cunxin, and Little Loach Master Ge Cunxiong all gathered in the camp.
Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang, and Little Loach Master Ge Cunxiong took the list written by Qu Wuyang and quickly compared it with other records.
Taihu Lake is located between Jiahang, Pingjiang, Danyang, and Huzhou, and there are also water village forces, but because the Taihu Lake basin is rich, the people's lives are barely enough, and the contradiction with the government is not very intense.
Liu An'er gathered a crowd to rise up and Hongzepu was in turmoil, Jiangdong County will naturally strengthen its vigilance against the Taihu Lake Water Village forces, and the Qu Jiatong bandit case will completely reverse the views and positions of the Jiangdong County Prefecture on the Taihu Lake Water Village, at least the evidence is conclusive, and the Taihu Lake bandit forces that were bribed by the Qu family to attack the estuary will definitely be included in the list of future cleanups.
"It is impossible for Ninghai Town to have the patience to distinguish between good and bad, and it is impossible for the government departments of Jiangdong County to treat the forces of Taihu Lake Water Village differently; I am afraid that the forces of Taihu Lake Water Village are panicking and running up and down at this time; The luxury family is integrating the forces of the East China Sea in Changguo and wants to attack the Taihu Lake basin on a large scale, and it is impossible to let go of this good opportunity to win over the forces of Taihu Lake Shuizhai. Cao Ziang compared the list written by Qu Wuyang with other records and said.
"Yes, we set up a Qu family at the mouth of the river, maybe in the end the luxury family will benefit the most, it's really unwilling to think about it." Lin Jian shook his head helplessly and said.
"The forces of Taihu Lake Water Village are mixed, and there must be those who are unwilling to take refuge in the East China Sea Kou, and we can't let the situation force them all to take refuge in the East China Sea Kou." Fu Qinghe said.
"It is the most appropriate solution for Li Zhuo to incorporate all the forces of Taihu Lake Water Village into the Jiangning Water Camp," Lin Jian sighed softly, "It's just that this strategy is difficult to work......
"How are we going to make good of this list?" Cao Ziang held up the list written by Qu Wuyang and asked.
"I'll go to Pingjiang Mansion tonight......," Fu Qinghe said, "and I should be able to convince a few families to go to Changshan Island." ”
"Changshan Island can't accommodate too many people, and the name of Changshan Island is not obvious, so I can't convince a few," Lin Jian frowned and said, "But something is better than nothing, and hard work is hard for Mr. Fu to go." But it's not enough for Mr. Fu to go in the past, Mr. Fu will go secretly, and I will go openly......"
"It's too dangerous for you to go." Cao Ziang said.
"Let the Taihu Lake Water Village forces be pulled to the luxury family, I am unwilling; Besides, if the luxury family is allowed to infiltrate the Taihu Lake basin effortlessly, it will not be effective for Changshan Island. No matter how dangerous it is, I still have to go to Pingjiang Mansion," Lin Jian said categorically, "I'll go to Gu Wuchen now to ask for a name to go to Pingjiang Mansion." ”
Cao Ziang, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong and others want to dissuade Lin Bin,
"Don't persuade me, the big loach will accompany me, and I will take all the guards away; Besides, with Ao Ye here, I can have one more life, Ao Ye, don't you say? Lin Jian asked Ao Canghai with a smile.
"Of course," Ao Canghai said with a smile, "but I don't approve of you going to Pingjiang either." ”
The battle of the estuary Lin Lian's body was too bloody, the Taihu thieves killed and captured prisoners were a minority after all, these days have passed, most of the Taihu pirates who were defeated have also regrouped, they dare not attack the estuary on a large scale, but Lin Lian openly took the initiative to send it to the door, how could they not start?
Besides, the power of the luxury family in Jiangning is very weak, but it is easy for Donghai Kou to enter Pingjiang Mansion, Lin Jian openly went to Pingjiang Mansion, who knows if the luxury family will take the opportunity to start?
Lin Jian openly went to Pingjiang Mansion, which was really not an ordinary danger.