The night was already deep, there was silence in the cell, only a faint moonlight came in through the window, Lin Yuan looked at the moonlight outside the window, and then he heard the little Ye girl on the bed say, "What are you thinking?" ”

Lin Yuan said casually: "It's nothing, stop talking, go to bed quickly." ”

Miss Xiaoye let out an "oh", got into the quilt and turned around, and after a while, she got her head out of the quilt, turned her head to look at Lin Yuan, and asked carefully, "Are you in a bad mood?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and asked, "How did you see it?" ”

Xiao Ye said: "Usually you sleep soundly, but today you can't sleep, it's not that you're in a bad mood, what else can it be?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and didn't speak, Xiao Ye said, "Are you worried about tomorrow's interrogation?"

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly, and Xiao Ye asked again, "What crime have you committed?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't answer, but asked, "Don't you know what crime I've committed?" ”

Xiao Ye shook his head, and Lin Yuan asked again, "Then you don't know who I am?" Xiao Ye then shook his head, and Lin Yuan asked with a smile, "Didn't Ma Laohei say it when he sent you in?" ”

Xiao Ye said: "He only said that I should listen to you, and he didn't say anything else, and I didn't dare to ask." Lin Yuan didn't speak again, and Xiao Ye continued: "You said, will I die?" ”

Lin Yuan burst out laughing and said, "If you want to die, I will die, how can you die?" ”

Xiao Ye said: "I was also imprisoned in the prison, so I should be considered a prisoner, right?" ”

Lin Yuan laughed helplessly and said, "Okay, okay, don't think about it, I promise you, you won't be fine, hurry up and go to sleep!" Xiao Ye said "oh" at this time, turned her head and stopped talking, Lin Yuan looked at her and couldn't help but think of Wan'er, and she had a lot of thoughts for a while.

Lin Yuan fell asleep in a daze, I don't know how much time has passed, I heard a sound of footsteps outside, I saw Ma Laohei walking in with a few jailers, Lin Yuan rubbed his eyes and sat up, Ma Laohei saw Lin Yuan sleeping on the ground and Xiao Ye sleeping on the bed, a knife scabbard hit Xiao Ye, scared Xiao Ye Wow Wow Cry, Lin Yuan hurriedly said: "Okay, don't bully her, don't blame her for this matter, you can take her away quickly." Didn't you say yesterday that Yuan Shikai was going to interrogate me? Go now? ”

Ma Laohei said: "My lord, I see that Lord Yuan is menacing, don't choke him!" Obey him, or if he lets us do the execution, it will be very difficult for us to do it. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "I won't embarrass you." ”

Ma Laohei bowed down and thanked him, took the shackles and shackles from his subordinates, swung them in front of Lin Yuan, and said, "I offended you." Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and asked Ma Laohei to lock himself, and then followed him to the interrogation place, and entered the house, only to see whips and clips and other torture instruments hanging on the wall, and a table in the middle of the room, Yuan Shikai sat behind the table with a sneer.

Lin Yuan looked at Yuan Shikai and smiled lightly, and said, "Lord Yuan, what kind of charges are you going to make up for me today?" ”

Yuan Shikai pointed to the chair in front of him with his hand, Ma Laohei and his subordinates pressed Lin Yuan on the chair and sat down, and then Yuan Shikai sneered: "You intend to rebel, I will ask you today about the crime of rebellion!" ”

Lin Yuan asked, "You said that I rebelled, but is there any evidence?" ”

Yuan Shikai took a pile of paper full of words from his subordinates, put it on the table, pushed it in front of Lin Yuan, and said: "These are all the local officials you appointed during your tenure as the governor of the three northeastern provinces, they are all your cronies and henchmen, and you actually arranged your own people in the northeast, obviously to make the northeast your own territory!" What is this not a rebellion? ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Is there only this one evidence?" ”

Yuan Shikai sneered: "Of course not! After Yuan Shikai finished speaking, he took out a stack of photos, put them in front of Lin Yuan, and said: "These photos were taken in the Northeast, since my Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he has stipulated the hairstyle and clothing of the common people, but in your Northeast, many people do not keep braids or wear Qing Dynasty clothes, these photos are ironclad evidence, what do you not want to rebel?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't speak, Yuan Shikai continued: "There is also the situation of the army in the Northeast in these photos, your army is so large, and the weapons are so advanced, and you don't report to the imperial court, and you raise the army privately, isn't it to rebel?" ”

Lin Yuan sneered: "Why didn't you say these things when my army was fighting with the Japanese and Russians? ”

Yuan Shikai said: "Yao Shun also made mistakes, the current saint didn't see your ambition clearly, so he didn't care about it until recently, and only recently did he see your disobedience!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't say these high-sounding words, don't you just want to unload the mill and kill the donkey?" Is there any evidence of my rebellion? ”

Yuan Shikai took out a pamphlet and said: "All my students in the Qing Dynasty have learned the way of Confucius and Mencius, and they read the Four Books and Five Classics, but what do you teach in the schools in the Northeast? After Yuan Shikai finished speaking, he slammed the pamphlet in his hand on the table in front of Lin Yuan, pointed at it and said: "This one never mentions the matter of loyalty to the monarch, and even the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty has not mentioned it, tell me what you want to do?" Lin Yuan, don't you still admit that you want to rebel? ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "All these things I have done are the right way to make the country rich and strong, and the people to be happy. ”

Yuan Shikai slapped the table and said angrily: "Don't tell me this, I only ask you, do you admit that you have rebelled?" If you don't admit it, I'm going to be punished! ”

Lin Yuan didn't answer directly, but asked, "If you want a criminal like me, won't you prepare a public trial for me?" ”

Yuan Shikai sneered: "Lin Yuan, don't worry, there will definitely be a public trial, but I have to make you obedient first, lest you be dishonest when you get the public trial!" After speaking, his eyes lit up, and he said to Ma Laohei and the jailers on both sides: "Give Lin Yuan a taste of whips first!" ”

Lin Yuan spread his hands and said, "Lord Yuan, I see that your interrogation of me is fake, is it true that you beat me to vent my anger?" ”

A sentence poked directly in Yuan Shikai's heart, Lin Yuan did not guess wrong, in fact, Yuan Shikai did not need to interrogate Lin Yuan now, but he expected that Lin Yuan would not easily admit the charge of rebellion, so he thought about interrogating Lin Yuan, if Lin Yuan did not admit it, he would clean up Lin Yuan fiercely! But he never thought that Lin Yuan would break the matter with a single sentence!

Yuan Shikai argued forcibly: "Nonsense, I am an official of the imperial court, how can I do those things to vent my personal anger, Lin Yuan, don't take the heart of a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman!" Do you recruit or not? ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "You don't have to be busy, I'll recruit them all!" ”

Yuan Shikai suddenly felt disappointed, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Lord Yuan, I'm very honest, right?" Now I want to ask you something too, and I hope you can also tell me honestly, okay? ”

Yuan Shikai asked, "What do you want to know?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "When you were in Gansu, did you already know what the emperor was going to do to me?" Did you come back to Beijing from Gansu for this purpose? ”

Yuan Shikai said: "That's right! ”

Lin Yuan asked: "Then can you tell me why when you were in Gansu, you didn't reveal this matter at all, even to the closest people?" ”