Although Haihan has taken over Danzhou for several months, there are still many "diehards" like Huang Zixing who are not willing to cooperate with Haihan.

When the pirates attacked Danzhou, Danzhou City, which had a complete city defense, fell in half a day, which was very strange in the eyes of the local people, and after the Haihan militia recaptured Danzhou, it revealed this mystery - many people inside and outside Danzhou colluded with pirates and sold Danzhou City when the pirates attacked.

During that time, the Haihan militia arrested hundreds of "traitors" in Danzhou, although in the end they did not kill all the heads, but it is true that many people were implicated in this matter, and their families were sent to Nanyang - it is said that they were sent to the new port opened by the Haihan people in Nanyang to work as coolies, although they could save their lives, but all their family property was confiscated.

After that period of time, the locals of Danzhou were very sensitive to the charge of "colluding with pirates to cause chaos". But almost all those who were involved in this crime were quickly cleared out of Danzhou. And Zhang Xin publicly accused Huang Zixing, the head of Zhongming Academy, of colluding with pirates on this occasion, and the onlookers couldn't distinguish the truth from the fake, and their first reaction was to keep a distance from Huang Zixing and put aside the relationship. And Huang Zixing is usually a maverick and does not want to be in the company of other academies that cooperate with Haihan, and no one takes the initiative to stand up for him at this time.

At this time, someone came over and whispered a few words in Tom's ear. Tom Wang nodded and announced loudly: "Everyone, there is no fire downstairs, and all the bandits who tried to make trouble have all been subdued. Let's see what these bandits are in front of you!"

The guests, who were still worried about the fire downstairs, have all calmed down. People with a little eye can already see at this time that the Haihan people are not making this scene today because of the meeting, but they have been prepared for a long time, and they want to clean up some people on this occasion. Although I don't know what is going on, most of the people present have the idea of watching the excitement in their hearts.

King Tom snapped his fingers and ordered, "Bring the prisoners involved!"

Soon there was a sound at the staircase, and the soldiers of the Haihan militia in gray military uniforms dragged up the prisoners one by one like dead dogs. Some of them were gagged with rags, while others were already wounded, and the blood under them had been dragged up the stairs to make long marks on the floor, and their mouths were still moaning in pain.

In the end, the few people who were dragged up seemed to have lost their breath, and the militia who dragged them to the floor slammed into the floor without any response. Later, the militia brought up a large tray of short knives and daggers from the restaurant, followed by a pile of oilcloths and matches.

"According to our investigation, Huang Zixing, the head of Zhongming Academy, has been planning an attack on the local government institutions in Danzhou since last year, assassinating government dignitaries, in order to cooperate with the South China Sea pirates to attack Danzhou again. Tom Wang pointed to the prisoner lying on the floor: "Among these people, several of them are from Zhongming Academy, right? Huang Zixing, don't tell everyone, you don't know them. ”

Huang Zixing naturally recognized the people from his academy a long time ago, but where did he dare to admit it at this time, he could only deny it all the time: "Although there are people from my academy, the old man doesn't know that they will do such unlawful things, and this fact has nothing to do with the old man!"

Tom Wang snorted coldly: "Do you think that by selling these students, you will be able to keep yourself? You don't want to think about how we found out your details!

Zhang Qianzhi appeared at the staircase, bowed to the main table first, and then arched his hand towards the stunned Huang Zixing, before opening his mouth to introduce himself: "Zhang Qianzhi is working for the Haihan Security Department, and is specifically responsible for investigating the case of collusion between the people of Qiongzhou and pirates. A month ago, I claimed to be a scholar from Leizhou, and went to Zhongming Academy to sign up as a student, during which it was found out that the suspect Huang Zixing and others intended to assassinate local officials, and colluded with the pirate remnants to make corresponding preparations. The other five people in the Xia He Academy received a dispatch from Huang Zixing, and today they were responsible for setting fire to the restaurant to create chaos and create opportunities for other assassins to assassinate Lord Yan, Director Zhang, and other dignitaries. As for what happened next, everyone knows by now. ”

The guests present were in an uproar, although they were not all willing to accept the status quo in Danzhou, but they would not use such a means of force against the government at all. What's more, Huang Zixing is not trying to overthrow Haihan's rule in the local area, but to collude with pirates to harm the local area, which seems to be on the opposite side of the public interest.

"Huang Zixing, do you have anything else to defend yourself?" Wang Tom asked as he looked at Huang Zixing, his face full of mockery.

Huang Zixing raised his hand to Zhang Qianzhi, but he couldn't say a complete sentence: "You...... You ......"

"If no one knows, he must not do it. Huang Shanchang, you have done all these things, you think that you are unaware, but you don't know that we have been monitoring you as early as last year, but we have never obtained the real evidence of your evil. Zhang Qianzhi said calmly: "Look at you, a scholar, actually colluded with pirates to plague the township for personal gain, you have read the big truth written in this book, have you read it in the dog's belly?"

Huang Zixing almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, he really didn't expect that this scholar who took the initiative to join the study tour turned out to be a lackey of the Haihan people, and the purpose of people coming to Zhongming Academy was to set a trap, otherwise how could he still be here to lie and accuse Zhongming Academy of colluding with pirates, obviously just this morning, he had just met Lord Zhao of the imperial court.

Zhang Qianzhi didn't say a word about the involvement of Ming officials, it was obvious that Haihan had planned to frame him from the beginning, and if Huang Zixing wanted to confess that this was actually an action organized by Ming officials, I am afraid it would be difficult to obey at all - after all, he had no way to prove that the so-called Ming officials were involved, and even if the Haihan people caught Zhao Ye, they probably would not admit this person's existence.

Huang Zixing knew that he had fallen into the pit now, and the consequences would be quite severe, but it was not that there was no chance to save his life at the moment, and there was at least one person present who could pull him out of the pit. Huang Zixing looked at the main table with hope, now the only person who could protect him was sitting there, as long as the other party was willing to make a move, he believed that at least there would be a chance to get out of this matter.

"Lord Yan, what do you think about this matter?" As if feeling Huang Zixing's gaze for help, Zhang Xin deliberately asked Yan Mingjun a question.

Yan Mingjun's heart was also a mess at this time, from the time Tom Wang announced that all the bandits had been captured, his previous delusions were thrown out of the clouds, and the rest of his mind was how to clean himself out of this matter without being implicated. Zhang Xin had already greeted him before, and as long as he cooperated with his attitude, he would be able to complete his tenure in Danzhou safely and steadily. But he had no clue how to cooperate with this attitude.

It wasn't until Zhang Xin asked him a question that Yan Mingjun suddenly realized that the Haihan people had already set up a ladder for themselves, and if they wanted to shirk their responsibilities, they could only use Huang Zixing, an unlucky ghost, as a stepping stone!

Yan Mingjun slowly stood up, coughed twice and cleared his throat, and then spoke: "Since the arrival of this official in the past month, the scene in Danzhou has been peaceful, and the credit of the Haihan people should be the greatest. The official was also thinking that he would write to the court in the near future and ask for rewards for your merits, but he didn't expect that there would be an undercurrent surging in Danzhou, and there would be such thieves who would not die in rebellion, so they would even want to assassinate the court officials on this occasion and disrupt the order of Danzhou......"

When Yan Mingjun said this, he heard a "poof", and looked sideways at the sound, but Huang Zixing had fainted to the ground in despair. At that moment, two militiamen went over, grabbed him by the legs, dragged him backwards to the top of the stairs, and placed them with the captured prisoners.

Yan Mingjun coughed dryly and continued: "For these lawless people, this official thinks that the way you deal with them is extremely appropriate, and you should deal with these thieves who are in chaos strictly and quickly! Before this official came to Danzhou to take up his post, he had already been ordered by the Governor of Liangguang, Lord Wang, to act arbitrarily and cheaply. In the opinion of this official, after the charges are verified, he should be beheaded as much as possible to deal with the bandits in Danzhou!"

Yan Mingjun can't care about the legal system in order for himself to get out. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the death penalty is in principle to be approved by the Guò Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple. Of course, there is also a certain amount of room for urgent subordination in the local area, such as suppressing bandits and the like, it is always impossible to capture them all alive, and after the trial, they will be kept in prison and wait for the approval of the imperial court before killing. Besides, when the Haihan militia "recovered" Qiongbei, they also killed many people in the name of suppressing bandits, and this process did not go through any public trial.

Yan Mingjun's answer obviously made Zhang Xin very satisfied, nodded and said: "Lord Yan is the parent official of Danzhou, since the adults have already expressed their attitude, then we will handle it accordingly." The case was temporarily handed over to the Ministry of Security for trial, and at the end of the case, security notices were posted all over the city, and the prisoners who should be executed were to be executed together. Lord Yan, what do you think?"

Yan Mingjun responded: "Director Zhang's words are reasonable, since this case is investigated and handled by Haihan, he is also familiar with the case, and it should be tried by your case-handling personnel." This official thinks there is nothing wrong with this move, very good, very good!"

Yan Mingjun really rubbed his face off and put it in his pocket, Zhang Xin's statement is simply treating the Danzhou government as an ornament, just arresting people, and even snatching away the work of trying and executing cases, this is not to give the state government face at all. However, Yan Mingjun did not dare to refute Zhang Xin's words, because it was difficult for him to ensure that another so-called witness would jump out in the next moment, and testify to his face that he was actually a colleague with Huang Zixing and others. Looking at Zhang Xin's smiling expression, Yan Mingjun really couldn't muster up the courage to take this risk.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this case is not over. Wang Tom took over the conversation again and announced: "According to the situation of our investigation and handling of the case, the remnants of the pirates who plagued Qiongbei last time are not only these people captured today, in fact, there are still many of their comrades lurking inside and outside Danzhou City, just waiting for them to launch in all directions after they succeed here, and take Danzhou again." But don't panic, we already have a full plan in place for this, and we've identified their location and identity. While you were enjoying the banquet just now, the Haihan militia had already launched simultaneous operations in many prefectures and counties throughout the northern Qiongbei region to comprehensively arrest the remnants of these pirates and local spies. Everyone can rest assured that as long as the Haihan militia is in Danzhou, they will definitely maintain local law and order and ensure that everyone can live a stable life!"

"Okay! General Wang said it well!" As soon as Tom Wang's words fell, someone who reacted quickly immediately responded to the banquet.

The reaction was a little slower, and then he realized that this was a good opportunity to brush up on the horse's ass, and at the moment the sycophants were full of admiration, and some of the literati present even wanted to compose poems on the spot, singing praises for Haihan's "righteous deeds". Of course, there are also some people who see that they have been robbed of the opportunity, and immediately find another way to quickly pat Zhang Xin's sycophants - General Wang is just an official who temporarily came to Danzhou to arrest pirates, but Director Zhang is in charge now, and this flattery still needs to find the right person to have a good effect.

However, in this process, it seems that everyone intentionally or unintentionally ignored the two civil and military officials sent by the imperial court to Danzhou, and no one even said a word of praise for them. Although Yan Mingjun felt that his face was a little unbearable, he could actually understand what these people were doing in his heart - in front of the Haihan people, who would come to slap their sycophants at this time?

Zhang Xin was already greatly relieved about this, and immediately ordered someone to take away a group of criminals, and then asked the kitchen to quickly cook, rearrange the table and serve wine, and crush the local VIPs who were frightened just now. Naturally, no one objected to this initiative, and these people present wished that the banquet could last longer, so that they could have a little more opportunity to be close to these big names in Haihan, maybe Director Zhang saw himself as pleasing to the eye, and this year he could get an agent from Haihan who was in demand, and accidentally made a lot of money. Compared to a considerable amount of silver, it is not a big deal to say a few soft words on such an occasion.

As for Huang Zixing and the others who were arrested, no one cared about their lives or deaths. A loser is a loser, and he can only be swept into the dustbin of history.