Bai Shan went back and wrote the letter, and handed it to Daji to send someone to Yizhou and Luojiang counties, but the letter didn't leave the house, and returned to Mrs. Liu after going around the house.
Bai Shan and Man Bao were called over for questioning.
Then Mrs. Liu pondered for a moment and said: "Trust me and I will send it out for you, but Mr. Wei has to tell you that they can do this kind of thing faster than us."
Mrs. Liu said: "Shanbao, you are going to school tomorrow, don't go to the prison, Manbao, you too."
Man Bao opened his mouth and said in a low voice, "We still want to ask them more carefully."
Mrs. Liu pressed the letter on the table, and said softly: "Master Wei and the others will do this kind of thing, it's bad luck in prison, don't always run there."
Man Bao asked: "Are they taking the crime and doing meritorious service? Can they avoid beheading?"
Mrs. Liu frowned, and couldn't help looking at Mr. Zhuang who was at the side.
Mr. Zhuang asked, "Who do you want to avoid beheading?"
Man Bao said in a low voice, "Ba Bo deserved what he deserved."
Mr. Zhuang understood, nodded his head slightly and said: "We will bring it up with Mr. Wei when we see it, but whether it will be successful or not will still need to be considered by the Ministry of Punishment."
Man Bao cheered up, nodded readily and said, "Okay, then we won't go tomorrow."
Bapu, who was still in the prison waiting for them to deliver food, failed to wait for Bai Shan and the two, but waited for a few senior officials whom he had never seen before. He and the female prisoner diagonally opposite, named Qiuniang, were raised together. to interrogate.
Qiuniang knew everything, and she had nothing to hide anyway. Wei Zhi was very satisfied with her frankness, and asked her carefully about the situation in Maozhou, including where her natal family lived and what she knew about Maozhou. Where does the aunt's family live, how many people are there in the family, what does she do for a living, and do she have any contact with her in normal times...
The question was very detailed, and Qiuniang was worried, but she answered carefully.
On the other hand, Bapu rolled his eyes, and although he also answered the question, he answered it very generally, and inquired about their purpose in turn.
But there is Old Master Tang in the hall, can he make Bapu succeed
Seeing that he was so dishonest, Old Master Tang simply waved his hand and said: "This man is a thief, and he came to Maozhou occasionally, so I don't know much about it. Just keep this Qiuniang, and send him back to wait for Qiu Zhan."
There are still three days until the day of Qiu Zhanding.
Bapu widened his eyes, and immediately lay down on the ground and said loudly: "I know, I also know a lot about Maozhou, please forgive me, please forgive me."
Old Master Tang didn't like him very much. He had four lives in his hands. In his opinion, no matter how great the contribution he made, he should not be spared the death penalty, so he asked blankly, "What do you know?"
"I, I..." Bapu looked at the faces of the three adults in the hall, and said cautiously: "Whatever the adults want to know, the younger ones can say something. I just ask the adults to show mercy and spare the younger one's life."
Old Master Tang snorted coldly, and waved at the guards. They immediately stepped forward to pull Babo down. Ji Xiang and Old Tang Master sang together, and sighed: "You prisoner is so boring. If you confessed honestly, Maybe these three or two days can make your life more comfortable, maybe it will be postponed until next year's autumn, and you want to avoid death? You know, don't other people or prisoners from Maozhou know? We don't Asking other people, only you, is just a dislike for trouble."
The guards were about to pull Babo out of the house. Hearing this, Babo really cried, and said with tears streaming down his face: "I said, I said, adults just ask the little ones."
Only then did Master Tang raise his hand, and the guards dragged him back again.
Ji Xiang and Wei Zhi didn't speak anymore. In terms of punishment, the two of them combined are not as powerful as Old Tang.
Old Master Tang drank a cup of tea, pondered for a while and said, "I heard people say that your hearing is very strong. What did you do in the army?"
Ba Bo was taken aback, not understanding why he brought up the matter in the army, but Ji Xiang and Wei Zhi didn't express any objection, and sat down to drink tea.
Seeing Master Tang frowning, Bapu immediately said: "The young one is a scout, serving as an servant in the scout camp."
Ji Xiang couldn't help frowning, "How can there be people like you in the scout battalion? They even deserted!"
Ji Xiang has worked in the army, and as a scout, the most important thing is to be loyal, because they have always been at the forefront and know a lot of news. Once they are captured, the consequences will be disastrous.
Bapu said anxiously: "The little one was transferred to the scout camp not long after entering the camp, and he didn't intend to escape. It was a battle against Tubo, the little one was injured and fell into the forest. I woke up alone. Now, with a single thought, I, I ran away..."
He was a scout, and there were four comrades with him at the time. They detected the movement of the Tubo army, but they were accidentally discovered. When the five fled back, his horse was shot, and he was also shot by an arrow. fell into the woods...
Being a soldier is really hard, and he is always on the line of life and death. He thought, when they go back, they will definitely report that he was killed in battle, so that the family will not be affected. As long as he leaves, he will be as high as a bird...
With just one thought, he ran away.
Old Master Tang nodded slightly, and continued his question, "In this way, you are very good at investigating. You have always succeeded in stealing in Yizhou City. The magistrate of Huayang County couldn't catch you several times. So when you were in Maozhou? , how could it be discovered once?"
Old Master Tang leaned slightly and asked, "Whose house did you steal from?"
Ba Pu was stunned and said: "The one who stole is the Chu family. His family is a well-known wealthy family in Maozhou, and his son married the daughter of the governor of Maozhou. Such a family has a lot of money."
Old Master Tang asked calmly, "Then why don't you steal Governor Wang?"
Bapu: "... There are soldiers patrolling the governor's mansion, and I'm not stupid, just go and steal the Chu family."
Old Master Tang nodded slightly, and asked, "Is everything going well?"
Bapu hesitated and said: "It's all right, I found a yard as soon as I went in, but unfortunately I couldn't find any gold or silver. I only found a cosmetic box with many jewels in it, so I took them all."
Old Master Tang: "Qianye stole it?"
Bapu nodded, "It's easy to be seen by people during the day, but there are more servants patrolling their house late at night, so they sneak in and steal at night."
But how did this grown-up know
Bapu raised his head and looked at Old Master Tang. No official asked him this before.
Old Master Tang asked, "What did you see and hear after you went in?"
"I didn't see anything. At that time, most of their families were sharing family relationships in the main courtyard. There were not many servants in the courtyard I went to. They quietly avoided and went in to steal."
Old Master Tang stared at him and asked, "Since no one found out, how did you get caught?"
"I was found when I went to the pawn shop."
Old Master Tang raised his lips and said, "What are you pretending to be?"
"A silver hairpin."
"Silver hairpins can be exchanged for silver directly in the silver building. Why do you go to the pawn shop?"
"The silver building in Maozhou belongs to the Chu family. Although there is no mark on the silver hairpin, I still dare not go there, so I went directly to the pawnshop. Who knew that the pawnshop also belonged to their family."
"Did you check before you went?"
"I checked, but at that time I really didn't know that the pawn shop belonged to their family."