Qin Mu bowed to Wang Shousu from a distance on the steps, then said angrily: "Master Fangbo, I fought bloody battles with the rebels in southern Jiangxi and survived a near-death experience, but Ma Mingyuan, this dog official, fabricated evidence and tried to seize my women. In order to eliminate future troubles, he also wanted to accuse me of colluding with the rebels and put me to death. This beast's crimes are so heinous that they are simply intolerable."
"How dare you! Regardless of whether what you said is true or not, even if it is true, it should be handled by the court. How can you behave like this? Do you still have the law in your eyes?" Wang Shousu became angrier and angrier as he spoke, his hair and beard rustling.
"If a man can't even protect his own woman, how can he live in this world? If your wife and daughter were taken away by someone, I'm afraid you would fight like me."
Qin Mu sneered, not wanting to waste time talking to Wang Shousu, and turned back to Ma Mingyuan and shouted again: "Do you want to recruit or not?"
"Lord Wang, help me... Ah!"
There was another shrill scream, and the middle finger of Ma Wanyuan's right hand was instantly broken. He was in so much pain that he fell into a semi-comatose state, and his whole body was convulsing like a seizure. The tremendous pain made those around him tremble.
Wang Shousu was naturally terrified and panicked. He was so anxious that he shouted fiercely, "Rebellion, rebellion, come on, arrest these rebels for me."
The officers and soldiers he brought with him started to move, arrows were drawn, swords were unsheathed, and a bloody conflict seemed inevitable.
"Who dares?" Qin Mu also roared, and then sneered at Wang Shousu, "Master Fangbo, I only want to punish the traitor for the country. If you plan to start a war, I can only fight to the death. No matter what, I, Qin Mu, swear to punish this traitor, Liu Meng!"
"I will be here in the end."
"If anyone dares to mess around, you will kill everyone who can still breathe in the government office first."
"I respect your order."
Liu Meng responded proudly, and the hundred men who came with Qin Mu also drew their swords and spears, and brought out Lin Qinghe and a group of yamen runners and clerks from the yamen.
Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Lin Qinghe was so frightened that his face turned pale. He trembled and shouted to Wang Shousu: "Wang... Lord Wang, no, no, we can talk it out. We can always solve it. Don't resort to violence rashly."
"You...Qin Mu, you are so bold, you..." Wang Shousu was so angry that he was fuming.
Qin Mu was too lazy to care about Wang Shousu anymore. He turned around and slapped Ma Mingyuan twice to wake him up. He said coldly, "I can tell you very clearly that no one can save you. You still have seven fingers. If you make me waste my breath one more time, you will lose a finger. If you lose all your fingers, I will chop off your limbs. You dare to have ideas about my woman and still talk back, I will turn you into a pile of rotten meat. Will you tell me or not?"
After Qin Mu asked, Liu Meng ignored Wang Shousu's loud shouts and raised the giant mace again. Ma Mingyuan was so scared that he shivered, his crotch felt hot, and he became incontinent.
“I say, I say, Lord Qin, please spare my life…” Seeing Qin Mu ignoring Wang Shousu’s threats, Ma Mingyuan finally collapsed completely.
"Speak up! Tell me the dirty deeds you did from the beginning to the end. Speak!"
"Yes, yes, yes. I was told that I met Miss Li Xiangjun at Tengwang Pavilion a few days ago when I accepted Lord Wang's invitation to a banquet. I was so stunned by her beauty that I sent my servant Ma Shisan to follow her. Ma Shisan overheard a conversation between the shop assistants and learned that Li Xiangjun and her companions had encountered Zuo Liangyu's rebel soldiers in Dongzhi County..."
Unable to bear the humiliation, Ma Mingyuan finally recognized the situation and loudly told the whole story of how he had been tempted by beauty, framed Rentong Trading Company, and tried to seize Li Xiangjun.
During this time he wanted to conceal something, but ended up paying the price with an index finger. It was only after Qin Mu pressed on his pulse to relieve some of the pain that he was able to barely finish the story.
The people who were watching were originally scared and dispersed far away. Seeing that the two sides seemed unable to fight, some fearless people came over and listened to Ma Mingyuan's confession. They could not help but be filled with anger and cursed loudly.
Even the soldiers brought by Wang Shousu were in an uproar. Many soldiers immediately cursed angrily: "This dog official is so filthy, why are we still fighting for him? Just kill him with one knife."
"People are fighting desperately in the front, and this crooked official is plotting against their families. Damn it, is he still a human being?"
"That's right, this son of a bitch deserves it. If he's not killed, who knows who will be harmed in the future."
"What kind of world is this? He is still an imperial inspector. I think he is shit and deserves to be cut into pieces."
"kill him!"
"kill him!"
“… ... ... ... ... ... .”
If what Ma Mingyuan said under torture was not enough to be completely trusted, then Qin Mu asked Zhu Yijin to bring up Ma Shisan and let him loudly confess the whole incident, including how he met Li Xiangjun, how he tracked her to the Rentong branch, how much money he spent to find out Li Xiangjun's identity from the clerk of the Rentong branch, how he overheard how Li Xiangjun and her group met Yan Mao's rebellious army and Hong Niangzi, and how he instructed the patrol inspector Han Tiesan to arrest people and force them to confess, etc.
As the specific executor of the whole thing, Ma Shisan knew all the details clearly. When he confessed them in public at this moment, and confirmed them with Ma Mingyuan's previous confession, it was so detailed and accurate that it was hard not to believe it.
The officials and common people present all looked at him with awe and talked about it. Ma Mingyuan was an imperial inspector and was supposed to investigate lawlessness, but he used his power to frame others and kill people just to satisfy his own selfish desires.
The onlookers kept accusing and cursing, and many people began to throw things at Ma Mingyuan. Even Qin Mu, who was standing next to him, was hit by a handful of rotten vegetable leaves.
Qin Mu stood on a high step, suddenly drew out the Juque sword and pointed it at a distance. The people below the stage thought he was going to kill someone and held their breath for a moment.
Qin Mu took this opportunity to shout to the onlookers and the officers and soldiers brought by Wang Shousu: "Fellow villagers, soldiers, I am Qin Mu, the magistrate of Huichang County. I have been leading troops in southern Jiangxi to fight the rebels in bloody battles, risking my life and having no time to take care of my relatives.
Ma Mingyuan, the dog official, took this opportunity to use despicable means to seize my female relatives. As the saying goes, the hatred of killing one's father and the hatred of stealing one's wife are both irreconcilable. If it were you, what would you do? What do you think, should Ma Mingyuan, the dog official, be killed?"
“He deserves to die.”
"Kill this dog official."
"kill him."
Both the onlookers and the soldiers brought by Wang Shousu shouted that he should be killed. More things were thrown at Ma Mingyuan and the situation was almost out of control.
Qin Mu waved his giant sword to quiet everyone down, and then continued to shout: "Now the people of our Ming Dynasty are living in misery, bandits are everywhere, and war is everywhere. Do you know why so many people are participating in the rebellion? Is it because the current emperor is unkind? No.
It is because there are too many corrupt officials like Ma Mingyuan in the world, who deceive their superiors and subordinates, harm the people, force the people of the world to live in misery, and force the military households to flee to other places, that so many people participated in the rebellion;
Soldiers on the other side, I ask you, how much military land do you still have in your family? How much food and salary do you get every month? No, where did all the military land and salary that belonged to you go
I tell you, it was all corrupted by dog officials like Ma Mingyuan. It was dog officials like Ma Mingyuan who made it impossible for the people to survive. It was they who ruined the Ming Dynasty. What do you think, should dog officials like Ma Mingyuan be killed?"
"He deserves to be killed. He deserves to be killed."
"Kill him. Kill him."
"kill him."
“… ... ... .”
Under Qin Mu's instigation, both the common people and the soldiers were outraged, especially the refugees who poured into Nanchang City to beg for food. At this moment, they felt that all the suffering they had endured was caused by Ma Mingyuan, and they all wished to skin him alive and eat his flesh.
Qin Mu took advantage of this opportunity and mentioned Ma Mingyuan and shouted, "Ma Mingyuan, see, the people of this city all think you should be killed. If you want to live, quickly confess all your past crimes. If you hide anything, I will make you live a life worse than death. Liu Meng, break another finger of his."
"Don't... don't, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything..." Ma Mingyuan, who was dying, saw Liu Meng pick up the mace again, and he didn't know where he got the strength from, but he spoke quickly.
"You traitor, you deserve to die."
"shut up!"
At the bottom of the stairs, in the lobby, two voices came at the same time. Qin Mu was not mistaken. One of the two voices came from Wang Shousu's mouth, and the other from Lin Qinghe's mouth.
They didn't ask Qin Mu to shut up, but asked Ma Mingyuan to shut up. Why
Qin Mu stood on the stone steps with a sword in his hand, a faint smile on his lips.
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