"Zhu Hongsheng, your real name should be Zhu Xiesheng, right? Are you a Turk?"
In the Taiyuan government prison, Wang Liaoyuan, Wang Yu, Dugu Feiying, and Li Tai were sitting on the same bench. Wang Liaoyuan patted the desk in front of him and asked loudly to Zhu Xiesheng, who was kneeling on the ground in front of him.
This is a prison cell, and the conditions are naturally much simpler than those in the court, but no one here cares about this. The reason why they chose to interrogate Zhu Xiesheng in the prison cell instead of in the government office was mainly because... one was to keep it secret, and the other was to facilitate the execution!
After all, the torture instruments in the cell are much richer than those in the court. If Zhu Xiesheng refuses to tell the truth, Wang Liaoyuan will immediately have someone torture him!
This is not a place that talks about "human rights". First of all, this is in ancient times. Secondly, this is a prison cell. Of course, the most important thing is that there is a huge crisis lurking in Taiyuan City now. The life safety of the prince Li Tai is greatly affected. A huge threat, and Zhu Xiesheng happens to be the only person Wang Liaoyuan has captured who may know the details of the enemy. In this case, let alone human rights, even if Zhu Xiesheng is beaten to death, the Manchu Dynasty will None of the civil and military officials will hold Wang Liaoyuan accountable for anything!
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Zhu Xiesheng raised his head and glanced at Wang Liaoyuan dejectedly, but said nothing. Then he lowered his head again.
Wang Liaoyuan's breath was stagnant, and then he said angrily: "Huh! Now, what else do you have to hide? Do you still think that someone can come to save you? Don't forget that you came from Shuorenfang before Being taken away and robbed and killed on the road means that the people behind you want you to die, not to save you! If you still want to live, tell everything you know. If not, then Kang Changan will most likely be your fate in the future!"
In fact, Wang Liaoyuan rarely used severe punishment when trying prisoners. When facing Zhu Xiesheng, he also instinctively wanted to give the latter a chance to "confess and be lenient." That's why he said so much, otherwise another official would see this. In this situation, it is very likely that the prisoner will be sentenced directly!
After Wang Liaoyuan finished speaking, Zhu Xiesheng's body trembled visibly. He raised his head and looked at Wang Liaoyuan and others. He hesitated for a moment and then said hesitantly: "I...if I tell the truth, can I really survive? ?”
"Hmph! You still dare to make terms? If you don't say it, do you believe that I will let you die now?"
Zhu Xiesheng's words somewhat angered Dugu Feiying, who had just returned from his inspection tour of Longshan. Previously, he was ordered by Li Tai to take people to Longshan to protect the safety of Mo Chui and other Yanhuang Academy teachers and students. However, after arriving there, Dugu Feiying discovered that Everything was normal there, and the students had already begun to build and test the machines. Seeing this, he left the imperial troops he had brought with him in Longshan, while he himself had to return to the city.
As soon as he came back, he caught up with Wang Liaoyuan to interrogate Zhu Xiesheng, so he followed Li Tai. It was said that his most beloved brother had just been assassinated in the morning and almost died. He was filled with unknown anger, but Zhu Xiesheng was still hesitant and "coquettish". Wasn't this deliberately irritating him? How could Dugu Feiying endure it
While he was talking, Dugu Feiying had already stood up, pulled out the sword beside him, and was about to step forward to teach Zhu Xiesheng a lesson.
Zhu Xiesheng was so frightened that he was about to flee back. At this time, Wang Yu grabbed Dugu Feiying and said, "General Dugu, please be patient. If not, please give this guy a chance." If he still doesn’t tell the truth, it won’t be too late to beat or kill him!”
Wang Yu is the head of the Wang family, the governor of Suizhou and the prince-in-law of the dynasty. In addition, when Dugu Feiying went to the ancestral home of the Wang family to seek help, Wang Yu sent all the Wang family's forces, both bright and dark, without hesitation. Go out and help Dugu Feiying find the whereabouts of Zhu Xiesheng and Kang Changan! Although I searched for a whole day and found nothing in the end, Dugu Feiying had to carry on this friendship!
So after hearing Wang Yu's dissuasion, Dugu Feiying immediately stopped, then glared at Zhu Xiesheng fiercely and said:
"Why don't you tell me quickly? If you don't tell the truth, I will chop you into pieces! Humph!"
With a "hum", Dugu Feiying sat back down.
At this time, Wang Liaoyuan looked at Zhu Xiesheng and said, "I promise you that as long as you tell the truth, I will do my best to save your life. You can say it now!"
These two people can be said to be a good guy and a bad guy. After some threats and promises of benefits, Zhu Xiesheng's psychological defense was finally broken!
"I am willing to confess, I am willing to confess everything, and I also ask the Governor to show mercy and spare my life!"
As if grasping a life-saving straw, Zhu Xiesheng knelt and worshiped Wang Liaoyuan. After a while, he calmed down a little and slowly said:
"Little... my name is Zhu Xiesheng. He comes from the Shatuo tribe of Turks. He always imports some silk, porcelain, and ironware from the Central Plains, and then transports them to the grasslands through caravans and sells them to various tribes!"
"Then every time you came to the Central Plains before, you were as sneaky as this time, or even used a fake name?"
Dugu Feiying pulled his face, interrupted Zhu Xiesheng's words, and asked.
He arrived at Taiyuan City in advance with his advance troops, and after entering the city, his men noticed the mysterious Zhu Xiesheng who was staying at Tongfu Inn. Oh, no, at that time, this guy was still claiming to outsiders. It’s called Zhu Hongsheng!
"... This... I have always bought goods from Yunzhou and Youzhou before. I have always used my real name and never used a pseudonym!"
Zhu Xiesheng shrank his neck and replied hesitantly.
Wang Liaoyuan, Wang Yu, Dugu Feiying, and Li Tai couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this, secretly saying that things were not as simple as they thought.
Wang Yu pinched the beard on his chin and asked in a deep voice: "Then why did you come to Taiyuan City to purchase goods this time and use a false name to the outside world?"
Zhu Xiesheng's eyes flashed, and he was about to speak, but Dugu Feiying threatened him again: "Think about it before you talk! If you have half a lie, I will let you taste the feeling of being quartered by five horses, and the gods will do it without the help of the king." I can’t save you!”
Speaking of Dugu Feiying's appearance, he looks a bit like a cynical rich man. At this moment, with his eyes widened and pretending to be ferocious, he looks a bit like the vicious human Yama!
Zhu Xiesheng was obviously very proficient in Chinese, and he also knew what it meant to dismember the body with five horses. He turned pale when he heard this, and said quickly: "I said... I will tell you everything, and I will never hide anything! I came to Datang this time to purchase goods. In fact, I also went to Yunzhou, but in the inn in Yunzhou, I met a strange person.
That person found me and told me to go to Taiyuan. He... He ordered a batch of weapons at Chuji Iron Shop in Taiyuan and wanted me to help transport them to the Turks.
Xiao Xiao knew that the current situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks was critical, and that smuggling weapons would easily be caught by the Tang government. Once he heard the man's purpose, Xiao Xiao directly refused.
But that man's guards were all very skilled in martial arts, and they wounded all my guards in a few rounds. They put the knife on my neck, and I had to agree even if I didn't want to! "
"Hmph! So eloquent!"
Dugu Feiying snorted coldly and said: "You said that you were persecuted in Yunzhou and had no choice but to come to Taiyuan. But you could have returned to the grassland from other border states after leaving Yunzhou. Is it possible that those people can still go all the way? Can’t I follow you?”
Zhu Xiesheng blushed and said cautiously: "Then... after the man saw my agreement, he first gave me a deposit of three thousand guan, and said that after I brought the weapons back to the Turks, he would give me another 8,000 guan. I was obsessed with money for a while, so... just... "
"So you agreed to him?"
Dugu Feiying said with a bad look on his face.
Zhu Xiesheng looked embarrassed and embarrassed. He opened his mouth and said: "This... You can't blame Xiao Xiao. You just help others carry goods, and you can get 11,000 yuan in benefits. If you do Whoever it is, anyone will agree! With this money, Xiao... Xiao can purchase more goods in the Central Plains, so Xiao Xiao accepted this job!"
"Hmph! I'm afraid you won't be able to spend this money without your life!"
Dugu Feiying couldn't help but snorted coldly.
Hearing this, all fools understood that Zhu Xiesheng was being used as a gun. Not to mention getting the reward of more than 10,000 yuan afterwards, he was lucky to be able to save his life!
However, after hearing that someone came to Taiyuan to smuggle weapons, especially to the Turks, Wang Liaoyuan looked a little ugly. Let’s not talk about other things. If Zhu Xiesheng could successfully transport the weapons back to the Turks, this alone would be enough. It is a crime of dereliction of duty to govern Wang Liaoyuan! Nowadays, there is a tense situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. The weapons in the Tang Dynasty are not enough, and some people transport the weapons of the Tang Dynasty to the Turks for sale. How can Wang Liaoyuan endure it
But now was not the time for him to lose his temper. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Then why did you change your name after you came to Taiyuan?"
Zhu Xiesheng explained: "It was the mysterious man who asked me to do this. He said that after arriving in Taiyuan, he asked me to stay in the Tianzi guest room of Tongfu Inn, and I had to change my name to a Han Chinese and wear Han clothes. He said If this is the case, it will not be easily discovered by the government. Even if someone from the government discovers it, he will find a way to save me!
Yesterday, when I was at Chuji Ironware Shop, someone suddenly came in and reported that someone from the government was watching us outside, so Boss Kang and I hurriedly escaped through the secret passage.
Later, we escaped into a temple in the south of the city. People from the Wang family were looking for us outside. Boss Kang and I hid under the incense table in the temple and did not dare to come out. Later, a mysterious man walked into the temple and gave us A package, he asked us to change into beggars' clothes and go to a house in Shuorenfang. There was a cellar in the backyard of that house. He said that when we arrived, we would hide in the cellar directly and someone would bring us food every day... "
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