Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 117 A woman’s revenge
Sikong Sui was a little embarrassed when he heard this and said, "The captain is indeed a man of temperament."

Pei Yuan shook his head, it’s a limitation.

This guy Sikong Sui doesn't even know the importance of ideological work.

I also knew to find a fresh and lovely girl for Cheng Leixiang in time to help him shake off the pure love that was above him.

Pei Yuan had been tossing and turning all night and was feeling a little sleepy.

However, there are two things I haven't figured out, and I can't let go of them.

Pei Yuan asked Sikong Sui, "Is there any sturdy iron cage or wooden cage in the post station?"

Sikong Sui didn't understand Pei Yuan's train of thought. After thinking for a while, he said, "I saw a dog cage in the back. It looks sturdy."

Pei Yuan didn't despise it, "Very good, bring it to me."

After a while, Sikong Sui asked someone to bring an iron cage for dogs.

According to his inquiries, there was originally a fierce dog kept here, but later it got into trouble, so only a cage was left.

Pei Yuan asked someone to clean the inside and put some hay in it. Then he carefully put the bag containing the robes into the iron cage and locked it.

In this way, even if Yue Qingfeng escaped, he would not be caught off guard.

There was still some fire in the inn, and many beams were burnt to a crisp.

Sikong Sui remembered Pei Yuan's words and was afraid that a second accident would happen.

So they lit a fire outside to keep out the cold, and let the Jinyiwei soldiers huddle around the fire outside the post station and stay there for the night.

However, they had just been attacked at night and so many brothers had died. Most of them couldn't sleep, so they huddled together and talked in low voices.

Naturally, they saw what Pei Yuan had done just now, and they were all confused.

The first time Pei Yuan used this cassock was in front of a bookstore in Liyang County. At that time, only Song Chunniang was there.

Just now when Yue Qingfeng was taken away, Pei Yuan was braving the smoke and chasing Lu Ting into the forest beside the road. Those people had no idea how powerful this cassock was.

But soon, they felt a great shock.

The bundle containing the cassock was locked in the dog cage. It first squirmed cautiously a few times, then slowly crawled out of the bundle, passed through the gap in the iron cage, and peeked out.

Pei Yuan was protected by the talisman given by Han Qianhu, and he immediately scolded him a few times without any politeness.

The cassock sensed Pei Yuan's presence and quickly shrank back away.

Tan Tai Fang Tu was a little envious, "Such an evil nature, this is a good thing."

Pei Yuan no longer cared about the Sixth Miss's face and boasted, "I said I must go to carry out the most dangerous mission, but she was still worried and insisted that I take her with me. This woman always wants to teach me how to do things."

After Pei Yuan finished speaking, he found that Tan Tai Fang Tu did not respond.

I feel a little embarrassed.

He also discovered that even the Jinyiwei soldiers did not dare to look at this side anymore.

Pei Yuan's embarrassed expression slowly disappeared.

Generally speaking, when you make a joke and no one laughs, you know there’s something fishy going on.

Pei Yuan immediately thought of Cheng Zhihu, who started trembling when he saw Han Qianhu's white porcelain cup.

Pei Yuan, "..."

Was I disrespectful to Han Qianhu just now?
I don't think there will be any trouble later on.

He usually faced Cheng Leixiang, Chen Toutie and Song Chunniang, three of his own people, and was used to speaking without restraint to them. He did not expect that Han Qianhu had such a bad reputation in the garrison.

Pei Yuan pretended to remain calm and continued to solve the second problem.

He said to Tan Tai Fang Tu, "There must be spies of the assassins in this post station. We need to interrogate them thoroughly first."

Tan Tai Fang Tu had heard Pei Yuan say before that he would wait for him to come back to deal with it, so he naturally said, "I will obey your orders, sir."

Pei Yuan has already thought of the candidate.

He turned around and said to Cheng Leixiang, "I'll ask you to do more work tonight. You won't complain, right?"

Cheng Leixiang was feeling guilty for being a hindrance, and he had just relaxed tonight, so he said quickly, "I have no complaints. Just leave it to me."

Pei Yuan said to Tan Tai Fang Tu, "Give him two experienced hands to check the people in the post station. This guy will know what to do."

Pei Yuan arranged things, and then he couldn't control his fighting eyelids and fell asleep beside the fire.

In the second half of the night, Pei Yuan slept and woke from dreams.

By the time I woke up from my sleepiness in the morning, it was already bright outside.

Song Chunniang, who was well prepared, handed him a bowl of rice. While Pei Yuan was eating, Cheng Leixiang brought him a thick stack of confessions.

Pei Yuan glanced through it casually and asked, "Is everything ok?"

Cheng Leixiang nodded, "The rest is fine."

Pei Yuan specifically instructed, "We will keep this for our own archives. If Yixing County or Yingtian Prefecture wants it, we can ask them to make a copy."

"Okay." Cheng Lei responded and quickly went through the files again to see if there was anything that had slipped through the net.

The inn is in such a mess that there is no good breakfast to offer.

Pei Yuan drank a bowl of porridge and asked Song Chunniang, "Where are Tantai Fangtu and Sikong Sui?"

Song Chunniang replied, "One said he went to the county government office to look for someone, and the other was in the back, dealing with the bodies of the officials and gentry killed by the thieves."

Pei Yuan was very satisfied. This was the benefit of having many younger brothers.

If you have any problem, just speak up.

Soon, people came from the county town. Not only did the Dianshi in charge of catching thieves come, but even the Yixing County Magistrate came in person.

This is not because Pei Yuan has more face than Wang Chang, the former Southern Grand Marshal, but mainly because the nature of the matter is too bad.

The White Lotus Sect actually gathered together to attack the emperor's personal army, the Jinyiwei, and even used crossbows, kerosene and other items, and both sides suffered a large number of casualties.

How is this different from open rebellion?
This happened in Yixing, so of course the Yixing County Magistrate was more nervous than anyone else!

The subsequent matters were handled by Sikong Sui and Yixing County.

The bodies of the dead Jinyiwei will be left where they are first, and people from the Zhenxie Qianhu Suo will come and deal with them later.

As for the assassins, they were all loaded into the car and their bodies were also left where they were, waiting to be taken away when they left Yixing County.

The magistrate of Yixing County was originally somewhat dissatisfied with the various difficulties raised by the Jinyiwei, but when he saw the confession document in Cheng Leixiang's hand, he immediately felt like he had found a treasure.

In the end, not only did he agree to those conditions, he also warmly invited the Jinyiwei to enter the city and have a good rest in Yixing.

On the way back to the city.

Sikong Sui asked Pei Yuan in confusion, "It will take two days to get from here to Suzhou, even without taking a break. Do we have to take the bodies with us?"

Pei Yuan nodded and said softly, "It's not easy to get the silver in Suzhou. I'm afraid that those people will be used as guns before they realize the seriousness of this matter. At that time, no matter how we deal with it, we will be passive. It's better to take these corpses with us and let them know what the consequences of resistance are."

Sikong Sui immediately understood Pei Yuan's intention when he heard this. It turned out that Pei Yuan's move was aimed at those weavers who were prone to riots.

He couldn't help but admire her secretly in his heart.

Unexpectedly, even the corpses left behind by the enemies could be used by him to make a fuss.

After entering Yixing County, there was a chief clerk who arranged everything for them.

After Pei Yuan arrived at his residence, he could finally have a good rest without any distractions.

Song Chunniang knew that there was a living person imprisoned in the cassock, so she brought the dog cage over as well.

It was placed in the yard in front of Pei Yuan.

Pei Yuan was not sure when Yue Qingfeng would be able to escape, so he still had his men take turns on duty.

But he also understood that he could only stay briefly in Yixing. Otherwise, the more time he gave Lu Ting to prepare, the greater the subsequent trouble might be.

The next day, Pei Yuan wanted to inquire about the soldiers' recovery.

Just as he was about to call Tan Tai Fang Tu and Si Kong Sui, he heard someone come to report that the reinforcements sent by Qian Hu had arrived.

Upon hearing this, Pei Yuan had Tan Tai Fang Tu and Si Kong Sui brought outside the door to go with him to see the newly delivered supplies.

When Pei Yuan arrived outside the guesthouse and saw those things for the first time, he saw Han Qianhu's determination to take revenge!

The string of large carts outside were not only filled with large armor, but also with a large number of bows, crossbows, and muskets.

Pei Yuan touched the large armor inlaid with thick iron plates, then looked at the crossbows and muskets, and asked Sikong Sui speechlessly, "Where did these things come from?"

This kind of military equipment and armor cannot be made just because you want to. If you are not careful, you will be labeled as a rebel.

Moreover, whether it is large armor, bows and crossbows or muskets, they should not be the equipment that the Jinyiwei should have.

Sikong Sui said succinctly, "We came the same way as the Northern Pacification Office did."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yuan glanced at Sikong Sui.

As the emperor's eyes and ears, the Embroidered Uniform Guard can collect a large amount of information every day.

But not all information can be used by the emperor.

For example, the assistant minister of a certain department was partial and violated the law, or the doctor of a certain department had poor personal ethics.

This kind of bullshit will neither affect the political situation nor the stability of the rule. It will not benefit anyone to be petty about it.

But these seemingly trivial evidences could be fatal to the assistant minister or the doctor himself!
Behind each of them, there are countless people waiting for their downfall.

Therefore, the Jinyiwei used this intelligence database of "useless" information to secretly grasp a number of low-level officials who actually dealt with practical matters.

When the Suppression of Evils Unit was tracking down evil cults, they would occasionally obtain a lot of useful information.

They used some public information for private purposes, and naturally accumulated a lot of invisible strength.

At this point, some people may not understand: how can the great Ming Dynasty tolerate the existence of such a powerful person?

That.

We have to talk about the real social ecology of our great Ming Dynasty.

In the current cabinet, there is a very important cabinet minister named Liang Chu.

This is how he was described in later generations.

"Liang Chu was upright and incorruptible. When treacherous officials gained power, he fought against evil and resolutely refused to collude with eunuchs. He cared about the people and could not bear the heavy burden of taxes on the people, so he dared to speak for them. He dared to make suggestions, cared about the country and society, and assisted the government skillfully to reduce the crisis of the government."

Well, that's about it.

Then this year, the sixth year of Zhengde.

His second son, Liang Ci'an, a captain of the Jinyiwei, led his men to massacre a village in his hometown of Guangdong in order to fight for land. Not only did he kill the entire family of his enemy, he also killed all the families in the neighborhood, killing more than 200 people in total. (Reported number of people)

In the seventh year of Zhengde, the matter became a big deal.

The court gave this final outcome.

——Liang Ci was sent to the frontier army and was not allowed to come back until five years later.

Please note that it is "working with salary."

He also receives a salary from the imperial court.

As for Liang Cifu five years later, he was directly promoted to the assistant commander of the Guangzhou Right Guard after he came back, and then to the assistant commander of the Guangdong Office.

That’s not all. During the Jiajing period, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Guangdong.

The young man who killed an entire village in his hometown in Guangdong without putting away his knife successfully became the first military officer in Guangdong.

What is the social ecology of “our great Ming Dynasty”?
This is the social ecology of “our great Ming Dynasty”!
Therefore, whether or not someone was killed, or how many people were killed, is not the key point.

It mainly depends on who did the killing.

A captain of the Nanjing Jinyiwei was enraged and wanted to go to war with the Northern Pacification Office. Let me ask you, who else in the world can intervene except the King of Daqing?

Once he understood this principle, let alone these things, he would not be surprised even if Pei Yuan found a falconet from one of those ox carts.

and so.

Pei Yuan pointed at the big cart pulled by two oxen at the back, "So, what the hell is that?"

The flag-gatherer who escorted the vehicle was named Ji Xin. He looked around and saw that there was no one in the alley, so he pulled back the tarpaulin covering the vehicle, revealing the falconet underneath.

He reminded quietly, "Sir, there are only eight muskets. Qian Hu told you not to save them. The next batch will be shipped from Jiangxi soon."

Pei Yuan stared blankly at the big guy weighing more than 300 kilograms, then came to his senses, "Jiangxi?"

"Yes, the insurgents over there have captured Ruizhou Prefecture, and now the Chief Censor Chen Jin is in charge there. We took the sub-guns from the army, loaded them on a boat, and sent them down the river. They will be delivered soon. Captain Han is very angry about this matter, so just let the adults handle it."

Pei Yuan was speechless.

I'm afraid a large part of Han Qianhu's anger is because, like Pei Yuan, he realized belatedly that he had been treated as a discarded pawn by the court.

If she hadn't accidentally used Pei Yuan as a shadow captain, she might have been the one leading the team this time.

But this woman's desire for revenge is too strong.

This is in the territory of Nanzhili!
Just bring the Italian cannon to me, no, the Francois cannon?
Pei Yuan thought for a moment, and told Tan Tai Fang Tu, "Tan Tai Bai Hu, lead the people to collect these things, and then figure out how to distribute them."

He looked at Sikong Sui again and waved, "Captain Sikong, come with me."

Sikong Sui responded and followed Pei Yuan to a corner at the end of the alley.

"Sir, is there anything confidential that you would like me to do?"

Pei Yuan hummed vaguely and asked tactfully, "Did I say something I shouldn't have said yesterday, brother?"

Sikong Sui's eyes wandered and he didn't say anything.

Pei Yuan said earnestly, "Captain Sikong, you still have to put the overall situation first. Please help me persuade my brothers to think more about what they shouldn't say."

(End of this chapter)