Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 137, Wei Xing recommends himself

Outside Songjiang Prefecture, Zhouting Port.

Mr. Liu Ying came here with his family.

According to the agreement, the other party would give him the remaining money and send a special boat to take him away.

After a while, people arrived.

The other party was indeed trustworthy.

Mr. Liu Ying got the money smoothly and got on the boat.

The ship left the port and sailed for several hours, and then General Liu Ying and his family were left off the ship.

"You, you don't keep your word!"

Mr. Liu Ying was cursing in the water.

The butler smiled faintly and took a crossbow.

Pull the trigger and the crossbow arrow shoots out.

The two have one thing in common, which is that they are not good at martial arts.

A lot of crossbow arrows were fired, but none of them hit the vital points. They only made Liu Yingzong covered in blood. Finally, he was exhausted and sank into the water.

Mr. Liu Ying’s family members were crying.

The rest of the people took out their crossbows. Compared with the butler, they were better at shooting.

General Liu Ying's mother was shot in the neck, making a hoarse sound and quickly sinking.

Several wives and concubines were shot in the hands and feet. Their fair skin flapped in hopes of help, only to be hit by more arrows.

The two daughters and three sons were all shot to death, with their heads and backs full of arrows. They were still calling their father's name before they died.

The family just disappeared without a trace...

On the other side, Fang Yong’s army had arrived at Songjiang.

No one in Songjiang Prefecture wanted to rebel, so there was naturally no question of resistance.

The military and civilians surrendered together, the representatives of the British Empire were released, and Lin Lin, Ding Wanke, Han Wenlong, and Luo Yi were all taken away for interrogation.

Lin Lin felt the most aggrieved, but after repeated questioning and verification, it was confirmed that there was indeed no problem.

He had sent people to report the situation in Songjiang a long time ago, and even sent four messengers, but they were all intercepted and killed, which resulted in Fang Yong not receiving any news for a short time.

Ding Wanke abused his power and imprisoned foreign envoys for his own selfish reasons. The crime could be serious or minor.

Fang Yong could actually understand Ding Wanke's reaction.

His beloved daughter was bathing when she was broken into by the barbarians. Although only her outline could be seen through the gauze curtain, it would not be a big deal in modern times, but in this era, it was a major matter that would lead to the loss of one's reputation!

Especially if the target is a barbarian who is discriminated against, she will definitely not be able to marry out to a good family in the future, and can only marry a merchant or a commoner...

In this situation, how could Ding Wanke not be angry?
The fact that he can quickly regain his sanity and control his anger after sobering up is already an extraordinary ability.

Compared with Ding Wanke, Han Wenlong was like a man with a shit pot on his face that he couldn't even get rid of.

First, he openly rebelled and attacked Fang Yong's army!

Even though Han Wenlong flatly denied it, the soldiers who surrendered all testified that he was the one who gave the order, and his trusted confidant Liu Yingzong was responsible for executing it. Now Liu Yingzong's entire family is missing...

Secondly, Han Wenlong led people to beat foreign envoys for no reason. This incident was witnessed by many people and the evidence is conclusive. In more serious cases, it can be said that it was an intentional act to undermine the relationship between the two countries.

Finally, when being interrogated, Ding Wanke tearfully accused Han Wenlong, saying that the Han family was a big family in the local area and that Han Wenlong had been at odds with him for many years, and that what happened this time must have been secretly planned by Han Wenlong.

Han Wenlong naturally did not admit this.

It would be fine if he really did these things, but the key is that he didn't do those things!
He is unjust!
The only thing Han Wenlong admitted was beating up foreign envoys, but that was not his intention to damage the relationship between the two countries. He just wanted to take the opportunity to disgust Ding Wanke. In addition, as a real Daxi noble, he also looked down on those barbarians to some extent.

Faced with this matter, Han Wenlong was also confused.

When Fang Yong interrogated him, he took off his clothes in front of Fang Yong in the lobby, stood shirtless in front of Sweet, and let the other party fight back.

Sweet was so angry. He represented the royal family of the British Empire, so it was difficult for him to take action. He could only claim that he would not bother with the barbarians! After hearing what Han Wenlong said, he immediately went down the slope and praised Earl Sweet for his noble demeanor, magnanimity, and willingness to forgive his unintentional mistake.

Sweet couldn't understand what Daxi said and needed someone to translate. By the time the translator translated Han Wenlong's words, Sweet had already been held up by Han Wenlong and could no longer be aggressive.

Earl Sweet couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The Daxi people were too despicable. If he had known earlier, he would have fought back just now...

When it came to Luo Yi at the end, he had no problems at all.

Luo Yi was the most low-key of the three and had no involvement in the whole thing. Apart from being a little lazy and often going to restaurants and theaters to listen to operas, there was nothing wrong with him.

Not only that, Luo Yi was the most accepting of Fang Yong's military reforms among the three.

After a thorough investigation, all the apparent evidence pointed to Han Wenlong.

Apart from this, no clues were found.

Han Wenlong was detained helplessly, and he cried out that he was innocent.

Fang Yong is not a fool. Based on the current signs, he naturally knows that Han Wenlong is most likely wrongly accused.

Although this guy is a bastard, he has no intention of rebelling.

However, due to the lack of evidence at the moment, he could only detain Han Wenlong for the time being.

In other words, if no other evidence can be found in the future, Fang Yong will choose to pretend to be confused and sacrifice Han Wenlong for the sake of the overall situation...

Fang is never good at solving cases.

He knew his own limitations, so he handed the matter over to Zhai Xun.

After Zhai Xun took over the case, he immediately sent people to surround Ding Wanke's house.

Zhai Xun believed that the barbarians that day were able to evade the crowd, go to Ding Wanke's back house and escape during the pursuit, and that there must have been assistance from someone within the Ding residence.

That's why he sent people to surround Ding Wanke's house. However, before he could investigate, one of Ding Wanke's concubines committed suicide by taking poison.

One of her personal maids also committed suicide.

After checking his family, it was found that the concubine was bought by Ding Wanke from Huichun Pavilion.

When they went to Huichun Pavilion to investigate again, the madam claimed that she had no contact with the concubine after she was bought, but she was having an affair with a girl from her own family named Xia He.

So he took people to find Xia He.

As soon as the door was opened, Xia He started bleeding from all seven orifices and died in the room.

The clue is interrupted.

Zhai Xun went to investigate the ship merchant who had coincidentally transported Bell before.

The ship merchant himself was unaware of this. The hatch of the ship's cargo hold was opened during loading and unloading at the dock. A cursory inspection at the time showed that the hatch appeared to be closed.

But Bell said that when he was escaping, the ship happened to be in front of him. He climbed onto the ship, and the hatch was not closed tightly, so it opened with a push.

Zhai Xun sent someone to check and found that the hatch of the cargo hold was an old-style pin-lock hatch with a thin wooden strip placed in the mechanism. This resulted in the hatch appearing to be closed but opening easily with a push.

All the crew members and guards on the ship have been repeatedly interrogated and no problems were found, so the problem in this link can only be at the dock. However, there are so many people loading cargo at the dock, and a large number of ships pass by every day, it is impossible to check them one by one.

The clue is broken again.

After that, Zhai Xun found several breakthroughs, but each time they were either interrupted or killed prematurely.

Zhai Xun was smart and he already had a vague idea of who the other person was.

Zhai Xun is smart. Even if he is 99% sure, when it comes to matters like this, he will not do it himself unless there is solid evidence.

With his ability, he can command thousands of troops on the battlefield and there is no need to get entangled in one case.

Zhai Xun then found Fang Yong and said that he was not good at investigating cases and hoped that the matter could be handed over to someone else.

Wei Xing also found Fang Yong and said that he had a way to solve the case. He gave him some troops and the privilege of handling the case. If the case was not solved within three days, he would be beheaded!

Fang Yong agreed.

(End of this chapter)