Chapter 437 Surprise Trial
Chen Yixin bowed and picked up the waist badge that fell from Li Qingyang's hand and showed it to everyone in the courtyard: "As for this so-called Jinyiwei waist badge, according to his accomplices, he only spent three coins on it. The fake goods are made by someone in Guangzhou, just to fool the ignorant people when necessary! You can make as many of these things as you want. Please don’t be deceived by this gangster’s despicable methods.”
Li Qingyang was pinned to the ground by seven or eight people, with a ball of cloth stuffed in his mouth. He could not explain himself at all, and could only make a "woo woo" sound to express his unwillingness.
Song San looked at the waist badge in Chen Yixin's hand, and then at Li Qingyang who was being pushed to the ground. His face turned pale, and he knelt down as soon as his legs went weak. He kept saying, "Chief, you are just a fool, but you are really honest." I don’t know if this Li Qingyang is a bad person!”
Chen Yixin waved his hand and said: "You don't have to blame yourself. I know you are all innocent. These gangsters have made very good preparations in advance. It's no wonder you were deceived. Get up first and take the militiamen to the boat to take all his belongings." Clean it up.”
"Yes, yes, I will take all the military masters on board now, and make sure nothing is left behind." Song San stood up in a hurry, and spat fiercely when he passed by Li Qingyang. Song San didn't expect that this newly recruited young man turned out to be a gangster with evil intentions. If this group of people really sneaked into Sanya and caused some big trouble, then it would be difficult for him to get rid of the involvement. Song San became angry when he thought that he was almost harmed by this gangster despite his good intentions, but with the Haihan militiamen in front of him, he didn't dare to do anything drastic.
At this time, Li Qingyang, who was pinned to the ground, was angry and anxious. Although he had thought that these lawless Haihan people might not be afraid of his identity as a royal guard, and might even resort to force to resist, he never expected that The other party actually used this stigma to frame himself and even prepared the so-called evidence. Their group originally carried several official documents to temporarily mobilize reinforcements from the local government, but these things must have been hidden by the Haihan people. The items displayed could easily make people misunderstand their identities. Coupled with the fact that several other people had been arrested, Li Qingyang completely lost the chance to defend himself.
Of course, the method used by the Haihan people is actually secondary. The key issue is that the identities of several of them have been exposed, which led to the arrest of the Haihan people. What Li Qingyang can't determine now is whether there was a loophole in the previous group of companions who arrived at Wanshan Port, or whether they had been noticed by the Haihan people before coming here. If the trap was not exposed at Wanshan Port, then in which link did the problem lie?
Chen Yixin had not looked at Li Qingyang since he captured him. At this time, he said to everyone in the courtyard: "Don't be nervous, everyone. Our Haihan Militia will not wrongly accuse a good person, but we will not let a bad person go! Please!" After everyone cooperates with our inspection and registration and proves your innocence, you can leave Wanshan Port freely. In order to express our apology, we will also compensate you. All merchants who have been affected by this incident and delayed their trips will have a share. ! ”
Everyone hurriedly responded: "It was our carelessness that allowed these thieves to get on the ship. It's too polite of the military commander to say that!" "In arresting the bandits, the military commanders of the militia are also doing good things for everyone, and we should cooperate." ." "Please, Master, investigate carefully. If there are any remaining thieves on the ship, don't let them go!"
Li Qingyang on the ground almost fainted with anger when he heard these words. He wanted to spit out the ball of cloth in his mouth and teach these stupid people a lesson about who is the government and who is the thief. However, the militia soldiers who were escorting him obviously would not give him such a chance. They grabbed his arms and lifted him up from the ground, and then dragged him outside like a dead pig.
After Chen Yixin came out of the courtyard, he ordered his naturalized adjutant: "After taking the people over, remember to hold them separately and don't let those people have the opportunity to collude with each other to confess! The people in this courtyard must also be investigated one by one. , including the captain who just spoke to the Jinyiwei spies! In addition, they must take back all their luggage on the ship and check what is inside!"
"Yes! Sir!" The adjutant saluted with a standard military salute and led a group of people towards the dock. Since the boss has ordered a thorough investigation, the ship will probably have to be turned upside down.
Chen Yixin returned to the headquarters. When Li Dou saw him, he stood up and asked eagerly: "How is things going?"
"The last one was also caught. He planned to resist, but I didn't give him a chance and captured him directly." Chen Yixin grabbed the tea cup and took a sip before telling Li Dou about today's arrest.
"The Jin Yiwei of Nanzhen Fusi!" Li Dou clicked his tongue repeatedly: "I have only seen the Jin Yiwei in movies before, but I never thought that I could capture a few of them with my own hands now..."
"I caught it with my own hands, okay?" Chen Yixin immediately corrected Li Dou's claim of credit: "Also, these Jin Yiwei are also human beings, but they are engaged in a special industry. They are not the martial arts masters in the movie. That guy just daggers He was knocked down by my men before he took it out."
"You should let him try it. Maybe he can do Qinggong or something and fly out directly." Li Dou joked.
"It's useless if he can fly. I took three platoons of people there and made several circles inside and outside. Even if he could fly, he would still be shot down by the musket array. Besides, even if he flew out, how long would he be able to fly? Far away? This island is so big, how can he fly out and be a seagull?" Chen Yixin said with a smile: "Don't be idle, hurry up and draft a telegram to the General Office and the headquarters to inform us of this. Please tell me what to do next.”
Li Dou said: "You kid, don't be greedy for this credit. It was my idea to put the person on the shore for the night and then catch him."
"Don't worry, I will make a note for you when I write the report." Chen Yixin patted Li Dou on the shoulder and said, "It would be a good partner to get promoted and make a fortune together!"
The two of them were at odds with each other, but they were unambiguous about what they were doing. Both of them are in their twenties and can be regarded as the true young men of the Time Travel Group. The executive committee has also given them considerable freedom to act, with the purpose of cultivating them to become the backbone of the next generation, even leaders. candidate. Although no one has explicitly proposed this purpose, both the executive committee members and the two parties involved are more or less aware of it.
An hour later, the radio station on the island received calls back from the General Office and the base camp respectively. In addition to encouragement, they also explained the next steps. Due to limited manpower, the Guangdong Office will no longer send additional personnel to Wanshan Port to continue participating in this case. The opinion from the base camp is that Chen Yixin temporarily represents the Ministry of Security to conduct a surprise interrogation of these Jinyiwei spies to see if more information can be dug out - especially whether they have undiscovered accomplices performing the same tasks. Task. After completing the surprise interrogation, the spies were escorted back to Victory Port by warships and handed over to the Security Department to handle follow-up matters.
So after receiving the new order, Chen Yixin rushed to the place where several spies were detained and began to interrogate them. In order to improve efficiency, Li Dou was also temporarily recruited by him. The two were interrogated separately and then compared the information obtained.
According to all the information currently available, there is no doubt that Li Qingyang is the leader of this group, so Chen Yixin made him the main target of his sudden trial. Since there are no facilities specifically built for torture on Dawanshan Island, interrogations can only be held in the warehouse where these prisoners are held. The warehouse where Li Qingyang was imprisoned was used to store salted fish. As soon as he entered the door, he could smell a strong fishy smell, which made Chen Yixin frown involuntarily.
The militiamen escorted the bound Li Qingyang out. Chen Yixin did not ask him to kneel on the ground, but asked the militiamen to bring him a stool and let him sit opposite him.
"Li Qingyang, deputy director of Jinyiwei South Town of the Ming Dynasty?" Chen Yixin played with the yellowed ivory waist tag and read the text engraved on it: "So you are a genuine Jinyiwei and not some slanderous thief? ”
Li Qingyang had calmed down from the initial exposure and was not angry when he heard this. He said in a deep voice: "I don't know what to call this little brother?"
Chen Yixin gently put his belt card on the table, stared at Li Qingyang's face and replied word by word: "Major Chen Yixin, commander of the Haihan Militia in Wanshan Port."
Although Li Qingyang didn't understand the meaning of "major", since the other party was an officer, since "major" preceded the name, it should be the position. He couldn't figure out what the official position of this "major" in the Haihan Army was, but since the other party was a Haihan man, his position shouldn't be too low. At that moment, Li Qingyang said: "May I call you Major Chen?"
"Okay, Li Baihu." Chen Yixin responded immediately.
"Major Chen, I have heard that the Haihan militia has done many things to protect the country and the people. They have never opposed the imperial court. Instead, they have helped the imperial court do many righteous deeds to relieve the victims and fight against the bandits. I wonder if these rumors are true?" Li Qingyang is now thinking about it. What he wanted to do was how to escape safely. After thinking about it, he felt that he had to use words to trap the other party first.
Chen Yixin nodded and said: "What you said is basically right. Since we settled in Yazhou, we Haihan have been committed to helping people live a better life. Yazhou was a place where birds didn't shit in the past. , is now the most prosperous commercial port on Qiongzhou Island, and more than half of the credit must be attributed to us..."
"But you didn't pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty!" Li Qingyang couldn't help but interrupt Chen Yixin: "Yazhou is the land of the Ming Dynasty!"
"But most of the money we earned was spent on the people of Ming Dynasty." Chen Yixin retorted calmly: "In the past two years, there have been constant natural disasters in Guangdong and Guangxi. Li Baihu must also be in Nanjing. I have heard about it, after all, you are the eyes and ears of the imperial court! In the past year alone, after our rescue, more than 20,000 Guangdong victims found a livelihood in the Sanya area of Yazhou! I didn’t know that Li Baihu was so helpful! Do you have any idea how much money people need to spend? Just transporting so many people from Guangzhou to Qiongzhou would cost more than 10,000 taels of silver. If this money is given to the government, how much of it do you think can be used? What about helping the victims?”
"Aren't these victims working for you Haihan people? The freight and other expenses you spent will naturally be earned back by them!" Li Qingyang was not stupid, and was not fooled by Chen Yixin's remarks. live.
"But if we don't save them, no one will save them. They will either become dead bodies lying on the roadside, or they will become bandits and robbers who cause trouble to the people. In the past few years, the bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi have been suppressed, and a large part of them cannot be eradicated. The reason is that the government's disaster relief is ineffective. In order to survive, many people have no choice but to seek refuge with local forces who are able to obtain food. I think you probably heard when you were in Lijiazhuang that we wiped out thousands of bandits there last year. In fact, at least half of the bandits were civilians who had to turn into bandits in order to survive. If we hadn't transported 20,000 victims from Guangdong and Guangxi, how many new bandits would have emerged to cause trouble? If you earn money by working, why don't the court and government save these poor people who have no other way out?" How could Chen Yixin give up so easily, and immediately launched another verbal attack.
Li Qingyang really wanted to charge this ungrateful boy with another charge of "discussing government affairs", but he also knew very well that now was not the time to show off his words, and he had to try to get the other party's understanding first. Holding back the anger in his heart, he said: "I am just a small household, so I dare not discuss the affairs of the imperial court. But since you have always taken good care of the people of the Ming Dynasty, why do you imprison me and other officials? This is probably Is there any misunderstanding?”
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Misunderstanding? I also think it should be a misunderstanding, but it is not us misunderstanding you, but you misunderstanding us. What kind of yamen is Jinyiwei? God knows and the earth knows, you know and I know, you are so disguised What’s your purpose of sneaking into Sanya? Don’t tell me that you want to work there for us!”
"I was just ordered to go to Sanya to investigate a case. It has no direct relationship with you." Since Chen Yixin made his words so clear, Li Qingyang could only find a reasonable excuse to respond.
However, Chen Yixin obviously didn't accept his argument and shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with us directly? Then why don't you say hello to us? After all, Sanya is also an area under our jurisdiction. Even if someone wants to be arrested, we will come to assist. Wouldn’t it be easier than doing it yourself?”
"This is a court secret and should not be leaked." Li Qingyang couldn't think of a better excuse for a while.
Chen Yixin was about to speak when someone knocked on the door and came in and whispered a few words to him. After hearing this, Chen Yixin said to Li Qingyang: "Li Baihu, everything hidden in your luggage has been found, do you still want to continue arguing?"
(End of chapter)