in2ebook Chapter 202 Entering the Urn 4
Chapter 202 Entering the Urn 4
If he had been reborn into a wealthy family, he would not have become an accountant. He might have passed the imperial examination and become an official in the court.
Every educated person dreams of becoming an official, and Lin Dahe is no exception.
But now these are luxuries.
After feeling envious, I began to despise the rich young man in front of me.
So what if he is rich? This kind of fool is so easy to be deceived. Sooner or later he will squander all the money in the family.
Lin Dahe didn't respond for a long time. County Magistrate Zhen asked in confusion: "My dear brother, my dear brother?"
"It's not that I don't want to help you, you just don't know my brother's temper... He's stubborn!"
"Two hundred taels! I'll give you two hundred taels!" County Magistrate Zhen learned to be unlearned and incompetent.
Lin Dahe was surprised that he could fit two eggs in his mouth.
"If you find it difficult, I'll give you three hundred taels! There will be a generous reward after the task is completed!" County Magistrate Zhen waved his fan, and the man following behind him took out three silver notes with a face value of one hundred taels from his arms.
Lin Dahe was completely stunned. This kind of pie in the sky actually happened to him.
"Deal...Deal!" Lin Dahe's voice was completely trembling, and his hands were shaking as he took the banknote.
Afterwards, the black-clad confidant told Lin Dahe an address and asked him to go there to report after the task was accomplished.
As for the address, in order to make the play complete, the address left was the residence of Hu Youyi, a grain merchant in the county town, which had been prepared early in the morning.
Hu Youyi has a frail and sickly son who was raised in a temple for blessing since he was a child. He was only brought back from the temple in February this year. Almost no one in the county has seen the son of the Hu family.
This time, County Magistrate Zhen plays the role of Hu Wenjing, the son of Hu Youyi.
"May I ask your name, sir?" Lin Dahe was a little skeptical, wondering if he had been cheated.
If you walk by the river, you will get your feet wet. He was worried that he had fallen into a scam.
"My name is Hu Wenjing, from the Hu family in Qinghe Lane."
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Lin Dahe left the gambling house and went straight to the money house.
After learning that the silver notes were real, Lin Dahe was cautious and deposited one hundred taels of silver notes in the money shop. He immediately exchanged the remaining two hundred taels of silver notes for silver ingots.
The spy who followed Lin Dahe saw him go into a clothing store and buy a set of ready-made clothes, then go to a pastry shop to buy some pastries, and finally return to his residence.
Not long after, he went straight to the restaurant with a woman.
He stayed in the restaurant's side room for a full hour and a half before leaving.
After leaving the restaurant, he bought two sets of ready-made clothes for the woman at a shop in Qingshi Lane, and then went to a jewelry shop to buy a silver hairpin, which made the woman very happy.
After returning, the two had an in-depth conversation in the dark, and Lin Dahe gave all the 150 taels of silver to Li Niang.
The next day, the woman went to the meeting yard alone again.
An hour later, the woman returned to her residence.
Lin Dahe was too reckless yesterday and hasn't woken up yet.
Li Niang remembered what she was told above, and now all she had to do was to please the man in front of her.
Squeeze him dry bit by bit until he is of no use anymore, then kick him away.
She has done this too many times.
The man in front of him seemed particularly stupid and was deceived again and again.
But what can she do?
From disgust to unbearableness to numbness, using her body to deceive people seemed to have become something she could do effortlessly.
Li Niang lay on Lin Dahe, her whole body exuding a sweet fragrance.
"Sanlang~ wake up~"
Li Niang, who was not wearing any makeup, had delicate features. Perhaps she cried too hard last night, so her eyes were slightly red, which was really pitiful.
"Li Niang."
"Sanlang, I have already handed the money over to my boss. Don't worry, I will definitely help you make a comeback this time."
......
In the next two days, Lin Dahe was like a possessed man. Under Li Niang's help, he willingly took out the last 100 taels of silver notes he had kept in the bank.
"Li Niang, this is all my wealth."
"Don't worry, Sanlang, I will wait with you for more than a month, and we will get a lot of money. From now on, I will accompany you every day."
......
Five days later.
After hearing the spy's report, County Magistrate Zhen paused for a moment and said, "It looks like this group of people is planning to leave Jialin County. Send people to follow them in batches and capture anyone who meets them."
The black-clothed confidant was puzzled, "Sir, you said that you would send people to infiltrate the enemy team, but now they haven't..."
He was interrupted by County Magistrate Zhen, "It's been more than a month now. Have you infiltrated the inner circle?"
"No, I am incompetent." The confidant bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"There is only one reason why it is so strong." County Magistrate Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "That is, they have never recruited new people from outside."
"In this case, we can only capture him and torture him to extract a confession. This time we must make sure to leave him alive."
"Yes." The confidant took the order and left.
a few days later.
The spy disguised himself as a yamen runner and detained more than 20 prisoners and locked them up in the county jail.
"Sir, these people are too stubborn. They all keep silent."
County Magistrate Zhen was calm and not in a hurry. "It's okay. Keep him locked up and send more people to keep an eye on the situation in Chiayi County."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "This county will personally go to try——"
The confidant nodded in agreement and took the county magistrate to the torture cell in the yamen.
There was no light in the cell. There were tables and chairs on the north wall, and torture instruments were hung on the opposite wall. Two prisoners were forced to kneel on the ground. County Magistrate Zhen had appeared, and the two men lowered their heads and dared not move.
County Magistrate Zhen looked at the two men and sat down slowly. "Why, you still don't want to confess?"
The two men kneeling on the ground didn't speak. The trusted yamen runner kicked one of them on the back and said, "Hurry up and speak!"
After waiting for a while, the two still refused to confess.
Suddenly, County Magistrate Zhen grabbed the jaw of one of them and squeezed it hard. With a "click" sound, the jaw was dislocated.
"How dare you bite your tongue to commit suicide!" The trusted yamen runner immediately stuffed a rag into the man's mouth.
County Magistrate Zhen sat back in his chair and wiped his hands carefully with a handkerchief. "It seems that you are unwilling to confess. Let me guess, you are the assassins trained by Prince Shen's Mansion. You are responsible for collecting money, and the other group is responsible for kidnapping people. Nanzhao is a vast land with a sparse population and few resources, while Lin'an Prefecture is rich in rice and grain, and has been targeted by you for a long time. I have busted several of your kidnapping operations before, and I think there are some more hidden ones that have not been pulled out yet."
After he finished speaking, the two kneeling men remained silent. County Magistrate Zheng lost his patience and nodded to his two confidants.
The two men flipped over the arms of the two kneeling men, and then bent their arms. Amid the crisp sound of broken bones, one of them screamed out in pain, and the other one, who had a rag stuffed in his mouth, whimpered twice and collapsed to the ground in pain. Before he could catch his breath, the next wave of pain came. He felt the bones in his hands were broken inch by inch, but he still refused to surrender.
The other man couldn't bear it any longer, and curled up on the ground, his arms drooping limply, sweating and crying from the pain. At this moment, he looked at County Magistrate Zhen pleadingly, begging for mercy, "Sir, I...I said..."
The prisoner who was stuffed with rags stared at the person who confessed, sobbing and trying to get up from the ground to stop him, but his arms were broken and weak, and his feet were tied, and his whole body twisted like a dying fish.
"That was eleven years ago..."
"Since the boss discovered the installation of the stakes last year, the person who contacted our boss has changed, and asked us to speed up the collection of money. We set up a new secret stake in Chiayi County and defrauded a lot of people in the surrounding counties before finally coming to Jialin County. We originally thought that we would finish here in Jialin County and destroy the secret stakes in Chiayi County and then look for the next place, but who knew..."
The trusted yamen runner couldn't help but say, "It's really like spring breeze blowing again."
"Sir, I have confessed everything I should have confessed. Please forgive me!"
County Magistrate Zhen looked at him and said slowly, "Do you know that perhaps you were the child who was abducted from Lin'an Prefecture to Nanzhao more than ten years ago? Your parents may have never given up looking for you. And more than ten years later, among the people you defrauded from money in Lin'an Prefecture from Nanzhao, perhaps there were your brothers and sisters."
“So what! I had no choice!” The man curled up with only his hands out of control. He took two breaths, his tone filled with indifference and doubt. “I have long forgotten everything before I was ten years old. I only remember a hundred children fighting in the training ground. Only the last twenty alive could walk out of the fighting ground, and the rest were beaten to death. Even if the people I cheated included my brothers and sisters, so what? Even if I was kidnapped, so what? It was their fault for not taking good care of the children. It’s all retribution, all retribution—”
Perhaps he remembered the scene of the fight, and a glimmer of fear and pleasure flashed in that man's eyes.
"Hahahaha! There are still dozens of secret agents in Lin'an Prefecture. Sir, can you destroy them all? I am just a worthless life. There are no less than 100,000 people like me. Sir, you can capture one of me, so what? Can you capture thousands of me? Sir, why do you think we can set up so many secret agents in Lin'an Prefecture?"
After saying this, the man looked at County Magistrate Zhen with disdain and smiled creepily, "Perhaps there will be a steady stream of children being sent to Nanzhao without the need for us ants to take action."
The trusted yamen runner was so angry that his teeth itched, "What nonsense!"
"Hey, sir, how can we transport so many children out of Lin'an Prefecture?" The man lowered his eyes, buried his head in his chest, and suddenly laughed crazily.
"I'm not talking nonsense, hahaha! Those boys are just like me. Those girls, the good-looking ones, became prostitutes and were sent to the backyards of officials in various places after being trained in Nanzhao. The ugly ones were beaten to death as slaves. Over the years, I was also very scared. I tried to escape, but before I could escape, a child with the same idea as me did it first. That child was beaten all over his body in front of us. There was not a single piece of good meat on his body. In the end, a pit was dug and he was buried in the ground below the neck. We watched him die in humiliation..."
The trusted yamen runner felt frightened and looked at County Magistrate Zhen. This was too cruel and inhumane.
"You said that there are still dozens of secret agents in Lin'an Prefecture. Tell us quickly." County Magistrate Zhen said sternly.
"My Lord, I only know one place..."
After the man confessed clearly, County Magistrate Zhen was furious. He told his confidant to interrogate the prisoner behind him and sent people to search the yard where the secret agent of Chiayi County was located.
In recent days, people in Jialin County have been in panic.
There were yamen runners running around constantly, and Lin Dahe hid in his residence and didn't dare to go out, for fear that these yamen runners were looking for him.
Li Niang beside her had a solemn expression on her face, no longer as gentle and considerate as before, and looked out the door from time to time.
The two of them had their own thoughts, and Lin Dahe didn't notice anything unusual about the other party.
Late at night, Li Niang packed her bag, climbed over the wall and headed out of the city. She came to a dilapidated temple, behind which happened to be a horse tied.
The seemingly weak woman climbed onto the horse and galloped into the night.
The next day, when Lin Dahe woke up and didn't see Li Niang, he thought she had gone out to buy something. However, half a day had passed and she still hadn't returned. He became a little restless.
He returned to his room and took out the bag where he had hidden the silver, only to find that the only five taels of silver left were missing.
Lin Dahe was worried, thinking, would anything happen to a weak woman going out alone?
Just as he was getting uneasy, the gate of the courtyard was broken open from the outside and four yamen runners came in.
Before Lin Dahe could react, he was already handcuffed. "Sir, sir, what have I done wrong?"
The yamen runner chuckled and looked at Lin Dahe with a hint of sarcasm, "Lin Dahe, thirty-six households in Shanglin Village and twenty-one households in Xialin Village have sued you for defrauding them of their money."
"You are being wronged, sir. The villagers gave me that money voluntarily. I was helping them make money. If you don't believe me, go check. I distributed money to them years ago. I just lost money this time. However, the young master and I have already collected the money and will soon be able to make money and return it to the villagers."
"Heh." The leading bailiff waved his hand impatiently, "Take him back for questioning!"
"My lord, my lord!"
Lin Dahe was extremely anxious. Li Niang was still missing. She came back and didn't see him. What should a weak woman do?
"My Lord, my wife hasn't come home yet, can you wait a little longer..."
"Lin Dahe, are you still dreaming? What bitch? Isn't your wife in Dayi Town?" The leading bailiff said in a deep voice, "Take her away!"
The county jail was filled with serious criminals, and Lin Dahe was locked up alone in a utility room in the backyard of the county jail. Two yamen runners took turns guarding him. Apart from bringing him food and water, they ignored him even if he screamed at the top of his lungs.
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"Master, Lin Dahe has been found!"
Lin Yaoguang came back from collecting eggs in the county town and immediately told the news that was spreading wildly in Jialin County.
The village chief was shocked. "What? Found him? Is he okay?"
"He's fine. I heard he was thrown into jail."
The village head sighed, "Let's go, I'll tell Brother Lin Gui the news."
Soon the villagers spread the news, and the news of Lin Dahe's arrest spread throughout Shanglin Village.
When Lin Dajiang heard that his third brother had been arrested, he felt relieved. At least no one was hurt.
He and Li Taohua rushed to the old house when they heard the news.
When they arrived, the yard of the old house was already filled with villagers.
Lin Dajiang pushed through the noisy crowd and went in with his wife and children.
"Brother, you're here!" Lin Dahai found the backbone and told him everything he knew.
Lin Dajiang asked, "So, my third brother is currently incarcerated in the county jail?"
Lin Dahai nodded, "Mom fainted from crying and is resting in the room. Dad and my wife are in the main room."
Later, Lin Dajiang and his party followed Lin Dahai into the house and saw Old Mrs. Lin trying to get up.
When Old Lady Lin saw Lin Dajiang, her eyes lit up, "Dajiang, Dajiang, hurry up, you and Dahe go to the county town and redeem Dahe."
Lin Dazhu hurriedly advised, "Old sister-in-law, please be patient. How can you redeem him if he is imprisoned in the county jail? The county court hasn't solved the case yet. Even if two great rivers and great rivers flew over, it would be useless."