189 Wang Chengen pleads guilty
For a moment, everyone was a little curious and didn't know what Ma Xianglin wanted to do?
It’s impossible that I want to use the knife in my hand to split this door, right?
You know, if a group of Dongchang soldiers hit the door together, if it weren't solid enough, they would have been broken long ago!
With that waist knife, it is probably difficult to cut it for a long time. Unless you use that big axe, you can cut it open if you cut too much.
However, looking at Ma Xianglin at this time, it seemed that they were quite confident, which made them stare at Ma Xianglin, just want to see what he did?
Ma Xianglin suddenly took a deep breath, then rushed towards the gate immediately. As he approached, he soared into the air and kicked out.
Instead of kicking the middle position of the two doors, he chose the door shaft of the wooden door on one side.
To be honest, after this run-up, everyone was shocked by holding a long shield in one hand and a knife in the other.
Just when they saw this posture, their thoughts couldn't help but emerge: It's true that they deserve the name of "Little Ma Chao"!
With a "slam" sound, they were brought back to their senses. They looked closely and saw that the door shaft of the gate had been disconnected and fell inside.
The wooden door is not even broken. It is indeed the gate of a rich family, strong enough!
When they were really amazed, they saw that Ma Xianglin who had landed on the ground was already rushing in under the cover of the shield with the arrows shot out.
The first thing that came to react was naturally Ma Xianglin's personal guards, who followed him into the attack.
Wang Erbiao, who was sitting on the horse, came to his senses at this time, sighed secretly, and then stopped the idea of stealing the merits.
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The people in the Fan Mansion obviously knew what crime they had committed, so they all fought stubbornly. It was Bai Ganjun who took over the job of attacking the Fan Mansion. Otherwise, with the East Factory's scheming that had not been through actual combat, they would definitely suffer a great loss.
But even so, three soldiers from the Baigang Army died and sixteen were injured before they could be considered as killing the front yard.
Ma Xianglin, who was still covered in blood, returned to the door and reported to Wang Erbiao: "I didn't expect that the thief inside had firearms, and the shields could not block the lead bullets. I was careless!"
"If you have the General of the Cavalry here, there will be more people who will lose!" Wang Erbiao said sincerely after hearing this.
Ma Xianglin was named General of Cavalry, the commander of the capital, and Shi Zhuxuan comforted him. He guessed what Ma Xianglin liked to hear, so he called General of Cavalry. Obviously, at this time, he had the intention to have a good relationship with Ma Xianglin.
After saying that, he turned over and dismounted, accompanied by Ma Xianglin, entered the gate, turned around and looked at the damn gate.
He also found that the door was full of things, no wonder so many people couldn't open it. The fallen wooden door had a broken door, obviously he couldn't bear the kicking force of Ma Xianglin.
After seeing this, Wang Erbiao had to be amazed that some people's courage was really natural. When he thought about it, he suddenly remembered another person: Lu Xiangsheng!
That peerless general who is even more rare and can pass the Jinshi exam. Judging from legend, his courage seems to be greater than that of Ma Xianglin!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: There are so many people in the Ming Dynasty, but there are really talents. But for some reason, they are always suppressed and beaten by Jianlu! When will it be great to defeat Jianlu in a big battle!
Wang Erbiao was thinking, but suddenly, he heard Ma Xianglin beside him shouting: "Not good!"
He was shocked and looked up and saw smoke coming out from the inner courtyard of Fan Mansion. In a blink of an eye, fire broke out.
"Hurry up, put out the fire, put out the fire!" Wang Erbiao was anxious when he saw it and immediately shouted.
He came to arrest people, and the six major Shanxi merchants were all here. If he set fire to death and died, it would be difficult for him to report to the office when he returned to Beijing!
However, some guards were still resisting, and in a hurry, they were not familiar with the place. They went to find water, and there was nothing to be seen!
It was obvious that the fire was deliberately burning and rose very quickly. When the government army found the water source and prepared to put out the fire, the fire in the inner courtyard of the Fan Mansion had already soared into the sky, and even affected the front courtyard. Even Wang Erbiao and others had to withdraw from the Fan Mansion.
When the fire started, nothing was found except for a few hospital guards who were burned out and surrendered.
Wang Erbiao looked at the burning Fan Mansion with a dark face, but stared at it, and didn't care about the prisoners, let alone Ma Xianglin commanded people to put out the fire and prevent the fire from burning other houses.
It is obvious that under the fire, it is probably burned to coke. How can I pass the matter? I can’t pass the matter at all!
These Shanxi merchants are indeed worthy of being beheaded, and they are really cruel! They can't resist and are about to be arrested, but they set fire to themselves!
In addition, the Jingying side was still smooth. The warehouses of these Shanxi merchants were controlled by the Jingying soldiers, and only one warehouse was set on fire, but they were quickly destroyed by the Jingying soldiers, and did not cause any greater losses.
In the mansions of other Shanxi merchants in the city, they were not as strong as the Fan Mansion, and they were all successfully taken down without the fierce resistance.
However, the Shanxi merchants led by the leader were discussing affairs in the Fan Mansion, and the most important figures were gone!
Thinking of the annoyance, Wang Erbiao called Zhou Wenzhen to his eyes again, and asked him with a gloomy face: "I'm sure those people are here?"
At this time, he was lucky enough to see it wrong?
However, Zhou Wenzhen's answer was still the same, which disappointed him very much.
Seeing him like this, Zhou Wenzhen felt a little relieved. He liked to see this eggless thing. But then, he thought that this was actually an errand work done by Xingguo Bus. Seeing that the fire in the Fan Mansion was about to be put out, he reminded Wang Erbiao: "Old Master Wang, there are three holes in the cunning rabbit. These Shanxi merchants who are used to enjoying wealth may not be willing to burn themselves..."
Before he could finish his words, Wang Erbiao immediately stared at him like a life-saving straw, and asked anxiously: "Did you say they ran away?"
"Eunuch Wang can check it out later. Is there any authenticity in the inner courtyard of Fan Mansion?" Zhou Wenzhen was too shameful before, and was more confident in the mentality of these Shanxi merchants. He used his own to judge others, so he reminded him.
When Wang Erbiao heard this, he had a very high possibility, so he immediately ordered to turn the Fan Mansion to the sky!
After the fire was extinguished, the Fan Mansion was already ruined, and a large group of officials began to search in the ruins.
There are some corpses, but even men and women are hard to identify.
However, with Zhou Wenzhen's reminder, the experienced factory guard quickly reported to Wang Erbiao: "If other Shanxi merchants were here, speculating from the number of deaths and the confessions of the surrendered servants, the number of corpses seems to be smaller."
Wang Erbiao was overjoyed when he heard this, as long as the person was not burned into coke. So he personally supervised and asked them to dig three feet into the ground and find the tunnel.
However, after about an hour, the inner courtyard of Fan Mansion was turned upside down and no tunnel was found, which made Wang Erbiao a little crazy! Those people could not have disappeared out of thin air, right?
Zhou Wenzhen was also looking for it, and he was also very puzzled about not finding the secret passage. Then, he carefully asked the surrendered servants. In the end, just when Wang Erbiao was furious, he was found: "Eunuch Wang, the authenticity is here!"
When Wang Erbiao heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly heard the sound, but found that the tunnel was not in the inner courtyard, but in the front yard near the inner courtyard!
"These Shanxi merchants are so cunning!" After Wang Erbiao sighed, he immediately ordered to chase along the tunnel to find out where the tunnel leads to?
However, the Shanxi merchants actually blocked the tunnel. Seeing that it was getting dark, they did not find out where the tunnel would lead.
"Dadfather-in-law, you must search the whole city as soon as possible. These Shanxi merchants must have moved to other houses through tunnels. If they are late, they are afraid that they will find a way to escape." Zhou Wenzhen was also a little anxious and suggested to Wang Erbiao.
When Wang Erbiao heard this, he nodded with a gloomy face. These Shanxi merchants were so cunning!
After dark, it was too difficult to find these Shanxi merchants.
But he was also cruel enough and directly ordered to drive all the people in the city out of the house, escort them to the lieutenant schoolyard to gather, and wait until dawn tomorrow to identify them.
With this order, the whole Zhangjiakou was in chaos and howling, and the whole of the quarrels were in chaos.
However, under the strength of the army, ordinary people, including local gentry, had no room for resistance.
Of course, at the same time, the tunnel of the Fan Mansion is still tracking.
The torches shone, and the fire was raging, illuminating the entire Zhangjiakou in the same day.
Teams of officials continued to search the house by house to see if there were any people missing.
This time, Wang Erbiao was really angry. He ignored the fatigue of marching to Zhangjiakou and did not go to rest at all. He personally took charge and listened to reports from all walks of life.
Finally, after nightfall, the direction of the tunnel was found, and it was a house leading to the next street. According to investigation, this house also belonged to Fan Yongdou.
So Wang Erbiao asked the people from Zhou Wenzhen, as well as the captured guards, and other arrested people from the family to go to the school to identify them.
However, after everyone identified it, Fan Yongdou and others were not found, which made Wang Erbiao a little crazy.
In the end, Zhou Wenzhen discovered that another tunnel was discovered in that house.
Naturally, I could only start checking this tunnel that was also blocked again.
After a night of hard work, Wang Erbiao, who got the reward, was a little stunned: there were three tunnels in a row, and the last tunnel actually led out of the city.
This means that the culprit ran away!
So, while sending cavalry to pursue and search, Wang Erbiao was helpless and rushed to the capital eight hundred miles to report on the situation here.
Chapter completed!