jdhmnovel Chapter 591 Reinforcements are coming?
Chapter 591 Reinforcements are coming?
Under the dim oil lamp, Wu Yanhao's eyes were fierce.
When he was in Jiangzhou, he had mastered this way of humiliating men.
These despicable villains who call themselves scholar-officials care most about superficial reputation.
Even if they could survive the ensuing massacre, they would certainly not dare to face the subsequent condemnation from the public.
After all, men's dignity is gone.
"Should we fight to the bitter end or confess the truth?"
"I advise you to be prepared, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life."
Wu Yanhao was not a man who just talked big. He clapped his hands towards one of the cells and smiled sinisterly.
A dozen strong men immediately stood up.
"Let's!"
"I come!"
"I'm coming too!"
"Let's do it together!"
"You're in front and I'm behind. We'll attack him from both ends and make sure he can't take care of both ends!"
The prisoners laughed uncontrollably, with ferocious and cruel expressions on their faces.
Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng looked at each other.
My reputation has already been ruined, so it can’t get any worse.
Cui Liang was the first to stand up, holding his buttocks and shouting:
"Wu Shaoyin, Wu Shaoyin!"
"I am willing to confess. I am willing to confess everything!"
Wu Wendeng stood up suddenly and shouted: "Me too..."
Wu Yanhao didn't even look at Wu Wendeng, but pointed at Cui Liang.
"Sorry, I only want one. Cui Liang said it first, so there's no need for you to say it."
"Bring Cui Liang out to me. Wu Wendeng can stay here."
Cui Liang was all smiles and ecstatic.
Wu Wendeng suddenly felt as if a thorn in his back was stabbed, and he rushed to the wooden railing and shouted:
"No, no, no!"
"I, I know a lot of things, I know a lot of things!"
"If Cui Liang's explanation is not comprehensive enough, I can supplement it for him."
Wu Yanhao was too lazy to waste time talking to him and just turned and left.
He needed a role model to be tortured here, and this role model had to be of a high enough status.
Among the three giants in Yangzhou, Sima Gaofu was his own man, the governor Cui Liang took the initiative to confess, and finally the chief secretary Wu Wendeng would naturally be punished here.
Anyone who entered the cell would surely see Wu Wendeng’s miserable condition.
This is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
"Everyone, I wish you all a happy time."
Wu Yanhao, who had already reached the corner, turned around and smiled at everyone.
"We must greet Lord Changshi well."
Wu Wendeng's face turned purple.
He kind of wanted to die.
But I can't die.
Several big men with evil grins on their faces surrounded him and pressed him directly onto the pile of straw.
After leaving the prison, Wu Yanhao brought everyone back to the main hall of the Governor's Mansion to prepare for the next plan.
Suddenly, a yamen runner rushed in and reported, "Sir Wu, the relatives of the governor and the chief secretary came here today and said they want to see you."
Wu Yanhao tilted his head and glanced at the yamen runner, doubtful, and asked:
"Whose family is your governor's wife?"
The yamen runner was stunned for a moment, then replied:
"You are joking, my Lord. How could I know about such an important matter?"
Wu Yanhao said, "Oh!"
"How many people are coming?"
The yamen runner recalled carefully and said:
"Five people, one of them is a high-ranking official, it seems like he was invited here to calm the situation."
Wu Yanhao nodded casually.
He guessed that it must be that Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng's family had invited someone from the house of a high-ranking official.
He came over specifically to put pressure on him and try to make him release Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng.
He had experienced this kind of thing countless times when he traveled around with his brothers and brothers-in-law.
Now, it was him who faced the situation.
"Let them in. I want to see who is going to plead for them."
Wu Yanhao gave an order to the bailiff and then turned to the evil spirit.
"Master of the Demonic Spirit Pavilion, please bring in the Imperial Horse-Slaying Sword!"
The demon spirit bowed, turned around and walked into the back hall.
Outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion, an old man in his seventies, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked in with two beautiful middle-aged women and two young men.
They had a clear goal and headed straight for the main hall of the governor's mansion.
Soon, they arrived outside the main hall. The old man in the lead adjusted his mood, his eyes widened with anger, and was about to walk inside.
As soon as he took a step out and climbed up a step, he saw Wu Yanhao in the main hall. His face was solemn, he was sitting firmly on the couch, and his eyes were full of cold light.
Beside Wu Yanhao, the demon spirit held his head high and chest puffed out, holding the Shangfang horse-slaying sword in his arms, and his back was straight.
The emotions that the old man had worked so hard to build up disappeared after he saw the Shangfang Horse-Slaying Sword.
There is only endless fear and trepidation left.
"I am Lu Gui, the old man, and I am here to greet you, sir."
He took two steps forward and knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Please get up."
"Thank you, sir."
"I wonder what brings you all here?" Wu Yanhao asked.
"Sir, we are here for the governor and the chief secretary."
Wu Yanhao nodded, stood up, walked around Lu Gui with his hands behind his back, and looked him up and down carefully.
Lu Gui felt his hair stand on end when he looked at him, and his old body was shaking.
Wu Yanhao walked around for who knows how many times and suddenly smiled.
"I have a strong impression of you. Have you ever met me before?"
Lu Gui forced out an ugly smile and said tremblingly:
"I have also paid my respects to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei before."
The Five Surnames and Seven Families are not as good as they used to be, but the Li and Wu families are thriving in these years.
In those days, Lu Gui also visited Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi, Wu Yizong and other members of the Wu family.
Although I have never met Wu Yanhao, Wu Yanhao's demeanor is quite similar to that of Wu Chengsi in the past.
"Oh, that's my father." Wu Yanhao said as he turned around, "I think I saw him briefly when you visited my father in the past."
Wu Yanhao stopped and said, "Old man, why do you want to wade into this muddy water today?"
Lu Gui blushed and lowered his head: "Master Wu, I came here this time because I really have something unspeakable to hide!"
"A secret that is difficult to tell?" Wu Yanhao snorted coldly and returned to his couch. "This is a major event of exterminating the family and the old gentleman dared to intervene. It is conceivable that the old gentleman is not afraid at all."
Before Lu Gui was frightened, the families of Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng were already scared out of their wits.
A major event of confiscation of property and extermination of the clan?
Cui Liang, Wu Wendeng and others were sent to prison.
Whose house was looted and whose clan was destroyed?
It's already obvious.
"Sir Wu, I really have something to hide, and the relatives of the governor and the chief secretary are here, so I have no choice but to wade into this muddy water."
"Interesting, wade into muddy water?" Wu Yanhao sighed, "You have been an official for so many years, and you know the laws of this dynasty. You are so old, do you still want to risk your life to come here?"
Lu Gui also had his own thoughts, and his face was full of helplessness.
He had to come because Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng still had the evidence against him.
but……
Wu Yanhao has already taken out the Shangfang Horse-Slaying Sword.