Chapter 70 Black Prison (11)
Wang Wenyan was a prisoner, smart and chivalrous, and had a strategy. Because of the custody, he fled to the capital to join Wang'an's party, and fought with Yang Lian, Zuo Guang, Wei Dazhong and other Donglin Party members. During the Taichang and Tianqi period, Wang Wenyan relied on Liu Yiyan in the outer court and supported Wang An in the inner palace to communicate with the Donglin Party, and used a plan to disperse the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang. Since then, the Donglin Party has dominated and later became the Minister of the Central Secretariat under the support of Ye Xianggao, the chief assistant of the Donglin Cabinet.
With his eyes stuck on Wang Wenyan's face, Yuan Dahai naturally thought of the relevant records of him in later generations. In fact, no matter how he described this person, it would be the most appropriate to say that he was Wu Yong of the Donglin Party. As for his life as a prison officer, to be precise, it was like the same mold as the "Song Ai Si". Perhaps he might have read the book written by Shi Nai'an and yearn for the timely rain in his writings. Yuan Dahai thought so.
"What are you?"
Looking at these people he had never seen before, Wang Wenyan looked at the hundred households with a little strangeness.
But the Baihu did not dare to say a word to him, and only said respectfully to Yuan Dahai: "He is Wang Wenyan."
Yuan Dahai nodded and raised his hand to signal the hundred households: "Open the door."
Baihu responded and took the key from a guard behind him, but hesitated a little. Seeing this, Qian En stepped forward and leaned the knife gently on the back of his neck.
"No, no, no!"
After feeling the coldness on his neck, the hundred households jumped up like a frightened rabbit and hurriedly opened the lock. Perhaps because he was too scared, his hands were shaking a little violently, and the copper lock also made a trembling sound.
Seeing that the hundred households were shaking like this when they opened the lock, Wang Wenyan's heart suddenly broke out, and he took a few steps back vigilantly, stared at Yuan Dahai with a deep voice, "Who are you?"
Yuan Dahai did not answer him, but waited for the lock to open and nodded to Qian En.
Suddenly, Qian En took two men and rushed into the cell, and dragged him out despite Wang Wenyan's struggle.
Wang Wenyan was frightened and roared loudly: "What are you going to do?!"
Yuan Dahai slowly raised his hand and signaled Wang Wenyan not to be so nervous. He said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Lord Wang, we are not doing anything, we are just changing a spacious prison room for the adults."
"Where are you going to take me?" Wang Wenyan had a bad premonition and his heart was beating violently.
Staring at Wang Wenyan's eyes, Yuan Dahai chuckled: "Dongchang."
"East Factory?"
Wang Wenyan was shocked and immediately frightened. Why would the people from Dongchang come to the imperial prison? What about Liu Qiao?
After calming down, he blurted out, "Is it the Emperor who asked you Dongchang to bring me up?"
"No." Yuan Dahai shook his head.
Wang Wenyan was stunned, nodded, and said in anticipation: "It seems that it is your governor Wei Zhongxian?"
"Not that." Yuan Dahai shook his head slightly.
"Not Wei Zhongxian?"
Wang Wenyan was stunned. It was not the emperor or Wei Zhongxian. Whose order did these Dongchang men come to the prison to report me?
Seeing that Wang Wenyan's face was unstable, Yuan Dahai put away his smile and said to him coldly: "You don't have to think about it anymore, no one ordered us to mention you."
"What does it mean?" Wang Wenyan was a little confused.
"It's boring." Yuan Dahai's mouth curled up, his face suddenly darkened, and he shouted: "Clog Lord Wang's mouth!"
"you?…"
Without saying a word, Wang Wenyan's throat was pinched, and soon, his mouth was stuffed firmly by the burlap, protesting "um..." no matter how he struggled or protested, the burlap stuffed in his mouth could not be taken out again.
The Jinyiwei on the side saw it and didn't dare to say a word. The hundred-house looked gloomy and calm, lowering his head and wondering what he was thinking.
"Take people out."
After instructing Qian En to take Wang Wenyan out immediately, Yuan Dahai turned around and asked the Jinyi Baihu: "Where is Xiong Tingbi detained?"
"Xiong Tingbi?" The hundred households were stunned and murmured: "He is an imperially appointed death row prisoner, detained on the lower floor. What? Do you want to take him away from your Dongchang?"
After hearing Baihu's words, Yuan Dahaiyin looked at him sideways: "I only ask you where Xiong Tingbi is."
When the hundred households saw Yuan Dahai's face, they were shocked and did not dare to say anything more. They stumbled and took them to find Xiong Tingbi.
………
"Killing people and setting fires, killing families and robbing families is a bad thief, harming the people, and harming the country and the people is a hero. Anyway, this is the case, so it is better to let me be both good and evil."
"Evil cannot suppress righteousness!"
"If the right is not as good as evil, how can you talk about suppressing evil? Lord Xiong, I advise you to be a little more open-minded. Living is not an easy thing, nor is it a good thing. Death may seem difficult, but it is also easy to do it."
"I don't want to die."
"I can't decide whether you die or not. If God insists on you to die, would you do it against the will of heaven?"
"I shouldn't die!"
"Should the millions of Daming people in Liaodong die?"
A living person was trapped in the jail prison that was not seen in the light of day for four years. Within four years, except for the footsteps of the prison guards outside the iron gate, he could no longer hear any sound in the world. The loneliness and madness-making suffocation were enough to change any person with strong will. Xiong Tingbi was like this.
Yuan Dahai did not expect that the legendary Xiong Man Xiong Tingbi was so good at talking. When he saw him, he felt like he had seen an old friend for many years, and he started talking. What’s funny is that he actually forgot the time and started talking to him like this. In the end, Yuan Dahai found that there was really no one in this world who was not afraid of death. Even Xiong Tingbi, who made Nurhaci feel a headache, was afraid of death.
Xiong Tingbi said that he shouldn't die, and Yuan Dahai asked him, should the millions of people in Liaodong whom he gave up die? This question made Xiong Tingbi unable to speak for a while.
"Mr. Xiong, don't think so much, maybe you will thank me."
Yuan Dahai suddenly laughed and said to Xiong Tingbi with some pride: "Because I can let the adults leave the imperial prison and enjoy a few days of sunshine."
Xiong Tingbi smiled bitterly: "The sun in your East Factory is very dark."
"Whether it is black or not, it is always tomorrow in the sky. Moreover, now it is not something that Lord Xiong can decide by himself." Yuan Dahai looked at this late Ming celebrity who was less than fifty years old with interest.
Xiong Tingbi was stunned for a moment, as if he had some insight. He looked up and looked at Yuan Dahai with his eyes that were no longer glorious: "Is Wei Zhongxian finally going to deal with the Donglin Party?"
"The affairs of the governor are not something that we subordinates should know."
"As I said just now, the things in the world are ultimately evil and cannot suppress righteousness."
"Then please tell me who is good and evil from Donglin and my governor? If you think Donglin is righteous, isn't it evil? Don't forget that the Donglin Party who brought you to the imperial prison is the Donglin Party, not our governor."
"Oh, it seems that I'm staying in Zhaozhu too long and my head is not working well." Xiong Tingbi sighed, got up from the ground with some difficulty, walked slowly to Yuan Dahai, and then walked out of the door silently.
Chapter completed!