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Chapter 1106 Could this shrew's nine clans have been wholesaled?
The characters 隐 and 櫽 are similar in writing and pronunciation, but have completely different meanings. Yet, they are often used interchangeably as phonetic loan characters.
Then, "亲亲相櫽" became "亲亲相隐".
Following this line of thought, how many of the Analects, Mencius, and other classics have been altered?
Zhu Biao took a deep breath, turned to the commander of the Eastern Palace Guards, and instructed, "Send someone to Yangzhou Prefecture to summon Kong Xixue and Kong Xilu to Quanzhou. Also, have them send a message inviting those so-called great Confucian scholars to the capital, saying that I want to revise the Analects and other classic texts."
After the commander of the Crown Prince's personal guards agreed, Zhu Biao turned his gaze to Liu Lian: "Minister Liu, you continue the trial."
When Liu Lian came to his senses, he almost wet himself on the spot, and his mind was filled with only three questions about life.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
I've brought up a whole family feud, and now Your Highness and Yang the Madman want to rewrite the Analects and all the classics.
I, Liu, have truly made a fool of myself; in a single word, I have offended all the gentry in the entire land!
Liu Lian suppressed the urge to flee and glared at Yang, shouting, "Since you refuse to confess, don't blame me for being ruthless! Guards! Take this shrew away and give her fifty severe lashes!"
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Liu Lian again.
This official just wants to ask, is Liu Lian really Liu Bowen's biological son?
Not only did he create a huge mess with just one sentence, but more importantly, he couldn't even find the key point during the trial.
In this major case, is Yang a key figure?
Besides, what kind of case is this that you're going to interrogate people one by one?
Yang Shaofeng sneered, and after Yang was dragged out of the main hall, he turned to the lame fifth brother and ordered, "Fifth brother, take a hundred guards from the Imperial Son-in-Law's residence, along with the men from the Quanzhou Hundred Household Office of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and bring back all the members and elders of the Yang clan."
After Limpy Wu left to receive his orders, Yang Shaofeng instructed Xia Yu: "Commander Xia, arrange for someone to bring the former prefect of Quanzhou, the former prefect of Quanzhou, and their relatives to Quanzhou. All official business in their respective prefectures shall be temporarily handled by the prefectural assistant prefect."
"In addition, all the assistant officials and county magistrates of Quanzhou Prefecture and its subordinate counties who have not been transferred in recent years have also been brought to court."
"In addition, send people to search for the servants who left the Pu family back then. Bring over anyone you can find."
Liu Lian was almost driven crazy by Yang Shaofeng's gaze.
Who are you, Yang Dianfeng?
Who am I, Liu Lian?
You're some kind of imperial inspector of eight provinces, while I, Liu Lian, am just someone forced into this position.
You, Yang the Madman, hold the imperial edict in your hand, but I, Liu Lian, can command the Embroidered Uniform Guard?
You, Yang, are madman, and you don't follow the rules when handling cases. At most, your father-in-law will scold you a few times, but the Censorate won't dare to use that as a reason to impeach you.
But if I, Liu Lian, dare to break the rules, I'm not the only one being targeted!
While inwardly grumbling, Liu Lian looked at Yang Shi, who was being dragged back like a dead dog, and asked, "Tell me, who instructed you to take in Yang Benchu, and who helped you change his name and surname?"
Yang, whose skin was torn and bleeding from the whip, lay sprawled on the ground like a lump of rotten flesh. Wen Yan could only lift his head with difficulty, and gave a bitter laugh, saying, "No one ordered me to do this. I just didn't want my son to be captured and made into a slave."
"I helped him change his name and surname by taking money from the Pu family and begging the clan elders to turn a blind eye and not to report my son."
"As for the rest, I know nothing about it."
"..."
Upon hearing Yang's reply, Liu Lian gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Yang, the Embroidered Uniform Guard has already gone to arrest your Yang family."
"I'll give you one more chance. Will you ruin the entire Yang family to save a few people, or will you confess quickly and avoid further physical suffering?"
"After all, you, Yang, are not the only woman in the family. If you refuse to confess, do you think others will do the same?"
Yang spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed, "You corrupt official! You distorted the classics of the sages in order to extract a confession through torture! You deserve to die a horrible death!"
After scolding Liu Lian, Madam Yang glared hatefully at Yang Shaofeng and cursed, "You're a corrupt official too! People say you love the people like your own children, but I never imagined you couldn't even tolerate a child who's only a few years old!"
Yang Shaofeng blinked blankly, then turned to Liu Lian and asked, "It seems like she's cursing me?"
Liu Lian's expression changed drastically. He was about to order the torture to be inflicted again when he didn't expect Yang to actually go all out. She stared intently at Zhu Biao and cursed, "People say you are kind and generous, but I'm afraid you're just a worthless coward who has only a reputation!"
Zhu Biao was also a bit bewildered by the scolding.
No, what the hell does this mean? So it's my fault that I won't let your son go?
That doesn’t make sense!
Yang Shaofeng's anger vanished instantly.
There was a black sesame dumpling that got scolded, and it was even scolded as a worthless scoundrel!
The key point is that this shrew Yang is really ruthless. There were so many people in the main hall, but she only picked on Heizhi Tangyuan, this official, and Liu Lian to scold!
I wonder if Black Sesame Dumplings and Liu Lian will have the same good temper as me?
Yang Shaofeng chuckled inwardly, while Liu Lian, with a dark and sour face, ordered the bailiffs, "Drag this shrew and the remnants of the Pu family away and give them a severe beating!"
……
The Embroidered Uniform Guard arrested people much faster than Liu Lian had imagined.
After the entire Yang clan was brought to the main hall of Quanzhou Prefecture, Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng directly put Xia Yu in charge of the interrogation.
Xia Yu didn't even conduct a trial. He ordered the Imperial Guards in the hall, "Take all these people away, beat them thoroughly, and interrogate them carefully. I only want their confessions."
Liu Lian, that unlucky fellow, had to follow procedures when handling cases, and not only did he get scolded, but he also caused His Highness and the Prince Consort to get scolded as well.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu couldn't help but shake his head again.
Honestly, having served as the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard for so many years, I've seen quite a few ruthless people who court death.
but!
I have never seen anyone as reckless as Lady Yang!
Could it be that this shrew's entire family was bought wholesale at the Dengzhou border market?
Limpy Wu walked up to Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng and whispered, "Your Highness, Prince Consort, when I led men to arrest members of the Yang clan just now, we found seventeen castrated children in a courtyard near the Yang clan ancestral hall. According to the people of Yang Family Village, these children were intended to be kept as servants in the future."
Yang Shaofeng was stunned for a moment.
Castrated children as servants?
What kind of lunatic could come up with this?
Or, when they came up with this idea, were they thinking of raising those children to be slaves?
Zhu Biao's expression also changed.