After being scolded by the old jailer, Yuan Yan was skeptical.
He stood up and walked outside. Sure enough, he didn't see anyone else.
Led by the old jailer, he walked forward slowly. As he walked, he heard a ghastly cry and couldn't help but tremble.
When they walked into a big room, Yuan Yan saw a middle-aged man with chains all over his body, crying bitterly as he was escorted away by three burly men.
"I didn't embezzle! I didn't break the law! I'm innocent! I'm innocent!!!!! "
The middle-aged man struggled desperately and didn't want to go inside. Obviously, he was very scared. Several burly men couldn't bear it and beat him to death. Then they carried him inside.
Yuan Yan looked at the middle-aged man who was beaten to the point where he was on the verge of death, his whole body trembled.
"Hey, Gang San, where did you come from? So cowardly? How dare you commit a crime with such courage? "
The old jailer seemed to be acquainted with the leader of the group. He didn't speak a word as he watched the scene. He only spoke after the fight was over. His tone was full of schadenfreude.
"He's from the Ministry of Works. He worked together with a relative in the Ministry of Finance to get some money and had his relative go out to sea. In the end, he was discovered by the people of the Audit Division when he passed through the Trade Department. He told the people of the Investigation Division, and they followed the vines to the melon in the melon. In one fell swoop, the two families were captured.
These two will definitely die. Even the best of their families will be thrown to the construction site to fend for themselves. I heard that a few beautiful women have already been booked. Don't you think it's a sin? Even their sixty-year-old parents have been implicated. Do you think the Black King of Hell is so easy to provoke? "
The burly man called Gang San laughed, "I was thinking, these cowards are so cowardly. How can they be so bold when it comes to making money? They even dared to lay their hands on the construction funds of Dazhi Road. The Black Yama keeps a close eye on them. Even one tael of silver can't escape their eyes. They took five hundred taels at once. They are courting death. "
"They are still living in the dark. They don't know how powerful the Black Yama is. They think they are smart and no one else but themselves."
The old jailer sneered and then looked at Yuan Yan, which made Yuan Yan's hair stand on end.
"This is? Who let them out? "
"That stubborn old man's son!"
"Oh! It's him! "
Gang San looked Yuan Yan up and down with great interest, "He's really lucky. He can get out of here in one piece. There aren't many people like him."
"Of course! Hahahaha! "
The old jailer chatted with Gang San for a while and then led Yuan Yan outside.
"Kid, you're really lucky. That person just now, no one in his family will survive. Only the women who were bought away will be able to fill their stomachs and become concubines of rich families. The unlucky ones will be played like slaves and die in a few months. You can't even imagine the methods those people use to play with women."
These words made Yuan Yan feel cold from the inside out. He thought of his wife and little daughter.
So it turned out that he was so close to the destruction of his family?
Shivering all the way outside, Yuan Yan saw the sunshine and breathed the fresh air. Bathed in the sunshine, he felt as if he had been reborn.
"Go out, your father is waiting for you outside."
The old jailer showed Yuan Yan a way, and there was a door at the end of the road.
"After you go out, tell your father not to be so stubborn. If he continues to talk nonsense, not to mention you and your father, your whole family, even your relatives, will suffer. The women from the official families are the best. They are delicate and well-educated. Many people like them." "That's right. That's right.
The old jailer's words made Yuan Yan tremble while walking. His breathing was not so smooth, and he didn't feel that he had survived a disaster at all.
Pushing the heavy door open, Yuan Yan saw his father's haggard face.
"Ruosi, my son …"
Yuan Huang took a few steps forward and held Yuan Yan's hand. Looking at Yuan Yan's appearance carefully, his face was full of sorrow, "My son has suffered, my son has suffered …"
Looking at his father's tearful appearance, Yuan Yan didn't know what to feel in his heart. He only felt that he had a lot of words to say, but didn't know where to start.
The old jailer's words were still echoing in his ears. Thinking of his beautiful wife and lovely little daughter, Yuan Yan only felt that his sorrow could not be cut off.
In the end, Yuan Yan opened his mouth and cried to his father —
"Father, you have made me suffer!"
Not to mention the miserable situation of the father and son, after Xiao Ruxun asked Yuan Huang to pick them up and left, his own people came.
Mu Changzuo, the current Duke of Qian of Duke Mansion in Yunnan, led a huge team of more than 200 people and hundreds of retainers to the capital.
Under the protection of the imperial guards, they entered the new Duke Mansion that Xiao Ruxun renovated for them in the capital, and then received the title of Duke of Qian, salary and welfare, and a royal manor on the outskirts of Beijing as the family property. From then on, they lived in the capital.
After arriving in the capital, the first thing they did was, of course, to enter the palace to thank the emperor for such a generous reward.
Mu Changzuo led a total of five sons to enter the palace as representatives to thank the emperor Xiao Ruxun, and expressed their gratitude to the Daqin, and from then on, to serve the Daqin and never betray them.
Xiao Ruxun welcomed Mu Changzuo in the side hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Along the way, Mu Changzuo was cautious. He lowered his head and followed closely behind the eunuchs, not even daring to turn his head. Among the four sons, only the youngest son, Si, dared to look around. He saw many eunuchs and maids, as well as the magnificent palace.
"Big Brother, it's so grand. Is this where the emperor lives? Haven't you been here before? Is it the same as before? "
The eldest quickly looked around at the eunuchs, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he immediately lowered his voice and said, "Shut up, don't talk. Did you forget what father said? When you enter the palace, you are not allowed to look around or talk. If the emperor doesn't ask father for permission, then shut up and don't say a word! "
"Aren't you being too careful? We're already here, what else does the emperor want? "
"Shut up!"
The eldest stared at Si fiercely, and Si had to lower his head in embarrassment and say nothing.
From the previous dynasty to the present, for the past two years, the Mu Family's life had been like walking on thin ice. As the one with the most actual power among the five dukes of the Daming dynasty, the Mu Family had the most military power. In the face of such a major historical event as the revolution of the Ming Qin Dynasty, their position was quite awkward.
Not to mention that when Xiao Ruxun sent troops from Yunnan to the north to kill Chen Yongbin, the Mu Family did not do anything. Later, when Xiao Ruxun occupied Yunnan, the Mu Family did not do anything violent and did not cooperate. It felt like they did not please either side. They were not the loyal subjects of the Daming dynasty, nor the obedient subjects of the new Daqin dynasty. What was that?
Did they want to establish their own family?
In fact, at that time, the Mu Family did not have a unified opinion, and they had internal strife for a long time. Under the increasing external pressure, and under the situation where the old man Deng Zilong kept stirring up trouble, the Mu Family had a collective nervous breakdown, they had to yield.
Once they yielded, there was no way out. The Mu Family became lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and the whole family was moved under the nose of Xiao Ruxun.
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