Mao Yizhi, the prefect of Hangzhou, has been having nightmares for the past few days.

He knew that although An Xinghou was satisfied with what he was doing now, he had a life-or-death feud with the Hangzhou gentry.

The Shence Army had a list of Hangzhou gentry in hand, and they arrested and imprisoned the Hangzhou gentry family one after another according to the list from high to low. In each arrest, although the Shence Army arrested the person, it was the prefect's Yamen who took action.

The Hangzhou magistrate's office has become a puppet in the hands of An Xinghou.

Although An Xinghou was ruthless, he was not stupid. In addition to ordering the Shence Army to arrest the three major families in Hangzhou with lightning speed at the beginning, every subsequent arrest made the Hangzhou prefecture's Yamen stand on the side of

At the front, at least in name, were people from the Hangzhou Prefecture's Yamen leading the Shence Army to arrest people.

And this kind of action seems to show no sign of stopping, and we don’t know when it will end.

Mao Yizhi was at a loss about his future. He knew that now it was just a knife used by An Xinghou. When the knife was of no use, An Xinghou could twist himself to death with his fingers at any time, but now he just chose to use it.

There is no choice.

"Sir, Mr. Zhou is here." A government official came to report in a hurry.

After hearing the report, Mao Yizhi only felt a headache.

Zhou Xing, the general of the Shence Army, was not a eunuch, but he was a rough man. These days, it was almost this general who led the troops to arrest people. Before each arrest, Zhou Xing would come over and call Mao Yizhi to ask him to

Stand at the front and lead the charge.

As soon as Mao Yizhi stood up, Zhou Xing, a tall man, had already walked in with several documents. Before Mao Yizhi could speak, he handed the documents in his hand to him and said in a rough voice: "Prefect Mao, what happened yesterday?"

Confession that was just released in the evening. Several people testified that the Sun family, a cloth merchant in the west of the city, had colluded with the seven surnames and had been providing money to the rebels. We also checked the accounts. In the past few years, the Sun family and the Lin family had very frequent accounts. The Sun family transferred money

Depositing Baofenglong means using Baofenglong as a cover to support the rebels."

After the Zhao family of An Guogong was executed, the Lin family of Hangzhou took his place and became the first of the seven surnames in Jiangnan.

The Lin family in Hangzhou can be said to be the richest in the world. Through the princess line, it has become the largest imperial merchant in the world, and Baofenglong under its name has also become the largest bank in the world.

But such a powerful giant gentry had no power to fight back against the Shence Army.

No matter how much money you have, it will never be as sharp as a knife.

The first thing the Shence Army did after entering the city was to arrest all the three major families, including the Lin family in Hangzhou. Without going through the trial of the Fasi Yamen, most of the people from the three families were taken to the market and beheaded the next day.

It gave everyone in Hangzhou a warning.

However, the Lin family in Hangzhou was not exterminated to death.

Baofenglong has a steady stream of income. During the Anxing period, people from the Lin family are still needed to continue to maintain Baofenglong's operation. The Lin family in Hangzhou can disappear, but Baofenglong cannot disappear. Therefore, the head of the Hangzhou family and his three sons

Both of them were beheaded, but the second son, Lin Hong, who had the best business skills, still escaped death and became a tool in the hands of An Xinghou.

Lin Hong has two roles. The first is to continue to manage the operation of Bao Fenglong, and the second is to become the key to identifying the rebellious party.

Some old and weak members of the Lin family were imprisoned, and Lin Hong was also detained incommunicado. The surviving family members became An Xinghou's bargaining chip to control Lin Hong.

All the accounts of the Lin family were boxed and packed, including not only a large number of accounts, but also many letters.

An Xinghou obviously understood the essence of Lu Junzhong's method, the Minister of Punishment. As long as he convicted one person, he could use this person to bite out more people, and this would spread. With absolute strength, it was really hard to convict people.

It's a piece of cake.

Anyone who has accounts or letters with the three major aristocratic families can be classified as a rebel party.

Mao Yizhi took the document, glanced at it a few times, and sighed in his heart. In the past, these transactions were just the most common things. Nine out of ten Jiangnan merchants had transactions with the three major aristocratic families, but now this

A few pieces of paper can determine the life or death of a family.

The Sun family in the west of the city was a cloth merchant. There were many giant merchants in Hangzhou, but the Sun family was just the most ordinary one among them.

"General Zhou Lang, are you going to arrest people now?" Mao Yizhi asked cautiously.

Zhou Xingdao: "We have to listen to Prefect Mao. If Prefect Mao feels that these evidences can prove that the Sun family is a rebellious party, we can set off now. My people are already waiting outside, waiting for the prefect's order."

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"Since General Zhou Lang has obtained the evidence of the crime, let's set off immediately without further ado." Mao Yizhi agreed with a smile.

The Sun family owns several cloth shops. Although they are not considered wealthy, they are well-endowed.

In the past few days, the gentry in Hangzhou were imprisoned one after another, and many even had their heads chopped off. Sun Mao, the head of the Sun family, knew that sooner or later it would be his turn, and a catastrophe was unavoidable.

In the past few days, all Buzhuangs were closed, and Sun Mao and his family were waiting at home for disaster to fall from the sky.

He also thought about escaping from Hangzhou City with his family, but today's Hangzhou City is like a huge prison. Businessmen coming and going can enter the city, but getting out of the city is harder than climbing to the sky.

Three generations of the Sun family have been in business, and they have grown from small businesses to today's scale. Although they cannot be said to be great good people, they have abided by the rules for several generations and have not done anything treacherous or evil, even in the lean years.

Sometimes, they will also help the poor.

He never thought that a sudden catastrophe would destroy his family, and he was unable to resist at all.

When he saw a large number of officers and soldiers breaking through the door, Sun Mao felt relieved for some reason.

In the past few days, he had been worried day and night, waiting for the officers and soldiers to come to arrest him. The torture almost made him collapse. Now that the officers and soldiers appeared unexpectedly, Sun Mao felt relieved. Since there was no way to avoid it, it would be better to come early.

"Sun Mao, you colluded with the Seven Jiangnan surnames with the intention of rebellion." General Mao Yizhi threw the stack of accounts in front of Sun Mao: "These are all evidence of crime, what else do you have to say?"

Sun Mao picked up the account, looked at it a few times, and then said: "Master Magistrate, if what I say is useful, I have a lot to say. But now that things have happened, do you think what I said is still useful?"

Seeing Sun Mao's calm face, Mao Yizhi felt a little ashamed in his heart, and said helplessly: "Since you have nothing to say, you can only follow us." He turned around and nodded to Zhou Xing behind him, but Zhou Xing did not respond.

Nonsense, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone who came has been arrested!"

A family of more than a dozen people, old and young, were immediately tied up by the Shence Army.

"Search the mansion." Zhou Xing ordered: "No one is allowed to enter or exit."

The operations of the Shence Army in Hangzhou were very regular. Those who arrested people were responsible for arresting people, and those who searched their homes were responsible for ransacking their homes. Once the prisoners were firmly in prison, they admitted that they were rebels, and signed and signed, the next step would naturally be to confiscate their property.

Before that, houses and shops were sealed directly.

Just like most of the previous arrest operations, today was still smooth. The officers and soldiers pushed the Sun family out of the door. Someone skillfully closed the door and put a seal on it. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard.

Zhou Xing looked up and saw a group of soldiers approaching several officials surrounded by soldiers.

"Lord Governor!" Mao Yizhi saw clearly that the soldiers from the Governor's Office suddenly appeared, and the official among them was none other than Fan Yang, the Governor of Hangzhou.

Behind Fan Yang, Chang Shi Sha Deyu and Biejia Zhao He were among them.

Zhou Xing frowned and saw that someone had helped Fan Yang off his horse. He walked forward and said, "Your Majesty the Governor!"

After all, Fan Yang was the governor of Hangzhou, and although Zhou Xing was a wise general, he still had to work hard to save his face when meeting Fan Yang.

"Are you...?" Fan Yang looked at Zhou Xing for a few times, obviously not recognizing him.

Mao Yizhi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Master Governor, this is General Zhou Xingzhou of the Shence Army."

"It turns out to be General Zhou Lang." Fan Yang looked calmly, looked at the detained Sun family, and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhou Xing said calmly: "They are a rebellious party, and they followed the Seven Surnames of Jiangnan to rebel. We got the evidence of the crime and followed Master Mao to arrest them."

"I see." Fan Yang nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "Where is the evidence?"

Mao Yizhi hurriedly stepped forward and presented the stack of accounts. After Fan Yang took it, he looked through it carefully and handed it back to Mao Yizhi. He said calmly: "I want evidence of crime, not accounts. Prefect Mao,

Why are you giving these accounts to me?"

"Lord Governor, this...this is the evidence of crime." Mao Yizhi said bravely: "The Shence Army found these evidences, proving that the Sun family was treason, so the official came with the Shence Army.

Arrests."

"Absurd." Fan Yang sneered: "A few accounts prove that the Sun family has rebelled. Is there anything more ridiculous in the world? It is really unreasonable."

Sun Maowan did not expect that the governor would suddenly appear at this time, nor did he expect that the first time he opened his mouth was to defend himself, he knelt down on the ground without hesitation and said loudly: "I'm wronged, I'm wronged, I'm loyal to the court, from now on.

I have not participated in any rebellion, and I ask the Governor to avenge the villain!"

Seeing this, the young and old of the Sun family also knelt on the ground and shouted that they were wronged. There was a lot of crying for a while.

Zhou Xing originally thought that today's arrest would be as smooth as before, but he didn't expect that Fan Yang would come out halfway. Seeing this situation, he immediately said: "Master Governor, not only do we have these criminal evidences, but there are also witnesses. We have taken a confession."

"It is a state-owned law. To convict a person, you need both witness and material evidence." Fan Yang said solemnly: "And the witness must also prove his own testimony. Otherwise, just one mouth can prove that others are treason. Then is there any royal law? As for physical evidence,

General Zhou Lang, from these accounts, how can we tell that the Sun family was involved in the rebellion? Jiangnan is the most prosperous place for business in the Tang Dynasty. There are many merchants, and business contacts with each other have never been severed.

, naturally there are accounts. Although the three major families in Hangzhou are all guilty of rebellion, they are all plotting secretly. Not everyone knows that they are preparing for rebellion. Moreover, they own various businesses in Jiangnan and do business with many merchants in Jiangnan.
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