Seeing the Beihai Army escorting a group of beggars into the city, many people in the city were surprised and thought to themselves, why did the Beihai soldiers still capture the beggars. The beggars begging on the streets saw this scene and ran away, fearing that the Beihai soldiers would capture them too.

The brigade returned to the county government office that had been changed to the Military Control Commission. The deputy company commander led the team reported the situation to Li Bi, the head of the Military Control Commission, and praised Cao Guo and the others very much.

Li Bi was very pleased that he could get all the robbers. He first ordered people to put the bandits in prison and prepared to be interrogated after the New Year. Then he said to Cao Guo and the others with hard work.

Cao Guifu was a yamen runner for many years and ran away with the Northern Hair Army for a day. He found that these short-haired soldiers were not as terrible as the rumored before. The officers and soldiers spoke very kindly, and they were obeying orders. They never oppressed the people along the way, and they were more than a little better than those green camps.

"The villain is not hard! He has only been working for many years with some minor skills. He usually doesn't like those who rob money and kill life. He is really lucky to be able to serve adults."

Guo Yu also hurriedly bowed and said some of the same thing.

Li Bi nodded and said, "You two will be under the military control committee for the time being, specializing in arresting thieves and chasing and escaping. The interrogation of Yang Kui and others will be left to you. Be sure to ask where the body is buried. If there is not enough manpower, come to me."

Cao Guo and the others were overjoyed and were about to kneel down to thank him, but Li Bi said again: "My rules and regulations in Beihai Town are different from those in the Qing Dynasty. King Zhao has always loved the people as much as his son. Since you are working for Beihai Town, you should not falsely arrest and corrupt. You need to seek the victim and make money by bribery, otherwise the national law will be difficult to tolerate!"

"The villain dares not!" Cao Guo and the others knelt down and kowtowed in a hurry.

"Beihai Town has a vast territory. As long as it is not a murderer who commits a murder case, it will be sent to the extreme north to cut down trees and dig coal. If you don't have a three or five years to come back."

Li Bi was a county magistrate under the Qing Dynasty. Although he was a corrupt official in the past, he knew all the dirty and corruption of the yamen runners and clerks.

You should know that in ancient times, those who could be constables were all smart, smart, strong, brave, and cowardly. Otherwise, if they could not maintain social order, they would be punished and even go to jail if they could not complete the tasks assigned by the Shangguan.

The problem is that since you are smart, the other side must be cunning. What's more, this group has been a group of people who have been greedy for generations, and have corruption in their abilities to fool their bosses.

However, the people from the General Security and Police Department have not arrived, so they still have to use these two people, so he came and "killed the stick" and scolded them before they got up. Then he issued another note and asked them to go through the sixth day of the Chinese New Year to complete the entry procedures.

Cao Guifu and Guo Yu left the gate of the Military Control Commission with lingering fear, thinking that the "too respectful master" of the Military Control Commission seemed to be a difficult master to fool. Compared to Cao Guifu, Guo Yu couldn't help but feel a little regretful that the money on the street would be difficult to make in the future.

In a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of the Chinese New Year. Guo Yu arrived at the gate of the Military Control Commission early in the morning and saw that Cao Guifu had arrived. Because it was too early and the door had not opened, the two started chatting under the stone steps outside the door.

Guo Yu was young and was trying to make money by inheriting the attacks and arrests. Li Bi's words before frightened him so much that he was worried that if he only had six taels of food and silver in the future, his life would be impossible. In this year, the family of urban residents was four or five, and most of them lived together for three generations. Five cents of silver per month were not enough to support the family.

Cao Guifu comforted and said that the most important thing now is to handle the case well, and he is worried that nothing else is useful. If he doesn't want to do it, he has to finish the case before he can find a way.

In fact, they both have land outside the city, hire people to farm and collect rent, and there are shops in the city. Now they have become friends again, and those brothels and casinos offer a sum of money every month to seek care, so they don’t have to worry about food and clothing at all.

After chatting for an incense stick, the door opened. Following the guidance of the doorman, they went to the former official room to go through the entry procedures. The one who received them was a document served by a veteran of the Military Control Commission. After the other party filled in the personal and family information of the two on the registration form, Guo Yu finally couldn't help but ask about salary.

The clerk smiled and said, "Our Beihai Town is different from the Qing Dynasty. In the past, you earned the little work and food and silver, and we would definitely not support our family. In addition, we paid monthly salary. Captain Cao has been a servant for many years, has rich experience, and his salary is equivalent to a second-level sheriff. His basic salary is 25 yuan silver dollars per month, and there are allowances, bonuses, holiday expenses, etc. I can't say how much. But if you get them all, it will not be less than 40 yuan per month."

"ah?!"

Cao Guifu and Guo Yu were shocked. The five pieces of Beihai Yuan combined one tael of silver is now well known in Jiaodong. After a little calculation, he could actually get one hundred taels a year, which was more than ten times more than under the Qing Dynasty.

Guo Yu hurriedly said, "Sir, how much can a villain take?"

The document pointed to one of the registration forms and said: "You have only been in the first position of arrest for three years and five months, so it is tentatively set to be a second-level police officer. The basic salary is 12 yuan per month, and the allowance and bonuses are calculated separately."

Guo Yu didn't know what "subsidy holiday expenses" mean, but after silently calculating, he could get at least two taels per month, and more than twenty taels a year, several times more than before. Thinking of this, his eyes at Cao Guifu were full of envy.

After the document was explained, they asked the two to go to the next door to take photos and use them to make documents. Cao Guo and the other two followed a clerk to the next door in a daze, and during this period they made a lot of jokes about the fill light and the blindfold in the house.

After taking the photo, the two returned to the room they had registered before, waited for about a stick of incense, and finally got a work permit with a suspender and a hard-crust shell.

Cao Guifu and Guo Yu didn't know what a work permit was. In the past, the county government issued fire seal waist cards, and they could only be found with official officials. The two picked up curiously and saw that the front was dark blue, with white gear ring five-star badges printed on it. However, when they turned over and looked at it, they were immediately scared and screamed in surprise.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Guo Yu stammered: "Uncle Cao, is this the person above me?"

Cao Guifu was also scared. Nothing else, his big head was visible on it, and even the exposed nose hairs and the boils on the corners of his mouth could be seen clearly. If you want to say that this was drawn, who could draw so clearly with such skill, both of them couldn't help but remember the scene when the clerk was next door holding a strange black box and letting them stand in front of a curtain.

The clerk and several clerks were all happy to see this, and they all experienced this. So several people raised their work permits hanging around their necks and said, "See, everyone in Beihai Town has them. In the future, people in the city and in various townships will take photos and archive them."

“Take a photo…?”

The document then briefly explained to the two people what "photos" meant, and told them that they had no relationship with the magic magic magic magic and magic. They also said that there were many magical equipment for solving cases and thieves in the General Security and Police Department, and they could see them when the sent people arrived.

Cao Guifu nodded in confusion, then bowed and said, "I dare to ask, what is the General Security Police Department?"

The Wenshu said: "One department in Beihai Town has a special department in charge of solving cases and catching thieves, and is called the General Security Police Agency. From now on, you will both be included in the Public Security Police Station in Ninghai Prefecture, and you will leave there as long as you pay."

"Is that the Ministry of Justice or the Office of the Nie Office?"

"It's almost the same. We don't know what the Ministry of Justice and the Nie Department do. I've finished everything here, so you can go and do it."

After hearing this, Cao Guifu hurriedly reached into his arms, took a five-cent silver and stuffed it into the document. Guo Yu also wanted to take it out. Seeing this, the document immediately changed his face and said, "What are you doing? Our Beihai Town has no such rules, please put it away quickly!"

The two were startled by each other's attitude. The clerk knew that they did not understand the system of Beihai Town. It was the first day of reporting, so he said in a gentle tone: "I'm not pretentious. Our Beihai Town is different from all dynasties. I have fifty acres of land at home, and the annual income in the fields is enough to eat and wear. From now on, you will understand it slowly. I have heard about the old thief. Go and do your business quickly and give an explanation to the families who reported the case as soon as possible."

When Cao Guifu and Guo Yu heard this, their faces were a little hot, so they bowed to the document and said, "Yes, the adults are devoted to the public, and the villain is ashamed. We will do our best to do the job in the future."

After the two came out of the backyard, Cao Guo and the others discussed and divided the labor. The experienced Cao Guifu went to the prison room to interrogate Yang Kui and others. Guo Yu went to find the missing family members and asked them to identify the stolen goods. Guo Yu knew how many bowls of dry rice he could eat, so he ran away in an easy way.

Cao Guifu went straight to the prison room in the southwest direction, and arrived at the entrance of the prison room yard. The soldier standing guard with a gun carefully checked the ID on his neck, compared the photos with himself, and then let him in. Cao Guifu thought to himself that with this trick, it was impossible for outsiders to sneak in.

After the Beihai Army captured the four counties of Jiaodong and established the Military Control Commission, the first thing that changed was the prisoners in the county jail. Because they could not understand the system of Beihai Town, the behavior of the prison guards was much restrained. Those prisoners who rely on them did not dare to go too far, and they had fewer blackmail and insults on weekdays.

The military control committees in various places did not do anything to break the cage and release all the prisoners in custody. You should know that the Qing Dynasty's administration has not yet been corrupted to a particularly serious extent. Although some people were wronged in the prison cells, most of them were guilty. If a murderer was released, it would be a mere mess for him, so he should treat it differently.

According to the archives of the prison room and the prison, those who are in jail for tax arrears, who have no conclusive evidence and are not serious, who are in jail for disputes and cannot afford to pay off the loan shark, will all be released. Those who stay in the prison will either commit murder, or commit crimes such as tomb robbery, and cheating, which need to be carefully identified.

However, the system of Beihai Town is that the administrative chief generally does not interfere in the judiciary. In Ninghaizhou, Li Bi will naturally not be too troublesome. When will the General Security Bureau send someone to the screening work begin?

The first person Cao Guifu interrogated was Yang Kui, the leader of the old Gua Thief, and the interrogation room used the office room of the previous prison. Yang Kui, who was brought in, had already worn heavy shackles and shackles, which were 50 kilograms.

"Yang Kui, haven't seen each other for a few days, have you thought about it?"

“…”

"What? Do you dare not say it? You are a man who is also a man who can tell the place where you are buried with joy and will suffer less."

“…”

No matter what Cao Guifu said, Yang Kui just disagrees with a word, and acts like "I don't speak, it's hard for gods to take action." Seeing this, Cao Guifu sneered: "Do you think the government will not use torture without evidence? Tell Neng the truth, the families of those missing people will come to guide the stolen goods in a while. At that time, everyone, physical evidence and evidence are there, don't blame Neng for putting sticks on it!"

When Yang Kui heard this, he was shocked and his heart was in chaos, and a dense layer of oil sweat appeared on his forehead. According to the provisions of the "Law of the Qing Dynasty", in any major cases involving robbers, human lives, rebellion, etc., the main culprit or accomplices repeatedly investigated and still did not reveal the truth, they would hold a stick to serve them.

A later writer wrote a novel called "Sandalwood Punishment", but there is no record in official history, and it is likely to be interpreted by the author. However, there is another name for the clamping stick in the Qing Dynasty, which is called "sandalwood boots".

When used, this thing was not the same as in later film and television dramas. Only three large wooden sticks were used to wear ropes and press their ankles, and the prisoner cried and shouted that everything was done.

Real clamping sticks are usually made of poplar or willow wood, three feet long, and iron chains run through the middle. When using it, first put the stick up straight and hold it by one person, then place the prisoner's feet in the middle, then tighten the three ropes, and then press a wooden stick behind the feet, so that the prisoner cannot move. Then, a servant will hold a three-foot-four-inch hardwood bar in his hand, stand on the prisoner's shin and knock it hard with a wooden hammer. If you don't need it much, the bone will break comminutedly. If you want to increase the prisoner's pain, you will also place stone chips between the clamping sticks. If you pull it hard, the prisoner will suffer extremely painfully. Generally, as long as you use this trick, no one can handle it. You will definitely answer questions and ask questions.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! However, Yang Kui also understood that as long as he had done something, he could not let him go out all the way. The thousand-mile long dike collapsed into the ant hole and could no longer be cleaned up. So he thought about it, looked up at Cao Guifu, then lowered his head and sighed: "The villain was wronged. Those things were originally picked up. Since someone came to recognize them, it would be natural to pay it back. What does it have to do with the villain?"

Cao Guifu was furious when he heard this, but it was not easy to get angry. After that, he interrogated more than a dozen other beggars one after another, all of whom were asking questions and saying something urgently was the same as what Yang Kui said.

After that, Guo Yu came to him with a depressed look on his face, saying that he had found several victims in the city and had also identified the stolen goods, but none of them belonged to them.

Cao Guifu knew that this was difficult to deal with. So he took Guo Yu to the signing room to ask for Li Bi and told him about the situation. Whether he could get a stick was to let the chief officer make a decision.

Li Bi was also very troubled when he heard this. You should know that according to the customary laws of the Ming and Qing dynasties, punishments cannot be used without supporting evidence. Yang Kuifei said that things were picked up, so they were not considered proof. Even the Qing Dynasty had the spirit of being cautious in punishment, so Beihai Town naturally could not use torture as soon as it came.

"Oh! I don't know how the ruthless people in the Public Security Police Station tried the case. I heard that they had fallen into their hands and there were no ones who could not be told. But after the torture, they were in good health, but their spirits seemed to be devastated."

Li Bi walked around the house for a few times, pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered a case he had heard in his term in Gansu before. So he clenched his fists excitedly and said to Cao Guifu and Guo Yu: "I have an idea, you are like this..."

When night fell, a group of beggars imprisoned in the cell were stinging stinkingly. Suddenly, outsiders brought Yang Kui out. When they arrived at the prison office, Yang Kui was stunned. The candles in the room were brightly lit. Cao Guifu sat upright behind the table with a few playful smiles on his face. There was a stack of white paper in front of him. On the two long benches in front of the table, there was also a pair of door panels. In the position against the wall, several buckets of water were placed. In addition, there were three burly soldiers.

"Yang Kui, I will give you another chance and tell you truthfully. I will guarantee that you will suffer less when you go to the court."

“…”

Seeing that the other party still didn't say anything, Cao Guifu nodded. Guo Yu smiled and removed Yang Kui's shackles. Several Beihai soldiers rushed over and pressed Yang Kui on the door panel. Then he tied his hands, feet and head tightly with a rope and cloth belt, making it difficult to move at all.

Yang Kui was shocked and knew that this was going to be punished. Before he could think about it, a North Navy soldier reached out and pinched his chin, then stuffed an oil funnel made of iron into his mouth, and then pressed it tightly with a big hand like iron pliers. At this time, Guo Yu brought a bucket of water over, scooped up a full scoop with a gourd ladle, and poured it into the funnel.

Yang Kui's nose wings kept swearing, and the blue veins on his forehead were exposed, and he was ready to resist. But who knew that Guo Yu controlled the flow rate of water very slowly, so he didn't choke much, and a scoop of water entered his stomach in a blink of an eye. He thought to himself that's it? What a f*ck!

However, at this time, Guo Yu scooped another scoop, and after he drank it, he continued to come again. After only one meal, a bucket of water entered Yang Kui's stomach...

When Yang Kui drank the third bucket of water, he could no longer drink it. His stomach was bulging, as if he was pregnant. He struggled desperately to avoid drinking it, but the three North Navy soldiers were extremely strong and Guo Yu was getting water faster and faster.

Finally, when the third bucket of water was poured in, Yang Kui could no longer hold it back. He shouted at the top of his lungs: "I'll do it! I'll do it all!"

In the following time, Yang Kui hesitated to explain all the cases he committed before, specific to the time of each time, the name of the victim, the place where the corpse was buried, and who was a member of the party at that time, and until the fourth day of the day, the person in charge of the record wrote one picture after another, and finally wrote a pile of them.

On the morning of the next day, the Northern Navy of Ninghaizhou and Haiyang counties quickly dispatched and according to Yang Kui's instructions, thirty-one bodies were launched at twenty-six locations. Everyone at the scene was shocked.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in Dengzhou Prefecture. Li Bi was interested in promoting it, so Cao Guifu and Guo Yu were named "God Captain". The families of the victims came to thank him with gifts. However, because of the warnings when they joined the company, they did not dare to take any property. They only said that they worked for Beihai Town and were responsible for handling cases and arresting thieves, so they could not thank him. So the victims found someone to make a plaque, beat the drums and gongs to the door of the Military Control Commission, and called Master Qingtian.
Chapter completed!