Emperor Zhengde

Chapter 94 Confiscating Xie Qian’s Family (Part )

Xie Qian felt uncomfortable all over. Sometimes he felt as if his whole body was on fire, and sometimes as if he was fried in a frying pan.

He almost exploded and died.

But now Xie Qian had become a prisoner, and naturally he could not do whatever he wanted as before. Now he could only breathe rapidly, and even trembled and groaned.

Deng Bing, the commander-in-chief who was in charge of arresting the person, thought that Xie Qian was just angry, so he did not care and only ordered his men to take Xie Qian to the prison van.

But Xie Qian really couldn't hold it back any longer, and he broke free from the hands of the two soldiers, pounced on one of them, kissed him madly, and lifted up his robe to do it.

The man was Du San, who was still standing there. Du San was already frightened when he saw the soldiers, and now seeing Xie Qian trying to strip him of his clothes, he was so scared that he shouted, "Lord, Lord!"

Upon seeing this, Deng Bing ordered the soldiers to forcibly pull Xie Qian up, put handcuffs on him, and regardless of Xie Qian's struggle, locked him in the prison van.

Du San was so scared that he quickly put his clothes back on.

Xie Qian still looked at Du San with his eyes blazing with fire: "Beauty! Beauty!"

His body was still trying hard to stick to the outside of the prison van.

The chief flag officer who was guarding Xie Qian was also puzzled by Xie Qian's behavior, so he had to whip Xie Qian and said, "Behave yourself!"

Xie Qian was just in the process of taking effect from the drug, and after being whipped, he opened his mouth wide: "Another whip, another one!"

The flag officer was a little puzzled, as he had never seen anyone voluntarily ask to continue beating him.

However, the chief flag officer did not beat Xie Qian again. He did not dare to beat Xie Qian to death. After all, Xie Qian was a serious criminal of the court.

At this time, Xie Qian, who had almost completely lost consciousness, saw that the general flag officer did not continue to beat him, so he simply rammed himself against the pillar of the prison van, making the van rattling loudly. After ramming for a long time, his entire body began to rub up and down against the pillar, with the amplitude getting larger and larger.

The flag officer in chief saw this and thought that Xie Qian had just struggled to get out, so he ignored Xie Qian. After all, his job was just to keep an eye on Xie Qian.

At this time, members of the Xie family were arrested one after another, and they were howling and shouting, but Xie Qian ignored them and just fought against the prison van.

Du San was also taken into the prison van. After all, he was now staying at the Xie family and was considered a member of the Xie family.

Du San was extremely regretful about this. He had originally come to Xie Qian to ask for an official position, but he did not expect to be implicated and become a prisoner.

Du San could only shout desperately: "My Lord! I have nothing to do with the Xie family. I am just a commoner who came to the Xie family to do business!"

"No matter if you are a real person or not, according to the imperial decree, all the people in the Xie family should be taken to Fengyang first!"

Deng Bing said this and ordered to continue arresting people.

At this time, Lu Ju also started to search the house.

However, Xie Pi, who came upon hearing the news, stopped Lu Ju and shouted, "Since you are soldiers of the imperial court, why are you arresting people for no reason? My father was once a veteran of three dynasties and a cabinet minister. How can I allow a group of warriors like you to take them away at will! Come on! Beat them out!"

Deng Bing personally brought the imperial edict over at this time: "We are following the imperial edict. The treacherous minister Xie Qian murdered the emperor and committed treason. His crime is unforgivable!"

As he said this, Deng Bin first hacked to death a powerful slave of Xie family who rushed over, which immediately scared away the other powerful slaves of Xie family. Even Xie Pi was stunned, and he just gritted his teeth and said: "My father must have been wronged. You bunch of court lackeys should not be so arrogant!" Deng Bing didn't bother to pay attention to Xie Pi and directly ordered people to arrest Xie Pi as well!
At this time, Xie Qian seemed to have had enough fun and regained some of his rationality. He hurriedly shouted, "Pi'er, let them arrest the man! Let them search my house! I have been an honest official all my life, never seeking any personal gain for myself, and have worked diligently for the Ming Dynasty for decades. Now I have been tragically harmed by you traitors. I can only bow my head and plead guilty. I only hope that someone can prove my innocence in the future!"

"Yes, my father has always been an honest official, and my Xie family has always been honest and upright in running the family. Let's see what you can find out!"

Xie Pi also agreed at this time.

Lu Ju did not respond to Xie Qian and Xie Pi, father and son, but only ordered a thorough search.

After an hour, Lu Ju's officers and soldiers withdrew one after another, but they did not seize much gold, silver and jade, just some land deeds.

"Sir Lu, and Sir Deng, I know you are just following the imperial edict, but are you so heartless as to help treacherous officials to kill loyal officials? Now you can see clearly that apart from the land deeds, I am not the kind of person who collects antiques, jades, and celebrity paintings to enrich myself!"

Xie Qian then asked, "You can ask them to take a closer look. These land deeds are all our Xie family's ancestral property. Even the land purchased and donated was voluntarily acquired by the people, not taken by trickery or force!"

At this time, a large number of people outside had indeed rushed over after hearing the news. Among them, several students wearing square scarves took the lead in paying their respects:
"My dear officials, I and other Yuyao people don't know why the court arrested Lord Xie and other gentlemen. Logically, we dare not obstruct the court's law enforcement, but we have to plead with you officials, asking the court to forgive Lord Xie and his family. Lord Xie's family has always treated the people well, never abused their neighbors, and helped the poor and the needy. We have all witnessed this. There are so many widows, widowers, and orphans in Yuyao County who the county cannot afford to support, and it is all Lord Xie's family who provides relief! We really don't understand why such a good Lord Xie would have his property confiscated and taken away!"

More and more people came outside, each of them pleading for Xie Qian and his family, and some were crying bitterly.

Some even threatened directly: "Neighbors, these are Liu Jin's traitors in the court who want to frame our elder, and these people are the court's lackeys. We must not let them take the elder away today! Otherwise, the elder will be killed by them. We can't let them take the elder away!"

Lu Ju was relatively young and had never seen such a scene before. He could not help but look at Deng Bing and said, "Brother Deng, look at this situation. Is Lord Xie really a good official? What should we do?"

Deng Bing did not rush to answer Lu Ju's words. He could see that although many of these so-called common people were simply pleading for Xie Qian, some were obviously deliberately inciting the people with the intention of obstructing his officers and soldiers from enforcing the law. However, he also knew that he could not easily take Xie Qian and others away and confiscate Xie Qian's family. After all, if a civil unrest really broke out, he and Lu Jue would be the first to take the blame.

Deng Bing naturally would not believe that Xie Qian was really a good person. Based on his understanding of civil servants, there were few truly honest officials, but there were many hypocritical people. Therefore, he could not help but think carefully about how to break the current deadlock.

Xie Qian sneered. Although he had just vented his anger, the effect of the medicine had not yet worn off, and there was a part of his body that had begun to itch uncomfortably. Therefore, he now hoped that the officers and soldiers would let him go so that he could take a bath quickly. He could not help but wink at a member of the Xie family who was kneeling outside and whom he had taken care of.

The Xie clan member shouted, "Everyone, just sit outside and watch Elder Xie being killed by them. Let's go smash the prisoner van and save Elder Xie. Follow me!"

As soon as the Xie clan member finished speaking, Deng Bing acted decisively and shot an arrow through the Xie clan member's throat, scaring the people who were about to rush in and making them retreat.

Xie Qian was furious at this time: "Deng Bing, you killed innocent people! Even if I am guilty, what does it have to do with the villagers? You will not die well!"

Although Deng Bing's arrow just now frightened the Xie clan members who were disguised as civilians and the people who sympathized with the Xie family, it did make the people even more angry. Now that Xie Qian expressed his indignation at the killing of the civilians, the people present supported the Xie family even more, making the scene even more tense.

At this time, Deng Bing accidentally saw Du San. The fishy smell on Du San's body left a deep impression on him. It also reminded him of when he just led his men in, he saw Du San, an ordinary citizen, chatting and laughing with Xie Qian. He also remembered that Xie Qian said "Go to Liuxiang Cave".

At that moment, Deng Bing hurriedly asked Lu Ju: "Commander Lu, have your men searched Liuxiang Cave?"

Lu Ju hurriedly shook his head: "There is no such place in the library reported by the people below."

"Send people to search! If nothing is found, tear down the wall. First, find a servant of the Xie family to ask where the Liuxiang Cave is." After Deng Bing said this, Lu Ju hurriedly ordered 1,000 households to take people. When Xie Qian heard this, his face turned pale and he immediately shouted, "Fellow villagers! Whoever is willing to rescue me now, I will give him 100 acres of good land and 100 taels of silver. As the saying goes, the law does not hold everyone responsible. As long as you are willing to rescue me, the court will not blame you. The court must also obey the will of the people!"

After Xie Qian's shout, the people of Yuyao, who had already sympathized with the Xie family, heard that they would be rewarded with fertile land and silver if they saved the elder, and also heard Xie Qian say that no one would blame them if they went to the court, so they all responded and rushed to their homes to find hoes and other things to save Xie Qian.

Thanks to my book friend V梦之无限V for the reward of 1000 Qidian coins. Thank you to my book friend久好久黄金100 Qidian coins for the reward. I have written more than words without realizing it, but the content about copying Xie Qian is not finished yet. I can only mark it as finished. It seems that the ending of this small plot about copying the Xie family can only be put in the next chapter.

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