The gate of Yansheng Gong’s Mansion opened, and a large number of Jinyiwei with torches rushed into the mansion.

The servants in the mansion basically had no decent resistance. Except for a few who resisted, the rest were honestly tied up.

Zhao Peng walked into the Dacheng Hall and sat carelessly on the Grand Master's chair.

After a while, the two Jinyiwei guards walked in with only a white single robe on their bodies, with a bare head and a rat-tailed braid on their heads.

"The boss, this guy is so easy to recognize. He is the only one who keeps this Tartar hair style in the entire mansion and is caught in an instant." An Jinyiwei reported.

At that time, Dorgon had not issued a hair shaving order, and except for the soldiers and some officials, he did not force ordinary people to shave their hair. In fact, many former Ming officials who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the capital were still wearing red Ming robes and black hats when they went to court. Naturally, they did not have the style of shaving money in rat-tailed hair, and they still kept their hair tied. After Dorgon entered the capital, he also issued a hair shaving order, but was strongly resisted by the Han people, so he had to give up.

The hair shaving order in history was not far from the time after the Qing Dynasty took over Jiangnan, and Dorgon unified the country, so he issued a hair shaving order. In addition, Sun Zhixiu's inspiration, the bloodiest hair shaving order was the bloodiest one that left his head but not his hair, and did not leave his head.

The Qing court had not forced the hair to shave, except for Kong Yinzhi, who was eager to express his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, the rest of the people in the Kong Mansion still retained their hair tied turbans. After all, money and rat tails were too destructive, and no one with a normal mind would keep this hairstyle.

Seeing Kong Yinzhi's appearance, Zhao Peng sneered: "Kong Yinzhi, I didn't expect that after you, the dignified Saint Confucius, you actually left a rat tail of a Tartar! You are not afraid of meeting your ancestors a hundred years later. Mr. Confucius won't recognize you?"

Kong Yinzhi was shaking like a sieve, but he still shouted with a fierce slash on the outside and weak swearing on the inside: "Bold thief, who are you? How dare you break into the mansion of my descendant of Confucius at night! You are not afraid of retribution? Why did you come here?"

Zhao Peng sneered and said repeatedly: "We are the monkeys who flee from Tai'an. As for why we are here? Recently, there have been chaos in the war. Our brothers have not opened it for a long time. Recently, we are a little tight. I'll borrow some silver from Yan Shenggong."

It turned out that he was here to rob! Kong Yinzhi thought to himself, and he raised his head and asked, "I wonder how much money this hero wants to borrow?"

"We brothers say at least there are thousands of people. Each of them has to work hard for 1,000 taels. No matter how much they say, they have to borrow 1,500 taels, right?" Zhao Peng said to Kong Yinzhi with a smile.

"One million?" Kong Yinzhi roared, "Why are there so many? At most 50,000! You are one thousand people, one person is fifty taels, and there are no more!"

"Oh, only 50,000 taels? One brother only 50 taels? Are you sending the beggar?" Zhao Peng sneered, "Come on, please come and ask Yan Shenggong's son!"

"Yes, the boss!" The two Jinyiwei immediately turned around and went to capture Kong Yinzhi's son Kong Xingxie.

After a while, the Jinyiwei brought Kong Xingxie. When the Jinyiwei attacked Yanshenggong Mansion just now, none of the people from the Kong family ran away. The Jinyiwei, who disguised himself as robbers, blocked them. Those who wanted to rob the door, except for a few people with weapons in their hands, were killed, the rest were blocked back.

Kong Xingxie was brought up, and Zhao Peng asked, "Your father is ignorant. We brothers have been working hard for several days. We traveled thousands of miles to come to borrow some money from Tai'an. Your father is too stingy and is willing to give 50,000 taels or 50,000 taels? We have more than a thousand brothers, fifty taels per person. Is this a beggar? I know you are a smart person, so you should know where your Kong family's silver is?"

"I, I, I don't know..." Kong Xingxie said tremblingly.

"Oh, I don't know, it doesn't matter if I don't know, we will let you say it soon." Zhao Peng smiled and said to Kong Xingxie in a gentle voice.

After saying that, Zhao Peng turned around and shouted to Wang Quan: "The second chief, the eldest son of the Kong family got up in the middle of the night, and his mind was not clear yet. Wash his face and wake him up."

"Yes, the boss!" Wang Quan walked out with two Jinyiwei.

After a while, the three of them removed a pair of door panels from somewhere, and two Jinyiwei walked into the hall with the door panels.

"Young Master Kong, please lie down." Zhao Peng said with a gentle smile on his face.

"You? What do you want to do?" Kong Xingxie asked in horror.

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"I'm not doing anything. Didn't you look like you haven't woken up yet? I'll wash your face and wake up your mind." Zhao Peng said with a smile.

No matter how Kong Xingxie struggled, the two Jinyiwei pressed Kong Xingxie back to the door panel, tied his hands and feet, then covered a white towel on his face, and then put a few bricks on the bottom of the door panel. Kong Xingxie's head was slanted down and his feet were slanted up, and lay on the door panel. The white towel was covered on his face, because the towel was still dry, and he didn't feel difficult to breathe.

An Jinyiwei came back from a large bucket of water from the water tank outside, and there was a gourd ladle in the bucket.

"Brothers, it's time to start, wash Master Kong's face!" Zhao Peng shouted.

A Jinyiwei put the gourd ladle into the bucket, filled the water with a full scoop of water, and began to slowly water the towel. Soon the towel was wet with water. The wet towel made Kong Xingxie difficult to breathe. The water continued to penetrate the towel and entered his mouth and nose, making him feel like he was about to drown.

Kong Yinzhi watched in amazement as the "robber" gave his son a seemingly gentle punishment, but saw his son lying on the door panel struggling violently, as if in great pain.

"Why can't you stand this in this way?" Kong Yinzhi said in his heart.

Zhao Peng secretly estimated the time, and it was estimated that about two minutes before he shouted: "Stop!"

The Jinyiwei stopped watering and took off the towel covering Kong Xingxie's face. Kong Xingxie, who was wet, grew up with a big mouth and spit out a sip of water.

Wang Quan put his big black face up and looked at Kong Xingxie with a smile: "Young Master Kong, are you awake now? If you haven't woken up yet, then do it again."

Kong Xingxie was so scared that he nodded repeatedly. The feeling of being watered off just now was so uncomfortable. He felt that he couldn't breathe. No matter how hard he struggled, it would be useless. It was like he was about to drown. That feeling was so terrible.

"Please him up." Wang Quan said.

The two Jinyiwei untied the rope that tied Kong Xingxie's hands and feet and asked him to stand up from the door panel.

Zhao Peng looked at Kong Xingxie gently and said with a smile: "Young Master Kong, you are about to tell us where your Kong family's silver is hidden?"

"I know, I know, I tell you all I know." Kong Xingxie was so scared that he kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Rebellious son!" Kong Yinzhi shouted with a beating his chest and stamping his feet.

"Take him to find silver." Zhao Peng said to Wang Quan.

Wang Quan and two Jinyiwei guards escorted Kong Xingxie and proudly went to the cellar where the Kong family had hidden money.

At this moment, an Jinyiwei came to report: "The boss, Qufu County Magistrate Kong Zhenkan is bringing the yamen runners, and the people of Qufu and the tenants of Kong's family are coming!"

"Prepare to face the enemy!" Zhao Peng shouted.

Kong Yinzhi sneered: "There are tens of thousands of children in the Kong family. Why don't you surrender if you let the Kong family go? If you let the Kong family go, I will be kind and let you wait for a way out. Otherwise, you will capture the thieves and others and send them to the capital to Lingchi to execute them!"

"Hahaha!" Zhao Peng laughed, "Yan Shenggong, let's see how we bandits can appease the people!"

"Roar in and save Yan Shenggong!" The shouts of tenants sounded outside. The yamen runners holding steel knives and water and fire sticks rushed in front, followed by a large group of tenants holding hoes, dung forks and wooden sticks, shouting and rushing into the gate of the Kong Mansion where the hole was opened.
Chapter completed!