Ming Dynasty: Is a mere unruly commoner rebelling against heaven?

Chapter 26: Overnight, Family Ruin and Death!

While the Eastern Depot was ransacking the homes of Liu Xu and Liu Ji, Tan Lu and Bai Hu were also separately ransacking the homes of Ma Wensheng and Qiu Yue.

Unlike Liu Xu and Liu Ji, Ma Wensheng and Qiu Yue were not in the capital at this moment, and there were only some old, young, and women at home.

Tan Lu knocked on the door, but when there was no response, he immediately ordered his men to smash open the gate of Ma Wensheng's residence, and led the Western Depot agents into Ma Wensheng's home.

In the front yard, Ma Wensheng's two sons, Ma Cong and Ma Jie, were organizing a group of servants to block the main house.

More than a dozen servants were holding sticks, looking frightened, and standing tremblingly in front of Ma Cong and Ma Jie.

"What do you want to do?!"

"My father is the Minister of War, Ma Wensheng! My father is a hero of the Great Ming!"

"If you eunuchs dare to touch me, my father will definitely deal with you when he comes back!"

Ma Wensheng's youngest son, Ma Jie, threatened with a look of panic and a stern voice.

Ma Wensheng's eldest son, Ma Cong, was still trembling behind Ma Jie, not even daring to look at Tan Lu directly.

Ma Cong passed the imperial examination last year and has been waiting for selection in the Ministry of Personnel ever since.

He was just waiting for Ma Wensheng to use his connections to choose a high-ranking and lucrative official position for him.

Ma Jie, on the other hand, had been in his hometown of Junzhou, doing evil, indulging in extravagance, and acting tyrannically in the countryside, and had been impeached by censors many times.

Not long ago, Ma Jie instructed his servants to beat innocent people to death in the street.

This was learned by Zhu Jianpei, the Prince of Hui who was enfeoffed in Junzhou, who personally reported it to the court.

Ma Jie was a commoner without any official title, yet after killing someone, he needed a Ming Dynasty prince to personally report it, which was enough to show how strong his backing was.

After Ma Jie was arrested and sent to the capital, the Three Judicial Offices finally determined that Ma Jie's crime deserved the death penalty by hanging!

However, because Ma Wensheng had already been promoted to Minister of War and held great power, no one could do anything about it.

In the end, neither Ma Wensheng nor his son Ma Jie were dealt with, and the matter was dropped.

Ma Jie also took the opportunity to stay in the capital, preparing to return to Junzhou next year.

Relying on Ma Wensheng's power, Ma Jie was used to acting tyrannically in Junzhou and had become very bold.

At this time, when he saw Tan Lu, the second-in-command of the Western Depot, leading people to ransack his home, he even dared to organize the servants to resist.

Ma Cong, a mere scholar, did not know what to do when he encountered this, so he had to let Ma Jie take charge of everything.

Tan Lu looked at Ma Jie and Ma Cong coldly, and coldly ordered the Western Depot agents under his command.

"Arrest all relatives of Ma Wensheng, but those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes, Second-in-Command!"

The Western Depot agents were extremely vicious and rushed up with their cold blades.

Ma Jie widened his eyes and roared in horror: "I'd like to see who dares to arrest me!"

"You! Hurry up and get over here!"

Ma Jie directed his servants to block the Western Depot agents.

But the servants were just ordinary people after all, and in front of so many Eastern Depot agents with gleaming sharp knives, how could they dare to resist in the slightest?

Tan Lu shouted: "Within three breaths, those who do not lay down their weapons will be killed!"

Crash!

The servants quickly threw away the sticks in their hands and scurried away with their heads in their hands.

"My lord, I'm not resisting, I'm just here to make a living, don't kill me!"

"My lord! Ma Jie forced me to do this, how would I dare to resist you, my lord!"

"My lord, please spare me, I don't know anything!"

"..."

In the blink of an eye, the servants in front of Ma Jie had all run away, leaving only two slaves he had brought from Junzhou, still blocking Ma Jie.

"A bunch of dogs!"

"Turning your back on me so quickly!"

When Ma Jie saw this, his face turned pale, but he still cursed.

In the end, the remaining two slaves were also afraid.

"Young Master Ma, why don't we... uh... um um..."

One of the slaves wanted to persuade Ma Jie to give up resisting, but before he could finish speaking, Tan Lu had already drawn his knife!

With just one knife, he simultaneously cut the throats of the two slaves.

The two covered their necks and groaned twice before falling to the ground and losing their breath.

The scalding blood splattered on Ma Jie and Ma Cong's faces, and their pupils dilated instantly.

Watching their two closest subordinates being beheaded by Tan Lu with one knife, Ma Jie finally felt the overwhelming, desperate fear.

Desperate fear completely distorted his mind.

"Ahhhhh!!!!!"

"You dare to kill people! You actually dare to kill my people!"

"You're finished! When my father comes back, I will definitely make my father kill you!"

Tan Lu frowned, and quickly waved the cold blade in his hand, accurately inserting it into Ma Jie's mouth.

Then Tan Lu quickly shook his wrist, cutting open Ma Jie's face, and a lump of bright red minced meat also fell from Ma Jie's mouth.

"Ooooo! Ahhhh!!!!!"

"Oooo ah ah ah!!! Oooo!!!"

Ma Jie covered his bloodied mouth and could no longer say a word.

"Noisy."

After Tan Lu wiped the blood off his knife on Ma Jie's clothes, he tilted his head.

Immediately, two Western Depot agents came up, stuffed the wound in Ma Jie's mouth with a rag, and then tied the rag and his mouth together with a rope.

Ma Jie finally quieted down.

Tan Lu looked at Ma Jie with a look of disgust.

"If it weren't for His Majesty wanting to capture you alive, you would have died eight hundred times already."

"Take them all away!"

"Yes, Second-in-Command!"

In Ma Wensheng's residence, Western Depot agents came in and out, escorting Ma Wensheng's wife, children, and old people, and transporting Ma Wensheng's gold and silver treasures...

The torches in the hands of the Western Depot agents illuminated Ma Wensheng's residence as bright as day.

Ma Wensheng's family members were escorted to the Western Depot prison, one after another.

The gold and silver were transported to the Western Depot yamen, cart after cart.

It was a scene to behold, along with Liu Xu and Liu Ji's team being escorted to the Eastern Depot prison.

With the Eastern and Western Depots making such a big commotion, the Embroidered Uniform Guard naturally did not want to be left behind.

After Bai Huwei kicked open the gate of Qiu Yue's mansion, Qiu Yue's mother and Qiu Li's wife stood in the yard, at a loss.

Qiu Yue was originally a commoner, but after Qiu Li, who was then enfeoffed as the Marquis of Xianning, passed away, he had no children under his knees.

Logically speaking, after there was no heir, the peerage would be automatically revoked, and the corresponding salary would also be stopped.

In order to continue the inheritance of the Qiu family's peerage, Qiu Yue was allowed to impersonate Qiu Li's son and inherit the Marquis of Xianning.

In this way, Qiu Yue was considered to have been adopted into Qiu Li's clan and was also responsible for supporting Qiu Li's wife.

Because of this, Qiu Yue was promoted to the General Officer of Datong Prefecture at a young age.

Qiu Li's wife bowed respectfully: "My lords, what is the reason for this?"

Bai Hu said expressionlessly: "The Embroidered Uniform Guard has been ordered by His Majesty to arrest Qiu Yue's nine generations of relatives, ransack his home, and execute him!"

"What?!"

Qiu Li's wife's face was pale, and she was covered in cold sweat, so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.

Qiu Yue's mother was even worse, rolled her eyes, and passed out directly from fright.

"Do it!"

"Yes, Third Master!"

The Embroidered Uniform Guards immediately took action.

Qiu Yue did not have many family members in the capital, only two mothers, one wife, seven concubines, and one son.

However, the family property that was confiscated from them was enough to fill five carts.

Tonight, the two Depots and one Guard ransacked the homes of four ministers in the capital.

Two former Grand Secretaries, one current Minister of War, and one General Officer of Datong Prefecture.

These were all powerful figures in the court.

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