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Chapter 81 Interrogation

As soon as September passes, it's October.

As soon as October arrives, it gets colder day by day. Autumn is almost over and winter is coming. Once winter comes, the weather is cold and there is heavy snow outside, so they have to arrange a place for Chapter 82: Complaint

Early that morning, as soon as the city gate opened, soldiers with knives started arresting people outside the city.

After taking care of the child all night last night, Zhang Mingyu took the child to find his biological parents early in the morning, thinking of returning the child as soon as possible.

The boy at the inn brought the water up. Zhao Xiangyi opened the door, took the water and let people leave without letting the boy into the house. There were two guards guarding the door. Bai Yu came up and said, "I don't know if you're awake, sir. I have something I want to talk to you about."

In the room, Li Wen was sitting on the bed, still in a daze. Zhao Xiangyi came over to wipe him with a towel. Face. Hearing the sound of someone talking outside, Li asked, "Who is outside?"

"I'll go take a look." Zhao Xiangyi went over to open the door and brought someone into the house.

"Common man Bai Yu, please see the Imperial Envoy." Bai Yu knelt on the ground and said.

"Oh, it's you Bai Yu. Get up and speak. You don't have to kneel down to speak with me." Li Wen was stunned for a moment when he saw someone making such a big salute in front of him early in the morning, and he was so busy that he got up.

He personally brought the person back, so he naturally remembered such a person.

After he brought the person back that day, he arranged for the person to work in the accounting room. He had been busy these two days, so he never met the two Bai brothers. The first two times he saw Bai Yu, he looked dirty, and his face was so dark that he couldn't see clearly. He didn't expect that after washing his face, he would look like this. His face was quite tall. Good looking.

Bai Yu shook his head and did not get up immediately.

"Why are you looking for me? It's the same thing when you get up. Get up first, don't kneel down." When Li Wen saw Bai Yu kneeling on the ground and couldn't get up, he knew in his heart that Bai Yu came to him for something. He The first reaction may be that there is something wrong with the accounts, but there is no need to kneel down to give him a report. In fact, he is not used to others kneeling down for him.

"Sir, the common people want to sue Lu Xingbang, the magistrate of Xiangzhou, for seizing the family's property and land, and murdering thirty-eight lives of the Bai family. I beg you to make the decision for the common people." Bai Yu lay on the ground and begged the imperial envoy to make the decision for him. Before coming here, he was ready to put his life on the line.

Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi looked at each other. Someone brought him a pillow because he was really dozing off. He was still worried about not being able to catch Lv Xingbang, so someone came to him to accuse Lv Xingbang.

If what Bai Yu said was true, let alone the black gauze hat on Lu Xingbang's head, he didn't even know whether the head on his neck could be on it. This made his heart skip a beat. It was purely exciting. However, he still had to have real evidence in everything. He couldn't just accuse others casually. "What you said is true. Do you have any evidence? It's just empty talk." Framing an official of the imperial court is a plan."

"Sir, everything the grassroots said is true. Ruyilou, the largest restaurant in Xiangzhou City, was originally the property of our Bai family. Sir, you only need to send someone to check the Bai family's property. You will know whether what Cao Min said is true or not, who owns the land and the land. "Bai Yu was originally the third son in the family, supported by his father and two older brothers. His temperament was lazy, and he was still young. He was unwilling to help take care of the family's shop business, but he also knew how much property his family owned. Now that these things had fallen into the hands of others, how could he be willing to do so.

Originally, even if he did nothing in his life, he would be rich all his life. But I didn't expect that something happened in the family later. The eldest brother was arrested by the government and died unjustly in prison. His mother was in tears all day long. In just a few months, the family's business plummeted. People who had previously cooperated with the Bai family were afraid to cooperate with them. The father seemed to have expected this, and had separated him from his younger brother. After being sent out, they escaped.

They were hunted down on the road, and all the slaves who protected them were killed. He fled with his younger brother and managed to escape by blending in with the refugees.

After the accident in the Bai family, he thought about what happened before and after the accident at home, some of the words said to his father and brothers, and the people who framed the Bai family. Finally, he traced the matter to the magistrate of Xiangzhou. No wonder something happened to the Bai family. After that, no one dared to help the Bai family. The Bai family has countless properties, including dozens of shops and thousands of acres of farmland. These things have fallen into the hands of thieves. Even if he fights for his own life, he will fight for his father, mother, brother and the Bai family. Seek justice for dozens of lives!

After listening to Bai Yu's words, Li Wen said, "I will send people to find out what you said one by one. If what you said is true, I will definitely give you justice."

He said, No evidence of corruption or bribery could be found against Lu Xingbang. It turned out that this guy was not just corrupt and bribery, but also committed murder and arson, seized other people's property, and killed everyone. Only dead people cannot speak. This move is really vicious!

"The common people thank you, sir." Bai Yu's body was trembling slightly. He originally thought that the injustices suffered by the Bai family would never be redressed, but he didn't expect that he would meet the imperial envoy. This was his

The only chance to overturn his brother's case and seek justice for all their families.

"Get up quickly." Li Wen reached out to help the person up, picked up the crutch and put it in his hand. He looked at his injured leg with some worry and said, "You can go out in a while and ask the inn boy to help you. Ask a doctor to come over and take a look at the injury on your foot, and try to heal it as soon as possible.

You two brothers are safe in this inn. Don't go outside if you have nothing to do. It's not too safe for you outside now. , I promise you, as long as what you said is true, I will definitely help you seek justice.

The people in this inn are all brought by them. It is very safe in this inn. People who want to come outside must still be looking for the Bai family. These two brothers. Now the two brothers from the Bai family are his important witnesses. If necessary, they can come forward to testify against Lu Xingbang. Of course, they must be well protected.

Bai Yu shook his head. He didn't care. He could. I'm lucky to be alive, but it's just one leg, "Thank you, Sir. "

Seeing the man walking out of his room on crutches, Li Wen, who was standing behind, sighed slightly.

"I will send someone to investigate this matter. "Zhao Xiangyi is in this room. He heard everything Bai Yu said just now. If this matter is true, the death penalty of this Xiangzhou magistrate is inevitable. Now that they are in the boundary of Xiangzhou, they must not alert each other. Next, investigate all these matters.

During this period, they also searched for a lot of evidence about corruption and bribery by some officials in Xiangzhou. When the time comes, they will be submitted to the emperor. The emperor will make his own decision

. I'll leave it to you to have someone check it out. "Li Wen said.

The two of them went downstairs and went to the lobby on the first floor to have breakfast.

They have dedicated cooks to cook, and they cook three meals a day. They don't let outsiders handle these things. This is In order to prevent someone from putting drugs in their meals,

"Mr. Yao, good morning. "When he met Yao Langzhong and Chief Fan in the lobby, Li Wen greeted them with a smile. He was the emperor's imperial envoy for this disaster relief trip, and the two adults were just the emperor's orders to help him.

However, because of this, Mr. Yao Zhengyao, a doctor in the Ministry of Finance, disliked him and felt that he made decisions without consulting them and would not let them go . In his eyes.

Fan Changhong is a person who knows current affairs. He knows that Li Liuyuan is a popular man in front of the emperor now. A sixteen-year-old Liuyuan has an unlimited future. He will never suffer a loss if he has a good relationship with Li Liuyuan. It is precisely because of this I think it would be better for Chief Fan to get along better with Li Liuyuan.

After breakfast, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were going out.

Director Fan said, "Master Yao and I are going out with you. We just want to go out and have a look.

"Okay, let's go together. "Li Wen did not refuse. He ordered Zhao Xiangyi's soldiers to arrest people. A lot of people should have been arrested by now.

He certainly couldn't hide the fact that he asked people to arrest people from Lu Xingbang. He had to think about it. How will he tell Lu Xingbang about this later? He suspected that the people in the city who sent people to buy children's hearts were either rich people in the city or officials. Ordinary people would never think that eating children's hearts could prolong life. The thing about living a long life^

is that I don't know if I can find out more useful information when I catch the person. If I follow this line, I can catch the pervert who bought the children's heart. With the existence of such people, there will be cases where someone captures a child and digs out his heart.

Without buying and selling, there is no killing. As far as this matter is concerned, buying and selling are both illegal.

Following the two lines of questioning last night . They went to arrest people based on the clues they got from them, and their people arrested several more accomplices today.

They also arrested all those who had people's lives on their hands, and they arrested a lot of them. People.

Just when they came out, they met Zhang Mingyu and Shan Cong outside. When they saw the dozen people caught,

Li Wen exclaimed, "Damn, there are so many people arrested. There are only a few in the backyard of the inn. " It's a small place. It's okay to pretend to be two people, but it's definitely not possible for such a large group. "Send all these people to the prison, go back to the prison and interrogate them carefully, and put the wrong ones back. I won't let anyone with a human life on my hands go!

Can you take advantage of natural and man-made disasters to kill people at will? Who gave you the courage? Catch them all. Catch them all.

"Sir, the villain was wronged..."

"Sir, the villain was wronged... the villain did not kill anyone..."

There were still people shouting that they were wronged. When Li Wen heard someone shouting that he was wronged, he laughed.

Most of unjust, and those who remained silent might have hidden agendas. He waved his hand and asked people to take these people away.

"Yes, sir." A group of guards with knives escorted all the captured prisoners to the government office.

When Yao Langzhong and Chief Fan saw so many arrested refugees, they didn't know what was going on. Yao Zheng asked, "Why did you arrest all these people?"

"Oh, these people may be murderers." Li Wen smiled slightly and left this sentence.

Yao Zheng's expression changed, he was obviously frightened, and he stopped mentioning the matter.

the refugees outside the city to live before winter begins. Li Wen has been busy with this matter for the past two days.

Seeing that the first batch of houses had been built, Li Wen did not feel relaxed because of this, "Arrange the old, young and women to live in them first, and arrange the sick people in another house. Don't live with the people who are not sick." Let's report the number of people who are sick, and then arrange for a doctor to come and check on them."

"In addition, all the people will be mobilized to build the house as soon as possible before the snow comes."

Otherwise, when the heavy snow comes, it will be too late. He knows how many people will freeze to death. In this era of famine, human life is like a piece of grass. People die here every day, and corpses are carried out and burned every day. All he can do is to reduce the number of deaths as much as possible.

"Yes, sir, I'll make arrangements for you now."

The refugees outside the city gathered from all directions, not from the same place. The people were confused and all kinds of things could happen. On the way back, he saw a woman crying and looking for her child. After Li Wen asked someone to inquire, he found out that the woman's child was missing. Recently, there have been several missing children outside the city.

This made Li Wen suspicious. He hoped it wasn't what he thought. "Dan Cong, take a few people to investigate this matter." Dan Cong is Zhao Xiangyi's personal guard. He doesn't talk much, but He is a careful and steady person. Li Wen often leaves Shan Cong to handle everything recently.

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Dan Cong and Zhang Mingyu led a team of people to guard for two nights. Finally, they caught two men carrying children in the middle of the night and arrested them.

They returned at night In the inn, Li Wen sat under the lamp and wrote a letter to the emperor who was far away in the capital. Before he finished writing the letter, he heard someone knocking on the door, saying that two people had been arrested. He put down the pen in his hand and said , "Let's go and have a look.

Zhao Xiangyi followed the young man, and several others went down together.

The captured people were imprisoned in the woodshed in the backyard of the inn. Li Wen saw the child in Zhang Mingyu's arms, who was about two or three years old. Seeing that the child's condition was not quite right, he asked, "What's wrong with the child?" "

I just asked them and they said they gave the child medicine." Zhang Mingyu didn't know what to do as he held the child. He had never held such a small thing before.

"You take the child to the hospital and find a doctor to take a look at it. Don't worry about anything. Take it out tomorrow and ask who lost the child and return the child." Li Wen was not too relieved and asked Zhang Mingyu to hold the child. Go see a doctor.

Zhang Mingyu said oh and went to find the doctor with the child in his arms.

When he entered, Li asked Shan Cong who was standing at the door, "Did the two people inside recruit anything?" Shan

Cong shook his head. They had just interrogated him and didn't say anything. Li Wen snorted, smiled coldly, and said, "Go and bring a bench. Even if I'm not going to sleep tonight, I still want to have a good chat with the two brothers. Oh, by the way, I'm going to find a stack of papyrus and Duan Yi. Here comes a basin of water. "

Have you never seen a pig walking or eaten pork?

Isn't it just to interrogate two prisoners? Who can't do it anymore!

To say that the thing he hates most in his two lives combined is probably the trafficker who steals children. The two people inside are probably more than just stealing children. If it is really what he thinks, then this kind of behavior is simply disgusting. People are outraged!

Zhao Xiangyi wanted the young man to go upstairs and wait and let him deal with it, but when he saw the young man had an angry look on his face and wanted to go and interrogate the person in person, he frowned, but he did not stop the young man from entering.

The toilet paper and water that were ordered to be prepared have been brought.

Stepping into the woodshed, I saw two men tied up inside. One was fat and the other was skinny. They looked wretched and looked like they were not good people.

"You'd better recruit me honestly, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you." Li Wen, with a sinister smile on his face, sat on the stool in the middle and asked calmly, "Besides you, who else is there? Are you involved? Where are all the children you originally arrested? "The person

who caught them was the Imperial Envoy. Both of them have met the Imperial Envoy, but in their eyes, the Imperial Envoy is just that. They didn't take a half-year-old boy seriously.

"Oh, you two won't shed tears until you see the coffin, okay!" Li Wen saw the contempt for him in their eyes and laughed angrily. He called two soldiers over and separated the two men. Tied to the chair, "Dan Cong, come here, I will teach you a way to interrogate prisoners today, and keep it safe!"

"Go put the toilet paper in the water and wet it, cover their faces, and cover all the holes in their mouths. Stop."

Hearing this, Shan Cong did what Li Liuyuan said. At first, he didn't know the reason for doing so, but he understood it later.

Every time he asked a question and saw that they didn't answer, Li Wen asked Dan Cong to cover the person's face with straw paper. The wet straw paper covered it, and the nostrils and mouth were covered. At first, the two refused to answer. Later, he might not be able to bear it any more, so he spoke.

Maybe she thought he was easy to deceive and wanted to fool him.

Fool him, right? If you are not satisfied with the answer, continue to add two more layers, you will not be fooled!

When they walked out of the woodshed, the two people inside had even told him about their eighteenth generation ancestors. But at this moment, Li Wen's heart was burning with anger, and he ordered the soldiers to arrest people, "Go, arrest all the people they just told me, don't let anyone go." He

almost forgot one thing . He said, "There are still some murder cases in hand. Those who have killed people should be arrested and interrogated properly." Isn't it just a natural disaster? I really thought I could take the opportunity to kill people and set fire. It's illegal, it's just a dream!

Since we want to arrest people, let's arrest them all together.

"Yes." Dan Cong led the team to arrest people.

There is a folk saying that eating children's hearts can prolong life and live to a hundred years. Some people really believe this nonsense. These people stole the children, killed them, dug out the children's hearts and sold them. As for the bodies of the killed children, these people cut them up piece by piece, cooked them and ate them. The children's meat was tender and tasted good, so some people especially liked it. Eat children.

There were many people involved in this matter, and it also involved people in Xiangzhou City. The children's hearts that were dug out were bought by people in the city. As for the person who bought the child's heart, the two people caught inside did not know. They had not come into contact with those people who bought the child's heart.

"vomit -"

Li Wen couldn't help but vomit as soon as he came out of it. His stomach was empty and he only spit out some sour water, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Zhao Xiangyi stood behind and patted the young man's back, with worry in his eyes, and asked, "Are you okay?

"Not good^" Li Wen spit out a few mouthfuls of bitter water, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Seeing the young man's With red eyes, Zhao Xiangyi frowned and asked people to guard the two people inside, and took the young man back upstairs.

After working for a long time, the chickens outside began to crow, and it was almost dawn.

At night, the innkeeper and the waiters heard the crying coming from the woodshed, and they all stayed inside and did not dare to go out.

Back in the inn room, Zhao Xiangyi poured him a glass of water. Li Wen took it and drank two sips, feeling very bad. Zhao Xiangyi felt a little distressed when he saw the young man's look, and said, "Just leave these matters to me from now on. You don't have to go and interrogate yourself."

Li Wen shook his head and disagreed with the man's words, but now he didn't have the strength to fight with him Debate the issue. He hugged the man's waist with both hands and said, "Just stand still and let me hug you."

When you are in your position, you must perform your duties. Sitting in this position, why not do something for the people? What, he himself felt uneasy. But when something happened, he discovered that his inner quality was far worse than he had imagined. There are all kinds of people born out of the same rice. Some people are good and some are bad. Some people are bad to the core, so heartbroken and crazy that they can no longer be called human beings.

Zhao Xiangyi stood there, letting his young man hold him. His hand touched the top of the young man's hair, touched his head, and asked, "Would you like to lie on the bed and sleep for a while?" Li Wen hummed, Without saying yes or no, Zhao Xiangyi just assumed that he agreed, put him on the bed, and took off his shoes.

"Will you lie down with me for a while?" Li Wen asked, holding on to the person.

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi took off his shoes and went to bed, lying on the vacant seat outside. Li Wen skillfully rolled into the man's arms and asked, "Why do you think some people are so bad?"

Zhao Xiangyi couldn't answer this question.

"You said that if we catch all the bad guys, does that mean there will be no bad guys left?" Li Wen leaned into the man's arms, took the man's hand, put it on his waist and hugged him. Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head, kissed the corner of the boy's lips, and told him, "No."

Where there are good people, there will be bad people, and there will never be enough bad people to catch.

The two talked for a while. After all, because they hadn't had much rest recently and had spent the night interrogating the prisoners last night, Li Wen fell asleep not long after lying on the bed. Seeing the young man sleeping with his head buried in his chest, Zhao Xiangyi stopped touching the young man's back, lowered his head and kissed the young man, and took a nap with his young man on the bed.

It didn't take long for the sky outside to light up, and the light penetrated through the window and entered the house.

Li Wen woke up when he heard footsteps coming from outside. When he woke up, he felt dizzy. He lay in the man's arms and pretended to be dead. As soon as the person in his arms moved, Zhao Xiangyi opened his eyes. The man's eyes were clear, and he didn't look like he had just woken up.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" The young man was squirming like a worm in his arms and refused to raise his head. Zhao Xiangyi pinched the young man's chin and asked him to raise his head to look at him.

"Headache..."

The young man looked pitiful. Zhao Xiangyi kissed the young man's forehead with some distress and asked if he would like to invite the doctor to come over and take a look. Li Wen shook his head and said no, lying in the man's arms and pretending to be dead. Hearing the footsteps, he knew that everyone outside was up. Li Wen still remembered that there were important things to deal with today, so he had better forget about staying in bed. "...Let's get up."

"Don't lie down any longer . For a while?" Zhao Xiangyi asked.

"Don't lie down anymore, get up." Li Wen said clearly that he wanted to lie in bed for a while, but he still got up from the bed obediently.

Chapter 83 Life Depends on Acting

So many people were imprisoned in the cell at once, and his master hurriedly came to tell him that Magistrate Lu knew about it. Recently, this imperial envoy has been stealing the show in front of the people of Xiangzhou. The refugees outside only know that the imperial envoy is there but not their prefect. The master next to Magistrate Lu can't help but have a lot of feelings for the imperial envoy. Dissatisfied, he said something more in front of their adults, "Sir, I see that this imperial envoy doesn't take you seriously enough. He didn't even say hello to you in advance for such a big matter, so he sent someone to make a big fanfare. Magistrate Lu who went to take the person

snorted and said, "It's not just that he doesn't take me seriously. "

However, this magistrate still knows not to make a big deal out of small things. These are just trivial matters, just a few untouchables. The other party has the status of an imperial envoy, so they can't easily touch this person. As long as this person The imperial envoy only cares about the affairs of the untouchables outside. He comes to Xiangzhou to provide disaster relief and then leaves without touching their fundamental interests.

Lu Xingbang can sit in the position of prefect, and he still knows the importance of everything. Yes, unless he could, he didn't want to have any conflict with the imperial envoy sent by the emperor, "Okay, Mr. Li is the imperial envoy sent by the emperor. You should not say anything in front of outsiders. You'd better You can control your mouth and don't ruin my important affairs.

"The little one knows. Don't worry, adults. The little one won't talk nonsense outside. " "Master has been with Magistrate Lu for so many years. The two of them are on the same big boat. They are both prosperous and devastated. If something happens to Magistrate Lu, his master will not end well.

While they were talking, they heard something outside. The servant said outside the door, "Sir, Master Li wants to see you.

"Please come in quickly, Mr. Li. " "Lv Xingbang immediately changed his smiling face and looked completely different from before, and went to meet the imperial envoy. The housekeeper invited the imperial envoy to come in. Magistrate Lu who came out of the house greeted him and smiled as he walked towards the imperial envoy. Please come in.

The master followed them, secretly looking at this imperial envoy from the corner of his eyes, thinking,

"Master Li, please sit down.

"Master Lu, please. " "

The two people sat down on the chairs in the room. The maid who served brought tea and stood aside.

"I came to Mr. Lu today to talk to you about the people in the prison. thing. " Without waiting for Magistrate Lu to send someone to look for him, Li Wen came to Magistrate Lu himself. He only caught the person last night. He sent people to arrest him this morning, and he didn't even have time to say hello to Magistrate Lu.

After all , Lu Xingbang is the magistrate of Xiangzhou and a parent official of Xiangzhou. These local affairs should be under his control. What he did is tantamount to overstepping his authority and taking other people's work. Although he will intervene in these matters, it is actually because of the place. The officials didn't do anything, so he, a Beijing official, came to the local government to take care of these matters.

But he still wanted to explain this matter to avoid the other party thinking too much.

"...A few of them were traffickers who stole children, and they were caught on the spot. Brought them back together. These people have human lives on their hands. If they are not arrested, there is no guarantee that they will continue to harm society and kill people. " Li Wen said a few words briefly. He subconsciously did not tell Magistrate Lu that they arrested someone last night and went back for interrogation.

"Yes, Master Li did the right thing. He did nothing for the people." A major hazard, these people must not be let go. "Lv Xingbang expressed his understanding. He shared the same hatred as the imperial envoy and agreed to arrest all these murderous criminals.

If he had not learned from Bai Yu what this magistrate Lu had done, Li Wen would have really suspected that his judgment was wrong and thought that This Magistrate Lu was a good official. Now it seemed that he knew people but not their hearts. Bad people would not have the word "bad" written on their faces.

After sitting down for a cup of tea with Magistrate Lu, Li Wen stood up. He said goodbye to Magistrate Lu and left.

When he saw the people leaving, Lu Xingbang's smile dropped and he walked back with his hands behind his back.

Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were talking about what happened just now. Magistrate Lu smiled and said, "If Bai Yu hadn't been there, I would have almost believed that the magistrate of Xiangzhou was a good local official. "If this Lord Magistrate is involved in the entertainment industry in later generations, he must be a capable actor. If he has acting skills, he must be an experienced actor.

He recalled his performance in front of Magistrate Lu, and he should not have "Ah...ha..." He yawned .

He had only slept for less than an hour last night. Li Wen suspected that he might die from overwork if he continued to work so hard. Xie Yunfei had other things to do and did not come with them. Zhao Xiangyi took the young man's waist and asked him to lean on his shoulder. "You can rest against me

for a while."

The carriage was swaying. Li After asking, he leaned his head on the man's shoulder, closed his eyes and squinted for a while.

When he returned to the inn, he climbed upstairs without even eating lunch and went back to the house to sleep. After taking a nap, he felt much better.

The next day, when Magistrate Lu interrogated the prisoners in the cell, Li Wen, the imperial envoy, had a stool brought over and sat aside to listen openly. After he was arrested and put in jail, he couldn't bring himself to interrogate the child traffickers for interrogation. Without exception, these people were sentenced to death.

"Sir, I was wronged..."

When death is imminent, there are still people shouting that they are wronged. In the face of solid evidence, there is no room for these people to quibble. Magistrate Lu threw away his sign and went down. He first had people drag him out to fight with him and hit him thirty times. He knocked him unconscious and then dragged him back to prison and locked him up.

But for some reason, Li Wen always had a strange feeling in his heart, but he didn't know exactly what it was.

Even though he is far away in Xiangzhou, letters are sent back to the capital every day. As for the news that is sent back to the newspaper every day, we only select the news that can be published. Some things cannot be published for the time being. We have to see the emperor's intention later to determine whether they can be published.

Since meeting Bai Yu that day, Li Wen would pay attention to the two brothers from time to time.

The youngest boy's name is Bai Jingyang. After asking, I found out that this child is the same age as the boy in his family, but he looks like he is a year or two younger than his boy.

The Bai brothers have been in the inn all the time. They have booked this place so that outsiders cannot easily enter the inn. Bai Yu was working in the accounting room. Li Wen asked Bai Yu to calculate the accounts for him. If he found any discrepancies in the accounts, he would show them to him. Anyone who wanted to cause trouble under his nose should be weighed by him before messing with him. Don't mess with him. If the tiger doesn't show off his power, he will treat him as a sick cat.

Bai Yu was born in a merchant family, and he has been playing with an abacus since he was three years old. Just because his father and brothers were there, he has a lazy temper and has not done anything seriously yet, but it does not mean that he can't do it. On the contrary Yes, it is precisely because he was born in a family like the Bai family that he is better than most of the children of aristocratic families of the same age. He has an abacus in his hand and accounting is just a trivial matter for him. When the account book is in his hands, he can tell if there is any problem after just one glance.

Li Wen had seen the account books that Bai Yu had made for him. The accounts were beautifully done, and the accounts were clear at a glance. They were much better than the accounts made by the original bookkeeper.

Bai Yu was working in the accounting room and didn't have much time to look at his younger brother. He just told him not to go out and run around in the inn while he was busy with the things at hand.

"I asked you to go see a doctor a few days ago. Have you asked the doctor to come over and have a look?" I saw Bai Yu walking with a cane. This man was rescued by them at that time, but Li asked It's not quite clear what extent the injuries on his feet were.

Bai Yu didn't say anything. He didn't ask the doctor to come over and take a look.

Seeing Bai Yu's silent expression, Li Wen knew that this person had not asked a doctor to come and see him. With his old mother's heart, once he cared about someone, he would inevitably pay attention to him. He persuaded him earnestly, "The injury on your foot is... If you become disabled for a lifetime, don't regret it in the future." The two of them were about the same age, and he actually sympathized with Bai Yu's situation, and wanted to help the Bai brothers.

"I picked up this life. It's just a leg. If it's useless, it's useless." Since the incident in the Bai family, Bai Yu's character has changed a lot. He shook his head. He didn't think he would regret it. He was just lame. Losing a leg is also his own life.

"That's not what I'm saying. Live well if you can live. Some people want to live but haven't had the chance to live well. We who live well must cherish our lives. Think about it, you still have a younger brother. He is still young and needs You, my brother, take care of him." Regardless of whether Bai Yu agreed or not, Li Wen still sent for the doctor. After he read the accounts done by Bai Yu, he felt cherished for this person's talent. It would actually be good if this person could be used by him in the future.

After hearing this persuasion, Bai Yu remained silent and finally agreed to see the doctor.

It didn't take long for the doctor who was invited to come over carrying a medical kit.

"It will take a hundred days to break the bones and tendons, and you must take good care of yourself. I will prescribe some medicine for you. You can take it first..." The doctor shook his head after looking at it. The expression on his face was not very good. Seeing the doctor's expression, Li Wen felt a little unsure. He couldn't ask clearly in front of Bai Yu. After following the doctor out, he asked the doctor a few questions in private. When he got the answer from the doctor, his heart sank.

It's just that Li Wen didn't seem to notice that he cared so much about other people all day long, and the jealousy in the other man's heart was

overturned.

Xie Yunfei saw that their boss looked unhappy and asked, "Boss, what's wrong with you?" He didn't look happy?

Zhao Xiangyi turned his head and glanced at the person sitting next to him, but said nothing.

Chapter 84 Hongmen Banquet

Since they had the clues provided by Bai Yu and determined a direction, they really found some clues.

It turns out that there is more than one Bai family. Due to this natural disaster, several century-old merchant families like the Bai family were wiped out with blood overnight, and their belongings were wiped out. Outsiders rumored that this was the work of bandits. Yes, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

I'm afraid that someone sent people to disguise themselves as robbers and bandits to do these things!

But it can be seen that the people who do these things are very careful, but no matter how careful they are, as long as they are done, there will always be some clues left. If people don't know, unless they don't do anything, the sky net is vast, and there are no omissions. When they got the evidence from the investigation, they all pointed to one person behind the matter, Mr. Lu Xingbang, the prefect of Xiangzhou.

Seeing the evidence returned from the investigation, Li Wen cursed him as a bastard, gritted his teeth and said, "Check, continue to investigate, we must get to the bottom of this matter." These people really didn't take Wang Fa seriously, and they still Do you really think that since the sky is high and the emperor is far away, they are the kings here?

Zhao Xiangyi waved his hand and asked those who came back to get down.

At this time, Li Wen didn't know that they were investigating the Bai family's affairs, and Magistrate Lu, who had sent people to follow their every move, received news from his subordinates. All the local officials in Xiangzhou were aware of the incident, and these officials gathered at Magistrate Lu to discuss how to respond.

"Sir, what do you think we should do about this matter now?" There are those who are timid and fearful of death, with panic and fear on their faces, for fear that the matter will be exposed. If the things they have done are known to the people above, they will not only lose their hat. , is a serious crime that requires beheading. He doesn't want to die. He has seniors and juniors, all of whom are still waiting for him to support.

"What should I do? If this matter is exposed, you and I will not be able to escape." I am afraid that everyone here will not be able to

escape.

"Sir, if you don't do anything until now, why don't you..." The official who said this made a gesture with his hand on his neck. Either way, he would die, so why not give it a try? There might be a chance of survival.

All of you here are smart people and understand the meaning of this action.

"Sir, we all obey your orders. As long as you say a word, we will do as you say." The officials below asked the prefect for instructions, and all the officials in Xiangzhou followed the lead of the prefect Lu.

"A strong dragon cannot overwhelm local snakes. Even if they are dragons, they may not be able to overwhelm us if they enter our territory in Xiangzhou." This imperial envoy insisted on having trouble with them, so they gave him a chance. There's no going back! When the time comes, they'll handle this matter more cleanly, and the people above won't be able to trace them back.

Magistrate Lu, who was sitting in the upper seat, looked gloomy. Hearing what the officials below said, he raised his hand. The people below stopped talking, waiting for him to speak.

At this time, Lu Xingbang had already made a decision in his heart and said in a deep voice, "We won't know what the outcome will be until the end. Let's find out what this imperial envoy means first, and we will get into chaos before we leave."

These words reassured him . It won the hearts of the officials of the next group. " Go, leave a message

to the Imperial Envoy, and invite the Imperial Envoy to come over in three days. " More and more evidence was obtained, and with this evidence in hand, they were able to capture the governor of Xiangzhou and the officials involved. Everything was ready, and at this time, Li Wen was the only one left. After receiving a post from Magistrate Lu, he invited him to gather at his house tomorrow. Li Wen raised his eyebrows and showed the post in his hand to the man next to him, and said, "It's a post from Magistrate Lu. , I am afraid that this Magistrate Lu already knows that we are investigating him. " As early as when they were investigating these things, he expected that the prefect would find them, but he did not expect that he would come to them sooner than he expected. Zhao Xiangyi took a look at the post and put it aside. Go and say, "The people transferred from Xuzhou won't arrive until tomorrow at the earliest. " To mobilize troops from Xuzhou, it will take four days at the fastest. They sent people to Xuzhou two days ago to find the Governor of Xuzhou to send troops. If things go well, it will take tomorrow at the earliest. They have brought two people here. Thousands of elite soldiers are coming, and none of them are weak in martial arts. The local officers and soldiers are definitely not as good as the elite soldiers they brought. However, in order to prevent any accidents, they still need to send more people to ensure that no one jumps over the wall . Li Wen didn't want to leave his life here on an errand, "Send someone over here and urge the people over there to hurry up. " Hmm^" Zhao Xiangyi naturally didn't want anything to happen to his boy, so he sent his soldiers to rush him. People on both sides were scrambling to make preparations. The night passed, and the next dawn came, and soon it was When the day they agreed with Magistrate Lu came , they knew they couldn't hide. Since the other party had posted the message, wouldn't they be afraid of the other party if they didn't pick it up? So Li Wen had to pick up the post, and so did others. It was coming. This time, Dr. Yao knew that he was going to see Magistrate Lu, so he insisted on coming with them. He thought he and Magistrate Lu had done something shameful in private, and Li had to come with him to see Yao Zheng. He didn't stop him even if he asked. If something unexpected happened, all he could do was to ask the emperor for a favor, and it would be worthy of his heroic death. So this time Yao Zheng and Ban Changhong died. This time he came with him. When he went out, Li Wen deliberately took the Shang Fang sword given to him by the emperor, hoping that this Shang Fang sword could play its role in time and not just be a piece of scrap metal. The carriage arrived at Lu . They got out of the car in front of the mansion. Magistrate Lu and a group of officials from Xiangzhou were waiting outside the door. Seeing the imperial envoy and his entourage arrive, Lu Xingbang had a smile on his face. After the two parties greeted each other, Lu Xingbang said. The prefect made a gesture of invitation, "Master Li, please. "Master Lu, please. " "Li Wen had a smile on his face. Delicacies from the mountains and seas were placed on the table in the room. They sat down one by one. Li Wen sat next to Magistrate Lu, picked up the wine glass on the table, and the two toasted each other. Seeing that the Xiangzhou magistrate could still put on such a table of good wine and food at this time, Yao Zheng secretly made a note of Magistrate Lu and Li Liuyuan in his heart, thinking about going to the capital to complain to the emperor. The two of them knew that today's meal was a Hongmen banquet, and Li Wenjiu would not drink the wine under the quilt. Fortunately, the cuffs of the clothes they wore were wide, and he raised his hand to block his small movements with the sleeves of his clothes. , not a drop of wine entered his mouth. After drinking for three rounds, Li Wen told Magistrate Lu a joke, "I met a man some time ago who said Mr. Lu was taking human life lightly and robbing money. Haha, Mr. Lu, do you think it's funny or not? Your Excellency works for the court, serves the country and the people, and is a good official of the court. How could you commit such a sin? " There was a moment of silence at the dinner table, with anger and weirdness. Magistrate Lu was stunned for a moment, with a look on his face that he didn't even know such a thing existed. He laughed and said, "Master Li, don't believe such nonsense. How could I? It's this kind of people. I wonder who is talking nonsense behind my back? It is a serious crime to appoint an official to the court in Jujuan. Where is this person? Mr. Li, could you tell me so that I can confront him face to face? "

Some officials below denounced Magistrate Lu one after another, saying that Magistrate Lu was a good official.

Li Wen said, "Of course I trust Mr. Lu. I don't know where this bold and unruly man came from. He dared to come in front of me and slander Mr. Lu. When I heard that this person was talking nonsense, I asked him to They beat him thirty times and threw him out of the city. "

Of course he will not confess Bai Yu. If Bai Yu is handed over to Lu Xingbang, this person will definitely kill him and silence him.

"This kind of unscrupulous people, even thirty spanks are easy."

"That is, next time you catch this kind of people, it is best to throw them into prison and put them in jail for a while to see if they dare to go outside next time. He is slandering the imperial officials." The officials below said one after another. At this time, they all thought that the imperial envoy was leaning towards their side. It seemed that the one hundred thousand taels of silver notes they gave last time were not in vain, and they were still the imperial envoy. The adults have prepared a lot of good things.

After drinking two glasses of wine, both Yao Langzhong and Fan Guanshi fell down one after another.

Yao Zheng insisted on following them here today. Li Wen did not tell these two people their plan. He did not think that these two people were drunk. Seeing these two people lying on the table, Li Wen smiled and said, "Oh, Master Yao and Master Fan are so light drinkers, yet they dare to boast that they can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Haha, they fell down after just two drinks." "

Come here, please send Mr. Yao and Mr. Fan back to the inn to rest."

"I happen to have guest rooms in the palace. Why don't we send the two guests to the guest rooms to rest first?" The two adults were sent to the guest room to rest.

Seeing this, Li Wen had no choice but to ask the people from Magistrate Lu to take Yao Zheng and Fan Changhong down.

After the two adults left, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were left here, and the people they brought were all outside the house.

The housekeeper of the Lu family came over with a box. Lu Xingbang took the box and opened it. There was a box full of jewelry. The hidden box underneath was a stack of silver notes. He handed the box to Li Wen. "Master Imperial Envoy, please don't tell secrets in front of others. You have been ordered by the Emperor to go to Xiangzhou to handle the disaster relief. All officials in Xiangzhou, big and small, can obey your orders and help you complete this task. Then you can go back and talk to us. Your Majesty." "As for other things, I just hope... I hope that the Imperial Envoy can make it easier for us. I'm fine with you, and everyone is fine, sir." The words behind this are filled with threats,

right?

That's what I meant.

Li Wen couldn't help but laugh. He reached out to take the box and saw a box full of jewelry. There were huge rubies and emeralds inside. He picked up a gem and admired it carefully and asked, " Mr. Lu, the gems in this box are worth a lot of silver, right? "

If it were put in modern times, the gems in this box would be worth millions. If this box of gems were taken to the capital, they would definitely be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Tsk tsk tsk, this Magistrate Lu may have collected a lot of good things from outside.

"It's just a few gadgets, as long as they can catch the eyes of the Imperial Envoy." Lu Xingbang stared at Li Wen's face, trying to see something from the Imperial Envoy's face.

Li Wen had a smile on his face. After admiring the gems, he threw the gems back into the box, put the box on the table, and asked, "What makes Mr. Lu think that you can bribe me with just a few stones?" ?" "Mr. Li, are you too young?" Lu Xingbang asked 3 "Papa..."

Lu Xingbang clapped his hands, and the two beauties came out, walked to him, bowed delicately, and shouted "Sir,"

the four young men behind carried two large boxes out and placed them on the ground in the room. The butler opened the lid, and inside were two large boxes full of jewels, dazzling with pearls.

"Master Li, as long as you nod your head, these two boxes of jewelry and two beauties will be yours. You can reach the sixth rank at a young age. Your future is limitless. You will definitely have a prosperous official career in the future. We local officials We also need to rely on the Imperial Envoy to speak kind words for us in front of the Emperor. Whatever good things we get in the future, we will have to go to the capital to send a copy to the Imperial Envoy." Lu Xingbang did not believe that anyone could not be attracted by money and beauty. Confused, he has already said it clearly.

Lu Xingbang winked, and the two delicate beauties leaned towards the Imperial Envoy, and softly shouted "Imperial Envoy."

Any normal man would not be able to move when he saw two such beautiful beauties, but... He met Li Wen, a man who liked men, and his partner was still standing by his side. Even without looking back, Li Wen could tell that the man behind him must have been jealous and had a dark face. He had tormented him in bed a few days ago because he was too good to Bai Yu.

"Hey, men and women are not allowed to be intimate, just say it and don't touch them." Seeing the two women coming to hold his hand, Li Wen hurriedly hid behind them.

Zhao Xiangyi moved forward and stood in front of the young man, blocking him from behind.

People from both sides stood on both sides. When he saw that the two women stopped coming forward, Li Wen stood up, coughed and said, "Mr. Lu, let me tell you frankly, these benefits you have given me are quite good." It makes my heart beat. "

Indeed, this is a beauty and gold and silver jewelry, it is indeed very heart-warming.

"If I carry these two boxes of things back, I won't have to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life. But, if I carry these two boxes of things back, I can't explain it to the emperor. Magistrate Lu, do you think this should be done?" "What should I do?" Li Wen said, "I am also very distressed. Why don't you teach me what to do?"

Others may really be officials for power and money, but unfortunately he is not an official for these two things. As for money, their family is not short of it, and he can make money himself, so he really is not short of money. Is this right? He is now hugging the emperor's golden thigh and is the popular man beside the emperor. As long as he doesn't seek death, most people can't really touch him.

But now he wants to collude with Lu Xingbang, and if this matter is found out in the future, this will be a crime that will kill everyone, and it may be a serious crime that will implicate the nine clans. He cannot commit the crime of risking his own future and life for a few dollars. If your life is gone, what do you need the money for?

Chapter 85 Winners and losers

: "Master Li, are you determined to make things difficult for us?!" The gentleness on Magistrate Lu's face faded away, and there was a sinister look in front of him. He grabbed the table The wine glass hit the ground and broke into pieces.

Hearing the noise inside the house, officers and soldiers armed with knives rushed in outside the door.

Lu Xingbang had been prepared for today. If this imperial envoy knew more about each other, everyone would be happy. However, this imperial envoy insisted on making things difficult for them, and he did not mind that this imperial envoy would never come back. .

Rather than sit back and wait for death, it's better to give them a try. Maybe they have a way out.

As long as they clean up the tail, even if the emperor sends people down, they won't be able to find anything. The master above him will definitely protect them. After all, everyone will be dead by then. If there is no proof of death, the emperor will not do anything to them.

"Come here, take them down for me!" Magistrate Lu pointed at the imperial envoy and shouted, "Since you have to drink fine wine if you don't drink the toast, don't blame me for being ruthless. When you get to the Hall of the King of Hell, you will meet the King of Hell. "Master, don't cry in front of the King of Hell, saying that I murdered you because you didn't want to take a good path, but you wanted me to send you on your way."

"Bah, Lu Xingbang, it's all at this time ." "You haven't repented yet, and you want to kill me in order to cover up the dirty things you have done." Seeing so many officers and soldiers rushing in, Li Wen knew that Magistrate Lu had been prepared and they had brought them. There were far fewer people than Lu Xingbang, so he prayed in his heart that the people brought by the Governor of Xuzhou would arrive as soon as possible.

However, he was not allowed to think too much at this time. When he saw Lu Xingbang showing his true face after tearing up his face, it seemed that this was the original look of this prefect Lu. It was difficult for this prefect Lu to pretend to be a good person in front of him. So long.

"Everyone stop here, I'll see who of you dares to come forward!" Seeing someone coming to get them, Li Wen raised the Shang Fang sword in his hand and shouted, "The Shang Fang sword is here, this is The Shangfang sword given by the emperor can kill rebellious ministers and traitors at the top, and corrupt officials at the bottom. Seeing Shang Fang's sword is like seeing the emperor coming in person, why don't you kneel down? "

Sure enough, as soon as his words came out, the officers and soldiers who wanted to come forward did not dare to move. They were hesitating whether to kneel down.

"You and Lu Xingbang conspired to murder the imperial official. This is a major crime against the nine tribes! Li Wen shouted sternly, "It's still too late for you to regret it now. As long as you help me capture Lu Xingbang, I will plead for you in front of the emperor and you will be exempted from your crime." "

Don't listen to his monstrous words to confuse the public. The sword in his hand is fake. This person intends to harm me and capture people for me." "Seeing that the people on his side did not dare to move, Magistrate Lu was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood and shouted hurriedly.

At the end, Lu Xingbang added, "Whoever wants to take down Li Wen will be rewarded with a thousand silver coins. two! "

When they heard about the reward of one thousand taels of silver, all the officers and soldiers holding swords in their hands were moved. This one thousand taels is enough for them to spend a lifetime. People die for money, and birds die for food. In the face of money, The desire for money suppressed the little fear and fear in my heart.

"Brothers, come on! "Someone shouted.

Damn these people are not even afraid of the Shang Fang Sword given by the emperor! Li Wen cursed "Lie Quan" in his heart, holding Shang Fang's sword and slashing people.

People on both sides started to move their hands, and the swords collided. Eyes and sockets -

"Pfft."

The sword penetrated the person's body and blood spurted out.

Zhao Xiangyi protected Li Wen by his side. Their people gathered around and protected Li Liuyuan in the middle. Their mission this time was to protect him. Li Liuyuan. These elite soldiers have been carefully selected, and they are all highly skilled in martial arts, so even though they have a small number of people, they are not at a disadvantage for a while.

"Kill out!" "Zhao Xiangyi gave an order.

li B 11.

Their people fought outside, and the door was heavily surrounded by officers and soldiers. It was not easy for them to get out. When the people in front of them fell, the people behind them soon fell. In addition, these people rushed towards them as if they were desperate,

"Go and close the door outside the yard, no one can let go!" "Zhifu Lu, who was being guarded behind, shouted.

"Oh, yes, sir. "

The housekeeper over there went to ask someone to close the door of the house. They knew that this matter today was difficult and they couldn't let anyone go out.

"Asshole! You plotted to kill people for money first, and plotted to murder the imperial envoys and ministers behind. The emperor found out about this, and you, and none of you, can escape! "Li Wen pointed at the officials from the Xiangzhou faction and said.

Some of them showed fear in front of them, fearing that it would be revealed that all of them were guilty of beheading.

"Let me take him down, whether he lives or dies! "Lu Xingbang wants the imperial envoy's life today. Either you die or I die. If he doesn't want to die, he has to let others die.

Across the crowd, Li Wen saw Lu Xingbang standing behind the officers and soldiers, and said to Ah Chen and Ah Wu Shouted, "Ah Chen, Ah Wu, you cover me. "

When Ah Chen and Ah Wu heard this, they subconsciously protected their master.

Both sides started to fight. These civil servants who did not use martial arts were all very afraid of death and looked for places to hide everywhere.

Zhao Xiangyi kicked him away The officers and soldiers in front of them saw the young man holding the sword rushing to the other side. At this moment, the two sides started to move, and the swords were blind. He was worried that the young man would be injured by the sword, so he

really refused to let him go. What a worry, it's already this time, and he's still running around! Zhao Xiangyi felt helpless

, his movements were not slow at all, and ordinary people were killed by him even if they couldn't get close to him. Wu was fighting in front, and Li Wen quickly came to Lu Xingbang's side. There was a layer of people in between. Lu Xingbang hid behind the officers and soldiers. Li Wen pressed the sleeve arrow on his wrist, and a broken arrow came from Lu Zhifu's neck. It was wiped off, leaving a trace of blood. Magistrate Lu almost peeed out of fright, "You, you, you..."

"Come here, come here, protect me. Lu Xingbang realized that the other party also wanted his life, "Kill him for me, and whoever cuts off his head will be rewarded two thousand taels of silver!" "

Very good, his head is only worth two thousand taels! Li Liuyuan was really angry.

Zhao Xiangyi and his men chased after him. They quickly eliminated all the officers and soldiers blocking the way and cleared a bloody path out.

The officers and soldiers holding knives around them looked at them, and none of them dared to step forward.

"Run, run, I'll see where you go!" "Li Wen held Shang Fang's sword in his hand and chased after Magistrate Lu. Without anyone to protect him, Magistrate Lu was just like a rat crossing the street. Li Wen was not in a hurry and chopped down this bastard with a sword. , just like a cat teasing a mouse, holding the sword and chasing after him.

"Run, keep running!"

"Come here, protect me! " "This Magistrate Lu was shouting while hiding.

Unfortunately, his people blocked the door, and the officers and soldiers outside could not enter the house for a while. Magistrate Lu just wanted to lock people in the house and kill them all. At this moment, he realized that he had dug a hole for himself, and his own people could not get in.

"Run, run!" I'll see where you go, little turtle! "Li Wen quickly grabbed Magistrate Lu's back collar and pulled him over. He kicked him from behind, staggering him, and pressed his head on the table with his hands. The sword held by Shang Fang was pressed against Magistrate Lu's neck,

"Don't move! If I touch him again, I'll kill him! "

Li Wen knew very well that to capture the thief first, capture the king. At this time, instead of fighting to find a way out, it would be better to capture the Xiangzhou prefect in his hands. With the Lu prefect in hand, he did not believe that these people would dare to move.

Sure enough, when they saw that he had captured Magistrate Lu, these people did not dare to move.

The people on both sides stopped fighting, and their ears suddenly became clear. Li Wen held down Magistrate Lu firmly. He didn't know whose blood was on his face. With a cruel look on his face, he pressed his sword on Lu Xingbang's neck and shouted, "Put down your weapons, everyone." , If you dare to move again, I will be the first to kill him!"

Magistrate Lu, whose head was pressed on the table, still wanted to move, and he made a cut on his neck with his sword.

"Master Lu, the sword is not good. Changyan, I advise you not to move around. If you accidentally cut off the artery in your neck and the bleeding continues, you will die." Li Wen was not threatening Magistrate Lu today. The first time I used this Shangfang sword, I found that it was really easy to use. Killing people was as neat as cutting a melon.

He is a swordsman, and I am a fish. Now that he has fallen into the hands of the other party, Lu Xingbang has nothing to say at this time.

"Everyone, get out of my way!" Li Wen grabbed the person and ordered those in front of him to get out of the way.

"Master..." Seeing that their master was caught, the housekeeper of Lu Mansion shouted.

Zhao Xiangyi was covered in human blood, and the sword in his hand was still dripping with blood. He stood beside Li Wen to prevent anyone from attacking from behind. Their people gathered around them one after another, surrounding them in the middle.

"Sir."

When these officials in Xiangzhou saw that the magistrate had been caught by someone, they wanted to rescue him. However, when they saw the sword in the imperial envoy's hand, he placed it on Lord Lu's neck and moved him an inch forward. , Mr. Lu was dead, and they didn't know what to do.

"Bang!,"

the door of the courtyard was kicked open from the outside.

The entire Lu Mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers. Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu, who went to move the rescue troops,

came over overnight with the Governor of Xuzhou. Wan An, the Governor of Xuzhou, stepped forward. , saluted the Imperial Envoy and General Zhao and said, "Wan An, the Governor of Xuzhou, has met with the Imperial Envoy, General Zhao. I am late with my troops and I want to ask General Zhao and the Imperial Envoy to punish me." "

The Governor of Xuzhou was a military commander brought up by General Zhao at that time. As soon as he saw the token that Zhao Xiangyi had people bring, he immediately led his troops to rescue him. He traveled day and night and arrived tonight. Outside Xiangzhou City,

it took a while for someone to open the city gate before coming in

. "Zhang Mingyu and Xie Yunfei walked over to Zhao Xiangyi and asked nervously, "Are you okay?

Zhao Xiangyi shook his head and said, "Nothing."

Chapter 86, second update

: "Governor Wan, please get up quickly. Governor Wan, you are here just in time. Help me take down this group of people!" Seeing Governor Xuzhou rushing over with his troops, Li Wen's face showed a smile. The happy smile, the timely rain, was talking about Governor Wan who just happened to arrive with his people.

"You guys, go and arrest these people." Governor Wan directed his officers and soldiers to arrest them.

Seeing the Governor of Xuzhou coming with his troops, the officials of the Xiangzhou faction were all ashen-faced. Knowing that what happened today was revealed, they were all doomed.

"Imperial envoy, spare your life. We were all deceived by Lu Xingbang. We don't know anything." Seeing that the matter was revealed, some officials wanted to put all the blame on Magistrate Lu. Several timid officials shirked their responsibilities one after another, intending to remove themselves from this matter.

"Imperial envoy, spare your life..."

"We are innocent..."

Governor Wan was not used to this kind of people. He raised his foot and kicked the person to the ground. He cursed, "Coward. You are the only one who shirks responsibility when something happens!"

"Come here, take these people away and lock them up!"

"Yes, sir."

Li Wen slapped Magistrate Lu on the face with the back of his knife. Very good-looking, he asked, "Master Lu, what else do you have to say?"

"Today I fell into your hands, I have nothing to say." Magistrate Lu gave Li Wen a vicious look, saying that he lost today , he had nothing to say.

"Oh, you'd better save your words for speaking in front of the emperor!" Li Wen threw the person to Governor Wan, who picked up the person with one hand and threw it to his subordinates, " Take it down."

Magistrate Lu was taken down.

The entire Lu Mansion was controlled by their people. This Magistrate Lu married many young wives, including seven aunts, eight aunts, and more than a dozen concubines and concubines. All of these people must be arrested and imprisoned. Go to jail.

"What are you going to do?"

"Who are you? Let me go."

A woman's screams and curses could be heard from time to time in the backyard.

Once Lu Xingbang fell, the entire Lu family was destroyed.

"That's the housekeeper of Lu Mansion, bring him here." Li Wen saw the housekeeper of Magistrate Lu with sharp eyes and asked someone to capture him.

The housekeeper of the Lu Mansion was quickly escorted in front of the Imperial Envoy.

"Do you know what kind of sword this is?" Li Wen held Shang Fang's sword and gestured in front of the steward. Seeing the frightened look on his face, he smiled slightly and said, "Now I'll give you a chance to make a contribution."

"You Just tell us where Lu Xingbang has hidden his property. Go to the emperor and I will intercede with the emperor to spare you the death penalty. Otherwise, our people will turn over the entire Lu Mansion and find out where Lu Xingbang is hiding. Where are those things? It just takes a little effort."

"As long as you cooperate with me, I will not embarrass you, nor will I embarrass your wife and children." Li Wen said, "How are you doing?" , everyone looked troubled, he knew what he said was despicable, but I am afraid that this housekeeper of Lu Mansion also helped Lu Xingbang do those dirty things.

"I know where the things are. I'll take you with me. I just ask you not to embarrass my wife and children." The housekeepers of the Lu Mansion knew that the matter had been exposed, that their adults had been arrested, and that the entire Lu Mansion no longer existed. They The fate of the servants will not be much better.

He didn't regret his own death, and he didn't want his wife and children to suffer as well.

"Hurry up and leave!"

"Yes.

The housekeeper of Lu Mansion took them to a study. There is a darkroom hidden in the study. There is also a darkroom inside the darkroom. The two darkrooms are connected. Most people would never think that they would be in a darkroom. There was another dark room inside.

Seeing the gold and silver jewelry piled randomly in the dark room, boxes of gold were so full that they couldn't even close the lid.

Li Wen casually picked up a fist-sized night pearl, took a look at it, and cursed. " #! "

"Send a few people in and click a little to see how much stuff is in here. "Li Wen turned around and said something to Zhao Xiangyi. Zhao Xiangyi nodded and asked Xie Yunfei to lead someone here to order the things in the darkroom.

Xie Yunfei came back to his senses, swallowed, and just grabbed a handful and put it in his pocket. It was a lot.

"Where is Lu Mansion's granary? Take us to see it. "Li Wen was still thinking about the granary of the Lu Mansion. There was a severe drought in Xiangzhou and countless people starved to death outside, but he was sure that the governor of Xiangzhou must have a lot of food in his house.

"Yes, my dear. I'll take the adults here. "As the steward of Lu Mansion, he naturally knows where the granary of Lu Mansion is.

The granary of Lu Mansion is not in the house, but under a basement, and this basement is built in the garden.

When I see Lu Mansion's granary, The housekeeper turned a stone on the rockery, and a hole appeared in front of them

. Below the hole was a row of stairs. Li Wen cursed in his heart and said, "You really know how to hide things!" Come on, let's go down and have a look.

"I'll go ahead of you. " "Zhao Xiangyi held down the young man's shoulders and asked people to follow him.

Li Wen had no choice but to follow his man obediently, letting his man protect him and occasionally satisfying his man's heroism.

The guards walked in front, and they Walking in the middle. In order to prevent fraud, Li Wen didn't forget to pick up the

housekeeper and let the guards follow him. When the basement was full of grain, Li Wen almost couldn't close his mouth and asked, "Is it true that all the granaries in Xiangzhou were moved to their home by Magistrate Lu? "He remembered that there was not a single grain in the granary in Xiangzhou, but the basement of this Xiangzhou magistrate was full of grain. It seemed that there was more grain than the grain they brought for disaster relief. Two dark rooms With gold, silver, jewelry, and food in the basement, this Xiangzhou magistrate is really extremely rich, and he is also a bit too greedy. No wonder Xiangzhou is such a poor city, and the entire Xiangzhou has money. This magistrate has it in his own pocket! Well, with the food in this basement, he doesn't have to worry about the victims outside not being able to survive the winter. "Let's go up, Ah Yi, send a team of people over and take care of this place. All the food was moved up there. "Li Wen turned around and said to the man next to him. Zhao Xiangyi nodded. In order to avoid any accidents down here, he also wanted the young man to get up there quickly. Their people were still searching the Lu Mansion and collecting all the valuables. Turn it out. Seeing that Lu Mansion had found so many valuable things and so much food, Li Wen didn't want to leave, so he had a chair brought over and a table, tea and snacks were placed next to him. Inside the chair, I watched the soldiers bring up boxes of gold, silver, jewelry and bags of food. Not only did they search the home of Magistrate Lu, they also sent several teams of soldiers to search the homes of other Xiangzhou officials overnight. Home. "Haah..." Li Wen was so sleepy that he forgot how many times he yawned. Before the food in the granary was finished, he fell asleep while sitting on the chair.

Zhao Xiangyi asked someone to bring a cloak over and cover the young man. After staying up all night, he saw the faint green gray in the young man's eyes. He couldn't do anything about this man and asked him to go back to the inn to sleep for a while, but he refused. It was cold and cold to stay here

at night. When he saw people falling asleep, Zhao Xiangyi asked people to move two charcoal stoves and light them.

It wasn't until dawn that all the food in the basement was finished.

Xie Yunfei led others to light gold and silver all night, and saw so many and big gems and pearls that he had never seen in his life. Therefore, after working all night, he was not sleepy at all, but he was very excited. No matter what, people become more energetic.

Before anyone could reach them, Xie Yunfei shouted from a distance, "Boss, Li Liuyuan, do you know how much gold, silver and jewelry there are in those two dark rooms? It will scare you to death if I tell you." "

Huh? Have you finished ordering?" Li Wen was half asleep, but not completely asleep. He woke up as soon as he heard Xie Yunfei's voice. Zhao Xiangyi looked at the person who woke up the boy with an unkind expression.

"I just finished counting. Do you know how many things are in there? You won't know if you don't check it. If you check it, you will be scared to death!" Xie Yunfei gave the booklet to Li Wen. He was shocked when he saw the number registered in the booklet. This Xiangzhou magistrate is corruption in capital letters!

"Aha..." Li Wen yawned, reached out to take the booklet, flipped through it, and gave it to the man next to him, "Look."

Zhao Xiangyi took the booklet and started to read it.

Xie Yunfei blinked his eyes. Did he do anything wrong just now? Why does his boss look at him like that? Forget it, never mind. After working all night, he felt tired and hungry when he stopped. "We can have breakfast when we go back later."

After that, he found a stool and sat down. After a while the person fell asleep.

All the food in the basement below has been moved up. Some of the food stored in the innermost part

has become moldy for I don't know how long it has been there.

Hearing this, Li Wen went to take a look at the moldy grains. Not only were they black, but they also had a long white hair growing on them. They must be inedible. He didn't know if people would die if he ate them. , "Set these moldy grains on fire."

With so many people starving to death outside, this Xiangzhou magistrate put the grains in the granary into Changmao, it's really true! If

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cuts him off, it will be an advantage for him!

However, the person still has to be taken back to the emperor for disposal, so it would be difficult for him to kill the person now, so he might as well continue to endure it. Anyway, this person will not survive until next year at best.

"Yes, sir."

This night, they not only searched the house of the magistrate of Xiangzhou, but also searched the houses of officials of all sizes in Xiangzhou.

This inspection really allowed them to find out a lot of things. Seeing the registered books, Li Wen shook his head and simply didn't want to talk, "After a busy night, let's go back to the inn to have breakfast. "You can go back to bed to catch up on some sleep later, and deal with the remaining things later. Anyway, there are so many things that can't be dealt with in a short while.

Chapter 87: Funeral

The sky outside was gray and it was not yet bright when they walked out of the gate of Lu Mansion.

"I thought we had no chance to walk out of this door last night." As soon as he walked out, Li Wen smiled and said, "Fortunately, before we came here last night, we were prepared that they might jump over the wall. If Otherwise, it might not be us who walk out of this door today."

Thinking of what happened last night still makes people feel a little scared, but fortunately, they were the ones who won in the end.

"No, they can't stand us as long as I'm here." Zhao Xiangyi left his soldiers to guard the things in the courtyard, accompanied the young man out, and prepared to send the young man back to the inn himself.

A carriage stopped outside the door, and the driver was one of their own.

Zhao Xiangyi reached out to help the young man up. Li Wen held the man's hand, looked back at the man, blinked, and said, "Well, I believe you. I feel relieved that you are here." Because this man is here. Only by his side did he dare to take this gamble. If it were anyone else who partners with him, they may not trust each other that much.

Turns out, luck was on their side.

The man said "Hmm" softly, thinking that this was his boy, and he must protect it.

The two people got into the carriage, which ran on the bluestone road, the wheels rattling.

The young man fell asleep leaning against him as soon as he got on the carriage. Zhao Xiangyi put his arm around the young man's waist and let him lean on his chest. The young man who fell asleep was quiet and beautiful. Zhao Xiangyi lowered his eyes and looked at the young man in his arms, with a soft light flashing in his eyes.

After the fierce battle last night, many people were killed and injured, and there were still blood stains on the ground inside the Lu Mansion that had not yet dried up.

"Where are I? What is this place?"

Mr. Yao and Mr. Fan, who were forgotten in the guest room last night, slept for a while and woke up early the next morning. They didn't know what happened last night. What's up. Yao Zheng walked out of the room and saw Mr. Fan who also walked out of the next room. The two of them looked confused as to what was going on.

They were both startled when they saw two soldiers carrying a corpse passing in front of them.

After questioning, the two adults found out what happened in the Lu Mansion last night. They both seemed to remember that they fell down after drinking a glass of wine last night. The wine may have been drugged with ecstasy. Both of them suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

At this time, Li Wen was sitting in the lobby of the inn, drinking porridge. After drinking a bowl of porridge, he climbed up to the room upstairs to sleep. After coming out of the room, Zhao Xiangyi left two soldiers here to guard the door. He led the people out of the inn, and several people rode away.

Bai Yu, who was standing downstairs, looked at the room upstairs and did not go up to disturb the people resting in the room.

"Brother." Bai Jingyang saw his brother standing here and didn't know what his brother was doing standing here. He looked up at his brother. Bai Yu touched his younger brother's head, pursed his pale lips, and showed a slight smile on his face, but didn't say anything.

It's bright outside, and the sun is shining in the east.

On this day, the merchants and people in Xiangzhou City all knew that something big had happened in the city.

"Have you heard? Today, the residence of Magistrate Lu was sealed off by the Imperial Envoy, and officers and soldiers were guarding it outside.

" The common people were well-informed, and they gathered in groups to talk about Lu's affairs. Someone said, "Not only the residence of Magistrate Lu was sealed, I heard that the residence of official XX was also sealed." After

everyone said this, they realized that the residences of officials of all sizes in Xiangzhou had been sealed.

"Catch them well. It's best to catch these corrupt officials one by one. It's best to catch them all."

Since ancient times, the people have not had a good impression of these corrupt officials. They wish the emperor would send people to arrest all the corrupt officials in the world.

Someone said to the crowd as if they had seen it with their own eyes, "You don't know. I heard that countless gold and silver jewels were dug out from there. The gold and silver inside were piled up into mountains, and there was countless food..."

Although these words were full of meaning, A bit of exaggeration, but not far from the truth.

It was already three days after their men finished searching the residences of the magistrate of Xiangzhou and various officials in Xiangzhou, and counting the gold, silver, jewelry, real estate deeds and other financial items found inside.

As soon as the incident happened, Li Wen wrote a secret letter to the emperor, reporting the incident in Xiangzhou to the court. Along with the secret letter, there were also secret letters he wrote to the emperor and articles he sent to the newspaper. Hurry up and send to the capital.

Three days later, the memorial and secret message returned from Xiangzhou were sent to the palace overnight and delivered to Emperor Zhaozong. After reading the memorial, Emperor Zhaozong looked at the secret letter Li Liuyuan sent him again. He smashed the tea cup in his hand angrily, his face turned livid, and he cursed angrily, "These people, these people..."

"How dare you!"

"That's true ! This is unreasonable!"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Eunuch Sun has been serving the Emperor since he was the prince. This is the second time he has seen the Emperor lose his temper. The last time he lost his temper was in Sixteen years ago, Concubine Zhao was poisoned to death in the palace. At that time, the entire harem was filled with blood, and everyone related to Concubine Zhao's death was sentenced to death.

But this time, I don't know why the emperor was so angry.

The emperor was so angry after reading the secret letter sent back by Li Liuyuan. Could it be that something happened in Xiangzhou? And soon, Eunuch Sun knew the reason.

In the morning of the next day, Emperor Zhaozong threw the memorial sent from Xiangzhou in front of his ministers, "Look, what are these things!"

The memorial happened to be thrown at the feet of University Scholar Zhan. The scholar picked it up, read it ten lines at a time, and passed the memorial to the next person with the same expression on his face.

A memorial was passed from front to back, and soon everyone in the court saw it.

There was a severe drought in Xiangzhou, and countless people starved to death. Countless gold, silver, jewelry and mountains of grain were confiscated from the residences of the magistrate of Xiangzhou and a group of officials in Xiangzhou. On one side were the people who died of starvation and on the other were corrupt officials. In comparison, these people's crimes are serious.

In the morning of this day, the emperor lost his temper. All the officials below him lowered their heads. No one dared to jump out and touch the emperor's brow at this time. "It is my decree that Li Wen will be solely responsible for this matter," he said. Escort the prefect of Xiangzhou and officials of all sizes in Xiangzhou back to Beijing. "

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers-"

"The latest news in Xiangzhou, the prefect of Xiangzhou and officials of all sizes in Xiangzhou have been sacked..."

The latest from People's Daily on this day . As soon as the first issue of "Min Bao" came out, the newspaper was sold out in one morning. When the people in the capital read the news published in the newspaper, they were all shocked. The scholars were talking about the incident involving the Xiangzhou prefect and officials. Their corruption case.

"Deserve to be killed! All corrupt officials in the world deserve to be killed!"

"The imperial envoy has done a good job. These corrupt officials should be caught in one sweep. All of them should be arrested."

The imperial envoy who was far away in Xiangzhou was not idle either. Their people were spent. It took him three days to finish counting the seized property, real estate title deeds, etc., as well as the unjust, false, and wrongful convictions caused by these officials, torture and other cases, etc., he had to deal with them one by one.

As soon as the news of the arrest of these officials spread, many people outside came to complain and sue the officials in Xiangzhou.

In the past, these common people were afraid of the power of these officials, and they had no way to redress their injustices. They wanted to go to the capital to file a complaint, but the journey to the capital was long, and they might fall halfway before reaching the capital. But now these officials have been arrested by the Imperial Envoy. The Imperial Envoy has decided to redress their grievances, and all of them have come to complain to the Imperial Envoy.

As an imperial envoy sent by the emperor, Li Wen will arrest people. He also has to find out what these people did behind their backs one by one and record them one by one in a book. When he comes back, he will have to report The emperor writes a memorial. When these common people came to complain about their grievances, he took over the cases and dealt with them one by one.

He was so busy that he didn't even have time to sit down and drink water.

"Don't try too hard. There are so many people outside waiting for justice. If you ask them to line up one by one, this is not something that can be dealt with in a day or two. If you have to wear out your body, it will not be worth the loss. "Xie Yunfei saw that Li Wen was so busy that his feet were not touching the ground. In just a few days, he saw that his whole body had lost weight. When he saw someone coming from the front hall, he hurriedly poured him a cup of tea.

"I'm not in a hurry, others are." Li Wen took a sip of water from the cup and put it on the table, "You want to fly? If you have suffered such a great injustice, no one will make the decision for you before, but now there is I've made the decision for you, are you in a hurry?" He

has been reviewing cases these past few nights, and he stayed up until midnight every night. There were several circles in his mouth, which were all caused by staying up late at night. . But there is nothing he can do now. He has to do these things, so he still has to do them well.

Xie Yunfei nodded, indicating that he understood, "Hey..." He sighed and said, "Just tell me what you need me to do. We are all our own people."

"Yeah, I know." Li Wen smiled. , I feel very happy to have these friends and comrades around me.

Three days later, Governor Wan was going to lead his troops back to Xuzhou. Li Wen went to see them off. After all, someone else came to help them. "Thank you so much, Governor Wan, for coming to help me this time."

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy is too polite. We can't help you much. " Busy." Governor Wan chuckled.

Others came to help them, and Li Wen was not stingy. They confiscated a warehouse of

grain and gave part of it to Governor Wan to take back. Along with the grain, there was also a box secretly stuffed to Governor Wan. "Gift"

"Just be careful and treat it as buying wine for the brothers." "It's not easy for everyone at this time, but Li Wen still knows how to be a good person. Anyway, they found so many things, so it doesn't matter if they have less. When the time comes, these things will be escorted back to the capital, and they are not his own.

Governor Wan After some hesitation, I finally accepted it.

Chapter 88: Winter Thunder

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A thunder sounded in the night, and a bolt of lightning split half of the sky in the west, making the whole sky brighter.

"Wow..." The sleeping child was woken up by the thunder, Wow cried out. The mother-in-law woke up when she heard the baby crying. She hugged and coaxed the baby who woke up from the fright. The baby was sobbing in the mother-in-law's arms with a look of grievance on her face. The baby in the mother-in-law's arms soon fell asleep again. 0This

night, the thunder woke up many people.

There was thunder and strong wind outside, and soon there was the sound of rain falling outside.

"Is it raining outside?" There was a candle in the room, and Li Wen was still sitting under an oil lamp writing an official document. When he heard the sound of rain outside, he asked.

Zhao Xiangyi went over to close the window, and when he heard the boy's voice, he hummed and said, "It's raining."

At the end, the man added, "It's cold at night, and it's cold to sit outside."

This was a sign of him being there in the middle of the night. Do you have any comments about your busy work? This urged him to go to bed. Li Wen couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I'll clean up and go to bed."

Hearing the sound of wind and rain outside, Li Wen said, "Fortunately, the refugees outside the city They have all set up residences. Otherwise, if the rain outside is so heavy, I don't know how many people would not even have a place to shelter from the rain. "It has been dry for so long, and it is time to rain. I hope this rain can wet the land. Save some water for the people.

Although there is water diverted from the mountains inside and outside Xiangzhou City, it is not available in other places, so water must be scarce in some places.

Li Wen not only lamented, "If only this rain could have fallen two months earlier."

So many people would not have died in this natural disaster. After all, this rain came a little late, otherwise there would still be some food grown in the fields. I just hope that the weather will be smooth next year and the people will have a full meal.

"When it will rain, this is not something that mortals can decide." Zhao Xiangyi said after hearing the young man's emotion.

"Yeah, I know, I'm just talking."

There was no need to clean up the things on the table. Li Wen put the brush aside, took the weight ruler to press the paper on the table, and put it there until he wakes up tomorrow to continue working on it. "Okay, let's go to bed."

The candles in the room were blown out, and the two of them got into bed one after another.

There was a lot of thunder outside, and the sound of rain pouring down in the night covered up the breathing in the house.

When the sound in the house stopped, the sound of rain outside continued. The man kissed the boy who fell asleep in his arms, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth. The boy in his arms closed his eyes and fell asleep. .

There was no dream all night, and it was the next day when I woke up. The rain stopped

on

the second day, but the ground outside was still wet, and water accumulated in low-lying areas.

After it rained last night, the weather is obviously colder today. The door of the inn was wide open. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi came down from the stairs one after another. Just as they passed the door, a gust of wind blew over and made him shiver.

"Morning."

"Morning."

When they came down, Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu had almost finished breakfast, and Li Wen greeted them. The two people sat down in the vacant seats, and a waiter came over and asked them what they wanted to eat. After a while, they brought them porridge, steamed buns, and two side dishes to accompany the porridge.

"We'll finish eating later and go have a look outside the city." Li Wen said.

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi nodded. He was sent by the emperor to protect the imperial envoy. Naturally, he would follow the imperial envoy wherever he went.

Seeing that Li Wen was going to leave the city soon, Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu waited for them to finish eating so that they could go out with them.

Since returning from Lu Mansion that day, Master Yao fell ill when he came back.

Worried that something had really happened to Dr. Yao, Li Wen also asked the best doctor in the city to examine him. Fortunately, it was not a big problem. The doctor who was invited said he was frightened and opened the surgery. A few soothing medicines, I am afraid that I was frightened and frightened by what happened that day.

He has been busy these days, and it is already late when he returns to the inn from outside every day, so he has not visited Yao Zheng.

They had breakfast and were about to leave when they met Yao Zheng coming out of the house, and with him was Chief Fan. Li Wen greeted them, looked at Mr. Yao who looked sick, and asked with concern, "I wonder if Mr. Yao is feeling better?"

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for caring about me. My health is much better." Yao Zheng After changing his previous picky attitude towards Li Liuyuan, his attitude became much better.

"That's good."

Li Wen found that Mr. Yao rarely jumped around in front of him recently. Is it because he was sick and was being honest? Even the tone and attitude of speaking to him changed. They were still rushing out. Li Wen greeted them, said he still had something to do, and went out with Zhao Xiangyi. Behind them were Xie Yunfei, Zhang Mingyu and others, and the group left the inn.

There was a heavy rain last night, and it looked like it would rain again today. They wanted to go outside the city to see how the refugees were doing.

Rows of houses were built on this vacant land originally planned, and the refugees outside the city were temporarily accommodated here. There are many people living here and the people are mixed. However, since he transferred a team of people to take charge of the management here, the situation has become much better. In addition, they arrested the group of human traffickers, and now there is no such thing here. Please don't miss your child again.

Ever since I learned that the Imperial Envoy had arrested all the corrupt officials in Xiangzhou, the Imperial Envoy's prestige in the hearts of the people has become even higher.

"The common people pay homage to the Imperial Envoy."

"The common people pay homage to the Imperial Envoy."

The refugees outside the city had all seen the Imperial Envoy. When they saw the Imperial Envoy, everyone knelt down one after another and shouted, "The Imperial Envoy."

A woman led the way. He brought the child over and asked him to kneel down and kowtow to him, "Kowtow to the Imperial Envoy quickly. Thank you Imperial Envoy for saving you."

The child knelt down and kowtowed in confusion, not understanding anything.

"Everyone, please get up." Li Wen hurriedly helped the woman and the child up. He recognized the child as the child they rescued that day. Later, he asked Zhang Mingyu to send it back to the child's parents. He touched the child's head and said to the woman, "Take good care of the child. The child is still young and cannot live without his parents."

"Yes, thank you, sir, thank you, sir..."

There were tears in the woman's eyes. When she found out that the child was missing, she almost went crazy. Fortunately, someone brought her child back the next day. Both the couple are still frightened by this incident, and the woman dare not let the child out of her sight. Step.

The prison is now full of people, and the governor of Xiangzhou and the officials Li Wen have not interrogated them. These officials will be escorted back to the capital for the emperor to deal with personally. However, Li thought of the group of traffickers in the prison. He asked someone to bring those people for interrogation, but he asked where the bones of the dead children were buried.

Their people found the bones of the children on a small slope not far outside the city . , the scene at that time was not very pretty, so he did not let the refugees know about it. Later, Li Wen asked someone to buy a few small coffins, put the bones inside, and found a place nearby. Buried.

As for those traffickers, each of them had human life on their hands and killed so many children. It would be a scourge for such people to stay. Li Wen immediately sentenced him to death. The execution would be carried out three days later. He had already been dragged out and chopped. .

It is not a pity to die for this kind of people, kill one by one!

The government still distributes grain twice a day. Except for women, children, and young adults, all young and middle-aged people have to go out to work. Because they receive grain and subsidies every day, everyone is willing to work. Later, he also set up a reward and punishment policy, and promoted those who did well to become team leaders, who could receive more subsidies. Once someone is caught being lazy and not working, food and subsidies will be deducted, so everyone works harder and there is basically no one who is lazy and not working.

This time they searched the residences of the prefect of Xiangzhou and the officials in Xiangzhou and confiscated a lot of food. The grain merchants in the city had hoarded a lot of grain. After the fall of the Xiangzhou magistrate and these officials, Li Wen asked people to summon the merchants in the city and made it clear that he wanted them to lower grain prices and restore grain prices. to the original price standard, otherwise you will be severely fined if caught.

Originally, the imperial court had issued a policy not to raise food prices. Now he just wants these businessmen to act in accordance with the policy.

However, given that this is a special period, in order to prevent some people from buying large amounts of food at home, causing other people to He had money but no place to buy food, so Li Wen also implemented a purchase restriction policy, asking the food store to sell a limited amount of food every day, and limiting the maximum amount of food each household in the city could purchase per day, etc.

Now that there are no officials in Xiangzhou to back him up, these merchants will obediently adjust the grain prices back to him after they return. As for the adulteration of food with impurities and other such things, it is not allowed and anyone caught doing so will be severely punished.

With the guarantee of this food, it should not be a problem for the people of Xiangzhou to survive this winter. As long as next spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and weeds are growing in the fields, as long as there is a bite to eat, people will not die of hunger.

As for the future arrangements for these refugees and other matters, Li Wen thought that he might have returned to the capital by then

. He could not stay here in Xiangzhou forever. Even if he wanted to, the emperor would not allow him to go there. He came to serve as an official from the local government, so when the imperial court sent someone to take over, his mission as an imperial envoy would be completed. It is during this special period that the power of many people comes to the fore.

The refugees gathered built a large number of houses in a short period of time, and they also mobilized some manpower to build roads. The original official road had not been repaired for many years and was in tatters. Now the official road from Xiangzhou City has been repaired all the way.

If you want to get rich, build the road first!

Only when the roads are open can the economy develop. Li Wen wanted to give the emperor a suggestion to repair the roads in various places after returning to the capital. Looking at the road that was built in front of him, Li Wen smiled and said, "It would be great if this road could be built all the way to the capital."

This would make their way back to the capital easier.

However, they may not be able to return to the capital until the road is repaired.

Chapter 89: Go to meet and inspect

After completing the inspection here outside the city, Li Wen also wanted to visit the nearby villages. He turned around and said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Why don't we take advantage of the time we have to go to the nearby villages? ?" He has been busy with various things since he came to Xiangzhou, so he has never been to the nearby villages.

Apart from hearing about the situation in each village from the refugees outside the city, he still didn't know the specific situation in the villages.

"If you want to go, let's go." Zhao Xiangyi said as if you want to go, I will go with you.

Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu had no objections.

Today they all rode out of the city on horseback, and a few of them rode down to a nearby village.

They walked through two villages in a row. In these villages, ten houses were empty, and the whole village was empty. The hungry and skinny wild dogs were drooling at people.

"There is a child there." Zhao Xiangyi raised his hand and pointed in a direction.

A child quietly hid in the dark and peeked at them. If Zhao Xiangyi had not had extraordinary hearing, they would not have noticed that there was a child there. The child ran away as soon as he saw them, so Li Wen had to let Zhang Mingyu catch up and stop the child.

"You are all bad people, let me go, let me go..."

"Don't make trouble, brother is not a bad person, brother just wants to ask you a few words, if you want to know, tell us, if you don't know, just say you don't know, we I won't embarrass you." Li Wen stuffed a steamed bun into the child's mouth and successfully silenced the child's curse.

After the child finished chewing one steamed bun, he took out another steamed bun, successfully asked if there was anyone in the village, and used food to seduce the child and take them to find someone. Most of the people left behind were old people who could no longer walk, and children whose parents were absent or abandoned by their parents, who stayed with the old people. These people all survived strongly.

Seeing them and a group of strangers arriving in the village, everyone looked at them warily.

"Don't be afraid. We are officials sent by the imperial court. I came down to learn about the situation in each village.

" Seeing that there were living people, Li Wen got off his horse. After indicating their identities, he learned from the mouths of these old people I learned about the situation in their village and some nearby villages.

Fortunately, they all carried some food on their horses when they came out. He asked people to leave some food for these old people and children.

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."

"Sir, we kowtow to you."

After the old people took the food, they knelt down and kowtowed to them one after another, treating them like gods.

Li Wen was so busy that he asked people to get up. Before leaving, he told the old people who were still here that if they encountered difficulties, they could go to the refugee shelter outside Xiangzhou City and someone would help them there.

"Drive_"

several people got on their horses and went to the next village the old man said.

On this day, it was almost dark before they rushed back to the city.

Fortunately, they took a step back. Almost as soon as they walked in, it started raining heavily outside.

In the following days, they rode horses to walk around the area, and went further afield to check out the conditions in the villages below, and inquire about crop cultivation in these places, etc., and conduct on-the-spot inspections. When he came back, Li Wen compiled all of this into documents, sent memorials and secret letters to the emperor, and wrote articles to the newspaper and sent them over.

Winter is approaching, and the weather is getting colder and colder. I see the refugees outside the city still wearing thin summer shirts, without even a piece of clothing to keep out the cold. They urgently need to solve this problem, so they sent the news to the newspaper Inside, Li Wen inserted a message about recycling old clothes, encouraging people to donate their unwanted old clothes at home to the people in the North to help the people in the North get through this cold winter.

Li Wenyuan is here in Xiangzhou. He doesn't know how well the "Minbao" newspaper is sold in the capital every time and how influential it is, so he doesn't know about the old clothes recycling article he published. The news was seen by merchants, common people and scholars throughout the capital. Everyone was discussing donating old clothes and took out all the old clothes they no longer wanted at home.

Even Emperor Zhaozong in the palace knew about this matter. It was not easy for the emperor to talk about this kind of thing in the court. When he went back to sit with the queen, he briefly mentioned the donation of used clothes.

The queen is such a smart person. As soon as the emperor mentioned it, she understood what he meant. On that day, Yi issued an order to invite the wives of several ministers to come into the palace to talk. They talked about Li Liuyuan's disaster relief in Xiangzhou, and then mentioned the donation of used clothes by the way.

So as soon as these ladies left the palace, they asked the people in the palace to take out the old clothes they didn't need, and they also

asked the housekeepers to take out all the unused cloth in the inventory and donate them. They also gained a good reputation as a result.

The ladies in the capital love to compare. When some ladies see others doing good deeds and get a good reputation, they all imitate them one after another. Therefore, when these ladies in the capital meet recently, they don't talk about where the rouge and gouache are good, but they ask who donated it. How many pieces of cloth and old clothes.

Li Liuyuan went to Xiangzhou to provide disaster relief and brought down all the officials in Xiangzhou. The people and scholars outside were praising Li Liuyuan as the great master of Qingtian who had done a great deed for the people by eliminating harm.

Now that a number of officials in Xiangzhou have been arrested, it also means that all official positions in Xiangzhou are vacant, and a large number of officials are needed to fill them. For some of the princes and ministers in the court, this is a great opportunity for them, and they are all trying to find ways to squeeze their people in.

The eldest prince and the third prince made the most moves. They both wanted their own people to take the position of the magistrate of Xiangzhou.

As the prince, Yang Shaomu would naturally not let go of such a good opportunity. However, compared to the eldest prince and the third prince, The two princes acted in a high-profile manner, but the prince always acted in a low-key manner and did not want to attract too much attention.

"Your Highness, there is a letter from Xiangzhou." The people below delivered the letter from Xiangzhou.

"Bring the letter here." Yang Shaomu took the letter and read it. After reading it, a smile appeared on his face.

Compared with the bustle in the capital, Xiangzhou will be calm during this period after the bustle in the past. A lot.

Since he arrested all the officials of the Xiangzhou faction, it means that the entire Xiangzhou is now under the jurisdiction of no one. The emperor sent someone to send a decree, allowing him to be temporarily responsible for the affairs of Xiangzhou, so he, the imperial envoy, has His busy feet never touch the ground, and there are a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.

It wasn't until the people below came over and said that Lu Xingbang wanted to see him that Li Wen remembered that he had people put people in prison that day, and he had never seen that Magistrate Lu. Oh, and now he was a prisoner.

"He wants to see me?"

Thinking that he had arrested the person, since the other person wanted to see him, he still wanted to see him.

Not knowing what the other party wanted to say to him, Li Wen stood up, straightened his clothes, and said to the man sitting next to him, "Let's go and meet Lu Xingbang. It just so happens that I also have something to ask him. "

The man had no expression on his face, stood up and followed the boy.

"Sir, this is unjust..."

"Sir, please let us out..."

As soon as he walked into the cell, he felt a chill. Li Wen wrapped his cloak tightly around him, and Zhao Xiangyi protected the young man from being caught by the hands extending from the cells on both sides.

They walked all the way deep into the cell. The former magistrate of Xiangzhou was locked in a cell alone. Compared with others who were locked in a cell with a large group of people, the treatment of the former magistrate was already Very good.

When they arrived, the former magistrate of Xiangzhou was sitting in the cell waiting for him to come, as if he had expected him to come.

"Prefect Lu."

Through the door of the cell, Li Wen didn't even want to go inside. He just stood outside and looked at the people inside.

"Since I was imprisoned in this cell, I am no longer a prefect." Lu Xingbang in the cell was wearing the clothes of a prisoner, with his hair disheveled, and he seemed to be twenty years older. Looking at Li Wen outside the cell, Lu Xingbang never dreamed that he would be pulled down from the position of prefect by such a young boy.

Li Wen chuckled, but he was still a little self-aware. He asked, "I heard that you are looking for me. Do you have anything to say to me? Just tell me, and I will stand outside and listen."

Lu Xingbang looked at the man standing outside . The young man outside, sixteen-year-old Liuyuan, had such a great achievement. He pondered for a moment and said, "I underestimated you."

"Admit it, admit it." Li Wen smiled.

Seeing that the other party just looked at him without speaking, Li Wen was curious and asked, "I don't understand something, and I want to ask you."

"Say it." Lu Xingbang said, listening attentively.

"If I remember correctly, you were a Jinshi in the third year of Emperor Zhaozong's reign. According to your age, you are already sitting in the position of the magistrate of Xiangzhou. I think you have done well in local affairs. You may be transferred to the post in another two years. We have gone to the capital. Why do you need to take such risks and do these things?

Our people have found so much gold, silver and jewelry from your house that you will never be able to spend it all in ten lifetimes. You have saved so much. What is the purpose of the gold and silver?" Before coming to Xiangzhou, Li Wen

got to know the governor of Xiangzhou.

Thinking of all the gold, silver and grain they confiscated from the Lu Mansion, and how many people were starving to death outside, this Xiangzhou magistrate was okay. The grain in his family's granary had already gone moldy. At this point, Li Wen could not forgive the man in prison.

"Haha..." Lu Xingbang burst out laughing when he heard this and asked, "Are there any people who are afraid of having too much gold and silver at home?"

Naturally, the more gold and silver there are, the more gold and silver there are. Who would think it's too much?

"Not everyone is like you." Li Wen shook his head and sighed slightly in his heart. Looking at Lu Xingbang who was laughing, Li Wen asked seriously, "I have one more thing to ask you today. Who is your master?

As soon as he said this, the laughter in the cell stopped abruptly

. The smile on the former Xiangzhou magistrate's face suddenly disappeared, and he looked at the imperial envoy outside the cell with a gloomy look,

"I know even if you don't tell me. Knowing that Lu Xingbang would not tell him, Li Wen turned around with a smile on his face and said to the man behind him, "Let's go." "

They walked out of the cell.

Snowflakes fell from the sky. Li Wen stretched out his hand to catch it. A snowflake fell into his hand and said, "It's snowing.

"It's cold outside, let's go. " "Zhao Xiangyi reached out to hold the young man's hand. Li Wen turned to look at the man holding his hand, the corners of his mouth curved up, and he hummed. The two people walked in front, followed by people following them.

Chapter 90: Half a month after returning to Beijing,

the officials dispatched from the capital to take over the post of Xiangzhou magistrate arrived in Xiangzhou City. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi took people to the city gate to pick them up. Not long after waiting, they saw the motorcade appearing on the road. at the other end, until the carriage and horse came to them. Lord Shen got out of the carriage. Shen Zhi and Lord Shen bowed their hands to Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi and said, "General Zhao, Lord Li, Lord Shen

."

"Master Shen, thank you for your hard work along the way. " "

Li Wen learned from Zhao Xiangyi that the person who took over as the magistrate of Xiangzhou was an official from the prince's faction, so they were all his own. Although he was not in the capital during this period, he could guess that the prince could bring him Many people came to Xiangzhou to take up the post of magistrate, I'm afraid they have to put in a lot of effort.

"No, no. I heard about the things you did for the people here in Xiangzhou when I was in the capital, and I was really impressed. "Shen Zhitong was originally the left council envoy of the General Affairs Department. This time he was transferred to the local government to take up the post of magistrate. His official position was promoted one level, and the local magistrate he filled was a real vacancy. As long as he does well in the local area, he will be appointed as the prefect in three years' time. After being transferred back to the capital in five years, the official position may be promoted further.

Shen Zhidong is from the prince's faction, and he also knows Zhao Xiangyi, who is the prince's companion. He is also familiar with Li Liuyuan, but he has only met him in the past. , I am not familiar with him, this is my first contact with

Liu Yuanlang at such a young age. He was promoted to a higher rank within two months of becoming an official. He was able to gain the emperor's trust. Based on this alone, this person Li Liuyuan cannot be underestimated. This Li Liuyuan may have a bright future, and the benefits of being associated with such a person outweigh the disadvantages. Shen Zhitong understands this.

"This is what we should do, and it should be done, Your Majesty. When we come to a place, we are not just asked to do things for the people. "It was very windy and cold standing outside, and Li Wen just wanted to leave here quickly. They exchanged a few words, and Li Wen said, "Mr. Shen, you have been traveling all the way here. You must be tired. Why don't we go to the city first? Walk and talk.

"Okay." Shen Zhitong agreed.

Shen Zhitong got on the carriage, Li Wen got on the horse, and rode into the city with Zhao Xiangyi.

Now normal business has resumed in the city, and all the shops on the street are open.

However, after this incident, Xiangzhou City is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, and there are no stalls doing business on the streets. There were not many pedestrians, cars and horses walking on the street, let alone people buying things. Except for a few shops selling grain in the grain store, the business of the other shops was not very good, almost empty, and the business was bleak.

"The original courtyard where Magistrate Lu lived has been sealed. This is the small courtyard I have temporarily found for you here. Mr. Shen, you can see if it is suitable. You can live here for the time being. Later, you can ask someone to come to the city to see if it is suitable. The small courtyard is a more suitable one." Li Wen took Mr. Shen to the residence arranged for them. Originally, these things were arranged by the local officials, but now he has arrested all the local officials, so these things For the time being, he can only help arrange it temporarily.

They did something in the courtyard of Magistrate Lu that day. The blood stains on the ground in the courtyard have not been cleaned yet. It is definitely not suitable for people to live there.

"Okay, this small courtyard is already very good." Shen Zhitong expressed his gratitude when he saw the courtyard arranged by Li Liuyuan for him.

Knowing that these matters were not the responsibility of Li Liuyuan, the imperial envoy, but the other party still made arrangements for him as the new prefect before he took office in Xiangzhou. From this, it can be seen that Li Liuyuan's conduct in life was based on this alone. Shen Zhitong had a good impression of Li Liuyuan.

"That's good, you're welcome." Li Wen said, "Mr. Shen, please take a short rest and tidy up your things. As for official matters, there is no rush at this moment. Let's talk about it later."

This time one after another . When the transfer order came, he hurried to the place. Shen Zhitong just brought the housekeeper and servants over first. They didn't bring too many bags. The female relatives at home had not come yet and would probably wait until a year later, so the rest of their party did not come. not much.

Following Mr. Shen to Xiangzhou, there was also a batch of clothes, cloth and other items sent from the capital. The people who escorted the items were the people of the young prince Zhongyuan Hou. Originally, Situ Yu wanted to follow him to Xiangzhou in person, but the old Marquis did not allow it. When his mother-in-law and grandmother heard about it, they almost had him locked up in the yard of their home, so Situ Yu had to give up and go in person. Came over, but also sent a boy over.

"Master Li, our heir apparent sent this to me." The young man handed the order to Master Li.

"Haha, there are so many." Li Wen knew the boy next to Xiao Shizi. He took the order and took a look at it. "It's not bad." He didn't expect so many things to come, and a sincere smile appeared on his face. , and said a few words to the boy, "Thank you for your hard work."

Only now did the old Marquis know what kind of newspaper his son had set up with Li Liuyuan. The most popular

newspaper was published by them. Although the old Marquis said that his son didn't know the importance and dared to do anything, in his heart, he still felt that his son had grown up and knew how to do some serious things, and no longer spent all day fighting cocks and walking birds outside. For this reason, the old Marquis felt deeply in his heart It was somewhat gratifying.

But is it really good for my son to hang out with Li Liuyuan? Thinking of what Li Liuyuan did in Xiangzhou, the old Marquis felt a little uncertain.

By the time the new prefect arrived, Li Wen, the imperial envoy, had completed their mission, and they could prepare to return to the capital.

In the next two days, he and Shen Zhitong conducted a work handover, and handed over the matters here and some of the information compiled to Master Shen. The rest of the matter was handed over to Master Shen, and he no longer took care of it. . In the past, no one was in charge of these matters. He, the imperial envoy, managed them on his behalf. Now that there is a new prefect to take over, it is natural to leave it to the new prefect to handle it, and he has completed his mission.

On the third day after the new prefect took office, after completing the handover of work, they were ready to leave Xiangzhou and return to the capital.

This time, they also wanted to take all the officials in Xiangzhou who were corrupt, accepted bribes, and took human life seriously to the capital. The money and other items confiscated from the houses of these officials were all sent to the capital, except for the food that was left locally for the refugees.

When Li Liuyuan and Zhao Xiangyi left, Shen Zhitong personally took people to the city gate to see them off.

In the past two days when I got along with Shen Zhitong, the two of them felt that they had met each other late. They talked almost every night by candlelight. The two of them could reach consensus on some political views. Shen Zhitong also gained some insights from Li Liuyuan. His novel ideas and suggestions were of great help to his future political governance.

If he was rushing back to the capital, Li Wen would have wanted to stay here for two more days, but at this time he had more important things to deal with, so he had to leave in a hurry.

"I don't know when I will be able to see Mr. Shen again. We will see you in the capital in the future." Li Wen knew that Shen Zhitong was appointed as the prefect in the local area. He was afraid that he would not be able to return to the capital for another three to five years. So this farewell, I don't know when we will see each other again.

"Okay, let's meet in the capital." Shen Zhitong nodded and smiled.

"Master Shen, let's go." Li Wen got on his horse and said to Master Shen, "Take care, Master Shen. See you later."

"Take care and have a safe journey."

Zhao Xiangyi nodded to Shen Zhitong and got on his horse.

Outside the city gate were elite soldiers ready to go. The prison car in the middle held prisoners, and the cars in the back contained boxes of gold and silver property that they wanted to escort back to the capital.

Two men rode over and met the team.

"Let's go." Li Wen nodded to the man.

"Let's go -"

Zhao Xiangyi made a starting gesture and rode at the front.

"Sir."

"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy."

The refugees outside the city had all been helped by the Imperial Envoy. Knowing that the Imperial Envoy was going back, everyone came to see him off. Seeing the corrupt officials being escorted in the prison van, these common people spat at the corrupt officials in the prison van. Some people picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the prison van, hoping to kill all the corrupt officials in the prison van.

These officials in Xiangzhou City in the past have now become prisoners one by one.

"Sir...Sir..."

Hearing the people behind him shouting "Sir", Li Wen turned around and waved to the people behind him, feeling a sour feeling in his heart.

On the way back, they encountered a heavy snowstorm, which made them unable to move forward, so they delayed picking for several days on the road. They waited until the snowstorm stopped before continuing on the road. Along the way, they also had to prevent anyone from robbing prisoners or property. Fortunately, there were no unsighted people who came to rob things along the way. There were no major problems on the way back to the capital from Xiangzhou.

It was not until the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month that they returned to the capital.

It was autumn when they went to Xiangzhou, and by the time they returned to the capital, it was already winter with heavy snowfall.

The two thousand elite soldiers who followed did not follow into the city, but returned to the foot of the capital and returned to the camp on the outskirts of the capital. The remaining five hundred ordinary soldiers entered the city escorting prison cars and carts of property.

The long procession entered the city, immediately attracting people from the capital to come and watch.

"It's Li Liuyuan who's back!"

"Smash these corrupt officials to death..."

"Beat them to death!"

The people in the capital knew about some of the things that happened in Xiangzhou from the daily newspapers, and the biggest one was none other than Li Liuyuan. All the corrupt officials in Xiangzhou were dealt with in one fell swoop. Now when they see the prisoners being held in prison cars and brought to the capital, the people all know that these people are the corrupt officials in Xiangzhou.

The common people were very disgusted with corrupt officials, so when they saw these corrupt officials, the common people in the capital would throw rotten vegetables and eggs at them.

"Bang!"

The first person to bear the brunt was a prison car walking at the front. The person locked inside was the former Xiangzhou magistrate. The prisoners in the prison car behind were not spared either. In the past, these officials who were pampered and privileged were now locked up in prison vans, looked upon like monkeys, and despised by the common people.

Li Wen rode his horse and walked in front with Zhao Xiangyi. When he turned around, he could see the man next to him.

Rather than sitting alone in a carriage, he preferred riding a horse with Zhao Xiangyi. He had been riding a lot of horses along the way. Compared with the discomfort he felt while riding a few times before, he now found that he was slowly getting used to being on horseback for a long time^