Cui Ji, Ding Chaozhong and others, who had been frightened by the people's shouts of killing, suddenly heard Jin Ping's shouts.

Especially when Jin Ping confidently shouted that he would kill Jin Yiwei to save them, Cui Ji, Ding Chaozhong and others couldn't help but have some hope in their eyes.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, none of them want to die.

Especially the way the people looked at them was really terrifying. They were really worried that they would be torn apart by these people like Tang Zhen.

"Jin Ping save me!"

"Sir, save us!"

Suddenly, dozens of officials couldn't help shouting at Jin Ping.

If there were really only a few dozen Jin Yiwei before, Jin Ping would definitely have shouted to save people, but now Jin Ping was overwhelmed by the formation of hundreds of Jin Yiwei he saw in front of him.

Li Huan glanced at Jin Ping coldly, with a somewhat disdainful sneer on his lips, and said calmly to Du Guang, "Du Guang, lead someone to capture these people for me."

Du Guang responded, and immediately waved his hand, and saw more than a hundred Jinyi guards carrying Xiuchun knives like tigers rushing into the herd of sheep. In an instant, the previously aggressive team of servants fled in all directions, and even wished that they could give birth to two more

Come on legs.

Du Guang slapped Jin Ping to the ground, lifted Jin Ping up like a chicken, and then threw Jin Ping next to Cui Ji and Ding Chaozhong.

Seeing the scattered servants who were killed, the little hope they had just had was instantly destroyed. Ding Chaozhong and Cui Ji had looks of despair on their faces.

After a cup of tea, hundreds of servants were escorted over by Jin Yiwei like bereaved dogs.

Li Huan looked at the confessions about Cui Ji, Ding Chaozhong and others presented by a Jinyi Guardsman, and then sneered: "These people are really greedy. There are tens of thousands of stones of grain hidden in their own grain cellars."

, but they even raised the price of food, and even refused to let go of the food allocated by the court to help the victims."

The people all around looked at Cui Ji, Jin Ping, Ding Chaozhong and others with hatred.

Several village elders came out, bowed to Li Huan and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, you must make the decision for us people."

Today, the true colors of these officials were exposed, and all the people were frightened and a little worried.

In the eyes of these people, it is a matter of course for officials to protect each other. No matter how Li Huan was an imperial envoy, it was impossible for him to kill all the officials in the entire Huayin County.

When the time comes, Li Huan and his people pat their butts and leave, but they still have to rely on the government's food relief to survive, and those officials who were lucky enough to escape don't know what they will do to them, the common people.

Li Huan took a step forward, helped several village elders up, and said with a serious look on his face: "You don't have to be like this. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Several village elders looked at each other and then at the dozens of officials, big and small. One of them gritted his teeth and looked at Li Huan and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder how you are going to deal with these people?"

Li Huan was stunned for a moment. Seeing the worries in everyone's eyes, he immediately reacted and guessed the worries in these people's hearts. While Li Huan laughed, he couldn't help but feel a bit of sadness in his heart.

"Kill, confiscate the family and exterminate the clan, leaving no one behind!"

As soon as Li Huan said these words, several village elders couldn't help but be stunned, with surprise and disbelief on their faces.

When Cui Ji, Ding Chaozhong and other officials, big and small, heard this, their expressions changed drastically.

Especially some officials, they think that they are just small officials who follow the crowd. Even if they are involved in a major case of embezzlement and food relief, as the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, Li Huan, the imperial envoy, would at most kill Cui Ji.

, Ding Chaozhong, Jin Ping are just a few leaders, and these officials are the ones who maintain the normal operation of the affairs of a county. When the time comes, they will still be relied on to maintain the affairs of Huayin County.

Therefore, from the very beginning, many junior staff members looked terrified, but in fact they were not very nervous or worried in their hearts.

They can't die anyway. As long as Li Huan kills the leaders, they will still be high-ranking members of the government. At that time, there will be plenty of opportunities and means to deal with these untouchables who dare to make trouble.

Even some officials are secretly remembering the civilians who led them to shout and kill the most violently. When the time comes, they will let these untouchables know what it means to have the rule of law and what it means to kill without blood.

When several village elders asked Li Huan how to deal with them, some people couldn't help but look at Li Huan with hope, hoping that Li Huan would say that he would only kill a few of the culprits and the rest would be punished and meritorious service.

After all, it is almost done like this many times, and they have become accustomed to it.

But Li Huan's murderous words shocked everyone.

"Conquer the entire family and exterminate the entire clan, leaving no one behind!"

Is this to kill the families of Cui Ji, Tang Zhen, Ding Chaozhong, Jin Ping and others? If none of these families are killed, then that's fine, but if all the officials are killed...

A village elder said in a trembling voice: "Does the Imperial Envoy mean to kill all the officials?"

Li Huan nodded slightly, looked at the officials who were kneeling on the ground, and sneered in the desperate eyes of these officials: "The entire Huayin County government is rotten from top to bottom. It is not enough to kill all these people."

Shocking.”

Hearing Li Huan's words of certainty, all the people couldn't help but bow down to Li Huan with tears in their eyes and shouted: "Thank you so much, the imperial envoy, and thank you, the imperial envoy, for making the decision for us."

The officials were extremely excited and roared at Li Huan: "Li Huan, you thief, how can you kill us? Aren't you afraid that the whole Huayin County will fall into chaos?"

Li Huan just looked at these officials with disdain and said, "I really thought that without you, Huayin County would really come to a standstill."

As he spoke, Li Huan glanced at the people and shouted: "Is there any scholar who is willing to temporarily maintain order in Huayin County, or is there someone who is willing to serve as a soldier to feed himself?"

There was silence among the people all around. Suddenly, a weak scholar stood up timidly and said: "Sir, Chen Yu, a scholar from Tonglin Town, Huayin County, is a young scholar. Although he has little talent and little knowledge, he is still willing to do his best for his hometown elders."

Soon, dozens of accomplished scholars and even young students came forward. Most of these people were poor scholars who returned to their hometowns to earn a living by tutoring some of their children after giving up the imperial examination.

Compared with the scholars who came from wealthy gentry and wealthy families, these people are also busy making a living for their families. In fact, they are just more scholars than ordinary people.

It is precisely these people who have extremely high influence among the common people and can be regarded as scholars who truly come from poor families.

Among the tens of thousands of refugees, there were no less than a hundred scholars like Chen Yu. As more and more scholars came forward, a smile gradually appeared on Li Huan's lips.

Li Huan killed many scholars, but almost all of the scholars he killed came from wealthy families, or were scholars supported by wealthy families.

Compared with these poor scholars, acid scholars, and those scholars Li Huan killed who looked no different from ordinary people, they were simply two different entities.

Although these scholars have never dealt with government affairs, they have a very high influence among the people, just like the village elders.

Li Huan feels that even if the Huayin County government is handed over to these scholars, no matter how poorly these people manage it, it will definitely be much better than leaving a group of officials with no bottom line of conscience.

At least with these scholars here, and with the cooperation of the village elders, as long as the hundreds of thousands of people in Huayin County still have something to eat, no one will rebel.

A tall and tall man suddenly stood up and said to Li Huan with a bit of embarrassment: "Sir, I...I am willing to serve as a soldier and feed myself. Can you accept me?"

Li Huan glanced at the man and nodded slightly.

As if there was a leader, hundreds of burly men soon stood up. However, it was obvious that these people were so hungry that they were all weak because they had not eaten. Many of them were so hungry that only their burly bodies were left.

The bones are broken.

Almost a stick of incense passed, and hundreds of scholars and four to five hundred big men stood up. Under Li Huan's instructions, a dozen scholars led more than a hundred big men and followed a few Jin Yiwei to rush into the city, preparing to

Transport the relief grain from the granary and start to provide relief to the victims.

Seeing that Li Huan actually used the scholars among the refugees to do things, all the officials who originally had a glimmer of hope were completely desperate.

"kill!"

Accompanied by a loud shout.

The head of a famous official rolled to the ground, and dozens of officials were beheaded by Li Huan without hesitation in front of countless people in Huayin County.

Seeing this scene, countless people were stunned at first, and then they reacted and shouted at Li Huan.

Many people directly regarded Li Huan as the Grand Master of Qingtian. After all, there were too few officials like Li Huan who did not protect him.

After killing these officials, the next step was to confiscate their properties. It was not that Li Huan was eager to collect money and property, but that Li Huan learned that these people had tens of thousands of stones of food hidden in their homes.

What really matters.

Originally, the relief grain distributed by the imperial court to Huayin County was only more than 10,000 dan, which seemed like a lot. However, with the hundreds of thousands of refugees in Huayin County, a mere 10,000 dan of food could last for a few days.

Once there is no food, countless people will starve to death and even some people will go to extremes.

Now Li Huan no longer has to worry about insufficient food. Just a simple calculation, Tang family, Jin family, Ding family and other families, plus a group of officials, not to mention the money saved by these families.

How much, in terms of food alone, if added up, it would be as much as hundreds of thousands of stones.

That was hundreds of thousands of kilo of grain. If that much was not copied, the hundreds of thousands of people in Huayin County could eat it for several months without any problem.

Dozens of village elders and scholars listened to Li Huan telling them how much food each family had saved. When they learned that if these families confiscated their food, they could get hundreds of thousands of dan, many people were dumbfounded.

With a grunt, a scholar opened his eyes wide and said in a trembling voice: "Sir, do you really agree that all the confiscated grains will be used to provide relief to the victims?"

After all, they are also scholars, so they naturally know that the things that were not copied belong to the imperial court. If the imperial court does not agree, they will not dare to touch the food.

Li Huan cupped his hands in the direction of the capital and said: "I have been ordered by the emperor to inspect the place. I have the right to kill first and report later. I have said that all the confiscated grain will be used to relieve the victims and be used for post-disaster reconstruction. If the court then

If anyone in the hall disagrees, I will take full responsibility for it."

After hearing this, all the village elders and scholars couldn't help but kneel down to Li Huan and kowtow together.

"Your Excellency has survived countless lives. We, the people of Huayin County, will definitely be grateful for your kindness. We will build a shrine for you in the future and pray for you every day."

Li Huan quickly stepped forward and helped everyone up.

Soon, thousands of young adults among the refugees were selected, and then, led by more than a hundred guards in uniforms, they were divided into dozens of teams and rushed to each house.

In the evening, large trucks came one after another carrying bags of grain, which were confiscated from various houses.

Chen Yao held an account book, his face full of excitement, and said to Li Huan in a trembling voice: "Sir, all the proceeds from the inspection are here. A total of 780,000 taels of gold and silver, and 42,000 taels of grain.

Wanshi."

After speaking, Chen Yao hesitated and said, "All the gold and silver property has been packed and brought back. However, the grain will be stored in the granaries of those companies after being counted. Special personnel have been assigned to take care of it and can be accessed at any time."

Li Huan nodded slightly and said, "You have done a good job. With these grains, the refugees in Huayin County don't have to worry."

Chen Yao said with an excited look: "That is also thanks to your Lord. Otherwise, who else but Lord would dare to kill all the officials in the county. The people of Huayin County must be grateful for your kindness."
To be continued...