Chapter 404 Even if I kill you, it’s still cheap

Author: Taiqing Yaodao

Chapter 404 Even if I kill you, it’s still cheap

The Wujiang River is vast and flows northward.

A group of officials wearing various colors of green and green prostrated themselves under the huge official ship.

"The guilty officer, Xu Wen, the magistrate of Lanxi County, and the county magistrate, Hu Yi, led the government officials to pay homage to the prince of Nanchang County, Qianqiu."

The leader, a seventh-grade official, was in his forties, very thin, and looked a little empty under his light green official robe.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the ship, looking over everyone's heads, and said with a cold face: "The county captain, the chief secretary, the chief of staff joining the army, the judicial officer joining the army, and the chief secretary joining the army, none of them came. It seems that they

He must be a real thief."

"The lower official is guilty!" Xu Wen half-bowed his body, took a step forward, and then bowed deeply under the boat.

This time, clear blood stains on the hem of Xu Wen's clothes appeared in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

Li Xuan's face suddenly became serious, but then he relaxed, looked at Xu Wen and said: "Of course you are guilty, and everything will be punished by law; you are also meritorious, Mr. Zian has written it for you and others.

A memorial to plead for mercy."

Li Xuan paused deliberately when she said this, and then saw Xu Wen and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Xuan's eyes flashed with a cold look, and then she said expressionlessly: "When the Wujiang River is opened again one day, this memorial will be sent to Hangzhou, and then via Hangzhou, sent to the capital of God."

When Li Xuan said this, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other in awe.

They are all veterans of officialdom, how could they not know what kind of tricks Li Xuan is playing.

It's nothing more than coercing them to do their best during this period.

Of course, this is what they should do.

The King of Nanchang couldn't be that simple. Could it be that... if they did well, the King of Nanchang would praise them a few more words in the memorial...

"Lan Xi teaches Wu Sheng to arrest Du Ming!" Li Xuan suddenly shouted.

Below, a white-haired old man and a middle-aged man with scars on his face raised their hands at the same time: "I'm here."

"You two..." Before Li Xuan finished speaking, an earth-shaking roar sounded in the distance.

Immediately, tall horses jumped into Li Xuan's sight.

The Qianniu Guards in red and gold armor, and the Kuaiji Mansion soldiers in blue and black.

The two teams of men and horses rushed toward the official ship as fast as the wind.

In front of the people who had arrived in the blink of an eye, a group of Lanxi officials subconsciously turned around.

With a "boom", a group of Qianniu Guards and Kuaiji Mansion soldiers stopped in front of the official ship almost at the same time, unusually neat.

Li Xuan looked calmly at the leader Qiu Zhenmu and Yan Tao nodded.

The next moment, they saw two people waving back.

Immediately afterwards, the numerous Qianniu Guards behind them were thrown directly towards the ground.

One after another, the bloody heads were thrown to the ground.

After rolling a few times, it landed in front of Lanxi County Magistrate Xu Wen and others.

Even if the faces of these heads were covered in blood, Xu Wen could tell at a glance that these were all the people who had gone out of the city to ask for help at Meiling Pass.

It was precisely because of the departure of these people that Xu Wen and others were given the opportunity.

At that time, Xu Wen guessed that this was probably a trap, but now that he saw that all these people had been beheaded, he could not help but feel chills all over.

Is this the art of war, or is it calculating people's hearts?

Seeing everyone bowing their heads deeply, Li Xuan turned to look at Wang Qin on one side and said lightly: "Wang Canjun, please register all these military exploits immediately. Sergeants have worked hard,

We cannot let them feel cold."

"I obey the order." Wang Qin quickly handed over his hand, and then quickly went down to check.

At this time, in the north of the county, groups of dark figures appeared.

The leaders were Feng Hua, Li Zhu and Qi Guang. The men Li Xuan had sent out to the front as bait were all back at this time.

Li Xuan's eyes fell again and said calmly: "Wu Jiaoyu and Du Baotou, I now order you two, together with Mr. Zian, to go to the city and issue a notice to inform the people:

The state government will no longer pursue them for the crime of rebellion; however, during the period when the Tianyin Sect captured Lanxi, anyone who robbed other people's money and insulted other people's children will be punished by one level of crime;

In addition, among the county government officials under review, any Lanxi officials who oppressed the people and embezzled acres of land during this period will all be punished according to the law. If they have acted as thieves, their crimes will be increased by one level."

"I will obey the orders," the instructions were given to Wu Sheng and Du Ming, the head catcher.

The two of them just hesitated a little and then completely agreed.

Li Xuan waved her hand, and Wu Sheng and Du Ming were taken down by the surrounding Qianniu Guards, and then headed towards Lanxi County.

Li Xuan stood on the bow of the boat and leaned over to look at County Magistrate Xu Wen: "Magistrate Xu, although the state government does not pursue their crimes of rebellion, there are still many loyal believers of the Tianyin Sect among these people.

, what can you do now, so that they will not take refuge in the Tianyin Sect again when the Tianyin Sect makes a comeback."

"It's easy!" Xu Wen stood up, looked at Li Xuan, and said seriously: "The prince only needs to send someone to send a message, saying that as long as there are Tianyin believers in the city, then this year's taxes will be reduced.

Also, taxes will be doubled for many years from now on. So..."

"So as long as they get rid of the Tianyin Sect believers in the city, everything will be solved," Li Xuan already understood Xu Wen's method.

As worthy of being praised by even Wang Fanglin, he used taxes to force local people and Tianyin cultists to perform cuttings. Although the method was old-fashioned, it was very practical.

Li Xuan suddenly raised her eyebrows, looked at Xu Wen in surprise, and asked, "Why, does the Tianyin Sect also collect taxes from people's homes?"

"Replying to the prince, they did not recruit, but they asked the believers to donate." Xu Wen bowed deeply and said: "The more you donate to them, it means the more pious the belief is, and devout believers do not do many things.

If you need to do it, you only need to recite scriptures at home, but if you are not religious, you need to do all kinds of labor."

"Isn't this just selling an official position in disguise?" Li Xuan shook her head in disbelief.

In the Tianyin Sect, believers are actually divided into three, six or nine levels. How ridiculous is this.

"They will definitely fail in the end." Xu Wen looked at Li Xuan, bowed his hands and said, "Please let the prince go back. I will definitely capture all the Tianyin Sect believers in the city."

"Don't worry." Li Xuan waved her hands lightly, and then said: "The imperial court has expressly stipulated that local states and counties are not allowed to increase taxes at will. It is naturally the same with this king today."

"Your Majesty knows this well, and I am very impressed." Xu Wen quickly handed over to Li Xuan.

"Put aside the compliments for now. It's not that your methods cannot be used, you just need to slow down a little." Li Xuan raised her head and looked towards the direction of the county seat.

At this time, Li Xuan stopped talking, and the entire area around the official ship became completely quiet.

It was almost summer, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. The people under the boat were sweating on their foreheads.

Each of them seemed to be tortured, but in fact, in the eyes of the real slick officials, Li Xuan had actually let them go, and now this behavior was already punishing them.

…

"Tap tap tap..." The sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance like raindrops, and then fell on my ears.

Someone raised his head slightly and saw two Qianniu Guards in red clothes and golden armor dismounting from their horses very neatly, and a piece of paper was handed directly to the ship.

The black clothes appeared in everyone's sight, and everyone quickly bowed their heads.

At this moment, an indifferent voice sounded: "Magistrate Xu!"

"I'm here!" Xu Wen quickly stepped forward and bowed his hands.

"Now I order you to return to the county seat and interrogate the arrested criminals in detail. Those who have committed the most heinous crimes will be executed immediately."

After hearing Li Xuan's initial instructions, everyone present finally felt relieved, but then as soon as the four "immediate beheadings" came out, everyone present shuddered.

Everyone present bowed their heads deeply again, not daring to let the expressions on their faces show at all.

It's wartime now, and this is a war zone. The old official method of reporting for trial several times and then executing someone is simply not feasible here.

It doesn’t have to work either.

Li Xuan now has the authorization from the governor Wang Fanglin, which means that he already has the power to act expediently.

Not to mention that they can be executed immediately without the approval of Dali Temple from the Ministry of Punishment, even if they are all executed now, it is still within the bargain.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, and suddenly spoke again: "By the way, Magistrate Xu! There are a few of you here, please take them back... Capture Hua'an, capture Qu Ye

We will take them back and interrogate them in detail. If the evidence is conclusive, they will be executed immediately."

"Ah!" Everyone present suddenly raised their heads, their faces full of astonishment.

At this moment, two Qianniu Guards in red clothes and golden armor had already walked up to the two agents.

"Your Highness, I am not guilty of being a lowly official, I am not guilty of being a lowly official!" Hua An suddenly knelt down with a plop, wailing all over his face.

"How did Shopkeeper Zhou and his daughter in the south of the city die? Do you still remember, Hua An?" Li Xuan looked at Hua An coldly, and Hua An was immediately stunned.

Then I heard Li Xuan continue to say in a cold voice: "Don't you remember? Some people remember that more than ten shopkeepers and clerks in the south of the city sued you at the same time, saying that you sought money and killed people, insulted women, and caused people to commit suicide by throwing themselves into wells. You said

Should you die...take away, damn, these people are really disgusting!"

As soon as Li Xuan waved his hand, a Qianniu Guard had already grabbed Hua An's collar and dragged him away directly.
To be continued...