Chapter 292 Playing with people’s hearts and sowing discord

Author: Taiqing Yaodao

Chapter 292 Playing with people’s hearts and sowing discord

"Drive, drive, drive..." Three Qianniu Guards in red clothes and golden armor rode on tall horses, quickly passed by Yunde Tower, and then galloped towards the city gate.

Li Xuan stood at the window, watching calmly as the three Qianniu Guards completely disappeared from sight.

Li Xuan turned around and looked at Liu Ji: "Does the captain know what they are doing?"

Liu Ji calmly shook his head, but a trace of nervousness flashed deep in his eyes.

After all, they are the Qianniu Guards who are extremely rare in Dongyang. Every move they make attracts special attention.

"They have gone to the capital. I have a memorial to report to the Central Committee. Everything that happened in Dongyang last night and the murders in Caishikou today are all included in it." Li Xuan turned around and raised his hand to point in the direction of Caishikou.

, said with cold eyes: "When faced with rebellion, the right to be ruthless, to behead people and to intimidate the rebels is called emergency power. What I need to do is to report to the court in time during this process.

Like now."

Murder has never been a problem for Li Xuan. The problem is whether the procedures are in compliance with regulations, so he always likes to make more arrangements when doing things.

What's more, this was under the premise that Li Xuan had not taken out the emperor's secret orders and tokens.

But that alone is enough to shock the world.

"Your Majesty, it is unlucky to kill people." Liu Ji gritted his teeth and called out these people. He looked at Li Xuan with a sincere expression and carefully advised, "What Your Majesty did could easily trigger a civil commotion."

"It doesn't matter, it's just killing people." Li Xuan's voice was very calm, as if killing people was a normal and easy thing for him, and Liu Ji couldn't help but feel chills all over.

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji with a half-smile but not a smile, pointed at the food market entrance, nodded, and said: "Besides, the people who are killing people there now are not me, but the Dongyang County Prime Minister, the County Lieutenant and a bunch of Dongyang officials.

, what does it have to do with this king."

Liu Ji suddenly turned his head, and he was shocked to find that although they could clearly see the scene at Caishikou in the distance, the time required to get there from the current position was definitely not short, so Li Xuan was not able to do so at all.

I'll get there quickly.

He doesn't need to rush over at all, he won't rush over at all.

Liu Ji was also unable to rush over, so Li Xuan could choose this position just to guard against him.

At this time, it was very clear that many people, led and urged by the mayor and Fangzheng, gathered from various places in the city towards Caishikou.

Liu Ji quickly scanned the surroundings with vigilant eyes, trying to find the officers and soldiers hidden around him.

Although there are still many fanatical believers of Tianyin Goddess among the people in Caishikou, most of the elites who can truly fight were slaughtered by Li Xuan last night.

There were also many fanatical believers, and many died in the chaos last night.

To be honest, Liu Ji has no idea how many fanatical believers there are.

If there are not enough people, they will not be able to trigger a city-wide riot.

Not to mention surviving the encirclement and suppression by well-prepared officers and soldiers.

"You may not know that the first thing I did after entering the city last night was to close the arsenal and grain depot. All the ordnance in the arsenal has been distributed this morning. If you want to rob it, I'm afraid you can only get it from the officers and soldiers.

If I snatch it from my hands, I may be able to repel the officers and soldiers in the end, and it may not be impossible to break into the grain depot." Li Xuan said something lightly, which made Liu Ji change his face again.

However, Liu Ji quickly reacted and immediately raised his hands to Li Xuan and said, "I don't know what the prince is saying. I don't know why you want to steal the soldiers' weapons for no reason."

Li Xuan smiled faintly, pointed to the prison car that was still passing by and said: "Actually, there are many things, there is no need to deceive yourself and others. If you look among those people, don't you find that there are not some people who should be there?"

Su Xuan.

Although Li Xuan did not say Su Xuan's name, Liu Ji knew that Li Xuan was talking about Su Xuan.

Last night, it was the secret roster hidden in Lichun Court that was found, so there was a city-wide manhunt.

Although his son Liu Dao was convinced of Su Zhen's loyalty, Liu Ji knew in his heart that when the government took action, there were too many ways to make a strong-willed man speak.

Not to mention that for a young and beautiful woman like Su Zhen, if you want to make her surrender, you have to use even more methods.

Liu Ji actually hoped in his heart that Su Zhen had been killed. Only the dead would shut up. But now it seems that this is somewhat wishful thinking.

Not to mention anything else, just today, Li Xuan met him directly after Cheng Zipu and Xu Ying, which is enough to explain the cruel truth.

"No one is stupid, not you, and neither am I." Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji and said calmly: "The Liu family has done too much bartering of grain and silk in the past ten years.

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Maybe no one will notice for a while because of Chief Li's cover-up, but as long as you have a little suspicion and reach out to check, you can immediately find out the fishy nature, just like Hao Sihu, who was secretly killed by you back then.

deep."

Hao Yuan was not aware that there were members of the Tianyin Sect under his control at the beginning, but he simply discovered the loopholes in the Liu family's business operations over the years.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Ji and Liu Dao and his son killed him directly without hesitation.

"So, although Su Zhen confessed that the person he recognized was your son, I know that the real person behind all this is you." Li Xuan turned around, faced Liu Ji, and stared at Liu Ji.

If it were someone else, they might put most of their thoughts on Liu Dao, and then start a battle of wits and courage with Liu Dao, and finally kill Liu Dao, or Liu Dao escapes.

When I turned around, I realized that Liu Ji had already escaped with his real wealth and power.

Compared to Liu Dao, Liu Ji has the deepest understanding of Tianyin Sect, and unlike Liu Dao, who is passionate and does not care about life and death, Liu Ji is different. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will try to survive.

So Li Xuan kept a close eye on Liu Ji from the beginning. As for Liu Dao, it was just a weight he used to blackmail Liu Ji.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

Liu Ji stood there, staring at Li Xuan, but never spoke or made a move.

"Every year, you or your son, you two will disappear for a period of time one after another, and the time is generally not much different. If my guess is correct, you should have gone to the mountains to bring food, medicine, weapons, etc.

Things are sent into the mountains, and then the raw silk and medicinal materials produced in the mountains are transported out to maintain the operation of the chamber of commerce."

Li Xuan shook her head gently and said with a sneer: "Although you have been careful enough over the years, people still discovered the clues."

Turning around, Li Xuan walked to the desk and threw the contract to terminate the engagement written by Cheng Zi directly towards Liu Ji.

The paper was like a sharp sword, cutting through the space directly and heading towards Liu Ji's throat, but in just an instant, Liu Ji had already tightly clamped the cancellation of engagement letter with two fingers.

He just glanced down, and his expression turned terrifying.

Li Xuan said lightly: "As the old saying goes, a good disciple is better than a teacher. For so many years, Cheng Jijiu has always hoped to train the young master well. Later, even though he realized that the young master's identity was different, he still hid it.

But what about you, when you realized that he might have known your identity, you used the power of Dongyang to force him to become your son and daughter. You, father and son, are really the few shameless people in ancient and modern times!

"

The corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched for a while, and his face turned pale.

Although he didn't say much, he squeezed the paper in his hand tightly and his eyes became even more gloomy.

At first, he advocated eradicating the problem directly, but his son Liu Dao couldn't get over that hurdle, so he finally chose to marry two families.

It was good for both families, and at the same time it could be accepted by both families, but he never expected that at the critical moment, he would still be stabbed hard, which was very painful.

…

Li Xuan reached out to pick up the tea cup on the table, took a sip, and then suddenly said: "After so many years of traveling back and forth, you are tired, and with the mountains holding you back, you should barely be able to maintain a balance of income and expenses.

"

Liu Ji's face suddenly became solemn, and all the things about Cheng Zipu were completely forgotten by him in the blink of an eye.

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji, whose face changed with a half-smile, and smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth: "So, you must have been very unwilling to give in these years!"

One sentence, like a thunderbolt, exploded directly on Liu Ji's head.

"I don't know what the prince is talking about?" Liu Ji's voice started to feel dry and astringent at some point.

"You know, you work hard outside every year, but the last big profits are taken away by the mountains.

Although I have given you, father and son, the identity of Dongyang Hall Master, but that is nothing compared to the huge wealth.

After all, once the uprising succeeds in the future, he will just be the leader of the Dongyang Branch and will not be conspicuous within the entire Tianyin Sect."

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji, her sharp eyes seeming to have seen through the deepest secrets in his heart.

Tianyin Sect has many branches throughout the world, including Luoyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and Wuzhou.

Almost every state has more or less their personnel and believers. However, except for some important states and counties, most of them are used for preaching, and there are not many branches that are actually responsible for goods and killings.

Although Liu Ji, Liu Dao and his son were only deputy church leaders of the Dongyang branch, their role in the church was very important.

"You are not optimistic about their uprising this time, which is why you have obtained so many mortgage loans, but you also hope that they will cause enough chaos, enough to ensure that ordinary people will be able to survive after a war.

There is no harvest, and in the end you can conveniently appropriate their land."

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji and said coldly: "Don't try to deny it. In Dongyang, you have given out the most money during this period, even exceeding the amount of taxes collected by the government. Even if the people have money in their hands,

If it is just borrowed, not many people will follow in the rebellion.

Your approach makes them no longer so desperate.

Presumably once your leader learns about such a thing, he will be eager to skin you directly."

Liu Ji suddenly clenched his fist tightly, but kept looking at the ground.

"You and your leader are not of the same mind at all. You and your colleagues in the sect are also not of the same mind. Even you and your son are not of the same mind."
To be continued...