"It's unreasonable. The officials in this city are disposing of the corpses of victims like this. They really deserve to be killed!"

I saw corpses everywhere in front of me, piled up in the snow, forming mountains.

Those corpses were all wearing thin clothes and had thin faces. Even if they were dead, the miserable look of Qingxi could still be seen on those lifelike faces.

"General, I'm going to arrest all those beastly officials." Cao Ming shouted angrily.

"Li Benzhen, take a group of soldiers to the state government office and bring all the officials and government servants to the east gate."

Zhu Yunfei ordered in a cold voice.

"Cao Ming, you lead a team of soldiers into the city and put up notices to tell the people in the city that starting from today, we will distribute materials in the four cities to provide relief to the victims."

"I humbly obey my orders." Li Benzhen and Cao Ming each took five hundred soldiers and left.

Zhu Yunfei led a team of 500 soldiers and civilians to garrison the east gate tower.

Zhu Yunfei and Zeng Ying had previously set up a household office in Dezhou.

But after the two resigned, the Dezhou Household Office has been abandoned.

Nowadays, the daily guards in the city are the Yamen servants from the Zhizhou Yamen and the regiment training camp patrolling the city.

The three hundred young men in the regiment training camp are now the second son of the Xie family, and Xie Mingcai, the inspection envoy, is in charge.

Due to the wind and snow closing the city, the four gates of Dezhou City have already been opened. In addition to the victims, there are corpses in the city.

The civilian men in the regiment training camp have now become the private soldiers of the Xie family.

Specially responsible for protecting the safety of the Xie family's mansion to prevent hungry people from causing trouble.

"Brother, it's not good. News came from the state government just now. An army came and took all the officials from the state government, including He Shihua, to the east gate."

"There is also a group of officers and soldiers who are putting up notices saying they want to help the people."

Xie Ming was only thirty-five or six years old, several years younger than his elder brother Xie Ming'an.

These two brothers are both playboys. Although they are idiots, they have become a master because of the fact that they have an old man who has been a cabinet scholar.

Becoming the first-class gentry in the city, the two brothers now each have dozens of wives and concubines.

The family has more gold, silver, and jewelry than they can spend in ten lifetimes. When they go out, they ride in carriages, horses, and sedans, and when they return home, they are served by slaves and maids.

She wears silk and satin, and eats delicacies from the mountains and seas.

The Xie family's residence covers an area of ​​300 acres, with more than a thousand houses and a courtyard with six entrances and six exits.

There are as many as five hundred servants in the family, and their level of luxury is no less than that of the princes and nobles.

"The wine and meat of Zhumen stink, and there are frozen bones on the road."

This poem can be said to describe the face of a wealthy family like the Xie family.

In such a feudal era, these official families, gentry and nobles, even if they lie down, their wealth will increase.

On the contrary, the poor people, no matter how hard they try, will never have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear.

"Why panic? Is there anyone more awesome than the governor in this Shandong area?"

"Fang Junmen and his father are sworn friends. If my father just says a word and gives Fang Junmen some silver, what can't be settled?"

Xie Mingan smiled faintly, waved his hand and said: "The old man said that after a few days, the ice and snow melt, and he will go to Jinan City to visit Fangmenjun."

"Second brother, when the time comes, prepare yourself so that you can take in those Qiu Ba and protect them."

"Don't worry, brother, I will take care of it for sure." Xie Ming is a concubine and has no inheritance rights in the Xie family. Therefore, Xie Ming'an, the legitimate son and the second son of the Xie family, is no different from a slave.

"Go ahead and send someone to find out who the officers, soldiers and generals are leading the team."

"Tell him that if he knows the truth, He Zhizhou will be released. Otherwise, our Xie family will definitely accuse him of harming his colleagues in front of the Fangmen Army."

Xie Ming'an was lying on the chair next to the charcoal stove, enjoying the massage service of the two pretty girls on the left and right, stroking the girl's buttocks with his hands.

Feeling the softness in his hands, his face was full of enjoyment.

But the little girl who was bullied by her did not dare to resist at all except smiling and pretending to be happy.

For these young ladies, if they can serve the young master of the Xie family, they can at least exchange for their family and have a full meal.

On the contrary, if someone offends someone from the Xie family, not only will she be sold into the filthiest brothel, but her family will also suffer torture that is worse than death.

In the gate tower in the east of the city, Li Benzhen led his soldiers and had just captured all the governor He Shihua and the state government officials.

Before he could be interrogated, a man who claimed to be the manager of the Xie family shouted arrogantly under the city gate.

"The one who takes the lead is yours, let him come out and give the answer."

Zhu Yunfei, who wore a felt hat with red tassels and an iron helmet on his head, a tiger skin cloak on his shoulders, and armor underneath, stood on the city gate tower and looked at the Xie family steward who was shouting under the city gate.

"Cao Ming, arrest this man, take off his clothes, hang him on the city wall, and just let him breathe."

"Ben Shen, do the same to the people you captured. Let them be smashed first and taste the wind and snow."

At this moment, Zhu Yunfei looked calm, but his eyes revealed a strong murderous aura.

Just now, his soldiers had inquired about the surviving people around the city wall, and had learned that the prefect, He Shihua, was colluding with the Xie family.

Not only did they not distribute a grain of relief grain, they also took the opportunity to exploit the people and sold off their land and properties in exchange for grain from the Xie family.

Such corrupt officials and bully gentry, in the face of such natural disasters, do not think about helping the people, but exploit them instead.

In Zhu Yunfei's opinion, such a beast is simply worse than a beast and should be cut to pieces.

Even if it means annihilating the three clans, it would be light in Zhu Yunfei's eyes.

"What on earth are you trying to do? I am the sixth-rank magistrate of the imperial court. If you Qiuba dare to do this to me, I will report you to the governor's Yamen and the imperial court."

He Shihua, who was escorted by the soldiers and stripped of all his clothes, shouted in a panic, looking fierce and inwardly.

There are more than a dozen officials in the state government, big and small, and more than a hundred government officials.

Looking at the murderous soldiers on the city wall, I was scared to death. These dog thieves usually bully the people, and they are more ruthless than hungry wolves.

Now that I have encountered difficulties, I have turned into a coward again.

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

"Hang them all up so that these thieves can have a good experience of how the common people suffer from cold and hunger in the snowstorm."

Zhu Yunfei waved his hand, and the soldiers on the left and right showed no mercy, and tied these corrupt officials who had stripped off their clothes to the top of the city.

"Cao Ming, you are in charge of the interrogation. Give me a good interrogation on how they exploited the people. Whoever explains first will be given clothes..."

Looking at these officials and government servants who were wearing thin skin and tender flesh, and all of them with fat heads and round bellies, Zhu Yunfei shouted deliberately with a sneer on his face.

"I humble my duty and obey my orders."

Cao Ming bowed his hands and immediately led others for interrogation.

Zhu Yunfei was not idle at this moment. He led his men and horses under the city gate to clear the snow, build a porridge shed, and prepare for disaster relief.

The results of the interrogation came out quickly.

"Li Benzhen, you lead a team and arrest all the family members of these corrupt officials. I will kill all nine of their tribes."

"I want all the people in the city, and even all the people in Ming Dynasty, to see it."

"Corrupt officials should all die."

Seeing the evidence of the crime handed down by the prefect He Shihua, Zhu Yunfei sternly ordered Li Benzhen.

"I humble my duty and obey my orders." Li Benzhen was also shocked when he heard Zhu Yunfei's stern words.

"Cao Ming, gather a group of people and follow me into the city. I will destroy the nine Xie Sheng clans."

Zhu Yunfei now has absolute power, and since he holds the power of life and death, he naturally does not need to have any scruples.

"I humbly obey my orders." Cao Ming immediately responded with his hands raised, gathered five hundred Chinese army guards, and followed Zhu Yunfei all the way to Xie's house in the south of the city.

On the drum tower in front of the Xie family's mansion, murderous officers and soldiers were seen.

Xie Mingcai, the second eldest son of the Xie family, felt a little weak in his heart and shouted with courage: "Be brave, this is the residence of a great scholar, we are not leaving yet."

"Blow open the door for me. Today I want this piece of shit to go home. No chickens or dogs will be left behind." Zhu Yunfei waved his Mo Dao, and a group of soldiers on the left and right quickly raised their flintlock guns.

A round of shooting was launched towards the militiamen defending above the gate.

Cao Ming led a group of soldiers, rushed to the gate, placed a hundred fire and thunder bombs, and lit the fuse.

"Boom!"

There was an earth-shattering explosion, and the vermilion-colored gate was blown up, with half of the gate tower collapsing.

"Come in and kill all the resisters!"
Chapter completed!