Chapter 558 The Tempered Wu Lin
When Zhou An saw Wu Lin's harsh words, he said, "Looking at the accent, you are not from Guangnan West Road?"
Yan Pei said: "Where we are from is none of your business, just let them go!"
Zhou An sneered: "What if I don't let you go today?"
Yan Pei said to those around him: "Surround us!"
He gave the order, and the soldiers of the First Capital immediately dispersed.
The soldiers of the second capital also took action, as well as the third capital.
Everyone holds a crossbow and points it forward.
If nothing else happens, it will basically be an indiscriminate shooting.
Those people immediately showed frightened expressions and did not dare to move any more.
Zhou An said angrily: "My father is Zhou Lin, the magistrate of Yongzhou and the official of the imperial court. How dare you kill me! You don't even bother to inquire! Kneel down for me now. Maybe I will be happy and I can spare you...
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Before he finished speaking, Yan Pei had already walked over and slapped him on the face, which made Zhou An scream, staggered two steps, and almost fell to the ground.
Others didn't dare to move.
Zhou An covered his face with his hands and said angrily: "How dare you hit me!"
Yan Pei pulled out his knife and said, "Believe it or not, I dare to kill you!"
As soon as he saw the knife, Zhou An was immediately frightened: "Heroes, don't be impulsive. If you have anything to say, speak it out."
"Let everyone go!"
Zhou An immediately shouted at those people: "Let them go yet! Let them all go!"
There were more than forty people in total, and they were all released.
Those people were let go, thanked profusely, then turned around and ran away.
Zhou An said: "Farewell."
"etc!"
"What else?"
Wu Lin said: "Who gave you the courage to sell civilians?"
In fact, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, there were indeed historical records of a large number of population transactions in the trade between Guangnan West Road and Jiaozhi.
For example, the official history, "Song Huiyao Collection" records: The land of Yongzhou is adjacent to Jiaozhi to the south, and there are many pits and pits in Jiangzhoudong Wuzhenzhai on the left and right. There are rogues who sell people and smuggle them into Jiaozhi.
There are also records like this: Officials under the control of Yongzhou accepted bribes, stayed with people who were selling their livelihoods, lured good people, and sold them into Shenxi Cave.
Or it goes like this: The barbarian countries produce a lot of gold, miscellaneous incense, cinnabar and other items, which are easy to buy. Once the common people enter the barbarian caves, they not only use them as slaves, but also kill them to sacrifice to ghosts. From their sales and transactions, everyone will get something.
Metal, five and seven are both born, so good people die violently, which is really pitiful.
In other words, those people were sold there and either became slaves or were killed to worship ghosts and gods.
Zhou An just said: "If you have anything to say, why not go to Zhizhou Yamen and say it!"
"Zhizhou Yamen?" Wu Lin said, "Okay, let's go! Go to Zhizhou Yamen and talk!"
Seeing that Wu Lin was willing to go to Yongzhou City with him, Zhou An was overjoyed: I am still afraid of you here, but after you enter the city, will I still be afraid of you?
Everyone then went all the way to Yongzhou City.
When we arrived at Yongzhou City, we saw that Yongzhou City was already in dilapidated condition.
Some places are in ruins and overgrown with weeds.
The government officials at the gate of Yongzhou City were sitting in the haystack chatting, some were sleeping, and no one checked the merchants when they came in and out.
This was the first time Wu Lin saw a place with such idle management. You must know that Yongzhou is already the border between the Song Dynasty and the Jiaozhi Kingdom.
If this was left in the northwest, Zhizhou would be beheaded.
Wu Lin remembered that our dynasty had a war with Jiaozhi. Yongzhou, Qinzhou, and Lianzhou were massacred, with a total death toll of hundreds of thousands.
He didn't say anything and led the people in.
Not long after, he saw an ancestral hall on the roadside with the words "Su Zhongyong Ancestral Hall" written on it.
This is the ancestral hall of Su Mian, the magistrate of Yongzhou during the war between Song Dynasty and Song Dynasty.
When a hundred thousand troops from Jiaozhi invaded, Su Jin vowed to defend Yongzhou to the death. In the end, all thirty-seven members of his family were martyred.
Soon after arriving at the gate of Zhizhou Yamen, Zhou An said: "If you have the ability, come in and tell me..."
Before he could finish his words, Wu Lin and others had already forced their way into Zhizhou Yamen.
Wu Lin's move immediately alerted the officials of Zhizhou Yamen, but those officials could not stop the people Wu Lin brought. After Wu Lin broke in, he grabbed Zhou An's clothes and dragged him to the lobby.
Not long after, Zhizhou Zhou Lin came out and was furious when he saw this: "Who are you? You dare to break into the Yamen and commit murder here!"
"Are you Zhizhou Zhou Lin?"
"This is my official, what do you want to do?"
"Is this your son?"
"Dad! Save me quickly!"
"Let him go quickly!" Zhou Lin pointed at Wu Lin, "Your behavior is very dangerous and you are violating the imperial power!"
Wu Lin said: "Your son is arresting people among the people and selling them to Jiaozhi. Do you know about this?"
"Let him go quickly!" Zhou Lin roared.
"I asked you if you know about this?"
"If you don't let me go, I will have you arrested immediately! Let me go!"
Yan Pei on the other side slapped Zhou Lin on his fat face, knocking Zhou Lin to the ground.
The surrounding officials immediately pounced on him, so Yan Pei took out his token: "Don't move, your grandfather, I am the new military commander of Guangnan West Road! The person in front of you is Wu Shuai, the strategic envoy of Guangnan West Road!"
That week Lin fell to the ground and screamed, "Fart! If you are a manager, I will be the prime minister!"
Yan Pei grabbed Zhou Lin from the hands of an official, and Zhou Lin screamed like a slaughtered pig.
"Keep your eyes open, this is the appointment letter from the imperial court!"
Zhou Lin's eyes really widened when he saw the appointment letter.
This appointment letter is no ordinary appointment letter.
The material of the appointment letter is high-quality silk, and it is stamped with the royal seal. Even the red seal is made of unusual material, which can be seen at a glance.
This level of material is impossible for ordinary people to fake.
First, the technical threshold is too high, and second, the cost is too high.
When an official takes office, the local government will receive a notification in advance with a seal.
In ancient times, in order to prevent people from counterfeiting, the seal would deliberately break an irregular gap, making it impossible to imitate it.
"This, this, this..."
"I don't know if the military commander appointed by the imperial court is here. The subordinate officials may not be able to welcome you from afar, but some may not be able to welcome you from afar!"
Zhou An was already dumbfounded. He never expected that the person coming turned out to be a trusted manager.
Wu Lin said: "Let me ask you, what do you think about your son's human trafficking?"
"He..." Zhou Lin kicked Zhou An, "You traitor, how dare you commit such a big evil! Come on! Take him down!"
Naturally, all the cadres knew Zhou An, and they came up immediately after hearing about it, preparing to take him with him to eat and drink.
"Wait!" Wu Lin showed a smile on her face.
He is different from Wu Jie. Wu Jie is usually cheerful and a very kind person.
But Wu Lin's character is not kind, Wu Lin's character is even very irritable.
When he is truly kind, he keeps a straight face, but when he smiles, it is when he wants to kill someone.
Zhou Lin's swollen face no longer hurt, he smiled and asked: "Commander, what are your orders?"
"Come here!" Wu Lin said.
"Here!" Two soldiers from the Divine Guard immediately came forward.
Chapter completed!