Sure enough, you are a lot greedy!

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the crowd was shocked. The officials around were all stunned. They stared at the smiling imperial envoy with wide eyes. Lu Guangcheng was also dumbfounded and could not even say a word.?

For a moment, the whole hall was silent, leaving only the noisy voices below the city tower, which made the empty hall look so quiet, and even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard.

I don’t know how long this quiet lasted, but Lu Guangcheng forced a smile: “Hehe, the imperial envoy really likes to joke.”

The imperial envoy also burst into laughter, stretched out his hand to hug the singer who was originally a little at a loss, and said with a smile: "Is that so? You said, is the joke I just told is funny?"

The singer was also a clever person. She hurriedly opened her smile like a flower, leaned softly in the arms of the imperial envoy, and said, "Sir, you are so humorous."

After saying this, everyone laughed.

Lu Guangcheng also breathed a sigh of relief when he smiled. The words of the imperial envoy just now made him sweat. At this time, he carefully wiped his forehead with his sleeve.

Just as everyone was joking and was about to raise their glasses to drink together, the imperial envoy slowly put down the wine glass and said, "Do you guys know why this official is so humorous?"

Everyone was stunned again, holding up their wine glasses and stopping talking, just looking at him.

The imperial envoy smiled faintly, pulled out a file from his wide sleeve, looked around, slowly unfolded, and said, "Lu Guangcheng, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, during his tenure, he occupied thousands of acres of farmland in the south of the city. In order to cover up his crime, you sent officers and soldiers to drive the local people out of the country, and forcibly arrested the villagers who sued him and tortured them to death. Is there any such incident?"

When Lu Guangcheng heard this, he was stunned.

The imperial envoy said again: "Yangzhou Prefecture Tongzhi Fang Ye, you have been colluding with black market merchants for many years, selling official salt, and falsely reporting losses, so you can seek personal gain from it, but this is the case!"

When Fang Tongzhi heard this, he was also frightened and couldn't speak with a wine glass.

"Zhang Wenxiang, the magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, you privately withdrew the tributes of the imperial court. In the first year of Tiansheng, you secretly detained the golden mother crane head of the tribute and hid it in the warehouse; in the second year of Jianlong, you privately detained the tributes of three boxes of silver hooks, eight jade horses, and eight Arhats, but this is the case?!"

...

"Ge Wei, the garrison of Yangzhou Prefecture, you lied about the number of soldiers and withdrew military pay, but this is the case!"

...

"Judge Qi Hongyi, in order to occupy a beautiful woman, you actually fabricated a charge and falsely accused her husband of land and detained her property, and tortured her to death. The woman was forcibly snatched into the mansion by you and she died after three days. Is this a matter??"

...

He said every year that the officials' faces pale. He never thought that the evidence of the crime he committed was recorded seven or eight years ago, even before he colluded with Pei Yuanxiu, and all of them were controlled by the imperial envoy who had no knowledge of his origin.

They looked at each other, and when they saw that the situation was wrong, they hurriedly stood up.

But just as these officials were about to get up and shout, the entourage of the imperial envoy who had been arranged by them to enter the side hall had already been prepared and suddenly rushed into the hall.

This sudden change shocked several ministers!

The two guards Ge Wei and Qi Taihua were skilled in martial arts and were closest to the gate. They were the first one to react to rush out. But just when the two men rushed to the gate, they were already rushed forward by two entourages. The four of them suddenly punched each other. Although the two guards were generals, they were obviously negligent in practicing and were not very skilled in martial arts. Soon they retreated in battle. One of the entourage became more and more brave as they fought. Seeing that the situation was too unstoppable, Ge Wei wanted to turn around and escape, but was kicked heavily by the guard behind him. He heard a crack in his neck, and he was kicked softly. He hit the gate like a broken sack filled with rice.

And at this moment, there was a thunderous sound from the sky outside, and a shocking sound was heard. Suddenly, a wave of white light came in from outside, illuminating the hall where the candlelight was swaying, like the striking changes of thunder and lightning.

It is the fireworks in Yangzhou City!

The fireworks shone, and the people under the city tower immediately shouted together. Amid these shouts, the followers separated two guards and controlled the two guards, and the other followers were like dragons and tigers. Without any effort, they tied each person's hands and pressed their heads on the table.

In an instant, the hall had changed suddenly!

Except for the two guards who were knocked out, the magistrate and Tongzhi were still awake, but they were still a little unbelievable, especially Lu Guangcheng, whose face was pressed hard on the table and almost deformed. He stared at the imperial envoy sitting in front of him with wide eyes and no trace of movement on his face. He said tremblingly: "Sir, what do you mean? Even if you want to punish us, we are all officials of the imperial court. Without the emperor's imperial edict, you can't touch us!"

"Can't move?"

The imperial envoy heard this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and turned his head to look at him: "You said, I can't touch you?"

"This house?!"

When Lu Guangcheng heard these two words, he was shocked: "You--you--"

The imperial envoy had already stood up at this time. The singer who was originally lying in his arms had already fainted from fear and curled up at his feet. The imperial envoy raised his legs and stepped past the singer, walked to Lu Guangcheng, looked at him condescendingly, and slowly took out something from his sleeve.

It was a bright yellow scroll.

When Lu Guangcheng saw it, he suddenly became limp.

"The emperor has issued an order to appoint this official as the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture. He has the right to kill and kill the civil and military officials in Yangzhou regardless of their rank. He can be executed first and then reported!"

“…”

"Lu Guangcheng, do you know that there are seven of you who deserve to be killed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a firework bloomed in the sky outside, and dazzling white light shone on his face. His eyes were like torches and his will was like a knife, which shocked Lu Guangcheng three souls and seven souls, and he was dumbfounded and speechless.

The imperial envoy slowly raised his head, held the imperial edict with one hand, and said, "Those who occupy the farmland and oppress the people will be killed!"

A firework bloomed in the night sky, roaring loudly.

A follower raised the sharp blade in his hand high and waved it towards Lu Guangcheng. Blood splattered three feet away and his head fell to the ground.

Under the city tower, the people shouted.

The imperial envoy held the imperial edict and walked down from the master's seat. He took a step and read another sentence: "Private dealers of official salt, who disturb the market, kill them!"

Another firework bloomed, shining on the earth.

A follower raised the sharp blade in his hand and chopped it down at Fang Ye's head...

"Those who privately detain the court's tribute will be killed!"

Another firework bloomed.

A follower raised the sharp blade in his hand and chopped it down at Zhang Wenxiang's head...

"Those who withhold military pay will be killed!"

Fireworks bloomed, and a follower raised his sharp knife and chopped down at Ge Wei's head...

"Corruption and abuse of power, kill!"

Fireworks bloomed, a follower raised his sword and fell, and blood splattered five steps...

"Kill those who disturb the people and cause trouble!"

Fireworks bloomed, and another head fell to the ground...

Every time a sentence is read, a person's head falls to the ground. When the imperial envoy takes the last step, the largest fireworks burst into bloom in the night sky. The bright light illuminates the entire night, and even penetrates layers of obstacles, shines in his eyes. The dark eyes flashes countless lights, and he also recites the last sentence at the same time-

"Treasoning the enemy, kill!"

...

The last head fell and rolled to his feet.

When they turned around, blood was already splattering in the entire hall, and blood was flowing into a river. Several high-ranking officials from Yangzhou Prefecture were just drinking and laughing, but now they had turned into cold corpses.

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When he finished his last sentence, the official who came to report was so trembling that he couldn't speak, and he knelt on the ground and shivered.

And I was stunned when I heard it.

Pei Yuanxiu listened calmly and didn't say anything. Although his expression had not changed much, his face was obviously much paler than before, and his eyes became darker.

After being silent for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Switch on."

The official kowtowed repeatedly, as if he was not kowtowed, but he was frightened and lay on the ground trembling constantly, his voice was trembling, saying, "Mr. Lu always thought that this imperial envoy was just a show of being a good person, so although the two guards prepared some people, they were not prepared at the banquet, but they were waiting under the city tower, so that the imperial envoy had an opportunity to take advantage of the imperial envoy. As for the lower officials, the lower officials could not attend the reception banquet of the imperial envoy. However, Lord Lu was cautious and asked the lower officials to prepare for the delivery of dishes in the side hall. In fact, when the imperial envoy said that Lord Lu was greedy and the hall was quiet, the entourages were already ready, but they were afraid that this was their secret code. After the imperial envoy finished reading the crimes of each of the envoys, the entourages rushed out, and the lower officials took the opportunity to escape."

Pei Yuanxiu said calmly: "What if they kill Lu Guangcheng and some others?"

I also looked at the official nervously.

Indeed, killing these high-ranking officials would have the opportunity to seize power, but in the end, the imperial envoy only brought a few entourages. There were so many soldiers in Yangzhou Prefecture, how could they kill a few officials and take over them all at once?

The official said: "After the imperial envoy killed Lord Lu and others, he found the official seal from Lord Lu, wrote a warrant, and directly asked one of his followers to dress up as the subordinate of the garrison, to open the Yangzhou city gate, and then—"

He said this, but he didn't dare to say it anymore.

And I also understood that when I opened the city gate, I naturally let the imperial court's men come in.

I felt cold sweat when I heard this.

I didn't expect that Yangzhou City would change its ownership overnight. An imperial envoy brought less than ten followers to the tiger's den, coaxing Lu Guangcheng and the others to relax their vigilance. Then, suddenly, the banquet was difficult. With the cover of the fireworks, they were killed, and then seized the seal and opened the city gate!

This is definitely not something that ordinary people dare to do!

Pei Yuanxiu's face also sank at this moment. He slowly asked, "Who is the army entering the city?"

The official said, "I don't know. In order to escape from my life, the official could only mingle among the crowd. Seeing the army entering the city, he was completely unlucky. The person who led the troops had never seen him before, but he was very young and looked a little like a woman."

Wen Fengxiu...

I understood as soon as I heard it.

That was a newcomer cultivated by Pei Yuanhao. He made great contributions to suppress the rebellion in the Juma River Valley. This person was obviously of great use. Putting him in Jiangnan was naturally the reason why Pei Yuanhao cultivated him at the beginning.

Jiangnan really needs a heavy army to defend.

But, this is a military general, what about civil officials?

By the way, I just heard from this official that the imperial envoy came to take over Yangzhou Prefecture in accordance with the emperor's will, so naturally he will be the new top leader of Yangzhou Prefecture.

This person...

Pei Yuanxiu seemed to have thought of it with me. There was a red shadow in the corner of his eyes. Although his expression was still very calm, there was no calmness in his pupils, which was almost fierce.

"Who is that imperial envoy?"

When the official mentioned the imperial envoy, his voice was still a little trembling, as if the bloody storm that night scared him to the point of being confused. He said tremblingly: "This... the official is not known. The imperial envoy is also very polite. Lord Lu had never seen him in the capital at the beginning. It was just--"

"Just what?"

"But, the lower official heard the entourage of the imperial envoy and called him Lord Liu."

With a bang, the dishes in my hand fell down suddenly and fell to pieces at my feet.

I was stunned and looked at the official: "What did you say?"

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Chapter completed!