Li Zhang stood under the eaves and watched the heavy rain outside keep falling. The water that fell on the ground was quickly absorbed, but after the soil on the ground absorbed water, the accumulated water began to accumulate more and more on the ground, and then gathered into a stream and flowed to the low-lying place. There were usually drainage ditches at home, so the water quickly flowed into the ditches and was discharged.

The heavy rain that had been waiting for for many days finally fell, and it was even heavier than expected. It was obviously noon now, but it was cloudy and it seemed like dark night. The room needed to light the lights to see clearly. Moreover, the heavy rain became heavier and heavier as time went by, without any sign of weakening.

If it were in the past, Li Zhang would definitely hope that the rainstorm would be smaller, so that Tokyo City, a flood-prone city, could suffer less losses. But this time he hoped that the river would rise a little more, so that most of the pits underground in Tokyo would be overflowed with water, and the ghost beggars could only escape to the pits in the northwest area to hide. Liu E had already received the drawing. Now we have to see if the heavy rain is powerful?

The rainstorm fell one day and one night. The next morning, the rain became much lighter, but it still continued. The heavy rain also caused the two major rivers in the capital to soar. Some places even warmed up the river embankment, and many places in the southeastern area of ​​the city had accumulated water. Fortunately, the people in the capital had already become accustomed to this situation. The government had organized relocations before, so the losses were not big.

"It seems that the ghost beggars have done too many evil things, and even God will kill them!" Li Zhang, on the carriage, opened the window and looked at the drizzle outside, and said with a satisfied smile. This heavy rain could be shipped even in previous years. All the drainage holes in the capital were filled with water. It is estimated that all the ghost beggars underground have hid in this pit in the northwest.

Li Zhang looked at the rain outside the window, but the wild dog next to him was patiently exploring his dog-legged knife. This knife was given to him by Li Zhang. I don’t know how many ghost beggars died under this knife, and today he will start killing again.

Early this morning, Liu E sent a carriage to pick up Li Zhang because she was about to attack the ghost beggar. At that time, Li Zhang's only request was that he would participate in it himself. In fact, the main reason was that the wild dogs were. He knew that the wild dogs must really want to witness the destruction of the ghost beggars with his own eyes.

The carriage soon arrived at the Kaifeng Prefecture Office, which was also the base camp for the extermination of ghost beggars this time. Countless soldiers were already stationed inside and outside the yamen. Kaifeng Prefecture Chief Cheng Lin was the commander-in-chief of the extermination of ghost beggars this time. For this reason, Liu E also temporarily handed over the command of these thousands of imperial guards to him.

After Li Zhang's carriage entered the Kaifeng Prefecture, Cheng Lin immediately came up to greet him. Speaking of which, Cheng Lin was also Liu E's confidant. He also knew Li Zhang's position in Liu E's heart. In addition, he learned from Liu E that the route map for underground pits was also provided by Li Zhang. This plan to eliminate ghost beggars was also proposed by Li Zhang, so he admired Li Zhang very much and was even grateful, because every year because of the ghost beggars, their Kaifeng Prefecture has to bear a lot of infamy. Now he finally has the chance to avenge his previous shame.

"Minister Cheng is so polite. This time, the matter of clearing out the ghost beggars will depend on your decision. I just don't know when it will start?" Li Zhang also said very politely when facing Cheng Lin.

The official position of Kaifeng Prefecture is very special. It not only controls the civil affairs, justice, captures thieves, taxes, service, household registration and other government affairs in important places in the capital, but also has special significance. At that time, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng were both the prefecture prefecture before ascending the throne. Originally, the prefecture prefecture was usually served by the prince. It was not until later that some promising ministers began to be appointed, such as Kou Zhun, Ouyang Xiu, Cai Xiang, Bao Zheng, Fan Zhongyan, Zong Ze and other famous ministers were all in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Cheng Lin was one of them.

"Don't worry, I have been studying your drawings these two days, and have assigned personnel to each channel. Now I'll wait for my order." Cheng Lin also replied with a smile.

Cheng Lin asked Li Zhang and the others to enter the government office, and at this time Li Zhang actually met Lu Wu in the yamen. Because this time, the removal of ghost beggars not only used the power of Kaifeng Prefecture, but also used the power of various yamen such as the Criminal Department and the Imperial City Department, so officials such as Lu Wu also came to Kaifeng Prefecture to discuss early.

However, because there were too many people, Li Zhang didn't have time to say hello to Lu Wu. Both sides just nodded, and then Cheng Lin began to issue orders. The people who received the orders also left one by one. The army outside was also separated with them. Because the underground space was small, the army was also divided into small teams, and they would also be the main force to clear out the ghost beggars.

"Judge Lu led fifty people down from the drainage outlet in the southeast corner of Xingguo Temple, clearing them all the way to the northwest, not asking for killing the enemy, but just trying to force them back northwest." At this time, Cheng Lin suddenly mentioned Lu Wu's name and said.

When Lu Wu heard the order, he immediately stood up and received the order, but at this moment, Li Zhang suddenly said, "Prince Cheng, the lower official also wants to go with Judge Lu!"

"This..." Cheng Lin saw that Li Zhang was going too, and he also looked embarrassed. He was mainly worried that Li Zhang would encounter any danger, which made him unable to explain to Liu E.

"Don't worry, Gong Cheng, you must not worry. Judge Lu is my elder, so he will definitely not let me take risks." Li Zhang said again at this time.

Cheng Lin finally nodded and said, "Okay, but Li Duwei, you are still young, don't be impulsive when encountering things. Everything must be followed by Judge Lu's command!"

Seeing Cheng Lin agreeing, Li Zhang immediately thanked the other party, and then walked out of the government office with Lu Wu with a smile. However, Lu Wu glared at him and said, "You just stay in the government office. What are you doing with me? Don't you know the cruelty of those ghost beggars?"

This is Lu Wu's temper. Even if he cares about people, he will look fierce. Li Zhang has long disregarded this. He smiled and said, "I can't go down, but the wild dog cannot go down. With him by your side, what are you afraid of? "

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Lu Wu also looked at the murderous wild dog behind him. He felt it made sense now. After all, the wild dog is already far superior to his skills, and he can see things at night, which is so useful underground.

"Okay, the wild dog can go down, but you have to stay on the ground honestly!" Lu Wu said again.

"No problem, I'm afraid that I'll get smelly." Li Zhang nodded immediately. He was a little obsessed with cleanliness, and the standards in later generations were not very serious, but in the Song Dynasty, it seemed a bit alternative, such as taking a bath every day in summer, and taking a bath every three or five days in winter, etc.

After coming outside, Lu Wu threw the straw raincoat to Li Zhang and the wild dog, and then the three of them rode on horseback and ran away with the fifty soldiers assigned to them. In addition to these soldiers, Lu Wu also had dozens of subordinates in the Tizheng Department. The full name of Xingguo Temple is Taiping Xingguo Temple. However, Tokyo people are usually used to omitting the first two words, and the temple is not far from the Fengfu Office, so they soon came to the front gate and found the drain in the southeast corner.

At that moment, Lu Wu opened the stone slab at the drain, and then jumped down the first place. The wild dog followed closely behind, and the remaining fifty fully armed soldiers also went down one after another. As for the people from the Examination Department, they did not go down. After all, someone needed to be on duty on the ground. In fact, Cheng Lin also arranged this way. The main force to clear out the ghost beggars was the army, and the people from various yamen were mainly left on the ground to prevent the ghost beggars from escaping.

Li Zhang looked at the wet and dark sewer. Although the terrain was high, yesterday's rain still caused a lot of water to be covered. However, after Lu Wu and the others jumped down, they did not stop at all. A ray of light flashed in the wild dog's hand and opened the way in front. It was Li Zhang's flashlight for the wild dog, which could be recharged. He didn't need it normally, but now he had to let Lu Wu and the others see the road clearly.

With the departure of the wild dog and Lu Wu, only Li Zhang and dozens of yamen were left at the water outlet, which seemed a bit boring. However, soon there were people from other yamen running on the streets. It seemed that they had received orders to surround the ghost beggars. This time, except for thousands of imperial guards, each yamen used all the people they could mobilize. It was probably the largest clearance operation in the capital in recent years.

"Kill~" At this moment, Li Zhang suddenly heard a vague sound of killing from a distance, which shocked everyone. It seemed that a ghost beggar escaped from the ground, otherwise the shouts of killing from the ground would not have been transmitted to it.

"Be prepared!" Li Zhang immediately gave instructions to the left-behind yamen runners. When Lu Wu went down just now, he also handed these people over to his command.

Just as Li Zhang finished speaking, he suddenly saw a dozen ragged beggars who were not ragged, and there were more than a dozen yamen behind him holding swords and slashing, which made Li Zhang immediately point out: "Go up and stop them!"

With his order, dozens of yamen also drew their swords and rushed forward. The dozen or so ghost beggars originally wanted to escape, but when they saw that the road ahead was blocked, they all burst out with ambitions of death and fought with the yamen runners with various weapons. However, they were few after all, and they were quickly killed by the yamen runners one by one. However, seven or eight people were injured by the yamen runners. Li Zhang immediately asked someone to carry them to Xingguo Temple and personally bandaged their wounds. The monks in the temple also provided a lot of help and medicine.
Chapter completed!