Many teams have been sent out from below, but the team led by Lu Wu has not seen anyone for a long time, which makes Li Zhang very anxious. He also asked people everywhere for inquiries and collects underground news.

As a result, Li Zhang soon discovered that these teams who sent people were blocked in the future, but they still did not dare to come up, for fear that the ghost beggars would dig up the blocked area and escape, so they could only send people to guard them. Some teams, including Lu Wu, had not come up, and it is very likely that they had not encountered such a situation.

However, Li Zhang was still a little anxious and wanted to go down to check the situation by himself. However, he also knew that he did not have the ability to do wild dogs, and he was not even as good as an ordinary yamen runner when he went down to a pit, so it was better to stay on it honestly and not cause trouble.

After waiting for about two hours, it was almost evening. Finally, the remaining teams sent people to contact each other. These teams did not encounter any blockage in the future, but encountered the tenacious resistance of the ghost beggars. Although these ghost beggars have poor weapons, the space in the pit is small, which can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack, so they can't beat them for a while.

Lu Wu and the others sent people out. Li Zhang also rushed to inquire immediately, but found that Lu Wu and the wild dog did not come up. According to the people sent out, after they first encountered the road ahead being blocked, the wild dog took them to detour through another pit. As a result, they encountered the tenacious resistance of the ghost beggar. The other party even built a simple defense in the pit, which made them unable to kill them at all. Now they can only guard the passage to prevent the ghost beggar from escaping.

As news came one by one, Cheng Lin, who was in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture, also arrived here at this time. After asking about the situation, he carefully checked the map and then showed a thoughtful expression. Because according to the collected information, most of the passages were blocked, and the remaining passages were easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is not a problem of too many people. After all, with the terrain in the pit, no matter how many people go down, it is useless.

"Otherwise, I can only defend myself. Even if the ghost beggars in the pit have food, they will definitely be limited. If we spend money with them day by day, we will always consume them to death." At this time, someone suggested.

"No, it will change later. In addition to being good at drilling holes, ghost beggars are also good at drilling holes. What if they open a new channel to escape during this period?" However, as soon as the person above finished speaking, someone immediately objected. This person's concerns were also very reasonable, so others nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Just as others were discussing how to take the next step, Li Zhang was carefully looking at the drawing in front of Cheng Lin. This picture was the original picture drawn by a wild dog. The places where the pits on it were blocked were also marked. The remaining pits were easy to defend and difficult to attack. Especially the pits were not on one plane. Some pits overlapped, while others had huge slopes, which brought huge difficulties to the attack.

However, Li Zhang quickly saw something from the drawings. He suddenly picked up the pen next to him, and then made several marks on the pit and said: "Yin Cheng, the remaining pits are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since that's the case, we won't attack. Let's just block them!"

"Uh? Li Duwei means..." Cheng Lin showed a puzzled expression when he saw Li Zhang's operation, because Li Zhang actually blocked all the remaining pits. Although the ghost beggars couldn't get out, how could they attack?

"Please look at the Royal Court Cheng, in this area that is held tightly by the ghost beggar, there is a main pit and seven or eight branches. I just looked at it. The northwest branch has the highest terrain. In the past, sewage flowed into the main pit from here, but if we change the sewage to tinder oil, hehe~"

Li Zhang didn't say anything more after talking about this, and Cheng Lin and the others couldn't help but shudder, and countless ghost begs wailed in the fire. Speaking of which, they were civil servants, not like Li Zhang who had been on the battlefield, so they didn't expect such a ruthless method to do so. Of course, it might be that they cherish their feathers. Even if someone thought about it, they wouldn't want to say it out. After all, this method is really hurtful.

"Well, what do you think of Li Duwei's method?" Cheng Lin was stunned for a moment and then asked for opinions from others.

"I think it's feasible!" Someone was the first to agree, and then the others nodded one after another, which made Cheng Lin nodded with satisfaction. Then he immediately ordered the next time to block all the pits that could not be attacked, leaving only the branch hole in the northwest direction, and at the same time, he also recruited a large amount of turbulent oil from the army.

When it was almost the second day of the morning, the turmeric oil was finally sent over, and the remaining passages were blocked. Cheng Lin personally led people to the northwest branch cave, where there were also officials guarding it. Then buckets of turmeric oil were poured down. The turmeric oil was lighter than water, so it could float on the water surface and flow to the main pit and other branch caves along the terrain.

As the tincture oil fell, the ghost beggar in the cave quickly noticed it. After all, the tincture oil tasted relatively violent and floated on the water surface, so it was naturally easy to be discovered. This made the ghost beggar in the cave guess the government's idea, so these people began to rush out desperately. After all, they would rather take the risk of their lives than burning them to death in the cave.

But unfortunately, although there are many sewers to enter and exit in this blocked pit, each sewer is guarded by heavy troops, and some sewers are directly crushed by huge rocks, so no one can escape, so the efforts of these people are destined to be futile.

"Light!" In the end, I didn't know how much tincture oil was poured in. With Cheng Lin's order, someone immediately threw the torch down. A large fire immediately started in the pit filled with tincture oil. Li Zhang was afraid that it would not be able to burn fully due to lack of oxygen, so he asked someone to borrow a blower from some workshops, and the soldiers operated it to blow the air in, which made the fire inside burn more and more vigorously, and thick black smoke came out of each drain.

In fact, Li Zhang also knew that there was no need to blow the air, because even if the tincture oil could not burn due to lack of oxygen, the ghost beggar inside would definitely die due to lack of oxygen. However, Li Zhang was still worried about the fish that had leaked the net, so he decided to let the fire burn for a while. Anyway, the tincture oil inside had been poured in. If it was not burned completely, it would pollute the environment when discharged into the Bian River.

As the underground fire burned, at first, the screams of the ghost beggar inside could be heard from the drain. Some ghost beggars covered in fire rushed out of the drain without any effort, but they were shot and killed by archers. After waiting for about a cup of tea, there was no sound in the pit. Only the burning sound of the fire and the rolling black smoke that came out, and even the smell of roasted pork was filled with the black smoke.

Li Zhang covered his nose and found a place to go up the air outlet, trying to avoid the smell of roast pork. Unfortunately, the burning area was too big, and now the rain has stopped, but the wind direction has become erratic, going east and west, no matter where he hides, it is useless. In the end, he can only wrap a wet wipe around his face.

The fire spread along the pits one by one, and in the end the soldiers who were left behind could not bear it, they fled to the ground one after another. After all, although the pits below were blocked, they were actually blocked by big stones. Although people couldn't get through, there were still many gaps. Now thick smoke and fire emerged from the gaps. If they didn't come out, they would have to follow the footsteps of the ghost beggar.

The fire burned all night, and the next morning, the ground, which was already full of muddy rain, was all dried up, and there were still big cracks in some places, and the whole right wing exuded a smell of barbecue.

"This method hurts the world. Are you not afraid of being called cold and ruthless in the future?" Lu Wu walked on the street at this time, looking at this severely stern area and asked Li Zhang next to him.

"Some things have to be done, and I don't care what others think of me, I just want to have a clear conscience." Li Zhang said relaxedly at this time. Ghost beggars are known as the biggest stubborn disease in the capital. There are countless cases of women and children missing due to ghost beggars every year. These women and children have extremely miserable consequences. They are either tortured to death or sold to prostitutes and **. Over the years, the case files related to ghost beggars in Kaifeng Prefecture alone fill three rooms.

"This is true, I just want to have a clear conscience. At least I won't be too tired if I live like this!" Lu Wu showed a thoughtful expression when he heard this, and then suddenly turned his head and smiled, "Now the fire has subsided. I will send someone to collect the body of the ghost beggar in the afternoon. Do you want to go down and take a look?"

Hearing Lu Wu's words, Li Zhang's face changed immediately, and he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Forgive me, I still have something to do. Uncle Wu, you should go down with Gong Cheng!"

Li Zhang didn't want to witness the tragic scene of the big roasted living person with his own eyes. He was mainly afraid that he would have nightmares. What's more, the smell of barbecue this day and one night made him feel disgusted and vomited. If he really went into a hole, he might spit out all the bitter galls.

However, Li Zhang finally saw these unbearable ghost beggars. Because Liu E gave an order, he actually pulled the roasted ghost beggars to various places in the capital to show their respects to others. After all, although these ghost beggars were cleared, the drainage holes were still there, and the blocked holes were re-unlocked, and new ghost beggars would inevitably breed in the future.

Of course, the imperial court did not have any precautions for this. In addition to the corpse of the ghost beggar, some key locations of each pit have also added solid iron fences. Although the iron is corrosive and may be damaged, it is better than nothing.
Chapter completed!