But this group of Jin Yiwei obviously wanted to make this case a big deal.
why is that?
When Zuo Qinglai somehow offended Lu Qianhu, the Jin Yiwei had already filed into the Salt Supervision Department and rushed towards all the eunuchs.
Some eunuchs were brought over without knowing what was going on, and they looked at Zuo Qinglai, waiting for him to make up his mind.
But not everyone is sitting still.
boom!
"ah!"
A group of royal guards were beaten out, followed by three eunuchs.
They are the adopted sons of Li Jinzhong, and their realms range from fourth grade to third grade to second grade. Although they did not have the opportunity to enter the inner study hall, they still learned the part about martial arts in the Chrysanthemum Book. Their strength should not be underestimated.
As for why he is Li Jinzhong’s adopted son——
This has always been the case in their eunuch world, no matter who they are, they are keen to adopt a godson or give someone else a godson.
"You Jin Yiwei are so bold!" the leader of the second-level adopted son said angrily.
They didn't know that Li Jinzhong failed to assassinate Lu Bai last night and was dead now. When Li Jinzhong received the order from the late emperor, he knew that being loyal to the late emperor was disloyal to the current emperor and was not enough to treat outsiders, so he did not tell his followers that this was
The reason why they dared to come out against Jin Yiwei.
Mo Bei narrowed his eyes and said, "Three adults, we are here to handle matters under orders. If you do something again, don't blame us for being rude!"
"You're welcome? Humph!"
The adopted son of the second-level realm crossed his arms and sneered: "We in Xichang are on errands for the Holy Master. We, sir, are from the inner study hall. You people are so brave that you are afraid that the Holy Master will give you an order and take your heads."
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Zuo Qinglai also reacted.
"That's right, our West Factory is still ahead of the Jin Yiwei. Lord General Banner, you have no right to arrest people in our West Factory! Let our people go quickly!"
"Yes, let him go."
The adopted sons at the fourth and third levels stepped forward.
Mo Bei sneered, "Huh, what is the order from the Holy One? If the Holy One knows that someone in his father-in-law has not cleansed himself, I don't know how he will be so angry that he will skin you and cramp you, and even take our heads, you care first."
Take your heads off!”
He waved his hand and said, "Come here, take them all!"
The Jin Yiwei rushed forward in a hurry.
"Who dares!"
The three adopted sons came forward to greet him.
"I dare!"
A man said slowly outside.
After hearing this voice, Jin Yiwei moved out of the way and sent someone in Shiran.
This person is none other than Lu Bai.
He looked at the Jin Yiwei who was groaning on the ground and asked Li Jinzhong's three adopted sons, "Are you injured?"
The three adopted sons were not timid at all towards the Jinyiwei, but when facing Lu Bai, they felt inexplicably guilty. The leader of the second-grade adopted son handed over his hand: "Master Lu, even if you Jinyiwei want to take someone, you have to ask my adoptive father first."
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Lu Bai rolled his eyes, "People in their thirties cannot be considered elderly anymore."
He turned around and asked, "Did you move your hands?"
A guard in Jin Yi stood up next to Mo Bei, "Sir, it was the three of them who made the move."
"oh!"
Lu Bai nodded.
Suddenly, the three adopted sons floated up, struggled with their legs, and their faces turned red from holding back, as if someone had pinched their necks and lifted them up.
Zuo Qinglai was shocked, "Sir!"
Lu Bai didn't even look at these three people, "Eunuch Zuo, someone assassinated me yesterday. Unfortunately, it was Li Jinzhong and Eunuch Li. As the adopted sons of Eunuch Li, they must be involved. In this case, I will send him to Eunuch Li."
Let them hit the road."
You can also get a lot of merit points.
Lu Bai discovered that these eunuchs were really rich, even more so than the royal guards.
Take Li Jinzhong as an example. He contributed 50,000 merit points to Lu Bai. The three monsters who went with him were even more, with a total of 200,000 merit points. The remaining swordsman's merit points were worth 20,000 merit points. As for more words -
—
His merit value is pitiful, not even fifty.
He was the person who least deserved to die among the people Lu Bai had killed.
But sometimes it's like this, killing people who shouldn't be killed and doing things that shouldn't be done. Perhaps, this is the so-called Jianghu.
"No, I, we don't know-"
The three adopted sons struggled fiercely and could not utter a complete sentence.
Their faces were getting redder and redder, and the whites of their eyes were rolling up, and they were about to lose their lives.
Those father-in-laws couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts when they saw it, and they couldn't think of any resistance in their hearts.
Lu Bai is too strong.
This method of strangling three people with one hand, and the ability to control the power of mind so freely, it seems that this is not the early stage of Qi training.
Even Zuo Qinglai, who was also in the early stages of Qi training, felt a sense of frustration.
but--
"Oh, right."
Lu Bai released the three adopted sons.
They fell heavily to the ground, and for a while they lay on the ground coughing and panting, like dying fish struggling to breathe.
Lu Bai walked up to them and said, "The confession will still be of use to you, so I will spare your lives for now."
No matter how perfunctory, Lu Bai finally had to give an explanation to the disciples of the Neishu Hall who died in Yancheng. If there were confessions from the three adopted sons about Li Jinzhong joining the Lu family and being loyal to Yiqiu Villa but not to the Holy Master, he would surely
If the people above protected him, they would have a reason.
Lu Bai thought he was so considerate.
As for what to do if there is no one to protect him——
Lu Bai also thought of a way out.
First, he emptied himself of the lord of Yancheng and became the lord of Yancheng.
If that doesn't work, run away into the wilderness.
With his current strength, as well as forces such as Lao Lao, he can still gain a foothold in the wilderness. Moreover, Yancheng has a characteristic - it is remote enough and has no strategic value.
This made the imperial court reluctant to send experts, especially those above the Skybreaking Realm, to take control of Yancheng.
What's more, masters of the Sky Breaking Realm are already scarce.
To put it bluntly, Lu Bai, who has ascended to the Broken Sky Realm, is considered a disciple of the eight major cultivation sects.
Therefore, in this way, even if Yiqiu Villa is determined to deal with Lu Bai, but the emperor and the eight major sects sit idly by, then Lu Bai can escape to the wilderness, wait for them to leave, come back, and then leave again.
After going back and forth a few times, he might reach a higher level.
Of course, it's too far to mention this now. The most important thing for Lu Bai is to take the first step - to firmly control Yancheng.
What he is taking now is the first step.
Lu Bai said: "Eunuch Zuo, there is an unclean person among the father-in-law. If this spreads out, it will have a great impact on the Holy Emperor and the harem. Even if there are a hundred mouths, it will not be able to refute it. Jin Yiwei
As a soldier of the emperor, I have the obligation and responsibility to eliminate this disaster."
He waved his hand and said, "Take everyone away. Anyone who resists will die!"
This time, no one dared to resist.
The Jinyi guards quickly escorted all the eunuchs away, leaving only Zuo Qing in the large Salt Supervisory Department.
"Oh, right."
Lu Bai was about to leave, but then came back, "Eunuch Zuo is responsible for taking charge of the Salt Supervision Department and rectifying the tax revenue in Yancheng. There must be many places to employ people. If I arrest people, it will definitely delay Eunuch Zuo's work."
You still know that Zuo Qinglai wants to cry but has no tears.
After Lu Bai pondered for a while, he reluctantly said: "Let's do this. I'll send some people over to help Grandpa Zuo handle the Salt Supervision Department and tax reform matters."
Zuo Qinglai was startled, "This -"
This is to isolate him.
Lu Bai couldn't help but left without explanation.
Lu Bai had already thought about how to deal with the eunuch who was taken away.
First of all, of course, he had to find out those fake eunuchs. The hands and feet of these fake eunuchs were not clean, and they had been exposed to the autumn wind countless times. Lu Bai took away their merit points and did not wrong them at all.
The remaining real eunuchs found out the guilty father-in-law, falsely accused them of being fake eunuchs, expanded the scope of fake eunuchs, and thus created the illusion in the memorial that fake eunuchs were everywhere in the streets, the emperor had no idea how many cuckolds he wore, and the situation was very serious.
In fact, it is not an illusion.
Lu Bai felt that if the emperor continued to let things go like this, sooner or later the hat would be placed on his head.
Of course, such a memorial was definitely not written by Lu Bai, because if Lu Bai wrote it, he would probably be a brother. Look what I found out, you are about to become a cuckold.
Then the emperor probably had the intention to kill Lu Bai.
The memorial was written by Gu Qinghuan.
She's very good at this.
As for those eunuchs who committed misdemeanors or crimes that were not worthy of death, Lu Bai decided to lock them up.
In short, it is enough to remove the eunuchs from the West Factory and prevent the Salt Supervision Department from being created.
As for the Admiral——
Lu Bai didn't want to deal with him.
This is an attitude, whether it is a good attitude toward the emperor or the eight sects behind him.
It was Gu Qinghuan who came up with this idea.
Just when he was thinking about the admiral, Lu Bai met the admiral Shen and his party as soon as he left the Salt Supervision Department.
The old admiral had a puzzled and panicked look on his face, "Lu Qianhu, this is-"
Lu Bai invited Shen and his party aside and showed off his acting skills, "Admiral, something big has happened!"
Shen and his party looked as if this was indeed the case.
There was an earth-shattering movement last night, and this morning the Jin Yiwei came out in full force again. He knew as soon as he guessed that something big had happened.
He asked: "What happened?"
Lu Bai lowered his voice, "My father-in-law in Xichang found out about his unclean uncle. Now this matter has spread throughout Yancheng. If I don't handle this matter strictly and report it to the emperor-"
Lu Bai looked up and saw Admiral Shen and his party looking surprised.
This was not a bolt from the blue surprise after hearing the news, this was the surprise that Lu Bai actually wanted to report to the Holy Emperor. As the father-in-law of Dongchang, Shen and his party knew that this was an agreed upon thing. Many eunuchs would place a few social idlers when they went out.
personnel.
But the convention is the convention, after all, this is not something that can be stated openly.
If this is reported——
No emperor in this world would allow himself to wear a cuckold, even if it was a fake one.
But what's more serious is not this.
Lu Bai said softly, "In the future, I'm afraid many people will criticize whether the prince is a dragon or not."
Shen Yixing was excited, "Lu Qianhu, this is an agreed upon thing, or -"
"Convention, what convention?"
Lu Bai immediately looked at the Admiral with suspicion, "I am loyal to the Holy One. Admiral, your agreement could not be -"
Shen and his party thought of the eunuch who was being taken away. He was a dying eunuch who came here to take care of his old age. It was better not to get involved in these things. So he shook his head quickly: "No, no, our East Factory is different from our West Factory. Our East Factory is different."
They are very strict with their employment.”
Lu Bai nodded happily, "That's good. We are the emperor's personal soldiers, and Dongchang is the people around the emperor. We all have to think about the honor of the emperor."
"Yes, yes." Shen Yixing agreed.
Lu Bai said by the way: "Oh, by the way, last night Eunuch Li teamed up with some gangsters to assassinate me, but I killed him on the hillside of my home. Also involved was Duoyan, the bodyguard around Lord Lu."
"Stab, assassinate, kill -"
Shen and his party were stunned. This news was even more exciting than the previous one.
He knew that Yiqiu Villa wanted to take orders from Gu Qinghuan, and even when he came out, he was given instructions by the Empress Dowager, asking him to protect Gu Qinghuan's safety at all costs.
However, Shen and his party didn't take it to heart and didn't dare to make any guarantee.
That is Yiqiu Villa!
If he gets involved, he won't be able to live a good retirement in Yancheng.
Although it seems now that the turbulent Yancheng is not a suitable place for retirement.
But Li Jinzhong——
"Really, is it really Eunuch Li?"
Shen and his father-in-law didn't quite believe that he dared to help Yiqiu Villa deal with Gu Qinghuan?
Is he too brave?
Wasn't he afraid that the Queen Mother would ask the Emperor to issue an order prohibiting him from continuing to practice in the inner study hall?
Lu Bai knew what he was suspecting and said softly: "Eunuch Shen, don't forget that it was the late emperor who recommended Eunuch Li to the inner study hall."
After Lu Bai pointed it out, Shen and his party understood.
But he hopes he doesn't understand.
As the emperor's eyes and ears in Yancheng, he didn't know whether he should report this news. Reporting it would be to sow discord between the emperor and his son, but if he didn't report it, in case he was found out, he didn't report it——
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and there cannot be two kings in one dynasty.
Once you have your rights, you won't like anyone to be able to point fingers at or even take them away from you.
Not even if they are biological father and son.
Shen and his party regretted coming to Yancheng.
This is a place of right and wrong!
This is indeed a place of right and wrong.
Not to mention the assassination of Lu Bai at Yiqiu Villa, which was deliberately cold-handled by the Holy Emperor and the Eight Great Cultivation Sects. Let’s just talk about the case of the fake eunuch. After Lu Qinghuan wrote a eloquent, quoting and roundabout memorial to remind the emperor to be careful of cuckoldry, he submitted it. , the emperor was furious and set off a bloody storm in the capital, and countless heads fell to the ground for a while.
The eunuchs, both in the East and West factories, hated Shanglu Bai from then on.
Of course, these are things for later.
It would be better to return to the present.
Lu Bai used Zuo Qinglai in the west factory to prevent Lord Lu from leaving the palace. After Shen and his party entered retirement in advance, they once again took Yancheng firmly in their hands.
Although he is not the city lord, he has the actual status of the city lord.
Now that this is done, the rest is something else -
For example, take the life experiences of Gu Qinghuan and the others.
There is also the secret that Gu Qinghuan has been hiding - why Yiqiu Villa must kill her, and what exactly happened in Shuobei City that year, so that Yiqiu Villa suddenly sent so many experts to kill Gu Qinghuan.
He has to ask all these questions to get to the bottom of things.
Just when Lu Bai returned to his house, before he had time to ask, he saw guests coming to his house.
Gu Qinghuan is entertaining.
The one who came was not just a stranger, but someone who came to stay.
"Hey, Xi Ke, you actually took the initiative to come to me." Lu Bai sat across from him.
Zizhu didn't say anything, but looked him up and down, wishing he could skin him so he could observe him better, "Old Lu, you are a fucking human, a master from Yiqiu Villa, and three people from Mountain Moving Realm." Master, are you still alive?"