He solemnly led his troops to arrest the soldiers. Since no force was used, not many Cao Cao knew about it. However, the sound of fighting from the soldiers Cao spread to every corner of the county and temple in an instant, and Cao Cao suddenly fell into chaos.
Most of the officials didn't know what happened. Rumors spread all over the place. Some said that Liu Jing and Zheng Zheng were attacking each other, some said that Liu Jing and the Gong family were attacking each other, some said that Chu Fang and the Gong family were attacking each other, and some even claimed that they were thieves and barbarians were coming. .
For fear of affecting themselves, all the Cao Cao officials chose to close their doors and protect themselves wisely. All the officials held weapons and hid in the Cao Cao's room. Everyone was frightened, and some of the grass and trees were soldiers.
The sound of fighting did not last long, which seemed to indicate that the war was over. Some brave men in the Cao Cao could not restrain their curiosity and went out to inquire about the situation. Soon they met the subordinates sent by Liu Jing and learned that The whole story.
"Gong Ying and Gong Wu had evil intentions towards the Ming court, and now they have been executed?..."
Everyone was so frightened that their livers and gallbladders split. It was even worse than before. Could it be that the county monarch was crazy? The Gong family was a powerful family in the county, and even the Jing barbarians were attached to them. How could the county monarch dare to kill them rashly? Could he? Aren't you afraid that the Gong family will raise troops to invite barbarians to come and take revenge?
The court official stumbled into the courtroom and reported urgently: "Pujun, something bad has happened!... Mingting, Mingting has killed Gong Ying and Gong Wu!"
"What?!" Tingyu Gu Mao, who was over fifty years old and had a half-white beard, showed a look of shock on his face, and then slowly calmed down. Although this incident was unexpected, it was also reasonable.
The Gong family has one family and five officials, and they are in charge of the inside and outside of Lingxian County. They have too much power. With the demeanor displayed by Liu Jing, it will be difficult for the Gong family to be tolerated.
He just didn't expect that the result would be so drastic. After all, Ming Ting was still young and energetic, and was instigated by the warrior Chu Fang to do such reckless and reckless things.
The court official said again: "Master, the Ming court sent a message to the officials under the court, ordering all the Cao Cao to go to the main hall immediately to discuss matters."
When Gu Mao heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Then what are you waiting for? Go and inform the officials immediately."
"promise."
Gu Mao led a group of officials and hurried to the main hall, only to see many armored soldiers on both sides of the hall. Many of their armors were stained with blood.
Among them, Chu Fang was the most important. After he defeated the soldiers, he hurried back to report to Liu Jing. He didn't have time to take off his armor. Now he was like a hedgehog, his armor was blood red. All the officials lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.
Liu Jing'an sat on the throne, glanced sharply across the hall, and said in a loud voice: "Since I took office, I have repeatedly heard about Gong's evil deeds, and the people of Lingxian County have been suffering for a long time. I have the local surname Gong and cannot bear to kill him. Then, I kindly tried to persuade them in private, hoping that they could change their ways, but I didn’t expect that Gong Wu, a thief with a tiger-wolf nature, actually assassinated me out of shame and anger!”
The whole hall was in an uproar, but the officials didn't really believe it. After all, this was just Liu Jing's one-sided statement and there was no proof.
However, when Gong Wu's broken corpse was carried into the hall, although it was just a headless corpse, the figure and clothing could still vaguely identify it as Gong Wu. And he was wearing an inner armor. .
All the officials were immediately convinced. If Gong Wu had no intention of assassinating, why did he wear inner armor?
Gu Mao came out and said: "The Gong family is a powerful family in Linxian County. There are many children in the tribe, and the Jingman tribes are also used by them. If we know that all the Gong family are dead, we will definitely gather the people to take revenge tomorrow. Ting has to make preparations early."
Liu Jing said calmly: "In the past, Yu (Xu) was promoted to the chief of Chaoge. At that time, there were thousands of thieves in Chaoge. They attacked and killed the chief officials and gathered in the camp for years, but no state or county could stop them. After Yu Shengqing took office, he publicly solicited for help.
The strong men gathered more than a hundred people, and then designed to lure the thieves into the city. They then laid an ambush and defeated the thieves, beheading hundreds of people. It didn't take long for the thieves to disperse in fear.
This court came to Ling County with more than a hundred troops on foot and on horseback, and was assisted by the tiger general Chu Ziping. It was hundreds of times more powerful than Yu Shengqing who went to the post alone. Even if the Gong family gathered thousands of people, how could this court do it?
Afraid at all?"
As soon as Liu Jing finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the hall, and you could hear a needle drop.
Chu Fang said with emotion: "The Gong family has been a powerful official for a long time, and he has also served as an envoy. The people in the village hate him to the bone. If the Ming Dynasty needs to recruit brave men, it only needs to give an order, and they will be like this."
"Yun, hundreds of warriors who dare to fight can be easily obtained. The Ming Dynasty will hand over these people to my command. If the Gong family dares to invade because they don't know life and death, I will let them all be killed below the city."
"How magnificent! Ziping!" Liu Jing sighed while stroking his palms. Then he looked solemn and said solemnly: "Ziping, I leave this matter to you."
"No." Chu Fang said, cupping his fists.
Liu Jing's eyes returned to Gu Mao and said: "Now there is a shortage of merit officers. Gu Jun is an elder. He has always been highly virtuous and respected. He has been a big official in the county for a long time, so he can be the merit officer."
"Nuo." This matter was expected by Gu Mao. The county prince killed the Gong brothers. Nowadays, people in the county and temple are in panic. Someone is needed to stand up and appease people. He comes from a wealthy family in Lingxian County and has a good reputation. He is the most suitable person.
candidate.
Although he was over fifty and no longer had the ambition to make progress, the position of meritorious service officer was indeed too important, so he gladly accepted it.
Liu Jing was temporarily replaced by the chief clerk in the position of court governor, and the chief clerk was replaced by the city governor Guo Shang.
Although he was a good flatterer, the reason that prompted Liu Jing to promote him was that he did have some talent. Since county officials can generally only appoint local people, Liu Jing must cultivate some cronies in Ling County, and Guo Shang is one of them.
one.
When Ma Zhou and others successfully captured Gong Fu and escorted him back to the county temple, Liu Jing immediately ended the court meeting and interrogated Gong Fu himself.
The process of capturing Gong Fu went very smoothly. Liu Zhu and Wang Qiang sent people early in the morning to monitor Gong Fu's every move. When Ma Zhou arrived, they sent people to lure him onto the ship in the name of gambling.
It's self-inflicted.
Gong Fu's hair was disheveled and his hands and feet were limp and he knelt in front of Liu Jing. His face was bruised and purple, and his left eye was so swollen that he could hardly see.
Gong Fu didn't like power in his life, but only liked wealth, so he decided to be a government official. Not only did he do business on his own, but he also secretly collaborated with the Jingman people, plundered and traded, and became rich in this way.
But he never thought that one day, his enemies would come to his door. Not only would he die, but his second brother and fourth brother would be implicated. When he learned the truth, he fell into deep regret and almost suffered a mental breakdown.
, he refused to answer any questions and only wanted to die.
Seeing his appearance, Liu Jing knew that he would get nothing out of the question, so he secretly shook his head.
Wang Qiang suggested with a gloomy face: "Liu Jun, why not torture him..."
Liu Jing sighed: "Forget it, let's give him a happy one."
Only then did Gong Fu raise his head and glance at Liu Jing with both gratitude and hatred.
Wang Qiang cut off his head with a knife from behind.