Photographed at the southern foot of the mountain, Chen Xiyan was dressed in Tsing Yi, standing on the cliff, looking towards the direction of Quyang Town. It was raining lightly on the top of the mountain, but his face was covered with wet marks and tears. At this moment, his heart felt like being stabbed with blood.
A middle-aged scribe stood behind him, looking toward the southwest with a desolate expression on his face, and said: "If Li Zhuo doesn't send troops to suppress the army, the only thing the Qu family can do is to escape the reputation of being a bandit. The only thing they can do now is to move Jiangning to Dali."
The temple and the Jiangning Criminal Department are all involved in trying the case. How many people can be saved? In addition, Mingzhe must also try to escape from Yanjing..."
"This is the only way." Chen Xiyan said sadly. Who would have thought that all the plans would be overturned at the last moment. When he could reach the phase, he realized that everything in front of him was a phantom.
The Qu family is a bandit. It's okay if Chen Xiyan is not in Jiangning. If he is in Jiangning, he still dares to compete for power. The Chu Party will unscrupulously throw dirty water on him. Even if Chen Xiyan has a hundred mouths, it is difficult to argue his innocence, not to mention that he cannot be innocent.
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Although Chen Mingzhe has the reputation of being the number one scholar, Chen Xiyan did not go to Beijing. He stayed alone in Yanjing, isolated and helpless. The Chu party in Yanjing would never let go of any opportunity to attack him. Chen Mingzhe was young and energetic.
, lack of experience, it is easy for others to grasp the situation, the top priority is to get him away from the place of right and wrong immediately.
"The pigherder is still a pawn. We really shouldn't despise this pawn." The middle-aged man sighed softly.
Chen Xiyan was speechless. The words "pig herder" came from his mouth. Everyone in Jiangning Qingliu regarded Lin Fu as an alien and mocked him as "pig herder". At this time, it was a great mockery of himself.
"What we need to do now is to prevent Gu Wuchen from overexpanding his influence in Jiangning," the middle-aged man said. "There is no doubt that Gu Wuchen will be appointed as the inspector, so we cannot let him further use the name of the governor of the Hongzepu War. The Hongzepu Rebellion is still a scabies.
If Gu Wuchen is allowed to intervene in military affairs and cultivate direct descendants in the army, and if Gu Wuchen is allowed to replace Zhang Xie in the position in the future, then he will be the real leader..."
Chen Xiyan nodded. Two years ago, Chen Xinbo wanted to transfer Li Zhuo to serve as Minister of War, so that other officers and soldiers of the Western Qin Party could oversee the war in East Fujian. First, Chu Party and other factions strongly opposed and delayed it, and second, Chen Tangyi's defeat happened in time. If
Let Chen Xinbo successfully transfer Li Zhuo to the center, and even if Chen Tangyi was defeated, the Western Qin Party would not lose power.
What they tried their best to prevent the Western Qin Party from doing, they naturally also tried their best to prevent the Chu Party from doing it.
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When Lin Fu saw Gu Wuchen beckoning him over, he straightened his clothes, armor, and sword, and strode over.
Lin Fu knew that this was probably the case. The conviction of the Qu family as a bandit could be said to be the biggest setback for the local forces in Jiangning in recent years, but it did not mean that they could unlimitedly accuse the Qu family of treason.
Crime, everything needs to be settled as soon as possible.
Li Zhuo only asked Gao Zongting to come personally on his behalf, which already showed his attitude. Maybe someone in Jiangning City had already rushed ahead to do the work in front of Li Zhuo.
Whether it was colluding with bandits or treason, the Qu family was completely finished, and Chen Xiyan was also blocked from the phase. It was just a matter of whether more or less people had their heads dropped. Jia Pengyu walked into Sanliu Garden alone to persuade Qu Wuyang to surrender.
He no longer avoids anything, which shows that he has the consciousness to resign as an inspector to make way for Gu Wuchen.
Lin Fu walked into the awning and saluted Jia Pengyu, Wang Xueshan, Gu Wuchen, Ma Ruitai, Gao Zongting and others. It seemed that they had already negotiated terms.
Wang Xueshan glanced at Lin Fu sideways, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Master Lin is not only a good article, but also a brave general. This armor really makes Master Lin murderous, but it's hard work, right?"
"The national situation is difficult, Li Shuai and Mr. Gu are all civil servants wearing armor and taking the lead. Although Lin Fu is insignificant, do you dare not to follow suit?" Lin Fu replied to Wang Xueshan in a nonchalant manner, "The hard work is harder, but after all, not everyone is like him.
Mr. Wang can ride in a soft sedan chair."
Wang Xueshan was a little embarrassed. If any other ninth-grade official dared to speak like this in front of him, he would beat the dog without even looking at the owner. He would first slap him with a slap in the face for "disrespect," but Lin Fu could no longer do it.
He is not a trivial and insignificant pawn, and it is not convenient for him to use the official pretense of Jiangning Prefecture to suppress Lin Fu, just because he did not say what he said just now.
Gu Wuchen smiled slightly, handed Lin Fu a list, and said: "The Qu family is still noble, and this case involves Chen Shangshu. How to deal with it requires a holy judgment. This is still an arrest list. A group of felons and abandoned bandits will be temporarily
He is being held on Prison Island. When the arrest is made later, you, Zhang Yubo, and Chen/Yuanliang will have to make sure that the wrong person is not arrested or the person is missed..."
"That's good. In early February, the refugees at the mouth of the river were attacked and injured more than a hundred people. I just wanted to ask the Qu family if they knew about this." Lin Fu said.
No one would doubt that the tragedy of the Hekou refugees in early February was the work of the Qu family. Wang Xueshan secretly cursed Chen Xiyan as a fool. Even Gu Wuchen and Lin Fu couldn't fight together, and the Qu family was completely involved. How could he have any qualifications to compete for the position?
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Lin Fu felt that it was very troublesome to imprison this group of criminals on Prison Island. The Qu family was completely destroyed. However, those bandits who were invited in collusion with the Qu family still had many accomplices living outside. Together they were a force that could not be underestimated. It was foreseeable that
Prison Island will not be peaceful for some time to come, but before the court sets the tone for this case, it is natural for the prisoners to take control of it themselves to avoid recurrence.
Gao Zongting said: "Master Gu, the student dared to say something..."
"The important criminals of the Qu family and the bandits are temporarily sent to prison island for detention, but there are so many ordinary bandits. If you are not careful, they may cause trouble to Hekou again," Gao Zongting said, "Master Jia, Master Gu and Master Wang are all here, can you please
The students went back and asked the commander-in-chief to deal with this group of people within their power. They should first be convicted and sent to the military for supervision, allowing them to serve their crimes..."
Gu Wufa pondered for a moment. There were more than 400 private soldiers in Sanliu Garden. Lin Fu and the others captured more than 300 people last night. Plus the Qu family's key criminals, there were almost 800 people in total. They were all imprisoned on Prison Island.
, which has put great pressure on Prison Island. For him, the most important thing is to capture the Qu family criminals and bandits. He does not mind whether ordinary private soldiers and bandits go or stay. He asked Jia Pengyu and Wang Xueshan: "Master Jia,
Mr. Wang, what do you think?"
"Very good." Jia Pengyu and Wang Xueshan both agreed.
Lin Fu thought that Gao Zongting was repaying his favor by helping him solve a troublesome problem, and it was not in vain that he secretly helped Gao Zongting with the issue of homeless people on the north bank of the river.
The composition of the Qu family's private soldiers and remnant bandits was extremely complex, and Lin Fu did not dare to take them in easily. He kept them under strict supervision in prison, which cost a lot of manpower and prison food. It was purely a loss-making business, so he added them all to the Jiangning garrison.
It could not be better.
Jia Pengyu and Wang Xueshan nodded in agreement. After all, many of the Qu family's private soldiers were children of the Qu family. It was much better to join the Jiangning garrison than to be exiled to Yanbei. This decision was actually a lenient treatment for them. The so-called rabbit dies and the fox is sad, they also
I don’t want the Qu family to end up in such a miserable state.
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After all, the Qu family did not want Gu Wuchen to send his soldiers into the private garden to kill and loot. Soon after Jia Pengyu walked into Sanliu Garden again after the conditions were negotiated, the three main doors of Sanliu Garden opened at the same time.
From Qu Wuyang down, 13 men, old and young, of the Qu clan and 21 of Qu Wuyang's main confidants in Sanliu Garden tied their arms and filed out. Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo, Chen Yuanliang and others
The identity of the criminal was verified to ensure that no one was left behind. In addition to Zhang Yubo, other important members of the Qu family who were arrested and brought to justice by Chen/Yuanliang elsewhere in Quyang Town, and close confidants of the Qu family, there were a total of forty-six shopkeepers, all of whom were in heavy shackles.
He was imprisoned. In addition, Qu Wuyang, Qu Wuming and twenty of their wives and concubines were also arrested and brought to justice.
At first, everyone was worried that they would encounter fierce resistance when they captured the remnant bandits who had taken refuge in Sanliu Garden. When the Qu family's private soldiers and more than 400 remnant bandits walked out without any resistance, they abandoned their weapons and were captured without mercy. Zhang Yubo, Chen Yuanliang, and Liu Xilin were captured.
They were all quite surprised.
Only those who personally experienced the battle at Hekou last night knew in their hearts that the private soldiers and remnant bandits of the Qu family were frightened by the killing. The murderous aura in Lin Fu and Jiyunshe's military guards had not dissipated, and any slightest resistance would be ruthlessly met with.
Killing them and joining the Jiangning garrison would be a good result for them. How could they dare to act rashly again?
There were not enough shackles and shackles, so they could only be tied up with hemp ropes in groups of twenty, and they were squatted together in an open space in the rain. The Dongcheng Wei Ma infantry commanded by Liu Xiliu temporarily detained them.
After these things were over, Lin Fu sent Zhou Pu to lead Jiyunshe's military guards back to the mouth of the river first, leaving only Ao Canghai and several guards to accompany them.
The important prisoners of the Qu family were escorted to the prison island. Liu Xilin led the Dongcheng Wei Ma infantry to be in charge, and the other accomplices had to wait for Li Zhuo to send people to receive them. Besides, the Hekou still held more than 300 prisoners captured last night. In addition to the leader and the Qu family's cronies,
In addition, everyone else also asked Li Zhuo to send someone to receive them.
Although searching the Qu family's property was the most lucrative job, it was precisely because of this that Lin Fucai was determined not to let the Jiyun Society's military guards participate in this matter.
Gao Zongting spent most of the day sitting in the carriage to take shelter from the rain. He watched with emotion as things progressed to the stage of confiscating the Qu family's property, but Lin Fu sent the Jiyunshe military guards to return to the mouth of the river in the rain first.
Lin Fu had no other identity besides being the prison officer of the prison island. Gu Wuchen named him, Zhang Yubo, and Chen/Yuanliang to be responsible for arresting the Qu family criminals and confiscating the Qu family's property. He was going to reward him for what he had done last night.
of great merit.
The property confiscated by the Qu family will eventually be confiscated, but during the inspection process, the inspectors who privately withheld it were windfalls. Zhang Yubo and Chen/Yuanliang represented the Jiangning government office and Moling County government office respectively. Wang Xueshan was present.
We can't even suggest that the Jiangning government office sends someone else to supervise it. How much Gu Wuchen and the others will intercept privately during this inspection is entirely a matter of Gu Wuchen's decision.
At a time when his power was growing and he was in desperate need of money, Lin Fu was able to resist such a temptation, give up this opportunity to make a lot of money, and let the Jiyunshe military guards leave first. Gao Zongting had to sigh in his heart that Lin Fu could do what ordinary people couldn't.
Managing the army is difficult and easy. Gao Zongting thought that since the commander-in-chief came to Jiangning and took office, he had not made any major adjustments to the garrison. In the eyes of others, it seemed that Li Zhuo came to Jiangning to govern by doing nothing, but Gao Zongting knew in his heart that the commander-in-chief was the most important thing.
What we do is to separate the generals and soldiers from local affairs, especially to cut off the evil hands of the generals who profit from local affairs. Only by doing this can we calmly deal with military affairs.