Shen Guang stood up and shouted: "Brothers, retreat and surround us. Don't let anyone go."
Hearing this, nearly a hundred ghost-eyed masters holding powerful crossbows jumped down the courtyard wall. When Li's group of dead men jumped onto the wall, they suddenly fired a volley of powerful crossbows, killing more than ten people. They waited until these people jumped off the wall desperately. , standing outside the courtyard, waiting for them were more than 500 ghost-eyed masters who surrounded them, but still refused to fight with them in close combat, and shot them with powerful crossbows.
You must know that with the strength of these people, although they can eventually kill all Li's dead soldiers in close combat, they will inevitably suffer casualties, but long-range attacks with powerful crossbows are different.
There were screams one after another, and after several rains of arrows, only nine of the more than fifty Li family members were left, and all of them were injured. Even Li San was hit by an arrow in each shoulder and arm, and his face turned pale. Wang Junlin then sneered. , said calmly: "Don't shoot these nine people, shoot their legs and feet, and capture them alive."
When Li San heard this, he sighed and said, "Brothers, let's meet again in the next life." After saying this, he picked up an arrow from the ground, roared and pierced it deeply into his heart, and the other eight immediately committed suicide.
The people from Iron Spear Village did not participate in this battle. The people from Ghost Eyes killed fifty-three people. There were no casualties or casualties during the mission, but no one was left alive. Wang Junlin and Shen Guang couldn't help but secretly sigh. The heritage of a thousand-year-old family is indeed extraordinary. Moreover, Wang Junlin had a vague feeling that these people were just the dead men raised by the Li family, not the people of the Dragon Palace behind them.
After killing Li's visitor, Wang Junlin talked secretly with Guo Tiegiang and Guo Jinming for more than an hour. Then, more than 300 green forest heroes and more than 2,000 family members of Tiejian Village packed up their belongings and left Tiegianzhai with Wang Junlin and his entourage. At the foot of the mountain, Wang Junlin arranged for officers and soldiers to prepare armors and uniforms in advance. More than three hundred green forest heroes transformed into Wang Junlin's personal soldiers, while more than two thousand family members became refugees all the way from Jincheng County.
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Wang Junlin is the imperial envoy. Although his main purpose is to thoroughly investigate the prophecy, and the main target is the Li family in Longxi, the imperial envoy himself has the duty of inspection and supervision. He supervises a party on behalf of the emperor, and has more power than the governor and general manager of a state. Therefore, when Wang Junlin set off from Jincheng to the south, county and county officials were panicked along the way.
Things in the officialdom are never white and black, but more gray. No one is really clean and spotless. Even if some officials themselves are not greedy or greedy, their family members and relatives may not be willing to be poor, and there are some problems. Under normal circumstances, officials with backgrounds in aristocratic families do not need to be too afraid of the imperial envoy. But who is Wang Junlin? This time he is dealing with the Li family of Longxi, one of the top aristocratic families in the world. How can these officials not be afraid?
Therefore, when the news came out that Wang Junlin, known as the "family killer", was ordered to supervise, officials in all counties and counties in Yongzhou were very nervous, but the degree of nervousness was different. The grayish white one mainly considered the reception issue, and the grayish black one. A little bit, it was as if a disaster was about to happen. Some revised the accounts overnight, some discussed bribery, and some planned to give away beauty. What's more, those who were close to the Li family in Longxi began to pack their things and prepare to abandon their official positions and run away. .In fact, almost all officials in Longxi County were ready to escape.
With the existence of the Li family in Longxi, Emperor Yang Jian was not a faint emperor, but a rare wise ruler. The officials he appointed to Longxi County naturally had nothing to do with the Li family in Longxi. Otherwise, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. With the power of the Li family, wouldn't it be A country within a country.
However, the vast majority of officials had nothing to do with the Li family in Longxi at the beginning. The so-called officials with a strong reputation for short histories could be transferred by the emperor from the capital or other places to serve as officials in Longxi County, but the short histories used by various yamen such as county offices and county offices were not They are always locals. This is like a county standing committee member who is appointed by the above, but all the civil servants below are locals and are inextricably related to the Longxi Li family. Many times, the Longxi Li family gives them orders. It is more effective than their Shangguan, which is why a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, not to mention a strong snake, and the local Li family in Longxi is the real local leader.
Under such circumstances, using the power, financial, manpower, and material resources of the Longxi Li family, as well as the Qianshi family's background, it would be easy to spend several years corrupting and winning over local officials. Naturally, there are honest and loyal officials, but they will also be confused because of the jurisdiction. Some bad things happened in the area and they were dismissed or transferred away. What's more, they died of illness due to confusion, etc., and various accidents occurred.
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During the Sui Dynasty, each county already had a special supervisory censor. The system was very sound. Especially in places where famous families were located, the supervisory censors were the emperor's closest confidants. But the problem was, how to maintain this When other links in this supervisory system begin to break, the role these supervisory censors can play is extremely limited.
There is a mansion covering an area of four to five acres in the west city of Longxi City. This is the mansion of Zhang Dehong, the censor of Longxi County. Zhang Dehong was a close minister of Emperor Yang Jian. Before the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he was a servant of Emperor Yang Jian, so he was very important to Yang Jian. He was loyal and deeply trusted by Emperor Yang Jian.
After he came to Longxi County to take office two years ago, like other Longxi County officials, he experienced all-round corruption, wooing, and bribery by the Longxi Li family. Zhang Dehong naturally would not be bribed by the Longxi Li family, but his wife was confused and I bought a 30-pound golden Buddha from a shop at a very low price.
Soon Zhang Dehong knew that the shop was Li's property, and he realized that he had been deceived. Fortunately, Yang Jian still trusted him. Zhang Dehong also lived up to Yang Jian's trust and sent all his family members back to their home in Kyoto. Only one person left behind He was alone in Longxi County with a small number of servants. Two months ago, Yang Jian issued a secret order to him, ordering him to secretly investigate the relationship between Longxi County officials and the Li family in Longxi.
In the past two months, Zhang Dehong kept a low profile, leaving early and returning late. He made many surprising discoveries. He found that all officials in Longxi County had more or less collected, taken or accepted Li's property, mansion, and land. Women or business care, etc.
Under the protection of Longxi County Governor Liu Fangyang and other officials, the Li family in Longxi has developed even more rapidly in recent years. They have used their power to squeeze out other merchants, nobles and large landowners, monopolize many profitable industries, and seize too much land.
Under the lamp, Zhang Dehong was writing furiously. He had already written three thick memorials, tens of thousands of words, based on his detailed investigations over the past two months. He already knew that Wang Junlin would definitely come to Longxi County, and Yang Jian ordered him to The investigation report was handed over to Wang Junlin, who would launch an attack on Jiangnan officialdom and the Li family in Longxi based on the situation.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Zhang Dehong stopped writing and asked: "Who is it?"
"Master, it's me!" This was the voice of Zhang Wangshan, the servant who served him.
"Is there a problem?"
"I brought the brazier to the master."
It is now late February. Although the weather in Longxi is not as cold as Jincheng, it is still a bit cold on the hands. Zhang Dehong rubbed his hands and smiled and said: "Send it in!"
The door opened, and Zhang Wangshan trudged in carrying a large brazier. Zhang Dehong hurriedly stepped forward to help. The two of them carried the brazier into the house. Zhang Wangshan looked to the side and said, "Master, you dropped what you wrote."
Zhang Dehong turned around and saw a memorial on the ground. He was stunned for a moment. Why did the memorial fall to the ground? He put down the brazier and went to pick it up. The moment he bent down, Zhang Wangshan's face became extremely ferocious. He rushed
He stepped forward and covered Zhang Dehong's mouth, pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the back of the heart. Zhang Dehong screamed and blood spurted out. Zhang Wangshan suddenly swiped the dagger on his neck, slit his throat, and killed Zhang Dehong.
In the room.
Zhang Wangshan moved quickly. He took out a memorial from his arms, placed it carefully on the table, opened two more pages, and carefully placed the pen on it. The handwriting on the memorial was exactly the same as Zhang Dehong's, but the content was to impeach Wang Junlin and accept Longxi
Regarding the matter of Li's two hundred thousand taels of silver and a stunning beauty named Chen Danying, Zhang Wangshan flipped through several memorials that Zhang Dehong was writing, pondered for a moment, and immediately put several secret investigation reports into his arms, and then
He straightened the brazier, dropped something, and quickly retreated.
An hour later, Zhang Wangshan's fearful shouts rang out in the Zhang Mansion, "Someone is coming! The master has been killed, someone is coming quickly!"
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A quarter of an hour later, the prefect Liu Fangyang led a large group of government officials into Zhang Mansion.
"Don't let go of everyone in the house, and don't let go of every room!"
Liu Fangyang shouted angrily and ordered the officials to search Zhang's house. Zhang Wangshan was brought up. He knelt in front of Liu Fangyang and said tremblingly: "I went to add carbon to the master and found him lying in a pool of blood. I'm dead."
What a tragedy! Please, Lord Prefect, please catch the thief and avenge our master."
Liu Fangyang squinted his eyes, his eyes flashing with an imperceptible bright color, "Then did you notice any movement?"
"It seems that the master has a visitor. It was too dark and I couldn't see clearly. There seemed to be voices. I hid in the room to keep warm and didn't pay attention!"
Liu Fangyang snorted heavily, "Take him down and interrogate him carefully."
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After Wang Junlin left Jincheng, he quietly left the imperial envoy and relied on the large team, disguised as a caravan and acted secretly. However, after he successfully framed the Li family of Longxi in Wushan County and firmly grasped the weight of Tiejianzhai,
He then asked Shen Guang to arrange for Ghost Eye's capable officers to handle the following matters in detail. He and Shen Guang led a small number of people to disguise themselves and move quickly, and chased after the imperial envoy's honor guard brigade after they entered Longxi County.
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Early the next morning, Wang Junlin's imperial envoy's honor guard team arrived in Longxi City. Longxi Governor Liu Fangyang, Longxi County Ying Yanglang General Yuan Feng and other important officials went out of the city to greet the imperial envoy.
Watching Wang Junlin's guard of honor approaching from a distance, Liu Fangyang thought to himself that the memorial to impeach Wang Junlin in the name of the Supervisory Censor Zhang Dehong had been sent out, and the handwriting was exactly the same as Zhang Dehong's. His Majesty the Emperor would definitely follow Zhang Dehong's previous handwriting.
In comparison, Yang Jian definitely believed in Zhang Dehong more than Wang Junlin, and if coupled with the fact that Zhang Dehong's impeachment was indeed true, Zhang Dehong was assassinated.
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