The old man ignored Qian Li, but a murderous intention flashed in his eyes that made Qian Li's heart palpitate. The murderous intention was so powerful that even Qian Li was shocked when he saw it. If he hadn't known that the murderous intention was not aimed at
If I say it myself, I'm afraid Qian Li will be frightened.
Even so, Qian Li's heart was still pounding.
Just when Qian Li was distracted, the old man's voice rang in his ear: "I don't have to worry about my identity, but you can rest assured about one thing, that is, I have a deep grudge against Li Huan. Even if
Even if I turned into a ghost, I won’t let him go!"
Just listening to the old man's words, no one here would doubt the old man's hatred for Li Huan. After all, he could say such words. If he didn't have deep hatred for Li Huan, he would never have such emotions.
Many people's eyes lit up when they heard this. Just by looking at the old man's demeanor, they knew he was no ordinary person, even though the old man refused to tell them who he was.
But it seems that it is not the time to investigate the identity of the old man. If you have time, you might as well think about how to deal with Li Huan.
Besides, both the old man and Qian Li had said that Li Huan would most likely mobilize guardsmen and horses into the city to attack each of their families.
If they don't think of a way, they will really be doomed.
He Huai looked at the old man, and suddenly bowed his hands to the old man and said, "Since you don't want to tell me your name, we won't ask any more questions. I just want to ask you, sir, do you have any advice?"
More than a dozen eyes fell on the old man, and everyone understood what He Huai wanted to ask.
Just like Qian Li, relying on his habit of serving as Qian Zhong's staff for many years, he can guess what Li Huan might do next, but being able to guess Li Huan's actions does not mean that he will definitely be able to come up with a countermeasure.
Fa Lai.
So at this moment, even Qian Li also placed his hope on this strange old man whom they had never met before, hoping that he could point out a clear path for them.
He Huai and others did not mention what kind of clear path the old man in the restaurant would give as a gift, but they talked about the government office.
The morgue is part of the government office. To be precise, it should be part of the prefect prison. This small courtyard is located in a remote place and is often used to temporarily place the bodies of victims of various murder cases.
It can be said that on weekdays, except for the widowers in the yamen, few people are willing to come to such a place where corpses are kept all year round.
The thieves besieged Green Bamboo Garden and killed hundreds of people at one time. It can be said that those hundreds of corpses were directly thrown into the raging fire under Li Huan's order. Along with the Green Bamboo Garden,
Together they turned into ashes.
However, the bodies of the dead soldiers who were blocked in the secret passage not long ago, including Sun Wei and Cai Wen, were brought back and placed in the morgue.
After all, people like Sun Wei and Cai Wen, even if they are dead, cannot be treated as hastily as those thieves.
The morgue is densely packed with simple coffins. It is called a coffin, but it is actually just a box made of wooden boards. It is good to temporarily place the body in it.
In the early morning, the bodies of Sun Wei and Cai Wen were transported by Jin Yiwei and government officials and placed here.
Because there were so many corpses at once, in order to prevent accidents, or to prevent wild dogs, wild cats and the like from breaking into the morgue and destroying the corpses, Huang Wenzheng also left two guards to temporarily guard the morgue for the first time.
house.
The morgue is so quiet that when you look at it from a distance, you feel like you don't want to get close to it.
There was a creaking sound, and a team of officers were seen pushing carts. There were more than a dozen carts. There were corpses piled on top of these carts.
Needless to say, these corpses were those literati who stormed the gate of the government office not long ago and tried to besiege Li Huan, but were beheaded in front of the government office by Li Huan's order.
Li Huanke ordered Huang Wenzheng to collect the bodies of these literati and collect their identity information.
There were more than a dozen carts one after another, with several corpses piled on each cart. These were all intact bodies. As for those who were chopped to pieces by the Jinyiwei people, they were just used
The matter was wrapped up in a straw mat.
Before he even got close to the morgue, a strong smell of blood hit his face.
The officer pushing the trolley looked at the closed door and couldn't help but said to his companion: "What a damn unlucky person. In less than a day, we have already made two trips to this damn place. What do you think of these people?"
Is there something wrong with your brain? You just want to seek the imperial envoy’s bad luck when you have nothing to do, and end up risking your own life.”
Another officer who was helping to push the cart only felt the cart crash and hit a stone, causing all the bodies on the cart to shake.
Listening to the chatter of his companions, he subconsciously looked at the corpses close to him on the cart, especially one whose neck was cut off in half, and his head was drooping, as if he had been jolted, and the result was half-open.
Her face was facing him, and her pale eyes were looking at him.
After just one glance, the guard was startled by those pale eyes, and almost cursed: "I was almost frightened to death."
As he spoke, the officer reflexively slapped the corpse on the head, and immediately slapped the head aside.
The officer who was complaining just now couldn't help laughing when he saw this.
But now a group of people also arrived in front of the morgue.
One of the leading officers stood in front of the door and shouted inside: "Song Xiaowu, open the door quickly, my brothers are here to send you some companions again!"
It turned out that one of the people who was left to guard the morgue was named Song Xiaowu. The guard yelled and laughed: "Brothers, do you think Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping and the other two cowards will be so scared that they wet their pants?
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Immediately, a police officer laughed and said, "Don't tell me, if you say they were so scared that they peed their pants, I really believe it!"
The door banged loudly, but after more than a dozen breaths, there was no movement, let alone the door opening.
The leader couldn't help but became anxious, and shouted loudly: "Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping, you two bastards, if you don't open the door, be careful of my brothers and I will take care of you."
Only this time, the closed door still showed no intention of opening, and the small courtyard of the morgue was even quieter.
At this moment, several officers couldn't help but look at each other, with a bit of surprise on their faces.
A police officer said to the leading police officer: "Boss, although Song Xiaowu and the others are a little timid, they are definitely not sneaky..."
A police officer next to him said subconsciously: "It can't be that something happened."
With a choking sound, the leader immediately pulled out the long knife from his waist, with a bit of brilliance in his eyes, and suddenly kicked the door in front of him.
This catcher has developed a lot of strength. As a catcher of the government office, his strength is quite acceptable, but it's a pity that he is only a third-rate person.
Of course, the force of a third-rate head catcher's kick is only several hundred kilograms, which is enough to kick an ordinary person several meters away. Such a door really cannot withstand his kick.
With a bang, the originally closed door was suddenly kicked open by the opponent, and a strong smell of blood rushed towards his face.
"wrong!"
Although the bloody smell emanating from the cart behind them was also very strong, the head catcher noticed something was wrong immediately because the bloody smell came from behind the door.
If it were the corpses that were transferred earlier, the bloody smell would have faded a lot since most of the day had passed and there was no blood flowing.
The head catcher waved, and several officers followed the head catcher and rushed in, clenching their swords with vigilance.
When several people rushed into the small courtyard of the morgue and saw two figures in uniforms lying on the ground in the courtyard, or rather at the door, everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping!"
The head catcher Lei An looked solemn at this time, because the two corpses lying on the ground were clearly Song Xiaowu and Huang Ping who were assigned to guard the morgue.
At this time, the necks of the two people were twisted violently, and the bodies fell at the door, with blood flowing all over the floor. Even from the heads of the two people who were barely connected to the bodies, the expressions on their faces were very different.
Full of shock, it was obvious that the two of them were not mentally prepared at all when their necks were broken.
A police officer lowered his head and looked at the blood on the ground, then looked at the bodies of the two men, and said to Lei An with a heavy face: "Boss, Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping and the others had their necks broken by brute force.
Dead, I should have been dead for almost a long time!"
Lei An and others looked extremely ugly when they heard this, because Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping and the others were only sent here for half a day, which meant that not long after they sent the bodies of Cai Wen, Sun Wei and others here, Song Xiao
Five, Huang Ping and others were killed.
Suddenly, Leian shouted: "Go into the morgue and check!"
Everyone reacted, and immediately and with weapons in hand, they carefully walked into the dark, damp, and bloody morgue.
The corpses were placed there so quietly. Suddenly, Lei An's eyes shrank and he rushed directly to a coffin. He looked at the empty coffin and murmured to himself: "It's gone.
The body is gone!"
In the government office, Huang Wenzheng, who had experienced a shock, was currently busy sorting out the information on the murdered literati with the help of his staff.
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps, and a figure appeared in Huang Wenzheng's sight.
When he saw the people coming, Huang Wenzheng couldn't help but said in surprise: "Lei An, didn't you ask you to take those bodies to the morgue? Why did you come back so fast?"
How long has it taken to do this? Ordinarily, Leian shouldn't have come back so soon.
Lei An looked horrified, and when he saw Huang Wenzheng, he immediately said: "Sir, it's bad, it's gone, the body is gone!"
Huang Wenzheng, who looked puzzled, looked at Lei An with some confusion and said, "What body is missing?"
Not to mention Huang Wenzheng, even the other busy officials could not help but look up.
Lei An smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, Cai Wen's body is missing, and... Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping and the others were killed."
When Huang Wenzheng heard this, he had a look of disbelief on his face, but he quickly reacted and exclaimed: "What did you say? Cai Wen's body is missing? How could it be missing? How can a body be said to be able to survive on its own?
Did you run away?"
At the end, Huang Wenzheng almost yelled at Lei An, that was Cai Wen's body, it would be fine if the other people's bodies were thrown away, but there can be no problem with Cai Wen's body.
But Huang Wenzheng quickly stared at Lei An and said, "You said Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping and the others are dead?"
Lei An nodded and said: "When my subordinates led people to transfer the corpses to the morgue, they discovered that Song Xiaowu, Huang Ping and the others had their necks broken. They had been dead for at least half a day. Then they hurriedly went to the morgue to check. This
Only then did I realize that Cai Wen’s body was missing.”
Huang Wenzheng, who had calmed down a little, stared at Lei An and said, "Where are the other bodies?"
Knowing what Huang Wenzheng meant, Lei Andang shook his head and said: "There are many corpses of other people, including Sun Wei's, but Cai Wen's is missing."
Huang Wenzheng took a deep breath, waved his hand towards Lei An and said: "Send more manpower, keep an eye on the morgue, and never allow the same thing to happen again."
Watching Lei An leave, Huang Wenzheng couldn't help rubbing his forehead and couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, I already knew that there are remnants of Cai Wen in the city, but why are you stealing a corpse!"
Cursing angrily, Huang Wenzheng stood up and went to see Li Huan.
Cai Wen's body was stolen. This was a big or small matter. Huang Wenzheng didn't dare to hide it from Li Huan anyway.
In the hall, Li Huan was sitting in the middle, while several figures in armor were standing there.
The leader was none other than Dong Huan, the nephew of the commander-in-chief Dong Cheng.
As the commander of the First Guard, Dong Huan was about thirty years old. He had the temperament of a man in the military, but he could also see the arrogance in him.
Not only Dong Huan, but also those Qianhu officials who came under orders were somewhat arrogant when facing Li Huan.
Although Li Huan was an imperial envoy and a close confidant of the emperor, who made Li Huan too young?
It didn't matter that these people looked down upon Li Huan a little bit.
After several people entered the hall and paid homage to Li Huan, they didn't say anything. They just stood there, and Li Huan just watched. After a long tea time, Dong Huan and others became a little anxious.
when.
Li Huan then put down the tea cup, looked at Dong Huan and said in shock: "Commander Dong, I would like to ask you, if you raided twenty-three houses at once, do you have enough soldiers?"
Dong Huan's eyes shrank and he looked at Li Huan in horror. Although when he entered the city, he secretly guessed why Li Huan asked him to lead his army into the city. At this time, he heard from Li Huan that his houses were raided, and it was twenty or thirty houses at a time.
Even Dong Huan couldn't help but feel frightened.
Taking a deep breath and calming down, Dong Huan said sternly: "Don't worry, Sir, I brought a total of 1,800 people to the city this time. One hundred people for each family, it is enough to raid the house.
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As he spoke, Dong Huan looked at Li Huan with some hesitation and said, "Sir, don't you just wait for the court to report it to the court and wait for the court officials to make a decision on the case before you conduct a house raid?"
Li Huan glanced at Dong Huan lightly and said calmly: "It's a long way from Fujian to the capital. If this treason case waits for the people in the court to come up with a result, I'm afraid it won't take half a year.
Yes, you said Fuzhou City can be closed for half a year?"
Dong Huan shook his head. A three-to-five-day blockade of Fuzhou City would be the limit. Otherwise, no supplies from outside the city would be allowed to enter the city. If someone with more intentions continues to deceive the city, a civil unrest may be just around the corner.
"But this time, twenty or thirty houses were not confiscated..."
Li Huan couldn't help but sneered and stared at Dong Huan and the others and said, "I will kill hundreds of scholars as soon as they say so. What does it matter if they just confiscate their homes?"
Listening to Li Huan's cold words, Dong Huan and the other generals couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, with extremely shocked looks on their faces.
Dong Huan looked up in disbelief at Li Huan who was sitting there, but what was echoing in his mind was what Li Huan just said.
Hundreds of scholars were killed?
Dong Huan felt that he must have been on the wrong foot. As a military general, even if he was the commander of the First Guard, he was considered to be in a high position. However, because of this, he was also more aware of the difficulties faced by these scholars.
Let alone hundreds of scholars, if he dares to kill even one or two, once it becomes known and spread, even with his power, he will have to pay a high price to suppress them.
But now Li Huan actually said that he killed hundreds of scholars at one time. The instinctive reaction of Dong Huan and others was not to believe it, because this kind of thing would never happen to Dong Huan and others.
Even if he got mad, he wouldn't be crazy enough to kill so many scholars at once, because the impact would be too great, and it would definitely be a shocking case that would shock the world.
Li Huan naturally saw the expressions of Dong Huan and others in his eyes, and sneered slightly at the corner of his mouth: "Just before you entered the city, the major families in the city gathered together and hundreds of literati from Fuzhou gathered at the mansion.
In front of the government office, he tried to force me to release him, but failed, so he went to the government office with a frenzied intention to surround and kill me."
Dong Huan and others were stunned when they heard this. They had been outside the city before. How could they know this? Now when they heard what Li Huan said, their hearts were filled with turmoil.
Hundreds of scholars besieged the imperial envoys, which was almost equivalent to rebellion. If it were ordinary people who dared to besiege the government office, they would probably order these people to be slaughtered without hesitation.
But...but all of these people are scholars!
With a sneer, Li Huan said lightly: "I immediately ordered that most of these traitors who had no laws and dared to attack the imperial envoys be slaughtered!"
"Gulu!"
Dong Huan and others were so frightened that they couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Their eyes looking at Li Huan were filled with an unspeakable awe and fear.
This is a lunatic. He will kill hundreds of scholars whenever he wants. There is no one else in the world that he would not dare to kill.
You must not offend this imperial envoy, otherwise, he would kill so many scholars, and it seems that he doesn't care about one more of you.
Those who originally thought that Li Huan was in a high position at such a young age, and who still had some thoughts in their minds, had long since lost their thoughts, and all they could think about was that they could not provoke this murderous god no matter what.
Dong Huan said with a strange look in his eyes: "Sir, are you kidding me?"
Obviously Dong Huan still couldn't believe that Li Huan ordered the massacre of hundreds of scholars, and he still felt a bit lucky in his heart.
Li Huan glanced at Dong Huan and others and said, "Why, when you entered the government office to see me, didn't you see the officers cleaning the ground in front of the government office?"
Dong Huan and others shrank their eyes when they heard this. Li Huan didn't say that they really didn't care. When they entered the government office just now, they actually saw a group of servants in front of the government office carrying wooden buckets and brushes, and rags washing away the blood.
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I didn't think much about it at the time, but now when I heard what Li Huan said, several people's eyes widened immediately, and the timid Qian Huguan swayed and almost fell to the ground in fright.
Li Huan said calmly: "It's a pity that you entered the city a little late, otherwise, you should have been able to see the corpses of hundreds of scholars in front of the government office."
As he spoke, Li Huan looked at Dong Huan with a half-smile but said, "Maybe you can go to the morgue next to the prison and have a look. All the corpses should have been sent to the morgue now."
Dong Huan and others shook their heads after hearing this. Going to such an unlucky place to look at a pile of corpses was not creating trouble for themselves and looking for bad luck.
"The adults are joking. Since the adults say yes, then it must be!"
Dong Huan said with a solemn face: "Dong will definitely follow the leader's lead!"
If people say they will kill, they will kill, and they will kill without mercy. If I don't express my position quickly, if the other party finds a way to chop off my head and seize the military power, wouldn't it be a very unjust death?
Besides, if the sky falls, it will naturally be Li Huan who will hold it up. Isn't it just a house raid? Even if Li Huan asked him to lead his troops to kill all the people, he would still dare to do it.
Anyway, if something goes wrong, those people will only look for trouble with Li Huan. He is just a small commander, and he is innocent.
The other Qianhu officials all expressed their loyalty to Li Huan more respectfully than Dong Huan and said, "I am the only one among us who will follow your lead."
After beating these people, Li Huan looked at the attitude of Dong Huan and others, and then nodded with satisfaction.
Some of these people have guns in their hands. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. They are all difficult to deal with. Li Huan saw the arrogant attitude that these people inadvertently showed when they met him just now.
If these people are not suppressed, who knows if these people will follow his orders and disobey him.
It's okay for these people to be disobedient, but if they ruin his affairs because of it, that would be a big problem.
If the corpses of the scholars in front of the government office had not been cleared away too quickly, Li Huan would have wanted Dong Huan and others to see those corpses with their own eyes. I believe that if Dong Huan and others had seen the bloody scene in front of the government office,
If so, everyone would be absolutely honest in front of him.
But now seeing the reaction of Dong Huan and others, Li Huan is quite satisfied. Otherwise, he really wouldn't mind taking them to the morgue to see the bodies of the murdered scholars. If they still can't be restrained, then
We can only find a way to kill one or two people to scare the monkeys.
Dong Huan and the others, who had no idea that one of them had passed through the gate of hell, only had endless awe for Li Huan in their hearts, but it was a combination of circumstances that allowed them to escape.
Knocking on the desk and pushing a stack of paper forward, Li Huan focused his eyes, looked at Dong Huan and the others and said: "Here are the information on the more than 20 families, you can take them later."
, allocate manpower and get things done for me. I will be rewarded heavily, otherwise..."
Dong Huan and others felt nervous and nodded repeatedly: "I will not let you down."
Seeing Dong Huan take the stack of paper, Li Huan picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea and said calmly: "I know what kind of guardsmen you have, but this time you all restrain them for me."
, If anyone dares to make any mischief when searching someone’s home, then don’t blame Li for being rude."
After hearing what Li Huan said, the expressions of several people changed, and they immediately and solemnly assured Li Huan: "Don't worry, sir. If anyone dares to reach out, my subordinates will be the first to chop him down."
Putting down the tea cup, Li Huan said to Chen Yao: "Chen Yao, call a group of brothers and let them keep an eye on it."
Hearing this, Chen Yao glanced at Dong Huan and others, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will send people to keep an eye on them. Even those gangsters who steal a copper plate can't escape the tricks of our brothers.
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At this moment, a military officer in golden robes quickly walked up to Li Huan and whispered a few words.
Li Huan frowned and said, "Let him in!"
Noticing Li Huan's expression, Dong Huan and others immediately straightened their bodies and stood there with lowered eyebrows. Their attitude was much more submissive than before.
When Huang Wenzheng met Li Huan, he also met Dong Huan and others. As the prefect of Fuzhou, Dong Huan was naturally familiar with the commander of the guards. Even those Qianhu officials were considered acquaintances of Huang Wenzheng.
Although Huang Wenzheng was at the side when Li Huan ordered people to mobilize the troops and horses of the guard station outside the city, the arrival of Dong Huan and others so quickly was somewhat beyond Huang Wenzheng's expectation.
Dong Huan still knew Dong Huan and the others quite well, but he had never seen them be so obedient and unfaithful.
Just when Huang Wenzheng was curious about what methods Li Huan used to make these people behave honestly.
Li Huan looked at Huang Wenzheng and said, "Prefect Huang, I don't know if you are in a hurry to see me right now, but what's the matter?"
After coming back to his senses, Huang Wenzheng cupped his hands towards Li Huan and said hurriedly: "Back to your lord, my men just came to report that two officers died in the morgue. The most important thing is that Cai Wen's body is missing."
"What!"
Li Huan raised his brows, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and stared at Huang Wenzheng: "Cai Wen's body is missing?"
Huang Wenzheng nodded bravely.
Dong Huan and others also had surprised looks on their faces at this moment, while Li Huan waved his hand towards Huang Wenzheng and said: "Prefect Huang, please go down now. I know it."
When Huang Wenzheng left, he secretly glanced at Dong Huan and others out of curiosity, and found that Dong Huan and others were standing with their heads bowed, not to mention how humble and respectful they were.
"It's really strange, how can these people be so honest!"
With a murmur in his heart, Huang Wenzheng's expression remained unchanged and he quietly retreated.
After Huang Wenzheng left, Li Huan glanced at Dong Huan and others and said, "Cai Wen's body is gone. What do you think?"
Dong Huan and others were stunned. You look at me, I look at you. Finally, Dong Huan took a deep breath and said, "Sir, my subordinates thought that this must have been done by the remnants of Cai Wen's men. They stole Cai Wen's body."
, I’m afraid I’m afraid that the adults will do something to his body.”
After all, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, even if Cai Wen died, he might not be able to dismember his body to serve as a warning to others.
If there are men loyal to Cai Wen, these people can naturally think of this, so it is not impossible to steal Cai Wen's body first and prevent Cai Wen's body from being dismembered.
Li Huan actually thought of this, so apart from the initial shock, he didn't react much. Anyway, Cai Wen was dead, and whether the body was stolen or not was irrelevant to the overall situation.
After all, there is a huge difference between a dead Cai Wen body and a living Cai Wen. If Cai Wen was rescued alive, do you think Li Huan would be anxious?
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