Chapter 197 Is this here to give away the head again? 【One thousand two
Tan Yuan also looked pale. Just a few days ago, he specially invited Su Kui and Xizhen to go to the county school to give lectures to the students in the county school.
At that time, Tan Yuan, Su Kui, and Xizhen were talking and laughing, and the other party also said that he would stay in Yuyao County for a while and would not leave until he paid homage to Mu Zhaigong Xie Qian.
How long had it passed, and now Xing Kang actually told them that Su Kui and Xi Zhen were dead.
Tan Yuan wanted to doubt the authenticity of Xing Kang's words, but for some reason, he felt that Xing Kang was not lying, but that Su Kui and Xizhen were really dead.
Because the reactions of the dozen or so scholars with the same frightened expressions were exactly the same, they looked like they were frightened out of their wits.
But if this is really the case, and famous people like Su Kui and Xi Zhen, who are famous in Jiangnan, die in Yuyao County, then the matter will be a big deal.
If it was just a normal death, then that would be fine, but if it was really an accident, maybe all the scholars in Yuyao County would be criticized by Jiangnan Shilin.
Song Guangsheng forced himself to stay calm, looked at Xing Kang and said: "Xing Kang, let me ask you, how did Su Kui and the others die? Who harmed them?"
When Xing Kang heard this, he subconsciously thought of Li Huan, and Li Huan's cold and indifferent face emerged in his mind.
His body trembled slightly, and he heard Xing Kang tremble: "It's... it's Li Huan, the murderer Li Huan. He killed Su Kui, Xizhen, Mao Kai, Jiang Ying, they are dead, they are all dead."
ah."
"Li Huan!"
Song Guangsheng's expression couldn't help but change after hearing this.
As the magistrate of a county, Song Guangsheng could be regarded as a member of the officialdom. How could he not know what Li Huan was doing in the capital?
Li Huan confiscated so many high-ranking officials in the capital, and even more harmed Xie Qian. Two elders, Liu Jian, were dismissed from office, and he also banned and destroyed Songyang Academy and other holy places for scholars.
It can be said that everything Li Huan did has been spread all over the world and is widely known.
In Song Guangsheng's impression, Li Huan was a traitorous minister who did all kinds of evil. However, Song Guangsheng didn't understand why Li Huan appeared in Yuyao County and even killed Su Kui, Xizhen, Mao Kai, and Jiang Ying inexplicably.
Song Guangsheng wanted to ask more questions, but Xing Kang suddenly walked away, saying with a hint of fear: "I want to go home, I want to go home, and the murderous maniac will definitely catch up with him."
Seemingly after listening to Song Guangsheng's words, the dozen or so scholars who stopped when they saw Song Guangsheng and Tan Yuan suddenly showed signs of fear and panic on their faces, and they turned around and ran away.
In the blink of an eye, Song Guangsheng and Tan Yuan looked at each other in confusion as the intellectuals scattered and fled.
After a while, Tan Yuan turned to Song Guangsheng and said, "Brother Song, if what Xing Kang said is true..."
Song Guangsheng gritted his teeth and snorted coldly: "Go to the county school and gather all the students in the county. I'm going to ask Li Huan why he killed innocent people indiscriminately, especially Su Kui, Xizhen, Mao Kai,
People like Jiang Ying and others, you must know that they are all scholars of our Ming Dynasty, and they are the pillars of the future to assist the emperor."
Song Guangsheng said with a look of madness in his eyes: "If Li Huan doesn't give me an explanation, I will definitely contact Jiangnan Shilin and I will never give up."
After hearing this, Tan Yuan immediately nodded and said: "Yes, Taizu treated us and other scholars very favorably, granting us all kinds of privileges, and even allowed him to refuse to serve as an official. However, he, Li Huan, dared to kill us and other scholars at will. This is unbearable."
Song Guangsheng stroked his beard and frowned: "It's a pity that Xing Kang didn't explain clearly what happened. Why did Li Huan kill Shi Kui and Xizhen? We don't know what happened."
Tan Yuan said, "No matter what happened, Li Huan killed a scholar of our generation. This is a fact. We absolutely cannot agree to it."
Hearing what Tan Yuan said, Song Guangsheng nodded and said: "That's good. Even if we and other scholars are at fault, Li Huan's wanton killing of us and other scholars is a heinous crime."
The two of them walked towards the county school and said, "It's a pity that today most of the students in the county school went to Muzhai Academy to listen to Mr. Muzhai's lectures, and not many students stayed in the county school."
Tan Yuan frowned and said: "After we call the students from the county school, and then go to Xieyuan to meet Duke Muzhai, we can ask Duke Muzhai to come forward. If Duke Muzhai comes forward in person, let's see if Li Huan dares not to give us a
Explain."
Song Guangsheng's eyes lit up, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, we will go see Mr. Mu Zhai later."
Xing family
As one of the most wealthy gentry in Yuyao County, the Xing family has produced two Jinshi and three Juren in the past few decades. Even the inspectors in Yuyao County are all members of the Xing family.
Xing Kang passed the examination as a scholar at the age of eighteen, and the Xing family placed high hopes on him. They believed that Xing Kang had the potential to become a high school scholar in the future, so they attached great importance to Xing Kang. His food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all taken care of by dedicated personnel.
On this day, the head of the Xing family, Xing Tai, was taking stock of the Xing family's income and expenses this year with the Fuzhong accountant. Just looking at the smile on Xing Tai's face, he knew that the Xing family's income this year was definitely not bad.
Suddenly there was a loud noise outside, and Xing Tai couldn't help but frown. If he hadn't been in such a good mood at the moment, he might have ordered someone to beat the person making the noise to death with sticks.
Even so, Xing Tai couldn't help but stand up, walked to the door and said angrily: "Who is making such a noise, don't you know the rules of the house?"
But when Xing Tai finished speaking, he saw an extremely embarrassed figure appearing in his sight. Who could it be if it wasn't his beloved son Xing Kang?
When he saw Xing Kang's appearance, Xing Tai was stunned for a moment, frowned and shouted: "Kang'er, what are you..."
Xing Kang's eyes lit up when he saw Xing Tai. He was really frightened by Li Huan, and he breathed a sigh of relief only when he saw Xing Tai.
Then Xing Kang shouted: "Father, save me!"
After the words fell, Xing Kang rolled his eyes and passed out. He was running all the way, and his mind was up and down seriously. His tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and it was not surprising that he fainted.
But Xing Kang only said "Father, save me" and then passed out. This sentence without any beginning or end confused Xing Tai and others.
Fortunately, several servants saw that the situation was not good and immediately helped Xing Kang who was lying on the ground. The housekeeper stretched out his hand to test Xing Kang's pulse and breathing, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Xing Tai, who was striding over: "
Sir, the young master just passed out. It seems that his mind was greatly shocked. It will be fine if he takes a rest."
Xing Tai frowned and looked at Xing Kang who had passed out. Suddenly he glanced and saw some blood spattered on Xing Kang's clothes.
Although there was not a lot of blood, and you might not even notice it if you didn't look carefully, Xing Tai couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw the blood stains on Xing Kang's clothes.
"Didn't Xing Li and Xing Zheng go with Kang'er to listen to Muzhaigong's lectures? Why was only Kang'er back and not the two of them?"
Xing Tai said to the housekeeper: "Send someone to ask the doctor to come and take a look at Kang'er, and send someone out to find out what happened?"
With his keen intuition, Xing Tai combined the blood on Xing Kang's body and the unclear words of Xing Kang who passed out to make a countermeasure.
Xing Tai was heard shouting angrily at everyone: "Young Master didn't go anywhere today. He was studying at home all the time. Do you understand? No matter who they are, as long as they are looking for Young Master, I will stop them all, even if they are from the government."
Neither can anyone."
Upon hearing this, the housekeeper hurriedly went down to do some work.
And a man who looked like a steward whispered to Xing Tai: "Isn't the master worried that the young master will kill someone..."
Looking at Xing Kang who was being carried towards the bedroom by the maid, he took a deep breath and frowned: "Unless Kang'er killed someone, otherwise, I really can't figure out what happened.
Can make Kang'er so panicked."
No wonder Xing Tai thought so, let alone Xing Tai, everyone else subconsciously thought that Xing Kang must have caused some murder outside.
The steward looked at Xing Tai and said with a smile: "It's just killing people. As long as we don't provoke powerful people, with the status and influence of our Xing family, at worst, we can just give the magistrate a sum of money and let him find someone in labor like before."
It’s just a scapegoat.”
Xing Tai stroked his beard and frowned: "If this is really the case, then we can only waste money and eliminate disasters."
Xing Tai said to the steward: "Go and guard the door of the house personally. No matter who they are, as long as they come to see Kang'er, they are not allowed to come in."
Apparently Xing Tai was a little uneasy, so he ordered his trusted steward to guard the door.
The steward responded: "Don't worry, sir. I will go and guard the door right now. Not to mention the servants from the government office, even if the guards come, I will stop them from the door."
Xing Tai laughed when he heard this and said: "Haha, I can rest assured that you are doing the work, go ahead."
Xie Mansion
The Xie family has been rooted in Yuyao County, Shaoxing for many years. The old house in this county covers an area of more than ten acres. It can be said that in the huge Yuyao County, there is no mansion that can compare with the Xie family.
Come to the second house.
Although the emperor ordered to withdraw all the rewards to Xie Qian, there is still an inscription archway beside the Xie family's old house, which records Xie Qian's deeds.
Being able to have a monument erected shows Xie Qian's influence in the local area. Even this inscription was a reward from Emperor Xiaozong when he was in power, allowing him to erect a monument in Xie Qian's hometown to spread his virtuous name.
It has to be said that Emperor Xiaozong's favor to Xie Qian was really great, and he gave almost everything he could give to a civil servant, otherwise he would not have appointed Xie Qian as a lonely and important minister.
The stone tablet that was erected was the glory of the Xie family, because it was the inscription erected by the emperor's order. Even if the county magistrate came here, he had to kowtow to the stone tablet.
However, because this stone tablet was erected at the door of the Xie family, in the eyes of the common people, successive county magistrates who kowtowed to the stone tablet were like kowtowing to the Xie family. Over time, the stone tablet almost became a symbol of the Xie family's status in Yuyao County.
No one can shake it.
On this day, several servants of the Xie family were carefully wiping the stone tablet. The Xie family had taken good care of the stone tablet over the years, and even built a pavilion for the stone tablet to protect it from wind and rain.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and several Xie family servants who were carefully wiping the stone tablet heard the sound and subconsciously looked over.
Under normal circumstances, almost everyone in Yuyao County is aware of the existence of this stone monument, but all carriages and horses passing by it will take the initiative to slow down.
But listening to the movement, the visitor showed no intention of slowing down, and a puff of smoke billowed in.
When the Xie family servants saw this situation, they looked shocked and angry.
One of the servants angrily stood in front of the stone tablet and was about to speak when suddenly a companion beside him said in shock: "Jin Yiwei, this is from Jin Yiwei!"
The Xie family servant who was guarding the stone tablet was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "What about the royal guards? When the county magistrate comes, he will all bow down."
Zhao Yi saw the stone tablet erected not far from the door of Xie's Mansion at a glance, and pondered: "Is this a gift from the late emperor?"
A small flag official arranged by the Jin Yiwei in Yuyao County hurriedly said: "Sir, it is this inscription. It is the treasure of the Xie family. People in the county often come to worship. There is a stone tablet here. The Xie family is in Yuyao County.
The position will be unshakable."
Zhao Yi nodded slightly and stepped forward on horseback. At the same time, a servant of the Xie family boldly shouted at Zhao Yi: "Bold, the inscription given by the emperor is here, why don't you get off your horse and bow down."
Zhao Yi raised his brows, glanced at the servant, then got off his horse, walked to the stone tablet, and bowed in obeisance.
Seeing this situation, the servants of the Xie family let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that they felt relieved when they saw Zhao Yi bowing his head in front of the stone tablet.
However, at the next moment, Zhao Yi shouted to the guards in royal robes behind him: "Come here, seal the gate of Xie's Mansion for me, and instruct all the brothers to surround Xie's Mansion, and no one is allowed to escape."
"yes!"
A group of Jinyi guards immediately stepped forward and quickly blocked the gate of Xie's Mansion. They were distributed in all directions, completely sealing Xie's Mansion.
Several servants of the Xie Mansion and the doorkeeper were all confused by this scene, and looked at these royal guards in shock and surprise.
Many people around him obviously saw this scene.
Even those who didn't know Jin Yiwei knew the identities of Zhao Yi and others from the mouths of people around them. They cast curious eyes on the Jin Yiwei blocking the gate of Xie Mansion.
In the Xie Mansion, Xie Qian's son, Xie Ming, was leisurely sorting out the rare and rare books he had collected not long ago in his study, when suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps.
"Master, Master, it's not good."
A boy stumbled over, with a look of horror on his face.
When Xie Ming heard the noise, he put down the classics in his hands, frowned, stood up and walked to the door, looked at the boy and frowned and said, "What are you doing in such a hurry?"
The boy said in a trembling voice: "Sir, the Jin Yiwei...the Jin Yiwei people have blocked the door of our Xie Mansion."
"What!"
Xie Ming couldn't help but change his face when he heard this, with a look of horror on his face. He took a deep breath and quickly walked out of the study and headed towards the door of the mansion.
At this moment, not only Xie Ming, but several of Xie Qian's sons also got the news and rushed over from each family's small courtyard.
One of them said to Xie Ming: "Third brother, what is going on? Why did the Jin Yiwei people seal the door of our Xie family?"
Although these people said they were fearless throughout Yuyao, they still inevitably felt a little panicked when they suddenly heard that the Jin Yiwei came to their door.
It's not a good thing when Jin Yiwei comes to your door.
Of course, if Xie Qian is still the elder of the pavilion, let alone an official of the Jinyiwei bringing someone to the door, even if the commander of the Jinyiwei comes, they will not be afraid. The key point is that now Xie Qian is no longer in charge of power, and the aloof elder of the pavilion is
ah.
Although with Xie Qian's prestige, no one in the Xie family dared to provoke him, their confidence was not as strong as before.
Xie Ming glanced at everyone and said, "Let me go and take a look."
As he spoke, Xie Ming strode forward and soon arrived at the gate. Seeing that the gate was closed, Xie Ming frowned and shouted to several panic-looking servants: "Open the door."
The servant trembled and hurriedly opened the door. As soon as Xie Ming took a step forward, he heard a choking sound, the Xiuchun knife was unsheathed, and a sharp Xiuchun knife was placed between Xie Ming's neck.
The cold blade was close to Xie Ming's neck, which only made Xie Ming shiver. He stared at the other party with a look of horror on his face, and said in a trembling voice: "I... I am the son of the old Xie Qian in the front pavilion. You...
What do you want to do?"
Zhao Yi glanced at Xie Ming lightly and said: "Go back to the house. If you dare to step out of the house, you will be killed without mercy!"
Xie Ming could hear the murderous intent in Zhao Yi's words, and shuddered subconsciously. He didn't know if the other party was scaring them, or if someone would really be killed if they walked out of the house.
However, Xie Ming did not dare to test the truth of what Zhao Yi said. Instead, he glanced at Zhao Yi and returned to the house.
Several of Xie Ming's brothers immediately gathered around him, obviously they heard Zhao Yi's words clearly.
Xie Zhong is Xie Qian's youngest son, who is about 20 years old. Because he has a son at an old age, he is always favored by Xie Qian. In the Xie family, he is like a little bully who wants wind to win and rain to rain.
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At this moment, Xie Zhong sneered and said: "Isn't it just a group of Jinyi guards? Our father was the chief assistant at that time. On his birthday, the commanders of the Jinyiwei personally came to congratulate him, and they were respectful in front of our father. Speaking of it, I still have some...
There is a shortage of officials for hundreds of royal guards who have been gifted by the late emperor. I really think I am afraid of them."
Xie Ming coughed lightly and said to Xie Zhong: "Sixth brother, His Majesty has issued an order to deprive our Xie family of the rewards. Now you have long since lost the position of official of the Hundred Households of Jinyiwei."
Hearing this, Xie Zhong said: "So what? My father was a veteran of several dynasties, and his disciples and old officials are all over the court. Although he was dismissed by the emperor, he is still a famous person in the world. I don't believe that these Jinyi guards dare to kill people in front of our Xie Mansion.
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As he said that, Xie Zhong was about to go forward to argue with Zhao Yi, but Xie Ming grabbed Xie Zhong and said: "Sixth brother, don't be reckless!"
Xie Zhong laughed loudly when he saw this, and said to Xie Ming: "Third brother is just too timid. Don't worry, I'm sure they don't dare to do anything to me."
As he spoke, Xie Zhong continued to move forward, and looked back at Xie Ming and others: "Don't forget, we are the Xie family of Yuyao, a prominent family for hundreds of years..."
As he spoke, Xie Zhong had already walked to the gate. He was dressed in brocade clothes, with a bit of disdain on his face. He glanced at the brocade guard guarding the door holding the hilt of the embroidered spring knife, and his eyes fell on Zhao Yi.
On the body.
"Are you the leader of Jinyiwei?"
Zhao Yi glanced at Xie Zhong indifferently, and just snorted coldly: "If you don't want to die immediately, go back to the house!"
Xie Ming and others were watching this scene in the mansion. Upon seeing this, they quickly shouted to Xie Zhong: "Sixth brother, come back quickly, don't be rash."
It's just that Xie Zhong is a free-spirited person. Relying on the power of the Xie family, he is really fearless in Yuyao County. Not long ago, he beat the parents of a civilian girl to death for raping her on the street.
In this case, the county government just summoned him for questioning and then pinned the crime on others.
When the people watching from a distance saw Xie Zhong walking out of the mansion, many of their expressions changed.
For Xie Zhong, a major disaster in Yuyao County, it can be said that the people of Yuyao County have been suffering from this person for a long time. Over the years, more than a dozen families have been destroyed and killed by Xie Zhong alone.
"Oh my God, this is Xie Zhong!"
"This is Yuyao's No. 1 tycoon. These Jin Yiwei may not be able to defeat him!"
"This man is fearless. I heard that he even dares to tease the county magistrate's wife..."
Murder and arson were nothing in Xie Zhong's eyes, and he didn't know what fear meant. So after hearing Zhao Yi's words, his temper suddenly rose, and he took a few steps forward to get in front of Zhao Yi.
Xie Zhong stared at Zhao Yi with a disdainful look and said: "Now that I have left the house, your young master's head is here. If you can, chop off my young master's head. Do you dare..."
As he spoke, Xie Zhong stretched out his finger and tapped Zhao Yi's chest with disdain, his face full of ridicule and said: "Do you dare!"
Zhao Yi's originally calm face suddenly showed a smile. I don't know why, but when Xie Zhong saw the smile on Zhao Yi's face, he felt a little panicked in his heart.
"choke!"
The sound of the Xiuchun sword being unsheathed was heard, and the next moment a flash of sword light flashed across, accompanied by a touch of blood. Xie Zhong's head flew up in an instant, and blood spattered.
Zhao Yi raised his foot and kicked Xie Zhong's fallen head, and immediately kicked him into Xie's mansion, and also kicked Xie Zhong's swaying and fallen body into the mansion.
Zhao Yi put away the knife and said with an indifferent expression: "I have said that anyone who leaves the house without permission will be killed!"
The scene where Xie Zhong was beheaded by Zhao Yi made everyone around him dumbfounded. In the eyes of the people around him, Xie Zhong was someone no one dared to provoke. Even the magistrate of the county could do nothing to him.
But none of them could have imagined that Yuyao Yizhao, who had been causing harm to Yuyao County for more than ten years, would be beheaded in public.
That was the sixth son of the Xie family, and he was Xie Qian's favorite youngest son, and he died in front of them.
"Hey, Xie Zhong is dead?"
"I must have read it wrong. Someone dares to kill Xie Zhong. Isn't he afraid of the Xie family's crazy revenge?"
The people around him were all dumbfounded, and everyone in the Xie family also had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Especially when Xie Zhong's head and body were kicked back into Xie's mansion by Zhao Yi and rolled directly in front of them, Xie Ming and others were frightened and backed away.
When his eyes fell on Xie Zhong's unblinking face, full of shock and disbelief, there was a blur of blood, and some people couldn't help but retched on the spot.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
Xie Qian's son, a concubine, was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, his face pale and sobbing.
If they were just a little worried when they saw Jin Yiwei blocking the door of their Xie family before, then the people from Jin Yiwei chopped off Xie Zhong's head without hesitation. At this moment, no matter how slow his reaction was, he could
Realizing that their Xie family might be in trouble this time.
If it was just a simple crime, I am afraid that Jin Yiwei would not come to the door in person. People from Jin Yiwei even dared to attack their Xie Mansion and even dared to kill the legitimate son of Xie Mansion. What does this mean?
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Daddy, what the hell is going on!"
Some people were crying in fear.
Xie Ming's face was livid, and he shouted to several brothers: "Okay, everyone is mourning. The Jinyiwei people haven't taken action yet, which means that our Xie family still has hope. Even if something really happened, dad has been there for decades."
Where are the connections, the Dukes above the court will definitely not stand idly by."
After listening to Xie Ming's words, many people showed some hope in their eyes. Their faces were full of hope and they looked at Xie Ming and said, "Third brother, is what you said true? Will our Xie family really be fine?"
Xie Ming looked at the royal guards at the entrance of the mansion, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes, but he still said firmly: "Don't worry, daddy is still there for everything. My Xie family will not fall down so easily."
Xie Yuan
Xie Di's face turned pale as he looked at the Jin Yiwei who broke into Xie Garden, looking like wolves and tigers.
When Xie Di was brought in front of Li Huan by the Jin Yiwei, Xie Di's face turned ashen when he saw Xie Qian, who was also captured by the Jin Yiwei.
After giving Xie Di a faint look, Li Huan sneered and said, "Xie Di, right? You must have an idea of why I came to the door."
Xie Di was startled when he heard this, and immediately wailed at Li Huan: "Sir, I don't know, I have been loyal to generations, and my brother has assisted several generations of emperors, loyal to the court, and loyal to His Majesty..."
Li Huan looked at Xie Di's appearance, and said loudly to Xie Qian, who was beside him with a heavy face: "Mr.
If it is as he said, that would be great."
Xie Qian raised his head, sneered at Li Huan and said: "Traitor, if you want to kill or behead him, please do as you please. Why should Xie be afraid?"
Li Huan glanced at Xie Qian lightly, and at the same time, Chen Yao and Lin Pingzhi walked over.
I heard Lin Pingzhi say to Li Huan with excitement: "Sir, we found a few living people among the dead. After some interrogation, these people have already told us about the people who came to listen to Xie Qian's lectures.
There may be some omissions in the list of disciples, but there will definitely not be too many. Even if we catch a few more escaped scholars, we can find them all under interrogation."
As he spoke, Lin Pingzhi handed Li Huan a stack of papers filled with names. These papers were densely packed with the names of the literati who came to listen to Xie Qian's lectures, but some of the names were scratched out.
A big cross indicates that these people have died in the previous wave of random killings.
After reading through it, Li Huan read out a few names, and then said to Lin Pingzhi: "Pingzhi, take a group of people and bring back to me those who escaped from these families."
The people named by Li Huan are all descendants of the local gentry in Yuyao County. These families, together with the Xie family, occupy almost half of the land in Yuyao County. Even if the imperial decree is issued, if there is no cooperation from these families,
, the government decree is like waste paper.
It can be said that such cancer-like existences have almost become a common phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty. It’s fine that Li Huan has not encountered them. Now that he has encountered them, he will definitely not tolerate such existences continuing to lie in the body of the Ming Dynasty.
Suck blood.
When Lin Pingzhi heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Yes, sir, I will take people to get him right now."
Lin Pingzhi quickly ordered dozens of Jinyi guards and then galloped towards Yuyao County.
Li Huan now said to Chen Yao: "Chen Yao, take Mr. Xie Ge with you. You must let Mr. Xie Ge go back to his hometown to take a look."
Chen Yao laughed loudly when he heard this, stepped forward and said to Xie Qian, whose face was as dark as water: "Mr.
Your Majesty has said that you will be punished for the crime of treason committed by the nine tribes. When the time comes, your family will be neat and reunited, and you will not have to worry about being lonely on the road to hell."
Xie Qian's eyes narrowed, and he immediately roared at Li Huan: "Traitor, traitor, come on me for whatever reason, no harm will come to your family..."
Hearing this, Li Huan seemed to have heard a big joke. He looked down at Xie Qian and sneered: "Mr.
Where are your family members?"
Li Huan said disdainfully: "You'd better tell your family members and see what they say to you."
Xie Di on the side burst into tears after listening to Li Huan's words, and sighed: "Brother, we were wrong, we were really wrong!"
Xie Qian had a ferocious look on his face and angrily yelled at Xie Di: "I'm right, the emperor is stupid and ignorant, favoring treacherous villains, hahaha... It's the emperor who's wrong, it's the emperor who's wrong..."
Looking at Xie Qian who was like a madman, Li Huan waved his hand and said: "Take him away!"
In addition to leaving a few Jinyi guards to deal with the corpses on the ground, a group of Jinyi guards escorted Xie Qian, Xie Di and a few scholars who were lucky enough to survive from the pile of dead people and headed straight for Yuyao County.
Yuyao County
Most of the scholars who had previously escaped from Jin Yiwei's butcher's knife, quite a few fled directly into Yuyao County, while the rest fled Yuyao County directly and did not dare to stay in Yuyao County for a moment.
After all, not everyone is like Xing Kang, who was so frightened that he could not even speak completely. As these frightened scholars fled back to the county town, in the Muzhai Academy, Li Huan ordered the Jin Yiwei to go on a killing spree, creating
News of the massacre in the school also spread.
It's a pity that according to what these scholars said, hundreds of scholars were massacred. Almost no one dares to believe such horrifying things.
Almost everyone didn't believe what those seemingly crazy literati said. Hundreds of literati were killed. What kind of concept was that?
This is the land of Jiangnan where the literary style flourishes. Whoever dares to do such appalling things is not afraid of being drowned in the saliva of the scholars.
Even today, I am afraid that I would not dare to order the massacre of so many scholars. Didn't you know that the First Emperor Ying Zheng was criticized by Confucians for many years for burning books and humiliating Confucians?
If any emperor dared to kill so many scholars, it is conceivable that he would definitely be known as a tyrant.
Just like at this moment, Song Guangsheng and Tan Yuan came in force with dozens of students bringing blood, preparing to leave the city to go to Muzhai Academy to find Xie Qian, and asked Xie Qian to come forward for them and ask for an explanation from Li Huan and others.
Song Guangsheng and his party came in a fierce manner, and happened to run into several embarrassed soldiers.
Song Guangsheng recognized Di Fang, one of the students from the county school, at a glance. Song Guangsheng immediately called Di Fang and others. They were all shocked when they were suddenly called.
However, when they saw Song Guangsheng and his party clearly, Di Fang and others breathed a sigh of relief.
"Instructions!"
Di Fang said timidly to Song Guangsheng.
Frowning, Song Guangsheng looked at Di Fang and the others and said, "What on earth is going on with you? Even if Li Huan kills Su Kui, Xizhen and the others, you won't be like this."
As he spoke, Song Guangsheng said: "I usually teach you not to be afraid in the face of danger, but Li Huan killed a few people, and you are now like this."
Tan Yuan was stroking his beard and looked at Di Fang and others and said: "Just now, I and Song Jiaoyu are going to bring a group of county school students to invite Mr. Muzhai, and then go to ask Li Huan for an explanation. You can follow
Let's go together..."
I thought that these scholars would definitely respond, but when Tan Yuan finished speaking, Di Fang and the others were so frightened that their expressions changed. They even stepped back, opened the distance between them and Tan Yuan, turned around and ran away, saying as they ran: "
No, no, no... Even if we are beaten to death, we will not go to see that devil Li Huan again."
"Forehead!"
Obviously Tan Yuan did not expect such a reaction from Di Fang and others, and looked at Di Fang and others running away with a confused expression.
Song Guangsheng was stunned, then when he realized what he was doing, he waved his sleeves and shouted angrily: "What a bunch of courageous people. I've wasted my time teaching them. None of them even have the courage to do so."
While he was talking, a scholar who did not escape timidly said: "Jiaoyu, I don't blame them. It was Li Huan who was too cruel. He directly slaughtered hundreds of students. The entire Muzhai Academy was stained red with blood."
, there are corpses of killed scholars everywhere. If we hadn’t escaped quickly, I’m afraid we would have been killed by the Jin Yiwei by now..."
After hearing this, Song Guangsheng directly rebuked: "It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous. Tell me, who dares to kill us and other scholars in this place where the literary style is at its peak in the south of the Yangtze River, let alone hundreds of people, he will kill dozens of them for me."
Look at it, we will make him infamy last forever and die without a burial place..."
The scholar almost cried: "Really, the student really didn't lie..."
At this time, the ground shook slightly, and the sound that was heard was definitely the sound of a large group of people entering the city. When the scholar heard the sound, he felt as if he had seen a ghost, and his face suddenly turned pale, and he was extremely frightened.
shouted: "The murderer is coming!"
After saying that, the scholar crawled into the alley and escaped without a trace in the blink of an eye.
This scholar's reaction stunned everyone, even Song Guangsheng and Tan Yuan were stunned for a moment.
Xing family
The Xing family's mansion is not too far from the city gate, and it also occupies a very large area. After all, it is the home of a well-known local wealthy family in Yuyao County. If the residence is shabby, it is not considered a wealthy family.
Lin Pingzhi received Li Huan's order and took dozens of Jinyi guards with him. After entering the city, he immediately rushed to the Xing family.
After arresting a gangster and interrogating him, the gangster led Lin Ping and his entourage to the Xing family mansion.
The sound of horse hooves vibrated, and Lin Pingzhi saw a very luxurious mansion with an extremely large area in the distance.
The ruffian was led by a guard in royal robes. His face was pale and he was looking at Lin Pingzhi: "My lord, that is the Xing family mansion you are looking for."
Lin Pingzhi responded and led his men forward on horseback, heading straight for the Xing family mansion.
Hou Qing, the steward of the Xing family, was the former bookboy of the head of the family, Xing Tai. He still had quite a status in the Xing family and was always regarded as a confidant by Xing Tai.
When Xing Kang returned home in embarrassment, Hou Qing guessed that Xing Kang had caused someone else's death outside. Now he was ordered by Xing Tai to guard the gate of the house to prevent anyone from coming to take Xing Kang.
Although it is said that the magistrate's office actually sent officers to take Xing Kang away, with the power of their Xing family, they were able to fish him out very quickly.
But who makes Xing Kang the treasure of their Xing family? The Xing family still hopes that Xing Kang can become a Jinshi in high school and strive for the destiny of their Xing family for several more decades.
Therefore, the Xing family would rather offend the government officials than allow the government officials to take Xing Kang away.
Hou Qing was currently chatting boredly with a few sturdy servants in the concierge, when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from outside.
Hou Qing frowned and murmured softly: "It's strange, since when did Yuyao County have such a cavalry team?"
After Hou Qing finished speaking, the sound of horse hoofbeats outside also stopped. Hou Qing's expression changed slightly, because he could hear that the sound of horse hoofbeats stopped outside their Xing family's house.
Lin Pingzhi looked at the closed door of the mansion, with a look of excitement and excitement on his slightly immature face. He took a deep breath, tried hard to calm down, and then imitated Li Huan, facing behind him.
Several guards in brocade clothes said: "Go, kick open the door of the mansion for me, and ask the Xing family to hand over Xing Kang."
Lin Pingzhi didn't think much about Li Huan's intention of arresting Xing Kang. Anyway, he only needed to finish the things Li Huan assigned him.
As soon as Lin Pingzhi finished speaking, he saw several guards in royal robes rushing forward like wolves and tigers, smashing into the door of the Xing family's house.
Fortunately, the Xing family's door was strong enough. Even so, the Xing family's door was crumbling after being smashed by several strong and powerful guards.
In the concierge, Hou Qing was startled by the movement. He quickly came forward with a few strong servants and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Stop, stop, don't smash it."
The Jin Yiwei responsible for calling the door immediately shouted: "Jin Yiwei is handling the case, open the door quickly and hand over Xing Kang."
Hou Qing, who was walking towards the door, clearly heard the sound coming from outside. His feet suddenly softened and he almost fell to the ground, with an extremely horrified look on his face.
"Jinyiwei..."
Hou Qing originally thought that the person coming might be a servant from the county government, but he never expected that the person coming would actually be someone from Jinyiwei.
What on earth did my young master do? Could it be that he killed someone related to Jin Yiwei, so that Jin Yiwei came to arrest him?
With these thoughts passing through his mind, Hou Qing kept walking, winking at several servants, and while reinforcing the door of the house, he shouted to the outside: "My young master is ill, have you made a mistake...
"
Hearing what Hou Qing said, several Jinyi guards immediately said angrily: "If you don't open the door again, don't blame us for being rude."
Hou Qing's expression changed slightly, and he pulled over a servant and said: "Go and tell the master quickly that the Jin Yiwei people are here to arrest the young master, and ask him to hide the young master well."
After hearing this, the servant went crazy and ran into the inner courtyard to deliver the news.
Lin Pingzhi frowned as he watched several of his men in uniform smashing the door. They couldn't open the door for a long time. He got off his horse and strode forward.
Before walking to the gate of the mansion, Lin Pingzhi shouted: "Get out of the way."
Several Jin Yiwei who hit the door quickly stepped aside, and Lin Pingzhi took a deep breath and suddenly slapped the door down with his palm.
There was a click, and the solid wood door bolt, which was as thick as an adult's arm, was shattered by Lin Pingzhi's life.
The door bolt was disconnected, and several guards in royal robes slammed into the door. Several screams were heard, and the Xing family servant who was holding on to the door with all his strength was knocked to the ground.
Lin Pingzhi was wearing a royal guard uniform, with an embroidered spring knife on his waist, but his aura was not bad, especially in the previous killing, Lin Pingzhi's body was stained with the blood of many soldiers, and an evil aura rushed towards his face.
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When Hou Qing saw Lin Pingzhi for the first time, he couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. This was definitely the real Jin Yiwei. Not to mention other things, just this evil aura was not something that ordinary people could fake.
With a smile on his face, Hou Qing nodded to Lin Pingzhi and said, "Sir, what are you doing..."
Lin Pingzhi glanced at Hou Qing and said, "Hand over Xing Kang."
Hou Qing opened his mouth and said: "My young master is ill..."
With a bang, Lin Ping kicked Hou Qing in the stomach, sending Hou Qing flying away and sneered: "Jin Yiwei takes people, regardless of life or death. If you don't hand over Xing Kang, the consequences will not be what you can bear."
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Lin Pingzhi really didn't hear what Hou Qing ordered the Xing family servants to run to inform Xing Tai to hide Xing Kang.
Although Lin Pingzhi is innocent by nature, he is not a fool. Besides, after following Li Huan for a few days, he naturally knows when to be tough. Jin Yiwei does not have the time to listen to other people's nonsense when handling cases.
Hou Qing was kicked in the stomach by Lin Pingzhi. He was rolling on the ground in pain and vomiting acidic water.
A military captain in brocade clothes came forward, held his embroidered spring knife against Hou Qing's throat and said, "Take us to see Xing Kang, or we will die!"
"Bold, don't let go of the steward yet..."
A servant who usually wanted to curry favor with Hou Qing, who was in charge, saw Hou Qing with a knife held to his throat. He didn't know where he got the courage to jump out and charge at the Jin Yiwei.
The captain shouted angrily.
This angry shout made the captain of the Jinyi Guards a little confused. When they were handling cases, they were scolded and cursed a lot, but they were all people in the officialdom or relatives of powerful people, but like
This is really the first time I have been scolded by a young servant like this.
Grinning, the embroidered spring knife fell from the hand of the Jinyi Guardsman. The next moment, he heard a scream, and saw the servant just holding his stomach and screaming and falling to the ground. Blood flowed out from his chest, and it turned out to be his stomach.
A large gash was opened on his body, and his internal organs could be vaguely seen.
Hou Qing had never seen such a bloody scene, especially when the Jinyi Guardsman's Xiuchun knife covered with blood was pressed against his neck. Hou Qing was so frightened that he peed and screamed: "Spare my life, spare my life."
Ah, I will take some officials there..."
Here Xing Kang was stabbed with a silver needle and finally woke up.
After Xing Tai thanked the doctor, he looked at Xing Kang with blank eyes and frowned: "Kang'er, it doesn't matter even if you kill someone, dad will help you settle it. Besides, it's not the first time you have made trouble."
How come human life is still like this, even killing a person is like this, how can it be a big deal in the future?"
Hearing the murder, Xing Kang couldn't help but trembled, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, he sat up suddenly and said to Xing Tai: "Father, Jin Yiwei killed someone, killed many people, the child is afraid, the child is afraid...
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Xing Tai was confused. While comforting the frightened Xing Kang, he said, "Kang'er, don't be afraid. Tell your father what happened?"
Here, Song Guangsheng, Tan Yuan and dozens of county school students looked in the direction from which the movement came, and at first glance, they saw a group of uniformed guards roaring towards them.
When they saw these Jinyi guards, Song Guangsheng, Tan Yuan and others couldn't help showing a look of astonishment.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "Jiaoyu, look quickly to see if that is Duke Mu Zhai."
Following what the student pointed, Song Guangsheng and Tan Yuan couldn't help but look over and saw a figure riding on a horse. It was not Xie Qian, but they didn't know why. Song Guangsheng and Tan Yuan felt that Xie Qian's expression was a bit...
Something doesn't feel right, it seems like it has lost all energy, like a walking corpse.
However, Song Guangsheng, Tan Yuan and the others didn't think much about it. Their eyes lit up when they saw Xie Qian.
Li Huan and the others had never seen him before, but they recognized the official uniform he wore. It was the flying fish uniform given by the emperor. Among the royal guards, only Li Huan had such an honor.
So even though I didn't know Li Huan, I recognized Li Huan's identity at a glance.
Looking at the roaring Jin Yiwei, Song Guangsheng and Tan Yuan thought that Su Kui, Xizhen, Fang Kai, Jiang Ying and others were killed by Li Huan. For a moment, they felt dissatisfied in their hearts, and they immediately shouted at the people behind them.
The student said: "All students, follow me and stop these Jinyi guards to ask for an explanation for Su Kui, Xizhen, Fang Kai and Jiang Ying who died unjustly."
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