What the officer said was so shocking that they couldn't help but be shocked by it.
If it was just the Jinyi guards surrounding the Chen family to take people away, then they wouldn't be so surprised, although behind the Chen family there was such a big backer as Chen Wenliang, who was the censor of Zuodu.
But no matter how noble Chen Wenliang is, there are too many dignitaries in the court who respect his status. Even Xie Qian, who is the elder of the pavilion, will have his family confiscated and exterminated, so it is said that the Chen family will one day be captured by the Jin Yiwei.
It's not that unusual to be targeted.
The officials present know better than anyone else that the Chen family, which is entrenched in Yangzhou Prefecture and controls the salt industry in Lianghuai, appears to be a good man building bridges and paving roads, but privately it is a male thieves and a female prostitute who commits all kinds of evil. But one day a great figure like Chen Wenliang will
If the backer collapses, Chen's fate will definitely not be any better.
This is also true. Not long ago, the Yangzhou magistrate's office learned that a group of Jinyi guards had come to the capital. They were originally curious about why these Jinyi guards came to Yangzhou City.
But when the Jinyiwei men surrounded the Chen family, the officials in the prefect's yamen who had the keenest sense of officialdom realized that the good days of the Chen family were probably coming to an end.
But what they didn't expect was that the Chen family's reaction would be so unbelievable when faced with the Jin Yiwei coming to take someone.
He fought against the Jin Yiwei and even led his servants to fight against the Jin Yiwei. This was Chi Guoguo's rebellious move.
At this moment, even Xu Lin, the magistrate of Yangzhou who had been keeping calm, couldn't help shaking his hands, spilling a few drops of tea from the tea cup in his hands, staring at the guard with sharp eyes and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure you read it correctly?
, are the people from the Chen family really fighting with the people from Jinyiwei?"
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
The officer said with a sad face and a trembling voice: "Sir, people from the Chen family killed many Jin Yiwei. This matter was not just seen by the young one. Besides, such a big thing, even the young Youtian
I don’t dare to deceive you all, even if you are brave enough.”
Xu Lin's face was as gloomy as water, his eyes swept over Chen Rui who was sitting on the ground, and he immediately shouted in a deep voice, "Come here, take down Chen Rui."
People from the Chen family dare to kill even Jin Yiwei. This is absolutely crazy. Even fools know that the Chen family is in ruins. Even the King of Heaven can't save the Chen family.
At this time, anyone who is smarter will immediately choose to sever ties with the Chen family.
As Xu Lin finished speaking, he saw two guards walking outside the door. The guards stepped forward and arrested Chen Rui.
Chen Rui reacted at this time, and while struggling violently, he shouted to Xu Lin and others: "Xu Lin, our Chen family is finished, and you can't get better either..."
After Chen Rui finished speaking, all the officials in the hall changed their expressions.
Over the years, they have benefited a lot from the Chen family. Just as Chen Rui said, if the Chen family reveals all these things, they will most likely be in trouble by then.
A fate of disgrace.
At this moment, a burly official suddenly stood up, bowed his hands to Xu Lin, and said, "Your Majesty, the prefect, Chen Rui, the prefect, was informed that his clan members were plotting rebellion. He was so worried that he committed suicide out of fear of crime and hung himself from a beam..."
The person who spoke was Chen Rui's immediate superior. Xu Wei was the general judge of Yangzhou Prefecture, and Xu Wei was the representative figure of the Yangzhou Xu family in the officialdom of Yangzhou Prefecture. What he said at this moment was to put Chen Rui to death.
Chen Rui's expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he looked at Xu Wei in horror. Even though he was Xu Wei's subordinate, because the Chen family's reputation was stronger than that of the Xu family, in the yamen, Chen Rui and Xu Wei had always regarded him as brothers.
proportionate.
But what Chen Rui didn't expect was that Xu Wei would kill him as soon as he opened his mouth.
Chen Rui, with a look of disbelief on his face, stared at Xu Wei fiercely and said angrily: "Xu Wei, you are so vicious..."
Xu Wei snorted coldly, and pointed at Chen Rui with cold eyes like poisonous snakes: "If you want to blame it, it's just that your Chen family is too unruly. As the saying goes, one person is responsible for everything, but your Chen family is being robbed, and you actually want to drag everyone into trouble, then...
Don't blame me for being cruel."
After the words fell, Xu Wei cupped his hands and said to the prefect Xu Lin: "Your Excellency, it is clear that all officials of the Chen family in Yangzhou Prefecture have committed suicide out of fear of crime."
At the same time, all the officials in the hall looked at each other, stood up and said to Xu Lin: "Your Excellency, you are aware of this!"
Xu Lin stroked his beard, glanced over the officials, nodded slightly, and sighed softly: "It's such a pity that an official from the Chen family committed suicide out of fear of crime after hearing the news!"
As Xu Lin made the final decision, all the officials in the hall secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with a somewhat relaxed look on their faces.
The Chen family has more than a dozen officials, large and small, in the Yangzhou government office. Because these people are in the officialdom, they have very close contacts with them. Many of their shady contacts with the Chen family are through these people. If
Although these people can be eradicated, I dare not say that they can completely forget their relationship with the Chen family. At least they can feel more at ease.
Xu Lin's eyes fell on Xu Wei and said: "Master Xu, you will personally supervise this matter. No one should be left behind."
Xu Wei said in a deep voice: "I'll go and do it now."
While talking, Xu Lin shouted at the two guards holding Chen Rui: "What are you doing here in a daze? Why don't you take Chen Rui down so that we can send him on his way?"
Chen Rui struggled fiercely and cursed endlessly. Unfortunately, no matter how much he cursed, he could not break free from the shackles of the two guards and was dragged out alive.
In the side hall next door, Chen Rui was hung from the beam. As he struggled violently, his body became stiff and breathless soon after.
In the hall, Xu Lin and other officials heard the movement next door disappear, and they naturally understood what was going on. Everyone looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief.
At this time, Xu Lin said to the previous officer: "Go and find out what happened to Chen Yuan and other core figures of the Chen family. Have they ever fallen into the hands of the Jin Yiwei!"
Although they said they had eliminated the officials who were from the Chen family in the government offices, it was not that easy to completely cut off their relationship with the Chen family.
After all, if the core members of the Chen family are still there, then they are also at risk of being dragged into the water.
Therefore, what everyone is most concerned about right now is what happened to the Chen family. Whether they were all killed in the confrontation with the Jin Yiwei, or whether they had fallen into the hands of the Jin Yiwei.
Only by knowing the whereabouts of those in the Chen family can they come up with countermeasures.
As the officer took the order and left, all the officials in the hall were restless, with a bit of worry on their faces.
The waiting time passed extremely slowly. Although it was just a cup of tea, to everyone it seemed like a long time had passed.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and all eyes looked outside the hall. When they saw the person coming, everyone's faces showed a look of anticipation.
The person who came was none other than the policeman.
Walking into the hall, before the officer could speak, Jia Yuan, the deputy governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, said eagerly: "Lu Wu, tell me quickly, have all the members of the Chen family been killed by the Jin Yiwei?"
When talking about this, Jia Yuan's eyes were filled with hope, not only for Jia Yuan, but also for other officials in the hall.
Obviously what they hope for most is that everyone in the Chen family will be killed by the Jin Yiwei, so that they can feel completely at ease.
Lu Wu shook his head when he heard this, and said at the same time: "Back to your lord, I don't know whether Chen Yuan and others are alive or dead, but the Jin Yiwei suffered heavy casualties."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Xu Lin frowned and said, "What are the Jinyiwei people doing right now? Are they searching the entire city of Dasuo for the whereabouts of Chen Yuan and others?"
Everyone's eyes lit up and they all looked at Lu Wu. If Jin Yiwei's people raided the whole city, it meant that someone in the Chen family had escaped the capture of Jin Yiwei. If Jin Yiwei stopped here, it meant that the Chen family's people were not arrested.
If you kill them all, you have fallen into the hands of Jin Yiwei.
Lu Wu looked at Xu Lin, hesitated and said, "Go back to my lord, I saw the Jin Yiwei men escorting Chen Long towards the Yamen."
Hearing what Lu Wu said, everyone's faces showed signs of astonishment and confusion.
Although they were a little surprised that Chen Long fell into the hands of Jinyiwei, what surprised them was that since Jinyiwei had taken Chen Long, normally he should have returned to Yangzhou Jinyiwei Qianhu Station.
Just at this moment, another person rushed towards the hall, and an official was heard saying in a panic: "My lord, my lord, something bad has happened. The people from the Jin Yiwei are here!"
With a crash, everyone present stood up in unison, with panic on their faces.
Someone said with a panicked look on his face: "It's over, it's over this time, the Jin Yiwei people must be here to arrest us."
"Chen family, it must be someone from the Chen family who framed me and others, and that's why the Jin Yiwei people were recruited!"
"Damn it, the Chen family, don't arrest me. I don't want to go to Jinyiwei's prison..."
For a moment, the hall was in chaos, and the officials had different reactions. It was really ugly.
At this moment, a loud sound was heard, and Xu Lin, the prefect, slapped the table eucalyptus. The sound was so loud that the tea cups on the table eucalyptus were shaken down.
This roar suddenly caused the hall to become extremely silent, and all eyes naturally turned to Xu Lin.
Xu Lin, who was dressed in official uniform as the highest official in Yangzhou Prefecture, showed a bit of majesty in his eyes at this time. He glanced at the people and snorted coldly: "Why are you panic? The people from Jinyiwei haven't come yet.
, Besides, what if the Jin Yiwei people come to the government office, if they want to arrest me, they must have the court's will and sufficient evidence, and the other party may not be coming for us."
As he spoke, Xu Lin said coldly: "Look at how well behaved you all are. You really disgrace the saint and disgrace your gentleness."
After being reprimanded by Xu Lin, all the officials looked embarrassed, but they looked at Xu Lin as if they were grasping a life-saving straw and said, "Master magistrate, are these royal guards really not here for us?"
Xu Lin snorted coldly and said: "Ask me, how do I know that the sky has not fallen yet? Besides, even if the sky does fall, I will still be holding on, and I haven't panicked yet. Why are you panicking?"
While talking, Xu Linchong said to Lu Wu: "Lu Wu, send someone to ask what the Jin Yiwei people mean!"
At this time, a burst of fast horses came rushing towards him, and he saw a small flag officer of the Imperial Guard dismounting his horse and rushing directly into the government office.
"Where is the governor of Yangzhou!"
Jin Yiwei broke into the government office. This kind of thing would never have happened during the Hongzhi period. However, in recent years, with Li Huan's strong intimidation and reorganization of Jin Yiwei, the power of Jin Yiwei has reappeared.
Let’s not talk about other places, let’s talk about the capital. Officials of all sizes in Jinyiwei can be said to be extremely high-spirited and worthy of the name of the emperor’s personal army.
This Jinyiwei Xiaoqi followed Li Huan in the capital and had not raided the homes of many powerful and high-ranking officials. In his eyes, the Yangzhou government office was nothing. Even if he broke into it, no one could do anything to him.
The top officials of the Yangzhou Prefecture were all in the inner hall. As for the lower-level officials, how could they dare to stop the small flag officer of the Jinyiwei who looked very powerful at first glance.
So this little flag officer rushed directly to the hall where Xu Lin and others were.
Hearing someone shouting outside, Xu Lin, who was the prefect, stood up and looked outside, and saw a man wearing an official uniform with a small flag and a brocade guard outside the hall.
Frowning, Xu Lin suppressed the worry in his heart, his eyes fell on the little flag officer and he said coldly: "I am Xu Lin, the prefect of Yangzhou. What's the matter with you coming to see me?"
The flag officer glanced at Xu Lin, bowed his hands to Xu Lin and said, "Ding Yi, the flag officer of Jinyiwei, is here to inform you on the order of Lord Qianhu. The Chen family in Yangzhou intends to plot rebellion. Please give the order immediately."
Seal the four gates of Yangzhou City and search the entire city to capture the remaining members of the Chen family."
As he spoke, Ding Yi glanced at the crowd and said, "The adults from thousands of households in my family will come to meet the prefect soon."
I don't know why, but after hearing Ding Yi's words, all the officials standing behind Xu Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Lin raised his eyebrows, glanced at Ding Yi blankly and said, "I understand."
Watching Ding Yi leave, his colleague Jia Yuan said to Xu Lin: "Sir, it seems that the people from Jinyiwei are not here for us. They are asking for something from us."
An official also said: "I think Jin Yiwei suffered a big loss in the Chen family this time, and even escaped from the Chen family."
The official said with a bit of regret: "It's such a pity. It would be great if all Chen Yuan's people were killed by the Jin Yiwei. Now that these people have escaped, I don't know what trouble will be caused."
Everyone present had inexplicable expressions in their eyes.
Xu Lin glanced at his colleague Jia Yuan and said, "Mr. Jia, you immediately send an order to seal the four gates, and at the same time, order a raid across the city to capture the remaining members of the Chen family."
Jia Yuan was stunned and subconsciously said to Xu Lin: "Sir, do you really want to help the Jin Yiwei people capture the Chen family?"
Jia Yuan's intention was very clear. If he captured the Chen family, if the Chen family bit them, they would be shooting themselves in the foot.
Glancing at Jia Yuan indifferently, Xu Lin said calmly: "Tell the people below that the Chen family is extremely cruel. Once discovered, they will live or die."