In the opinion of Xu Lin and others, Lin Pingzhi, who had come from the capital to guard Qianhu, should have been dead long ago. After all, they almost searched the entire Yangzhou Mansion but could not find Lin Pingzhi's name.
trace.
At that time, Xu Wei swore to them that Lin Pingzhi must have died with a heavy reward.
Not only Lin Pingzhi, but also Xu Wei.
Since Xu Wei sent someone to send back a message last night, they have not received any news about Xu Wei. Naturally, in the eyes of these officials, Xu Wei is probably in serious danger.
Now two people who were already dead in everyone's minds suddenly appeared in front of them. How could this not make all the officials of Yangzhou Prefecture stunned?
"You...you Xu Wei, you traitor, I didn't expect that you would dare to lead people to attack the imperial envoy. Fortunately, the imperial envoy has his own destiny, so he didn't suffer the poisonous hands of you, the traitor. Oh my God
Open your eyes."
What a good Xu Lin. The moment he saw Lin Pingzhi and Xu Wei, he was just stunned for a moment and then he reacted. He immediately pointed at Xu Wei and yelled.
It must be said that Xu Lin's reaction was so fast that even Li Huan and others were stunned. They looked at Xu Lin with a stern expression, pointing at Xu Wei and yelling curses.
Xu Wei's face turned green and white. He never expected that Xu Lin would blame everything on him.
Moreover, looking at what Xu Lin meant, it was clear that he was going to take the blame. When the time comes, Xu Lin would be guilty of negligence. Compared with the crime of treason, this is a huge difference.
After thinking about this, Xu Wei couldn't help but cursed at Xu Lin, "Hey Xu Lin, have you forgotten that it was you who insisted on destroying the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Ganhu Station, and it was you who ordered Xu to lead people to attack the imperial envoy's ship?"
Team, do you think what you have done can be concealed from the Imperial Envoy?"
If Xu Wei felt a little guilty for testifying against Xu Lin and others before, then after being bitten by Xu Lin, Xu Wei no longer felt guilty at all, but felt a bit happy.
After reacting, Xu Ying, Chen Ang, Ma Ming and others couldn't help but smile a little when they saw the dog-eating Xu Lin and Xu Wei.
Xu Lin snorted coldly and glared at Xu Wei, then bowed to Li Huan and said, "Your Excellency, I understand that no matter how brave I am, I don't dare to attack the imperial envoy. It's Xu Wei and our Xu family."
People are afraid of following in the footsteps of the Chen family, so they are so bold..."
Li Huan looked at Xu Lin with a half-smile but said, "So Mr. Xu is unjust!"
Xu Lin hurriedly bowed to apologize and said with a smile, "This low-ranking official has committed another crime of negligence. He cannot escape the blame."
At this time, there was a burst of noise in the distance, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Prefect Xu is dedicated to serving the people, and he is the great master Qingtian..."
Waves of shouts came, and soon everyone saw a group of people slowly approaching shouting slogans that Xu Lin should be an honest official. The leader even held a huge book of people, which was densely covered with
If you didn't know the fingerprints and posture one by one, you would really think that Xu Lin was an honest official who won the hearts of the people.
Li Huan withdrew his eyes from these people and said to Xu Lin with a bit of ridicule, "Master Xu, you don't think that you can cover up the crimes you committed by doing such tricks."
Xu Lin took a deep breath and said to himself, "Why do you say this, sir? This is public opinion, and I know nothing about it."
Xu Ying, who was rubbing her chin, said to Chen Ang, "Don't tell me, I really opened my eyes today. Not to mention other things, let's just call Xu Lin shameless. This is the first time I've seen him."
Chen Ang nodded in agreement and said, "I have never seen such a shameless person!"
While he was talking, hundreds of people stopped not far away, and a few of them boldly stepped forward, held the Book of All Peoples in their hands, bowed to Li Huan and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, this is the Book of All Peoples, it is enough."
Prove that Mr. Xu is an honest official..."
Li Huan looked at Xu Lin, who had a calm expression on the side, and then at the Wanmin Book held in that man's hand, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing.
Originally, Li Huan thought that Xu Lin, the prefect who was able to kill the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen and even colluded with troops to attack the honor guard of his imperial envoys, would give him some surprises.
It's just that Li Huan never thought that Xu Lin, as if he was at his wits' end, would come up with such a funny book of all peoples.
If he is really an honest official, then the people's rebellion will naturally be huge. It's a pity that everyone in Yangzhou Prefecture knows who Xu Lin is. If Xu Lin is executed,
I'm afraid that the people of Yangzhou Prefecture will applaud him, so how could anyone come to kill him?
Looking at Xu Lin, Li Huan said with a bit of disdain, "If Mr. Xu's skills stop here, then Mr. Li will not accompany you."
While speaking, Li Huan shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, please give me the imperial envoy to capture these traitors and wait for them to be punished."
Xu Lin's expression changed involuntarily, and he exclaimed, "You...you..."
Before Xu Lin could speak, the Imperial Guardsman, who was impatient with waiting, immediately stepped forward and grabbed Xu Lin, and put the shackles that had been prepared on Xu Lin's body with three or two strokes.
All this happened in an instant, and by the time everyone reacted, the originally aloof master of the house had become a prisoner.
"Li Huan, I am an official of the imperial court. Without His Majesty's will, how dare you humiliate me like this..."
Li Huan took a step forward and looked at Xu Lin and said, "Master Xu, don't you know that I am an imperial envoy appointed by His Majesty, and I have been favored by His Majesty and given the right to behead first and report later. Not to mention that I ordered you to be taken, but I ordered you to be beheaded at this moment."
You are also in line with the law."
At the same time that Xu Lin was captured, the Yangzhou government officials who had come with Xu Lin to greet Li Huan completely lost their backbone, and they all fell to the ground with frightened faces and turned pale.
Li Huan just glanced at these people indifferently and did not need to give any orders. Even if there were Jinyi guards, they came forward and captured all the officials.
The people around were stunned when they saw this scene.
Although the imperial envoys were regarded as very high-ranking officials by the common people, who allowed them to live under the rule of Xu Lin and other Yangzhou officials.
It is said that the county magistrate is not as good as the current person in charge. If it is true, in the minds of these people, the imperial envoy is far less scary than people like Xu Lin.
Especially when they just saw Xu Lin, who was neither humble nor arrogant nor fearful when facing the imperial envoy Li Huan, many people subconsciously thought that even the imperial envoy sent by the emperor could not do anything to a big shot like Xu Lin.
However, in the blink of an eye, Xu Lin was ordered to be taken down. Naturally, many people were stunned.
The hundreds of people who had been gathered by Xu Lin's intimate servants looked at each other in confusion, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
Even Xu Lin's confidants felt numb at this moment and subconsciously looked at Xu Lin.
However, Xu Lin struggled violently at this time and shouted, "Trash, a bunch of trash, they are just standing there doing nothing, why don't you do something!"
The expressions of several Xu Lin's confidants changed after hearing this, and they subconsciously looked towards the group of Jin Yiwei who were holding the hilts of their knives and staring at them with dark eyes.
These Jinyi guards had just carried out a bloody massacre not long ago, and they were filled with the smell of blood. In addition, the hundreds of elite cavalry were staring at them like wolves and tigers.
The courage that just arose in my heart disappeared almost instantly.
"Run away!"
I don't know who shouted, and in the blink of an eye hundreds of people fled in all directions, only making Xu Lin curse angrily.
Li Huan sneered and said, "They're just a bunch of gangsters. It's a joke that a bunch of unworthy gangsters want to overthrow the world."
As he spoke, Li Huan glanced at the commander Pang Hui with his head drooping aside, and then said to Xu Lin, "If you can incite the local guards to use them for your use, Li will give you a high look. It's a pity."
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When Xu Lin heard this, he just stared at Li Huan coldly. Can you blame him? Doesn't he know that the gangsters who were gathered here are not trustworthy at all?
But after Jing Kui, Xu Wei and others failed, all he could think of was to ask Pang Hui, the commander in charge of the local guard post, for help.
In the end, Pang Hui was not tempted at all. In this case, who could he count on?
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As a prefect, he could not mobilize the local soldiers and horses at all. It was fine for the officers in the prefecture to direct them to do things on weekdays, but if he wanted those officers to besiege the imperial envoys, to be honest, Xu Lin really didn't think about it.
Although those servants were not officials of the imperial court, they could still be regarded as non-staff members of the imperial court, half-officials.
It is precisely because of this that it is simply delusional to expect these people to attack imperial envoys.
It should be noted that since ancient times, it has been rare for people in official circles to rise up in rebellion.
Xu Lin, who had already used all his methods, could do nothing but put his last vague hope on the gangsters who had been gathered. He was just taking a gamble.
What Li Huan said made Commander Wei Pang Hui break out in cold sweat and his body trembled slightly.
What did Li Huan mean by his words? Was it a slap on his face, or was it suspicion that he was colluding with Xu Lin and intending to commit rebellion?
Thinking of this, Pang Hui felt a chill in his heart. If he was involved in the case of Xu Lin and others, wouldn't his Pang family be buried with him?
With a pop, Pang Hui knelt down directly on the ground, kowtowed to Li Huan and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, I am aware that even if I borrow ten thousand courages from my subordinate, I would not dare to do anything bad to you. Your Majesty, your Majesty, has absolutely nothing in common with Xu Lin."
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The soldiers who followed Pang Hui were also too brave to show off and knelt down on the ground with Pang Hui. If my lord was found guilty of treason, they would not end well either.
Seeing this, Li Huan stepped forward, helped Pang Hui up, and said with a kind smile on his face: "Commander Pang, get up quickly. I naturally know that Pang Pang is loyal to Your Majesty and the court, so naturally I will not agree with Xu."
What is involved with such treacherous thieves as Lin?"
Pang Hui, whose legs were trembling and his whole body was weak, felt a little more at ease after hearing Li Huan's words. Even so, there was still a bit of fear and awe in his eyes when he looked at Li Huan.
Pang Hui said in a trembling voice, "Thank you, Lord Marquis. Thank you, Lord Marquis, for making the decision for me."
Li Huan patted Pang Hui's shoulder with his big hand, and then said with a serious expression, "Commander Pang, I would like to ask you, how many troops and horses do you have available under your command?"
Pang Hui was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "Go back to the Marquis, I have more than 3,000 men and horses available to me, and more..."
As the commander of the local guard, Pang Hui had tens of thousands of soldiers per guard, but it was not easy to have one-third of the tens of thousands of men available.
Pang Hui was already frightened out of his wits. Faced with Li Huan's questions, he didn't dare to hide anything at all, so he naturally told the truth.
Li Huan nodded and said to Pang Hui, "I'll give you a mission. Immediately dispatch troops and horses to seal the four gates. At the same time, dispatch troops to assist the Jinyi Guards in searching the official residence of a criminal."
Pang Hui's spirit suddenly perked up, his eyes flashed brightly, and his body straightened up a bit. He said without hesitation, "Don't worry, Lord Marquis. I will order people to dispatch troops and wait for the Lord Marquis to dispatch you."
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As he spoke, Pang Hui directly ordered his soldiers to go and mobilize troops with his warrant.
When Li Huan, the imperial envoy, arrived at Yangzhou Mansion, he did not enter the city immediately, but stopped at the city gate, which naturally attracted the attention of many interested people in the city.
And the vast majority of these caring people are from powerful families in the city.
Although the most powerful people in Yangzhou Prefecture are undoubtedly the Chen family and the Xu family. The Chen family was first targeted by the Jin Yiwei, and then by the Yangzhou Prefecture Government Office. After a lot of trouble, the Chen family was completely destroyed.
As for the Xu family's participation in the attack on the imperial envoys, it goes without saying that its fate can be imagined.
In addition, there are many wealthy families in Yangzhou Prefecture. After all, Yangzhou Prefecture is prosperous and adjacent to the Grand Canal, and has raised dozens, if not hundreds, of local powerful families.
These powerful families are either involved in water transportation or private salt. It can be said that most of them cannot escape the two. It can be said that there are only a few who really make a fortune through serious business.
Thousands of Jinyiwei households in Yangzhou were wiped out, and the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to supervise this huge case. Everything happened because of the Chen family, and the Jinyiwei investigation and investigation was the biggest among them.
The crime was selling illegal salt.
And in Yangzhou City, the family that sells private salt is not the Chen family. It can be imagined that all the powerful people in the city are definitely paying the most attention to every move of Li Huan and his party.
Even at this moment, many people gathered in small groups in restaurants, teahouses and even brothels near the city gate, paying close attention to the activities at the city gate from a distance.
These people watched Xu Wei being tied up like rice dumplings by the Jinyi Guards, and watched Xu Lin and other officials being taken down by Li Huan without polite orders. They also saw Pang Hui, the commander of the local army and horses, trembling in front of Li Huan.
Even though he didn't face Li Huan, he still felt the terrifying power from Li Huan.
Someone who had a deep collusion with Xu Lin and other officials fell to the ground with a pale face, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's all over now."
Some people also asked themselves if they were not involved in this major case. Although they felt a little relieved, they also had a look of fear on their faces. After all, they could not guarantee whether Li Huan would be widely implicated in such a major case.