Three hundred and sixtieth chapters spend money to buy life
Destroying a royal yamen and attacking the imperial envoys, no matter what kind of things they do, they will confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. It can be foreseen that Yangzhou Prefecture will definitely not be peaceful in the future, and a big storm is about to sweep the entire Yangzhou Prefecture.
And in this big storm, I don’t know how many families will be destroyed.
In a restaurant, in a private room next to the window, several figures were staring at the captured Xu Lin and a group of officials. These people's faces were pale, and it took a while before they came back to their senses.
Someone was sitting there with a completely lost look on his face. He looked like he was frightened and was muttering to himself.
Suddenly, someone suddenly slapped the table and said with red eyes: "Master Xu and the others have been arrested. The man named Li will definitely not let these adults go. By then, none of us will be able to escape, big guy."
Let’s talk about what to do.”
The person who opened the mouth was also a very important person in Yangzhou Prefecture. Eucommia ulmoides because its twin daughters were Xu Lin's concubines and were extremely favored by Xu Lin, so the Du family climbed into the favor of Xu Lin, the official of the government.
For this reason, it can be said that every day has changed over the past few years.
Compared to the Chen family and the Xu family, which have been in Yangzhou Prefecture for at least decades, the Du family was just a small family in the past. It was only because of the birth of a pair of good daughters that it became prosperous.
Chance.
It can be said that the Du family has done everything possible in the past few years. Once some of the children in the family became powerful, they became rampant. They can be said to bully men and dominate women in Yangzhou Prefecture, and do all kinds of evil.
The most important thing is that the Du family has been doing things for Xu Lin in the past few years. Many things that Xu Lin can't handle are left to the Du family. Even such shady things as murder and arson, the Du family
I do it every year.
The other people here may not be as close to the Du family and Xu Lin, but they are all deeply involved with the arrested officials.
It is precisely because of this that these people are so concerned about the movements of Li Huan and his party.
It can be said that several people arrived earlier than Xu Lin and other officials, and their hearts were in a state of turmoil. After actually seeing Xu Lin and others being taken down, they were really panicked.
As soon as Du Zhong opened his mouth, several people present also reacted.
The chubby-looking Jia Zhun is Jia Yuan's clan brother and can be said to be the representative of the Jia family. After listening to Du Zhong's words, he couldn't help but said: "Brother Du, tell us what we should do."
Before Eucommia ulmoides could speak, one person suddenly said with a hint of pessimism: "What else can we do? According to me, before Li Huan has ordered us to be arrested, you guys should run away quickly. Maybe you can escape."
Du Zhong snorted coldly and stared at the man and said: "Escape? Where can you escape? The world is so big, and none of us have a big family and a big business. If there are only one or two people, there is no hope of escaping anonymously, but we
How can so many people escape? How can they escape?" What Du Zhong said is a fact. The Ming Dynasty still has very strong restrictions on the people. If the common people say that there is no certain relationship, they want to leave the place where they live.
Ten miles is already a limit.
As for people like Du Zhong, Jia Zhun and others who have families and families, even if they want to be invisible, Sun Mi, who was directly denied the escape method by Du Zhong, couldn't help but said: "Then what can you do?
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Du Zhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you think that if we give the imperial envoy a large sum of gold and silver, can he be so noble as to let us go?"
As he said this, Eucommia seemed to think that his sudden idea was a good idea. He couldn't help but show a bit of excitement on his face and said: "Qianli is an official just for money, and we are not involved in treason like the Xu family."
In a major case, if Li Huan can be given a sum of gold and silver, he may not be able to escape."
Hearing Du Zhong say this, many people's eyes couldn't help but light up.
What they were most worried about was being implicated. After all, as Du Zhong said, they were not involved in the major rebellion case. As long as Li Huan was trying the case, he could let them go if he showed his noble hand.
Of course, if Li Huan is willing, relying on their unclear relationship with Xu Lin and other officials, Li Huan can conquer them all with just one word.
Every family is labeled as a traitor's ally.
Jia Zhenzhen frowned, but he was different from Eucommia ulmoides, Sun Mi and others.
You must know that Jia Yuan was involved in a major treason case, and his Jia family would definitely not be able to escape the end of confiscation and annihilation, no matter how much money they gave away.
With a slight snort, Jia Zhun glanced at a few people and said, "I'm afraid Li Huan isn't so easy to get rid of."
Eucommia ulmoides smiled and said: "Then it must be that the money we sent is not enough. As long as the money is enough, I don't believe there are things in this world that money can't do."
Being choked by Du Zhong, Jia Zhun couldn't help flicking his sleeves and looking at Du Zhong with a bit of ridicule and said: "Be careful of losing your wife and losing the army." Eu Zhong was not angry at all, and said with a smile: "This is not good for Jia Zhong.
Brother is concerned."
Jia Zhun took a deep breath, glanced at the other people and said, "Don't you all think that you can just spend money to clear the way and escape this disaster?"
Among the people present, only Jia Zhun could not escape because of Jia Yuan. The rest were just worried about being implicated, so when Du Zhong proposed to use money to smoothen the relationship, they held one in ten thousand hopes, and a few of them felt confident.
It's full of expectations.
Therefore, few people did not answer Jia Zhun's questions.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Jia Zhun immediately stood up and said, "There is no way to make a plan."
Seeing Jia Zhun leave angrily, Sun Mi sneered and said: "He wants to drag everyone into the water together. Isn't it because he wants to see that we guys have a chance to escape, and his Jia family is doomed?"
Don't you feel angry if you want to be destroyed along with Jia Yuan?"
Eucommia stroking his beard nodded and said: "Brother Sun is saying, let's discuss how much money we need to give to the imperial envoy before he can be so noble as to let me wait."
Liu Gang, who was dressed in brocade clothes and satin, squinted his eyes and said: "Since I want to spend money to save my life, then we must show our sincerity. My Liu family is not as big as your family, so I am willing to spend two hundred thousand taels of silver."
come out."
After Liu Gang finished speaking, Sun Mi, Du Zhong and others couldn't help but look at Liu Gang in surprise.
It's not that Liu Gang gave out too little money, but that it was too much. As Liu Gang said, the Liu family is indeed lagging behind the others.
None of them claimed to have a millionaire fortune, and Liu Gang wanted to take out 200,000 taels of silver, which was almost half of the Liu family's assets.
According to their understanding of the Liu family, if they take out these two hundred thousand taels of gold and silver, the Liu family will suffer a lot.
Look at me, I look at you. Sun Mi looked at Du Zhong and gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Du, I wonder how much gold and silver your Du family is going to give out?" Even though the Du family was the last to start, but if you really want to talk about it, , there really is no one among the families present who can compare with the Du family.
The Du family's wealth is at least one million, and even because they are in charge of a lot of shady wealth for Xu Lin, the head of the house, everyone speculates that it is not difficult for the Du family to spend millions of gold and silver.
Du Zhong frowned, glanced at everyone, coughed slightly, hesitated for a moment and said, "I...my Du family will give us two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver."
Seeing that Liu Gang was ready to spend most of his family's wealth to try to save the whole family, they were full of expectations for Du Zhong, hoping that the Du family would also be able to spend a large sum of gold and silver.
After all, all fools know that since money is used to smooth relationships and save lives, the more gold and silver, the better. What disappointed them was that Eucommia gritted its teeth and was only prepared to take out 250,000 taels of gold and silver.
This amount is indeed more than Liu Gang's 200,000 taels, but the two key companies are simply incomparable.
The Du family's wealth was at least several times greater than that of the Liu family. They estimated that the Du family would have to spend at least 500,000 taels of gold and silver to be sincere. Liu Gang glanced at Du Zhong, sighed slightly, and turned to Sun Mi. .
Sun Mi seemed to have noticed Liu Gang's gaze, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "My Sun family should also give out two hundred and fifty thousand taels." The other families also spoke separately, at least like the Liu family, they all gave out two hundred and fifty thousand taels. Ten thousand taels.
After everyone expressed their stance, Du Zhong with a smile on his face said: "Everyone, our family has raised a total of 1.8 million taels of gold and silver. This is
I don’t believe that with so much gold and silver, I can’t get that imperial envoy to be so noble as to let me wait for a while.”
Hearing Du Zhong say this, several people's faces also showed a bit of hope.
Standing up, Eucommia ulmoides said solemnly: "Everyone, without further ado, just in case, we all go back immediately to collect gold and silver, and try to get the silver together to send it to the imperial envoy tonight!"
But Li Huan said that he captured Xu Lin and other officials from the city at the city gate, but he was not in a hurry to enter the city.
Although Li Huan was surrounded by hundreds of royal guards and elite cavalry, Li Huan did not rush into Yangzhou City before Pang Huina's soldiers and horses arrived.
After all, Li Huan had only captured Xu Lin and others at the moment. Although it was a bit sudden, the news that Xu Lin and others had been captured must have spread at an extremely fast speed.
Officials like Xu Lin dominated the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture. They even dared to do things such as attacking imperial envoys. There is nothing else they dare not do. Who knows how many of Xu Lin's accomplices exist in Yangzhou City.
Li Huan did not doubt the madness of some people at all. After all, if they knew that there was only one way to die, there would be many people who dared to risk their lives.
Li Huan maintained that his cultivation level was not bad, and he was not worried about being assassinated. The key point was that the imperial guards around him and the cavalry who came with him were really targeted by those who were willing to fight to the death. There will inevitably be some losses.
It was precisely with these considerations in mind that Li Huancai was never in a hurry to enter the city. Even when he met Xu Lin and other officials, he was at the city gate.
It doesn't matter that Li Huan is cautious and doesn't want his men to take risks with him. Anyway, at the moment Li Huan has ordered his Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on Xu Lin and other officials, and is just waiting for the arrival of Pang Hui's troops.
Judging from Pang Hui's reaction, Pang Hui was not involved in this major rebellion, so Li Huan could still trust the guardsmen and horses under Pang Hui.
When the sun was high in the sky, most of the day passed. After waiting for several hours, Li Huan, Pang Hui and others finally saw a piece of smoke billowing from the distance.
Pang Hui couldn't help showing a bit of joy and said, "Sir, here we come, here we come."
Without Pang Hui's reminder, Li Huan also saw the dark mass of men and horses coming slowly in the distance.
However, Chen Ang, Xu Ying and other cavalry soldiers were refreshed at this moment. They subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands and stared at the black men and horses in the distance with some vigilance.
When they saw clearly the crooked ranks and the soldiers pulling them apart, both Chen Ang and Xu Ying showed a bit of disdain. Xu Ying even whispered softly: "A bunch of rabble, the local guard is really
It sucks!"
After hearing Xu Ying's mutterings, Pang Hui was not angry. Instead, he cupped his hands at Xu Ying and said, "What Uncle Wei Yuan said is true. How can these men under Pang be as good as these hundreds of men under Uncle Wei?"
The brave men who have fought for the rest of their lives are afraid that all Pang's men will collapse with just one charge."
Xu Ying coughed slightly and said: "All the guard posts in the world are the same. It is already quite difficult for your men to pull up two or three thousand people. If it were replaced by other worse guard posts, I am afraid that there are not even such a few people."
You may not be able to get enough.”
While he was talking, several people in a chaotic mess finally came forward and stopped more than a hundred feet away under the restraints of several generals. Several figures rode up, and they were none other than Pang Hui's generals.
With a slight cough, Pang Hui said to Li Huan: "Sir, will you go with me..."
Li Huan waved his hand and said: "I won't go. Commander Pang will assign people to guard the four gates as I said before. Without my order, no one is allowed to leave the city even half a step. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
No forgiveness."
Pang Hui couldn't help but trembled when he heard Li Huan's words filled with endless murderous intent. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely give strict orders to my subordinates. Even a fly or a mouse will not be let out of the city."
Go, if one person is missed, I am willing to be punished by you."
Li Huan looked at Pang Hui and chuckled softly, and said comfortingly: "If Mr. Pang helps me solve a major case this time, I will definitely report it to Your Majesty and show my merit for Mr. Pang."
It seems that he did not think of Li
Huan actually wanted to demonstrate his merits for him. Pang Hui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a trembling voice with a bit of excitement: "I will definitely live up to your expectations."
Li Huan pondered for a moment and then said: "Later, Pang Pang will bring some of his troops into the city with me." Pang Hui said immediately: "I understand."
Although Pang Hui looked very humble in front of Li Huan, he looked completely different in front of the guards.
Under Pang Hui's scolding and strict orders, the originally lax guard soldiers all cheered up under the threat of Pang Hui's series of beheading orders.
Waving his hand, Pang Hui ordered several of his confidants to lead some troops to the four gates to take over the four city gates. At the same time, he led more than a thousand troops to open the way and slowly entered Yangzhou City surrounded by Li Huan and others.
Li Huan did not rush into the city. Instead, he stayed at the city gate for most of the day. Although he waited for Pang Hui's guard troops to arrive, he also left plenty of time for many people in the city.
Many of them also took advantage of this moment to make various responses, such as Du Zhong, Sun Mi and others who wanted to raise a sum of gold and silver to smoothen their relationship and spend money to buy their lives, or people like Jia Zhun who were determined not to escape.
A calamity, a person with his own ideas or arrangements.