The merchant's mansion is not made of paper. Although there are many people attacking, there are no siege equipment, and the door cannot be opened for a while!
In the end, the leader and the guards took the lead. They climbed over the wall and prepared to enter the house. They opened the door. As soon as they stood on the top of the wall, they were shot down by more than a dozen arrows.
The defensive skills were not weak, and he dodged the arrow rain and fell down the wall. The head catcher was not that good. He was shot in the thigh by an arrow. He screamed and fell into the wall. He shouted loudly,
There was no movement.
Master Lin was startled and ordered his men to climb up the wall to attack. Three groups of people began to climb up the wall. Although it was getting late, all the rooms in the courtyard were brightly lit. The dozen or so soldiers who followed Xiao Feng bent their bows and nocked arrows, shooting continuously.
Looking at the people climbing up the wall.
But there were so many people attacking that they finally ran out of arrows and a layer of dead people lay under the wall. The soldiers dropped their bows and arrows, drew their sabers, and started fighting with the people who jumped over the wall.
The gate was finally opened from the inside, and more people poured into the yard. The soldiers fought and retreated, nearly half of them were killed or injured, and were finally surrounded. They stood back to back, with their swords pointing outwards, and faced off against the besiegers.
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At this time, more attackers had rushed into each room, and then there were exclamations one after another.
"Empty!"
"There's no one in the house!"
"The beds haven't been touched!"
Master Lin's head buzzed, he squeezed into the encirclement, looked at Xiao Feng's soldiers who were surrounded, and asked sharply.
"Where is the Governor? Where are the women you brought with you? Where are they?"
Before he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves and shouts of death were heard from the street, and a wounded city guard soldier rushed into the yard.
"Lord Guard! The city gate is blocked by that
The cripple opened it, and General Yu rushed in with the five hundred cavalry stationed outside the city!"
The defenders were shocked. He brought most of the city defenders in to hunt Xiao Feng. There were not many defenders outside the city gate, but there were more than 200 people. Zhang Wuxin robbed the city gate alone?
"Can you tell me clearly, have all the brothers guarding the gate been killed?"
"No, it was the lame man, Mr. Xiao and a girl. The three of them took the prefect to the city gate. The prefect ordered the city gate to be opened!"
In the blink of an eye, the sound of horse hooves was as fast as a shower, and accompanied by the cry of "Put down your weapons, or else you will be killed!", there was the sound of knives and guns being thrown to the ground.
The soldiers in Qingzhou City were already doubtful about the garrison orders. But when they saw the majesty of Yu Dayou, the murderous intent of the five hundred cavalry, and the terrifying swordsmanship of Zhang Wuxin, they immediately surrendered their guns and refused to kill him.
Knowing that putting down their weapons at this time would lead to death, the guards rushed out from the back door with a few close soldiers. Master Lin also rushed out with them.
However, at this time, Yu Dayou's cavalry had surrounded the courtyard. After the guards killed two cavalrymen, they were beheaded by Yu Dayou's sword. The remaining people no longer dared to resist and surrendered one after another.
The head catcher was hacked to death when he fell into the yard. Of the three leaders, only the leader of the militia group was still unharmed. At this time, he was leading the militia group to resist.
Seeing Yu Dayou's soldiers drawing their bows and setting up arrows, knowing that if they continued to fight, their entire army would be wiped out, the leader of the militia sighed deeply and threw down his weapons.
"Brothers, we are defeated, put down your weapons."
At this time, Magistrate Huang had been captured by Xiao Feng and Zhang Wu.
Returning to the lobby of the government office with peace of mind, Xiao Feng sat on the magistrate's seat. Magistrate Huang saw that he had nowhere to sit, so he had to stand aside tremblingly.
At this time, the Qingzhou garrison was dead. The garrison saw Yu Dayou's military symbols, and all of them had been collected for trial. All the police officers and militiamen were also arrested. Looking at the crowd of people kneeling under the lobby, Huang Zhifu's face turned pale with fear.
"Sir...Sir, this, this must be a misunderstanding! How dare you rebel? It was Master Lin who said that Japanese pirates were attacking the city, and General Yu ordered me to mobilize the troops."
Xiao Feng looked at him with a smile: "So, Magistrate Huang was completely deceived by Master Lin?"
Xiao Feng looked at Master Lin, who was all tied up in the hall: "What did you say?"
Master Lin smiled calmly: "Master Huang is right, I was the one who falsely conveyed orders and deceived everyone. So they are all not guilty, and I am the only one who is guilty."
Xiao Feng smiled: "Whether they are guilty or not is not up to you. Let me ask you, are you a member of the White Lotus Sect?"
Master Lin raised his head and said, "Yes, I am from the White Lotus Sect. If you want to kill or behead me, it's up to you."
Xiao Feng glanced at the people kneeling in the hall: "You said they were all deceived by you, but I don't believe it. Tell me who among them is a White Lotus cultist, and I will let you die quickly."
Master Lin shook his head: "You don't have to bother, I am the only one, and no one else is."
Xiao Feng sighed helplessly: "I have a good nature and want to kill a few fewer people. Since you refuse to reincarnate them, there is nothing I can do.
Others don’t know, but you definitely know the identity of the accompanying women. Even if you don’t
With her, you can assassinate the governor of Jiangnan. According to the law, there should be no distinction between master and slave, and everyone should be guilty of treason.
Yu Dayou! How many Qingzhou garrison soldiers were captured?"
Yu Dayou went up to the hall and clasped his fists and said: "Sir, there are thirty-two people in total, and the rest have been killed in the roundup."
Xiao Feng smiled coldly: "Let's line up a row in the hall, let the brothers who stayed behind to lure the enemy tonight be executed and avenge the dead brothers!"
Yu Dayou was stunned and looked at Xiao Feng. He knew that Xiao Feng was not a murderous person. He wanted to kill thirty-two people at once, which really made him unbelievable.
But Xiao Feng's eyes and tone did not hint at all that he was acting. Military law was as good as a mountain. Yu Dayou took the order and went down to the hall, and lined up the thirty-two guarding soldiers in a row.
Master Lin also suddenly raised his head and looked at Xiao Feng. He had a high status in the White Lotus Sect and naturally had a lot of information about Xiao Feng. He did not believe that Xiao Feng could do such a thing.
Xiao Feng glanced at the audience and shouted: "Behead!"
Amidst the wailing and begging for mercy, the sword was brandished and the head fell to the ground. In an instant, blood stained the long street under the government office. Huang Zhifu's legs softened and he sat down on the ground.
Princess Chang An, who was sitting in the car, opened the curtain and happened to see this scene. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she stared at Xiao Feng in the hall with her mouth open.
An Qingyue and Ru Hua were worried that the princess would be frightened, so they quickly stretched out their hands to pull down the curtain. The princess was in shock and muttered to herself.
"It's so scary. Is it true that he never hits anyone in the house? Sister An, don't lie to me. Will he hit me in the future?"
Master Lin also stared at Xiao Feng dumbfounded. Xiao Feng looked at the dozens of police officers in the hall: "You guys
As a police officer, you willingly accepted the instructions of the White Lotus Sect demon to attack and assassinate the Governor of Jiangnan. His crime is unforgivable! Pull him down!"
The police officers couldn't hold it any longer and shouted one after another: "Sir, it's unfair. Normally, Magistrate Huang makes us obey Master Lin in everything. We dare not not do whatever he asks us to do!"
Several of the detectives struggled to stand up: "Sir, we are all acting under orders, why are we guilty!"
Xiao Feng sneered and said: "How come there are always people in this world who think that as long as they are not the principal culprits in all unconscionable things, they are not considered evil. Just by following orders, the sins in their hearts can be erased?
Let me ask you, does I look like a Japanese pirate? Does General Yu Dayou look fake? Those three hundred cavalry are obvious to everyone, have you ever seen a Japanese pirate with three hundred cavalry?"
The detectives were speechless. Of course they knew that not only did the Japanese pirates have no cavalry, but even the Ming army in the coastal areas rarely had cavalry. Because in the coastal areas, the terrain was soft and muddy, so the cavalry did not have an advantage in fighting.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty needed cavalry in too many places. There were not enough cavalry to fight the nomads in the north. How could there be any extra cavalry to deploy to the south?
This question not only made it difficult for the police officers to quibble, but even the vigilante groups who were originally stiff and felt that they were innocent of following orders also panicked.
Seeing that the detectives were all being dragged down, Master Lin couldn't hold himself any longer and started yelling.
"Xiao Feng! You are so indiscriminate, aren't you afraid of killing innocent people indiscriminately?"
Xiao Feng smiled faintly, holding a thick book in his hand and patting it gently in his palm.
"Master Lin, you are really wronging me by saying that I don't make any distinction. This book
The book was handed over by Magistrate Huang. It is the list of credits you have used for the Qingzhou defenders and police officers in the past few years.
He was very successful in the garrison, killing dozens of enemies, and his soldiers killed at least more than three people. Even these detectives also have killing records.
What enemy were they killing? Japanese pirates and the White Lotus Sect were rebellious! Yu Dayou, as the commander-in-chief of Japanese preparations, told me that in the past few years, Japanese pirates had never reached Qingzhou City!
Qingzhou's only record of engaging with the enemy was hundreds of miles away at sea! At that time, the Dengzhou Guard's fleet was used, and the Qingzhou City garrison was not mobilized!
As a capital city, Qingzhou has less than a thousand garrison troops because it is not a frontline place, but the military merit of Qingzhou Prefecture’s garrison even exceeds that of many frontline generals, which is really strange.”
Huang Zhifu, who was paralyzed on the ground, got up at this time: "Sir, this, this can't be true. Even if the matter of counterfeiting military merit is reported, the superiors will reject it, but the superiors will admit it and give a reward.
Woolen cloth!"
Xiao Feng glanced at Magistrate Huang: "In the past few years, there have been many false reports of military achievements in various places. Yu Dayou has investigated many times in coastal areas alone.
It’s a pity that his power is not strong enough, so he can still tell lies even if there are people above him. Not only do you have people above you in Qingzhou City, but they also have great backgrounds!”
Magistrate Huang waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, sir, you know that I am not an official of the Yan Party. Although I have given gifts to the Yan family, they are the same common courtesy as other officials."
Xiao Feng looked at this stupid pig speechlessly: "Prefect Huang, you don't think you are a strict party, but Yan Shifan took care of you in every possible way, allowing you to smoothly rise from county magistrate to prefect. Is there such a good thing in the world?
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Huang Zhifu
He suddenly got excited and looked at Master Lin in horror: "You, you have been a member of the White Lotus Sect since I was the county magistrate? Was it you who contacted the Yan family in private?"
Master Lin looked at him speechlessly. Only now did Magistrate Huang think about it. It seemed that he had made the right choice. This person was really the best puppet, stupid and lustful.
Xiao Feng, Master Lin, smiled faintly: "So the Japanese pirates' military exploits are completely false. As for the White Lotus Cult, do you really want me to believe that under the leadership of your Master Lin, you killed hundreds of White Lotus Cultists?"
Master Lin puffed up his chest and showed no fear: "Even if they lied about their military exploits, it is Lin's responsibility. They just followed the trend without exposing it and pretended to claim it. The crime will not lead to death!"
Xiao Feng said coldly: "But even if you lie about military merit, you must have something real, one military merit and one person's head.
Since those who died were not Japanese pirates and the White Lotus Sect, do you dare to tell everyone who died?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent. Master Lin laughed miserably: "Can't you guess it?"
The leader of the militia suddenly raised his head and looked at Master Lin in surprise.
"Brother Lin, everything he said is true? The guards led troops to the countryside many times to kill Japanese pirates, but they were all fake? Didn't you say that the people used by the police to pretend to be the White Lotus Sect are all Jiangyang thieves?"
Xiao Feng said sarcastically: "How can there be so many gangsters? Before I entered Qingzhou City, I sent people from all the villages to conduct secret investigations. Do you know what the villagers said?
Some people say that in this Qingzhou territory, if you sneak into the White Lotus Sect, you will be safe and no one will catch you. On the contrary, if you are not from the White Lotus Sect, you will be taken for granted at any time.
The Lotus Cult and the Japanese pirates were killed.
Anyway, if you don’t act like a Japanese pirate or act like a White Lotus sect, you will be regarded as a Japanese pirate and killed by the White Lotus sect, so why not just go to sea and join the Japanese pirates, or join the White Lotus sect!”
The leader of the militia group yelled: "Impossible, impossible, you are talking nonsense, why would Brother Lin do this? Brother Lin, tell me, he is talking nonsense!"
Master Lin looked at the leader of the militia group and the people below in silence. He knew that the account book in Xiao Feng's hand was irrefutable evidence. As long as there was a list of articles, the people in the villages that had been tortured by them would come over to testify.
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Xiao Feng sighed: "Let me tell you why he did this. He just wanted to force everyone in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture to join the White Lotus Sect.
To be honest, I never thought before that someone would have such crazy ideas and actions, and even want to turn the entire city into the territory of the White Lotus Sect. Even I admire your arrogance.
But think about it carefully, although you are not the prefect, you hold the power of the prefect, control the army and police, develop militia, and you must have secretly killed anyone who wanted to sue you.
There is Yan Shifan above to cover you up and support you. You have covered the entire Qingzhou City with both hands, hiding it from the light of day. This crazy plan might actually be possible."
Master Lin knew that the situation was over and he had already put his life and death aside. At this time, he was extremely tough and glared at Xiao Feng.
"Master Xiao, I have heard about you a long time ago. You are profound in Taoism and careful in thinking. No wonder the Holy Envoy repeatedly told me not to act rashly, but I didn't expect that I still fell into your hands.
Since you are profound in Taoism, you might as well take a guess, the world is so big, why are the holy envoys?
Why send me alone to carry out such a big plan in Qingzhou?"
Xiao Feng smiled slightly: "What's so hard to guess? The people of Qingzhou are probably the most tolerant of the White Lotus Sect in the entire Ming Dynasty.
If this plan can be successful in Qingzhou, it can be gradually copied to other regions. If it cannot be successful in Qingzhou, then it can only be abandoned."
Master Lin was stunned. He originally wanted to unite Xiao Feng's army to suppress Xiao Feng's momentum.
Because he knows that this time it will be a complete failure, but he still hopes that the remaining members of the church can continue to develop, so even if he dies, he cannot lose in momentum.
But he didn't expect what Xiao Feng said, which made it difficult for him to answer. He could only ask: "Why do you assert that the people of Qingzhou are the most tolerant of the White Lotus Sect?"
Xiao Feng smiled: "There are many incense sticks to the Buddha Mother in Qingzhou. Is it possible that in just over a hundred years, no one remembers Tang Sai'er?
It's a pity that you thought you found a fertile soil to cultivate your power, but you foolishly slashed and burned, destroyed the land that may have been the last refuge of your White Lotus Sect.
Now that I'm here, it will no longer be possible to hide what the White Lotus Sect has done in Qingzhou from the world. From now on, the White Lotus Sect will have no place to establish itself in Qingzhou!"