After struggling hard, Song Zhiti's eyes gradually bulged out, like two pebbles covered with fine red lines.
He was angry and unwilling to accept his fate until his death. He spent his whole life building and building the world-famous Luhun Villa, but who would have thought that he didn't even have a coffin in the end.
Diao Bing continued to pinch for a while before letting go. The muscles on his arms turned red after exerting too much force.
He felt a little relieved. A powerful man who was pressing down on him was dead.
Because when Song Zhiti was alive, everyone in the lobby was very cautious when speaking and did not dare to speak loudly.
"Huh...huh..."
Diao Bing took a deep breath of the smell of blood and turned around to look. There were corpses everywhere in the corridor, and blood flowed into rivers, soaking every piece of fine clothing.
Further away, there were still slaves screaming, but the masters who gathered in the lobby to ask questions were all killed.
"One, two, three...fifty-seven..."
When the counting came to this point, Diao Geng came over and said, "Brother, if you don't work, what are you counting?"
Diao Bing looked over and saw Diao Geng taking a silk handkerchief to wipe the blood, and then threw it into a pool of blood. He felt a little distressed, but said nothing.
Jiang Hai also came over, sat cross-legged on the ground, and said, "Tie me up."
Diao Geng asked: "If we tie you here and take you away, you won't be killed, right?"
"You're looking down on me? I'm afraid the bondage won't be tight." Jiang Hai grinned arrogantly.
Hu Laishui came over dressed as a servant of the Song family and said, "It's okay, I'll guard it for my brother."
"I want you to talk too much." Jiang Hai said, "And you guys, don't rush to get things now. When my husband takes care of it, he will make you rich and prosperous."
"good."
Diao Bing looked at it and saw that blood was about to flow, so he just took off Song Zhiti's gorgeous clothes, not caring about the blood stains on it, folded it and put it into the package.
He also took off a pair of boots and hung them on his waist.
"I said, why are you hanging these boots? Put them on."
Diao Bing said: "I'm used to wearing straw sandals, so I'll wear these boots when needed."
Jiang Hai asked: "What is the time of need?"
Diao Geng packed a lot of cakes, stuffed his mouth full, and said vaguely: "Brother has collected several pairs, but I have never seen him wear them."
"It's useful to keep it and wear it when the children are older."
Everyone laughed a few times, and Diao Bing asked: "Where to go next?"
"You first go to Qingqing Bieye to find Fan Lao. After you get there, you shout, 'Shuai Tou, I figured it out, Song Mian, Gao Shang, lend us your hands to kill the Song family'!"
Diao Bing said: "I'm afraid I won't sound right."
"I'll do it," Diao Geng said, "I understand what this means..."
~~
At the county office, Song Mianzheng pointed at Xue Bai and shouted angrily: "Xue Bai! Do you still want a good ending after doing such a thing?!"
He was usually gentle and gentle, but now he was in a state of chaos.
In the Yueyan Pavilion, they drank together from a golden cup and agreed to support each other in the Nongqing Villa. In the blink of an eye, Xue Bai killed his whole family. Is this his promise to help him inherit the Luhun Villa?
This thought flashed past, and Song Mian had a crazy idea out of nowhere - now, it seemed that he could really get a family business.
But soon he was frightened by himself. He thought he was a good person, teaching and educating people, elegant and gentle, how could he think such an inappropriate thing?
It is even more impossible to cooperate with an ambitious enemy who wants to destroy the entire family.
"Shao Yin, the mastermind behind the bloody massacre of Luhun Villa must be Xue Bai. Please Shao Yin be the master of the Song family! Also, the Lishan assassination case must be related to him..."
"This matter is too suspicious." Lu Linghao said in time, "I know Yanshi County. There are absolutely no bandits in the county. Someone must have ordered a killer to pretend to be a bandit and break into Luhun Villa. Lieutenant Xue County is indeed suspicious."
Faced with these accusations, Xue Bai did not argue, but seemed to be acquiescing to the matter without publicly admitting it.
When he was in Chang'an, he was accused time and time again, and had to prove his innocence time and time again. But this is Yanshi County, and this is his territory.
As the master of a county, he does not need to explain to people.
This is official authority.
"The case of hiding a household in a hidden field will be tried again tomorrow." Xue Bai clapped the gavel wood again and said loudly: "The bandits have entered the country. To be cautious, the people will go home and lock their doors and windows. When the county office quells the bandits, I promise that we will
Don’t let any small people suffer.”
If the people were allowed to disperse at this time, the result would be completely different from before.
They watched it all day long, and for a time thought that there was nothing the county captain could do about hiding the house in Hidden Fields, but the final news changed their expectations.
In fact, they don't care about the mastermind behind the scenes. As long as it meets their expectations, even if it is a coincidence, it can be regarded as touching God. The important thing is to return the land and reduce taxes.
The impossible suddenly became hopeful, like a gap in a jar buried underground.
They did not notice an issue that the officials and gentry were very concerned about. When Shao Yin ordered the government to disperse, everyone did not disperse, but as soon as the county captain said so, they dispersed immediately.
After the crowd dispersed, the scene became more serious.
Xue Bai immediately issued an order, saying: "Servants, strong people, and those who volunteer to protect their neighbors should guard the city gate with the county captain to prevent bandits from entering the city..."
Seeing that he was going to control the city gate, Lu Linghao quickly approached Linghu Tao and whispered in Linghu Tao's ear: "Shao Yin, it's better to capture him first, lest the situation gets out of hand."
Linghu Tao originally had this intention, but when the people retreated and the guards of Henan Prefecture were trying to control the county office, they found that Xue Bai's men had already seized the key points.
These include officers, laborers, Jiminshe and some pit workers. They seem to be all kinds of people, but except for the officers who carry knives, most of them use hoes, sticks, or even bare hands.
Only a group of rabble protects Xue Bai's power in Yanshi County; at the same time, they also need Xue Bai's protection.
If it weren't for them tonight, Linghu Tao would definitely take down Xue Bai and punish him, but now he had to hesitate.
He is different from a lunatic like Gao Chong. What he has to consider is not only whether he can beat him, but also if he can't suppress Xue Bai once he takes action, his majesty will be damaged.
Just as he was hesitating, what Gao Shang thought was Xue Bai's back-up plan finally appeared.
"Linghu Shaoyin, Du's transfer envoy, please allow me to speak boldly."
The speaker was Li Tengkong. She walked into the hall holding a fly whisk. Her temperament alone made people know that she was good.
Du Youlin quickly raised his hand and said with a smile: "Master Li, please."
He seemed confused, but to be able to say this, he must be aware of the friendship between Li Tengkong and Xue Bai.
Li Tengkong said: "Although I don't know anything about government affairs, what I have seen during my half-day in Yanshi County is that Lieutenant Xue County is a bit stubborn. When Linghu Shaoyin arrives, he insists on finishing the case in his hand. This matter is just a matter of etiquette."
How could a trivial matter like this get to such an extent?"
If we put aside the hidden reasons behind all the actions, in the eyes of an outsider who has just arrived, this thing is really like this. No one can say clearly, "But when Xue Bai touched the fields, he also touched our interests."
Including Yang Qixuan, he never understood what happened. He was in a fog. After listening to Li Tengkong's summary, he thought that was the case.
Li Tengkong paused briefly and said, "Since it's a trivial matter, wouldn't it be nice to ask Captain Xue County to apologize?"
She said it easily, and Li Jilan smiled brightly in response, becoming even more relaxed.
Xue Bai then held the ceremony and said to Linghu: "I was rude."
He had refused to give in before, but now he was willing to follow Li Tengkong's wishes. Some people who didn't know saw this and thought that Xue Bai was respecting the right prime minister.
Li Tengkong deliberately did not look at Xue Bai, turned slightly, and continued talking.
"As for saying that Xue Xianwei ordered the bandits to kill people, I don't know the reason? Is there any evidence? Who are the bandits, and do they know Xue Xianwei? What grudge does Xue Xianwei have with the Song family to do this?"
She was obviously a delicate and pretty little girl, but when she spoke, she spoke in a sonorous tone. Finally, she raised her hand and pointed at Song Mian and said: "If you are just saying nothing and falsely accusing a dignitary of the imperial court, you will be committing a serious crime."
Song Mian's family members died, but he was still charged with a serious crime. He was so angry that if Li Tengkong hadn't been the daughter of the prime minister, he would have scolded her on the spot.
But the crux of the problem lies in the identity of the prime minister's daughter, otherwise who would listen to her reasoning?
"Instead of arbitrarily identifying who is behind the scenes, it is better to find out first."
Seeing that no one answered, Li Tengkong actually asked the slaves who had escaped from Luhun Villa: "Do you know where these bandits came from?"
Most of the servants looked confused, but one glanced at Xue Bai imperceptibly, lowered his head, and began to respond hesitantly.
"It seems like... a smuggler, right?"
Li Tengkong originally tried to ask, but he didn't expect the result. His eyes lit up and he asked, "How do you know?"
"They have transported red materials to A Lang several times. The leader is called 'Shuai Tou'. This time, it was A Lang who let them into the villa."
"Why did you let them into the villa?"
"When I called the door, I seemed to say that... they could help get rid of the county captain..."
Li Tengkong was stunned for a moment, then turned back to look at Xue Bai. He caught his gaze and realized what he was doing in an instant.
They didn't agree with each other in advance, but they could naturally follow his plan. She didn't know if this was a kind of spiritual communication.
"In other words, the Song family has colluded with the bandits, and they themselves led the wolf into the house?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Song Mian exclaimed,
He suddenly shuddered and realized that everything was done by Xue Bai's plan.
This slave must have been bribed by Xue Bai, but what he said is true - not long ago, the Song family sent several people to Erlang Mountain to tell Fan Lao that they could kill Xue Bai, but these people never came back.
Xue Bai did use a cover-up trick, but it was not to hide Luoyang's backhand, but to hide the intention of killing people and at the same time create evidence of the relationship between the Song family and Erlangshan.
Linghu Tao turned to look at Yang Qixuan and asked, "Yang Canjun, what do you think?"
"Me? I'm new here. Do you know this..." Yang Qixuan was stunned for a moment and responded: "The sage asked me to go to Yanshi to have a look. It seems that Yanshi is really in chaos."
Linghu Tao insisted on his answer and said: "It would be better for Yang Canjun to express his views on this matter."
Yang Qixuan was helpless and turned to look at Li Shiniang, only to see her yawn and nod impatiently.
He then said: "Seventeenth Mother is right, we will know the truth once we investigate."
Linghu Tao would not act easily without his support, so he turned around and ordered: "Check."
Once there is an investigation, the original tit-for-tat atmosphere will dissipate.
It will take time to send people to Luhun Villa to find out where the bandits are, search for survivors, ask for confessions, etc. Here, the dignitaries from Chang'an and Luoyang are also tired and need to rest. Cui Jun kindly invites them to his mansion.
Stay temporarily.
"Is there a post house?" Li Tengkong asked Xue Bai.
Xue Bai said: "Yes, it was burned in winter and has just been renovated."
Li Tengkong pulled Li Shiniang over and said, "It is still inappropriate for my brother-in-law to live with the officials of Henan Prefecture in the homes of local residents."
Xue Bai followed her words and said: "I will arrange for you to stay in the post house temporarily."
…
When they arrived at the post house, they had a chance to talk alone for a moment.
"That Gao Shang has a very good relationship with brother-in-law Eleven. He is bound to bribe him tonight. You have to be careful."
"Okay." Xue Bai said: "I didn't treat you well. It's not easy for you to come here and encounter these trivial matters."
"Are you worried? Your eyes are bloodshot."
It was clearly at night, so I don't know how she saw it. Xue Bai smiled and said, "Let's go."
"Where do you live?" Li Jilan said quickly before he could speak, "Be careful at night."
"Don't worry, there are people at the county office guarding you."
Xue Bai returned to Wei's house and spread out the bedding. No matter how many people were running around anxiously that night, he slept peacefully and his breathing gradually became even.
…
That night, Yang Qixuan did not sleep well. Hearing the sound of communication, he got up from the bed, yawned and went to see Gao Shang.
"I came here late at night to ask Brother Yang to make up his mind to get rid of Xue Bai."
"It's a simple matter. If you have any evidence, of course I will hand it over to my father-in-law."
"Brother Yang misunderstood what I meant." Gao Shang said with a smile: "I mean, no matter whether we can get evidence of his crime or not, we will act decisively."
"How can that be done?" Yang Qixuan rolled his eyes, thinking that the local people were too careless in doing things. "If you can't use force, at least you should have laid out the charges. Have you read "Luo Zhi Jing"?"
He knew this aspect very well. Every time Li Linfu made a big case, he always made sure it was well-founded and in compliance with the rules, making it difficult for people to find fault.
He spoke earnestly and thoughtfully: "You have to read the Luo Zhi Sutra. No one is clean. They are just more guilty of Luo Zhi than others. Do you understand?"
Gao Shang didn't answer and said: "The Prime Minister also wants Xue Bai to die, doesn't he?"
"How do you know?"
"It's the Lord Fu who told me." Gao Shang's tone was calm, which infected Yang Qixuan, and said, "Isn't the Lord Fu just following the wishes of the right prime minister?"
~~
The night was short and many people stayed up all night.
People carrying torches walked up and down the long street, and the light never dimmed. Before dawn, the people outside the county office were crowded again.
Cui Jun was still nervously inquiring about the news, eager to know how the Song family suffered. When he heard the sound of drums, he was surprised.
"It's dawn now?!"
He didn't bother to change clothes and hurried to see Linghu Tao, and went with him to the county office to wait for news.
Linghu Tao's self-cultivation is still very deep, and his joy and anger are not shown in color.
When we arrived at the county office, the people sent to Luhun Villa had not returned yet.
While Xue Bai was not in court, Song Mian wanted to persuade Linghu Tao to arrange an ambush and capture Xue Bai directly. However, Lu Linghao, the county magistrate, did not have as much control over the county office as the county captain.
Lu Linghao just arranged the seats and asked Linghu Tao to sit in the seat of the presiding judge. He sat at the first place on the left side of the lobby. Xue Bai was supposed to sit below him, but he subconsciously felt uneasy sitting with him.
He had no choice but to let him sit on the right side, Du Youlin, with his head down.
This gave people the feeling that the two county officials were competing against each other. When Linghu Tao saw this, he shook his head secretly, thinking that Lu Linghao was too cowardly and irresponsible.
As soon as I sat down, the drums sounded again, and more people gathered.
"How can we gather them together if we let them close the doors and windows?"
"Xue Bai said last night that the trial of hiding fields and households will be continued this morning. He always likes to incite ignorant people." Lu Linghao asked: "Should we disperse the people?"
But Xue Bai happened to arrive at this time, so the topic was dropped, otherwise there would be another conflict. If a person lives like a bone that is too hard, dogs will run around him.
Lu Linghao was unlucky enough to meet Xue Bai, and he was still able to laugh and said: "Xue County Lieutenant is indeed young and so energetic, but what great things happened?"
Xue Bai ignored the insinuation and looked around. Yang Qixuan was sitting opposite, while Li Shiniang changed into a robe and watched the fun behind him... Li Tengkong and Li Jilan were further behind.
Nobility lies among the gentry.
Immediately afterwards, a large group of people came back.
They were sent to find out information about Luhun Villa. There were people from Yanshi County, Henan Prefecture, and Jinwu Guard, and each family also sent some servants to follow them.
"Go back to Shaoyin, the bandit is no longer at Luhun Villa..."
"What?"
Everyone thought that the other party would defend Shouyang Mountain, but they retreated so quickly, making them increasingly uneasy.
Linghu Tao keenly sensed something was wrong and shouted: "How can they move their belongings overnight?"
"The treasures returned to Shaoyin's Song family have not been touched in the warehouse."
All the officials and gentry were immediately excited after hearing this, thinking that this was the greatest evidence against Xue Bai.
Song Mian stood up immediately and said: "It turns out that the murderer was not a bandit, Xue Bai, how dare you say that it was not you who instigated it?!"
Xue Bai was still too lazy to pay attention to him.
Soon, more people were brought in, and they all said that they saw with their own eyes that Song Zhiti invited the two bandit leaders into Luhun Villa.
Jiang Hai was also brought over to confess, but the rope around his upper body had not yet been untied.
He did not untie the rope on purpose. Some well-meaning people tried to help him before, but they were shouted away by him.
"I met the governor. I was the bodyguard of the county lieutenant. Because the county lieutenant found out that the Song family was suspected of secretly minting copper coins, he ordered me to follow Song Tiangui. As a result, I was captured after following him to Erlang Mountain."
"Why not kill you?"
"They wanted me to betray the county captain and help them frame the county captain, so they brought me to the Song family."
"So, you were present when the murder was committed."
"Yes." Jiang Hai said: "Song Tiangui was not killed by me, but by another Song family member who accompanied him."
Linghu Tao frowned and shouted: "I'm asking about the tragedy at Luhun Villa!"
Jiang Hai said: "They escorted me in and said that I could be handed over to the Song family to harm the county captain. But in the future, the profit share for transporting copper materials would be increased by 20%. They said that someone had given them an additional 20%. Song Zhiti refused, and the two sides negotiated
I didn't stop and started to use my hands. I didn't expect that the guards of the Song family looked like humans and were all killed in a short time."
Xue Bai asked: "Who gave them the 20% increase?"
Before Jiang Hai could answer, Lu Linghao shouted: "Nonsense! If that's true, why don't they kill you?!"
"They started fighting, and I took advantage of the chaos to fall to the ground and pretend to be dead. What's wrong with that?"
"What this person said is simply untrue." Song Mian said, "I think it must be Xue Bai's arrangement."
"Hey, your Song family started minting copper coins privately, and it was all arranged by the county captain! The birth of your son was also arranged by the county captain..."
"Crack!"
Linghu Tao slapped the gavel and reminded Jiang Hai not to say obscene words in court.
Although he was interrupted by Lu Linghao and Song Mian, he still had one key question left to ask.
"Do you know where those murderers fled?"
"I don't know." Jiang Hai said: "But I know that after they arrived in Yanshi, Fan Lao went to Qingbieye."
"Qingqing Biyeye? Where?"
"It's the Song family's property."
"..."
Soon, Linghu Tao and Xue Bai had already sent people to surround Nongqing Bieye.
Song Mian was confused and felt that things were gradually becoming difficult to argue with.
Even he was a little shaken, wondering whether Gao Shang was the mastermind behind it.
As soon as this idea is opened, all kinds of terrible possibilities appear.
Gao Shang and Xue Bai are both smart people, but only one of them is terrible. The Song family has been put to death... Song Mian even thought of the possibility of the two of them joining forces to make a plan, and instantly shuddered.
After an excruciating wait for a long time, the news finally came back.
"The bandits were not in Qingqingbieye. When we arrived, they had already left."
Guo Huan was standing at the head of all the officials. He had always been calm and silent, but now he became frightened, fearing that the Guo family would be the next to suffer.
He pouted uneasily, looked at Xue Bai, then at Linghu Tao, but did not look at Lu Linghao again.
Over there, Linghu asked: "Are there any casualties?"
"No... they rested in it last night and left this morning. They came and left well... just like the guests."
As soon as this statement came out, many onlookers were surprised. Yang Qixuan raised his eyebrows and shook his head.
impossible.
Song Mian was shocked. First he thought it was impossible, and then he couldn't help but doubt Gao Shang.
"Song Mian!" Linghu shouted: "What's your explanation?!"
He was already very dissatisfied.
It has nothing to do with the truth. He doesn't care about the truth at all. What's important is that if the Yanshi officials want to deal with Xue Bai, they can ask him to come forward, but at least they can lay out the charges.
Do you want him, a dignified official, to personally create evidence for Yanshi?
With this kind of interest chain, you are not afraid of people being bad, but you are afraid of people being stupid.
fool!
"Going back to Shaoyin, Qingqing Farewell is no longer my private property, it has become the Song family's property..."
The people outside suddenly started whispering, not understanding the difference between private property and family property.
Xue Bai beat the drums to gather the people, which seemed useless to others, but at this time it had an unexpected effect, at least people could not hide the truth in public.
Song Mian was sweating profusely and didn't know what to do. New witnesses and physical evidence had arrived.
The first to come in were the servants and maids from Nong Qing's business. They were questioned together. One of them, Mei Ji, peeked at Xue Bai several times.
"Do you recognize him?" Linghu Tao keenly grasped this breakthrough.
"Yes, Xue County Lieutenant once came to Nongqing Bieye with Lang Jun, and it was the slave's family who served him wine."
Linghu Tao was very good at interrogating cases. Since he was interrogating the Song family, he carefully interrogated the details. In the end, the maid actually gave a remarkable testimony.
"At that time, Xue County Lieutenant said that he wanted to seize the power of the county magistrate, and Lang Jun wanted to inherit the Song family business, so they cooperated..."
"No!" Song Mian couldn't bear such accusations, and his face turned pale.
Xue Bai said: "It is indeed true. I am afraid that the county magistrate is old and tired, so I want to take care of more general affairs."
"Heh." Lu Linghao stroked his beard and laughed twice awkwardly.
With a straight face, Linghu Tao asked several more slaves, Fan Lao and other bandits, about the details of Qing Bieye, and more physical evidence was brought up.
Boxes of brand new copper coins, copper blocks that have not yet been minted into coins... and a tall shaft furnace.
"This is not mine!" Song Mian quickly explained: "I confiscated this from Yang's Trading Company..."
"That's enough!" Lu Linghao shouted quickly to stop Song Mian from talking about it.
The items were indeed confiscated from Fenghui Bank. At that time, I didn’t know why Xue Bai wanted to melt the copper coins into copper blocks. Now that they are placed here, it does look like they were used by Song Mian to mint coins at Nongqing Villa.
But it cannot be said, otherwise it will appear that he, the county magistrate, ordered the Song family to ransack the property and turn it into private property. What Lu Linghao cannot bear is to cover up the Song family's private property and mint copper coins.
Regardless of whether they say it or not, Linghu Shaoyin knows in his heart that the Song family is not trying to mint coins.
Yang Qixuan hates the fact that iron cannot be transformed into steel. The way these people frame crimes is terrible.
It seems that Xue Bai has really obtained the true biography of his father-in-law.
In the three common people cases, the Wei Jian case, and the Liu Ji case, everyone knew that the rightists were dealing with political opponents, but the evidence was all true.
The three common people broke into the palace, Wei Jian had a secret meeting with Huangfu Weiming, and Liu Ji reported Du Youlin. This is the real mastery.
Yang Qixuan turned his head and whispered to Li Shiniang: "Country people's work... is really rough."
Even he was like this, and the bystanders who heard the trial were talking a lot, thinking that the evidence was conclusive and the truth was revealed.
Details pile up one by one to form the truth.
Song Mian sent people to kill Song Tiangui, contacted the Erlang bandits, and offered them an extra 20% of the profits to help kill the Song family so that they could inherit the Luhun Villa.
"Beast."
"The sky was struck by lightning..."
Song Mian could no longer argue.
Because Xue Bai laid it out based on the truth, and what he presented were all facts that happened in more than ten years.
There is only one flaw. Xue Bai did go to Erlang Mountain in person, met with Fan Lao, and pretended to be kidnapped by Gongsun Aunt. Then Gongsun Aunt could prove that Xue Bai was the mastermind behind the scenes.
But there was no way to prove it in Yanshi. He had to go to Aunt Gongsun, and Xue Bai had a close relationship with Aunt Gongsun.
Everyone believed that Song Mian had done everything and refused to listen to any explanation.
Unexpectedly, it was Xue Bai who asked the question.
"How did Fan Lao move into Nongqing Villa?"
"right!"
Soon, the concierge was pulled out for questioning.
"That man...the man called himself Fan Lao. The day before yesterday, he came to Gaolangjun and asked him to meet outside the city. I asked Gaolangjun and he agreed. In the evening, the man came over and said Gaolang
You will let him stay temporarily, and you will arrange for someone to deliver the goods at night..."
Song Mian was stunned. At this time, he could no longer tell the truth. He even suspected that Xue Bai and Gao Shang had joined forces. Otherwise, Fan Lao clearly had an old relationship with Gao Shang, so how could he listen to Xue Bai?
So if you want to save yourself, should you go to Aunt Gongsun to prove it, or should you take a bite out of Gao Shang?
Thinking like this, Song Mian turned around and looked for a noble figure in the crowd.
Yang Qixuanzheng looked disgusted, Guo Huan was worried, and Cui Jun was anxious...but he didn't find Gao Shang.
Song Mian rubbed his eyes and discovered something very bad——
Nobility is gone.
~~
"It was Gao Shang and Song Mian who conspired to kill the whole family, you beasts."
The fog dissipated, and the truth suddenly became clear. Everyone was talking about it, and no one could cover it up.
"Gao Shang was afraid of crime and absconded..."
~~
When things were confirmed to be like this, Linghu Tao's anger could hardly be suppressed, but he still hesitated to make a verdict.
When the officials testified against Xue Bai, they wanted him to capture Xue Bai immediately; but once the evidence was complete and the facts were available, he was not in a hurry to capture Song Mian.
After all, Song Mian had no threat of force and was far less oppressive than Xue Bai.
There was only one thing he forgot to ask - where did the bandits go after they left Nongqing?
~~
"Handsome, where are we going?"
"There are some evil monks from Kofukuji Temple who occupy a large amount of land and are not satisfied without having to pay taxes. They also sell orphans from the nursing home."
"Got it."
Although Xingfu Temple is located in the county town, there is a farm not far from Zhanluomen, where the elders of the temple who are responsible for managing the land live.
There are many slaves here, and you don't have to abide by the strict rules and regulations in the temple, so you are naturally very comfortable.
Along the way, Fan Lao looked serious, thinking about what Xue Bai said at Erlang Mountain, and also recalled the scene when he met Gao Shang not long ago.
He found that he was still too weak, and was pushed away many times. He secretly let the Diao brothers go at first, and this time he joined the emperor's grandson behind Xue Bai, all because he wanted to keep his brothers.
This time, Gao Shang was framed, but Fan Lao had his own plan on how to repay Gao Shang's kindness. He went to the prison and persuaded Gao Shang to switch to Huangsun, just like Gao Shang did to him back then.
The Tang Dynasty was at its peak, God blessed the Li family, and Fan Lao believed that what he did was good for everyone.
He only didn't think about himself.
He never wants to make a choice, but fate always pushes him to move forward step by step.
"Handsome, we're here."
After walking for a long time, Diao Geng called, looking a little excited.
Fan Lao said: "I've inquired about the situation here, it's simple. I drove all the way and let the brothers rest before taking action."
"How can you be so squeamish and just do it?"
"Okay, do it!"
From this, it can be seen that these smugglers are far from disciplined. Although they respect their handsome leaders, they speak and act casually.
However, it is more than enough to deal with a few evil monks casually.
The blood in Luhun Villa was not yet dry, and they took action again.
The second time means that there may be a third or fourth time, and the fear brought to the officials and gentry will be very different.
They didn't know how many more times they would kill. Xue Bai gave them a list and they just had to follow it until he sent someone to stop.
What if you didn't say stop?
Anyway, Xue Bailuo has weaved a complete crime. With one hand enforcing the law and the other hand holding a knife, the initiative has come to his side.