"My lord, my lord, it's bad, none of the people sent to investigate last night came back!"
Early the next morning, Mr. Luo was in the mansion, lying on his back on a woman's lap, letting two other women rub his head and shoulders. After getting old, his body was not as good as before.
After drinking and staying late at night last night, I just returned to my house. Not only did I have a headache, but my back was also full of soreness and vinegar.
However, Mr. Luo did not have to wait long to enjoy it.
The servant's words immediately made Mr. Luo tremble. He quickly stood up regardless of the maid's rubbing hands.
"What did you say?"
Mr. Luo's fat old face, which was full of weight, was no longer as calm as usual at this moment, and he was panicking like never before.
If he heard Bai Yan's words last night, Mr. Luo felt vaguely uneasy.
So at this moment, the retinue who went to investigate the news was missing, which made Mr. Luo vaguely aware that the matter was far from as simple as they imagined.
"Father!"
"Father!!"
At this time, two middle-aged men appeared outside the door, also looking panicked. After entering the study, they hurriedly came to Mr. Luo.
"Father, something happened. None of the people from Fan and Tao came back last night."
Luo Li bowed his hands in front of his father as a gift. His face was pale at the moment, and his eyes were extremely panicked.
And under the gazes of brothers Luo Li and Luo Yi, Mr. Luo's absent-minded pupils suddenly trembled and he slowly raised his head.
"No! Yesterday, Bai Yan deliberately let you know that he had been outside the city!"
Mr. Luo said.
After figuring out the cause and effect, Mr. Luo had come to his senses. It was only then that he realized that Bai Yan sent the maid to the government to check the body yesterday, and he deliberately revealed the news to them. The purpose was to let them
Send people out of the city.
After all, in the city, as long as those people are hiding and there are officials as internal agents, Bai Yan can't find them at all.
"not good!!"
Mr. Luo stood up suddenly, his face became even paler. As an old clan member of Luoyin City, Mr. Luo felt for the first time in his life that there was a danger of annihilation of his clan after he became the head of the family.
"What does father mean to say that all our people have been captured by Bai Yan?"
When brothers Luo Li and Luo Yi heard their father's words, their faces changed drastically and they looked at each other with fear in their eyes.
"Father, what should we do now?"
"Yes, father, if it is really Bai Yan who caught us, it won't take long, in case those people can't keep their mouths."
Luo Li and Luo Yi both looked at Mr. Luo, their voices full of worries about the future.
Although those subordinates are all members of the clan and can be trusted, who knows if some of them will be the first to be unable to withstand the torture as time goes by.
"You two go to Fan and Tao immediately!"
When Mr. Luo heard what his two sons said, he gasped for breath, his eyes finally became firm, and he pointed at his two sons.
"Let Fan and Tao inform the other noble clans that when Bai Yan was handling the robbery and selling matter in Yanmen, all the noble clans were killed by Bai Yan, implicating countless genocide! If you don't want to die about Luoyin now, everyone should spread the news.
Just say that as soon as Bai Yan arrived in the city yesterday, dozens more people disappeared!"
Mr. Luo ordered sternly.
"Ah? Father, in this case, if Bai Yan imprisons people in the government, won't this move be in vain?"
Luo Yi looked at his father with confusion, wondering why he was spending so much energy on something so futile at such a critical time.
As the eldest son, Luo Li did not ask, but he did not leave but looked at his younger brother and his father's eyes, which showed that he was also very confused.
"You two, hey!"
When Mr. Luo heard this son's question, his words were full of hatred that iron could not turn into steel, and he even wanted to stamp his feet.
"Those retinues are missing. No one knows where Bai Yan will take them and how he will deal with them. If they are tortured, those people will not last long. What we want now is that no matter what, we must let Bai Yan take them away.
When we go to the government, there are our people in the government. Whether it is a message or the news of those people, we can know everything clearly. If Bai Yan is tortured in the government, we can spread rumors that Bai Yan is trying to solve the case and frame others.
"
After Mr. Luo finished speaking, he looked directly at the two sons in front of him.
Mr. Luo has been teaching these two sons since they were young, but it was all about other trivial things. Now, he just took this opportunity to tell his two sons what kind of methods their Luo family is the most powerful in Luoyin.
"I understand, father!"
When Luo Li heard his father's words, his eyes lit up, and the fear on his face disappeared, and he nodded to his father with reverence.
Luo Yi's reaction was slower, but he quickly understood what his father meant.
"Yes! As long as people come to Luoyin City, we have enough ways to make those people keep quiet and make the matter bigger and bring it to Xianyang! Even Bai Yan may not be able to bear the rumors. No
If there is evidence, we can only release him!"
Luo Yi looked happy and looked at his father with admiration. Then when he saw his brother leaving, he quickly turned around and followed him.
In the study room.
Mr. Luo watched his two sons leave, closed his eyes, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Yan, Bai Yan!
You are indeed better than ordinary people. As young as you are, I have never seen such a scheming person. You are the first person.
However, Luoyin is the foundation of our noble clan after all.
You, Bai Yan, have nothing to do with it!
If you dare not hand people over to the government now, those people will all be missing in the future.
And I will never let you investigate this matter so easily.
"Come here, prepare a carriage and go visit the city magistrate!"
Mr. Luo took a deep breath and opened his eyes. His eyes were full of calmness, as if he had seen Bai Yan's ending.
Right now, he still needs to go to the city magistrate Zhang Guan and ask Zhang Guan to do something.
Inside Luoyin City.
In Bai Yan's mansion, he knelt down behind the wooden table and stretched out.
Bai Junzhu came up with a wooden tray and a bowl of chicken soup. Although there was no shortage of fish in Luoyin City beside the Weishui River, because many people had drowned recently, it was better not to eat fish recently.
Ordinary people's three meals a day are basically vegetarian dishes, either boiled beans or corn.
As for chicken, very few people can eat it, and even most people may not have the opportunity to eat it in their lifetime.
After all, apart from paying taxes, it would be good to have enough food and clothing from a year's harvest. If you can save some money, it can be used more for clothing and daily necessities, such as salt, which are expensive expenses.
And a chicken can be exchanged for more than three to four hundred kilograms of rice and millet!
This is a price that people are unlikely to be willing to pay for a meal.
As for wild animals, you are lucky to get them, but there are also taboos, because places with many prey have often been turned into hunting grounds. If people accidentally uncover them, they often violate Qin laws and face harsh punishments later.
Now Bai Yan has two hunting grounds under his name.
But they were all in Pingyang, near Yongcheng. When Bai Yan became the second general of the Bai family, those Ying family members gave them to Bai Yan, and Bai Yan had never seen the hunting grounds that were used by Bai family's subordinates.
"General, this is the list of those caught last night!"
A man in civilian clothes hurried to the study, then came to Bai Yan to prepare a gift and handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Bai Yan.
"Okay, let the soldiers take turns to rest. I will go and ask those people in an hour."
Bai Yan nodded.
Opening the bamboo slip in his hand, he saw the names of the people arrested last night written on it. He breathed a sigh of relief. Those nobles were indeed as he expected. After learning about his investigation, they would definitely have a mentality of stability and worry.
"promise!"
The confidant saluted Bai Yan, then turned and retreated.
"Did you deliberately let those people know that you came to Luoyin that day?"
Bai Junzhu knelt down next to Bai Yan, looked at the name on the bamboo slip in Bai Yan's hand, and looked at Bai Yan with beautiful eyes filled with wonder.
At this moment, Bai Junzhu recalled the scenes in Ruori and the way those nobles lingered on leaving last night. Then he looked at the bamboo slips in Bai Yan's hand. He still didn't know the cause and effect. He was really amazed by Bai Yan's talent.
"Luoyin City is the foundation of those noble clans. I have just arrived in Luoyin. If I want to have a chance to win in a game with them, I can only wait and see what happens and let them show their flaws. Only in this way can I have a chance to win."
Bai Yan chuckled softly.
"It's the same with leading troops in battle, and it's the same with political intrigues!"
Bai Yan looked at Bai Junzhu, and when he saw Bai Junzhu's true appearance, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
Things went more smoothly than he imagined. The ghost he saw halfway up the mountain had been determined to be an acquaintance in the village. This undoubtedly saved a lot of trouble, and also saved a lot of steps for the review and questioning later.
"Let Miss Xu help you change your medicine later!"
Bai Junzhu looked at the young man beside him, his beautiful eyes filled with brilliance. However, when he saw the young man's shoulders were sluggish when he drank chicken soup, he knew that the young man's injury was still hurting.
"Um!"
Bai Yan nodded.
After a while, after eating and drinking, Bai Yan, with Master Xu's help, applied herbs to the wound on his shoulder, put on his official uniform, took his Jue Ben with him, and prepared to examine those people.
But what Bai Yan didn't expect was that before he could leave, he saw Bai Ping running towards him in a hurry.
"Yan, it's bad, there are people talking about you everywhere in the city right now!"
Panting heavily, Bai Ping came to Bai Yan and told Bai Yan the news that was spreading in the city at this time.
In the study room, Bai Yan frowned when he heard Bai Ping's words.
"Those people want to cause chaos in Luoyin."
Bai Yan sighed.
When Bai Junzhu and Master Xu learned that the city was full of rumors about Bai Yan, they couldn't help but look at Bai Yan worriedly.
"Yan, were you really the one who arrested those people?"
Bai Pingyuan originally only came to inform Bai Yan of the news in the city, but when he saw Bai Yan and looked at the bamboo slips on the wooden table, he was stunned and Bai Ping was confused.
Just now, Bai Ping had always thought that he was a commoner in the city and guessed without permission. After all, the missing person had nothing to do with Bai Yan. In addition, Bai Yan and he had been drinking in the mansion last night, so how could he possibly arrest him.
But right now.
Bai Ping looked at the bamboo slips and discovered.
It seems that those people were really captured by Bai Yan!
In the study room.
Bai Yan nodded when he saw Bai Ping's appearance.
"I caught it!"
Bai Yan looked thoughtful, then looked outside the study.
Now it has been determined that those who are behind this are the nobles in the city, and the methods of those nobles are also somewhat beyond expectations.
Inside Luoyin City.
"Look! Why are all those people arrested?"
"Those people are the people who have been missing for unknown reasons due to rumors today. I heard that they were not missing, but were arrested by Lieutenant Bai."
"Ah? Why did the county captain arrest them?"
"I heard that the people who drowned before were not drowned, but were killed by others!"
On the street, the people passing by saw a famous man holding a sharp sword and the men escorted by Qin officials. They stepped aside one after another, and then began to discuss privately.
Soon, as more and more people gathered on both sides of the street, some men among the people looked at each other, turned around and left in silence.
After a while.
In the prison for guarding criminals in Luoyin City.
Bai Yan, accompanied by Zhang Guan, the magistrate of Luoyin City, his cronies and Qin officials, soon saw the arrested men.
"My lord, this is unjust! My lord!"
"Your Excellency, you still hope to make the decision for us!!!"
A dozen men were imprisoned in the cell. When they saw the city magistrate Zhang Guan, they hurriedly crawled forward and cried out that they were wronged.
However, when Zhang Guan saw these people in front of him, how could he dare to care about them?
"Does the city magistrate know these people?"
Bai Yan turned his head and looked at Zhang Guan meaningfully.
"I don't know. Zhang Guan doesn't know these people!"
Zhang Guan quickly waved his hand and said, how dare Zhang Guan admit it when faced with Bai Yan's question.
To be able to achieve the position of city commander, Zhang Guan has already been extremely mellow in his behavior. He will not offend others easily and will leave room for anything.
But as Zhang Guan's words fell.
It's embarrassing.
It was clear that Bai Yan was asking about Zhang Guan, but all the men who were complaining about injustice had quieted down. They seemed to be more afraid of Bai Yan's "misunderstanding" than Zhang Guan.
See the situation.
Bai Yan couldn't help but look at Zhang Guan again.
Zhang Guan's forehead was already covered with sweat, he lowered his head humbly, and the Adam's apple on his neck kept moving up and down.
After a few breaths.
Bai Yan just looked away. When Zhang Guan saw this, he dared to take a deep breath. Only then did Zhang Guan realize that his back was already covered with sweat.
"I just asked Qin officials. I heard that Zhang Cheng's order has written to Xianyang? Asking the neighboring counties and prefectures to send officials to investigate."
Bai Yan turned to look around the cell and asked softly.
Zhang Guan just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly heard Bai Yan's question and became nervous again. His eyes were so guilty that he did not dare to look at Bai Yan and he quickly lowered his head.
"Report to General Bai that this is indeed the case! This matter is of great importance. Zhang Guan heard that General Bai was injured and that General Bai was tired, so he wrote to Xianyang and asked Xianyang officials to come to Luoyin to investigate!"
Zhang Guan explained carefully.
Zhang Guan felt that his excuse was extremely perfect. In addition to fulfilling Mr. Luo's instructions, he could also leave a 'caring' impression on Bai Yan.
Inside the cell.
When the men who were arrested heard Zhang Guan's words, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and looked at each other calmly.
They are not ordinary people, so they naturally know that they will follow Zhang Cheng's letter to Xianyang, wait for the letter to be sent to the palace, and hand it over to the king. Then the king will find an opportunity in the main hall to let the officials discuss who to send to Luoyin, and then the king will
Decide on.
After doing this, the clerical officials of the Xianyang Palace will sign the order, and then the official will convey the order to lead the county. The neighboring county will send officials, and when the official has finished the business at hand and comes to Luoyin, not only will it be necessary
There is still time to investigate.
This process will take at least more than a month, or even longer.
Think of this.
The civilian men imprisoned in the cell all know this.
As long as they persist, officials from Xianyang will investigate them. As long as there is no evidence, the nobles they follow will definitely allow them to get out safely.
"Zhang Chengling has good intentions, but what Zhang Chengling said is of great importance! What does it mean?"
Bai Yan suddenly turned his head, looking at Zhang Guan with a curious look on his face.
Facing Bai Yan's eyes, Zhang Guan's forehead was instantly covered with sweat, but fortunately he remembered Mr. Luo's words
"General Bai, it's the murder. The butcher killed the neighbor's family, which is of great importance. However, because the people in the village were talking about the butcher, even the registered man who killed the whole family denied it, so Zhang Guan
Feeling that something was fishy, he wrote to Xianyang! He also asked the general about the capture of so many murderers. As the commander of Luoyin City, he couldn't avoid suspicion, so he wrote to Xianyang together! "
When Zhang Guan said this, he almost said it bravely, and even his hands and feet were trembling as he spoke.
However, Zhang Guan had to do it even if he had to bite the bullet by accepting the benefits from Mr. Luo.
Zhang Guan swore in his heart that after helping Mr. Luo handle this matter, he would never offend Bai Yan again in the future. No matter what, even if he gave his wife and daughter to Bai Yan, he would let Bai Yan slowly calm down.
"Is there anything else going on?"
Bai Yan was a little curious when he heard Zhang Guan's words.
Regarding Zhang Guan's letter to Xianyang, Bai Yan was not a fool. He didn't know why, but besides lamenting the old fox, the man behind the scenes, he had no other choice at the moment.
Bai Yan knew that those noble clans were planning to make the matter bigger. Their purpose was not only to delay time, but also to involve the noble clan forces that he had offended due to the previous robbery and betrayal.
"Take me to see that man!"
Bai Yan looked at the man in the cell in front of him and was not in a hurry to interrogate him.
Since those noble forces want to make a big fuss, Bai Yan naturally doesn't mind. Bai Yan also hopes that the bigger the trouble, the better. Only in this way will those forces who want to save these noble families dare not act rashly.
As for Zhang Guan, the city magistrate of Luoyin in front of him, Bai Yan had already seen that he was a man who relied on connections to become the city magistrate and had no scheming intentions.
Perhaps this is why Zhang Guan has always been supported by the Luoyin nobles.
The Luoyin Rebellion is over, and Tian Ding will appear in the next chapter!
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