It was just a slip of the tongue, but after hearing that Yan Xi's performance was so impressive, Lei Ming simply didn't bother to change his tune.
Li Xiaotian nodded.
Lei Ming asked: "That's not right. You have been seizing so many state shepherds along the way. Almost all of them are manipulating taxation. However, the taxation in Huazhou is normal. Apart from taxation, where else can he embezzle? Is it possible that he and You can do it?"
Did the state discover the mine?"
Li Xiaotian said: "It's all a show, knowing that I'm coming to investigate, and the investigation is mainly about taxes. Of course he can't reveal the truth. There are only two possibilities, either those outside the city are the ones he's looking for, or they're deliberately checking in before I come."
, change taxes back to normal in advance.”
Lei Ming is an action person. When he heard Li Xiaotian's speculation, he quickly dismounted and randomly found a passerby to test it. The result was exactly as Li Xiaotian expected. When he asked about the previous tax, it was twice as high as the legal amount.
"This acting really lives up to its name. He/she is so good at acting. He even fooled me. Fortunately, Brother Lu is alert, otherwise I might have been fooled by him." Lei Ming realized later.
Feeling emotional.
Li Xiaotian was speechless. What do you mean by fooling him? Isn't he the best to fool him? Seeing that Lei Ming had praised himself, Li Xiaotian did not say anything to attack him. He only said: "It's not how good he is at acting, it's because of you."
It’s too deep into the drama.”
"I have always hated others for deceiving me. Now that I have found out the situation, why not just go back and arrest that guy." Lei Ming suggested angrily.
Li Xiaotian smiled slyly and said: "Don't worry, wait until he throws himself into the trap."
Lei Ming asked: "What kind of self-throwing method?"
Li Xiaotian pretended to be profound and said: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked."
When you are in doubt, use money to solve it.
Lei Ming took out a small bag of gold coins and said, "One thousand gold coins can't be more."
Li Xiaotian grabbed the money bag and said: "Don't leak the secret unless you can get rich." After putting the gold coins into the storage bag, he continued: "My plan is this. I will leave the city directly tomorrow morning. Yan Xi will definitely come by then.
After seeing us off, he thought we had been deceived. He had been frustrated for so long by a man who was greedy for pleasure. After returning, he would definitely move all the transferred belongings back as soon as possible. When we arrived in the suburbs, the three of us
Let’s sneak back first, keep a firm grasp on what’s going on, and everyone will get the stolen goods, so we don’t have to ransack the house again.”
"This is a very clever plan. A bad-tempered person would be described as someone like you. You can even come up with such an idea." Lei Ming half-joked.
Li Xiaotian explained: "This statement is wrong. If you use it to do bad things, you will be full of bad things. If you use it to do good things, you will be full of good things."
Facing Li Xiaotian's sophistry, Lei Ming was speechless and could only give Li Xiaotian a blank look to show his contempt.
One night is like running water, and in the blink of an eye, it will be tomorrow.
In front of the gate of Huazhou City, Yan Xi had been waiting for a long time. He finally saw Li Xiaotian and his team preparing to leave the city. He immediately let go of his worries. Because he wanted to maintain an image of being clean and frugal, he did not dare to make much of a fuss during the farewell ceremony. However, Yan Xi
One person stood at the city gate to say goodbye. After seeing his group of figures disappear completely, Yan Xi finally showed a long-lost smile and hurried back to the Prefectural Mufu. He ordered his servants to bring all the belongings back to reward everyone.
The accompanying actors worked hard and prepared a grand banquet to celebrate.
As planned, Li Xiaotian, Geng Nian, Lei Ming and the others got out of the car as soon as they arrived in the suburbs and returned to Huazhou silently. As for the imperial guards, Li Xiaotian asked them to enter Huazhou in two hours.
The three of them hid in the dark to observe the situation in the Prefectural Mufu Mansion. As Li Xiaotian expected, Yan Xi immediately revealed his true nature as soon as Li Xiaotian left. There was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages transporting items, either high-end furniture, rare potted plants, or...
There were heavy boxes of items, etc., and there were at least ten or twenty carriages going back and forth, which shows how much corruption this guy had.
When Yan Xi's belongings were almost transferred, Li Xiaotian and three others suddenly appeared in front of the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, frightening the guard at the door half to death.
"Go and inform your governor that the Minister of Household Affairs is visiting again." Li Xiaotian said to the guard in front of the door.
The guards didn't even dare to breathe. They rolled and crawled and staggered into the house to report.
This time, after waiting for a while, Yan Xi had not yet come out to greet him. He was probably stabbed by Li Xiaotian's carbine and was unable to walk. What is strange is that the guard who had notified him had not yet returned to his position.
"Since the turtle refuses to come out, we can only go into the turtle shell to find him."
Li Xiaotian made a vivid analogy, and then walked directly towards the mansion.
As soon as I entered the mansion, the appearance of the mansion was completely different from before. Golden potted plants could be seen everywhere, the entire corridor was hung with red lanterns, and there were even more servants, all of whom were dressed more plainly than before.
Yan Xi is much more beautiful. This is what a normal and corrupt state pastoral government should look like.
"Sir, why do you have to be aggressive and kill everyone?"
In the atrium of the mansion, Yan Xi stood on the top of the steps and asked. At this time, Yan Xi changed his attitude from Vino, his eyes were full of doubts and murderous intent.
"If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing unless you do it yourself." Li Xiaotian replied with an eternal saying.
Yan Xi let out a long sigh and said, "It seems that your Excellency wants to go all the way to the end. There is no room for negotiation?"
Li Xiaotian shrugged, indicating that he was right.
"Then sir, don't blame me for being cruel!"
Yan Xi said sternly, snapping his fingers, and instantly, the entire atrium was surrounded by soldiers, each holding a crossbow and aiming at Li Xiaotian and the others.
Yan Xi said sternly, snapping his fingers, and instantly, the entire atrium was surrounded by soldiers, each holding a crossbow and aiming at Li Xiaotian and the others.
Li Xiaotian reminded: "Yan Zhoumu, I advise you to think clearly and hand over the stolen money honestly. You may still have a chance to survive. You should know the consequences of assassinating Shangguan."
"Hahaha, sir, you are so funny. You seem to be confused about the situation. You have been surrounded." Yan Xi said word by word.
Li Xiaotian shook his head and said: "The ignorant are fearless."
Yan Xi was very upset when he heard that Li Xiaotian was still mocking him even before his death. He waved his hand and said: "Fire the arrow!"
In an instant, whizzing sounds were heard everywhere, and dense arrows were flying towards the three of them from all directions, bound to turn them into a hornet's nest.
Li Xiaotian and Lei Ming stood still and looked at Gengnian at the same time, wanting him to take action. Gengnian understood and took out the long sword from the storage bag. Although the sword Qi Zhenyu could easily resist, but in the face of
These ordinary guards could be easily dealt with with just a few sword moves. When the arrows were about to fly, Geng's long sword quickly waved in a circle, and all the arrows were caught under his sleeves. Then he flicked them and flew in the same direction.
When he returned, he could only hear the rising and falling screams. Before he could fire the second shot, all the surrounding soldiers fell to the ground.