The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 575 The Li family bows their heads, and then goes to the Zhen family (two in one)

In fact, it is already September and the weather is getting colder, but the fire on the Qinhuai River is raging, and it can't help but illuminate the surroundings like daytime, and it is still full of enthusiasm, making people feel like they are in midsummer.

In fact, as long as it is not the twelfth lunar month, every night, the Qinhuai River is full of singing, dancing and laughter, but at this time, the Qinhuai River is quiet for ten miles. Countless eyes are fixed here, but only the crackling sound of burning wood can be heard .

Chen Zhao was wearing brocade clothes, standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the raging flames with a smile on his face, and the guards in brocade clothes stood erect beside him, without saying a word.

Jin Jiuling ran back early.

With his IQ, I'm afraid he has already started thinking about leaving the Zhen family and going to Yangcheng to join the Nanwang Mansion.

Only the steward of Qinglianfang knelt there, his face pale.

For him, the burning of Qinglianfang, losing his job and losing his job can only be regarded as trivial matters, but whether he can survive tomorrow is the major issue.

For the melon-eating people on the inner, outer and third floors, the strange scene of the Zhen family in Jiangnan being stripped of their face by the imperial envoy in public, but the Zhen family seemed indifferent, was exciting.

People with strong energy immediately realized that the Jingjie Tiger in the capital city, which swept across Yangzhou and shocked Liaodong, was about to stand up in Jinling.

It seems that Chen Zhao is no more than a third-rank or fourth-rank Beijing official, and at most he is wearing the skin of a Jinyiwei, but everyone knows that this Chen Zhao has an extremely powerful influence, and ordinary people can't stop it at all.

The Zhen family is just an old minister of the former dynasty, but Chen Zhao is today's "good fortune boy".

It is clear at a glance who the holy family is.

At this time, the Zhen family didn't know how to send a family member over to make connections, and they were afraid that the family would be ransacked and wiped out.

But for ordinary people, the old lady of the Zhen family in Jiangnan is Mrs. Fengsheng, who has a deep relationship with the royal family. The Zhen family belongs to the top cloud family in Jiangnan. Even Shi Shilun dare not touch the Zhen family.

This time the imperial envoy dared to burn his family's painting boat, it was really an egg hitting a stone.

"When Mrs. Fengsheng gets angry, a mere Jinyiwei fellow-knowledgeer kowtows!"

"The Zhen family is in charge of the eyes and ears of the south of the Yangtze River on behalf of the emperor. Has this Jinyi guard crossed the line?"

"Dare to humiliate the face of Zhen's family in the south of the Yangtze River like this. I'm afraid this Chen doesn't want to live?"

"It's only one death to humiliate Chang Lin Bo's house, and then humiliate Jiangnan Zhen's family and die twice? People have already figured it out!"

"It turns out that life and death are pessimistic, so if you don't accept it, do it, hahahaha..."

The fire lasted half an hour, and the pillars of the Qinglianfang on the Qinhuai River were burned down, and the second floor also collapsed. Only then did Chen Zhao nodded in satisfaction, turned around and mounted his horse, looked around, and laughed loudly: "Not bad, have fun! And return!"

After saying this, Chen Zhao left here surrounded by his personal guards, and Zhao Banhe also walked with his head held high.

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Chang Linbo Mansion.

"Naughty animal, Jin Yiwei's thousands of households invited Shangguan to a banquet, what's hindering you? What prestige are you going to play? Don't you know that this imperial envoy is also a Jin Yiwei? Or is he eating, drinking and having fun all day long, and his mind is also confused, and he doesn't know how old he is. Meat?"

Li Xingyuan who got up in the middle of the night heard about this, his face was like gold paper, his eyes were full of gold stars, he pointed at Li San, and shouted: "Usually I'm too spoiled to you," today I will beat you to death, who knows? If you persuade me, I will hand over the crown and furniture to you! I will not be a sinner, shave off these troublesome temple hairs, and find a clean place for myself, so as not to humiliate my ancestors and give birth to rebellious sons crime."

When all the disciples and servants saw Li Xingyuan's appearance, they knew that the Patriarch was really furious, and all of them bit their fingers and bit their tongues, not daring to say more.

Even Jia Leshan was annoyed that this young master Li could cause trouble, so he didn't say a word.

Li San's nickname is Ruyi, because he is handsome, and is used to talking sweetly, he is loved by the old lady and his wife at home. Every time he gets into trouble, the old man will intercede for him.

Li Xingyuan panted and walked back and forth in the hall, shouting repeatedly: "Bring me a big stick, and tie it up with a rope! Close all the doors! Someone sent a message to go in and beat him to death immediately!"

All the boys had no choice but to agree in unison, and some of them really found big sticks and ropes.

When Li Xingyuan saw him, he only ordered, "Shut up, I'll beat you to death!" The servants didn't dare to disobey, so they had to press Li San and Li Ruyi on the stool, and raised a big board to beat them ten times. Li Xingyuan still thought the beating was light He kicked the palm board away, snatched it by himself, gritted his teeth and slammed it thirty or forty times. Seeing that the beating was ominous, all the disciples rushed forward to persuade him.

Li Xingyuan was willing to listen, and said: "You can ask him what he did, but you can't forgive him! You guys spoiled him all the time, and you come here to persuade him. Tomorrow, he will kill the king and father. You can’t persuade me!”

Although Li Xingyuan, the contemporary general of Jinling, has practiced martial arts all over, it is actually easy for Jia Leshan to win the wooden stick, but why is he willing to be such a good person at this time?Then he withdrew with all the people, looking for someone to report inside.

Waiting for Mrs. Li and the old lady to hear the letter and come to the study, Li San and Li Ruyi have already been beaten to pieces.

A family member came to stop him, and the other brothers of the Li family also came running after hearing the news. Naturally, the board could no longer be beaten, and the old lady wanted her maid to carry Li San back to the backyard, but Li Xingyuan stopped and said, "My lord, usually You can pamper him, but today is different, he still has to go to the imperial envoy’s residence to receive fifty lashes, otherwise we will go to Linbo’s residence and General Jinling will do nothing.”

The old lady was furious and asked, "Who is the other party? Could it be that they are relatives of the emperor?"

Li Xingyuan shook his head and said: "If it's a relative of the emperor, I wouldn't be afraid, but this is today's son of good fortune, known as the tiger of the quiet street in the capital, such a person who comes to Jinling is to replace the emperor's quiet street. Ruyi bumped into it, old lady, now you know how much trouble Ruyi has caused!"

The old lady still couldn't believe it.

Jia Leshan took a step forward and said, "Mrs. Tai, someone sent a letter earlier saying that Chen Zhao had a secret decree to spy on and suppress Jiangnan nobles. Seeing his actions, maybe this decree really exists. Just half an hour ago, this Chen Zhao burned the Qinglian boat run by the Zhen family, and said that after the disposal of the third son, he would visit the Zhen family. Such aggressiveness shows that the rumors are true, we must be careful not to let The Li family has suffered an indiscriminate disaster."

The old lady's surname is Yue, and she is also from a family of officials. She was born and died with Li Wei. Her martial arts and knowledge are extremely high.

She knew that her son might have lied because of a small calculation, but this Jia Leshan would not.

Jia Leshan was known as the "Iron Faced Dragon King" back then. After being recruited, he followed Li Wei through life and death, and served as the commander of the guards next to General Jinling. The status in the Li family is also high, and he can be a counselor.

Therefore, it is related to the overall situation, and I will never deceive the old lady about a little thing.

The old lady was shocked when she heard Jia Leshan's words. She couldn't help but exchanged glances with Mrs. Li, and when she looked at Li San again, her expression suddenly turned into hatred.

But the old lady is still stubborn: "This Chen Zhao is too deceitful, and wants to make Ruyi suffer humiliation. In this way, what is the face of our family!"

Jia Leshan said: "Mrs. Tai, after all, it's just a slap in the face for fifty lashes. If Chen Zhao says fifty lashes, then he really wants to kill people. This Chen Zhaoming has made it clear that he is going to govern the south of the Yangtze River. If this is the case No, if you keep an eye on the matter, I'm afraid things will be really troublesome!"

Li Xingyuan also sighed, and said to his mother: "It's over, our Li family is still the Li family, if there is a commotion, the position of General Jinling of our Li family is being targeted by the capital, then..."

The old lady let out a long sigh and left without saying a word.

……

Early in the morning, around the inn where Chen Zhao lived, people of all colors gathered around the dawn of the next day.

The people who came this time were still the eyes and ears of each family, but unlike last time, everyone came here openly, some were soldiers of Jin Yiwei, some were servants of Yingtian Mansion, some were officials of various yamen, and some were servants of wealthy families A group of people dressed up are looking around here.

Last night there were rumors circulating on the Qinhuai River, saying that Chen Zhao asked Chang Linbo to whip the third son of the Li family at the door of his residence this morning. Everyone wants to see how Chang Linbo's family will react. General Jinling is the top military officer in the south of the Yangtze River. He made a statement, and everyone had a judgment in their hearts.

Sure enough, as soon as the sky was bright, the door of the inn opened, and the seat representing the imperial envoy was also moved to the door. It seemed that the rumors were true.

"This Chen Zhao has even prepared his seat, it seems that he is determined to win it!"

"Wouldn't it be a slap in the face if Bo Lin didn't come?"

"Yeah, don't look at him having a good time last night and offending the Zhen family and the Li family in one breath. If he can't close the scene today, it will be a joke."

"If this was really a joke, I don't think Chen Zhao would have the shame to go to Changzhou."

"It's more than shameless to go to Changzhou. I'm afraid Jinling won't be able to stay any longer, and I'll go back in despair."

"I heard that Chen Zhao kneaded the salt merchants in Yangzhou like dough."

"Hehe, it's just a mere salt merchant, but a bunch of salt rats, how can it compare with the nobles of Jinling City?"

"Everyone, what does this have to do with us, we just need to sit quietly and eat melons."

"Yes, eat melon! Eat melon!"

While everyone was discussing, someone who saw it suddenly shouted: "Here we come! The Li family is really here!"

Hearing the words, everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look, and they saw a team with the banner of "General Jinling".

There were not many people from the Li family, more than a dozen personal guards surrounded Chief Lin Bo and Jinling General Li Xingyuan, and a carriage pulled one person.

"What, it's really here!"

Countless people were stunned.

Even General Jinling had to bow to Chen Zhao. Is Chen Zhao's power so terrifying?
Is that legend true?
When Chen Zhao came to Jiangnan, did he really want to suppress the local nobles?
The originally noisy street was quiet. Everyone watched as Chang Lin Bo and Jinling General Li Xingyuan got off their horses at Chen Zhao's residence, and then dragged Li San out of the carriage.

"Chen Zhao met Zhang Lin Bo!"

After all, the other party is an uncle, so there must always be proper etiquette.

Li Xingyuan nodded and said:
"Yesterday, my son behaved badly. He really brought shame on me. Today I will teach him a lesson and let him know that the sky is the limit. According to your instructions, I will give this evil beast fifty lashes!"

As soon as the order was given, someone immediately stepped forward and whipped the whip.

Originally, Li San had been beaten with dozens of sticks, his flesh and blood were bloody, and he lay there unable to move.

After beating fifty lashes, Chen Zhao nodded with a smile, Li Xingyuan waved his hand, and two doctors rushed over to prescribe medicine.

Chief Lin Bo Li Xingyuan clasped his fists there, and said coldly:

"I heard that my lord is going to Changzhou, so Ben will not send me off!"

"Uncle Bu Lao sent it away."

Li Xingyuan snorted coldly, turned his head and left, and a group of people helped Li San, who was applying the medicine, into the carriage and walked away.

Although Li Xingyuan behaved very indifferently, but no matter what, he let his son receive fifty lashes in front of the public, which meant that the Li family bowed their heads to Chen Zhao, Chang Linbo bowed his head to a heroic viscount, General Jinling He bowed his head to a mere fellow Jin Yiwei.

What this means is really self-explanatory.

Before Chang Lin Bo and his group left, those who came to watch the scene had already started to disperse, so they had to rush back to report the situation.

The three thousand households of Jinyiwei, Pang Qingshan, Zhao Banhe, and Meng Xianhui, were naturally also on the scene. They saw the scene of Li Sangong being beaten with their own eyes. Zhao Banhe was full of momentum, and his waist was straight.

Pang Qingshan's face turned gray.

But Meng Xianhui was still indifferent.

"Three adults, wait for a while, the imperial envoy is having breakfast."

A guard replied, the three thousand households did not dare to be impatient at all, they just waited there.

After waiting for half an hour, Chen Zhao appeared.

As soon as he appeared, he said: "Pang Qingshan, you are from Chang Linbo's residence, but now you are a thousand households of Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei is the son of the emperor's army, and your majesty gives you all the salary and errands, but you regard Chang Linbo as your master inside and out. , then you can go back to your master’s house, Jin Yiwei doesn’t need to eat the inside and outside of the food.”

As soon as this remark came out, Pang Qingshan immediately softened, and quickly knelt down and shouted: "The lowly job is confused, please forgive me, my lord."

"You're just slacking off on His Majesty's salary and errands. You're leaving Jinyiwei to find Chief Lin Bo. Sleeping will kill you!"

Chen Zhao waved his hand, and directly ordered someone to take off Pang Qingshan's flying fish suit, took the Xiuchun knife, and set it up outside the door.

Relevant official seals and documents must of course be cleaned up.

"Zhao Banhe, you are Jinyiwei Qianhu, your father and uncle are all loyal, don't fall into your family's style of loyalty, take care of the things that should be managed, and do this job well!!"

Zhao Banhe knelt down there, kowtowed a few times, and agreed loudly.

Chen Zhao looked at Meng Xianhui, who still had a calm and well-behaved look on his face. Chen Zhao looked at him, smiled, and said:
"We Jinyiwei don't want to wait for someone who can't figure out the origin, come here, lock him up for me, and interrogate him carefully, Zhao Banhe, within half a month, investigate this guy's origin and footsteps, if he If you have any unruly intentions, you will be killed."

"Yes! Sir, I humbly obey my orders!" Zhao Banhe shouted loudly.

Chen Zhao stood up and set off with the team. The group walked through the streets and alleys.

On the side of Xuanwu Lake, there is a very large area, and there is an extremely luxurious mansion.

When Chen Zhao arrived here, he had already reined in his horse. Within a hundred steps ahead, there was a spacious open space, and there was only one family in the area surrounded by four streets in front of him.

This is the top wealthy family in Jinling City, the number one figure among the nobles, the overlord's nanny, the former Jiangnan weaving, today's president of Tirenyuan, Jiangnan Zhenfu.

Chen Zhao took a look at this magnificent mansion, and he could see the pavilions and pavilions inside through the high wall. It is said that because he received the Supreme Emperor back then, the inside was beautiful, like a fairyland, even Suzhou gardens could not compare.

"Who is it, get off the horse quickly!!"

Just as Chen Zhao and his group were about to step forward, they heard someone sternly shouting at the gate of the Zhen Mansion. Chen Zhao smiled, and walked forward with the reins still shaking, followed by dozens of riders.

"Bold maniac, Jiangnan Zhen's family and Mrs. Fengsheng live in the mansion, you dare to be on the horse?"

(End of this chapter)