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Wang Yueming is dead.

Occupying Liangjiang, manipulating Jiangxi merchants, playing with the officialdom of Liangjiang as a lame and down-and-out scholar, he is driven by him from the second-rank officials to the ninth-rank sesame officials. Emperor Yuanshou.

If a person can live like Wang Yueming, it's probably worth it.

Whether Wang Yueming was unwilling or satisfied before his death, Zhao Baiyu didn't know. He just stood in front of Wang Yueming's corpse, holding the wooden box he sent, and what Wang Yueming said just now echoed in his mind.

After nearly a year in Liangjiang, he was fighting against Jiangxi merchants, but he was actually fighting with Wang Yueming.

If Wang Yueming was not physically weak and too sick to move, or if he was facing a Wang Yueming with sound legs, it is still unknown whether he could win those few fights and whether he would die under his calculations.

However, if these were established, what would appear in front of him might not be a lame scholar who was depressed and unwilling, but a good minister and capable official of Curling Qiuyue, and Liangjiang's officialdom might not be as dirty and corrupt as it is today.

A thought arises, a thought dies, a drink and a peck are all cause and effect.

The little boy pushed Wang Yueming's wheelchair and was about to leave, but was stopped by the hidden guard: "Without Mr. Zhao's permission, the criminal cannot be taken away even if he is dead."

The little boy looked at Zhao Baiyu: "Third Master said, you won't keep his body."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Baiyu once again deeply realized that Wang Yueming was really good at predicting things, and that people's hearts were in place.

If it was an imperial envoy, the Sixth Prince, who was used to insulting corpses on the battlefield, would probably bring this corpse back to his command, either to show his head to the public, or to flog the corpse as a warning to others.

It was Zhao Baiyu who came, and it was useless for him to leave a dead body, and he was unwilling to use a dead body to make an example of others.

Zhao Baiyu: "Let him go."

The little boy pushed the wheelchair out of the water pavilion, and when he reached the door, he turned his head and said, "The third master said, in order to thank you for leaving his body, you'd better go to the quarry right now."

Zhao Baiyu frowned, feeling puzzled.

Xiao Tong: "The ledger in your hand contains evidence of Princess Changping's collusion with officials and businessmen, but it is not enough to sentence her to death. The quarry and the collusion of tooth dealers are all designed by the third master in order to restrain Princess Changping and control her lifeline. Falling into a trap, she also knows that the third master has no evidence to kill her."

At this point, Zhao Baiyu's face changed drastically, and he already understood what Wang Yueming wanted to mention to him.

"Quick!" Zhao Baiyu turned his head and said to Wei Bo and the secret guard: "One of them rushed to see the imperial envoy immediately, and asked the imperial envoy to lead troops to surround the quarry, and the other followed me out of the city to the quarry to save people——Changping wants to kill people." Shut up!"

***

In the time of Haishi, Jingbei soldiers waded through mountains and rivers, quietly entered Hongzhou Mansion, and came to the hotel where the imperial envoy stayed. Half of them followed Yan Duwei to capture Shangui, and half followed Huo Zhaowen to surround Changping Princess Mansion.

At the same time, Jiangdong commander Hu Heyi led a small group of cavalry to the quarry on the outskirts of Hongzhou Prefecture, and Li Deshou was in the forefront.

It is rumored that all the prefectures and counties in Liangjiang, who have been involved in the trafficking of people in the tooth shop, have received secret letters from the Hongzhou prefecture. Evidence.

"The general situation is over, kill people to silence words, cut grass and roots!"

The ruthless officials don't say anything and ask people to get rid of those who haven't sold. The greedy officials and tooth dealers are reluctant to bear it. They grit their teeth and hold on. Speaking of imperial envoys, even if the saint came up, they would not be able to cure their sins.

Of course, there are also those who are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. They dare not do anything, and they grasp the certificate in their hands like an ostrich, thinking that he has the national law to rely on, and he will never fall into the situation of ransacking his family and exterminating his family.

***

The dark guard rushed to the hotel where the imperial envoy was staying, jumped to the ground and rushed into the hotel. He was instantly pinned to the neck with a gun and knife, and quickly showed his waist card and said: "Northwest Tanghe cavalry from the fifth-rank captain, report to the imperial envoy. Someone wants to kill hundreds of people in the quarry, please send troops to support."

The soldier took the badge and confirmed it was correct with the superior officer, and the superior officer said: "The imperial envoy has gone to the Princess Mansion, please wait for a moment, then I will send people to the Princess Mansion to ask for instructions."

The hidden guard was anxious: "Can't you kill first and then play?"

Shangcha: "The military order is like a mountain, and there is no order to move, please forgive me."

The secret guard is also a soldier, so he naturally understands this truth, and he is very anxious, but he has no choice but to wait.

***

Among the officials who listened to the order and came to deal with Guan Wenbin, there was a county magistrate under the jurisdiction of Hongzhou Prefecture, who had real estate in the palace, which was located in a Suzhou garden-style courtyard.

After the yamen was burned down, the county magistrate invited Shanqian, Tang Tixing and other officials to recuperate in another courtyard for one night, and left Hongzhou mansion immediately at dawn.

Shanqian, who came back after the meeting with Changping, nodded, and everyone else agreed.

There are opera troupes, music and dance troupes in the other courtyard, and many skinny horses bought from dentists are arranged to accompany the wine.The open-air atrium is connected to the stage, and a banquet is held directly, and candles are lit. The candlesticks accumulate thick candle tears, and the lights are brightly lit until the middle of the moon, and singing and dancing are endless.

The imperial envoys were in the mansion, and there was no order for the battalion soldiers, so they could not stay in the mansion for a long time, so most of them were sent away before dark, leaving only hundreds of people guarding the other courtyard.

At three o'clock in Haishi, there was a vague sound of debauchery and the sound of mingling wine in the other courtyard. A column of cavalry suddenly appeared at the gate of the other courtyard, and aimed at the Jiangxi battalion with a spear and a short knife. The leader, Yan Duwei, showed the official seal and shouted loudly: "The imperial envoy handles the case, and the idlers wait to retreat!"

When the battalion soldiers saw this, no one dared to step forward to stop them. After looking at each other for a while, they all put down the spearmen in their hands.Someone inside the door was alert, and immediately rushed to the courtyard where the banquet was in full swing, and fell to Shan Qian's feet because he ran too fast.

Shan Qian, who was half-drunk and half-awake, put his arms around a singing girl, and jokingly said, "What's the matter, did you bump into a ghost or did you see a woman's legs go limp?"

"The imperial envoy is here to fetch someone!"

"!" Shan Qian woke up suddenly, and pushed the singing girl away: "Are you reading that right?"

"Soldiers transferred from nowhere, holding torches, surrounded the other courtyard, and the leader rushed in with the official defense seal!"

Shanqian has nothing to fear: "Imperial envoys have no roots and no reason, and dare to take people?"

"If you're working together to harm innocent people and force Guan Wenbin to be killed, is it enough to get someone!"

Yan Duwei walked like flying, counting his crimes, and Shan Gui's eyes widened in shock, while Tang Tixing dropped the wine glass in his hand, making a slap sound, like a stone falling into the water, startling ripples all over the pond, and even the heartless one immediately softened his eyes legs, fell to the ground.

Shanqian was still able to respond calmly: "I really don't understand what you mean by collaborating and harming innocent people. If it means that I was invited tonight to have a big feast with my colleagues and have fun Enjoyment... It is true that this official has neglected his duty. The extravagant style of entertaining guests should not appear among the officials of the two rivers, let alone prevail from me. Tomorrow morning, I will participate in the book myself. Whether it is punishment or responsibility is up to the Holy One Decided. But I can't admit that I have wronged innocent people!"

Without giving Lieutenant Yan Du a chance to reply, Shan Gui tried his best to clarify: "What innocent people are wronged? I am in charge of the military power of a province. It is my duty to catch thieves and wipe out the bandit dens. I often encounter cunning thieves crying innocently and painfully." Call me unjustly killing innocent people, and I will let them show all the evidence to clear their grievances. If they kill someone by mistake, I will never complain about my innocence! Of course, no one has produced evidence of innocence so far. The officer’s head is still well kept. But I don’t know if the imperial envoys are these thieves who are calling for grievances, and whether they can easily believe their words? Besides, forcing Guan Wenbin to be killed... is Guan Wenbin dead?”

He turned around and asked, "Is Guan Wenbin dead? I left his house a while ago, and I'm still alive and well, not like I'm going to die soon."

Shui Honglang, the dispatcher, said, "I haven't heard of it. Could it be a sudden death?"

Tang Tixing tugged at his lips to agree: "I vaguely remember that Guan Zhifu is strong and healthy, and he is unlikely to die suddenly."

Shui Honglang: "I heard that the magistrate Guan has been investigating some major cases in the past few days. Maybe he died suddenly because of overwork and exhaustion day and night."

"Is that so?" Shanqian was surprised, and asked with concern: "If you really do your best for the people, the imperial court should reward you, but the imperial envoy said that I forced Mr. Guan to be killed, and I absolutely dare not admit it... Is there a misunderstanding?"

Lieutenant Yan Du looked at them singing together coldly, and only said: "When the adults forced Guan Wenbin to kill, they thought they were too focused and didn't pay attention to the surroundings. , wronged Mrs. Yang, and even watched with his own eyes which hand Shan Shuai used—" Grabbing Shan Qian's right hand suddenly, he said word by word: "Break Guan Wenbin's neck!"

"—!"

Everyone was terrified, Tang Tixing was dizzy and fell to the ground suddenly, fainted from fright.Shui Honglang swallowed his saliva, lowered his head and retreated to the side, being blocked by the battalion soldiers.

Shanqian couldn't believe it at first, staring at Captain Yan's face and eyes to verify the possibility of lying, only saw a cold sarcasm, knowing that the matter was revealed, and then seeing that the battalion next to him was the battalion commander of Jingbei, so he guessed The imperial envoy has already transferred Jingbei soldiers and horses.

The big thing is gone.

Four big words flashed in Shanqian's mind, but he calmly gave up struggling: "I underestimated the imperial envoy." Instead, he asked: "May I ask who the imperial envoy is?"

Yan Duwei: "He is in charge of the Jizhou Army, honored as the captain of Qingche, awarded the fourth rank of Zhongwu General, and the sixth prince of Dajing!"

A flash of astonishment flashed across Shan Qian's face, and then he laughed loudly: "It's an honor for Shan to lose at the hands of Prince Dajing."

"Presumptuous!" Yan Duwei sternly scolded: "When he is about to die, he still slaps his tongue, provokes the brotherhood of the East Palace and the sixth prince, shakes the country, endangers the stability of the court, and has vicious intentions! Break his leg for me!" His eyes swept over the officials and the Jingbei battalion soldiers around him, and he said coldly: "I see who dares to talk about the prince!"

The people who were swept by their eyes lowered their heads, their thoughts were mixed, until Shanqian's screams broke the silence, frightening them, and they dared not think about it anymore.

Shanqian was still a man, and he only screamed when his legs were broken, and then he gritted his teeth and remained silent, enduring the intense pain.

Yan Duwei waved his hand: "Copy them all!"

***

Changping Princess Mansion.

Soldiers and horses holding torches surrounded the Princess Mansion, and the front and rear gates were guarded by officers and soldiers. The battalion separated a way, and Huo Zhaowen, who was riding a tall horse, appeared, and someone came to ask if he wanted to break open the gate of the Princess Mansion.

"Anyway, it's the eldest princess of Dajing, the aunt of the king, so I have to give you a little face." Huo Zhaowen: "Go and knock on the door."

The battalion soldiers obeyed the order and ran forward to knock on the door.

The people inside had already seen a large number of soldiers and horses outside through the crack of the door, and they were so frightened that they scrambled and ran to report to Changping.

Chang Ping, who was listening to the play, laughed: "Here we come. Please come in." He patted his thigh repeatedly, following the lyrics of the opera: "Snowy night holding candles to examine the case file, how dare I take my time for the common people..."

Huo Zhaowen got off his horse, bypassed the central hall of the front yard, and came to the waterside pavilion in the backyard. Across a pool of lake water, there was a stage in front of him, and a new play that was popular across the two rivers was being performed. Innocent, finally set things right, kill relatives righteously, kill the mastermind's cousin, sentence his beloved wife to exile, kill himself in the courtroom, blood splattered on black yarn, and return justice to the people.

Hearing the movement, Changping poured a good cup of tea: "Sit down." Looking up, he looked at Huo Zhaowen: "You were born when I was exiled in Liangjiang, and this is the first time our aunt and nephew met."

Huo Zhaowen pushed back his clothes and sat down: "I hope I won't come to see you for the rest of my life, at least not as an imperial envoy."

Changping: "It's my aunt's fault."

Huo Zhaowen tasted good tea worth one or two hundred gold, and was surrounded by thousands of gold and fragrant cloud gauzes everywhere, not to mention beaded emerald curtains, gold-woven carpets, and red sandalwood tables and chairs. The degraded princess mansion is luxurious.

He was a little puzzled: "Grandfather and father treated my aunt very well, and they can still enjoy the glory in Liangjiang even if they are guilty of crimes, even if they are taken from a corner of the princess mansion and placed in the capital, they can be called extravagant... Xiao Liu Xiang wonders what dissatisfaction you still have? What else do you want?"

Chang Ping watched the play with a smile, without the slightest nervousness of being questioned. Even Huo Zhaowen didn't know where her confidence came from. Could it be that she wasn't afraid of death?

"You ask me why I am dissatisfied? I also want to know why you all think that I am living well enough? Why do you all think that the queen mother and the emperor treat me well? Gu Mingming is the eldest princess who is under one person and above ten thousand people. , Even the Eight Emperor Brothers are inferior to me! Do you think that this one or two hundred gold tea is good tea? In the Princess Mansion back then, it was not even worthy of footwashing water! Look at the fragrant cloud gauze and the South China Sea pearl curtain, they are just piled up A little thing that fell into ashes in the treasury——I was rich in the world in the Great King Dynasty, and I was born in the middle palace, the only eldest princess, and all people in the world should support me! I am just a commoner woman, and she has the name of a talented woman. The concubine and the concubine have children, so what if I poison them? Life and death are the birthright of a lonely person!"

Even Huo Zhaowen, who was born under the imperial power and grew up under the imperial power, had a deep-rooted idea of ​​superiority, was also surprised by Changping's idea of ​​enslaving all the people and disregarding human life.

"The Son of Heaven breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people."

Changping sneered: "Ask yourself, do you believe it? You princes and grandchildren are all eagles with full wings, full of ambitions, and your inherent rights and status urge you to see the supreme chair and fight for it. It, that's why you form cliques for personal gain, intrigue, fight openly and secretly... When the power is arguing, you don't think about how many innocent people died in vain? You enjoy the management of the third brother over the years, squandering the money he earned from cheating in the Liangjiang Examination Center and the relationship he managed , to help you take root in the Jizhou Army, so that you can come to Liangjiang as an imperial envoy, and when you come to me to show off your might, have you ever thought about how many innocent students have died in vain over the years? How many people have spent ten and twenty years to support them A student who was able to shine on the lintel, but ended up dying like an ant in the struggle for power and profit? Have you ever complained for them? You said that the emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, so why don't you die now?"

Huo Zhaowen clenched his teacup tightly, not only feeling a little bit of anger from embarrassment for some unknown reason, but also ridiculed and disgusted because he felt that Changping didn't know how to live or die.

"Sophistry." Huo Zhaowen: "The struggle for imperial power and the disputes in the officialdom have never stopped since ancient times. It is human nature to pursue power. I can't persuade others to do good, and I don't have the kindness to bear the evil nature of others. Students take the scientific examination to be Officials are essentially chasing rights. Since they are involved, they must naturally bear the risk of being out. This is their choice, and it is also a possible result. It has no direct causal relationship with me. National French laws and national decrees are for the purpose of regulating The most basic crime of adultery is the law of crime if there is no profit for the perpetrator. If I don’t break the law, how can I say it’s the same crime?”

Huo Zhaowen made a teacup and looked up at Changping: "My aunt broke the law with her own body. I'm afraid it won't be enough to anger the people."

Changping was thoughtful: "You are smarter than the prince."

Huo Zhaowen: "The prince is dignified and stable, with a high foresight, and he is also well-mannered. How can Xiaoliu He De compare with the prince? Auntie, don't be fooled by favoritism, it's better to lose your judgment."

Changping smiled very happily: "You are more cautious than him, you are indeed the candidate for the crown prince that the emperor's brother likes."

Huo Zhaowen's tone was very calm: "Auntie, be careful what you say."

Chang Ping looked at the stage, and his voice was calm: "But Xiao Liu, you can't kill me."

Huo Zhaowen frowned, and before he could speak, someone came in, whispered something in his ear, his expression changed drastically, and he turned to stare at Changping, as if surprised by her cruelty.

The so-called non-toxic and non-husband, she is comparable to it, and even better by three points.

Raising his hand, Huo Zhaowen said in a low voice: "Take a group of soldiers to go..." Looking at Changping, he said: "Go to support."

The man nodded, left the princess mansion and rushed back to the hotel to reply to the hidden guards who had asked for reinforcements, and quickly led a battalion of soldiers to the quarry.

There was a smile on Changping's lips: "It's Zhao Baiyu?"

Huo Zhaowen humbly asked, "How did Auntie know it was Zhao Baiyu?"

After Zhao Baiyu and Changping recognized their relatives, they shrank back honestly and even sent Yang's case. It was just now that the battalion came to report that Changping planned to destroy the quarry, and mentioned that the person who asked for help was Zhao Baiyu. Huo Zhao Wenfang was surprised that he underestimated Zhao Baiyu, and also ignored some details.

Chang Ping: "Ping Bodian killed three Chaozhou merchants because he saw Chaozhou merchants talking to Zhao Baiyu, revealing the secrets of Dian Yaxing. Today someone said that you went to the Yamen to report the case and found that the three were buried in the quarry. He also mentioned that a young boy came forward to save you with the old ten's Huanglong Yujue. I was thinking, how did the old ten get involved? Besides you, who else knows that Guan Wenbin is the old ten? student?"

After searching all over Hongzhou, there is only one Zhao Baiyu left.

"Xu Yi, a senior official of the second rank, encouraged Guan Wenbin to investigate the case of the Yang family and the Chaozhou merchants, and then traced the quarry, so as to take advantage of Liangjiang's officialdom and my princess's mansion... The mastermind behind it seems to be you, but in fact, it is everywhere. There is the shadow of Zhao Baiyu jumping up and down." Changping looked at Huo Zhaowen mockingly: "Xiao Liu, you call yourself a oriole, but you don't know that Zhao Baiyu walks in front of you, and occasionally turns back to guide you forward, he is the one. Oriole."

But anyone who is a little bit arrogant can't bear the taste of being fooled by the people below, especially Huo Zhaowen, who is the default heir.

Huo Zhaowen was expressionless: "Follow the name and be responsible for the truth, regardless of merit, as long as you are a useful minister."

Changping couldn't stop laughing.

At this time, the stage is being played until the fourth-rank official is misled by the real criminal and his unknowing wife, and the innocent is wrongly sentenced. The fourth-rank officer was stunned before he realized that he had misjudged the case.

In an instant, the evil wind hit, and the sky and the earth changed color.

"Green blood splattered my black yarn...Recklessly disregarding human life and killing kindness..."

Huo Zhaowen looked at the night, dark clouds were rolling in, the storm was about to come, and the sky in Liangjiang had changed.

***

Jiangxi Junzhou, Fuzhou, Qianzhou, Jiangdong Jiangning, Xuanzhou, Xinzhou and other prefectures and counties dispatched officers and soldiers, or broke into the saltworks, woodyards, and quarries to kill the sleeping people and set them on fire Burn to death, make the illusion of fire.

Because it is a place where people live in isolation, no one found it until the fire burned out.

At the same time, the quarry on the outskirts of Hongzhou Fucheng.

A battalion brought by Hu Heyi and Li Deshou broke into the quarry, and the supervisor walked out first: "Who dares to trespass here?" Spotting Li Deshou with sharp eyes, he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "So it's Manager Li, what's the matter with visiting late at night? "

Li Deshou walked out: "I have to tell you everything?"

The supervisor slapped himself: "Look at the little one who is confused! If there is anything the manager needs the little one to do, just ask."

"I do need your help with something." Li Deshou approached, and the supervisor made a gesture of listening attentively, and was strangled by the neck the next moment, and died before he could react. "I hope you can keep your mouth shut, and don't blame His Highness when you get to the underworld."

Li Deshou looked at the quarry shrouded in darkness and silence, waved his hands and said coldly: "No one will be left alive!"

The battalion soldiers obeyed the order and rushed into the quarry, killing people and setting fire at the same time. Suddenly, the flames burst into the sky and screamed again and again. As a result, Hu Heyi suddenly drew his sword and cut him in half.

The companions who escaped from behind were terrified when they saw this, turned around and fled in all directions, and were followed by other battalion soldiers.

They were unarmed, and the battalion soldiers surpassed them in terms of skill and weapons. What was even more desperate was the growing fire, which seemed to burn and bury all the unsightly dirt in this place.

Hu Heyi followed the fleeing man with a knife, while Li Deshou stood with his hands behind his back, guarding the door, no one could escape from him.

***

Riding a fast horse and galloping to the quarry, seeing the flames soaring into the sky from a distance, Zhao Baiyu felt ominous, and when he finally arrived at the gate, he saw a raging fire spreading across the valley, and green trees and strange stones were all emitted in the raging fire. The wailing sound, mixed with the screams of the trapped animals, stopped abruptly the next moment.

Zhao Baiyu's eyes were filled with flames, and the flames burned all the way from his heart to his limbs. When he saw Li Deshou who was guarding the door with his hands behind his back, the clusters of flames burned to his brain with a bang.

The horse neighed, its hooves raised high, and Zhao Baiyu, who was not good at riding, forcibly reined in the horse. Before the horse could stand still, he quickly jumped off and galloped forward.

"It's just in time." Li Deshou immediately stepped forward when he saw Zhao Baiyu, "Now that things have happened, there is no need to worry about the little county king. Who can blame His Highness for dying in the fire caused by the dry sky and dry things?"

After saying that, he slashed at Zhao Baiyu with his palm, but was blocked by Wei Berg.

"First settle the grievances between you and me 20 years ago, and then talk about other things."

"you?"

Li Deshou no longer remembered Wei Bo.

"Do you remember the marrow washing pill 20 years ago?"

Li Deshou suddenly realized: "Are you not dead yet?" Then he looked at Zhao Baiyu behind him, a white light flashed in his mind, and his face changed suddenly: "You guys knew the truth about your life experience earlier? I can't keep you!"

After all, the two fought back and forth, and Li Deshou's moves were vicious, and Wei Bo, who had fallen to the bottom and rolled over in the dangerous rivers and lakes, was also quite ruthless in his moves.

For a while, Wei Bo and Li Deshou were tied.

Zhao Baiyu took advantage of the situation to enter the quarry, and was confronted by a terrified thin man with burn marks on his body. He mistakenly thought that Zhao Baiyu was with the people who killed them, and his eyes were bloodshot. He rushed over with a hatred that would destroy everything.

Zhao Baiyu would not spend too much time trying to persuade people to calm down at this time, but quickly dodged to the side.

He learned a few moves from Wei Bo, and later asked Huo Jingtang to teach him some grappling moves in his spare time, which is more than enough to deal with one or two ordinary people.

Avoiding the man sideways, he raised the knife in his hand and was about to chop. The next moment, there was a muffled sound of flesh being pierced. Hot blood splashed into the air, and a few drops splashed onto Zhao Baiyu's cheek.

Zhao Baiyu's expression was stunned, the knife in his hand stopped in mid-air, and the man who was irrational due to the shadow of death had a military ring knife stuck in his back. When he fell down, he turned over, and his lost eyes seemed to be looking at him, but also like looking at him. It is looking at the vast night sky.

"Why did Mr. Zhao appear in the den of bandits and bandits?" Hu Heyi asked calmly, drawing out the ring-shou knife.

Zhao Baiyu turned his head: "Thieves and bandits?" He looked at the valley engulfed by the flames. Hundreds of battalion soldiers came out of the flames. The excitement after the murder was still on their faces, and their bodies were still stained with blood.

They came to report: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the thieves and bandit leaders, a total of 310 and five people, have all been punished!"

There was a loud bang, and the three-foot-high wooden tower used for quarrying not far away was burned off its base and collapsed. The fire was fierce and spread to the gate of the quarry.

Zhao Baiyu was in a daze, Hu Heyi slowly approached, and just as he was about to kill him with the sword raised, there was a rumbling sound of iron cavalry behind him. When he subconsciously looked back, he saw billowing smoke and dust, and the fire was like a long dragon, with a camp of thousands of people. The soldiers moved from far to near, but they arrived in front of them in a few moments.

"Soldiers from the Jingbei Battalion came to the emergency under the order of the imperial envoy. Anyone who interferes with official duties will be shot to death!"

Imperial envoy? !

Hu Heyi's heart tightened, and he immediately moved away from Zhao Baiyu, and said to all the Jingbei battalion soldiers who had dismounted from their horses: "I am Hu Heyi, the commander of Jiangdong. After investigation, it was found that the quarry here is actually a vicious bandit den. So I led people to suppress the bandits overnight, I don't know what kind of official duties the imperial envoy is here for?"

A man jumped out from all the soldiers in the Jingbei battalion, he was Zhao Baiyu's hidden guard, and he flew out to help Wei Bo join forces to deal with Li Deshou.

All the Jingbei battalion commanders glanced at Hu Heyi with a smirk, and did not point out that he was a Jiangdong commander who had overstepped his authority and intervened in Jiangxi's official affairs. He went straight to Zhao Baiyu and said, "Master Zhao, the imperial envoy said that I Wait for the place to be ordered by you."

Zhao Baiyu pointed to the raging fire in front of him and said, "Put out the fire, save people."

All the Jingbei battalion soldiers looked at the blazing fire, and said hesitantly: "It's so hot, I'm afraid no one will survive—" The persuasion stopped abruptly when Zhao Baiyu looked at it with bloodshot eyes.

"Firefighting, saving people, do you want me to say it a third time?"

All the soldiers of the Jingbei Battalion looked at Zhao Baiyu's seemingly calm appearance and seemed to explode at any time, and felt apprehensive and awe-inspiring. They only hesitated for a while and raised their hands to give an order: "All officers and men obey the order and go to put out the fire, in order to save people." want!"

When all the soldiers listened to the order and prepared to fight the fire, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky, piercing the night sky, bright as day, followed by deafening thunder, and one or two drops of bean-sized rain fell, first in a rapid and sparse manner. After a while, it stopped without even soaking the ground, but the mountain wind roared through the valley.

A few strands of Zhao Baiyu's hair were blown off, fluttering in the wind together with the headband that bound his hair, his sleeves fluttered, and he looked coldly at the seriously injured Li Deshou.

Under the siege of Wei Bo and the hidden guard, they still had the momentum to break out of the encirclement. Although they suffered seemingly serious skin trauma, the internal and external injuries of the hidden guard and Wei Bo were more serious.

"Give me a bow and arrow."

The battalion handed the bow and arrow, Zhao Baiyu took it, and took out from his bosom the poison and ecstasy that Wei Bo had collected from his friends in the world for fear that he would be assassinated by Li Deshou. Aim at Li Deshou, whose figure is erratic.

For gambling skills to be superb, one needs to have quick hands and sharp eyes. Zhao Baiyu's physical foundation is not good, but he can perform some martial arts moves in a decent way. Ming, the most suitable for learning archery.

In his spare time, Huo Jingtang taught him the art of shooting without missing a shot, also taught him how to shoot moving objects, and also taught him to shoot on horseback. The difficulty was gradually added until he went to the northwest to fight. The surgery was delayed.

The delay is not long, and it is clear when you touch the bow and arrow.

Li Deshou, who moved so fast that he turned into a phantom, gradually became clear and magnified in the eyes of Zhao Baiyu who was hunting him. The longbow was tense, and the arrow was on the string. The tail of the arrow kept trembling.

The poison and anesthetic quickly spread from the wound. Li Deshou moved slowly for a moment, and was immediately caught by the hidden guard and Wei Bo. One kicked his chest, the other locked his throat, and then broke his hands and legs. All in one go.

Just a few breaths before and after, the torrential rain that had fully charged suddenly came down, the wind swept away the clouds, flying sand and rocks, and dust was flying. Corpses were dragged out of the fire, and soon filled the open space.

Zhao Baiyu, who did not hide in the rainstorm, looked at the dead bodies on the pavement in silence. There were adults, young people, and children who were about the same age as Kuang Fuwei, or curled up into a ball, indicating that he was burned alive. , or stiff-limbed, died before the fire burned.

He counted 310 five corpses, the cluster of anger in his heart was also burning, and it became more and more intense, even the downpour could not quench it.

Hu Heyi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one was left alive, and said relaxedly: "Follow the power urgently. These bandits are cunning and cruel. If they are not executed in time, they may cause endless disasters. I will track them down for a long time, and I will not notify the local prefect if I am afraid that they will change if it is too late." , act without authorization, after the fact, I will explain the reason in person, how to punish and how to punish. By the way, Li Deshou and Li all know that he is here to suppress bandits like me. Master Xiao Zhao will be beaten and killed as soon as he comes. I shot him—it was a misunderstanding, Mr. Zhao has a good heart, but please release Li Duzhi as soon as possible, and then go to the Princess Mansion to apologize..."

Zhao Baiyu turned his head and looked, Hu Heyi immediately stopped talking, and when he realized that he was afraid of a civil servant, he couldn't help but become angry from embarrassment.

Li Deshou coughed up blood, and in line with Hu Heyi's words: "This old slave is a soldier who met Lord Hu on the road. He heard that he was suppressing bandits. Because of the extraordinary friendship between His Highness and Lord Hu, he wanted to help a gang. When killing the bandits, Zhao My lord ran into...cough! But this old slave doesn't blame Master Zhao, it's all...a misunderstanding."

All the Jingbei soldiers looked at Zhao Baiyu with some sympathy. He naturally knew something was wrong, but there was no proof of death. Hu Heyi and Li Deshou killed the bandits, and Zhao Baiyu couldn't do anything about it.

"Master Zhao——"

He wanted to persuade Zhao Baiyu to endure, but he saw Zhao Baiyu walked up to Li Deshou who had lost his arms and legs, took the ring-shou knife in the hand of the hidden guard, and suddenly raised it above his head.

Click!Boom!Thunder and lightning--

The hand raised the knife and fell, blood spattered three feet.

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The author has something to say:

"Green blood splattered my black yarn...Recklessly disregarding human life and killing kindness..."

It comes from the Henan opera "Blood Splattered on Black Shark" in the Ming Dynasty.

About the story: Background Northern Song Dynasty.

Jeweler A and his daughter are separated, looking for her to stay in a certain county, the head of the county forcibly buys his heirloom bracelet, but is rejected, steals the bracelet in the middle of the night, kills her, and cooperates with the county magistrate to frame the inn owner.

(The innkeeper's wife was pissed to death. The county magistrate forced the boss to confess. If he refused, his daughter was arrested and confessed. The boss had no choice but to confess.)

Governor B authorized the investigation of the case. His wife and the county magistrate are cousins.

The county magistrate sent a bracelet to trick the governor's wife into inserting false testimony into the governor's file.

The governor interrogated the boss, although he found it strange, but the boss pleaded guilty, and the details were correct (the boss cut off his thumb when chopping wood, and the murderer was bitten off by a jeweler)

It happened that the maid who was taken in by the governor's beloved wife was the daughter of a jeweler. When she learned of her father's tragic death, she cried for justice. She was very pitiful, so the governor sentenced the boss to death.

The case was settled, and the governor found his beloved wife's bracelet. When he asked if it was a gift from the county magistrate, the orphan happened to recognize the bracelet as a family heirloom.

The governor realized that something was wrong and interrogated again, and finally the truth came to light.

But the county magistrate said that the person who took the bribe was the governor's wife, and the person who made the wrong judgment was the governor himself.

If convicted, he and his wife are also guilty.

The governor loves his wife and is in a dilemma. Although his wife was also deceived, she did kill someone. He originally wanted to pardon her on the grounds of being deceived.

As a result, the innkeeper's daughter came to sue the officials. She was so sad and indignant that she angrily reprimanded the governor, and then hit the post in the courtroom (he didn't die).

The governor felt guilty, but in the end he handled it impartially. The murderer and the county magistrate were sentenced to death, his wife was sentenced to exile, and he himself committed suicide in court.

———Twists and turns, invincible and wonderful!