Since he wants to target the family in Chang'an City, then Cao Liang must have done enough to make a statement, in the past few days, the family of Chang'an City, especially the four major families of Du Peijia and Zhao have been secretly investigated, in addition to the fact that they have occupied Tuntian and evaded taxes, they have also successively mastered some evil deeds of these families who bully men and women and disregard people's lives.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with that wealthy family, especially those big wealthy families, it can be said that they are all bad deeds and blood debts, nothing more than relying on power or spending some money to go up and down, you can turn big things into small things, anyway, in this era, as long as it is not a major crime of rebellion and rebellion, these wealthy families can basically be even.

But Cao Liang wants to deliberately target them at this time, even the crimes that usually seem trivial will be listed by Cao Liang, maybe this may become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Hearing Cao Liang's order, Yanghu stood up slowly, opened a piece of paper, glanced at Pei Yan, and read it solemnly and majestically.

Everyone present was silent, listening to what Yang Hu read.

Yang Hu read out Pei Yan's ten major crimes, of course, if you really list them carefully, Pei Yan's crimes are not limited to ten, but Cao Liang thinks that ten charges are enough, enough to punish him for capital crimes, and no matter how much he lists, it is just a snake to add to it, so Cao Liang picked up the key points and listed ten points.

Pei Yan was escorted by Cao Liang's two personal soldiers, half-kneeling on the ground, but it was a luxury for him to struggle up, these two personal soldiers were masters of martial arts, pressing Pei Yan's hands were like iron hoops, Pei Yan couldn't even break free, couldn't kneel, couldn't stand up, and was so uncomfortable that he died.

Every time Yang Hu read out one article now, Pei Yan's face twitched, because he knew very well that each of these ten crimes, each of which was taken out alone, was at least a torture sentence of thousands of miles, and the sum of the ten charges was enough to kill him.

Usually, maybe Pei Yan doesn't care at all, after all, he has a thorn on his head Guo Huai, in this Chang'an City, who doesn't open his eyes dares to come to him for trouble.

But now it's different, it's Xiahou Xuan, the governor of Yongliang who is one level older than Guo Huai, who wants to punish him, Guo Huai's status is below others, even if he wants to protect him, it is not easy.

Although it was freezing for nine days, Pei Yan's forehead was dripping with beads of sweat, he knew that Xiahou Xuan wanted to cure him for his capital crime, and it was definitely useless to beg for mercy, and now the only one who could save himself was Guo Huai, but he didn't dare to ask openly, so he could only secretly give Guo Huai a look, hoping that Guo Huai could save him.

Guo Huai's face was also pale, originally he also laughed at Xiahou Xuan's holding a begging banquet, begging for some grain and grass from the Chang'an family to deal with the urgent need.

Unexpectedly, Xiahou Xuan not only did not lower his eyebrows and cater to the family, but instead adopted the toughest attitude, catching Pei Yan's mistakes, which seemed to mean to be severely punished.

Not to mention that Guo Huai is inextricably linked with the major families in Chang'an, just for this matter, as the assassin of Yongzhou, he didn't know anything in advance, it was clear that Xiahou Xuan wanted to leave him alone, and now Cao Liang's treatment of Pei Yan is equivalent to Xiahou Xuan slapping Guo Huai in the face, making Guo Huai both angry and embarrassed.

"General Xiahou—" Guo Huai stood up and said in a loud voice.

Pei Yan's eyes flashed with excitement, as long as Guo Huai was willing to come forward for him, then his chances of survival would be greatly improved.

Before Xiahou Xuan could speak, Cao Liang had already intercepted and said, "Guo Tingshi stood up at this time, did he want to be upset for Pei Yanming?" ”

Guo Huai said coldly: "If you want to add crimes, why bother? This official has known Pei Yan for many years, knows that he is a generous person, has a good temperament, and has never committed adultery, Cao Changshi's so-called ten major crimes are all speculative, how can it be convincing? ”

Cao Liang laughed and said: "What a kind person and good temperament, Guo Tingshi's evaluation of Pei Yan is really not low, but it is a pity that he invaded Tuntian and evaded taxes, which is already ironclad evidence, Guo Tingshi just wanted to exonerate him by knowing him for many years, which made me a little suspicious, what kind of relationship does Guo Tingshi have with him, it is worth Guo Tingshi to take the risk to exonerate him, is there something unspeakable here?" ”

Guo Huai was furious and said: "It's just a bunch of nonsense, this official sits upright and walks upright, how can you be able to accuse him with a word?" ”

Cao Liang said leisurely: "This kind of thing is really hard to say, now that Pei Yan is guilty of a serious crime and is heinous, if Guo Tingshi wants to protect himself privately, of course we will guess Guo Tingshi's true intentions." ”

Guo Huai said angrily: "When did the official selfishly protect him, the official is just talking about the matter, Pei Yan violated the law, what does it have to do with the official?" ”

Cao Liang smiled slightly and said: "Since Guo Tingshi also admits that Pei Yan broke the law, then this matter is much simpler, just follow the law." ”

Guo Huai was suddenly speechless, how could he, a person from the army, be eloquent with Cao Liang, three times and two times, he let Cao Liang go around, and personally admitted that Pei Yan had violated the law, at this time, if he wanted to deny it again, so many people listened, I am afraid it will be really difficult to regret it.

Guo Huai sat down and sulked alone.

Now the only person who can speak to Pei Yan also let Cao Liang go back, Pei Yan's face was suddenly as white as paper, knelt down in front of Xiahou Xuan, and begged bitterly: "The governor spares his life!" ”

Cao Liang handed Xiahou Xuan a look at this time, signaling him to punish Pei Yan as soon as possible, whether the more than 100 wealthy families present today can play a role in killing a hundred people, it depends on whether Xiahou Xuan's knife to kill Pei Yan is fast or not, if Xiahou Xuan can quickly cut through the chaos and deter the rest of the wealthy families in one fell swoop, then the grain and grass of 500,000 Hu will be lost.

If Xiahou Xuan hesitates, so that these wealthy families will not have any fear, no one is afraid, this matter will be difficult to do, even if the imperial court finally punishes Pei Yan, it will not play the role of killing chickens and monkeys to make an example.

Xiahou Xuan nodded secretly, he naturally knew the benefits and harms, and now Cao Liang undoubtedly provided him with an excellent opportunity, as long as Pei Yan was killed at this time, he could easily deter other wealthy families and let them obediently obey.

"Come on, push Pei Yan out and behead him!" Xiahou Xuan shouted in a deep voice, and the two personal soldiers who were pressing Pei Yan immediately dragged Pei Yan towards the door.