Li You came, accompanied by Xiao Qian and Cheng Yanjin.

After Wei Zheng and the others reported the situation, Li You was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that the influence of the Qinghe Cui clan would be so great.

Li You said to Xiao Qian and Cheng Yanjin: "There is no good way to do it for a while, please bother the two of you to find someone close to you to do the work." ”

Xiao Qian and Cheng Yanjin went to talk to the relatives of their wife's branch respectively.

At dinner time, Xiao Qian came back, and he said with a ashamed face: "Your Highness, the old ministers are incompetent and can't convince them. ”

In fact, when he went to talk to someone, not only could he not convince them, but he was also accused by others, saying that he didn't care about family affection and turned his elbow outward. He couldn't wipe his face, and felt as if he was doing this thing a little lacking in morality, and he felt a little guilty.

Xiao Qian's return made everyone even more depressed, and everyone pinned their hopes on Cheng Yanjin.

Cheng Yanjin came back very late, he thought everyone was resting, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the county yazheng hall, he saw everyone staring at him with wide eyes, wishing that he could hear the good news from his mouth.

Cheng Yanjin was very embarrassed, he said bitterly for a long time, his wife's relatives were all unwilling to cooperate with him, and they all complained to him for a long time, and he had to come back in disgrace.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do, so they all focused their eyes on Li You.

At this time, someone from the military department came, and they did not convey the instructions of the military department to Hou Junji, but handed over a letter to Li You.

This letter was drafted by Fang Xuanling, and it introduced the situation in Chang'an City and conveyed Li Shimin's instructions, asking him to break through the Qinghe Cui clan as soon as possible and get evidence of their violation.

Seeing this situation, everyone became even more worried, and they focused their eyes on Li You again, hoping that he would say the familiar mantra from his mouth, "What a big deal." ”

It's a pity that Li You disappointed them this time.

Li You saw the big eyes of the people in the room staring at each other, and said with a smile: "What a big deal." Let's all go back to bed, let me think about it, and I will give you a solution tomorrow morning. ”

Everyone left, Li You also returned to his room, he couldn't sleep, so he read the materials summarized by Wei Zheng and them again, there was still no way for a while, he really couldn't think of a way, so he simply didn't want to, and soon fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast together, and while everyone was waiting for the meal to start, they looked at Li You, hoping to see a flower on his face.

This time, everyone was not disappointed with Li You's smiling face, it seems that there is a way.

Hou Junji couldn't wait to ask, "Your Highness, what good way have you thought of?" ”

Li You said with a smile: "The people take food as the sky, eat first, and then talk after eating." ”

Seeing him selling Guanzi, everyone was a little impatient. Wei Zheng said: "Your Highness, hurry up and say it, if you don't say it, the ministers won't be able to eat this meal." ”

Li You smiled: "Okay, I'll tell you." ”

He asked, "Do you think there's something wrong with Cui?" ”

Wang Huairen said with certainty: "Their land has increased fivefold in ten years, and if they have no problems, I will write the word "king" backwards." ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled: "Your king is written backwards, isn't that still a king?" ”

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was much lighter.

Li You said: "Among the people in Qinghe County, many of them are either children of the Cui family or their in-laws, and other people also rely on them to live, and these people will not betray the people of the Cui family."

Why don't those who have contradictions with the Cui family, or even those who are persecuted by them, come out and expose them? Moreover, even if they are rewarded with a lot of money, no one has come out to expose Cui's, why is this? ”

Wang Huairen said: "It must be afraid of Cui's revenge." ”

"yes, that's to the point. If I were from here, I wouldn't have betrayed the Qinghe Cui clan, because the Cui clan was too powerful. There are 20,000 troops in the imperial court, but can these 20,000 troops stay here for a lifetime? What awaits me after the army is gone?

Also, even if I got a lot of money and moved to other places, the Qinghe Cui clan's power spread all over the country, and there was still no place for me. Think about it, Tang Hui is in Chang'an, right at the gate of Lord Wei's mansion, he will be killed, where can I hide?

And I'm sure that the neighbors around Wang Debao's house, before we arrived, all took the benefits of the Qinghe Cui clan and were also threatened by them. Who of these neighbors who has nothing to do with themselves is willing to put their lives on the line for Wang Debao? ”

"Yes, Your Highness, that's the case. Do you have any workarounds? Wei Zheng said.

Li You asked, "If you are from here, you also hate the people of the Qinghe Cui clan in your heart, and you can't wait to eat their flesh and drink their blood. Under what circumstances will you be able to come out and expose them? ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "There is only one situation, that is, after there are no worries, he dares to show it and expose them." ”

Li You said: "Yes, what we have to do is to let them have no worries." ”

Hou Junji slapped the table and said, "Your Highness, the minister understands. ”

Wei Zheng still didn't understand a little, it wasn't that he wasn't smart enough, but that he was stuck in the law and was not good at swordsmanship.

Li You said: "This matter, let's do this......"

Hou Junji stood up excitedly and said, "This is the method, it should have been like this a long time ago." ”

In the morning, all the adults in the county were gathered in the market, and the crowd was surrounded by soldiers in helmets and armor, armed with bright knives and guns.

Hou Junji stared at the crowd in the audience and said nothing.

The people in the audience waited for Hou Junji to speak, and gradually became a little impatient and began to discuss, and then many people made noise, and there was a lot of commotion in the venue, and some people wanted to leave the venue, but they were forced back by the soldiers with knives and guns.

Hou Junji still didn't speak, he seemed to be waiting for something.

Soon, an officer came to the stage with several soldiers, and the officer pointed to several weapons in the hands of the soldiers and said loudly: "Commander, someone has violated the ban and hidden weapons privately. ”

Hou Junji asked, "Who is it?" ”

The officer said, "Bring the people up." As he spoke, several soldiers came to the stage with a young man tied up. The officer pointed at him and said, "Commander, this is the person." ”

Hou Junji said angrily: "I have already issued a ban for the people in the city to hand over their weapons, otherwise they will be killed." Someone, behead him on the spot. ”

The man shouted, "I don't have a weapon, I ......"

Before he could finish speaking, several soldiers stepped forward and knocked him down and cut off his head with a single sword.

The people in the audience were furious, and they roared to rush to the stage, and a few stout men pushed through the soldiers' barriers and climbed onto the stage.

Hou Junji was waiting for this, and with a wave of his hand, a group of soldiers brandished snow-bright Tang knives and directly killed these people to the ground.

The people in the audience are even more chaotic, seeing that the situation is about to get out of control. Hou Junji shouted: "If there is anyone who dares to move, there is no forgiveness for killing!" ”

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers around shouted together: "There is no mercy for killing!"

More than a dozen people who ran out died in an instant.

The bloody reality finally scared these people, and no one in the square dared to move anymore, not even the one who spoke.

Wang Huairen picked up a list and read it out loud, and the names were read first by Cui Yan, the patriarch of the Cui clan in Qinghe, and the elders, and then by the people in charge of each room. Wang Huairen said: "Those who read their names will come to the stage immediately, and those who dare to disobey orders will be killed." ”

Patriarch Cui Yan saw that Hou Junji and the others were serious, he was worried that the clansmen would be killed senselessly, so he took the initiative to walk to the stage and said to the people in the audience: "Obey General Hou's orders." ”

Soon, those whose names were read came to the stage.

Hou Junji said: "These people secretly possess weapons with the intention of rebellion, and the evidence is conclusive. I announce that all these people will be arrested and escorted to Chang'an, pending their convictions, and they will be severely punished. ”

This is what Li You said, the Cui family handed over more than 3,700 weapons, and for this crime, it can be punished according to the theory of rebellion, capture the thief and capture the king, and take down the Cui family's mind first.

Wang Huairen said: "The Qinghe Cui clan has done a lot of evil, and the officials of the Qinghe Cui clan across the country have been taken down, so don't have any illusions."

I hope that you will actively cooperate with the government in the next investigation and take the initiative to explain your own problems. Give you two days, and if you can take the initiative to explain the problem, the court can deal with it leniently. Otherwise, if it is found, it will be severely punished.

Among you, there are many people who have been oppressed by the Qinghe Cui clan, and you have also seen that the imperial court will completely eradicate the Cui clan this time, and you don't have to be afraid of them anymore. Those who have revenge take revenge, and those who have injustice are avenged. The land that they forcibly occupied, as long as you appeal to the government, and the government can return it to you after the government investigates clearly. ”

The audience was silent for a while, and suddenly someone shouted: "My lord, I have been wronged." ”

A woman with a child in her arms walked out of the crowd, she came to the stage, knelt in front of Wang Huairen, she cried and said: "My lord, my family originally had a tofu workshop, but it was forcibly occupied by Cui Guowei's dog thief two years ago. My lord, please call the shots for me. ”

Wang Huairen helped her up with his own hands and asked, "Who are you talking about?" ”

The woman pointed to a man in the audience who was hiding behind someone else and said, "That's the man." ”

Without waiting for Wang Huairen to speak, several soldiers went over and arrested Cui Guowei.

Cui Guowei quibbled: "My lord, she is a crazy woman, don't listen to her, she is framing me." ”

The woman shouted to the audience: "Neighbors, you are usually oppressed by him, come out and say, am I right?" ”

It seems that Cui Guowei has offended too many people, and there are six or seven neighbors who came out to testify against him at the moment.

In order to strengthen the confidence of the people, Wang Huairen directly sentenced Cui Guowei to death and executed it immediately.

"My lord, you have been wronged!"

"My lord, make the decision for me."

Seeing that the government was really in charge of the people, many people soon stood up.

Wei Zheng smiled with satisfaction when he saw that the situation had been opened.