Chapter 22 Dongchang Offensive

As soon as he got off the boat, Lei Leopard arranged for the inspection of Wuweijiao.

During this period, he sent people to secretly investigate the causes of the riots of the people in various places, and he had already collected a lot of information about Wuwei Sect at hand.

The storm started from Zhenjiang first, and several businesses suspected of being secretly manipulated by the Wuwei Sect that had been registered in Lei Bao's mind were the first to suffer, not only the store was seized, but the shopkeeper and the shop guys were not spared, and they were all arrested by the Dongchang Fanzi and returned to the government, which is the place where Lei Bao ascended to the court to try the case.

The hall of the ordinary yamen has not been discarded here in Lei Bao, but the two rows of killing sticks in the past have been replaced by a dazzling array of various torture instruments, if it were not for the sunlight outside, the people who entered it would definitely think that they had entered the Yama Hall without paying attention.

"Execution!" Looking at the trembling suspects kneeling in the hall, Lei Bao spit out these two words coldly in his mouth, wasting his tongue to ask, this is not the style of Dongchang, as long as he moves a big punishment, these people will definitely pour beans into the bamboo tube to explain the crimes they have committed.

Zhong Fanzi smiled coldly, such a spectacular scene has not been experienced for a long time, how can the big guy not be excited.

All kinds of torture instruments were dispatched together, and the once majestic palace hall was immediately turned into a hell on earth, and the screams were incessant, and listening to the ears of ordinary people was like the howl of a dead soul.

"I'll recruit, I'll recruit!" Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore, and his forehead was covered with sweat and he shouted at the top of his voice.

As soon as the thunder leopard who closed his eyes and recuperated stretched out his hand, the fans who were beating happily immediately stopped, took a few steps back and gasped for breath.

"Speak!" Lei Leopard slowly opened his eyes, but the words he spat out were unusually cold.

"My lord, since the imperial court implemented the ten taxes and two taxes on commerce, the villain has quietly made a few fake account books, which have been less than two months before and after, and a total of three hundred and twenty-eight taels of taxes have been evaded!" The confessor trembled all over, and the ankles of the pair of ankles that had been caught by the sticks were dripping with blood, and they were miserable.

A cold light flashed in Lei Leopard's eyes, and he said coldly: "Is that all?" What do you have to do with Wuweijiao? ”

Wuwei has been making trouble for so many years, how can the shopkeeper who has a wide range of communication not know, when he heard this, he even forgot the pain in his ankle, and shook his head and said: "My lord, the villain has never done anything illegal except for paying taxes secretly, and this Wuwei teaching is even more incompatible. ”

This also can't blame him, you must know that Wuweijiao is specialized in rebellion and trade, and if he is involved with them, how can he have a chance to survive if he falls into the hands of the imperial court.

"Keep beating until he confesses!" Lei Leopard's eyes widened and shouted, and the fans on both sides suddenly responded, picked up the large clamp stick and sneered and walked towards the shopkeeper with an earthy face, and the terrible scream was even better than Fang Cai, and it could actually make people's ears buzz.

After a few moments, the shopkeeper shouted again: "I'll move!" ”

Gasping, the shopkeeper sweated, tears and snot flowed together, and muttered: "The villain has always been connected with the Wuwei Sect, and the silver earned by the store has also been handed over to the Wuwei Sect, the sin deserves death, please send it down!" ”

Lei Bao smiled slightly, this is right, without his orders, a fan walked up to the government official who was trembling and took the pen to record the pen and picked up the confession and threw it in front of the store: "Draw it yourself!" ”

There was a bitter smile of despair on the shopkeeper's face, he knew very well what this painting meant, but although death was terrible, it was much better than being tortured this time, and he was thankful for himself.

Seeing his subordinates put away their confessions, Lei Bao waved his hand and said: "Escort down and wait for the fate, all the old and young in the family will be arrested and imprisoned together!" ”

"My lord, the disaster will not hurt my family, since the villain has confessed, please show mercy to my family!" As soon as he heard that the evil ghost in front of him was still going to arrest his family, the shopkeeper who had already drawn the charge couldn't help but be anxious.

"The crime of rebellion exterminated the nine clans, and today this official is already merciful!" Lei Bao sneered, if you don't use some ruthless means, I'm afraid that people in this world will forget the power of Dongchang.

The same method is constantly being staged all over Jiangnan. Although hundreds of cases about Wuweijiao have been cracked in just ten days, even Lei Bao knows that even Lei Bao knows that they are the majority.

However, these are not important to him, what he needs is to let Zhang Ge Lao see his ability clearly.

In order to die without proof, Lei Bao was absolutely ruthless this time, many people were pushed to the execution ground after painting and confessing, and the head was in a different place, and some people were implicated in their families because of this matter.

With such a large-scale killing, the entire Jiangnan was instantly enveloped in the smell of blood, people everywhere were panicked, the streets and alleys were depressed, and even the people who were forced to stand on the bridge all day long for their livelihood and wait for work in the past also hid at home, for fear that they would be arrested into the yamen for no reason.

"What a wreck!" Looking at the information in his hand, Shen Chongming shook his head and said with a wry smile, sure enough, he was guessed correctly, and as soon as this Dongchang made a move, it set off a bloody storm.

"My lord, please forgive your subordinates for their courage, in the final analysis, I blame you for this matter!" In the past few days, the somewhat dull second brother has rarely opened his mouth, and the words he said startled Chen Xiao and Sikong Wang, who were sitting on the side, what kind of truth is this, how can there be a reason for subordinates to blame their bosses.

The meaning of Brother Erdan's words Shen Chongming was clear in his heart, but he was not angry, he just shook his head and said: "Erdan, once you take the first step in many things, no matter whether you are right or wrong, you can only go down one way, there is no other choice!" ”

"But my lord, because of your decision, how many innocent people have died in just a few months, can we find a way to go other ways, and if we go on like this, we don't know how many people will have to die? When the time comes, someone will poke the backbone, how can you be embarrassed! Brother Erdan said in a hurry, he couldn't know more about the adults themselves, so he didn't believe that he had no other way to think of it.

Sighing, Shen Chongming smiled bitterly: "You are right, if you want to bring down Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, this official does have other ways to use, that is, to raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, the current situation." Although the banner can be played like this, there will be a few people in the world who agree, and more people will only think that I, Shen Chongming, am rebelling! ”

"My lord, people are not afraid of shadows, even if everyone thinks so, what does it matter, as long as you sit up straight, the rumors will definitely be self-defeating!" Brother Erdan did not give an inch in a-for-tat, feeling sorry for the people on the one hand, but what worried him the most was Shen Chongming's reputation in the future, the adult was dedicated to the country but finally had to end up with the notoriety that a thousand people pointed out, and he definitely didn't want to see such a thing.

"What a terrible thing people say!" Shen Chongming looked up to the sky and sighed, and said with a bitter face: "Since it is a war, it is inevitable that a war will break out, and how many people will be displaced and injured by then, and this war is like a left fist fighting a right fist, in the final analysis, it is the strength of the imperial court that is lost, but the inaction of the wolf's ambition can be watched from the wall, waiting for the opportunity to rebel, and the imperial court can still be peaceful after this internal friction."