Li Zhang stood under the eaves and watched the pouring rain outside, and the water that fell on the ground at the beginning was quickly absorbed, but after the soil on the ground was full of water, the stagnant water began to accumulate more and more on the ground, and then converged into a stream to flow to the low-lying places, and there are usually household drainage ditches, so the water quickly flowed into the ditches and was drained.

The long-awaited rain had finally fallen, and it was heavier than expected, and it was noon, but it was cloudy as if it was night, and the room needed to be lit to see clearly, and the rain grew heavier and heavier as time went on, and there was no sign of abating.

If it had been placed in the past, Li Zhang would have hoped that this kind of rainstorm would be smaller, so that Tokyo City, a flood-prone city, would suffer less losses, but this time he hoped that it would be bigger and the river would rise more, so that most of the potholes under Tokyo City would be overflowing with water, and the ghosts and beggars could only flee to the potholes in the northwest region to hide, and Liu E had already accepted the drawing, and now it depends on whether this rainstorm is powerful?

The rainstorm rained for a day and a night, the next morning when the rain was much lighter, but it still kept falling, and this rainstorm also directly made the two major rivers in the capital all surge, some places were even warmer than the river embankment, and there were many places in the southeast of the city that were waterlogged, fortunately, the people of the capital had already been accustomed to this situation, and the government had also organized a migration before, so the loss was not big.

"It seems that the ghost beggars have done too many evil things, and even God will kill them!" Li Zhang, who was in the carriage, opened the window and looked at the continuous drizzle outside, and said with a satisfied smile at the moment, this rainstorm can be ranked even if it is placed in previous years, and all the drainage potholes in the capital are filled with water, and it is estimated that all the ghost beggars underground are hiding in the potholes in the northwest.

Li Zhang looked at the rain outside the window, but the wild dog next to him was patiently trying his dogleg knife, this knife was still given to him by Li Zhang, I don't know how many ghost beggars died under this knife, and today he will also kill again.

Early this morning, Liu E sent a carriage to pick up Li Zhang, because he was about to do something to the ghost beggar, and Li Zhang's only request was that he would also participate in person, in fact, the main reason was in the wild dog, he knew that the wild dog must be very eager to witness the destruction of the ghost beggar.

The carriage soon came to the Kaifeng Mansion, and this is also the base camp for the extermination of ghost beggars, there are countless soldiers stationed inside and outside the Yamen, and Yin Chenglin of Kaifeng Mansion is the commander-in-chief of this eradication of ghost beggars, for which Liu E also temporarily handed over the command of these thousands of forbidden troops to him.

Speaking of which, Cheng Lin is also Liu E's henchman, he also knows Li Zhang's status in Liu E's heart, plus he learned from Liu E that the road map of the underground pit is also provided by Li Zhang, and this plan to eliminate ghost beggars was also proposed by Li Zhang, so he also admired Li Zhang very much, and even had a little gratitude, because every year because of the ghost beggars, they have to bear a lot of infamy in Kaifeng Mansion, and now they finally have the opportunity to be ashamed.

"Cheng Fu Yin is too polite, this time the matter of purging the ghost beggars still depends on your decision, but I don't know when it will start?" Li Zhang also said very politely when facing Cheng Lin.

The official position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin is very special, it is not only in charge of the civil affairs of the capital, justice, catching thieves, servitude, household registration and other government affairs, in addition to having a special significance, Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Heng did Kaifeng Mansion Yin before ascending the throne, originally the Mansion Yin was generally concurrently held by the prince, and it was not until later that some promising ministers began to be used, such as Kou Zhun, Ouyang Xiu, Cai Xiang, Bao Zheng, Fan Zhongyan, Zong Ze and other famous ministers have sat in Kaifeng Mansion, and Cheng Lin is one of them.

"Captain Li, don't worry, this official has been studying your drawings for the past two days, and he has also allocated manpower to each passage, and now he is waiting for my order." Cheng Lin also replied with a smile at this time.

At that moment, Cheng Lin invited Li Zhang and them to enter the palace, and at this time, Li Zhang actually saw Lu Wu in the yamen, because this time the ghost beggars not only used the power of Kaifeng Mansion, but also used the power of various yamen such as the Criminal Division and the Imperial City Division, so Lu Wu and these officials also came to Kaifeng Mansion early to discuss.

However, because there were too many people, Li Zhang didn't have time to greet Lu Wu, the two sides just nodded, and then Cheng Lin began to give orders, and the people who received the order also left one by one, along with them The army outside, because the underground space is small, so the army is also divided into small teams, and they will also be the main force to clear out the ghost beggars.

"Judge Lu, lead fifty people down from the drainage outlet in the southeast corner of Xingguo Temple, all the way to the northwest to clear and suppress, not to kill the enemy, but to force them back to the northwest." At this time, Cheng Lin suddenly mentioned Lu Wu's name.

When Lu Wu heard the order, he immediately stood up to receive the order, but at this moment, he saw Li Zhang suddenly speak: "Cheng Fuyin, the lower officials also want to go with Judge Lu!" ”

"This ......" Cheng Lin saw that Li Zhang was also going, and he also showed a look of embarrassment at the moment, he was mainly worried about what danger Li Zhang would encounter, so that he could not explain to Liu E.

"Cheng Fuyin doesn't have to worry, Judge Lu is my elder, and he will definitely not let me take risks." Li Zhang spoke again at this time.

At this time, Cheng Lin finally nodded and said, "Okay, but Captain Li, you are still young, you must not be impulsive in case of trouble, everything must be under the command of Judge Lu!" ”

Seeing Cheng Lin agree, Li Zhang immediately thanked the other party, and then walked out of the mansion with Lu Wu with a smile, but Lu Wu glared at him at this time and said: "You just stay in the mansion well, what are you going to do with me, don't you know the cruelty of those ghost beggars?" ”

Lu Wu's temper is like this, even if he cares about people, he will show a fierce look, Li Zhang has long been unimpressed by this, and said with a smile at the moment: "I can't go down, but the wild dog can't help but go down, with him by your side, what kind of ghost are you afraid of?" ”

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Lu Wu also looked at the murderous wild dog behind him, and felt that it made sense at the moment, after all, the wild dog was already far superior to him now, and he could see at night, which was simply too useful underground.

"Okay, the wild dogs can go down, but you have to stay on the ground!" Lu Wu spoke again at the moment.

"No problem, I'm afraid I'll stink myself down there." Li Zhang immediately nodded and said, he is a little clean, and it is not very serious by the standards of later generations, but in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, it seems a little different, such as taking a bath every day in summer, and washing once every three or five days in winter, etc.

After coming outside, Lu Wu threw the coat to Li Zhang and the wild dog, and then the three of them rode on their horses and galloped away with the fifty soldiers assigned to them, in addition to these soldiers, there were also dozens of Lu Wu's subordinates in the Criminal Division, the full name of Xingguo Temple is Taiping Xingguo Temple, but Tokyo people are generally used to omit the first two words, and this temple is not far from the Fengfu Ya, so they also quickly came to the temple gate, and found the water outlet in the southeast corner.

At that moment, Lu Wu opened the stone slab of the sewer, and then the first one jumped down, the wild dogs followed, and the remaining fifty heavily armed soldiers also went down in turn, as for those who raised the punishment division, they did not go down, after all, the ground also needs to be guarded, in fact, Cheng Lin also arranged it this way, the main force to clear the ghost beggars is the army, and the people of each yamen mainly stay on the ground to prevent the ghost beggars below from escaping.

Li Zhang looked at the damp and dark sewer outlet, although the terrain here is higher, but yesterday's rain still made a lot of water down, but Lu Wu did not stop after they jumped down, a light flashed in the wild dog's hand to open the way in front, that is Li Zhang's flashlight to the wild dog, which can be charged and used, usually he doesn't need it, but now he must let Lu Wu and them see the road clearly.

With the departure of wild dogs and Lu Wu, only Li Zhang and dozens of yamen were left guarding the mouth, which was really boring, but soon there were other yamen people running on the streets, and it seemed that they had also received orders to surround the ghost beggars.

"Kill~" At this moment, Li Zhang suddenly heard a faint sound of shouting and killing in the distance, which shocked everyone's spirits, it seemed that a ghost beggar had escaped from the underground, otherwise the underground shouting and killing sound would not have been transmitted to the top.

"Get ready!" Li Zhang immediately gave an order to the guards who stayed behind, and when Lu Wu went down just now, he also handed over these people to him for command.

And as soon as Li Zhang's words fell, he suddenly saw more than a dozen ragged beggars, no one and no ghost rushing out of the corner in front of him, and there were more than a dozen yamen slashing with knives behind him, which made Li Zhang immediately stretch out his hand and point: "Go up and stop them!" ”

With his order, dozens of yamen also drew knives and flew up, these dozen ghost beggars originally only wanted to escape, but seeing that the road ahead was blocked, one by one also broke out of the will to die, holding all kinds of weapons and fighting with the officials, but after all, they were few people, and finally they were quickly hacked to death by the officials one by one, but the officials also had seven or eight injured, Li Zhang also immediately asked them to carry them to Xingguo Temple, and personally bandaged their wounds, and the monks in the temple also provided a lot of help and medicine.

This conflict is just the beginning, but also kicked off the prelude to the elimination of ghost beggars in Tokyo City, just when Li Zhang bandaged the wounds of the officials, countless conflicts broke out in the northwest area of the capital, some ghost beggars met the soldiers of the cleanup underground, found that they could not beat and fled to the ground, and then were hacked to death by the remaining officials, but more ghost beggars chose to flee to the more hidden pits underground, hoping to escape this purge.

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