At this time, the entire palace had long been controlled by Lin Duo and others, and more than half of the hundreds of tooth soldiers in the palace were almost killed, and the remaining tooth soldiers saw that Sun Decheng and Su Bao had already been dead on the spot, knowing that the general trend had gone, they threw away their blades and surrendered on their knees.

Although there are still some tooth soldiers who are making useless desperate resistance, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. And those unarmed generals saw that Sun Decheng was dead, and they also lost the courage to continue to resist, so they had to be captured one by one.

At this time, Qian Shitang and Jian Zheng sent people to report that the four gates of Ningzhou had been tightly closed, and the organized tooth soldiers everywhere were either captured or killed, and they were almost wiped out. Jian Zheng and He Shoujie are leading people to search for Sun Decheng's cronies Yu Dang throughout the city.

Seeing that the situation was basically under our control, I asked Lin Yi to lead people to search for other civil officials, local gentry and Sun Decheng's family members hiding in the palace, and put them all under house arrest before the situation calmed down, and then make arrangements after Qian Shitang arrived.

By this time, things had gone very smoothly, the area of the palace was not very large, all the rebels had been killed, Lin Yi and the others quickly drove those civil and military officials and local gentry to the square in front of the main hall, and Sun Decheng's family members were also controlled separately.

These officials and gentry, who had dreamed of being promoted and making a fortune just now, are now like frosted eggplants - all wilted.

Soon, Qian Shitang also rushed to the palace, and under his identification and identification, I ordered the release of most of the local gentry who were purely for the sake of play, which was also to reduce the surface of the attack and serve the purpose of encircling the local gentry.

And the screening of officials is much more troublesome. In line with the principle of 'only punishing the first evil and the culprit of rebellion, and not asking the rest', Qian Shitang was responsible for tying up all those officials who had a close relationship with Sun Decheng and were in terror with each other, and threw them into Ningzhou Prison.

Among them, Sun Decheng's younger brother, Sun Deya, the brother-in-law of Sun Deya, the former commander of the Ningzhou Soldiers and Horses, Jin Xiang, who was originally the head of the Xuanfu Embassy, Huang Qian, the former defense envoy of Baiwu Pass, Wang Huang, the defense envoy of Baoshan Pass, and Kang Shengju, the defense envoy of Shengjing Pass, were listed as the main culprits.

Qian Shitang also told me that Zheng Wenzhong, the county magistrate of Huize County, was an upright, tolerant and sympathetic person, and because he strongly opposed Sun Decheng's claim to be king, he was still being held in Ningzhou Prison and should be released immediately.

After hearing this, I was extremely moved, and those who can still stand firm in such a sinister environment and dare to stand on the basis of reason must be people who are deeply aware of the great righteousness and have extraordinary insights, and they should be vigorously reused in the future. I immediately ordered that Zheng Wenzhong be released immediately and reinstated, and that we would meet at the Xuanfu Embassy later.

According to the opinions of Qian Shitang and Lin Yi, the county orders of the other counties who came to watch the ceremony were all condemned as Sun Thief's rebellion, and he was dismissed from office on the spot and temporarily imprisoned in Ningzhou Prison to be interrogated. Other middle- and lower-ranking officials in Yunnan will be reinstated to their old posts as long as they do not have serious acts of rebellion, and they will immediately begin their normal work.

The family members of Sun Decheng and others were temporarily detained in the palace, and Qian Shitang sent troops to take care of them, and they were sent out after the situation was calmed down.

After arranging these things, there is still an important job waiting for me to do, that is, to go to the post house to rescue Wanru and others who were under house arrest, this is a promise I made personally before the death of the champion Li Yi, but I can't let my family be wronged.

Thinking of this, I immediately greeted Lin Tong, Lin Bu, Lin Huan, Ling Feng and others, and quickly rushed to the post house.

The post house and the royal palace were on the same street, only a few hundred meters apart, and our group soon arrived in front of the post house. At this time, the front of the post house was already deserted, there was no trace of popularity, and the post guards did not know where to go.

I led people to rush into the post house, but I didn't see a single figure along the way, and I didn't know where to live at all, when I was looking around, a person dressed as an official ran out of a small courtyard in a panic, Lin Tong stepped forward and grabbed him, and asked sharply: "Who are you?" Where does Mrs. Li's Mrs. Ru live, hurry up and take us there. ”

The official replied tremblingly: "The small one is Du Ran, the post here, just now I found that Lord Yang entered Mrs. Li's courtyard and was coercing Mrs. Li, and the little one was about to rush out to report the news, I don't know if the heroes are Lord Li's people, but I have never been embarrassed by Mrs. Li, the little ones are all doing their best to serve Mrs. Li, if you don't believe it, you can ask Mrs. Li, I ......."

Lin Huan impatiently pulled him aside, and roared: "This is Master Li Yi Li, if you let me know what you have done to Mrs. Li, be careful of your dog's life." After saying this, he took the lead and rushed into the small courtyard just now.

I followed everyone into the small courtyard, and at a glance I saw Yang Baocheng, who had slipped through the net in the palace, standing sideways under the eaves, holding the throat of a plain woman with his left arm, and holding a bright short knife against the woman's chest in his right hand.

When he saw us coming in, Yang Baocheng immediately shouted hoarsely: "Don't come here, otherwise I will die with Mrs. Li." ”

Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but be secretly anxious. The sharp knife was facing Shen Wanru's neck, and it could make her blood splash on the spot at any time. Now I can't think of any good way to do it.

was hesitating, probably Yang Baocheng saw that I had a worried face, and I didn't know what to do, so his momentum suddenly became arrogant.

He exclaimed with a smug face and fearlessness: "Master Li, now that the matter has come to this, I have nothing to worry about. Your beautiful concubine is still in my hand, as long as the knife in my hand is so horizontal, your beauty will die. Why don't we talk about the conditions calmly? If you still want your beauty to be unscathed, prepare me two fast horses and two pieces of silver and food, and let me out of the city, and no one shall follow me. After I crossed the Nanpan River safe and sound, I would naturally let her go. When the time comes, we will take what we need, and we will not have the best of both worlds! ”

"Tsk! Tut! Such a beautiful woman, left alone in the inn, if it weren't for the ban of the handsome, I should have come over to find out. Hehe! It's been idle for so many days, but it's a bit of a tyrannical thing! Ha ha! Master Li, what do you think of my condition? Shouldn't it be such a ruthless hot hand to urge flowers! Ha ha! Ha ha! ”

I looked at Yang Baocheng coldly, but I didn't have an idea for a while. It is not possible to deal with this desperate lost dog, once he kills Wanru desperately at the end of the road, I will be sorry for the deathbed will of the champion Li Yi. But if I let him go so easily, I'm a little unwilling.

I secretly regretted it in my heart, I knew that this guy could slip out of the palace and hijack him, I should have killed him easily, so as not to give him the capital to bargain with us, and now it is too late to regret it.

And the concubine named Wanru should also be a charming and lovely person from the side, do I want to take this champion Li Yi's most beloved woman for the sake of this irrelevant Yang Baocheng?

I had a powerful shotgun in my hand, but I didn't dare to use it for fear of being hurt by mistake.

When I was meditating hard and in a dilemma, I suddenly heard a scream, my heart tightened, and I quickly looked closely, and found that it seemed to be still standing there without moving, but Yang Baocheng had fallen to the ground with his bloody arm, and was screaming like killing a pig.

In the blink of an eye, a black figure rabbit fell beside Yang Baocheng, and two other black-clothed people also turned over from the courtyard wall on the right and walked towards us unhurriedly.

I recognized at a glance that the three men in black were the same three people I met in the restaurant that day, and the young man in black with a grim face leaned over and picked up a flying knife on the ground and was carefully wiping it.

With his help twice today, it is certain that he is no longer Sun Decheng's person. I hurriedly stepped forward, hugged my fist to the young man and said: "In Xia Li Yi, I am really grateful for your help many times. ”

The young man in black turned around slowly, did not speak, but stared at me with a bright gaze and looked carefully, there seemed to be some moist feeling in his eyes, just when I was confused, he suddenly fell to the ground on his knees with a 'plop' towards me, I hurriedly stepped forward to help, but where did I pull a little.

I saw him kneeling on the ground and said loudly: "In Xia Lianjun, he is the son of Lian Chengxin, the former Duanzhou general judge, and he has come to see Master Li." ”

I was stunned for a moment, 'Lian Chengxin', oh! Thinking about it, I still have a deep impression of this name, wasn't that champion Li Yi forced to move to Yunnan because of Lian Chengxin's case, and I already know most of the things in the middle, but I didn't expect to see Lian Chengxin's son here, and he was rescued twice.

I really have mixed feelings in my heart, it seems that being a good person will also get good rewards, and I don't get immediate benefits.