Li Jiancheng's family private soldiers are all veterans of the battlefield, so many of the caravan's guards were either killed or captured, and the real difficulty was the two Turks wearing big food robes, the two Turks were armed with scimitars, and the knife skills were as fast as meteors, Li En dealt with one of them, and the other went directly to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng saw that he couldn't dodge, so he immediately drew his sword in his hand and fought with it. In fact, as a family of military generals, Li Jiancheng is familiar with bows and horses, and his martial arts are not weak. But he is still young, and he has little experience on the battlefield, unlike the Turks who often burn and loot, killing people like hemp, killing moves constantly, one knife after another to attack Li Jiancheng's vital parts, and his strength is not as strong as the Turks. And the Turks became more and more courageous and vowed to take their lives. With a bang, Li Jiancheng's sword fell to the ground, and he had to turn the horse's head, and the Turks chased after him. Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, the bloody scimitar in the hands of the Turks was about to be cut off.

"Bang!" A purple gold hammer smashed into the Turk's body, which vomited blood and fell off the horse, at this time, Li En led his own soldiers to arrive, restrained it, and several steel knives were placed on the Turks' necks, and the Turks looked at Li Jiancheng with an angry face. But Li Jiancheng didn't care about him, and looked at the life-saving benefactor who was coming here with a happy face.

"It turned out to be Brother Kuohai, thank you big brother for saving my life, please accept the little brother's worship." After speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed, and Xiong Kuohai hurriedly supported him.

"Childe is not polite, I don't know why this person chased and killed Childe?"

And the Turks said a lot at this time, Li En understood a little Turkic language: "Childe, this Turk said that he was not convinced at all, saying that you can only play conspiracy and tricks, like to hurt people with secret arrows, and are not heroes, and the people of the Central Plains are all foxes, unlike them are eagles on the grassland." Always above board, there is a kind of one-on-one heads-up with him. ”

"Turks, Lao Xiong, I want to seek justice for me today for the innocent Han people who died at their hands." After speaking, he was about to smash the sledgehammer in his hand at the Turks, but Li Jiancheng hurriedly stopped:

"Big brother is slow, this little brother is still useful." Then he said to Li En:

"You have casualties. In addition, their goods can be mysterious. ”

"Yu Gongzi, all the caravan guards were taken, and all the rebels were killed, that is, four people were injured when the Turks were captured, and I am afraid that they will never be able to return to the battlefield. In addition, a mezzanine was found at the bottom of the box containing the cloth, which contained a large amount of gunpowder, and iron sand was found in the paper bag to prevent the porcelain from falling. After Li Jiancheng inspected these stolen goods, he said in his heart, how can you Wang Ren be evil this time!

At this time, Xiong Kuohai asked, "May I ask this son, are you from the official mansion?" ”

"Don't hide it from the eldest brother, his surname is Li, his name is built, and his father is Li Yuan, the assassin of Longzhou. As for other things, this is not the place to speak. I hope that my eldest brother will come back to the city with me, and I will explain to you slowly. Lee Eun, clean up quickly, don't leave any traces." Li Jiancheng commanded his men to clean up the battlefield, collect the horses and goods, send all the prisoners and wounded soldiers to the other hospital for treatment, and clean all the bloodstains.

After a moment, Shili Pavilion was silent, as if it had not experienced a battle.

The Dou family lived in the secret room of the inner courtyard, Li Yuan was sitting in the middle hall, and Li Jiancheng, Li En, Li An, Xiong Kuohai and others were standing beside them. Yan Wang knelt in front of Li Yuan, and behind him stood two soldiers.

"Yan Wang, you disregard the laws of the country, smuggle iron sand gunpowder and foreign races, and help them slaughter the people of our dynasty, the crime is extremely heinous, you can be convicted."

"Adult, the villain is wronged, the villain is just a business shopkeeper, everything is planted by others, and the villain doesn't know anything about gunpowder and iron sand! It must be that his subordinates have accepted bribes from foreigners, and they have taken them with them, and they hope that the adults will see clearly and give the villains justice. Although Yan Wang lowered his head, the disrespect in his words was not sharpened, and people knew it as soon as they heard it.

"Hmph, what a Diao Min, do you think Wang Changshi will protect you? Your guards have confessed that you personally escorted the goods on the road every time, and the other two Turkic merchants also said that you were their connector, and even if you didn't say it, the official could behead you for the crime of fornicating with foreign enemies. Your family and relatives are together. If you are willing to recruit from the truth, the official may be able to show mercy to your family and spare your family, think of your son and mother, do you want them to go to the Yellow Spring with you? When Yan Wang heard this, he sat on the ground, his eyes revealing incomparable despair。。。。。。

"Brother Xiong, you are fully aware of this matter, and I hope that the eldest brother can help the younger brother. After the deed is completed, the younger brother will recommend the eldest brother to his father to join the army. And thank you very much. ”

"Childe is kind, broad-minded, it is my duty to be chivalrous and righteous, even if Childe doesn't say it, I want to seek justice for those people who have succumbed to death. Whatever is commanded, just say. Li Jiancheng said in the ear of the majestic sea.

The next day, Li Yuan summoned all the civil and military officials in Longzhou to the Assassin's Hall to discuss matters, and the officials did not know what was going on. But Li Yuan was a Shangguan after all, so he still came to the lobby early, and after the guards checked by name, they confirmed that no one was absent. Suddenly, a group of armor soldiers rushed in the main hall, and the officials were looking at each other, not knowing what was happening.

"Smack!" I only heard Li Yuan knock on the wood. "Take it." Li En and Xiong Kuohai were one left and one right, holding Wang Yi's arms so that he couldn't move, Wang Yi scolded:

"Lord Li, what crime did the lower officials commit and was locked up by you?"

"Humph! Wang Ren, you are an official for one term, and you don't want to benefit one party, but you connive at your relatives and cruelty to the people, which is unkind; The emperor and the court treat you well, and make you a high-ranking official, but you don't want to report to the country, but collude with foreign races, smuggle gunpowder and iron sand, and make profits to enrich yourself, which is disloyal. Your brother-in-law Yan Wang has confessed, what else do you have to say? ”

"Li Yuan, you framed your colleagues and excluded dissidents, and I, Wang Ren, am not easy to bully." Wang Ren hunched his waist and resisted arrogantly. Li Yuan sneered, "Bring it in." ”

The guards escorted Yan Wang and two Turks in, and also placed a letter and two account books on Li Yuan's desk. "Wang Ren, do you see clearly, they are your old friends? These letters and ledgers are evidence of your collusion with foreign races, and this official will temporarily take you into custody today, and report it to the Holy Lord with an expedited report of 600 li, and you will be sentenced to death after the Holy Decree is issued. Take it down. After hearing this, Wang Ren was dragged down by the guards like a dead dog. The other officials were silent one by one, their heads bowed, sweat kept pouring out of their heads, the hall was silent, Li Yuan slowly stood up, took out one of the account books and said to the officials below, "Wang Yi colluded with foreign races to make profits, the crime is extremely evil, and now you are in the law, you just need to do your duty with peace of mind, but you are officials here, but you don't want to contribute to the people, but go with the flow, conspire for personal gain, do you know the guilt?" ”

When the officials in the hall heard this, some of the officials who were old but had a small official position suddenly fainted. Li Yuan smiled slightly after seeing it:

"This official knows that the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. In addition, we understand the difficulties of all of you. So I don't blame the past. But this is the only time, not the next one. I hope that you will no longer disappoint the high expectations of the court and the people. Then he threw the ledger into the furnace. Seeing that the ledger turned into a pile of paper ashes and drifted away with the wind, some people's hearts also calmed down with the paper ashes in the wind.

"Lord Assassin Shi is wise and wise, and the lowly rank must remember the instructions of Lord Assassin Shi, serve the court loyally, and treat the people kindly." A group of people worshipped Li Yuan under the leadership of Sima Cheng Guoxuan in Longzhou. Li Yuan nodded and thanked the officials. After the officials retreated, Li Jiancheng came to Li Yuan's side,

"Father, most of these people are in collusion with Wang Ren, and they are all full of brains, just take this opportunity to eradicate them, why did my father let them go." As a young man in later generations, Li Jiancheng still advocates the principle of eliminating evil and cutting grass and roots.

"It's done! You are still young, you don't know much about things in the officialdom, you must know the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, besides, they have been officials here for many years, and they are very familiar with military and civil affairs, and the relationship between officials and localities is intertwined. Li Jiancheng listened, but disagreed in his heart.

"Yes! Some things have certain constraints no matter what life they are, and black and white are difficult to solve! Li Jiancheng said in his heart.

Late at night, Wang Ren's Mansion." Hum! These animals who eat the food of the labor-management family but do not pull human shit, they call my father brothers and sisters on weekdays, but now they have become shrinking turtles whenever there is something, they want to be outside, they think it is beautiful, don't think that Li Yuan burned the account books, there is still a copy of the labor-management here. There was no light in the house, and through the moonlight, Wang Daoqi, Wang Ren's son, had a grim and cold face like a hellish ghost.

Early the next morning, the government of Longzhou Liucao and Cheng Guoxuan both received a letter of worship, and attached the words "Go to the house to narrate, if you don't come, you will bear the consequences", most of the officials looked at it, smiled lightly, and did not say anything. Unlike most officials, Sima Cheng Guoxuan of Longzhou frowned, the reason is very simple, many officials in Longzhou are children of the Longxi clan, only he got up with military merits, as an official without the help of family power, Cheng Guoxuan has always turned a blind eye to some things after coming to Longzhou, never conflicts with anyone, and does not dare to conflict with others, is recognized as a neutral, good man. So he knows a little about what Wang Ren and Wang Ji have done over the years, and every year Wang Ren also gives some profits to these officials. So it's been all the while.

"Let's go to the palace and explore! Maybe it's not as serious as I thought. Cheng Guoxuan said to himself:

Evening in the palace study. "What, you want me to take out the military city defense map of Longzhou, this is not good, if the city defense map is leaked, this is a big crime of copying and beheading, and even the nine clans. If it falls into the hands of foreigners, it will be a disaster for the whole city! I will not grant your request. ”

"Humph! Master Cheng, to tell you the truth, don't think that if Li Yuan burns that account book, no one will know what you did, I still have a second account, how many benefits you have taken from our family over the years, and how many prohibited materials have been sent into the hands of foreign races, it is not a secret, I have sent someone to Chang'an, if you refuse to cooperate, it will be placed in front of the Shengshang case within ten days, and I don't think you will know the consequences. Cheng Guoxuan thought that if these were really passed on to the emperor's ears, other officials could use their families as a cover, and at most they would lose their official positions and dismiss them, or even fail to do so. And he will be used as a scapegoat to kill chickens and police monkeys, thinking back to the years of fighting on the battlefield with a knife and a gun, and the fame he has gained with a scar on his body, Cheng Guoxuan is unwilling. And I felt aggrieved, and my fists clenched for a long time before parting.

"Maybe he's the only one who can help me."

Note: During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the government and the imperial court implemented the nine-grade Zhongzheng system as the basis for selecting officials, so there was a phenomenon that the upper grades had no cold families, and the lower grades had no clans, and in the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the ethnic minorities deepened this system in order to better rule the Central Plains, and formed a greater power of relatives by means of intermarriage. Sometimes it also affects the stability of the regime. During the long-term confrontation between the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou, the Longxi clan and the Kwantung clan were formed in the name of the region. If poor students and children of civilians want to become officials, they must be recommended by the top grades and have made military achievements.