After the final explanation of the bandit leader, he only wanted to die quickly, and he no longer had the courage to live, and he could no longer find a complete bone except for the spine and skull, and there was a long needle stuck in his head. After reading the confession, Ouyang Xuan was already angry, even more angry than when Tian Wei raided his villa. Directly ordered the pirate leader to be thrown into the sea where a group of sharks swam in the dark, and with the screams, the pirate leader finally finished his life. Ouyang Xuan then ordered the Northern Army of Liaozhou to directly eliminate the security army, and those who disobeyed would be killed. A fast horse was sent to inform the prefect of Liaozhou and the Taishou of Dongliao County, and hurried to Shuangtai Town, Hekou County. At the same time, there was an even harsher order issued to the Yulin Army who pursued the security army: pursue the security army with all its might, and not let anyone go. If there is a resistance, the corpse will be dismembered.

According to the confession of the bandit leader, he is Han Dang, a descendant of Han Wubi, a Shandong ranger who fled that year, first hid in the island chain of the Bohai Strait, and later looted several fishing boats with Xue Kuang, who also fled here, and became a bandit. Due to the Han people's disregard for the sea, the fishermen along the coast were relatively poor, coupled with the appeal of the two in Shandong, the army of 1,000 pirates was anxious, and at first they only haunted the Jiaodong area, plundering some villages and towns. Later, Ouyang Xuan established the Huaxia State to encourage maritime trade, and the Bohai Sea became an important channel for trade and communication between the north and the south, giving this group of pirates the opportunity to make a fortune. often plundered passing merchant ships, so that they made a fortune. As merchant ships grew larger and larger, protection systems were installed, and the suppression of the Chinese navy made it more and more difficult for them to plunder merchant ships. They had no choice but to start plundering the fishermen and the villages and towns on the shore that had become richer and richer because of trade, which they found much easier than plundering merchant ships, and the income was quite considerable. In order to guard against the Chinese Navy, after several generations of pondering, they created this set of guerrilla warfare methods. Using the wealth in their hands, these bandits also gradually integrated into the upper class society of the coastal states and counties, and the descendants of Xue Guo even entered the Liaozhou public security army system, and also discovered the forest at the mouth of the Liao River. Now the descendants of these bandits have entered Liaozhou, Jizhou (north of Shanhaiguan, south of Liaozhou, east of Jizhou) security army, government officials, do the pirates of the internal response, play the infernal affairs, but also repeatedly suppressed bandits and failed to succeed an important reason, today and they handed over is Xue Tong, the descendant of Xue Tong, served as the security lieutenant of Dongliao County, and his subordinates have nearly 3,000 bandits composed of more than 3,000 bandits. And because of the sudden arrival of the typhoon, the matter of the bandits here was exposed to the Taishang Holy Emperor, and they were asked to return to the base of Bohai County in Han Land as soon as possible.

The murders and looting came to life, and Ouyang Xuan couldn't help but be furious. There are still loopholes to be exploited in such a strict mutual restraint supervision mechanism designed by him, which shows that the wisdom of the people is infinite.

At dawn, the Yulin Army, which encircled and suppressed the security army, came with the news that after a short battle, thousands of people were captured, more than 400 were killed, and the bandit leader Xue Tong was captured with his legs cut off, and the station of Shuangtai Town was being interrogated. Ouyang Xuan ordered the navy to take the slender man, the pulpher and those women back to the sea first, so that they could settle down. Ouyang Xuan hurried to Shuangtai Town with the Yulin Army.

This town is close to the river, and it is named because there were two beacon towers in the Qin period (here I must correct myself that it should be the beacon tower of the Ming Dynasty, and the author has to be far-fetched). In order to widen the river, the beacon tower had to be dismantled. The town is not big, there are only about 100 households, and there is a battalion of the Northern Army stationed here, and the leading captain is a temporary official of Yulin. Because of Ouyang Xuanding's system, the military cannot meddle in local affairs, and the local government cannot meddle in military affairs. Therefore, the Northern Army is stationed here, only responsible for defense, but not responsible for maintaining local law and order, so naturally it does not know much about these bandits, but only knows that there are bandits, and without the order of the Northern Army Headquarters, they have no right to suppress the bandits, and this is a loophole.

When Ouyang Xuan arrived in Shuangtai Town, it was almost noon, and the captain of the Northern Military Academy had already received Ouyang Xuan's order to start cleaning up the local security army, and detaining all the remaining security forces in the entire Hekou County in the barracks in Hekou Town. The lieutenant was very clever enough to cut off everyone's hands behind their backs, seal their mouths with adhesive tape, and separate the officers and non-commissioned officers to prevent collusion. Although Hekou County is large, its population is very small, less than 100,000 people, which is the least populated county in the whole of China except for the uninhabited area, which is extremely inconsistent with the geography and resource environment here.

Because the Northern Army was stationed here, the pirates and the security army of Liaodong did not dare to move here, also for fear that this matter would alarm the Taishang Holy Emperor, who was in charge of the military power of the whole country. Ouyang Xuan interrogated Xue Tong, who was already completely invisible, in the interrogation room of the barracks, Ouyang Xuan didn't say too much, just asked, "Xue Tong, do you know my temperament?" ”

"His Majesty the Holy Emperor, I don't know what Your Majesty means?" Xue Tong replied in a trembling voice.

"Then I tell you that I hate the collusion between corrupt officials and officials and bandits the most. I don't need to say anything about your fate, you know it. I only ask you, what is everything? ”。

"Back to Your Majesty, without him, wealth. It's easy to get, so why not get it? The ancestors have been operating this way for a hundred years, and they are carefully engaged in it, and they are deeply hidden in the huge net. How can I not resist a storm, and the sky wants to kill me, what can I do? The lower official has already confessed what he has done and done. The book lists the people who are hidden in the official informant, and only wants to die quickly. Please also ask Your Majesty to fulfill it. In the next life, we will do good to the world."

"Afterlife? Haha, you won't have an afterlife. Death will be accomplished, as for the next life, don't think about it", Ouyang Xuan said fiercely. After taking a sip of tea, he said to the deacon's guards: "Spread my will, and arrest the Yulin Army according to the list." No matter where you hide, any official position will be captured by me. Another order for the navy to be on standby at any time, I have other plans." "No!" As soon as the guard received the order and turned around to go out to find the communication group to give the order, Ouyang Xuan said again: "Wait, keep this person in the cage at the door for the time being, and send it down later." "No!".

In the afternoon, the county magistrate of Hekou County and the Taishou of Liaodong County rushed to Shuangtai Town one after another, and the prefect of Liaozhou was still on the way to this place because it was far away. Before the Hekou County Commander and the Liaodong Taishou entered the door, they first saw Xue Tong, who was locked in a cage with no skin and short lower limbs, and cold sweat flowed down his cheeks. It was only on the road that they learned that the nest of pirates who had been rampant in the Bohai Sea for a hundred years was actually in their own jurisdiction. What they didn't expect was that the security lieutenant would actually participate in it, and he didn't care about wiping the sweat off his face, and after handing over the seal letter to the deacon Yulin guards for verification, he bowed down and entered the hall. Standing in front of the case, Ouyang Xuan was writing a letter to Ouyang Dan about the relevant facts and handling opinions of this bandit, and he didn't raise his head, and said, "You guys are here, can you see the half-dead person outside?" ”。“ Back to Your Majesty, the ministers don't know what Xue Duwei has done? Punished by this? ”。

Ouyang Xuan stopped writing, and as for the pen stand, he raised his head to look at the two of them, and said, "What did you commit?" He was one of the bandit leaders captured at the scene of the Feather Forest. There are also bandits who have not yet been arrested, and tell me how this person got into the position of captain."

"Back to Your Majesty, this person was originally the second son of a fishing merchant in Liaodong, who joined the army in his early years, served in the border of Ma's South Korea, and led the army from the official to the sentry pass. Later, he returned to Liaodong, because of his military merits, Liaozhou entrusted him with important tasks. He once served in the Liaozhou Criminal Investigation Division, and then transferred to the Liaodong County Public Security Army as a pipe band, and served as the captain of Liaodong County Public Security Eight years ago. This person is kind, often has righteous friendships with people, has a wide range of friends, has a lot of connections in Liaodong, and once abandoned his family wealth to give alms to seawater impregnated land."

"Oh? Or is it a righteous and wealthy person, could it be that I am mistaken? As he spoke, he threw the confessions of Han Dang and Xue Tong and other interrogation documents to the two, and then said, "Give me a good look." What does it mean to know people and faces, but not to know their hearts. What is a wolf in sheep's clothing, let not be deceived by illusions. A strongman who is on the evil side is actually portrayed as a righteous and squandering wealth. Sit down and take your time, and a little search of his house will yield."

Ouyang Xuan ignored the two of them after speaking, picked up the pen and continued to write. Because there are many interrogation files, I can't finish reading them for a while. The Yulin guards moved the tables and chairs in time and let the two of them check slowly. In the evening, the prefect of Liaozhou arrived in a hurry with the assistance of Yulin Army, and he was shocked by Xue Tong's involvement in the case like the previous two, and in the end, like the first two, he was sent by Ouyang Xuan to check the interrogation materials.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ouyang Xuan was having breakfast in the hall, and the three of them jointly met. Looking at the red and swollen eyes of the three people, Ouyang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Watched all night? Have you read them all? ”。“ Back to Your Majesty, it is precisely because there are too many confessions that the ministers have not read them all." "Well, with your ability, you can only see sixty percent, and my Yulin soldiers can read it in an hour, and they can recite it backwards. Forget it, you're not trained, and it's not hard for you to wait. Tell me about it."

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the system, this matter should be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to send officials to interrogate and prosecute. It will be disposed of after being tried by the Legal Affairs Department of the Criminal Department", replied the Liaozhou prefect. "This system is made by me, and I am more familiar with it than you. I really ask why you have been entrenched here for a hundred years and have not found out, and what is the reason for this? Why is monitoring ineffective? Why is there no response to the public appeal? Let's talk about it". The three of them looked at each other, really not knowing how to answer Ouyang Xuan's question, and froze there for a moment not knowing how to answer.

Ouyang Xuan finished breakfast, drank a bowl of milk, looked at the three people who were frozen there, burped, got up and moved his legs and feet, and then said: "I came to tell you to wait, that is, if you don't notice it, your words will be blocked." This gang of bandits has been operating here for hundreds of years. Naturally, there are internal lines up and down, and things are confidential and not easy to detect. If it weren't for the storm, the bandit boats were in distress by the storm and used by the fishermen, I am afraid that the time of discovery would not have been known." Ouyang Xuan took a sip of tea, and then said: "Among those confessions, one of the documents, the book lists the inside information they know, I have arranged for people to arrest them, and there will be a letter today." In addition, in the future, do not wait in the official house to run errands, but go out for a walk and go to the people to see. What seawater pickled immigrants, is pure nonsense. I ask you, have you ever been to the field? ”。 The three of them shook their heads, and the county magistrate said: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers also determine their laws based on what they have heard, but there is no actual visit."

"Forget it, I won't be embarrassed to wait with you this time. It's really that these bandits are too cunning, and the hundred-year-old foundation can't be easily shaken. When you go back, you should check everything you have heard and done, and give me a report as soon as possible. In particular, the things that Xue Tong's disciples performed must be verified. As an official, you must be sensible and reasonable, seek truth from facts, and do not use false words to do things. The reason why I will be subservient to the people every year is because of this reason. Go down, the matter of banditry, I will deal with it as a military system. I have written a letter with the emperor, and this matter has nothing to do with you and others, and I will govern the people here for me. An estuary delta, a land of abundant water and grass, can be so desolate, don't you think it's a little strange? After going back, plan this place well and develop this place according to the system. Don't waste the treasure land that God has given you." "No!" The three of them bowed their hands and said that they had withdrawn from the hall, and as soon as they arrived at the door, Ouyang Xuan remembered something again, and said loudly: "Slow, come here, take the prefect, Taishou, and the county order to the treasury to show the confiscated bandit finances to the official secretary." You have a good look at how huge the wealth behind the righteousness and wealth is." "No!" The deacon's guards and the three men who had retreated to the door agreed in unison.

In fact, Ouyang Xuan himself didn't expect that these bandits would be so rich, and their wealth was as huge as Ouyang Xuan's. This can be compared to the Nie family, which ranks second among the four richest people in China, needless to say, the first is of course Ouyang Xuan, followed by the Nie family who acts as an agent for Ouyang Xuan, the third is the descendants of Wei Teng, who is more good at business, and the fourth is the Li clan who fled from the Han land to China, and they say that they are the descendants of Lao Tzu Li Er. However, the combined wealth of these three families is less than forty percent of Ouyang Xuan's, but the wealth accumulated by this bandit for a hundred years has reached a level comparable to that of the Nie family, which has shocked Ouyang Xuan. If they are allowed to develop, it is enough to arm an army of 500,000 people, and Ouyang Xuan is also afraid for a while.

Looking at the piles of gold bricks and silver ingots in the treasury, as well as mountains of coins, and countless rare treasures, the three parents were really surprised and didn't know what to do. These riches were enough to cover the taxes of Liaozhou for fifty years, and after visiting the seized pirate property, the three of them immediately drove back to their respective mansions, and according to Ouyang Xuan's instructions, they began to find out what they had made because of what they had heard. In particular, the books of Xue Tong and his clansmen were also turned out one by one and re-verified. I don't know if I don't verify it, and this verification makes these three parents have the urge to die. It also discovered some evil forces that were the cause of the disaster.

Half a month later, under the unremitting blow of 10,000 Yulin troops, all the people listed on the list confessed by the bandits were brought to justice, and nearly 5,000 people in the public security forces of Liao and Jizhou were involved in the case through screening and verification, and the hidden insiders in the government were also captured one by one, nearly 1,000 people. These people were all imprisoned in Wanghai City, waiting for Ouyang Xuan's next step.

After the investigation and verification of the two states, dozens of hidden evil forces were discovered, and for these people, they were investigated, tried, and disposed of in accordance with the legal system of Huaxia, and these Ouyang Xuan were all handed over to the officials of the Criminal Department sent by Ouyang Dan to deal with.

Ouyang Xuan, the official and soldier who participated in the bandits, always felt that there was something wrong, and in order to completely eliminate the bandits, Ouyang Xuan made a decision, a decision that had influenced more than 2,000 years