Chapter XVII: Rectifying the Rule of Officials
"Master Hu, do you think I'm a child when I'm a child! Although Zhuo County is located in a remote area, it is the central hub of north-south trade, and the annual commercial tax alone is more than 1,000 gold! As for grain, although there have been many disasters in recent years, they have not affected Youzhou, but there are only 20,000 catties of grain in the treasury! Master Hu, you can't be too greedy! ”
Master Hu's face changed, and he said in a threatening voice: "Lord Chu, I said that the treasury only has so much money, so much money!" Why should I dwell on it any longer! ”
Hearing this, Guan Yu, who was standing behind Chu Xiong, opened his eyes and glared, and then took a step forward to make a move. At that moment, I suddenly reached out to block him.
I looked at Master Hu with a cold face, "Master Hu, are you threatening me?" ”
Master Hu sneered, "If you say that, then I threaten you!" ”
"Master Hu, what if I have to dwell on this matter?"
"Hmph, I'm afraid you don't have that ability!" As he spoke, Master Hu quickly slapped his palm a few times. Immediately, the back curtain opened, and dozens of black-clothed people with swords rushed in, separating Chu Xiong and Master Hu.
I smiled slightly, I already knew that the other party was prepared, and I also thought of the means that the other party would dare to take.
Sure enough, when these black-clothed people lifted the curtain and rushed out, Guan Yu directly blew the whistle code, and the thousand elite soldiers who brought it immediately rushed inside outside the Taishou Mansion, some surrounded the mansion, and some controlled the guards of the Taishou Mansion, and soon all the officials of the Taishou Mansion were controlled, and one or two hundred elite soldiers also came to surround us, and protected me by the way. Guan Yu stood in front of me and protected me behind him, staring straight at Master Hu not far away.
"Master Hu, what do you mean by that?" , Chen Chu questioned while glancing at these black-clothed people who were obviously afraid. These men in black are very strong, fierce-looking, and obviously not good.
"Hmph, Lord Chu, I didn't expect you to be young, but your mind is meticulous, today the old man is planted, and I have been an official for 30 years in vain, and now I am going to be lost in the hands of a little hairy child. Well, let's go to the ghost gate, I won't have a good time even if I am a ghost! Hu Zhushu said with a cruel smile.
"Master Hu, you openly killed an official, don't you know that this is a crime of treason?!"
Master Hu, the old guy, hurriedly pretended to be scared and said, "I'm afraid!" Of course I'm afraid! But I'm willing to block it! ”
I was secretly a little frightened, if I hadn't been prepared, I would have been miserable today, I couldn't imagine that this old guy surnamed Hu would dare to make a desperate bet. Seeing the other person's somewhat crazy expression, I didn't think the other party was joking.
Thinking of this, I also got angry, "The surname is Hu, I'll give you two ways!" Or honestly hand over the engulfed treasury money and grain. Or blood splattered on the spot, and the whole door will be beheaded! Take your pick! ”
Master Hu was suddenly so angry that he couldn't do it, he couldn't imagine that he had already made up his mind to die, and these two people were still playing tricks on him.
"Good, good! That being the case, it's no wonder that Hu Mou, everyone fights. Master Hu didn't talk nonsense, and immediately ordered the dozens of black-clothed people to do it.
Seeing dozens of men in black rushing towards me with sharp blades in their hands, I couldn't help but nervously raise my heart to my throat after experiencing this kind of scene for the first time.
Guan Yu showed excitement on his face, and greeted him with a loud shout. Recently, Guan Yu has been living a proud spring breeze, training elite soldiers to defend the manor. often stands behind Chuxiong and poses PS to scare people, and occasionally beats people, but today he can kill people, can he not be happy.
When Guan Yu was about to make a move, he heard a sound of breaking the air in his ears, and saw a dazzling array of feather arrows, accompanied by bursts of screams, the battle was over, and there was only a few breaths before and after. It was only our people who were standing, and all the people in charge of the book were thrown to the ground and died.
I was dumbfounded, and at the same time I sighed in my heart: what a good soldier! The reaction is tough!
"Master, how to deal with this corrupt official?" , just when I was stunned, Guan Yu carried it to me like a chicken. At this time, Hu Zhuji, who was still arrogant just now, was already trembling with fright, and his body seemed to be swinging.
"Lord Chu, spare your life! I am willing to hand over the money and food that has been swallowed up! Hu Zhushu pleaded with a handful of snot and tears.
I glanced at Master Hu, who was begging hard, and thought to myself: This person has a deep foundation in Zhuo County, and if he is released, he is afraid that there will be endless troubles, then there will only be .........
"Where did you transport all the money and grain from the county treasury?" I asked.
"It's in my home warehouse, and I'm willing to take an adult to retrieve it." , Hu Zhushu hurriedly replied.
I nodded, and then said, "I also want to spare your life, but your crime is too serious, and not killing is not enough to make the people angry!" So I won't slaughter you. ”
Master Hu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately cried and begged for mercy. I ignored him, but ordered Guan Yu: "Drag it down, cut it!" ”
When Guan Yu came to me with a bloody human head, I almost threw up on the spot. At this time, he understood a truth, it is very majestic to hold the power of life and death! But it's also absolutely disgusting, and next time I must not come in front of someone to take me.
"You," I said, pointing to the frightened little man lying on the ground, ready to speak. The little official was shocked, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "My lord, spare my life!" The little one didn't take a penny from the treasury! As he spoke, he slammed the ground and banged. The little official was so frightened that he was about to collapse at this time.
"Say what? Who said they were going to kill you! The first evil has been punished, as for the other people, some small problems of Fan in the past, Ben Taishou will not be investigated, what you did in the past and what you want to do now, but from today on, everything must be done according to my rules. Do you understand? ”
The little official was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that this new adult would let him go and keep his position. The little official immediately kowtowed gratefully and said, "Thank you, sir! The small one must be from the order of the Dimensional! ”
I nodded in satisfaction, and asked; "What's your name?" Seeing that the little official was still kneeling on the ground, he said again: "Stand up and talk back." ”
"Master Xie.". The little official stood up and replied respectfully, "The little one's name is Li Jie." ”
"Li Jie, you take me a hundred elite soldiers to inform the county officials and tell them to come to the lobby, I have something to say.
"Yes, the little ones will go."
Half a day later, dozens of people came to the front of the lobby, these are the seven county magistrates of Zhuoxian, Liangxiang, Fangcheng, Fanyang, Zhuguo, Gu'an, and Beixincheng, as well as officials from Taishoufu, Gongcao and so on. They didn't know what was going on, so they asked each other about the people they knew. Some people who have a good relationship with Li Jie asked Li Jie, but Li Jie only shook his head vigorously and did not speak. This gave everyone a vague feeling as if something big had happened.
In the middle of the noise, Guan Yu and I walked out.
The scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes first fell on Chu Xiong, who was standing in front, and he didn't have any other thoughts except that he felt a little strange. But when everyone's eyes moved to Guan Yu who was standing behind Chu Xiong, everyone couldn't help but be taken aback, in addition to being surprised by Guan Yu's strange appearance, everyone was more surprised by the object in Guan Yu's hand, which was a human head. However, because the hair of the human head covered most of the face, no one recognized the identity of the human head, except for one person, of course, that person was Li Jie.
"Who are you? How could it be in the county government in the Tang Dynasty? A middle-aged official stood up and asked, obviously this middle-aged man had quite a lot of prestige among the guards.
I didn't answer him, but glanced at Guan Yu on the side. So Guan Yu took out his official certificate with his free hand and showed it to the middle-aged official.
The middle-aged official was strange at first, and after reading the contents of the official certificate clearly, he knelt down.
"Lieutenant Luo Ming has seen my lord."
At this time, the others felt a little inexplicable, but since the quite prestigious Luo Ming knelt, the others also knelt down.
"Get up. No need to be polite. ”
"Master Xie." , everyone said in unison. Then Luo Ming stood on the steps in front of Chu Xiong and raised his voice towards everyone: "Brothers, this is a new lord sent by the imperial court. Only then did everyone suddenly realize.
Luo Ming's heart was a little excited, and even more expectant. He is an upright person, not to mention how depressed he has been working under the acting Taishou surnamed Hu for many years, and he very much hopes that the new fat Taishou is an honest and good official.