On the fifth day of November, it was the middle of winter, the northern land was cold and windy, and when the dawn broke, when the people of Jiaozhou City were still immersed in sleep, there were neat footsteps on the streets, and the heavily armed soldiers of the Broken Army quickly took over the defense of Jiaozhou City.

Under Liu Fan's order, the soldiers of the Broken Army smashed open the doors of 13 salt merchants and rushed into their homes, capturing the salt merchants who were still asleep. It became a common practice for the Ming Dynasty to raise family members, and wealthy families often hired a large number of family members, who were usually the minions of the landlords who oppressed the people, and they would become private soldiers in the event of war.

"It's not good, sir! A group of officers and soldiers suddenly came outside the door, and they killed anyone they saw! The minions can't stop it, and now they're coming to the inner court, sir! Let's run! The housekeeper of Du Mansion ran into Du Yan's bedroom and slammed the door and roared loudly

Du Yan, who was still sleeping soundly on the bed with his newly married concubine last month, was awakened in an instant, and was also shocked when he saw the housekeeper with blood and sludge on his face: "What dare you trespass on my Du Mansion?" ”

"It's the Salt Transportation Division's Broken Army! Master! It's time to run for your life! Come with me! Let's go into the secret passage and hide first! The housekeeper shouted impatiently, regardless of whether Du Yan agreed or not, and pulled Du Yan, who was wearing pajamas, to rush the door.

Li Xiaohu kicked open the gate of the inner mansion, and the soldiers of the broken army rushed in, and saw the family members who were about to resist on the ground. A quarter of an hour later, except for the family members who resisted and were killed, the Du family's family, and several concubines, including Du Yan's two sons, all of them were concentrated here.

Li Xiaohu sat on a chair in the main hall and asked the trembling crowd, "Say!" Where is Du Yan? Speak out and spare your lives! Don't say it's all going to die! The soldiers dragged Du Yan's two sons out of the crowd, Li Xiaohu took the knife that was still stained with blood, gently patted the face of one of Du Yan's sons, and asked softly, "Tell me!" Where's your father? Or die! ”

"Don't kill me! I don't know! Du Ming pleaded with fear on his face.

"Click!" With a crisp sound, Li Xiaohu had already swung his knife and cut off Du Ming's head. Blood spurted, heads rolled to the ground, and the hall burst into an ear-piercing scream.

Li Xiaohu was so dizzy that he shouted, "Don't scream!" Whoever tells me to kill me! ”

At this time, Liu Fan entered the door with his own soldiers, saw the scene in the house, and said lightly, "Okay, Xiaohu!" Leave this to me! You go down first! Go outside and help clean up! ”

Li Xiaohu bowed down when he heard this, Liu Fan stood in the hall and said, "This official is the new Jiaozhou garrison Liu Fan, and now it has been found out that Du Yan has done a lot of evil, bullied the people, and colluded with bandits to murder the court officials, this official was ordered by the prefect and His Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly, and now Du Yan is in a catastrophe, now you can tell Du Yan's whereabouts and atone for your crimes, otherwise you are harboring key criminals!" Even if the court blames you, it will be difficult for the officials to save your lives! ”

Liu Fan's words made everyone in the hall fall into despair, they knew that the Du family was finished from now on! Since then, there is no more Du family in Jiaozhou. If you want to survive, there is only one way to go to the imperial court. It was very smooth, and before Liu Fan could continue to speak, the maids and servants in the hall scrambled to tell Du Yan's whereabouts.

At noon, thirteen salt merchants, including Du Yan, and the merchant surnamed Wang, who was in charge of liaison, were all escorted to the open space outside Jiaozhou by the Broken Army. Liu Fan and Sun Yuanhua summoned the people of Jiaozhou City to announce the crimes of these people in public, including the bad deeds they had committed in the past! It took an hour to finish the reading. In the past, these salt merchants relied on their power to be said to have done all kinds of evil, and each of them had several lives and lawsuits. Liu Fan didn't even have to bother to verify it anymore. The death penalty for these people was directly announced.

Hearing Liu Fan's decision, Sun Yuanhua was a little unbearable and said, "Jimin! There is a way that disaster does not affect the family, even if these mistakes are only killed, their family is not at fault! Not to mention the teenage children in there! They are innocent! Wouldn't that be too cruel! ”

Liu Fan said coldly, "Everyone is responsible for their actions, they are innocent?" Are not the people who die because of them innocent? Senior brother, you are also a person who has been through strong winds and waves! Don't you know why the rebels rebelled against Kong Youde? It is these moths that are attached to the people of the Ming Dynasty to knock on the bones and suck the marrow, and they do not pull out a hair! Only then did the Ming Dynasty go bankrupt financially, and the court had no money! Let the people suffer in hunger and cold, let the soldiers who defend the country fight with hunger, and there is no pension after death! can't live anymore, how can it not be the opposite? And what about them? But all day long, big fish and big meat, living a life of drunken dreams and death. If I let them go, what will happen to the civilians who were killed by the rebels? What about those soldiers who sacrificed for their country? Aren't they innocent? The rebels deserve to die! But these people who led to the rebellion of the rebels deserve even more punishment! This is just the beginning! I will use their lives to tell those local tyrants and shoddy gentry who are still looting and oppressing the people, and those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who fish and flesh the people! As long as I, Liu Fan, am still there! I will recover this debt one by one! Give the people justice! Return the world to a peace! ”

Sun Yuanhua shook his head, sighed and didn't speak, how could he not know what Liu Fan said! He saw the cruelty of the rebels with his own eyes, and he also witnessed the rebels' rebellion! It was precisely because he knew the reason that he repeatedly persuaded Kong Youde to surrender and prevent the imperial court from exterminating them.

Seeing Sun Yuanhua's depressed look, Liu Fan didn't want the relationship between the two to break down because of this, so he couldn't help but say, "Senior brother! I, Liu Fan, am not such a heartless person! I will still let these people's families live! I will also arrange for children under the age of five to be given up for adoption! Leave them a bloodline! This is already the end of benevolence! ”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, with Liu Fan's order, hundreds of people, including Jiaozhou salt merchants, were all ordered to go to Huangquan. ended their life of sin and greed. Blood stained this nameless hill outside Jiaozhou, and perhaps next year the vegetation here will grow more vigorously.

Subsequently, Liu Fan pursued the families and relatives of these people, and punished them according to the size of the crime, the sentence that should be sentenced, and the exile that should be exiled. In order to prevent them from seeking revenge, Liu Fan adopted a policy of exile for all the immediate family members of these people. For those female dependents who have little to do with it, they are also deported with travel expenses.

Liu Fan's actions shocked the whole of Shandong, and for a while, the salt merchants in Jiaozhou were in danger, for fear that Liu Fan would find them next!