Chapter 143: Swing the Sword and Annihilate the Thief
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Assassin Shi said: "Hero, you and I have no grudges and no hatred, why do you have to embarrass this official?" ”
"It's only to blame you for being greedy and perverting the law, fish and meat people, otherwise the master will not be in the mood to care about you." Li Tianlin pressed the blade of the sword and said, "Don't be verbose, and tell the crime quickly." ”
Tan Minli looked out the window and said: "When I was a child, my parents died, I was helpless, and I have been living a life of begging and loneliness along the street, and finally became a scholar of a family. This son was really kind to me, taught me how to recite poetry, and gave me a betrothed sister. Unexpectedly, one night, a group of thieves broke into the courtyard of Childe's house, killed him, burned his house, and took away all his belongings. Afterwards, my wife beat the drum at the local county government and accused me of colluding with the ringing horse, killing her eldest brother, burning her house, and robbing her of her property. The county order didn't ask whether it was black or white, and brought me to justice, bent and beaten into a trick, and paraded the streets. At that time, many poor people scolded me, and kept beating me with rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, which made me suffer unprecedented humiliation. ”
Hearing this, Li Tianlin felt very sad in his heart, he didn't expect this surnamed Tan to be so pitiful.
Tan Minli continued: "Later, during the inspection of the imperial history, I appealed to him, asking him to take me back to Beijing to retry my case and avenge me. That imperial history really brought me into the capital and handed me over to the criminal department. After three sessions of trial, Zheng Shangshu of the Criminal Department returned justice to me and cleared my grievances. Lord Zheng noticed that I was outstanding in writing and recommended me to the emperor. The emperor knew that I had great talent in governing the local area, and it happened that the disaster in Xiangzhou was very serious, so he ordered me to serve as the assassin of Xiangzhou, and allocated 10,000 taels of gold and 5,000 stone of grain, and appointed me as a disaster relief officer, so that I could distribute the money and grain to the victims. Hmph, I think that when my official was in trouble, those untouchables insulted me like that, and now that I am soaring and high, how can I take them in my eyes and make them feel better? In order to consolidate my official position and wear a black veil, I distributed part of the disaster relief money and grain to the county commanders and the squires in Xiangzhou, and put the rest of the money and grain into the treasury. Seeing that those untouchables were starving and living worse than dying, and their lives were in dire straits, I couldn't be more relieved. As for the selling market in Linzhang County, it was set up by human traffickers, and they paid me taxes and silver, but I turned a blind eye and did not prohibit it. ”
"It seems that everything Brother Han said is true." Li Tianlin frowned and said: "Okay, you are a dog official who has brought disaster to the country and the people, and you have used the common people as a tool to avenge the tragic fate, have you ever thought that Zheng Shangshu, who recommended you, and trusted you, was kind to you today?" A person like you, who has lost all his conscience, deserves death. ”
Tan Minli said fiercely: "Cao Cao has a good saying, I'd rather be responsible for the people of the world than teach the people of the world to bear me." ”
Li Tianlin said disappreciably: "With a rat like you, you are also worthy of learning from the great military strategist Cao Cao to speak?" Xiao Ye originally didn't plan to kill you, but now it seems that only by eradicating you, a thief, can he do the right thing for heaven. As he spoke, he raised his sword and cut off Tan Minli's head, and blood splattered Dragon Moon Pavilion.
Li Tianlin beheaded the big corrupt official and walked out of the attic, but saw hundreds of officers and soldiers in ambush everywhere, he was condescending and said loudly: "Everyone, that dog stabbing Shi is dead, don't give your life for him in vain." The surname Tan harmed Dawn, embezzled disaster relief money and grain, he died innocently, if you know each other, you will quickly open the warehouse tomorrow to release grain and relieve the victims, otherwise Hugh blames Li for being ruthless under the sword. ”
The guard Chen Biao waved his knife and shouted: "Thief, you assassinated the official of the imperial court, the crime is heinous, and Hugh will be clever and sophistry." Mr. Shen, you immediately ordered this thief to be brought to justice on the spot, right? ”
A man with a helmet and armor flashed out of the crowd, it was Shen Chao, the chief soldier sent by Yin of Henan Mansion to guard Xiangzhou, he pulled out the knife at his waist and shouted: "Brothers, this thief killed Lord Tan, tonight we have to execute him on the spot, on!" ”
A team of archers aimed at Li Tianlin, fired their bows, and one hundred and ten rockets flew towards him with a "whoosh". Li Tianlin swung his sword to block the arrows, floated down the attic, and killed the crowd. Six lieutenants swooped down with their swords, sixty infantry quickly surrounded, and twenty cavalry ran back and forth on the periphery. (To be continued.) )