After getting the blood book, the guard endured it until the time for the real shift change, and he sneakily left the cell under the gaze of Tang Yong's old wife.

After leaving the other party's sight, the guard immediately took out the blood book and put it in his hand, and quickly walked towards Zhang Ru's barracks.

More than 300 people from the Jinyi Guard and the Shenji Battalion attacked overnight and found Huang Banxian's residence according to the address on the blood book.

This Huang Banxian is also considered to have a bad fate, he was about to leave after hearing the news that all the children of Tang Yong's family were arrested, but the family has countless assets, and the mother-in-law is a person who regards wealth as her life, and this time she has come and gone, and it has been delayed for a lot of time.

By the time the twenty wagons he had prepared were all filled with goods, the road was completely blocked before they had left their house.

As the incense master of the White Lotus Sect, whose full name is Huang Yude, Huang Banxian, immediately drew his weapon and prepared to fight the soldiers of the imperial court, and more than a dozen dead soldiers who followed him also drew their weapons from their waists.

This Huang Banxian is not a worry even if he is holding a weapon, but those dead soldiers dressed as guardians do not seem to be weak in kung fu.

Meng Fu drew his knife and went up, he was ready to fight.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qi didn't play his cards according to common sense at all, and directly gave an order, and the musket attacked, except for Huang Yude and his family, as long as the people with weapons were all in a pool of blood in an instant.

Poor Meng Fu still planned to fight hard, but he didn't expect that after just over ten steps out, the enemy was already dead.

He turned around a little depressed and glanced at the smug Liu Qi with resentful eyes, his face full of dissatisfaction.

Liu Qi said with a smile: "Lao Meng, this thing is a good thing, maybe in a few tens or hundreds of years, the scrap iron in your hands will lose its real effect." In the future battlefield, it should be what I have in my hands that will dominate the victory or defeat. ”

Meng Fu was a little incredulous: "Just those burning sticks in your hand? ”

Liu Qi blew the grab barrel of the musket, pointed the musket at the corpse on the ground and said, "Isn't this proof of everything!" ”

Meng Fu was speechless, these muskets were indeed killing weapons, and their lethality was amazing, and they could even beat people into a sieve a hundred steps away.

Thinking that he might encounter such a situation, he couldn't help but shudder, and secretly cursed in his heart that the people in the Shenji Camp were all fucking monsters.

Fortunately, he said this in his heart, if Zhang Ru heard it, he might beat him up in anger. You must know that this kind of firearms, which no one attaches importance to, are all made under his initiative.

Not to mention the Shenji Battalion, it is the entire Ming Dynasty, these firearms are the most advanced, and within the Shenji Battalion, only a few people are equipped with such new firearms.

It was only after seeing the power of this new type of firearm that Zhu Youzhu resolutely decided to support Zhang Ru's opening of the sea ban, because he had realized that in order to achieve true national prosperity and strength, it was not only necessary to have rich and strong troops, but also to have a full treasury.

Before Zhang Ru said the price of these muskets, Zhu Youzhu didn't dare to imagine the value of these weapons at all. If it weren't for his unashamed request for the large-scale manufacture of such a firearm, Zhang Ru prevaricated with a sentence that he had no money, maybe he would never have known for the rest of his life that the high price of nearly 100 taels of silver was required to manufacture this burning stick.

took down Huang Banxian, and interrogated Tang Yong's family servants, officials, and Huang Banxian's family members overnight.

The harvest of this night was not small, including Huang Yude's family, the total number of people involved in the case reached more than 3,000 people. Among them, there are also many well-known wealthy businessmen in Datong City.

Zhang Ru really didn't expect that these wealthy businessmen were all disciples of the White Lotus Sect.

Some people are incense masters in the White Lotus Sect, some are just ordinary sect members, and some are even hall masters.

Subsequently, the whole army of the garrison of Datong Thousand Households was dispatched, and Datong City was turned upside down overnight.

The City Patrol Division began martial law, claiming to prevent Tatar Xiaozuo from entering Datong City to spy on the military, but in fact, it was to prevent the news of so many members of the White Lotus Sect from being arrested leaked out.

Now that the Jinyi Guard has taken control of the place where the White Lotus Sect's main altar is located, the reason why he does not attack now is because the timing is not right.

There are still tens of thousands of Tatars on the side of Yajiao Mountain, and the border army of Datong Frontier cannot be easily mobilized now, and there are many masters in the main altar of the White Lotus Sect, and the people gathered in that place are basically the backbone of the White Lotus Sect, and it is not an ordinary difficulty to take it down.

Zhang Ru has always liked to cut through the mess quickly, and this slowness has made many people not slow down.

Among them, Li Xiaozhi is included.

Five days later, the people who could be arrested in Datong City had basically been arrested, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, and catching a White Lotus Sect's incense master, often being able to catch dozens or even hundreds of White Lotus Sect disciples.

When Huang Banxian Huang Yude was arrested and put in the cell, Tang Yong's old wife knew that he had deceived herself, and the old woman who had worked hard for half her life did not complain at all, but just looked at Tang Yong in a daze.

A few days later, countless White Lotus Sect disciples were arrested, Tang Yong's promise had been fulfilled, and he was able to say sorry to his old wife.

Then, Tang Yong's young son was taken away, no one knew where the child had gone, only a few people knew that the child was alive and fostered in a wealthy family surnamed Tang.

After the other White Lotus Sect disciples asked about the charges and the prisoners were taken into custody, they were all taken back to the capital by the Jinyi Guard, and only Tang Yong and his wife were never questioned.

Half a month later, Zhang Ru called Li Xiaozhi into his barracks and asked straight to the point: "This Tang Yong, what are you going to do with it." ”

Li Xiaozhi looked at Zhang Ru in surprise: "My lord, what do you mean, filial piety is at your disposal." ”

Zhang Ru said: "I promised you that after catching Tang Yong, I will let you take revenge." Your coal mine, the official can't return it to you for the time being, after several changes of hands, this coal mine has become someone else's legal property. But don't worry, one day, the official will give you the corresponding reward, provided that you do your best for the official.

Now in terms of money, the official can't satisfy you and let you take revenge, which is just a good start. ”

Li Xiaozhi was greatly moved, and said after a while: "Putting aside how Tang Yong is a person for the time being, this coal mine is not forcibly occupied by him, but he has used some means." Now that he has landed in this field, the adults will give him a decent way to die! ”

Zhang Ru pointed to the letter paper on the table: "I have prepared several versions here, you listen to them, and the final decision is up to you." The first is that Tang Yong, the prefect of Datong, bravely fought against the White Lotus Sect and bravely served the righteousness. The second is that the White Lotus Sect bandits hijacked Tang Yong, the prefect of Datong, and eventually led to Tang Yong's death. The third is that Tang Yong, the prefect of Datong, colluded with the White Lotus Sect with the intention of rebellion. ”

The first not only did not make Tang Yong ruined, but it would make him famous in history, and Li Xiaozhi immediately vetoed the first version in his heart after listening to it.

The second version is decent, and it will not add too much glory to Tang Yong's face, nor will it ruin his reputation.

The third is to beat Tang Yong's descendants to the eighteenth layer of hell, at least one crime of rebellion, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not die, it is basically impossible for Tang Yong's descendants to become officials in the future.

Li Xiaozhi thought for a while and said, "My lord, give him a decent way to die." The first and third are too extreme, and the Tang Governor is also a person who has done things for Datong, so let him use the second way of death to have a good ride! ”

Zhang Ru took off the saber from his waist: "Here, you do it." ”

Li Xiaozhi didn't take the knife, and waved his hand again and again: "The adults misunderstood, the students have no power to restrain the chicken, where is the material for killing." Please also ask the adults to send someone to deal with it, the students really don't dare to kill people. ”

Zhang Ru said coldly: "The people around me must be able to kill." Du Shanbai has already killed five, and you are only the first. If you don't kill him, I'll let him go. ”

Li Xiaozhi hesitated, he had never killed anyone, and he had never had any intention of harming others, he was familiar with the thirty-six strategies and strategies, but he was just a scholar who was used to talking on paper.

It is true that he has a lot of ideas in his heart, but he is only a commander, and he never thought that he would one day kill people with a knife himself.

And now, a difficult choice lies ahead of him.

If you kill Tang Yong, you may be able to get Zhang Ru's reuse, and you may also get a lot of gold and silver treasures in the future, and even a prominent identity.

If he doesn't kill Tang Yong, he may not be able to continue to serve by Zhang Ru's side, and in this life, he is destined to fail to complete the ambition in his heart.

To kill or not to kill, Li Xiaozhi fell into confusion and struggle.

Time passed little by little, Zhang Ru looked at Li Xiaozhi so quietly, he didn't urge, and he didn't make any moves.

I don't know how long it took, after a battle between heaven and man, Li Xiaozhi finally made his own decision: "Hou Ye, I really can't make that hand, if Hou Ye must make a choice for the student, then please let Hou Ye go!" The students will pack their bags tomorrow and leave the station with their mother and uncle, so as not to cause trouble to Master Hou.

In the future, there will be no more people like Li Xiaozhi on the one-acre and three-third land of Datong. ”

Zhang Ru's face was like frost, and he kept staring at Li Xiaozhi's eyes, hoping to see something in the other party's eyes.

It's a pity that he watched it for a long time, and the eyes of this scholar who has passed the weak crown are still very clear.

"Good, good, good! What a Li Xiaozhi, you don't need a knife to kill, you say you can't do it! Okay, since you can stick to your own yard, this official will give Tang Yong a decent death. Zhang Ru didn't laugh angrily.

It can be seen that he is very satisfied with Li Xiaozhi's performance just now.

Li Xiaozhi smiled dumbly, it turned out that all this was a temptation for the young Hou Ye, and he thought that this Hou Ye was really forcing himself to make a choice.

Tang Yong died silently, and no one knew where the bones of the Datong prefect were buried, and no one knew where his family had gone.

It's just that a few years later, some people in Datong who have seen Tang Yong and his wife will secretly feel that this old woman is a little familiar when they see the crazy old woman who often appears in a small village fifty miles away.

The White Lotus turmoil has not receded, and an even bigger turmoil is brewing.