Sima Xiang and several patriarchs of the Pang family had a smug smile on their faces, they were put together by Fan Lixiang just now, and now they are using the contradiction between Qin Ming and Fan Lixiang to finally achieve results, the Shi clan can not confront the Sichuan army head-on, but can only split the Sichuan army, and in the case of many civilian and military generals, everyone is in danger.

And Qin Ming is just an introduction.

Bribery and bribery are always more concealed by bribery, and no one can find out who sent the gold and silver, and now these clans have an excuse, even if they find out, the money is also given to the Sichuan army as military funds, not for individuals, and it is hidden at home like Qin Ming, which is the general's improper heart.

Whether it is to corrupt the image of the Sichuan army in the hearts of the people, or the Sichuan army to behead its own generals, it is beneficial to these clans.

But Yang Zishang's face did not change.

"Yang Zishang, do you dare to say that you didn't take bribes?" Qin Ming shouted loudly. At the beginning, Sima Xiang and others came to Qin Ming to bribe, and they were still hesitant, but when the Shi clan promised to jointly bring down Fan Lixiang, Qin Ming was tempted.

And in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Qin Ming pulled Yang Zishang into the water, but he didn't expect Yang Zishang to accept bribes more than himself, not only did he accept all the orders he sent, but also openly asked for bribes, and he also picked three and four practices for bribes, which was really a poor carpenter for thirty years.

At this time, seeing that he was arrested, and Yang Zishang was fine, Qin Ming was of course unbalanced.

Yang Zishang walked down the stone steps, bowed to Zhang Ren, and said lightly: "General Zhang Ren, although he is a civilian official below, and he is not under the control of General Zhang, but since it was Captain Qin who reported it and involved the army, then I will also give an explanation to the general."

I received a total of 1,000 taels of gold, silk and satin, porcelain, jade, gold, silver, jewelry, land contracts, private house contracts, and there are many differences, but these are not bribes, originally those clans used them to bribe me, but I have reported the amount of these properties to the lord as soon as possible, and it has been put into the warehouse, and these lords all know. ”

When Yang Zishang said this, he glanced at Fan Lixiang, and suddenly his expression was solemn, and his eyes were red: "Alas, I, Yang Zishang, have been poor for 30 years, and I want to buy some land, buy some land, repair private houses, and live in manors. ”

Yang Zishang said and hid his face and returned.

Zhang Ren was a little embarrassed and said to Liu Zhang: "Lord." ”

Liu Zhang was silent for a long time, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally stood up and slowly walked down the steps, followed by Wang Xu and other personal soldiers.

Fa Zheng woke up from the state of the wandering soul and stretched his waist to get up.

Liu Zhang walked up to Sima Xiang and said lightly, "Go back to your position." ”

"Huh?" Sima Xiang didn't react for a while.

"Can't you hear me?"

Sima Xiang's face twisted, then returned to his normal color, bowed, and returned to the position of the clan.

Liu Zhang took a bamboo slip from the hands of his own soldiers, handed it to Zhang Ren, glanced at Qin Ming on the ground, and said to Zhang Ren: "Behead it on the spot." ”

"Ah, my lord, this ......"

Zhang Ren took the bamboo slip, and always felt that Qin Ming should not be killed at this time, after all, he was the general of the Sichuan army, except for being lured by the clan to embezzle and accept bribes, there was no crime, not to mention that now he beheaded Qin Ming, Zhang Ren felt that he was showing weakness to the clan, "The relatives are painful, and the enemies are fast." ”

Liu Zhang didn't say anything, and went directly to the place where the clan gathered, Fa Zheng walked up with sleepy eyes and patted Zhang Ren on the shoulder: "Cut it, I don't know the general situation, I am corrupt and bribery, I split my colleagues, and I collude with the clan." ”

Fa Zheng whispered the last four words, followed Liu Zhang's personal team, and embellished it last.

Zhang Ren opened the bamboo slip, and it suddenly listed the assets collected by Yang Zishang, including the land and private houses, all of which were registered in the name of fundraising, and even rewarded some newly appointed civil officials' mansions, which came from here.

Obviously, Yang Zishang had already reported these to Liu Zhang.

Zhang Ren faintly felt something, glanced around at the people around him, and finally stopped hesitating, and shouted: "Come on, behead Qin Ming on the spot." ”

Qin Ming collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, only to feel that fate was too unfair to him, obviously he came to sue Fan Lixiang, and every crime was enough to behead Fan Lixiang, and the victory was in his hands, but now it was himself who was beheaded, and Yang Zishang, who had always been determined, took bribes, and even covered up the past lightly.

I'm left alone to face the butcher's knife, so lonely!

The little soldier beside him was still holding a plate of copper coins to be rewarded to him.

Deng Zhi shook his head and sighed, as Qin Ming's main general, he had nothing to say, just a little sad, he and Qin Ming were both from Brazil, and they were half of the neighbors, he had already advised Qin Ming not to hold a grudge against Fan Lixiang, but Qin Ming's stomach was too small, and he repeatedly provoked, and every time he was pushed back by Fan Lixiang, the resentment increased by one point, and finally led to this ending.

Liu Zhang walked in front of hundreds of important people of the clan and said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, originally I, Liu Zhang, admired you very much, thinking that you are all high-spirited, reporting to the Han family, and guiding the people, but today the official is very disappointed, and Zi said, 'Greed and happiness, then the foundation of destroying the country and killing yourself,' and you are all promoting corruption, whether you want me Liu Zhang to kill yourself, or the Han Dynasty to destroy the country." ”

All the clans were stunned, Liu Zhang's "Zi said" was not Confucius, it was Han Feizi, just by quoting this sentence, the clan felt bad.

Sima Xiang, who had just sat down, bowed and said, "Why did Uncle Huang say this, the grass people and others don't understand." ”

Liu Zhang took a bamboo slip and threw it at Sima Xiang: "Take a look, this is the property you handed over to Yang Zishang, Yang Zishang is all recorded in the book, Mr. Sima will see if there are any mistakes or omissions." ”

Sima Xiang picked up the bamboo slip, only glanced at it, and secretly hated Yang Zishang for handing over all the bribe money to Liu Zhang, and said with a smile on his face: "This is indeed the property that we gave to Lord Yang Zi, but these are all the military funds we gave to Uncle Huang and the reconstruction materials for the people of Liangjiang, but they were transferred through Lord Yang Zi, and the old man didn't think there was anything wrong, Lord Yang Zi didn't take it for himself like Qin Ming, and the old man was deeply grateful." ”

"Yes, yes, relieved, relieved." The nations of the world vied with each other.

Liu Zhang sneered, with a gesture of his hand, a soldier presented a plate of bamboo slips, Liu Zhang picked up a scroll casually, and said lightly: "This official can think that the fields and houses you donated to Xiangyang are for the people of Liangjiang to live and cultivate."

But the official wondered, since it was handed over to the official and the victims, why did the name of Yang Zishang be painted on these house deeds and the land deeds, and what happened to those documents for selling the house deeds and land deeds? Can Mr. Sima explain? ”

The faces of the clans changed, Sima Xiang was speechless, at the beginning, Yang Zishang was extremely tricky, asking for bribes blatantly, those fields and real estate, Yang Zishang thought that he had to receive the pocket to count his own, all the deeds must be painted with his name, all the clans thought that this was just Yang Zishang was poor, and now they knew that Yang Zishang had a plan.

Seeing that Yang Zishang was missing an ear, his face was calm, and there was a slight smug look on the corner of his eyebrows, he remembered that Yang Zishang had endured it for thirty years because of the oppression of the clan.

"If these deeds and title deeds cannot be explained, then how can the official believe that those gold, silver, jewelry, porcelain and jade were handed over to the official? I will allow folk donations, but they will receive a donation booklet, may I ask everyone, did Yang Zishang send you a booklet?

If not, can the official think that those gold, silver and jade artifacts were also bribed by Yang Zishang? ”

The clans began to panic.

"In this way, the money Qin Ming received can also be regarded as a bribe, right?"

All the clans looked at Liu Zhang, who was smiling lightly, and they all had a look of fear.

Liu Zhang waved his hand again, a plate of bamboo slips was handed over, Liu Zhang chose one and threw it to Sima Xiang: "Mr. Sima, open your eyes wide, are you sure that your family has so many real estate properties and population?" Do you want the official to arrest and kill all the missing population? Those slaves and maids who disappeared were all eaten or swallowed by Mr. Sima? ”

Sima Xiang's face distorted.

Now all the families finally understand that Yang Zishang deliberately connived at them to conceal their land and real estate, and was not paralyzed by their flattery and flattery at all, but set this trap a long time ago, and later Qin Ming went to Yang Zishang to take bribes with him, and Yang Zishang sublimated this trap again.

Isn't this a typical pit clan?

At this time, he looked at Yang Zishang again, and saw the latter smiling proudly.

"Zhengfang, what is the charge of bribing officials?"

"Part of the property will be confiscated and imprisoned for three years, and in serious cases, all property will be confiscated and imprisoned for ten years."

"What about bribing military positions?"

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Execution." ”

The hearts of all the clans jumped suddenly.

Liu Zhang smiled softly and continued: "What is the crime of concealing property? ”

"Those with less than 30 acres will be fined and confiscated part of their property and distributed with Ding Shu, and those with more than 30 acres will be imprisoned for three to 10 years, and if they are more than 1,000 acres, all their property will be confiscated and executed, and the punishment will be increased if they conceal the report from the slaves and maids."

Sima Xiang lowered his head and stood in place in a daze, the number concealed by the Sima family had already exceeded the number of heads.

"What is the crime of deceiving and fooling the officials of the jurisdiction?"

"Cane punishment."

"What about deceiving me?"

Li Yan glanced at Liu Zhang: "The lord is the imperial uncle of the Han Dynasty, his identity is respected, and he can be punished for deceiving and fooling the imperial uncle." ”

Liu Zhang nodded, rubbed his palm on Sima Xiang's chest, and chuckled: "All the high-spirited Jingxiang masters, this article is enough to kill the head, it is difficult for the official to cover up, what do you have to say?" ”

All the clans were terrified and shocked, if it weren't for the incident of Jiangzhou and Hanzhong, their crimes would seem big in terms of law, but in fact, the punishment imposed on them by the Han Dynasty was very small.

In Liu Biao's period, they were much more serious than this, bribing officials, concealing property, as for Liu Biao's dim old man, not to mention fooling, he couldn't remember the number of times he threatened the group.

But now I suddenly remembered that these charges were really enough to kill the head.

The color of fear was strong in all the worlds, and they all looked at Sima Xiang, but what could Sima Xiang do?

There are only two families here, one is the Huang family, and the old man Huang looked at his great-granddaughter Huang Yueying beside him, not to mention how much he loved it at this time.

The other is the Cai family, Cai Yu is the most active son of the family who instigated and provoked the bribery of the generals of the Sichuan army, but the entire Cai family did not conceal any land and real estate, nor did they bribe a Sichuan army officer and official, which can be described as innocent, and those donations, half of the land and the gold and silver of the house, were all sent to Liu Zhang, which can be regarded as Liu Zhang's "great benefactor".

"Your Excellency." Just when the people of the world were in doubt, a child of the Zhang family suddenly stepped out: "Your Excellency enforces the law strictly, the evidence is conclusive, we can't say anything about convicting us, but there is one thing, I, Zhang Hou, have to say." ”

"Let's talk about it." Liu Zhang said casually.

Zhang Hou looked at the clan next to him, the man hesitated, nodded, Zhang Hou said horizontally: "My lord, may I ask what is the crime of stealing people's property in the military law of the Sichuan Army?" ”

"Chop." Liu Zhang said without hesitation.

"Then I, Zhang Hou, want to denounce it, report that the guards around my lord are so powerful, good generals, and rob my brother's wealth privately, please punish me impartially, if you don't punish the general, Uncle Huang can't convict us."

If it is other princes, the family is not enough to worry about, but for Liu Zhang, Zhang Hou fully believes that Liu Zhang may use this matter to punish the family, if it is usual, how dare to provoke Liu Zhang's guards, but at this time, the butcher's knife is on the neck, and he can only gamble.

As long as Liu Zhang doesn't punish him well, he can't punish the clan.

"Fuck your fart." It's so powerful to take a step forward with a sledgehammer: "When did Lao Tzu take your money?" Lao Tzu knocked you to death with a hammer. ”

It's so powerful to hold my breath when I think about it, when I entered the Sichuan camp, I didn't know the market, and the requirements were too low, which made me feel pitiful, and I haven't saved it consistently, let alone be wronged.

Now that he is still accused of taking people's money privately, how can he not be angry, he is so powerful that he is about to smash Zhang Hou to death with a hammer, but he was stopped by Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang asked Zhang Hou calmly: "What's the matter?" "Liu Zhang doesn't believe that he is so powerful that he can take people's things, not to mention that he follows him every day, and he has nowhere to take it if he wants to.

"Zhang Hou just wants to ask, where did the general's mount come from." Zhang Hou said in a deep voice.

Liu Zhang and so powerful were stunned, remembering that on the way to Dongting Lake, Liu Zhang never thought that Zhang Hou would mention this, in the final analysis, the horse was still called honest and so powerful to ride away, general, horses are like life, how can such a military general do without a suitable horse.

I said loudly, "I picked it up on the road." ”

"Nonsense." The young man next to Zhang Hou stood up and bowed to Liu Zhang: "Grass people Zhang Wu, meet the emperor's uncle, please forgive me for offending a good general." ”

Zhang Wu raised his head and said loudly: "But the Lu horse is indeed my Zhang family's thing, bought from the Qiang people at a high price, when Zhang Wu lived in Jingnan, because there was something important to ride to Jingbei, but I didn't expect this horse to get off the reins halfway and lost its direction, I didn't expect it to be in the good general's place, the horse obviously has a reins cushion, the good general knows that it is the owner's thing, does not look for the owner, but also takes it for himself, is it considered a private robbery of people's property?" ”

Liu Zhang was shocked when he heard the three words "Luma", he remembered that Luma was not white? How can it be a green black horse? These horses are so powerful.

What Liu Zhang didn't know was that Luma just had white spots on his forehead.

But now is not the time to think about this, Liu Zhang turned around and asked Li Yan: "Zhengfang, say it fairly, is this a private robbery of people's wealth?"

Li Yan replied affirmatively: "No. ”

With a smug smile, Zhang Wu said angrily: "But this is illegal anyway, right?" Can lost horses be taken at will, and can anyone take away the lost cattle and sheep of herdsmen? Could it be that because he is a close confidant of the imperial uncle, the imperial uncle has to protect it? ”

Liu Zhang groaned and said: "Of course you can't cover it up, then the official will explain this matter clearly......" Suddenly, Liu Zhang saw Xu Zhaoxue sitting next to Huang Yueying, and the two of them were whispering.

Liu Zhang walked over to the two, Xu Zhaoxue frowned, she had the experience of being with Qu Lingchen last time, and said to Huang Yueying sullenly: "I must have come to find you." ”

Liu Zhang walked up to the two of them, grabbed Xu Zhaoxue, who was looking left and right and pretending not to see Liu Zhang.

"Do me a favor."

"You...... You...... Put me down...... Bastard...... She's a girl......"

Xu Zhaoxue couldn't struggle, and was dragged by Liu Zhang to the front of the Shi clan, followed by a large number of Liu Zhang's personal soldiers, in front of hundreds of Shi clans, surrounded by the three armies of the Sichuan Army and thousands of people.

Facing so many people for the first time, just like a primary school student who gave a speech on stage, Xu Zhaoxue suddenly changed from lively and active to a shy lamb.

"That green and black horse that day, no, Lu Ma, the horse ran in fright, and almost hit this little girl, is it so powerful that at the moment of crisis, the horse was held and saved the girl's life, Miss Zhaoxue, is this official right?"

Xu Zhaoxue glanced at the serious Liu Zhang, and said resentfully: "Right or wrong, right or wrong, what did you drag into a big-headed ghost?" If I don't say it's right and you can't get off the stage, are you so sure I'll testify for you? Hmph, I don't. ”

Xu Zhaoxue's face flushed, she wrung her fingers and nodded, her voice was like a mosquito, and she said timidly: "Well, thanks to the good general that day." ”

Xu Zhaoxue hated herself very much in her heart, and she couldn't wait to pierce her heart with a sword, why was she so angry, she said that she wouldn't help this villain, but it turned out to be his wish, which was really infuriating.

Zhang Wu's face turned red, and Zhang Hou said: "But no matter what, Uncle Huang can't hide the fact that a good general has taken the war horse for himself, right?" ”

Liu Zhang nodded and said to Li Yan: "What crime should be convicted?" ”

Li Yan thought for a while and said: "Privately robbing people's property should be a capital crime, but the Zhang family was not present, and they were already frightened, so it can't be regarded as robbery, plus a good general has a move to save people's lives, so according to the law, he will be flogged for twenty." ”

"It's too light." Liu Zhang shook his head.

"It's so powerful, as the main father-in-law's personal guard, he can be whipped eighty times." Li Yan said ruthlessly.

All the civil and military forces were shocked, if this whip is solid, twenty lashes can be beaten for a month, and eighty lashes will not kill people?

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhang still shook his head: "It's too light, two hundred lashes, and the informant Zhang Hou will supervise the law enforcement, and there can be no favoritism." After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he said to Zhang Wu and Zhang Hou: "Can it be considered fair? ”

Two hundred lashes, this is simply a death sentence, what else does Zhang Wu and Zhang Hou have to say, he looked at Liu Zhang sullenly, isn't this just looking at his thick skin and pretending to be majestic?

I walked to the side, took off my pants, and revealed my tight black buttocks, looking at the existence like the skin of a 10,000-year-old python, not to mention two hundred whips, a thousand whips can't make a mark.

The law enforcement soldier took the whip and whipped it hard on the buttocks, and the sledgehammer rolled on the ground to play, Liu Zhang didn't look at it well, and casually said to Xu Zhaoxue on the side: "Luma almost hurt you, do you want to sue?" ”

"Well, sue, sue." Xu Zhaoxue muttered, in front of so many people, he always felt that everyone was looking at him, and Xu Zhaoxue's brain was a mess.

Liu Zhang sweated, originally wanted to ask casually, so he sent this chattering girl down, but he didn't expect her to really sue.

Li Yan immediately said: "If you hurt someone on a horse, you will be sentenced to fifty lashes, but Zhang Wu was not present at that time, and he can be whipped thirty if he is commuted as appropriate." ”

"Twenty lashes." Liu Zhang said: "Zhang Hou has made meritorious reports and will be rewarded with 100 dollars. ”

Liu Zhang raised his head again to face the Shi clan and said loudly: "Everyone, this official is not bending the law for personal gain, can I now convict you?" ”

All the clans looked gloomy, originally thought that Zhang Hou could use a powerful thing to blackmail Liu Zhang, but they didn't expect the result to be like this, and when they thought that they were likely to face the same criminal law as Jiangzhou and Hanzhong, these people shuddered, and their palms were full of sweat.

Zhang Hou took the hundred coins in his hand, listened to Zhang Wu's screams, and had mixed feelings in his heart, and now he realized that he shouldn't have mentioned this stubble at all.

"All families, bribes of gold and silver, land property, private houses, gold, silver and jade, shall be fined ten times, and the concealment of acres shall be confiscated at twice the amount of land, and the concealment of Dingkou shall be converted into one acre of land...... Well, Luma is also in the process of confiscation, and as for fooling the officials, this officer forgives you for your innocence. ”

Rolling the sledgehammer is so powerful to hear, I am happy in my heart, my weight is too great, the general war horse does not move, to charge into the battle must be that Luma, and for so long, I have also had a relationship with that Luma, if this is returned, it is really reluctant.

All the clans looked up at Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang did not order the killing, and they all felt happy, but such a penalty would be a huge amount, and all the clans would probably have to cut their meat, and the remaining land would not exceed half.

The clans were about to speak, but Liu Zhang added: "In addition, the Sima family conceals the most and bribes the heaviest. ”

After Liu Zhang finished speaking lightly, turning around, Sima Xiang raised his head suddenly, his eyes looked at Liu Zhang in horror, slowly whitening, and with a sudden blow, Sima Xiang, who was in his sixties, fainted all of a sudden and fell heavily on the wet grass.

Everyone in the world was shocked, and they did not dare to say a word again.

Liu Zhang's sudden announcement of the punishment caught everyone by surprise, and a smile appeared on Yang Zishang's face, his hard work was not in vain, otherwise he would only fine and confiscate property, which would be too cheap for these clans.

Li Yan looked at the west, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, although it was only a side branch of the Sima clan, and Sima Hui also ran away, but he finally comforted Xu Shu's spirit in the sky.

"The lord has an order, confiscate the family's property, and kill the entire Sima clan."

"The lord has an order, confiscate the family's property, and kill the entire Sima clan."

"The ceremony is over."

The rangers rode around the periphery, running and shouting, and the people were all happy, and sure enough, this new imperial uncle was not the previous imperial uncle, and he really dared to use a knife against the clan, which was unimaginable to them before.

Liu Zhang stepped onto the war horse, and the beaming Yang Zishang said behind him: "My lord, why only kill the Sima clan, the crimes committed by the other clans are enough to kill the head." ”

"You're the only one who thinks it's too little to kill." Liu Zhang shook the reins of his horse, hundreds of soldiers galloped out together, and Fa Zheng smiled and said to Yang Zishang: "You can kill the head, but you can't punish the clan, the reason is not enough, it is difficult to convince the public." At the end, Fa Zheng added: "Don't worry, the matter is not over." ”

Whether it is bribery, concealment, or fooling officials, it can be attributed to personal responsibility, and the Zhu clan is beyond reach, and the killing of the Sima clan has Liu Zhang's purpose.

Liu Zhang left with his own soldiers, and Fan Lixiang walked to the war horse and said to Chen Ying: "It seems that I have done something wrong." ”

Chen Ying was confused: "What's wrong with the general?" ”

Fan Lixiang sighed faintly, she originally thought that Liu Zhang, for the sake of Pang Tong, would take advantage of Qin Ming's matter to embarrass herself, but now it seems that from beginning to end, Liu Zhang didn't think about it like this, Liu Zhang's goal from the beginning was the clan, everything was under his control, just watching his people perform below.

I think too much about it, and the performance is too much.

When one's purpose is too obvious, no matter how much plausibility is added to the process, it is useless.

Fan Lixiang led the troops away, and the surrounding people surrounded them, and they all said that they wanted to donate money and materials to the disaster area.

The world dispersed in a gloomy manner, Huang Yueying helped the trembling old man Huang, and suddenly said: "Grandpa, from tonight, you will be terminally ill." ”

"What?" Old Man Huang shook off Huang Yueying's hand and said angrily: "Dead girl, you curse me, you, grandpa is less than ninety years old, and his body is healthy." ”

"I see you're ninety years old and living in vain."

Old Man Huang was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said with a smile: "Oh, girl, I misunderstood you, our Huang family is a local family, but we can't afford it, so we can bear it for the time being, and when Jingzhou changes its lord one day, everything will be fine." ”

Old Man Huang glanced at Sima Xiang, who had fainted on the ground, and then looked at the people of the clan who were bowing their heads in front of him, although they didn't speak, but Old Man Huang easily guessed that these people were going to one place - the boat in the river valley at the beginning.

Huang Yueying shook her head, not bothering to explain. Since grandpa is looking forward to Jingzhou changing hands, let him look forward to it.

At this time, seeing Xu Zhaoxue still standing stupidly on the side, Huang Yueying pulled a hand: "Still stunned, let's go." ”

"Oh." Xu Zhaoxue followed, and the old man was supported on the other side, and the old man Huang hugged him left and right, so unhappy.

"You hate Liu Zhang so much, why do you help him speak?"

"That's what it is."

"Then the last noble person before you are sixteen years old should be very powerful."

"He??" Xu Zhaoxue thought of the short bald head, especially the rough meat, after beating two hundred whips, patting her ass and leaving, and boasting that her buttocks were warm, Xu Zhaoxue couldn't help but feel cold.

Huang Yueying chuckled.

………… When Liu Zhang arrived at the gate of the Mufu Mansion, he saw Pang Tongyi standing at the door, Liu Zhang turned over and dismounted: "Why is Mr. here?" …… Is it to say goodbye? ”

Pang Tong smiled: "Pang Tong knows that when Uncle Huang returns home, he will definitely go to find Zaixia, so I arrived first, I know that Uncle Huang has something inconvenient to say, let's go to the back mountain to talk, how about it?" ”

Liu Zhang nodded.

(To be continued)