Just when Li Yang hurried to the Guangling Mansion, Zhang Qi, the prefect of Guangling Mansion, was sitting in the room where he was handling official business, and was slowly sipping tea.

As the prefect of Guangling City, Zhang Qi lived in Guangling Mansion, a row of rooms in the front yard was the main hall of the office, and the backyard was his private residence with his family.

It is no wonder that some people say that although the power of local officials is not as good as that of Beijing officials, they are quite free, and the prefect and county order of each county are almost equivalent to the local emperor, of course, provided that Jijing does not send such a special envoy as a supervision envoy.

Sitting on the Taishi chair and sipping the fragrant tea offered by Mrs. Deng, Zhang Qi sighed slightly and said, "Madam, on your brother's side, Madame should reprimand a little bit, if it really makes a lot of complaints, it will not end well......

Deng's family, that is, Deng Yuan's sister, this woman looks like she is about twenty-five or sixteen, with a flowery appearance and a moon-like appearance, wearing gold and silver all over her body, and her pomp and circumstance are even more than that of her husband as a prefect. ”

"Long hair, short knowledge!" Zhang Qi scolded, shook his head and said, "Madam, don't forget the incident of the Su family four years ago, my husband still has lingering palpitations!" ――My husband once asked Lord Liang, the capital of Xuzhou Prefecture, do you know what Lord Liang said? That is an order directly issued by the Jijing criminal deployment, and the Jijing criminal deployment is ah! As he spoke, he sighed slightly, frowned and said, "If it weren't for Lord Liang for me Guangling to suppress the Jijing Criminal Deployment Officer for three months, your brother would have died that time!" ”

Deng Shi's face froze when he heard this, his tone softened, and he said flatteringly, "What the master said is true." But our family didn't treat Lord Liang badly, the concubine's old father went to Pengcheng and gave a heavy gift worth 600,000 taels......"

"Hmm......" Zhang Qi was silent, at this point, he really can't say that his wife's family is not coming, if it were not for the support of the Deng family over the years, he would not be able to sit so firmly in the position of the prefect of Guangling Mansion, although he was also born in the imperial examination in the sixteenth year of Hongwu, but his career was quite difficult at first. It wasn't until he married the daughter of the local family Deng after the unfortunate death of his original partner that it became smooth sailing.

"Tell your brother to be more restrained!" After thinking for a while, Zhang Qi frowned and said, "The situation in Jiangnan has become more and more tense in recent years, and there is news of the Taiping Army coming out from time to time. The Jijing Imperial Court will not sit idly by at all...... According to the news, Daliang has 80,000 troops stationed in Yangzhou, according to the husband's view, the imperial court is probably going to officially use troops with the Taiping army this time, at this juncture, I Guangling had better not cause trouble! ”

"Going to war?" Deng Shi was taken aback when he heard this, and asked in amazement. "Isn't there any news from Lord Liang?"

Zhang Qi stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "Lord Liang has already written a letter to his husband about this matter, but this time. Lord Liang couldn't hear any news, only that there was a big man in Jijing who was coming to Jiangnan......"

"The Eight Sages?" Deng subconsciously asked, after all, [Eight Sages King] Li Xian had repeatedly visited the counties in the south of the Yangtze River. This matter is not a secret in the counties and counties of Jiangnan.

"I don't know," he said, shaking his head. Zhang Qi Zhengse said, "No matter what, let your brother settle down these days!" -- It's so unbelievable that he took away the government and did the official service, just to take revenge on the person who had a grudge against him in the Qinglou! ”

Seeing that her husband had a look of displeasure on her face, Deng hurriedly said, "Don't be annoyed, don't be annoyed, after bringing A-Yuan back, the concubine will reprimand him well, telling him not to mess around in the future...... But speaking of which, the foreigner called Changsun Wu is also really hateful, Ah Yuan reported the name of the master, and that person didn't give face at all, he simply didn't take the master in his eyes, according to the concubine's body, such an arrogant person should teach a good lesson! ”

"...... you" Zhang Qi was angry when he heard the words, and reprimanded unhappily, "What the husband just said, you forgot it in the blink of an eye?" ――At this very moment, don't get into trouble, in case the big man from Jijing is nearby, and I hear that I Guangling is making such a fuss, what should I do as a husband? ”

"How can it be such a coincidence?" Deng muttered and said with a smile, "Isn't the imperial court going to fight with the Taiping Army, and we don't have Taiping Army thieves in Guangling, what is he doing in Guangling?" ”

"Well, that's ...... too"

"If the lord is not at ease, just send someone to ask those assassins in the city? The Assassins were well informed! ”

"What nonsense?" Zhang Qi frowned, and said unhappily, "If officials and thieves don't stand together, how can a husband fornicate with those thieves?" ”

"What's this? - Didn't Lord Liang also acquiesce to the Assassin's Lodge? ”

"Acquiescence doesn't mean you don't want to eradicate it!" Zhang Qi glanced at his wife angrily, and then sighed secretly.

Zhang Qi was a little depressed when he thought of this, after all, in such a big place as Xuzhou, there were such a group of Guangling assassins in the counties under his own rule, which made him worry all day long, for fear that he would anger those strongmen and provoke the other party to kill him. However, over the years, the other party has also been knowledgeable, and has never clashed with the government, so Zhang Qi has let it go and turned a blind eye, after all, don't look at him Guangling City has a lot of soldiers, but it may not be able to exterminate the group of assassins who come and go without a trace.

Just when Zhang Qi and his wife Deng were chatting in the house, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, and when Zhang Qi looked up, he happened to see a head named Li Yang under his hand running in a hurry.

"My lord, something is wrong!" The first words after Li Yang came in made Zhang Qi frown unconsciously, and the Deng family beside him reprimanded in displeasure, "Your family is very good!" - Panicked, what kind of system?! ”

Li Yang hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to reply.

At this time, Deng Shi also seemed to see the person who came, and asked in surprise, "Huh, Li Yang?" ――Didn't you go out with your brother to run errands? ”

Errands?

I'm really good at picking good ones!

Li Yang snorted coldly in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything on his face, and said respectfully, "Mrs. Hui, I am about to tell you about this!" - Deng Dashao has an accident! ”

"A-Yuan?" Deng Shi was shocked when he heard this, and asked urgently, "You are about to say that something happened to Ah Yuan?" ”

"Deng Dashao was detained ......"

"......" Deng Shi's pretty face flushed with gloom when he heard this, and he rebuked angrily, "Who is so bold? ”

Zhang Qi raised his hand to signal his wife to be calm and not to be impatient. asked in a deep voice, "Li Yang, what's going on, you come here one by one!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Li Yang hugged his fists and said respectfully, "Just now, Deng Dashao asked the humble to take twenty or thirty people out with him to find the foreigner who had a grudge against him in the Yingchun Building yesterday to seek revenge......

"It's an errand trip!" Deng interrupted Li Yang's words with a displeased expression.

"Okay," raising his hand to signal Deng to shut up, Zhang Qi looked back at Li Yang and asked. "Li Yang, you go on!"

"Yes! -- Deng Dashao found the residence of the foreigner son, and broke in with a lowly cadre, intending to arrest the man back to the yamen, but unexpectedly. Out of nowhere, more than 20 people rushed out to take down Deng Dashao and the officials under the lowly position, and the foreigner said that if you want Deng Dashao to live, the adults had better get there in person within a moment, otherwise they will ......"

"How else?" Deng asked with a panicked expression.

"Otherwise, he will slaughter Deng Dashao......"

"How can this be true? Outrageous! Deng Yuan was shocked and angry when he heard this. Looking back at Zhang Qiweeping, he begged, "Master, the concubine is such a younger brother, those Diao people dare to treat him like this." My lord wants to administer justice for my sister and brother! ”

Justice?

Zhang Qi frowned, where could he not understand, it was clearly his brother-in-law who took that cadre to find trouble, but unexpectedly it was not a good stubble. Directly detained, who can blame this?

Domineering all day long. This time you've hit a wall, right?

Zhang Qi snorted coldly in his heart.

Seeing that her husband seemed indifferent, Deng cried and begged, "If something happens to my brother, the concubine doesn't want to live...... The concubine is just such a younger brother......"

may have been irritated by Deng's noisy heart, Zhang Qi said angrily, "Okay, okay, just go for your husband!" ”

In fact, Zhang Qi was also a little displeased, after all, the other party's move was too faceless for him, and he actually asked him, the prefect of Guangling Mansion, to go over in person to ask for someone, and what did he say that it must be within a moment?

Thinking of this, Zhang Qi looked back at Li Yang and said, "Li Yang, how many people are there on the other side?" ”

Li Yang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but when he thought of Gou Gong's indifferent and calm expression at that time, he felt a little relieved, and said in a low voice, "There are about twenty people, maybe the number of people is a little different......

"Twenty or so? -- Call the people in the government and go with the officials! -- The official also wants to see who is so arrogant! ”

"Yes!"

A moment later, Zhang Qi took his three county lieutenants, eight capital heads, and more than 200 officials in a sedan chair and headed in the direction pointed by Li Yang.

To be honest, he was also a little puzzled about the identity of the other party, after all, he was the prefect of Guangling Mansion, but the other party seemed to not take him seriously at all, which made Zhang Qi feel a little unhappy.

Especially when he got off the sedan chair at the door of that house and heard the screams of his brother-in-law Deng Yuan from inside the courtyard, this anger was undoubtedly expanded.

Zhang Qi originally thought that the other party was just talking casually, and he wouldn't take Deng Yuan seriously, but listening to the hoarse scream, it was not the case at all.

"Stop!" Zhang Qi kicked open the courtyard door of the house, and a group of officers and soldiers surrounded him and walked into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Zhang Qi's eyebrows trembled slightly, because he found that the courtyard was full of people standing around, although those people were dressed as ordinary people one by one, but looking at each other's murderous appearance, it was by no means a good stubble, and there were forty or fifty people in a rough count.

Didn't you say there were only about twenty?

That's it, anyway, he also brought more than 200 people this time, so nothing will happen, if the other party really dares to attack the official, he can also transfer the garrison in the city to come.

Thinking that he had 3,000 garrisons in Guanglingtun, Zhang Qi suddenly felt relieved.

"Brother-in-law?" As if hearing Zhang Qi's words, Deng Yuan looked back and wanted to struggle with joy, but before he could stand up, a slap from a Guangling assassin made his legs weak again and he fell to his knees.

Although it was only a glimpse, Zhang Qi did gasp, because he found that his brother-in-law Deng Yuan had been swollen from the ground and had a pig's head.

"Stop! The official told you to wait! Zhang Qi raised his hand and shouted.

Hearing this, the Dongling assassin glanced at Xie An, and saw that the latter was lying peacefully on the chaise longue.

With his eyes closed, he enjoyed the service of the little girl Wang Xin's shoulders, and he didn't mean to open his mouth at all, so he looked at Gou Gong on the side with an inquiring look.

"Go on!" Gou Gong said lightly.

The Dongling assassin nodded, raised his right hand again and slapped Deng Yuan in the face. When he was beaten, he secretly complained in his heart, this kind of work of slapping people's faces is indeed enjoyable, but if he beats for a long time, his hands can't bear it, no, he has gradually felt that his palms are starting to go numb.

"Brother-in-law...... Ah, brother-in-law save ...... Yes...... Save me......" Deng Yuan screamed for help, looking very miserable. Where is it still like the Deng family who is rampant and domineering on weekdays.

Seeing that the other party didn't give himself face at all, Zhang Qi's face was furious, and with a wave of his right hand, more than 200 officers and soldiers behind him poured in, and unexpectedly, the forty-five men dressed as ordinary people in the courtyard drew daggers from behind their waists. They stared at them with a fierce face, and the officers and soldiers who were stunned did not dare to move.

"What a gut...... Zhang Qi's beard trembled slightly, pointed at the people in front of him, and scolded angrily, "In broad daylight, you dare to attack officials? ”

And at this moment, a lazy word made Zhang Qi's heart startle.

"Zhang Qi, the prefect of Guangling Prefecture. What a big official......"

Hearing this, Zhang Qi subconsciously looked in the direction where the voice came, and saw that on the recliner in the courtyard, there was a man in a flame-red brocade suit whose eyes slowly opened. Glance at him faintly.

Zhang Qi couldn't be clearer about this tone of rhetoric, after all, he had not said it to others in a similar tone earlier.

What is the identity of this person's officialdom?

frowned. Zhang Qi held back the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice. "The official came as agreed, can you release the official's wife and brother, if something happens to him, you can't escape a lawsuit!"

"Lawsuit? Hum! Xie An, who was lying on the recliner, snorted coldly, slowly opened his eyes, sat up under the service of the little girl, glanced at Deng Yuan, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, and turned back to Wang Xin and said, "Girl, are you relieved?" ”

The little girl glanced at Deng Yuan timidly, although she hated this guy who killed her father and was not disrespectful, but looking at the miserable appearance of the other party at this moment, she couldn't bear it in her heart, and when she saw Xie An asking, she nodded hurriedly.

Seeing this, Xie An secretly shook his head, waved his left hand casually, and said lightly, "Okay, who is that, stop!" ”

When the Dongling crowd heard this, he immediately stepped aside and secretly shook his somewhat numb palm.

Looking carefully at Xie An sitting on the recliner, Zhang Qi frowned, and said in a deep voice with a little displeasure, "Who is Your Excellency?" - The official is the prefect of Guangling Mansion, not only do you not kneel when you see the official, you despise the court, but also hold a blade, do you plan to kill the official? ”

"Kneel you?" Xie Anle was happy, and said with a sneer, "You are a little prefect of Guangling County, and you actually said wildly, asking the government to kneel you?" ”

Prefecture?

This self-title is not something that can be used casually, to be worthy of this self-title, the magistrate must at least be the governor of the states of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the requirements of the Beijing official are even higher, at least the secretary of the nine temples, that is, the nine qing, no matter what kind of person, it is not something that Zhang Qi can provoke.

"Your Excellency...... No, dare to ask who the adults are? Zhang Qi's voice trembled a little.

Come on, at this time, Xie An should stand up, put on a good show, and then reveal his identity, unfortunately, at the moment, his legs have not healed, and he is not able to walk upright, so there is no so-called posture, which makes Xie An secretly depressed.

As a confidant, Gou Gong was naturally able to perceive the intentions of his own adults, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and shouted in a deep voice, "My family is a criminal deployment Shangshu Xie An, Lord Xie, you are a small prefect of Guangling County, you see Shangguan and do not worship, and you despise it, what crime should you be guilty of?!" As he spoke, he held up the jade plaque of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department that had been prepared long ago and hung in front of Zhang Qi's eyes.

This jade plaque, like the half of the tiger talisman, was carried by Xie An, so it did not fall into the hands of the Guangling assassins.

"Punishment ...... Criminal Deployment ...... Mr. Xie? Zhang Qi's whole body trembled, and he looked at the young Xie An in disbelief.

After all, since Guangling City was challenged by the Jijing criminal deployment four years ago because of the Su family's affairs, Zhang Qi has always paid attention to the news of the criminal deployment, where would he not know that the criminal deployment took up a Shangshu lord who was not yet a weak crown at that time, but he never expected that this big man would come to Guangling County under his rule.

Wait a minute......

Earlier, Lord Liang said that there was a big man in Jijing who wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River, could it be that he was referring to this adult?

Oops......

After figuring out this, Zhang Qi secretly complained. In his heart, he scolded his brother-in-law Deng Yuan for messing with anyone who was not good for provoking such a great god.

However, the thing that made Zhang Qi feel frightened was far from over, and suddenly, someone beside him screamed, pointed at Xie An on the opposite side and said in amazement, "You...... You...... I know you ......"

Zhang Qi subconsciously turned his head and looked at the person who spoke suspiciously, who was one of the county lieutenants under him. Named Han Zhong, quite a martial artist, is his most powerful right hand, four years ago because of the Su family and was temporarily removed from his position by Zhang Qi, after the limelight passed, Zhang Qi asked him to return to his original position.

And Xie An also seemed to have seen the guy named Han Zhong. With a wicked smile on his face, he said darkly, "Oh, isn't this Lord Han, the county lieutenant of Han?" - Don't come unharmed, Lord Lieutenant! ”

As he spoke, Xie An's eyes were filled with murderous intent, which he recognized. This Han Zhong was the accomplice who brought Su Wan's father and Su Xing, the head of the Su family, to prison with a vote, Xie An couldn't get used to it at that time, so he stood up with several family members in the Su family's mansion and said a few words. annoyed this person, and as a result, even Xie An and those family members were imprisoned in the prison of Guangling Mansion, if it weren't for Xie An's benefactor Wang Wu who bribed the jailer and released him Xie An in private. Xie An has long been unjustly killed in prison.

"Sure enough, it's you?" Han Zhong's face was full of shock, and when he turned around, he noticed the inquiring gaze of his lord Zhang Qi. immediately said in a deep voice, "My lord, this person is the Su family's family back then, and he is full of Diao people!" He was imprisoned and never thought that he had escaped for some reason......"

Zhang Qi sighed in his heart when he heard this, and he finally understood why four years ago, the criminal deployment of Jijing was unusual, and suddenly issued an order to Guangling County, ordering him, as the prefect of Guangling Prefecture, to strictly deal with corrupt officials and evil officials in the government; He finally understood why Xie An, a big man who was appointed as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple at a young age and was eventually promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department, would treat the criminal affairs of Guangling County so harshly after taking office.

It's not good, it's not good......

Zhang Qi's forehead unconsciously oozed beads of sweat, although he did not participate in the framing of the Su family back then, but this does not mean that he did not know, you must know that the framed Su family is the rich people in Guangling City led by his wife's Deng family, the reason is that the Su family's business in Guangling City is getting bigger and bigger, seriously damaging the interests of more than ten wealthy families such as the Deng family, and even, afterwards, he Zhang Qi and the officials of all sizes in the government did not receive less than a dozen rich people from the filial piety silver......

Ah, the incident where more than a dozen wealthy people in Guangling City and the government framed the Su family back then can almost be said to have been carried out with his acquiescence to Zhang Qi.

If this is the East Window incident......

Swallowing his saliva, Zhang Qi's whole body trembled unconsciously.

So far......

Glancing at Xie An's forty or fifty subordinates dressed as ordinary people in the courtyard, Zhang Qi's heart was crossed, and a bit of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

It's a pity that Xie An had already guessed his plan, looked at Zhang Qi and smiled lightly, "Zhang Qi, are you thinking, [Ah, as long as you kill this guy, and there is no proof of your death later, you will be fine!] Anyway, there are only forty or fifty people around that guy at this moment. Right? ”

Zhang Qi's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he raised his head to look at Xie An, but he waved the index finger of his right hand and said in an extremely regretful tone, "Do you think that these entourages around the mansion are casually recruited people?" To tell you the truth, not to mention that you have more than 200 people under your command at this moment, even if you transfer the guards in the city, it will be easy for them to kill you! -- Moreover, the government has sent people to Yangzhou yesterday to transfer troops, and within five days, 80,000 Liang troops will arrive in Guangling......"

"Eight...... Yangzhou 80,000 Liang Army ......" Zhang Qi's face turned pale, hearing this, he had undoubtedly confirmed Xie An's identity, and at the same time, he was also like a dead heart.

With a cold snort, Xie An raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Qi and the others, and shouted in a cold voice, "Those who are reckless, don't be killed!" -- Give the government to take down this person! ”

As soon as the words fell, forty or fifty assassins in the courtyard started together, and many assassins who were ambushed outside the courtyard also poured out, and the two groups of people easily subdued the more than 200 officials brought by Zhang Qi.

Also, how can the officials of the local government compete with the Dongling people and the Jinling assassins? If you want to deal with the more than 200 assassins under Xie An's command, even if Zhang Qi mobilizes 3,000 garrisons in the city, I am afraid that he may not be able to deal with these fierce assassins, after all, Mo Fei, one of the four heavenly kings of Dongling, can easily slaughter half of the people.

It may be that he saw his own adult Zhang Qi sigh and did not give any orders. It may also be that seeing that the other party is too fierce and vicious, or Xie An's intimidation frightened them, the more than 200 officials did not dare to make any rash moves.

During this period, Mr. Han seemed to be resisting, but it was a pity that his martial arts bullied and bullied the defenseless people, and in the face of the assassins under Xie An's hands, he didn't necessarily win the fight if he picked someone out, and he was subdued in a few clicks.

"Hugh wants to kill that guy, and the adults have to settle accounts with him!" Gou Gong spoke out in time to stop a Dongling assassin who wanted to kill Han Zong. Then he slowly walked up to Zhang Qi and said lightly, "Master Zhang, take a few steps forward and speak?" ”

Frightened to see the more than 200 people accompanying him being put down by the other party in just a few blinks of an eye, Zhang Qi walked up to Xie An nervously. Seeing the sharp eyes of the big man in front of him, when he thought of his upcoming fate, his legs were weak, and he immediately knelt down in front of Xie An, causing the little girl Wang Xin to exclaim.

Really on your knees?

Wang Xin's eyes widened as she looked at Zhang Qi, the prefect of Guangling Mansion who was kneeling in front of Xie An with her head down, and rubbed her eyes as if she couldn't believe it.

seemed to notice the little girl's cute behavior, and the corners of Xie An's mouth raised. teased and said, "Girl, my brother has said a long time ago that there is only one prefect of Guangling Mansion." Brother doesn't care about it, do you believe it this time? ”

The little girl nodded her head vigorously and said with a little joy, "I thought my brother was coaxing me to play again." I really didn't expect that my brother's book or something would really be bigger than the biggest official in Guangling......"

"The book of the criminal department! - Stupid girl! Xie An reprimanded angrily. Then he lowered his gaze to look at Zhang Qi, and then glanced at Deng Yuan, who was already stunned beside Zhang Qi, and said with a sneer, "Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky!" -- Four years ago, the government made a mistake, and I never thought that you would be so despicable that you would ask innocent people to impersonate your name and commit crimes, so that Wang County Lieutenant and other loyal people died unjustly in prison, so that you and other evil officials escaped, and this time you crashed into the hands of the government, what else do you have to say? ”

At this moment, Deng Yuan was already stunned, although Mr. Han was still alive, he was also beaten to the ground by several Dongling assassins and vomited blood, only Zhang Qi knelt tremblingly in front of Xie An, hearing this, he quickly raised his head and said urgently, "My lord, my lord, the lower official is wronged, the lower official is wronged!" ――The matter of the Su family, the lower officials really don't know...... Xia Guan only learned about this later, not that Xia Guan wanted to frame the Su family! ”

"And what about this guy?" Pointing to Han Zhong, the county lieutenant who fell to the ground not far away and vomited blood, Xie An sneered and said, "As far as the government knows, that guy should have been criminally executed four years ago, why is he still getting good now?" Or even reinstated? - Do you dare to say that you did not shield him? ”

"......" Zhang Qi opened his mouth, speechless.

"And this guy ......" Pointing to Deng Yuan, who was full of sluggishness, Xie An said lightly, "It's really amazing, a miscellaneous person with no merit and an official position can actually call the official officials, you are really competent as a brother-in-law...... Fortunately, this guy hit the house, if it were ordinary people, wouldn't they be tortured to death by this guy? Not? ”

Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Qi's forehead, and he was too frightened to speak.

"Tell me what the government should do with you?"

"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives! -- Xia Guan was just confused for a while, gullible slander, and deceived by others, Xia Guan still made quite achievements in performance, which Lord Liang of the state capital can testify! Seeing that Xie An's tone became more and more cold, Zhang Qi panicked in his heart, and kowtowed again and again to beg for his life, not only the little girl Wang Xin was dumbfounded, but even the head Li Yang was in disbelief.

"Liangshu, the capital of Xuzhou? ――You want to use him to overwhelm the government? Thinking too much, right? To remove Liang Shu from his official position is just a matter of one sentence! ”

The dignified lord of the state capital can be removed from office with a single word?

Zhang Qi became more and more frightened when he heard this, and said in a loud voice, "Don't dare, don't dare, Xiaguan never has that meaning, I just ask my lord to spare Xiaguan's life for the sake of Xiaguan's performance in governing Guangling County for many years......"

Xie An looked at Zhang Qi deeply when he heard this.

To be honest, he can immediately remove this person from his official position, but the problem is that the imperial court approval that can show his identity has fallen into the hands of the Guangling assassins, and a single jade plate of the criminal department Shangshu is probably difficult to convince the Guangling Mansion, after all, Guangling Mansion is not a county government, but it is too far away from Jijing, except for this Zhang Qi. I'm afraid that not many people know what kind of official position the criminal department Shangshu is, just look at Wang Xin, this stupid girl actually compares the senior officials of the first rank of the DPRK with a local prefect of the fourth or fifth grade, and even thinks that it is not as good as the latter, so it can be inferred that the officials of Guangling Mansion are probably not much better.

Well, it seems that this person has to be kept for the time being, so that the Guangling Mansion will obey, and the Taiping army will be conquered. You can't make a mess at this time.

Thinking of this, Xie An shouted in a deep voice, "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable!" - Leave you a small life for the time being, to see the aftermath! ”

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir! Zhang Qi looked ecstatic when he heard this, knowing that his life was saved for the time being, and it seemed that the big man in front of him didn't seem to have any intention of dismissing him, no, more precisely, if he did well. He may still be able to keep the position of the prefect of Guangling, but at the worst of all, he will be demoted.

"As for the two of you...... Xie An glanced at Deng Yuan and Han Zhong, then suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Qi and said, "Lord Zhang." What do you think should be done with the two of them? ”

Being able to sit in the position of the prefect of Guangling Mansion, Zhang Qi is not a stupid person, Wen Yan wiped the cold sweat on his head, and said righteously. "People like this who corrupt the atmosphere of my Guangling Mansion will naturally be severely punished! Put yourself in prison first. In the future, he will be escorted to Jijing for criminal deployment and questioning! ”

"Don't be so troublesome, the government is the Jijing Criminal Deployment Shangshu, and has the right to sentence the sinner to life and death! -- These two people's crimes are unforgivable, and they will be beheaded in the vegetable market on three days, Zhang Qi, you will be beheaded! ”

"......" Zhang Qi was shocked when he heard this, he originally wanted to delay this matter, and it was the most unfortunate to find some good players in the future, so he hijacked the prisoner car on the way, anyway, the Deng family had money, but he didn't expect that Xie An would cut off the life path of Deng Yuan and Han Zhong with a word.

"Any objections?" Xie An looked at Zhang Qi coldly, the sharp eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, frightened Zhang Qi and hurriedly took the order.

"Yes! - The subordinate obeys the order! ”

This sentence seemed to wake up Deng Yuan who was in a daze, he looked at his brother-in-law in disbelief, and shouted in disbelief, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, you...... You ......"

But no matter how Deng Yuan called, Zhang Qi only looked down and didn't look at him, thinking about it, Zhang Qi couldn't even protect himself at this time, where would he have time to pay attention to Deng Yuan's unsuccessful brother-in-law.

"As for ...... you are waiting" Raising his hand and pointing at the county lieutenants, capital heads, and government officials of Guangling Mansion who were standing stupidly in the courtyard with their weapons disarmed, Xie An said in a deep voice, "From today on, all the adjutants of Guangling Mansion, from the ordinary government officials and above, to the heads of the capital, the county lieutenants, the chief bookkeeper, and the county officials, have all been dismissed!" - Li Yang, the government was promoted to the county of Guangling Prefecture, except for Zhang Qi, the rest of the officials in the government are all dispatched by you! By the way, you will recommend some loyal people to the government to serve as county lieutenants and capital heads, and the government will be of great use! ”

Including Zhang Qi, the officials in the courtyard looked at Li Yang with stunned and envious eyes, but the latter had a dull expression.

Maybe it was to curry favor with Xie An, Zhang Qi shouted, "Li Yang, don't you thank your lord quickly?!" ”

This reprimand woke up Li Yang who was in a daze, he hurriedly walked over, and was about to kneel down to thank him, when Gou Gong, who had already received Xie An's eye signal, stepped forward and supported him with one hand.

"You deserve it!" Gently stroking the little girl Wang Xin's head with his left hand, Xie An said with a smile.

Li Yang was stunned, and then suddenly understood what the other party meant, and couldn't help but glance at Xie An's reassurance, showing a happy expression, and the little girl who was as well-behaved as a cat had a little shame on her face.

After all, in his opinion, he didn't help the Wang family much, at most he privately helped the little girl with a little silver, but he couldn't do anything else, just like the Liu Fu a few days ago.

However, in Xie An's opinion, this Li Yang is just a capital, and the monthly salary is not as high as there, but he can help the little girl for several years, take out money to the little girl, and let her treat her mother's illness, which is already commendable, and it can be called love and righteousness, as for when the little girl was bullied, he didn't stand up, after all, this Li Yang himself has a family, so he naturally has to think about his wife and children, and Xie An can also understand.

At least compared to others, this Li Yang has been regarded as benevolent and righteous, and because of this, Xie An promoted him to the county prince, and the official position is only below Zhang Qi, which can be regarded as repaying his kindness for several years for the little girl.

The grace of a meal must be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes must be repaid, this is the principle of Xie An's life.

In order to curry favor with Xie An, a big man from Jijing, so as not to lose his official position, Zhang Qi asked Xie An to move to his own mansion to live.

Seeing his brother-in-law Deng Yuan and his henchman Han Zong being imprisoned, Zhang Qi sighed secretly, he knew very well that when his wife Deng learned about it, he would definitely cry and make a fuss, but at this time, he couldn't care so much, because Xie An gave him an important task.

That is, all the rich, family, and officials who participated in the framing of the Su family four years ago, regardless of their identity, the newly appointed county Cheng Li Yang personally led the officials to arrest and put them in prison, and dealt with them according to the severity of the situation, or they were beheaded in the vegetable market three days later, and he Zhang Qi personally supervised the beheading.

Zhang Qi can imagine how many people he is about to behead, and he can also imagine how many people he will offend, maybe the entire family and rich people in Guangling City will hate him because of this, but he has no choice, because if he is not the prisoner, then he can only be the person who was executed.

And this is exactly Xie An's purpose.

Since you still need this Zhang Qi, you have to firmly control it in your hands!

ps: I tried the plot of stepping on people, and it seems that it is difficult to grasp. I always feel that even if he is a villain, he will not be stupid to that extent......

Well, let's gain experience gradually.

Who, by the way, said that the next chapter of self-inflicted iniquity is not to live? Is it self-inflicted iniquity (2)?