Asked by Liu Wei, Wang Liu was stunned for a moment before nodding.

"Sure enough!" Seeing Wang Liu nodded, the corners of Liu Wen's mouth twitched, and he said to her: "Kill all the doors, this king will not do it, put them on death row, and only a few masterminds will be killed in the future, while others will be demoted to official slaves!" ”

Looking at Liu Wei, Wang Liu's expression revealed a trace of incomprehension.

She couldn't understand why Liu Wei had already decided not to kill those people, but wanted to put them on death row as well.

"Let them know fear!" Although Wang Liu did not ask the questions in her heart, Liu Wei saw that she was full of doubts, and then said to her: "After a person has done a bad thing, it is only possible to repent before he dies. This king just wants them to think about whether it is worth it! ”

"To be demoted to an official slave is to become a slut in the blink of an eye from a rich and noble family!" Before Liu Wei's words fell, Wang Liu took over and said: "Maybe for them, death may be a good thing!" ”

"Where is there so much good in the world?" Smiling slightly, Liu Wei said to Wang Liu: "Officials take bribes from officials and businessmen and adulterate them in military rations in order to get benefits; Officials and businessmen do this to seek benefits from it, so the king will let them draw water with bamboo baskets, and see who else dares to do this in the future! ”

As soon as Liu Wei said this, Wang Liu understood his intentions and nodded in a sudden understanding.

As a military advisor, Xu Shu's efficiency is still quite high.

After Liu Wei's orders, it was useless to even spend an hour, and all the relevant people involved in the case, from the lower-level officials to the high-ranking officials of the treasury, were tied up by the soldiers of the Qin army like grasshoppers and escorted to Luoyang Prison along the street.

Since Liu Wei sat in Luoyang, officials have been able to be honest and honest in the past, and Liu Wei has never attacked officials.

This time, as soon as Liu Wei was arrested, there were hundreds of people, and the people of Luoyang, who did not know what was happening, learned that many officials had been arrested, and they ran out of their homes to stand on both sides of the road to watch the excitement.

"What's wrong? Why did His Highness arrest so many people? On the side of the street, a young man who had just left the house looked at the officials and family members who were walking in the direction of the prison under the escort of the Qin army, and whispered a question to the person who came out earlier.

Although the man went out earlier, he didn't know why Liu Wei had arrested so many people, so he didn't speak, just shook his head and answered.

"I heard that they adulterated the military rations." Although the man didn't know what was happening, he was well-informed on the side, and whispered to the young man who asked the question: "One pound of military rations was mixed with five catties of mud and sand, so His Highness ordered them to be arrested!" ”

The folk news is sometimes really well-informed, but most of it is exaggerated.

The adulteration of military rations is really good, but the actual amount of adulteration is not as exaggerated as the man said.

If it is really five catties of mud and sand mixed with military rations, I am afraid that you can only see the sediment and not the grain.

"Anyone dares to adulterate military rations?" The young man who questioned him heard that the official had been arrested for adulteration of military rations, and he was stunned for a moment before he said: "Your Highness has always attached great importance to the grain and grass in the army, and they have done such things, I am afraid that they will be more than lucky!" ”

"Hmm!" The man who got the gossip and spread it to the young man nodded, and said, "I heard that His Highness is going to put them on death row, I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be many more tombs outside Luoyang City!" ”

The people who stood on the side of the road and watched the excitement were talking, but the people who were escorted by the soldiers were depressed and sad.

In particular, those officials who turned a blind eye to the adulteration of military rations because they had received benefits were even more mournful at this time, and they regretted doing that kind of thing in their hearts.

was originally a good official, but he buried his future for those copper coins, and if these officials were not annoyed in their hearts, it was unlikely.

But there is no regret medicine in the world for them to take, and the only thing they can do is to wait for Liu Wei to fall.

While the soldiers escorted these former officials and their families to the prison, the door of a wealthy family in Luoyang City was surrounded by Qin soldiers on the inside and outside.

Leading this group of soldiers turned out to be Gao Shun, the only general of the three guards who stayed in Luoyang, and the soldiers behind Gao Shun were not ordinary main soldiers of the Qin army, but Yulinwei with blood-red feathers on his helmet.

Standing at the door of this house, Gao Shun looked up at the noble door that was not tall, but it was built, snorted coldly, waved his hand behind him and shouted: "Arrest people!" ”

This family is the residence of Wang Bin, an official and businessman who adulterated the military rations this time.

After receiving Gao Shun's order, a group of Yulin guards immediately poured into the house.

Although Wang Bin's livelihood in the past is really not small, although due to his status as a businessman, the door of his house cannot be made too high, but the courtyard is more spacious than many officials and even more than the residence of Xu Shu and others.

The Yulin guards poured into Wang Bin's house, and the servants and maidservants in the courtyard immediately let out a scream and fled in all directions, trying to find a place to hide.

"Squat down, if you run again, you won't be killed!" Gao Shun, who led Yu Linwei into the house, pressed the hilt of his sword with his hand and shouted loudly.

As soon as he shouted, the fleeing servants and maidservants stopped their tracks, and squatted on the ground one by one, shivering uncontrollably.

Some of the Yulin guards grabbed the servants and maidservants who were squatting on the ground one by one, while others rushed into the back garden and looked for Wang Bin everywhere.

Many officials in the city were arrested, and Wang Bin had already received the news, and just when he was about to flee from Luoyang, many Yulin guards came to the door of his house, surrounding his residence, and completely cut off his idea of escaping.

Knowing that if he was caught by Yu Linwei, he would definitely die, where would Wang Bin be willing to kill him?

When Gao Shun led Yu Linwei into the back garden, Wang Bin was already in hiding.

Entering the back garden, Gao Shun stood straight in the middle of the back garden with the hilt of his sword, and a group of feather forest guards searched Wang Bin everywhere.

Almost all the houses in the courtyard were searched, and Yu Linwei's report to Gao Shun was that Wang Bin was completely nowhere to be found.

"Where is Wang Bin?" There were almost no houses that Yu Linwei had not yet found, Gao Shun strode to a Gao Shun concubine who was kneeling on the ground, and pressed the hilt of his sword to ask the concubine in a cold voice.

When glaring at the little concubine, Gao Shun's eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire, and he looked at the woman trembling all over, and her legs were already weak, like a puddle of mud.

"In ...... It's still there! The lips couldn't stop trembling, the upper and lower teeth bumped violently, Wang Bin's concubine responded to Gao Shun, and her eyes turned white and fainted.

Looking at the fainted concubine Wang Bin, Gao Shun snorted coldly, turned his head and shouted to the Yulin guards behind him: "Keep searching!" Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to search Wang Bin out! Don't let go of the firewood house, the flower bed and even the well! ”

"No!" A group of Yulin guards answered, and searched the courtyard again.

This round of Yulin Guard's search, or Fang Cai's round was more elaborate, and some of the Yulin Guards even touched the bottom of the stone platform used as a decoration in the back garden.

Yu Linwei, who went to search, reported one after another, but still did not find Wang Bin.

"Have you checked the beams?" Knowing that Wang Bin was still not found, and listening to the concubine that Wang Bin was still at home before, Gao Shun knew where he must have been hiding, but the soldiers did not find it, so he asked Yu Linwei, who entered the house with him.

was asked by Gao Shun like this, and the Yulin guards looked at each other one by one, all of them with blank faces.

Since Wang Bin's mansion is searched, the beams of the house that can hide people will naturally not let go.

Just when the Yulin guards were still thinking about where they could hide people, Gao Shun turned his head to look at a pond not far away, and frowned slightly.

Seeing him looking at the pond, an officer of the Yulinwei whispered: "General, it is not summer yet, and there is no room for ...... in the pond."

"If you want to live, you can stay!" His eyes narrowed, and Gao Shun strode towards the pond.

The pond is not very large, because the solar term has not yet arrived, the lotus leaves in the pond have not yet been spread, and the water surface can be seen through at a glance.

Standing on the edge of the pond, Gao Shun looked around the pond, and his eyes fell on a few bluestone covers on the opposite side.

"Lift those bluestones up!" Stretching out his hand and pointing to the bluestone cover plate on the opposite side of the pond, Gao Shun gave an order to Yu Linwei, who was following behind him.

More than a dozen Yu Linwei received the order and immediately ran towards the opposite side of the pond.

The cover is pressed against the edge of the pond, and the bottom cover should be the outlet of the pond.

In general, a water outlet is dug at a slightly higher place in the pond of the inner house, so that in case of heavy rain, the water level of the pond will not increase and the water will not overflow into the house.

The Yulin guards ran there and lifted the cover piece by piece, and when they reached the third piece, the officer who led the soldiers to run over suddenly shouted: "The general is wise, and it is indeed here!" ”

After the officer shouted, Gao Shun, who was still standing on the opposite side of the pond, saw two Yu Linwei sneak out of the ditch and a drenched person.

Someone who was lifted out of the pond by two Yu Linwei was a drenched man.

Because the water temperature in spring was still very low, the man hid in the water outlet for a while, and he was shivering from the cold.

The two Yulin guards carried him and dragged him towards Gao Shun like a dead dog.

The person who was about to freeze was trembling all over his body when he was set up by the two Yu Lin Guards, and his body was still trembling in the air.

"This person is Wang Bin?" Yu Linwei was about to drag the person in front of Gao Shun, Gao Shun raised his hand to the person who was being framed, and asked a servant who was kneeling on the ground.

"Exactly!" Just glancing at the man, the servant quickly replied, and then fell down again.

Knowing that it was Wang Bin who was found, Gao Shun waved his hand and shouted to the Yulin guards who had entered the back garden: "Tie everyone up, take them to the prison, and wait for His Highness's whereabouts!" ”