Wujun Tailai Inn.

Xiu Wuji led Zhou Rong and Yang Zheng to Yi Xue's room.

"Meet the girl."

"Uncle Zheng, Rong'er, you have worked hard."

Zhou Rong shook her head and said, "As long as we can confirm Li Zhao's incriminating evidence, we won't work hard." ”

"What can I find out in this time?"

Zhou Rong replied: "Girl, when I and the plain-clothed messenger found Uncle Zheng, Uncle Zheng had already obtained some evidence, and now the grain requisition in various places has led to great resentment among the people, and I and the plain-clothed messenger have secretly investigated some tenants, some of whom have been severely beaten, those who have been hung on trees for a few days, and those who have been imprisoned, and some who have died." Under the leadership of Su Yizong, these bitter masters had several major conflicts with Li Zhao's officers and soldiers. ”

"Although these bitter masters can make a big deal out of the matter, it is not the key evidence, Li Zhaoda can report to the imperial court, falsely claiming that Diao Min refused to accept the levy and gathered a crowd to make trouble, and if he wants to be convicted, he must find out the evidence."

Yi Xue analyzed the situation in front of her.

"The girl is right, we are also trying to find evidence, and we currently have two official seals!"

"This is not enough, they will excuse this as the private behavior of the officials who levy the grain, and then find a scapegoat. Uncle Zheng, have you checked the account books? ”

Yang Zheng replied in a low voice: "The subordinates are incompetent, Yang Zheng didn't find the real accounts, Li Zhao and they are very cunning, I sneaked in to find out, and all I can see are clear accounts." ”

"The account book you see should be reported to the imperial court, and they will have another account book that records the actual storage, so you must find a way to find this actual account."

Yang Zheng nodded and said: "Girl, Yang Zheng followed Li Zhao all the way, and entrusted the messenger in plain clothes to check all the entourage that Li Zhao brought with him, and found that a record named Zhang Chao actually had a vendetta with Li Zhao, maybe you can start with this person." ”

"Oh, what's the vendetta?"

"Zhang Chao's father and brother were killed by Gao Ba twenty years ago, when he had just entered the Yangzhou Assassin Mansion as a scribe, and the Yangzhou Assassin History at that time was not a stone calendar. When Zhang Chao made the record, Shi Li was already the third assassin, and after so many years, his family affairs have probably been forgotten. Zhang Chao is also relatively honest and not good at words, so he was sent to Li Zhao's side by Gao Bin this time. ”

"Does Zhang Chao know that Li Zhao is the boss back then?" Yi Xue asked.

"I don't know if it looks like it."

"Since Gao Bin dared to send them here, I am afraid that their family members have long been in their hands, and these records have been in the government for many years, and they have long been aware of the affairs of officialdom, so Gao Bin is relieved to hand over these things to them." Yi Xue frowned slightly and said slowly.

"Girl, then we have to find a way to let this Zhang Chao know that Li Zhao is the tyrant who killed his father and brother and ruined his family!"

"Hmm!" Yi Xue nodded: "Uncle Zheng, this matter still depends on you." ”

"Yes, Yang Zheng knows how to do it."

In the Wu County Mansion Yagong Mansion, Hu Chong and Li Zhao, the county magistrates, were listening to a record report on the storage of official grain, Hu Chong squinted, and Li Zhao listened very seriously with a serious face.

Suddenly, the right lieutenant hurriedly came to report: "Too guarded... My lord, something is wrong! ”

"What's the matter?" Hu Chong slowly opened his eyes and said in an official tone.

"Back to my lord, Jiangdu, Haiyan, Dantu, Biling, Qiantang, Fuchun and other places have seen Diao people refuse to accept the levy, and even more people gather to grab grain, I am afraid that the pressure will be... Can't hold it down! The right lieutenant gasped because he was running too fast.

"What? How dare these people be so bold! Hu Chong slapped the table and almost jumped up.

Then his face turned blue and he asked angrily and anxiously, "Aren't there soldiers at the scene?" How did it happen? ”

The right lieutenant replied: "I heard that the matter was caused by Jiangdu first, and then developed to Haiyan, Qiantang and other places. Originally, some tenants did not pay taxes according to the regulations, or were beaten or punished, and some were imprisoned. ”

Hu Chong said: "These things often appear in the process of recruitment, this is a matter of arms that can't twist their thighs, it's not surprising, how did it develop to the point of grabbing grain?" ”

The right lieutenant continued: "I heard that on the Jiangdu side, Xu is soldiers are a little heavier, it seems that a tenant carried back and died, their village is a village with a surname, and the dead people will not give an explanation, and began to incite other villages to refuse to accept the levy. Some people took the lead in changing officials, and some people took the lead in rushing against officers and soldiers, and came up to rob the grain that had already passed. ”

"Do you know how much you lost?" After listening for a long time, Li Zhao asked slowly and leisurely.

"I don't know the specifics, but there are almost thirty percent of the scene."

"Then why are other counties following suit?" Li Zhao continued to ask.

"The matter of Jiangdu spread to the nearby counties overnight, and now not only Wu County, including Danyang and Wu Xing, almost all know that our official Hu is the Hu of the Fourteenth Dou, and now the counties are making trouble, how can our soldiers resist it. And now it is getting more and more noisy, Haiyan has opened the official warehouse and grabbed the grain in the warehouse, which is likely to cause a popular uprising. ”

After speaking, the lieutenant wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Lord Li, how can this be good, in case of a civil uprising, how can it end, how to explain to the court!" Hu Chong was a timid and fearful person, so he was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said in a trembling voice.

Li Zhao snorted coldly, and said with a look of disdain on his face: "After Lord Hu is also a famous general, why are you afraid of even a few people?" ”

Hu Chong's bitter gourd-like face squeezed out a dry smile, and then resumed the bitter gourd phase:

"My Lord Li, I was originally the Taishou of the previous dynasty, if it weren't for the fact that my father had some heroic names left behind, Emperor Wu of the first Jin Dynasty remembered that I still had some literary cadres, so when Wu destroyed the Jin, he retained my position as a Taishou. Now that this matter is making a big fuss, you can say that this is a rebellion against the people, but these tenants are all under the rule of their own officials, and I am too afraid to do it. After speaking, Hu Chong sat down on the chair with a slump of his ass.

Li Zhao glanced at Hu Chong coldly, and said to the right commander: "Trouble the right commander to send someone to Jianye to take a trip and tell Gao Bin that Diao Min refused to accept the levy and robbed grain to rebel, and asked the state assassin to send troops to suppress it." ”

The right lieutenant replied and withdrew.

Li Zhao's eyes were full of murderous aura, and he smiled coldly: "If you don't kill a few people, these Diao people will not obediently accept the levy." ”

That night, in the study of Wu County Mansion.

Li Zhao summoned the three records together and asked about the number of grain accounts: "How many stones have been put into storage now?" ”

"Lord Hui, there are 40,000 stones that have been stored in the official treasury of Yangzhou, and there are 13,000 stones in the county treasury, and another 3,000 stones can end the grain collection, but now the counties are ......."

A thin clerk about forty years old replied respectfully, and he did not dare to say anything about the tenants in various counties who resisted the conquest and robbed the official warehouse.

And Zhang Chao stood in the last corner with his head down, not daring to say a word.

"Originally, it wouldn't take much time for the official to return to Beijing to resume his life, but now these Diao people want to cut off the official's financial route!" Li Zhao's face showed a fierce and angry look.

At this moment, the door to the study was kicked open by an uninvited guest.

I only heard someone shouting: "Gao Ba, you dog thief, you actually turned into Li Zhao, back then, in order to avenge your personal grudges, you framed the Yang family and killed my father-in-law, I have been looking for you for so many years, and I will definitely take your life today." ”

After speaking, Yang Zheng stabbed at Li Zhao with a sword.

Li Zhao turned over and dodged, grabbed the sword on the wall, and before he could get out of the sheath, he saw the assassin's sword coming straight to his throat, Li Zhao hurriedly used the scabbard to block it, and at this moment Fang saw the assassin's face clearly, and said in surprise: "You are Yang Zheng?" ”

"Gao Ba, do you still remember me, today Yang Zheng is determined to avenge the lord, Gao Ba will take his life!"

Li Zhao fought hard with Yang Zheng, and Li Zhao's martial arts were not weak.

The three reporters crouched in the corner with their heads in their hands, and one of the bold reporters slipped out of the door while the two were fighting, and shouted: "Come on, catch the assassin, catch the assassin........"

At this time, Yang Zheng showed a flaw, Li Zhao stabbed Yang Zheng's arm with a sword, Yang Zheng was injured, and when he saw that some soldiers had entered the courtyard, he jumped out of the door, got on the roof and escaped.......

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