Chapter Seventy-Six: The Great Drama Begins
Lang Wannian did not go home these days, but stayed in the official office to check some historical case files.
The falling head that day made him have nightmares every day now, when he was close to Zhou Huan, it must be him who died!
Zhou Huan really dared to kill the official in public!
Why did the imperial court not prohibit martial arts, or pull one faction to fight another, and finally completely eliminate the warriors?
With this doubt, Lang Wannian flipped through the case file.
The power of a warrior comes from a strong lethality, that is, he can kill officials.
If a martial artist encounters a tough, unafraid of death official and frantically suppresses the martial artist's sect, what will be the outcome?
There is an interesting story in the case file.
Back then, there was a great Confucian, who was shrewd and honest, and when he went to the local area, he had a conflict with a martial arts sect. It is a family-type martial arts sect, which has been established for 70 years, and has been integrated with the local area for three generations, and many industries are owned by the martial arts sect, and it has also funded many students, and it also has power in the court.
Generally, when there is a dispute between a martial arts family and an official, the first thing is to collect evidence of the other party's crimes, and then send it to the other party's political enemies.
But this Great Confucian is an honest official, and he is impeccable in this regard, but the Great Confucian wants to investigate the martial arts family but has not made progress for several years - the Great Confucian is not afraid of those high-ranking assassins, but his subordinates are afraid, they are not like high-ranking officials who have heavy protection and protection, and they will not be traced to death after being attacked and killed.
The local government officials have no subjective initiative, and the people transferred from other places have died one after another, and the hair of the Great Confucian has been cut several times!
The game between the two sides lasted for a whole decade, and the final result was that the official finally seized the handle of the martial arts family, but what happened then gave the imperial court a big headache, and the martial arts family learned that the imperial court had made a determination to encircle and suppress, not only did not run, but on the contrary, before the arrival of the army, the entire Taishou Mansion was bloodied and killed the Great Confucian!
In ten years, thousands of local officials were assassinated, the court tax was reduced by seventy percent, and military expenditure increased several times!
The local people were miserable, and several civil uprisings almost spread to Beppu, and the rich and prosperous Jinzhou Mansion was reduced to ruins, and the imperial court had to pay millions of taels of silver to it every year.
Behind this war, there are the shadows of several major sects, their disciples did not participate in the encirclement and suppression of that martial arts family, and remained neutral to the outside world, but some of the small sects that actively participated were named evil demons and were killed. Some lone travelers who joined the army were approached by their former enemies and died inexplicably.
It was a battle between a warrior and an army of the imperial court, a wrestling under the gaze of countless eyes.
If it weren't for Aunt Tang's last move, I wouldn't know how this matter would end in the end, but even if this matter is understood, the three generations of Confucian's bloodline have all been killed cleanly, and none of them have been spared.
Since then, the imperial court has hated and feared the martial arts, no matter how good the article, no matter how strong the strategy, no matter how powerful the arrangement, it is helpless to meet those who break the situation with force.
After all, the executors would be afraid and compromised, and the Nine Great Sects had also gained a higher status, and the imperial court had silently ignored their sphere of influence.
In the backwards, there are similar examples, in the collisions between the warrior and the imperial court, some tacit understandings have been formed, and even two roads have been formed that the well water does not interfere with the river water.
"I've done a little too badly about this. β
Lang Wannian thought silently, and his eyes responded to Zhou Huan's calm eyes.
The man who killed the official was still very calm.
"If he drags me to death, will my superiors be able to save me?"
Lang Wannian asked, he is a good knife of his boss, although he is insatiable, but many things are done beautifully, according to common sense, the boss will not give up on him......
The door was silently pushed open, and someone came behind him.
"Do you want to ......"
The man in black waved his hand, sealed his, and slapped his palm on the forehead.
Early the next morning, Lang Wannian's body was found in the official residence, and at the same time, there were also 11 officials who were killed in the raid of the Beijing Times, and they were hit to death, and at the same time, all seven new newspapers in the capital were burned down.
Everything is sliding quickly in an unpredictable direction.
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In the cell, Zhou Huan sorted out his clothes, and his appearance was quite decent in the bronze mirror.
The death of Lang Wannian and other officials, and the burning of newspapers in the capital, made everything complicated.
What will an official do when he encounters something new, and something new that will cause big trouble?
Generally speaking, it is forbidden first, and then a few scapegoats are found to sacrifice the flag.
Some people say that this is the action of the Wudang faction, since the public opinion is so troublesome that the matter is difficult to solve, then directly use force to solve the problem.
Lang Wannian, who cheated the Wudang faction, and some petty officials, as well as those newspapers that slandered the Wudang faction, were all burned, and such a simple and crude method was done by the characters in the rivers and lakes.
Some people say that this is the work of the civil bureaucracy, and that they are the biggest beneficiaries as victims, and that the imperial court is drafting laws and regulations to carry out unified management of non-governmental publications, and at the same time discrediting the reputation of the Jianghu sect.
Naturally, there are also rumors that this is a third party who wants to fish in troubled waters, provoke disputes between the imperial court and martial arts, and then profit from it, etc., but what really happened, who knows?
The big guys don't necessarily need the truth, they just need to be able to make a profit in it, and everyone also finds that some things are starting to get out of control.
There are many kinds of protection fees, not to mention the official taxes of the imperial court, and the people who do business in Beijing, including those who sell snacks, oil, and vegetables on the streets and alleys, have no additional expenses?
The sent person asked for a tea money, the idler took a fritter, and the gang did not give him food money...... And so on and so forth. Some things that are harmless in the eyes of the big people, take it for granted in the middle level, and do it comfortably in the lower class lackeys, the people below do not approve of it.
Why, why?
There is a faint fire burning below, and there have been princes and generals in this world, and there are examples of Ning, and there have been several inconspicuous conflicts in the streets and alleys, and some keen people have also noticed something.
It is because of the newspapers, the propaganda and agitation.
As for the new things that agitate propaganda, many people can't eat or sleep at night, and they study and study again.
Well, this also achieved the result that Zhou Huan wanted, that is, newspapers and novels are inconspicuous, so what about the things that can cause chaos in the world?
Ignited the fireworks that burned the Liang Empire, can Tang Lady still hide in that rat hole and not come out?
"Wang Huan, can you tell me, what do you want to do?"
Su Qiaoer stood beside Zhou Huan, staring at this incomprehensible man, his appearance was very handsome, his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together because of thinking, and the nickname of his demon master was widely circulated outside, and many people thought that Zhou Huan, like those demon predecessors, wanted to cause trouble in the world.
Su Qiaoer knew that the nickname of the magician was just a slander arranged by some scholars, but as she learned about what Zhou Huan had done, she felt more and more that this person was a traitor in troubled times.
"I just wanted to find someone, and I put my purpose in front of everyone at the beginning, but unfortunately no one believed it.
Miss Su, thank you for taking care of you these days. β
After Lang Wannian was killed, Zhou Huan was protected by more masters, and Zhou Huan must not be allowed to die before the trial - of course, some officials proposed a solution, that is, to beat Zhou Huan to death in front of the court.
Thirty rods of corporal punishment is not a death penalty, but three strokes of the official can kill someone, and Su Qiaoer also knows that the above agrees with this method of treatment, and the best solution for new things is to eliminate them first.
"Be careful, I'll ask you to drink when you come back alive. β
Su Qiaoer said everything that should be said, and a lot of things have been revealed in this short advice.
"Don't worry, I'll go back to the countryside and get married. β
Su Qiaoer watched Zhou Huan leave calmly, or with confidence, and the confusion in her heart became even more.
Zhilan was in charge and had to be removed, especially when Zhou Huan refused to serve any party.
Even if he dug up the ancestral grave of the literati, even if he aroused the hatred of the civil officials, even if he had no foundation and was the best scapegoat, even if he was so talented that people were jealous, at this moment, he was still full of confidence in himself.
Where is his faith?
The three sessions can be very long, but they can also be very short, and when Zhou Huan came to the front of the hall, he saw the three officials sitting on it.
Rui Wangye, when the younger brother of the son of heaven, is idle but not a waste on weekdays, he has done several errands of the royal family very properly, he did not compete with his brother for the throne back then, and the old emperor has played his role perfectly in the past ten years.
Qian Chenxing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has an excellent reputation in officialdom and is honest and square.
Jingzhao Yin Li Shijie can be a leader in the big fire pit in the capital, and he has been working for a full twelve years, his ability is beyond doubt.
This kind of three-hall trial scene is a bit big, and dealing with a Zhou Huan who is just a talent is like a cannon hitting mosquitoes - when Zhou Huan and Chen Yunying traveled together, Chen Yunying gave Zhou Huan an identity qualification, in Chen Yunying's words, this qualification is almost seamless, unless someone is willing to make a big effort to check to the death.
As for why you chose Xiucai's identity, Xiucai's identity is good, the local government can't easily harass them, and the small officials will avoid them if they catch them quickly, and they can fight the autumn wind without entanglement.
"Wang Huan, be careful, today's trial suddenly changed all the officials, and dozens of new witnesses appeared, we didn't hear what happened, but the problem is definitely very big. β
Someone sent a secret message to Zhou Huan, it was a pure real person from the Wudang Sect, and he was dressed in civilian clothes and mingled with the people who were watching.
"The great master of the Confucian Sect also came to the scene, accompanied by the Spring and Autumn Gate, the Tianxia Society, the Iron Cavalry Party and other three major gangs, they have laid a net here, you must be careful and careful!"
Nodding, Zhou Huan vaguely outlined something in his heart, killing people and punishing the heart, it seems that Confucianism is going to completely hack himself.
"Lord Rui sympathizes with you, you can win him, and at the same time, you must be careful of torture to extract confessions, those people know that you have ten steps, and they have done a good job, in case you have hole cards, they didn't expect it, they will kill you by torture on the spot!"
Zhou Huan blinked, blinked again, he suddenly wanted to cry without tears, he just came to find Tang Yunniang, but why did he make such a big disturbance?
Tang Yunniang, will you appear in the robbery field?