[Lao Gao wishes everyone a happy new year, good health and all the best in the new year! 】

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On the eighth day of Fanning's tenure, an edict from the Governor's Hall arrived at Ying Tianfu, demanding that Yang Du immediately report to Beijing.

The report to Beijing is generally undertaken by the chief official or the prefect, but there are special circumstances, such as the prefect has just been handed over, and the new prefect does not understand government affairs.

However, for Yang Du, who was sentenced to Beijing, it was undoubtedly an extremely grim choice to report on his work in Beijing at this time, if he entered Beijing, he was likely to lose control of the corresponding Tianfu, but if he did not enter Beijing, he would be impeached and dismissed.

Yang Du was upset for a while, he had no choice but to try his best to lay out and maintain the stability of Yingtianfu's power structure during the time he entered Beijing, but his resentment towards Jia Changchao also arose.

"At this critical moment, Lao Jia softened, how disappointed we are with those who follow him!" In the study, Yang Du said with a dissatisfied face.

Staff member Wang Yue comforted him and said: "Jia Xianggong can't be completely blamed for this matter, it is estimated that Jia Xianggong also opposed it in the Zhizheng Hall, but Zeng Gongliang's vote is estimated to have been obtained by Han Qi, in fact, the real threat is not the general judgment, but Zhou Heng, Liu Chi and Li Dechang, especially Li Dechang, he is in control of the security of Songcheng County, I am most worried about him, and the general judgment should talk to him well." ”

"Who can control the kind of person who is greedy for lust and good wine?" Yang Du looked disdainful, he really didn't understand how Zhang Yaozuo could send such a person to Ying Tianfu.

"If you can't control it, you have to manage it, the general judgment, he is the key, once he is brought down by Fanning, the military power will be gone."

Yang Du nodded, and said helplessly: "Okay! I went to talk to him and asked him to quit drinking and sex, and to be sure to sit in the government. ”

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Early the next morning, Yang Du took a few entourages to the capital by boat, and the prefect asked him to report to the capital within three days, but he had no time to delay, and after hastily arranging the remaining officials, Yang Du left Yingtianfu.

Fan Ning didn't say anything, and still looked at his information in the official office, as if Yang Du's report in Beijing had nothing to do with him.

For three days in a row, the government was very calm, nothing happened, the officials who were originally tense up their nerves slowly relaxed their vigilance, and Li Dechang, who had been squatting in the government for three days, couldn't bear it anymore, and went to spend time drinking.

The street is still bustling, the flow of people is like weaving, the commander Li Shun with a dozen soldiers patrolling in the south of the city, Li Shun is Li Dechang's nephew, the official is the commander, commanding 500 soldiers.

Before leaving, Yang Du put pressure on him, so that he had to lead the army to patrol every day, Li Shun was obviously more dedicated than Li Dechang, he had been patrolling all over the city in the past few days, and he did not dare to slack off at all.

"Catch him! Don't let him run! ”

Someone suddenly shouted from the south city gate, and there was a sudden chaos in the city gate, only to see a man in black running towards the city gate at a rapid pace, carrying a snow-bright knife in his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers were closely chasing behind him.

Li Shun was stunned, he immediately realized that something was wrong, so he turned his horse's head and ran towards the city, and the soldiers followed him closely.

It was too late to close the city gate, and the soldiers defending the city wanted to stop but did not dare to stop it, and in an instant, the man in black rushed out of the city gate.

"What's going on?" Li Shun shouted.

A chasing soldier hurriedly said: "It's Li Sheng, the salt lord, who killed five people in Xiangyang and fled, and the government offered a reward of thousands of dollars to arrest him, and he was recognized at the door of the inn just now." ”

When Li Shun heard that a thousand rewards were offered, he was tempted and immediately shouted, "You come with me!" ”

Li Shun urged the war horse, chased after more than a dozen of his men outside the city, chased out of the drawbridge, and saw the black-clothed salt owl stumbling into a forest from a distance, and it seemed that he was injured.

Li Shun was overjoyed, and whipped the war horse several times, and the war horse was in pain, screamed violently, and galloped towards the woods.

The soldiers behind were so anxious that they shouted: "Commander, wait for us!" ”

Li Shun was so gripping that he didn't care about the soldiers, so he urged the horse to rush into the woods, but there was no trace of the man in black, Li Shun pulled out and looked left and right, looking for his target.

But just above his head, he saw a black shadow falling, the cold light flashed, Li Shun's head flew out a foot away, blood spurted out of his neck, and his body fell to the ground.

The man in black urged the horse to run deep into the woods, and in a moment, he ran out of the woods and galloped south along the official road.

More than a dozen soldiers searched around, and it took a long time to finally find Li Shun's head and body, and everyone shouted in shock, "The salt lord killed the commander!" ”

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The barracks was still very quiet, except for the soldiers who went out on patrol, the other nearly a thousand soldiers were gathered in the army for lunch, at this time, the barracks gate was closed, this was another commander Yao Jin led dozens of soldiers to close the gate, moved all the training weapons into the warehouse, and locked the armor storehouse, but nearly a thousand soldiers were still eating noisily, and no one noticed that something abnormal had happened in the barracks.

At noon, Yichun Courtyard was also a time when business was relatively light, Li Dechang was drinking, while wantonly playing with two young prostitutes, he had not drunk so happily for a few days, playing with women happily, he was simply satisfied with his current life, Zhang Yaozuo also promised him to upgrade to another level, but Li Dechang did not have such great ambitions, there was money, wine and women, it was enough for him.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps in the courtyard, only to hear the old bustard screaming: "Don't mess around, Inspector Li is drinking inside, what are you going to do?" ”

Li Dechang was furious in his heart, and there was a scoundrel who didn't have long eyes to make trouble, he pushed the two women away, got up and walked outside, Li Dechang walked to the door, but he was stunned all of a sudden.

The courtyard was not a scoundrel as he imagined, but full of soldiers, and the person at the head was none other than Gu Changwu, the patrol envoy of the Left Army.

Li Dechang was shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but take a step back, "Gu Changwu, what are you going to do?" ”

Gu Changwu said coldly: "On the order of the prefect Fan, I am here to announce your guilt!" ”

Gu Changwu opened a scroll of paper and read aloud: "Li Dechang, the patrol envoy of the right army, is an official of the imperial court, but he opened a prostitution hall, corrupted the discipline of the imperial court, and forced the good to become a prostitute, and disregarded people's lives, his crime is extremely evil, and this official is responsible for the responsibility of the prefect of heaven, and exercises the power of the imperial history, and specially dismisses Li Dechang from all official positions, and puts him in prison for questioning.......

"Kill you son of a bitch!"

Without waiting for Gu Changwu to finish reading, Li Dechang was so angry that he jumped like thunder, rushed forward and punched Gu Changwu with a punch.

Gu Changwu took a step back, Li Dechang punched the air, Li Dechang wanted to pull out the punch again, but he had no chance, more than a dozen rushed up, pressed him to the ground, punched and kicked, Li Dechang was paralyzed and unconscious.

Gu Changwu waved his hand, "Take him away!" ”

The soldiers picked up Li Dechang, threw him into an ox cart, and left the prostitution house.

At the same time, in Songcheng County, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant were also invited out of the official office by the soldiers, for the simple reason that they were suspected of selling themselves at a low price to buy thousands of acres of official land in the north of the city, and were invited to the government to assist in the investigation, and their powers were suspended, and the county magistrate Hou Wen was fully responsible for the county office.

Hou Wen, who held the power of the county government, restarted last year's liquor shop murder case, sent dozens of arresters and archers to arrest thirteen scoundrels who participated in the killing, and at the same time arrested Wei Lin, the proprietor of Wen Qing Liquor Shop, and seized Wen Qing Liquor Shop, Wei Lin is Yang Du's brother-in-law, he obtained the only liquor license issued by Ying Tianfu last year, thus monopolizing Ying Tianfu's liquor industry.

Wei Lin's crime is not only suspected of abusing power for personal gain, but more importantly, he was involved in a horrific public murder case on the street, in order to kill chickens and monkeys, he publicly drowned the proprietor of a liquor store, and hundreds of people witnessed it with their own eyes, and it was this public murder that caused the liquor shops in Yingtianfu to close one after another.

When the news came out, the people of Songcheng County realized that Yingtianfu had begun to change, and for a while, there were many complainants, complaining that Yang Du and his wife and brother were corrupt and bent the law, tyrannized the market, and oppressed the people as many as 100 copies.

Fanning collected and sorted out all kinds of criminal evidence and formally impeached Yang Du and Li Dechang to the imperial court.

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