Pinghe City, dungeon.

It was dark and damp, and there was a strange smell in the air, and two drunken yacha opened the door to the dungeon.

They respectfully surrounded Lu Xing and Jiang Zhen, their eyes full of flattery.

The dungeon is divided into two layers, the inner and outer floors, where the thieves and robbers are locked up, and the inner layer is mostly occupied by prisoners who have committed capital crimes.

"My lord, save us, Shizi, we were wrong, we don't dare anymore!" A group of women were crying in the cell, and the old woman in the bloody clothes cried the most, they were all women who had come to make trouble a few days ago and were imprisoned in the dungeon by Lu Xing.

"What are you crying about, just come in and take it!" The yacha swung his whip and struck it on the iron door, and whipped the hands of several women, causing them to cry even more.

Lu Xing said to Jiang Zhen: "These people came in yesterday, and there was chaos last night, and I haven't had a chance to interrogate them yet." In terms of heart, they can commit petty sins, but in terms of sins, they will die when they die. ”

It seems that these words were said to Jiang Zhen, but in fact, they were said loudly, and the officials and women heard them clearly.

The servants twitched their whips more and more diligently, but the women's wails stopped slightly, and they looked at Lu Xing and Jiang Zhen timidly, biting their lips one by one, glaring at each other, as if they were thinking about something.

Seeing that Jiang Zhen was silent, Lu Xing didn't say anything more, his steps didn't stop, he wanted to go to the prison to see Dong Kuan.

"Shizi, it's Lord Jiang, it was Lord Jiang who instructed us, and he asked us to block your frame, saying that it would allow us not to pay poll tax for three years." Seeing that Lu Xing was about to leave, the women rushed to try one by one, grasping the iron gate with both hands, and refused to flinch in the face of the whip of the officials.

"Jiang Zhen asked us to give you a dismount, so that you can ...... He said you are an incompetent and womanizer, and you are very deceived. Seeing that Lu Xing did not stop, the words in their mouths became more and more anxious.

"Wow!"

Lu Xing's footsteps stopped, he didn't look back, he didn't look at Jiang Zhen's face, he raised his hand and shook it gently, his voice was flat, "Don't beat the officials, you see they have all been beaten crazy, they are all talking nonsense." ”

"Ah," said the officers without any more whips, but with their feet against the iron gate, they said viciously to the woman inside, "stop yelling! If you shout again, the food will be gone tonight and tomorrow, and you will wait to starve to death! ”

Xu was Lu Xing's cold reply, or the stern warning of the officials, the women went out one after another, and they squatted in the corner, tears kept dripping, and they were crumpled thinly, as if they were telling some great grievance.

When he entered the prison, it was empty, and the two officials were sent away by Lu Xing.

The lights are flickering, and the vent is sealed at the moment, which is a little stuffy; Unlike the sour smell of the outer dungeon, the inner room is more of a metal stench.

"What about the women?" Lu Xing asked as he walked.

Jiang Zhen lowered his head and followed, and said: "The old minister begged the prince to let them go, they are all tenant farmers of several big families, illiterate, and ignorant only collided with the prince. ”

"Let me think about it again," Lu Xing continued to walk, and asked again, "Are there people from the Dong and Wang families inside?" ”

Jiang Zhen hurriedly shook his head, "No." ”

The inner room was dim, and there was a chaotic sound at the end, it should be someone interrogating the people of the Dong and Wang families.

or whipping, or iron branding, every scream made Jiang Zhen's steps a little heavier, and after walking more than 20 zhang, Jiang Zhen finally stopped, gritted his teeth, and fell to the ground with a "poof".

"Son, the minister is guilty! Those women were arranged by the ministers, and I wanted to make the adults feel bad for the peasants in Pinghe City through them, and I originally arranged for a handful of civilians to make trouble, and then I came forward to help the adults solve the trouble of the civilians. ”

"Oh~" Lu Xing stopped, turned around and looked down at the middle-aged man with gray sideburns in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Then what does Lord Jiang want, arrange a play for me?" ”

Jiang Zhen took the head and said earnestly: "This time for the military conscription, I want to exempt Pinghe County from the military conscription. ”

Lu Xing suddenly thought of the information of the saucer, there are more than 200,000 people in Pinghe County, and there are only 5,000 men of appropriate age, this news is simply ridiculous.

But for Jiang Zhen, Lu Xing's current attitude is to deal with leniently, the Jiang family has the merit of saving the driver, and after the collapse of the Wang Dong family, if the Jiang family falls again, then the local heroes of the entire Pinghe County will be extremely uneasy, and it is now a critical period for the war between the Northland and the barbarians, if there is a rebellion in Pinghe County, it will undoubtedly add to the frost.

"Inevitably, the conscription will be conscripted, not only that, I want your Jiang family to take the lead, and the major clans will contribute money, otherwise, I will count it with you as a traitor, none of the big families are clean, and the plates in the study house are not for rice."

Jiang Zhen's face was anxious, and he hurriedly said: "But Fanhe County next door can be exempted from this military conscription, and my Pinghe County can contribute people, but it is inevitable that there will be a gap in the hearts of the major clans." ”

"Heh, heh," Lu Xing chuckled, "I'm curious about one thing, whether it's your Jiang family who wants to protect the tenant farmers under your hands, or whether the major clans are pushing you into the fire." ”

"The next door Fanhe County actively participated in the military conscription the year before last, sending 20,000 people a year, they fought against the barbarian royal army, died heroically, and none of them surrendered. If you can find 20,000 martyrs in Pinghe County, then I will help you exempt yourself from military conscription, if not, 8,000 people, one is not less, in addition, the armor and weapons are produced by the major clans themselves. ”

"This ......" Jiang Zhen was speechless, his face hesitated, "My Jiang family doesn't care, last night's battle, the Jiang family is thin, those tenant farmers can be recruited away, and they can also bring their own armor and weapons." But the landlords of other cities are afraid that it is difficult to accept, this thing of losing interests in vain, if there is no prince in person, I am afraid it will be difficult to do. ”

Lu Xing looked at Jiang Zhen's face and chuckled, "Is it really wise and foolish?" You Jiang Zhen can figure out the big right and wrong before the big things, but you are so indecisive in handling these small things. There is a military merit system in the north, one person who kills the barbarians will be rewarded with a sheep, two people who kill the barbarians will be rewarded with a cow, three cattle can be exchanged for a male barbarian slave, and three sheep can be exchanged for a female barbarian slave, those tenant farmers are in Pinghe County, and the booty they bring back should be divided into three percent to the main family according to the rules, and if they borrow armor and weapons, they will be divided into fifty percent. ”

"Okay," Jiang Zhen nodded and said, "Obey the order of the prince." ”

Lu Xing looked at Jiang Zhen's pale face and sighed: "Hey, I don't mean to embarrass you, I will tell you frankly, if you Jiang Zhen has a daughter under his knees, you can give it to me, it is still qualified to be a concubine, and outsiders will not say anything about it." ”

Leaving these words, Lu Xing entered the inner cell, and Jiang Zhen stood outside the door alone.

Jiang Zhen has a spiritual light in his eyes, he really has a daughter, who studies in Yingtian Academy all the year round, enjoys the praise of "Yangchun", and is even accepted by a great Confucian.

Merely...... The relationship between his daughter and him is not good, her mother died early, and because she had Rong'er at that time, she couldn't take care of her even more.

The relationship between the daughter and Dong Xiangxue is very good, when the two of them went out to play the piano together, a great Confucian passed by, and the great Confucian stopped to listen and got carried away, which gave him the praise of "Yangchun Baixue".

"If I write a letter and ask her to come back and marry Lu Xing, will she agree?" Jiang Zhen clicked his lips, he couldn't get his daughter's mind in his heart, he still loved this daughter very much in his heart, so he sent her to Yingtian Academy, firstly, to leave the Jiang family, a place of right and wrong, and secondly, to be able to read more books, if she could become a female master, she would be able to stand on her own in the future.

Inside the gate, there was a saucer interrogating Dong Kuan.

Dong Kuan was tied to a cross-shaped shelf, covered in scars and branded on his chest. However, Dong Kuan gritted his teeth, no matter what the saucer asked, he didn't say a word, and from time to time he would pass out, and then be woken up by the saucer splashed with cold water.

"I've seen the son," Saucer saw Lu Xing and hurriedly surrendered his hand.

Lu Xing asked, "Is there a result?" ”

The saucer lowered his head and said with a ashamed face: "This person doesn't confess, and he won't open his mouth anyway." ”

"You go out first," Lu Xing said flatly.

After the plate went out, Lu Xing looked at Dong Kuan, who was covered in bruises, "Wang Taihe is dead, your relatives and bloodlines have to die, nearly 1,000 people from the Dong and Wang families, because of your decision, men are slaves, women are prostitutes, and they will serve 30 years in prison." Don't you have a hint of repentance? ”

"And your daughter, Dong Xiangxue, is a good girl, but she also has to die, don't worry, she won't die easily, naked on the streets, what dignity and humanity trample on the ground. Is that what you want to see? ”

"Tell me who is behind the scenes, I'll keep your daughter alive."

Dong Kuan was silent, only when he heard Dong Xiangxue, his eyelids jumped.

Lu Xing chuckled, "Your daughter is very beautiful, but the flowers fall in the mud, and there is only a rotten ending." A Confucian casually said 'Yangchun Baixue', and she is not a protégé of the academy, so no one can protect her. ”

Seeing that Dong Kuan was still silent, Lu Xing shook his head, his eyes were disappointed, "I know what you're thinking, Dong Yan, your second son is an official in the imperial court, and it is said that he is a six-rank scholar." You think that the rest of the Dong family is not important, as long as Dong Yan lives, the Dong family can prosper again, so you gamble again, and want to use my Lu Xing's head to do Dong Yan's road to heaven. ”

"Heh," Dong Kuan finally raised his eyes and snorted coldly: "So what?" I have two sons, the Dong family will eventually prosper, and I, Dong Kuan, will die if I die. ”

"Land travel! Your arrogance now will only be the last voice of the Northland, if the Martial Immortal dies, there will be no coming year in the Northland! I, Dong Kuan, are waiting for you underground, I will watch you, and the souls of tens of millions of people in the north will eventually be buried for me Dong Kuan. Dong Kuan's face was crazy, he pulled his throat and roared, and blood kept coughing up.

"Hey, if you were from the middle of Qingzhou, you shouldn't say this," Lu Xing sighed, his eyes were helpless, he had no intention of holding a butcher's knife in his hand, especially against the people in the north.

"The surname of Northland Lu, what is the surname of Northland Lu? If one person is saved, the north will be saved. ”

"Twenty years ago, the eldest brother Lu Ang fell, and no one saw the eldest sister Lu Shuang, but she slashed the heavens with her sword and laid the tone of the world."

"Lu Ang!" Dong Kuan opened his eyes suddenly, looking at Lu Xing deadly, his face was extremely hideous, and his hands pulled the iron chain to make a "bell" sound, as if a dusty memory came to his heart: a man with a butcher's knife stood on the gate of Yanmen, the man held two knives, a wide straight knife, and a full moon scimitar.

"Lu Ang, the king of the Northland...... Yes, yes, he's dead......" Dong Kuan shook his head, a little delirious.

Lu Xing didn't stay anymore, so he didn't ask if he couldn't ask, in fact, he could probably guess who was in charge behind it, and the highest part of the temple was chilling.

"You wait, I will personally go to Kyoto to ask for a head, your second son Dong Yan, he will have one winter left to live."