Chapter 289: Playing with people's hearts and sowing discord
"Driving the ......" Three red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniu guards rode on tall horses, flashed in front of Yundelou quickly, and then galloped towards the direction of the city gate.
Li Xuan stood at the window, calmly watching the three Qianniuwei completely disappear from sight.
Li Xuan turned around and looked at Liu Ji, "Does the captain know what they are doing?"
Liu Ji shook his head calmly and lightly, but a trace of nervousness flashed in the depths of his eyes.
After all, it was a rare Qianniuwei in Dongyang, and their every move was particularly attention-grabbing.
"They went to the capital, and this king has a song to the center, everything that happened in Dongyang last night, and everything that killed people at the entrance of the vegetable market today, are in it." Li Xuan turned around, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the entrance of the vegetable market, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "In the face of rebellion, be ruthless, behead and kill, and deter rebellion, this is called the power of emergency, what this king needs to do is to report to the court in time in this process, just like now."
Killing has never been a problem for Li Xuan, the question is whether the procedure is compliant, so he always likes to make more arrangements for doing things.
What's more, this is still the premise that Li Xuan did not take out the emperor's secret decrees and tokens.
But that alone is enough to shock the world.
"Lord Wang, killing people is ominous." Liu Ji gritted his teeth and burst out of these people, looked at Li Xuan with a sincere face, and carefully persuaded: "If the prince does this, it is easy to cause a civil uprising."
"It's okay, it's just killing." Li Xuan's voice was very calm, as if killing someone was an ordinary and easy thing for him, and Liu Ji couldn't help but chill all over.
Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji with a smile, pointed to the entrance of the vegetable market, nodded, and said, "Besides, the one who is killing people over there now is not this king, but Dongyang County Cheng, the county lieutenant and a cadre of Dongyang officials, what do you have to do with this king."
Liu Ji turned his head suddenly, and he was stunned to find that although they could clearly see the scene at the entrance of the vegetable market in the distance, the time required to rush over from the current position was definitely not short, so Li Xuan would not rush over there at all.
He didn't need to rush over at all, he wouldn't rush over at all.
Liu Ji also couldn't rush over, and Li Xuan could choose this position to guard against him.
At this time, it can be seen very clearly that many people, under the leadership and urging of the chief and Fang Zheng, have gathered from various places in the city towards the entrance of the vegetable market.
Liu Ji's eyes quickly scanned the surroundings vigilantly, he wanted to find the hidden officials and soldiers around.
Although among the people at the entrance of the vegetable market, there are still many fanatical believers in the Tianyin Goddess, but the really capable elites were basically slaughtered by Li Xuan last night.
There were also many fanatical believers, and many died in the chaos of last night.
To be honest, Liu Ji didn't know how many fanatical believers were still there.
If there weren't enough of them, they wouldn't have been able to cause a city-wide riot.
Not to mention surviving under the encirclement and suppression of well-prepared officers and soldiers.
"You may not know that the first thing this king did after entering the city last night was to close the arsenal and the grain depot, and the armaments in the arsenal have all been distributed this morning, if you want to rob it, I am afraid that you can only rob it from the hands of the officers and soldiers, and maybe you can finally defeat the officers and soldiers, and it may not be unknown to kill the grain depot." Li Xuan threw out a sentence lightly, which made Liu Ji change color again.
However, Liu Ji quickly reacted, and immediately arched his hand at Li Xuan and said, "The villain doesn't know what the prince said, the villain is innocent, why should he go to grab the blades of the officers and soldiers."
Li Xuan smiled faintly, pointed to the prisoner car that was still in traffic, and said, "Actually, there are many things, there is no need to deceive yourself, look at those people, don't you find that there are no people in there?"
Su Wei.
Although Li Xuan did not say Su Xuan's name, Liu Ji knew that Li Xuan was talking about Su Xuan.
Last night, it was the secret roster hidden in Richunin that was found, so there was a city-wide search after that.
Although it is said that his son Liu Dao is convinced of Su Yuan's loyalty
Undoubtedly, but Liu Ji knew in his heart that when the government made a move, there were too many means to make an iron-clad man speak.
Not to mention that Su Wei is such a young and beautiful woman, if she wants to make her submit, there are more means.
Liu Ji actually hoped in his heart that Su Wei had been killed, and only the dead would be best shut up, but now it seems that it is somewhat wishful thinking.
Not to mention anything else, just today, Li Xuan's direct meeting with Cheng Zipu and Xu Ying is enough to explain the cruel truth.
"No one is stupid, not you, not this king." Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji and said calmly, "In the past ten years, the Liu family has taken too much barter trade in grain and silk.
Maybe with the cover of this Master Li's book, no one will pay attention for a while, but as long as you have a little suspicion, reach out and check, you can immediately find out what is greasy in it, just like Hao Yuan, who was secretly killed by you in the first place."
Hao Yuan didn't notice that there were Tianyin Sect members under him, but simply found out the loopholes in the operation of the Liu family's business house over the years.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Ji and Liu Dao's father and son did not hesitate to kill people directly.
"So, although the person Su Wei confessed was Ling Lang, this king knows that you are the one who is really behind all this." Li Xuan turned around, faced each other, and stared at Liu Ji deadly.
If it were someone else, he might put most of his mind on Liu Dao, and then start a battle of wits and courage with Liu Dao, and finally kill Liu Dao, or be escaped by Liu Dao.
When he turned around, he found that Liu had already fled with his true wealth and strength.
Compared with Liu Dao, Liu Ji's understanding of the Tianyin Sect is the deepest, and unlike Liu Dao, who is hot-blooded and doesn't care about life and death, Liu Ji is different, as long as there is a glimmer of life, he will try to struggle to survive.
So Li Xuan stared at Liu Ji from the beginning, as for Liu Dao, it was just a weight he used to blackmail Liu Ji.
Inside the room, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Liu Ji stood there, staring at Li Xuan, but he never opened his mouth or moved his hand.
"Every year, you or Ling Lang, the two of you will always disappear for a period of time, and the time is generally not much different, if this king's guess is correct, you should go to the mountains, send food, medicine, blades and other things into the mountains, and then transport the raw silk medicinal materials produced in the mountains to maintain the operation of the Chamber of Commerce."
Li Xuan shook his head lightly and said with a sneer: "Although you have been careful enough over the years, you have still been discovered."
Turning around, Li Xuan walked to the table and threw the divorce contract written by Cheng Zi directly at Liu Ji.
The paper was like a sharp sword, cutting through the space directly and heading towards Liu Ji's throat, but Liu Ji only caught the divorce contract with two fingers in an instant.
He just glanced down, and his face had already turned terrified.
Li Xuan said lightly: "As the old saying goes, knowing the apprentice Mo Ruoshi, Cheng Saijiu has been hoping to cultivate Ling Lang well for so many years, but even if he noticed that Ling Lang's identity was different, he still hid it.
But what about you, when you realized that he might already know your identity, you used the power of the entire Dongyang to force people to become sons and daughters with you, you father and son, are really few shameless people in ancient and modern times!"
The corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched for a while, and his face was pale.
Although he didn't say much, he clenched the paper in his hand tightly, and his eyes became even more gloomy.
At the beginning, he advocated directly cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, but his son Liu Dao couldn't step through that hurdle, and finally chose two families to get married.
It's good for both families, and at the same time, it can be accepted by both families, but he never thought that at the critical moment, he was still stabbed hard, which hurts.
Li Xuan reached out and picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip gently, and then suddenly spoke: "Over the years, I have been tired of running back and forth, and there are mountains pulling back and forth, you
It should be barely maintained in a state of breaking even."
Liu Ji's face suddenly became solemn, and those things about Cheng Zipu were completely forgotten by him in a blink of an eye.
Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji, whose face had changed, with a smile on his lips: "So, you, have been very unwilling all these years!"
A word, like a thunderbolt, exploded directly above Liu Ji's head.
"The villain doesn't know what the prince is talking about?" Liu Ji's voice didn't know when it started, and it was already a little dry and astringent.
"You know, you work hard outside every year, but in the end, a lot of money is taken away from the mountains.
Although it is said that you father and son have the identity of Dongyang Hall Master, it is nothing compared to a huge amount of wealth.
After all, once the incident succeeds in the future, he will only be a hall master of the Dongyang Branch, and he will not be conspicuous within the entire Tianyin Sect at all."
Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji, his sharp eyes seemed to have seen through the deepest secret in his heart.
The Tianyin Sect has many branches throughout the world, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and Wuzhou.
Almost every state has its own staff and believers to a greater or lesser extent, but with the exception of a few important states and counties, most of the others are used for proselytizing, and there are not many branches that are really responsible for money and killing.
Although Liu Ji and Liu Dao's father and son are only the deputy hall masters of the Dongyang Branch, their use in the sect is very important.
"You don't think about their rebellion this time, that's why you got so many mortgages, but you also hope that they will be able to cause enough chaos to ensure that those ordinary people will not be able to harvest after a war, and finally you can easily swallow their land."
Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji and said coldly: "Don't try to deny it, in the whole Dongyang, you have released the most money during this time, even exceeding the amount of taxes collected by the government, and the people have money in their hands, even if it is just borrowed, there will not be too many people to rebel."
This way of doing it of yours makes them no longer so desperate.
Presumably, once your sect leader finds out about such a thing, he will be eager to skin you directly."
Liu Ji suddenly clenched his fists, but his eyes kept looking at the ground.
"You and your sect leader are not of the same mind at all, you and your fellow people in your sect are not of the same mind either, and even you and your son are not of the same mind."
Li Xuan's voice sounded in Liu Ji's ears like a devil, and when he heard Li Xuan say the last sentence, Liu Ji raised his head violently and stared at Li Xuan: "You are talking nonsense!"
"Nonsense, why is this king talking nonsense, see for yourself, where is your son now?" After Li Xuan finished speaking, he subconsciously got out of the way.
Liu Ji suddenly stepped forward and looked down from the window, but he was only halfway through his movements before his face suddenly changed.
He never said that Liu Dao also came to Yundelou today, with Liu Dao's disguise technique, ordinary people can't see through his true eyes at all.
Perhaps, Li Xuan was just blowing him up just now, but his current move is tantamount to telling Li Xuan the truth of the matter.
The whole person is terrible, and this person's calculations are too terrible.
can't be guarded against at all, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he has already calculated the hearts of the people.
Liu Ji felt a tingling on his scalp for a while.
At this moment, Li Xuan's somewhat surprised voice sounded in Liu Ji's ears: "Look what is going on there, you should look in the direction of the vegetable market, Ling Lang is there now."
Liu Ji suddenly raised his head and looked directly in the direction of the vegetable market.
At a glance, he saw his son, Liu Dao, who was mixed in the crowd but was still conspicuous.