Chapter 352: The Land of Tolerance
The merchants' mansions are not paper-mâché, although there are many attackers, but there are no siege equipment, and the gate cannot be opened for a while!
In the end, the head catcher and the garrison took the lead, climbed over the wall and prepared to enter the house, opened the door, and just stood on the wall, but was shot down by a dozen arrows.
The garrison is not weak, flashed the rain of arrows, fell off the wall, the head catcher is not so good, was shot in the thigh by a feather arrow, screamed and fell into the wall, shouted sadly, and there was no movement.
Master Lin was startled and ordered people to climb the wall to attack, and the three people began to climb the wall. Although it was late, the various rooms in the courtyard were brightly lit, and the dozen or so soldiers who came with Xiao Feng bent their bows and arrows, constantly shooting at the people who climbed up on the wall.
But there were so many attackers that in the end the arrows ran out, and a layer of dead men was laid under the wall. The soldiers threw down their bows and arrows, drew their swords, and began to fight the men who had jumped over the wall.
The gate was finally opened from the inside, and more people poured into the courtyard. The soldiers fought and retreated, nearly half killed and wounded, and finally they were surrounded, and they confronted the besiegers with their blades outward, back to back.
By this time, more attackers had rushed into the rooms, and then there was one exclamation after another.
"Empty!"
"There's no one in the house!"
"The bed hasn't been touched!"
Master Lin's head buzzed, squeezed into the encirclement, looked at Xiao Feng's personal soldiers who were surrounded, and asked sharply.
"What about the Governor? What about the ladies you have brought? Where have they gone?"
Before he could finish speaking, the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing was heard in the street, and a wounded soldier rushed into the courtyard.
"Garrison-sama! The gate of the city was opened by the lame man, and General Yu rushed in with five hundred cavalry stationed outside the city!"
The garrison was shocked, he brought most of the soldiers guarding the city to hunt Xiao Feng, there were indeed not many people guarding outside the city gate, but there were more than 200 people, Zhang Wuxin robbed the city gate alone?
"Did you make it clear that the brothers guarding the gate were all killed?"
"No, it's the lame man and Lord Xiao and a girl, the three of them took the prefect to the city gate, and the prefect ordered to open the city gate!"
In the blink of an eye, the sound of horses' hooves was like a torrential rain, accompanied by "Lay down your weapons or kill!" The sound of knives and guns being thrown on the ground rang out.
The soldiers in Qingzhou City were already suspicious of the garrison's order, but when they saw Yu Dayou's majestic spirit, the five hundred cavalry were murderous, coupled with Zhang Wuxin's terrifying swordsmanship of one sword at a time, they immediately surrendered their guns and did not kill.
The garrison knew that it was a dead end to lay down his weapons at this time, so he rushed out of the back door with a few henchmen, and Master Lin also rushed out with them.
However, at this time, Yu Dayou's cavalry had surrounded the courtyard, and after the garrison killed two cavalrymen, Yu Dayou's head was cut off by a sword, and the rest of the people no longer dared to resist stubbornly, and surrendered one after another.
The head catcher was hacked to death when he fell into the yard, and of the three leaders, only one of the militia leaders was still safe and sound, and he was leading the militia to resist at this time.
Seeing Yu Dayou's soldiers pulling their bows and arrows, and knowing that if they continued to fight, the whole army would be annihilated, so the head of the militia group sighed and threw down the weapon in his hand.
"Brothers, let's lose, let's lay down our weapons."
At this time, Huang Zhifu had been carried back to the mansion hall by Xiao Feng and Zhang Wuxin, Xiao Feng sat on the seat of the prefect, and Huang Zhifu saw that he had nowhere to sit, so he had to stand aside tremblingly.
At this time, the Qingzhou garrison was dead, and the defenders saw Yu Dayou's talismans, and all of them had been incorporated pending trial. The arresters and the militia were all arrested, and looking at the kneeling people under the lobby, Huang Zhifu's face was as frightened as earth.
"Big ...... My lord, this, this must be a misunderstanding! How dare the lower officials rebel, it was Master Lin who said that there were Japanese invaders attacking the city, and General Yu ordered me to mobilize men and horses."
Xiao Feng looked at him with a smile: "So, Governor Huang was completely deceived by Master Lin?"
Governor Huang nodded like pounding garlic: "That's right, that's right!"
Xiao Feng looked at Master Lin, who was tied up in the hall, "What about you
Say?"
Master Lin smiled indifferently, "Lord Huang is right, I pretended to pass on the order and coaxed everyone. So they are all innocent, but I am guilty."
Xiao Feng smiled: "Whether they are guilty or not is not up to you. Let me ask you, are you from the White Lotus Sect?"
Master Lin raised his head: "Yes, I am from the White Lotus Sect, if you want to kill or chop, whatever you want."
Xiao Feng glanced at the kneeling crowd in the hall: "You said that they were all coaxed by you, but I didn't believe it. Tell me who of them is a White Lotus cultist, and I'll make you die a happy death."
Master Lin shook his head: "You don't have to bother, it's just me, not everyone else."
Xiao Feng sighed helplessly: "I have the virtue of a good life, and I want to kill a few fewer people. Since you refuse to give birth to them, I have nothing to do.
If others don't know, you must know the identity of the accompanying lady. Even if there is no her, just by virtue of you assassinating the governor of Jiangnan, according to the law, there should be no distinction between master and subordinate, and all of them will be convicted of conspiracy.
Yu Dayou! How many Qingzhou garrison soldiers were captured?"
Yu Dayou came to the hall and hugged his fists and said, "My lord, there are thirty-two people in total, and the rest have been killed in the roundup."
Xiao Feng smiled coldly: "Line up in the hall, let the brothers who stayed behind to lure the enemy tonight be beheaded, and avenge the dead brothers!"
Yu Dayou was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiao Feng, he knew that Xiao Feng was not a person who loved to kill, and it really made him a little unbelievable to kill thirty-two people at this time.
But Xiao Feng's eyes and tone did not hint that he was acting, military law was like a mountain, Yu Dayou was ordered to go down to the hall and line up the thirty-two garrisoned soldiers.
Master Lin also raised his head abruptly to look at Xiao Feng, his status in the White Lotus Sect was not low, and he naturally knew a lot of news about Xiao Feng, and he didn't believe that Xiao Feng could do such a thing.
Xiao Feng glanced at the hall and shouted, "Chop!"
In the midst of wails and begs for mercy, the big knife was waved, the head fell to the ground, and in an instant, blood stained the long street under the government office. Huang Zhifu sat on the ground with weak legs and a buttocks.
Princess Chang'an, who was sitting in the car, lifted the curtain and happened to see this scene, so frightened that her face was pale, and she looked at Xiao Feng in the hall in a daze.
An Qingyue and Irihua were worried that the princess would be frightened, so they quickly reached out and pulled the curtain down, and the princess was shocked and muttered to herself.
"It's scary, does he really never beat people in the house? Sister An, don't lie to me, will he beat me in the future?"
Master Lin also looked at Xiao Feng dumbfounded, and Xiao Feng looked at the dozens of fast catchers in the hall: "As a fast catcher, you are willing to be instructed by the demons of the White Lotus Sect to besiege and assassinate the governor of Jiangnan, your crime is unforgivable!" Pull it down!"
The catchers couldn't hold it anymore, and shouted one after another: "My lord, it's wronged, on weekdays, Governor Huang tells us to listen to Master Lin for everything, what does he let us do, we don't dare not do it!"
Some of them struggled to their feet: "My lord, we are all acting according to orders, what a crime!"
Xiao Feng sneered, "Why is it that there are always people in this world who think that as long as they are not the main culprit, all things that have no conscience are not evil. If you do what you are told, can you erase the sin in your heart?
I ask you, does this official look like a wolf? Is General Yu Dayou looking fake? The three hundred cavalry are obvious to all, but have you ever seen three hundred cavalry?"
The catchers were speechless, of course they knew that not only did the Japanese have no cavalry, but even the Ming army in the coastal areas had very few cavalry. Because in the coastal areas, the ground is soft and muddy, and the cavalry does not have an advantage in battle.
What's more, there are too many places where the Ming Dynasty needs cavalry, and the cavalry that fights with the northern nomads is not enough, so how can there be any redundancy to deploy to the south.
This question not only made it difficult for the catchers to quibble, but even the militia group, which was originally holding its neck and felt that it was innocent of obeying orders, also panicked.
Seeing that the catchers were all dragged down, Master Lin couldn't hold back and yelled.
"Xiao Feng! If you are so discerning, are you not afraid of killing innocents indiscriminately?"
Xiao Feng smiled faintly, holding a thick booklet in his hand, and patted it lightly in the palm of his hand
Hit.
"Master Lin, you said that I didn't discern, you really wronged me. This booklet was handed over by Governor Huang, and it is the list of credits you have made for the defenders of Qingzhou and the catchers in the past few years.
The garrison was very feather, killing dozens of enemies, and his own soldiers killed more than three people at least. Even these catches are fast, and there are also hunting records.
What kind of enemy did they kill? The Wako and the White Lotus Sect rebelled! Yu Dayou, as the commander-in-chief of the preparation of the Japanese, told me that in the past few years, the Japanese have never killed Qingzhou City!
Qingzhou's only record of receiving the enemy is at sea hundreds of miles away! At that time, the fleet of Dengzhou Wei was used, and the defenders of Qingzhou City were not mobilized!
Qingzhou is a capital city, and the garrison has less than 1,000 people, just because this is not a front-line place, but the military merits of the Qingzhou Mansion garrison even exceed many front-line soldiers, which is really a miracle."
Huang Zhifu, who was paralyzed on the ground, got up at this time: "My lord, this, this won't be, if you fake military merits, even if you report it, the above will reject it, but the above has recognized it, and the reward is given!"
Xiao Feng glanced at Governor Huang: "In the past few years, there have been many cases of lying about military exploits in various places, and in the coastal areas alone, Yu Dayou has checked many times.
It's a pity that his power is not big enough, and there are people above him, so he still lies. Not only are there people in Qingzhou City, but they are also very big!"
Governor Huang waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, you know, my lord, I am not an official of the Yan Party, although I have also given gifts to the Yan family, but they are all the same ordinary etiquette as other officials."
Xiao Feng looked at the stupid pig speechlessly: "Huang Zhifu, you think you are not a strict party, but Yan Shifan takes care of you in every way, allowing you to rise from the prefect to the prefect smoothly, is there such a good thing in the world?"
Governor Huang suddenly became agitated, and looked at Master Lin in horror: "You, you have been a member of the White Lotus Sect since I was the magistrate of the county? Did you contact the Yan family privately?"
Master Lin also looked at him speechlessly, and only now did Governor Huang figure it out, it seems that he really didn't choose the wrong one back then, this person is really the best puppet, stupid and lustful.
Xiao Feng, Master Lin, smiled faintly: "So the exploits of the Japanese Sect are purely imaginary, as for the White Lotus Sect, do you really want me to believe that under the leadership of your Master Lin, you have killed hundreds of White Lotus Sect disciples?"
Master Lin puffed up his chest and was not afraid: "Even if it is a lie about military exploits, it is also the responsibility of a certain person Lin, they just did not reveal it, and they just pushed the boat down the river to lead it, and the crime will not lead to death!"
Xiao Feng said coldly, "But even if you lie about your military exploits, you have to have a physical object, a military merit and a head.
Since it wasn't the Wakou and the White Lotus Sect who died, do you dare to tell everyone who died?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and Master Lin laughed miserably: "Can't you guess?"
The head of the militia group suddenly raised his head and looked at Master Lin in disbelief.
"Brother Lin, what he said is true? The garrison led troops to the countryside many times to kill the Japanese invaders, but they were all fake? Didn't you say that the people who used the catchers to pretend to be the White Lotus Sect were all Jiangyang thieves?"
Xiao Feng said mockingly, "How can there be so many river and ocean thieves? Before I entered Qingzhou City, people from all over the villages were sent to investigate. Do you know what the villagers say?
Some people say that within the boundaries of Qingzhou, if you sneak into the White Lotus Sect, you will be safe, and no one will arrest you. On the contrary, it is not the White Lotus Sect, and it will be killed by the White Lotus Sect and the Wakou at any time.
Anyway, if you don't belong to the Japanese Sect, if you don't belong to the White Lotus Sect, you will be killed as a Japanese Kou and the White Lotus Sect, so it's better to simply go to sea to join the Japanese Bandits, or join the White Lotus Sect!"
The leader of the militia group roared: "Impossible, impossible, you are talking nonsense, why did Brother Lin do this? Brother Lin, tell me, he's talking nonsense!"
Master Lin looked at the head of the militia group and the people below, silent. He knew that the account book in Xiao Feng's hand was ironclad evidence, as long as there was an example, the people in the village who had been poisoned by them would come over to testify.
Xiao Feng sighed, "Let me tell you why he did this, he just wants to force the entire Qingzhou Mansion and everyone to join the White Lotus Sect.
To tell you the truth, I never thought anyone would have this
What crazy thoughts and actions, you actually want to turn the entire mansion into the territory of the White Lotus Sect, even I admire your arrogance a little.
But think about it carefully, although you are not the prefect, you hold the power of the prefect, control the army and arrest fast, develop the militia, and those who want to sue you have been secretly killed by you.
There is Yan Shifan above to cover your back, you cover the entire Qingzhou City with two hands, and you don't see the light of day, this crazy plan may really be realized."
Master Lin knew that the general trend had gone, and he had already put life and death aside, and at this time, he was also extremely hard, glaring at Xiao Feng.
"Lord Xiao, I have heard about you a long time ago, you are profound and thoughtful, no wonder the Holy Envoy repeatedly told me not to act rashly, but I didn't expect it to be planted in your hands.
Since you have profound Dao methods, you might as well guess what, the world is so big, why did the Holy Envoy send me to do such a big plan in the land of Qingzhou?"
Xiao Feng smiled slightly: "What's so hard to guess about this, the people of Qingzhou are probably the most tolerant place for the White Lotus Sect in the entire Ming Dynasty.
If this plan can be implemented in Qingzhou, it can be slowly replicated in other regions, and if it does not work out in Qingzhou, then it can only be abandoned."
Master Lin was stunned, he originally wanted to take Xiao Feng into an army and suppress Xiao Feng's momentum.
Because he knew that this time he would be defeated, but he still hoped that the remaining sect members could continue to develop, then even if he died, he would not be able to lose in momentum.
But he didn't expect Xiao Feng's words to make him a little difficult to answer, so he could only ask, "Why do you assert that the people of Qingzhou are the most tolerant of the White Lotus Sect?"
Xiao Feng smiled: "There are still many Buddha Mother incense among the people of Qingzhou, is it that in just over a hundred years, no one remembers Tang Sai'er?
It's a pity that you think you've found a piece of fertile soil to cultivate power, but you stupidly slash and burn and pull out seedlings to help them grow, ruining this piece of land that may be the last place for your White Lotus Sect.
Since I am here, it will be difficult for the White Lotus Sect to hide from the world what the White Lotus Sect has done in Qingzhou, and from now on, the White Lotus Sect will have no place to stand in Qingzhou!"