Beyond the noon gate,

Heads rolling,

There were more than forty heads of the beheaded prisoners and those relatives of the Emperor Shuo in the palace, among which there were twenty or thirty of the sons of Prince Shuo alone, and it has to be said that this stallion was indeed quite dutiful.

Although not everyone in the Zhu family can breed like Prince Shuo, it has been passed down for more than two hundred years, more than ten generations, and there are more than 100,000 relatives of the emperor.

"It's getting more and more like a loner......"

Luo Congee wiped the embroidered spring knife on Prince Shuo's four-clawed python robe and looked up at the hall, but never saw the bright yellow figure, Zhu Ming, who was still thinking about saving Prince Shuo's life, made up his mind, and never showed his face.

"It's also ......"

Luo Congee put the knife into the sheath and shook his head.

In the final analysis, Zhu Ming is just thinking about the old feelings of his childhood, although the identity of this emperor and Qing dynasty relative is noble, but the weight in his heart is far less important than the imagination of civil and military officials and outsiders.

After all, he has too many relatives, and he can't take care of them, and even he can't remember the names of many of his cousins and cousins, because these people don't remember their names, so that the fast knife that he finally clenched again becomes sluggish, and there is an estrangement, which is obviously not cost-effective.

Of course, it is impossible to cut them one by one, because even if you do nothing for the rest of your life, cut off your head without eating or drinking, I am afraid that from a teenager to a white head, you will not be able to cut off so many heads.

I had to wait for myself to sit in that position, after all, at that time, I didn't have to open my mouth, someone would cut off their heads and send them over.

"...... Uproar"

This is the sound of water splashing on the ground, just after the execution was completed, dozens of eunuchs carrying buckets and rags came out to wash the floor and wipe it clean, perhaps because there were too many people who died at noon in the past few days.

The red blood stains had already soaked into the ground along the cracks in the bluestone, and from the high hall it looked like a chessboard drawn with red threads.

"Don't rush to collect the body yet."

"Put the head into a "death" word, let the rest of the adults pass by when they retreat, don't forget how to write this word. ”

Luo Congee glanced at the eunuch who was carrying the corpse and said softly, and then personally carried Prince Shuo's head and took the lead on the bluestone slab, and the rest of the people had no choice but to accompany it.

Not long after,

Outside the noon gate, a blood as the line, with the head as the ink of the word "death", from a distance to look extraordinarily regular, extraordinarily clear, it is only a few six strokes, the traditional and simplified writing of the past dynasties has not changed much.

As the saying goes, there are 80,000 words in the world, and only the word "love" is the most murderous, with love, family, friendship and other countless emotions, which can invisibly put people to death.

But according to Luo Congee's view, only "death" is the most murderous, compared to spiritual transcendence, he still prefers physical transcendence, and the feeling of blood debt and blood is the most relieving.

"Your Majesty, the moths of the country have been removed!"

When the blood-covered Luo porridge reappeared in the main hall, Mo said that the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and it was the prince of 258 who dragged his nostrils to the sky on weekdays, his relatives, and all the nobles also subconsciously lowered their heads and did not dare to look at them.

"Hmm."

"Now that the evidence is ironclad, the officials in the yamen in the Gyeonggi land on the list should also be arrested."

Zhu Ming didn't know why, he didn't have too much anger when he looked at the young man who was covered with the blood of the Zhu family, so that so many people close to him had just died, except for the accident of hating iron and not steel at the beginning, there were not too many ups and downs.

"Your Majesty, what should the four major merchants do with it?"

Luo Congee bowed down and continued to ask.

"Those few bewitching princes, the shopkeeper who raised the price of grain in Shangjing together will die today!"

"The masters behind the four major merchant gangs have planned such a rebellious thing, and they all have to be buried together."

"However, they are originally a clan system, entrenched in various places, a large group of people get together to do business, and if one master dies, they can immediately pick out another one from the clan, plus their ancestral homes are distributed all over the place, which is complicated, I am afraid that it will not be easy to kill ......"

"In addition to the fact that the Northern Expeditionary Army has just arrived in northern Xinjiang in the past two days, they will still be used for a period of time in the future, after all, they have been in business for generations, and there are many channels to prepare grain and grass.

"Recently, you only need to kill those perpetrators, beat them, release that batch of grain first, and stabilize the price of grain in Beijing......"

Zhu Ming thought for a moment and then frowned.

"Of course, if you have your own method, you can also give it a try, just remember one thing, don't affect the supply of grain and grass in the follow-up of the Northern Expedition."

"Minister, understood!"

Luo Congee nodded, and he clearly knew Zhu Ming's worries, the four major merchant gangs were able to raise the price of grain so unscrupulously, and naturally they knew that the court would not be able to help them for a while.

But he has a way to damage himself.

"That's it, you can go down and deal with it first."

"Minister, retire!"

"Wait,"

"Before that, let's go to Prince Shuo's mansion."

Before leaving, Zhu Ming stopped Luo Congee again, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"Minister, Commander!"

Luo Congee was stunned when he heard this,

But he quickly reacted and replied.

He let himself go,

Instead of letting the fans of the East Factory go,

The implication is self-evident.

……

Jinyi Guard School Field,

More than 3,000 horsemen wearing splendid costumes and hanging wild goose swords at their waists were waiting silently in the field.

Looking closely, everyone has a straight back, the right hand presses the knife, and the eyes do not squint, although the knife is not unsheathed, it is silent, but the aura of slaughter has already permeated the scene.

Originally, with Luo Congee killing countless battles, full of murderous energy, and after the training of Qinglong, the elite degree of these thousands of brocade guards who were already good was no less than that of the division of a hundred battles.

After all, Qinglong was originally cultivated according to the killing machine, they didn't need to have too much emotion, they just needed to obey orders.

"The commander has arrived!"

When Luo Congee stepped onto the high platform, everyone's eyes fell on the young man in a blood-soaked black and red python robe, his eyes were full of reverence, and he had to say that Qinglong's brainwashing method was also quite good.

"Bai Xiaosheng, is there any change in the four major merchant gangs?"

Luo Congee asked in a deep voice.

"Hui Yu, there is no change in their side for the time being, now the grain and grass in the land of Gyeonggi have been bought out, just an hour ago, the last dozen grain shops in the capital have sold sky-high grain has also been bought by the people, and the government-run granaries in the city are even more empty to run horses, and their purpose seems to have been achieved."

"According to the latest news from the saucer, the four major merchant gangs have now built dozens of granaries in the manor outside the city, and are busy arranging for people to fill the warehouses."

"Judging by what they mean, they don't plan to sell grain for the time being, but they want to wait until some people starve to death, and when the people have no way out, then they will open a warehouse to sell."

Bai Xiaosheng pondered.

"Well, in that case, let's do it."

Luo Congee nodded when he heard this.

"Lord Luo, let's not wait for half a day, when they gather all the food together, we can save some search and transportation effort......

Bai Xiaosheng wanted to speak and stopped.

"Enough people are starving......"

"It can't be delayed any longer."

Luo Congee shook his head and said.

"......"

"Xia Guan has never seen that family do white things, and there are eyeliners in the yamen of Shangjing Mansion, but he has not heard the informant report that the family starved to death......

Bai Xiaosheng wondered.

"You're just staring at the people of the city......"

"Naturally, I didn't pay attention to those who didn't have a household registration."

"Didn't you notice that there had been no beggars and homeless people in Shangjing for several days?"

"Tell me where they've gone?"

Luo Congee asked rhetorically.

"At the end of the day, they are human ......"

"It's just that life is cheaper than grass, and no one has ever mentioned it."

Luo porridge is quiet.

I have been in this world for more than a year, and in addition to this incident, I have also seen many excerpts after disasters in various places.

Without exception, all of them will mention the number of people affected by the disaster, of course, this statistical death toll report is diametrically opposed to the killing of the head, and it is said that it is lower.

Again, without exception, no official would report how many beggars and homeless people were missing from the city, and even their surnames were not worthy of appearing in that cold number.

"This ......"

Bai Xiaosheng is like a fish in his throat.

"Qinglong, listen to orders!"

"This official ordered you to take two thousand horsemen out of the city immediately, control all the four major merchant gangs, and kill those who resist on the spot."

"Qinglong, order!"

Qinglong got up and waved his hand, and there were two thousand horsemen out of the queue, turned over and got on the horse, the whole process was orderly, except for the sound of the horse's nose and the sound of the collision with the armor, there was no messy sound, and it was better than the border army commanded by Pei Xingwu in terms of orders and prohibitions.

"The remaining 1,000 people have come with their own officials, and they must complete the errand assigned by His Majesty before leaving the city."

Luo Congee also raised his hand after seeing Qinglong leave.

……

Shuo Wangfu,

In the backyard,

At this time, it is the time of the morning, the sun is shining, and there is no scorching heat of the sun at noon, it is a good time to enjoy the scenery, more than a dozen concubines accepted by Prince Shuo are gathering in the backyard to enjoy the flowers, feed the fish, dozens of maids holding melons, fruits and pastries to serve aside, the warbler Yanyan is not lively.

I didn't pay any attention to the fact that my lord was appointed by His Majesty to go to court, after all, he has done a lot of things that are rotten to the bone over the years, and if he wants to come to His Majesty's call, it is just a loud thunder and a small raindrop.

"Sister, why doesn't this fish eat?"

After the concubine with a delicate face dressed in silk sprinkled a handful of fish food, she did not wait for the imaginary scene of the hundred carp competing for food, and the koi fish were still swimming slowly in the pond.

"You stupid girl, you've been overfed these days."

"Look at the koi in this pond are almost fat, where can I still eat." An older concubine beside her nodded the man's forehead and said.

"What then?"

"Give them something fresh to eat."

"Well, I can't finish eating this morning today, so let's try the fish in the water." The man took the delicate snack handed by the maid and threw it into the water.

"It's really a mouth......"

The old concubine said angrily when she saw that the pastry was in the water, and the koi fish were scrambling for it.

"Since they like to eat, I just let them eat enough, and I'm bringing a few plates of pastries over for my sister to feed." The older concubine waved her hand and asked the subordinate beside her to bring a few more plates.

"Bang ......"

Just as I took the plate,

Two pieces of pastry fell to the ground.

"Smack......

When the maid was about to pick it up, a slap had already been slapped in the face.

"It's really clumsy and tight, eating the king's house every day, drinking the king's house, raising big breasts and big butts, in the end, it's not good to do this little thing."

The older concubine took out five taels of silver after slapping and threw it on the ground: "Take it and buy some plasters to put on it, this swollen face makes people upset." ”

When the maid saw the silver, she didn't care about the pain on her face, and knelt down happily and thanked her repeatedly, saying that she was resentful, but she couldn't talk about it.

After all, the whole land of Gyeonggi is the best time to live in the palace, don't look at yourself in the palace, but when you go back to your hometown, you have to be respectful when you see yourself, and when you get old, you can build a big mansion when you go back.

"Sister, why are you angry?"

"Alas, we have added a few more sisters to the palace, and the clever maids have been picked away, and the maids called by my sister's side are becoming more and more insufficient, that is, they are easy to use, reluctant to change, and catch up with Ming'er, I still have to spend some silver to pick a few more in the human market."

The older concubine couldn't help but sigh when she heard this.

"Sister, you might as well wait."

"My sister heard that many people outside the city can't afford to eat now, and it is estimated that someone will sell their sons and daughters after waiting for ten days and half a month.

"My sister is right."

The eldest concubine also smiled when she heard this: "This trip the prince earned a lot of silver, so I don't have to give some rewards to the sisters, plus the lives of the people's children are cheap and sold cheaply, this one in and one out is still rich." ”

In the gazebo,

"A bunch of scarlet-eyed women."

The princess sat in the pavilion and looked at the playful concubines and snorted coldly, then her thoughts turned and she was worried: "I don't know if the prince's move will consume the affection between him and His Majesty...... Will it affect Xuan'er, a cousin, in His Majesty's heart? ”

……

"Knock, knock, knock......"

Luo Congee led the troops to gallop all the way, looking at the stripped bark and bare branches on both sides of the road, and his heart became more and more dull, and he still underestimated the current situation.

Most of the people are greedy for small profits, reselling the cheap grain released by the government, and most of the people in the city have no habit of storing grain, so that in just ten days, there have been cases of people chewing leaves and gnawing bark.

"It's almost ......"

Luo Congee looked at the extremely generous mansion not far away and read coldly, he didn't want to, and he didn't bother to compete with the small people of Shengdou, but someone was against him, racking his brains and taking out the silver from their pockets regardless of life or death.

"What do you guys do?"

"I don't know what this place is?"

"Want Want Want ......"

Now that the early dynasty has not dispersed, they have led the troops in advance, they naturally don't know what happened in the court, and the two house slaves guarding the door are also arrogant and used to leading the vicious dog and asked sharply.

"Poof......

Luo porridge didn't say much,

The embroidered spring knife in his hand waved over the two house slaves and fell to the ground.

"Want Want Want ......"

When a few vicious dogs saw the blood, they aroused their ferocity.

"My lord, don't dirty the knife and hand it over to the lower officials."

Wang Ruling, who was on the side, looked at the vicious dog with two fangs and claws, and barked wildly.

"Tsk, the dogs in this palace are more moisturized than the people outside, this hair is oily and smooth, and there is a lot of meat, so it can't be wasted, take it back and stew meat......"

After Wang Ruling finished solving those vicious dogs very skillfully, he sent a brocade guard to carry them, and he followed with a fart.

"Bang ......"

The gates of the palace were slammed open,

"Ding Xiu, you divide five hundred people and go straight to the warehouse, don't lose a tael of silver."

"Wang Ruling, you should lead people to surround the palace, don't let go of a family member."

Luo Congee listened to the voice of the warbler and Yanyan from the backyard and ordered in a deep voice, and then walked straight to the backyard of the palace with the embroidered spring knife.

"Ah......h

Luo Congee has just stepped into the back garden with his front feet,

A woman's exclamation was heard.

"Where did you get something that doesn't open your eyes?"

"Don't you know that this is the backyard of the palace?"

A delicate concubine who was admiring the flowers frowned and scolded at the soldiers who had entered the hospital, and in a flash, she thought that the guards of the palace had accidentally broken in.

"Noise!"

"Poof......

Luo Congee stabbed the embroidered spring knife into her abdomen, looking at the charming concubine who fell to the ground, and there was no sense of pity and pity in her heart.

"You're Commander Luo?"

The princess also noticed the movement here, got up and walked out of the pavilion, the princesses of each prince are calculated according to the grade of the court, and they are also the first product, and they have also entered the court with Prince Shuo earlier, so they have naturally seen Luo porridge.

"I don't know what Commander Luo is saying about entering the mansion?"

"Why did you kill the people of my palace for no reason?"

The princess was not afraid to ask first, looking at the corpse in front of him, there was a faint anger in her heart, and there was also a reproach in her tone, you must know that even if she doesn't like these foxes, but they are also from the palace, why should he be an outsider.

"This official is naturally here by order."

Luo Congee's face remained unchanged.

"Coming by order?"

"Why didn't the prince come with you?"

The princess was suspicious.

Even if His Majesty wants to deal with it, it stands to reason that his own prince should come together, rather than allowing one of his foreign ministers to break into the inner courtyard of the palace.

"Prince Shuo?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to come!"

"Where's Xuan'er?"

The princess subconsciously said, and faintly thought of the worst outcome in her heart, but she was most concerned about her eldest son, after all, the position of the prince could be hereditary.

"The official doesn't know that it's Xuan'er, but I think it's all killed, so I shouldn't have missed it......"

Luo Congee pondered.

"Is this His Majesty's holy will?"

The princess asked with a whirling feeling in her head, Luo Congee didn't answer, just waited quietly for the Jinyi guard to surround the entire palace.

"Princess Ben,"

"I'm going to go to the Zongren Mansion to seek justice!"

The princess was shocked when she saw this, but she was not stupid, so she led her personal maid to the door, and ignored the messy ladies in the backyard.

"Bang ......"

At the moment when she just turned around,

The embroidered spring knife swung abruptly, and a Zhen head flew up suddenly.

The maid had fallen to the ground.

"You ......"

"Did Your Majesty ever order you to come to the palace to kill people?"

The princess looked at the headless corpse beside her and was bloodless, but she still held on to the last bit of reason and asked.

"Although Your Majesty didn't say it, you can send this official here, isn't that what it means?"

"Could it be that you really want to go to the Zongren Mansion to make trouble?"

Luo Congee looked at the princess and sneered,

After all, Your Majesty, he is also a person who wants to save face.

"Kill them all."

"This official wants this palace to have no grass!"

After Luo Congee drew the knife again and finished solving the princess, he looked at the round and plump female relatives in the backyard and said in a deep voice.

In the final analysis, regardless of Zhu Ming's secret instruction, he would kill these people, one is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, leaving no future troubles, and the other is that they enjoy the glory and wealth of the palace as the family members of Prince Shuo, and they should also bear the future retribution of the palace.

In this cannibalistic world, I have never believed in the truth that one person does things and one person should do things, nor did I listen to the saying that it will not harm his wife and children.

"Lower Officer, take the order!"

As soon as the words fell,

One of the thousand households led by him led the people to kill them.

"My lord, the lower official is back."

By the time Wang Ruling finished arranging the manpower and rushed over, the corpse of the female dependents was already lying in the back garden.

The latter looked at the empty backyard,

and the goose feather knife raised in his hand is a little lonely,

But with a roll of his eyes, he quickly fell on the pond of koi, put away the goose knife, trotted all the way, and suddenly kicked away, and the stone slab used to change water in the pond was kicked away.

"Wang Tongzhi, what do you mean by this?"

Luo Congee listened to the sound of the rushing water and looked over.

"Lord Hui, the koi in the pond in this backyard are far away from the house, and there is such a large pool of water to cool down, but I am afraid that it will not die, so the lower official put the water first."

Wang Ruling smiled wryly.

Luo Congee shook his head and didn't pay much attention to it, and when he arrived in the backyard, there was no more wailing, and when he was about to leave, Wang Ruling was the first to run out in front of him.

"What are you going to do?"

Luo Congee looked at Wang Ruling's back and frowned.

"Returning to your lordship."

"Xia Guan went to find the quicklime."

Wang Ruling turned around and shook the water stains on her body.

"Lord Hui, just killing people and setting fires, it's still a little inappropriate for the lower officials to think about it."

"When the spring begins next year, weeds will still grow on the wasteland of this palace, and with this burning charcoal and the fattening of corpses, it will grow even better......

Wang Ruling is colorful.

"If you sprinkle that quicklime, and whether it is a snake, a mouse, an ant, or a wild flower and weed, as long as the lime is still there, don't want to live on this ground......"

Wang Ruling said firmly.

“……”

"What if this lime is gone?"

Luo Congee looked suspicious.

After listening to the scholar's words from Qingshui County, Wang Ruling would bury his head in thinking whenever he raided his home, not knowing what was going on in his head, and he couldn't say anything wrong, but now after listening to these words, he understood a little.

"Please rest assured!"

"Every time the lower officials are clear, they must come to the ...... in person"

"Refill this palace with lime,"

"Teach that there is no grass growing in this land!"

Wang Ruling said resolutely.

(End of chapter)