Mountains and mountains, the sun sets over the long river.

The cold river water ripples like a ribbon in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The river is rippling, and the two-leaf flat boats converge in the river.

The invisible sword qi was wrapped in brilliant brilliance and suddenly slashed down.

The river parted on both sides, and the white waves churned in the river like white snakes, spreading over the flat boat.

Whoosh~~

A little flickering cold light suddenly appeared above the confused river, and hundreds of finger-wide flying knives flew in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Puff puff~~

The throwing knife fell into the water.

But there was a stream of blood red.

Followed by.

More than a dozen water snakes suddenly flew out from under the surging river, and the sharp blades pierced through the waves and slashed down towards the flat boat.

"Duan Ying, you can't run away!"

A cold cheer rang out.

Qian Shou, accompanied by more than a dozen disciples, besieged the figure on the boat.

Shadowless knife Duan Ying, the owner of the Qinzhou Mansion in the bloody clothes.

Broken Knife Qian Shou, the sect master of the Broken Knife Sect, was the one who proposed the competition to Qin Wei in Wolong Ridge at the beginning, but he did not end up participating in the competition.

Broken knife does not mean that Qian Shou's knife is broken, but that the knife in Qian Shou's hand has the ability to cut everything.

Of course, this description is a bit exaggerated, but no matter how exaggerated, it shows that Qian Shou's knife skills are very powerful.

And the origin of Duan Ying's title of shadowless knife is because he is good at flying knives, flying knives have no shadow, and they can't be guarded against.

The flying knife was silent, and in the blink of an eye, several disciples of the Broken Sword Sect fell into the river.

The long knife is incomparable.

The long boat's boat shattered, and the sturdy figure soared up, tossing and turning between the blades.

Duan Ying was short in stature and ordinary in appearance, even in the face of such a scene, he was not moved at all, and his face was calm and focused on Qian Shou.

His throwing knives are fast and dazzling.

The disciples of the Broken Sword Sect who sneaked up from under the river fell into the water one after another in a matter of moments, staining the surrounding large area of the river red.

However, Duan Ying didn't care about this, his opponent always had only one person, and that was Qian Shou, who broke the knife.

Subsequently, the two fought together on the river.

The afterglow of the setting sun hung over them, and the sparkling river rippled like stirred strings between them.

……

Many sects attacked one after another, and the bloody wind and rain accompanied by the autumn wind almost blew all over Tianzhou.

However, this is just a bloody storm in the rivers and lakes, and a turmoil has also been set off among the Tianzhou officials.

Although Qin Wei had let the Zhenwu Division withdraw from the Dusi Yamen early, the purge of the Dusi Yamen did not end because of this, but intensified because of Li Zhengkun's anger.

Starting from the Yamen of the Capital Division, to the Yamen of the Seven Davids, to the Political Division, to the Judicial Division, and then to the government offices of the prefectures, and the county and county offices.

The fuse that Qin Wei lit completely ignited the officialdom of the entire Tianzhou.

made everyone in the Tianzhou officialdom a burst of chickens and dogs, and they were frightened.

Li Zhengkun's anger burned in the Dusi Yamen and the Seven Davids, but Ji Rin's anger burned all the yamen in Jiangzhou.

At first, Ji Rin was reluctant to investigate too deeply, and as the chief envoy of the judge, he didn't want Tianzhou to fall into chaos.

But after Zhao Fukang was exposed, Ji Rin was completely angry.

Whenever he thought that there was a landlord of a bloody building hidden next to him, Ji Rin was both afraid and angry.

Even according to the judges, there are spies in the bloody clothes building, so what about the other yamen below?

In addition to the Bloody Clothes Building, have other sects in Tianzhou also placed people among the many yamen?

In addition, Zhen Wusi is in Tianzhou, and Ji Rin can't check it if he doesn't want to.

In this way, Ji Rin, after Li Zhengkun, launched a purge of the officialdom in Tianzhou.

And now the most depressed is Tian Sixin.

In the main hall of the Chief Minister.

Tian Sixin sat on the main seat, his eyes slightly closed, and he was silent.

It's just that his violently undulating chest reveals that his mood is very uneasy at this time.

In the hall, the political participation in the congregation was also full of depression.

"My lord, yesterday the prefect of Lingshan Mansion was arrested by the people of the judge." He Zhijie said helplessly.

"What did he do?" Tian Sixin asked with his eyes slightly closed.

"Collusion with Wanfu Temple to occupy thousands of hectares of fertile land." He Zhijie said.

"Well deserved!"

Tian Sixin said.

"My lord, now it's not a question of whether he deserves it or not, it's that he can't let the judge continue to investigate! Otherwise, the yamen of all prefectures and counties are afraid that they will be completely paralyzed! He Zhijie said.

Li Zhengkun was only doing things in the Yamen of the Capital Division and the Yamen of the Wei Division, which did not have a great impact on Tianzhou, but according to the Judge, he attacked the government and county offices below.

In just a few days, the nineteen prefectures of Tianzhou were taken down by the judges, three prefects, six prefects, and dozens of officials of different ranks.

If the investigation is continued, it is not known how many officials will be involved.

Tian Sixin took a deep breath, "At this time, I can't stop Ji Rin. ”

Although his official rank is higher than Ji Rin, there is no subordinate relationship between the chief secretary and the judge, and Ji Rin does not need to follow his orders.

"Your Highness can stop it!" He Zhijie said in a deep voice.

Tian Sixin opened his eyes suddenly, looking at him, his eyes were extremely gloomy.

"Are you?"

"No, no!" He Zhijie hurriedly waved his hand.

But Tian Sixin didn't seem to believe it, just stared at him tightly.

He Zhijie smiled wryly: "My lord, the Xiaguan family has some business dealings with the Lishan Sword Sect. ”

Tian Sixin stood up and said angrily: "Are you short of money? ”

"My lord, it's really just some normal business dealings, and Xia Guan hasn't done anything for the Lishan Sword Sect." He Zhijie said.

Tian Sixin gasped violently, and the anger in his heart rose like a volcano, unable to be calmed down for a long time.

"Let's go!"

"Where are you going?" He Zhijie was a little puzzled.

"Go to Qingsi Garden to find His Royal Highness the King of the County to confess!" Tian Si Xindao.

"This, this is not good!" He Zhijie hesitated.

"Idiot, now only His Royal Highness the King of the County can save you, if His Royal Highness the King of the County is unwilling to make a move, you will wait to lose your official position and be dismissed!"

Tian Sixin said angrily.

Lu Sicheng of the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division, and Zhao Fukang of the Judicial Division, these two people are very hidden.

Tian Sixin originally thought that there should be no such situation for the Chief Minister, but he never expected that He Zhijie beside him would also hide his little secret.

……

On the street in front of the gate of Qingsi Garden.

Horse-drawn carriages lined up from the street to the end, many officials in official robes looked at the gate of Qingsiyuan from far or near, some looked calm, some were sweating profusely, and more people hid in the carriage and sighed.

Tianzhou officialdom is shaken, everyone is in danger, and many smart people know that the safe haven that can escape this storm is in Qingsiyuan.

So since the matter became more and more troublesome according to the judge, many officials came to Qingsiyuan.

It's a pity that Qingsi Garden has always had its doors closed, and it has no intention of opening the door at all.

Inside the Meditation Garden.

Qin Wei sat under the cornice, drinking tea and playing chess with Li Ru leisurely.

Xiao Shunzi sat next to him serving tea and pouring water, Shi Luan sat on the bluestone in the distance to cultivate, and Wang An stood respectfully behind Qin Wei and kept reporting.

"Those people haven't left yet?"

Qin Wei looked at the chessboard and asked casually.

"No, not only did they not leave, but more and more." Wang Andao.

"What a bunch of dog officers!" Qin Wei pursed his lips and said.

The officials who come here are naturally officials with ghosts in their hearts, and if there are no ghosts in their hearts, why should they come to seek refuge.

"What's going on with the judge?"

Wang An replied: "Yesterday, Lord Ji personally led people to Lingshan Mansion to arrest the prefect Zhao He back to the judges, and today several teams of officials according to the judges went to several county towns in Lingshan Mansion, and they should be arrested." ”

Qin Wei nodded slightly.

Ten businessmen and nine traitors, ten officials and nine greedy, officials and businessmen collude, greedy and treacherous.

In this world, there are basically no ordinary businessmen, and if an ordinary person sets up a stall to do some small business, it is okay. If you want to become bigger and stronger, it is almost impossible.

Without the support of a powerful force behind it, wealth will become a poison that urges life.

Therefore, all the shops in Tianzhou City are basically in the hands of the official eunuch family or the folk martial arts forces.

Officials collude with sect forces, that is the most common thing, one side has power, the other side has force, the two collude, oppress and occupy, invincible.

This is true in Kyoto, and even more so in Tenshu.

It can be said that those officials outside the door pulled out ten of them at random and cut off their heads, nine of them were not wronged, and the remaining one should be cut with a thousand cuts.

"What about those sects?" Qin Wei asked again.

With the Imperial City Division here, Qin Wei basically handed over the task of finding out the news to Wang An.

And Wang An is also very handy in doing these things, as long as Qin Wei asks, he will basically know everything and say everything.

"At present, seventy-four sects have sent people out of the mountains to various parts of Tianzhou to intercept the owners of the Bloody Cloak Mansion in various states."

"But most of them got nothing!"

Wang An replied.

Qin Wei smiled, looked up at Li Ru, and said, "It seems that your plan has succeeded." ”

Li Ru said confidently: "It's just expected." ”

Wang An glanced at Li Ru with a strange gaze.

He also understands Li Ru, after all, he has been joining the Zhenwu Division for a while.

Previously, Li Ru had been in charge of managing the scribes in Kyoto Town, and he didn't show much.

However, after coming to Tianzhou, Li Ru just used a bunch of letters to stir up the rivers and lakes of Tianzhou.

This method made Wang Andu feel surprised and admired.

"Is there an innate martial artist out of the mountain?" Qin Wei asked Wang An again.

Wang An retracted his gaze, shook his head and said, "The old slave has not received the news yet. ”

Not receiving the news does not mean that there are no innate martial artists out of the mountain, it only means that the Imperial City Division has not found that the innate martial artists have come out of the mountain.

Although the Imperial City Division is powerful, it is not omniscient.

For an existence like an innate martial artist, they couldn't monitor it either.

Qin Wei pinched the chess pieces and landed on the chessboard, was silent for a moment, and then said, "It seems that we also have to go to Black Cliff Ridge." ”

The Bloody Cloak Building is not so easy to eliminate, even if so many sects in Tianzhou have already moved their minds, the Bloody Cloak Building is still not powerless to fight back.

Moreover, the owner of the Bloody Clothes Building, the Blood Butcher Knife, Jin An, is the key.

If you don't take Jin'an, even if you destroy Black Cliff Ridge to death, it won't make much sense.

So for the sake of insurance, Qin Wei intended to take Mo Yan to Black Cliff Ridge.

"What about the second step?" Li Ru asked.

Qin Weimo rubbed the chess pieces in his hand and said, "Don't worry, let's take a look at the results of this first step plan first." ”

The plan formulated by Li Ru is divided into three parts, the first part is to drive the wolf and chase the tiger, which has already begun to be implemented, although there is no result yet, but it looks pretty good.

The second step plan is to kill people with a knife, the enemy is clear, the friend is undecided, lead the friend to kill the enemy, and do not self-strength, so as to damage the deduction.

The content of these two parts of the plan is actually similar, but the goals set are different, and the blades at hand are also different.

The ultimate goal of this two-step plan is to eliminate the forces that are clearly hostile to the Zhenwu Division, and the second is to screen out the forces that have a sense of identity with the Zhenwu Division. To put it simply, it is to screen allies for the Zhenwu Division.

"Prepare, we'll go to Black Cliff Ridge in three days." Qin Wei commanded.

"Whoa!" Xiao Shunzi next to him hurriedly responded.

At that moment, a soldier walked quickly to the cornice.

"Your Highness, the Chief Secretary Tian Sixin asks to see you at the side door!"

When Qin Wei heard this, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "This old man finally can't help it!" ”

"There's no way, if he endures it any longer, I'm afraid that there will be no one to be an official in this Tianzhou!" Li Ru also said with a smile.

It may be an exaggeration to have no one as an official, but it is still possible that nine out of ten yamen are empty.

(End of chapter)