Lin Xiaoxie chose an antique-looking and high-grade restaurant, and as soon as he stepped into the door of the restaurant, he found that the hall on the first floor of the restaurant was basically full.

"How many guest officers, there are no vacant seats on the first and second floors, please come upstairs with me." Immediately, a shopkeeper greeted him. Said enthusiastically.

"I'm just one, okay. Lin Xiaoxie said casually, and followed the shopkeeper up to the third floor.

Lin Xiaoxie recommended according to the menu, ordered two meat dishes, a vegetarian dish, a soup, and asked for a pot of good wine.

The Li family is one of the top wealthy families in Hengshan County, and all the direct members of the family were executed this time, which naturally caused a sensation in the entire Hengshan County, and most of the guests in the restaurant were discussing the extermination of the Li family while dining.

The restaurant was very lively, and Lin Xiaoxie's ears were very powerful, even if he didn't use his internal force or divine sense, some words would naturally float to his ears.

"The Li family usually does a lot of evil, but this time it's really innocent!"

"The Li family is so miserable, I saw their scenery a few days ago, and they were all beheaded in one fell swoop!"

"Alas, it's a pity, the Li family was executed, and there are still a lot of beautiful flowers. "This is a pity for the women of the Li family.

"All the property of the Li family is worth three or four hundred thousand taels of silver, have all these properties been confiscated?" There are also those who care about the whereabouts of the Li family's money.

"Well, the food tastes good, the wine is also good wine, and the price is cheaper than that of Guangling City. Lin Xiaoxie drank and ate food slowly, while listening to the gossip of the guests in the restaurant.

"Shhh

Lin Xiaoxie overheard this sentence, it came from the box on the fourth floor of the restaurant, do you want to say any secret, the more this is the case, the more it arouses Lin Xiaoxie's curiosity, and Lin Xiaoxie gathers his ears.

"Don't worry, it's okay, we're talking in this box, and the voice is not loud, and besides, there are my guards guarding the door, who can hear it. ”

"Our family only earns more than 30,000 taels of silver every year after removing all expenses, and the day before yesterday, Sima Junshou actually sent someone to hint that his family would offer 25,000 taels of silver. ”

"The county guard has always been domineering and strong, if you don't pay it, you can't do it, the Li family is an example for us, this is killing chickens and respecting monkeys!"

"The county guard is also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, the Li family's backstage Li Shilang who is an official in the imperial court fell, and the county guard was ruthless to the Li family. ”

"The head of the Li family is willing to sell his property and donate one-half of his family's property at a time, totaling nearly 200,000 taels of silver, but the county guard refused, and he insisted on killing them all!"

"The county guards are ruthless, in Hengshan County, as long as there is no big family with a tough backstage, which one is not ruthlessly looted by him. ”

"Is there no royal law in Hengshan County, so many of us jointly went to the state and county and even went to the capital to sue him. ”

"In the past, the Zhang family, have you heard of it, they just want to file a complaint, but as a result, the person who complained disappeared inexplicably halfway through, and there was no one alive or dead, and immediately, the Zhang family was also found by the county guard to find a reason to raid the house. ”

"Which big family can not be found guilty of a little crime, as long as the county guard investigates strictly, there will definitely be one, so the county guard judges the case according to the law, and he is not afraid of you suing. ”

"Ahh

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao was stunned, could it be that the Li family was raided and exterminated.

......

In a private house in Hengshan County.

The commander of the city guard, with several officers and soldiers of the city guard, was visiting the widows of the officers and soldiers who died in the suppression of bandits and robbers.

A sad woman in her twenties was holding a month-old baby, and a little girl of five or six years old was holding her thighs while looking curiously at the new guests.

"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, this is Lord Sima specially instructed us, give you forty taels of silver to your family, you can take care of the eldest child at home with peace of mind, if there is any difficulty, just come to the city guard camp to find us. So saying, the commander of the city guard put two minas and twenty taels of silver into the woman's hand.

"Brother Zhang was my good brother when he was still alive, if someone bullies you orphans and widows, just come to me, I will definitely help you make the decision. A tall, thin city guard snapped his chest.

"If there is any inconvenient physical work at home, you can also come to us to do it. Another shorter city guard on the side also said.

"Okay, good, thank you, thank you, Lord Commander!" the sister-in-law of the Zhang family was moved to tears.

"Thank you, uncles. The woman said to the little girl, who was five or six years old.

"Hello uncle, thank you uncle!" the little girl was very sensible.

"Alas, it was we who did not find out in advance that the Li family colluded with the robbers, so that Brother Zhang was unfortunately killed. The commander of the city guard touched the little girl's head.

Then the commander of the city guard comforted the woman and left.

"The Lord Sima County has done a really good job of showing compassion for the widows of the sacrificed officers and soldiers of his subordinates. Not far away, Lin Xiaoxie, who was following and eavesdropping, had a smile on his face.

It turned out that after Lin Xiaoxie heard the discussion of some rich people in the restaurant, he became suspicious of the Li family's raid and extermination, and decided to investigate it in person.

A day later, Lin Xiaoxie, who had rested, was ready to leave Hengshan County.

As soon as I walked out of the inn, there was a lot of noise in front of me, and another group of people ran in the same direction.

"What's so hilarious!" Lin Xiaoxie grabbed a half-grown child who was running in that direction.

"The county guard asked the officers and soldiers to give porridge again, and I didn't have anything to eat when I went late. The half-grown child struggled twice and did not break free, so he had to answer helplessly.

The soup kitchen was not far from here, and after a while, Lin Xiaoxie saw the people in front of him, and a group of officers and soldiers were maintaining order, and the number of people was much less than the last time they saw the beheading.

As a large pot of porridge that had been cooked was placed on the side of the street, a strong fragrance came to the nostrils, waiting for a commotion among the people who were waiting for the porridge.

Lin Xiaoxie was lucky enough to look at the cauldron, in addition to rice and green beans in the porridge in the cauldron, there was actually some minced meat, wow, this is better than what ordinary people eat at home, no wonder so many people came!

"The soup kitchen begins!" announced a small leader of one of the officers and soldiers.

The audience was thunderous, and the people lined up in a long line and began to receive porridge, regardless of men, women and children, everyone in front of them could get a bowl of meat porridge.

"Lord Commander is a good official!"

"Lord Qingtian!"

"Thank you, Lord Guard!"

The people who had already received the porridge said gratefully.

An old man in tattered clothes with a wrinkled face pulled his grandson next to him and kowtowed in the direction of the county guard's mansion.