Great Tang Southern Emperor

Lin Zhengnan laughed, took out a string of pearls from his sleeve, and stuffed them into Master Xu's hands.This is his usual trick. Whenever his family gets into trouble, as long as he does this, Master Xu will naturally help him settle it.He didn't think about it elsewhere. In his mind, this kind of thing was the only thing that could make this old man come here in person.

"No need, it's not your son's business, it's something else." Master Xu shook his head and looked around.

"You guys go down first." Lin Zhengnan quickly waved his hand to let the servants who were waiting on him leave, and then asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"

Master Xu also lowered his voice and said: "Yuezhou, the kingdom of the King of Yue, you have heard of this, right?"

Lin Zhengnan nodded quickly and said: "Of course I know, this is the biggest event in Lingnan these days, and I also know that his guards wiped out Yuezhou Feng Gai, and this matter is widely spread. .”

Master Xu sighed: "I am in the same year as Liu E, Cangcao, who joined the army in the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, and we have been in touch with each other over the years. But just yesterday, his family sent me a bad news--pay attention , the one who wrote the news was not himself, but his family members."

What an old fox Lin Zhengnan was, he immediately understood Master Xu's meaning: "You mean, Master Cang Cao has had an accident? It was His Royal Highness the King of Yue who did it?"

Master Xu nodded, took out a letter and handed it to Lin Zhengnan: "That's right, this is a letter from Yuezhou, you can read it yourself."

After reading the letter, Lin Zhengnan turned pale with shock: "What does he mean by this letter? All the officials in Yuezhou City were captured by the King of Yue, and they were replaced by a group of people brought by him——Is the King of Yue crazy? ? Isn’t he afraid of chaos in Yuezhou?”

"I don't care if Yuezhou is chaotic or not. It's about the meaning of this letter." Lord Xu reminded: "Since His Royal Highness Yuezhou dared to cleanse Yuezhou City, he might clean us up as well."

Lin Zhengnan suddenly remembered the news he received yesterday, and immediately smiled wryly: "It's not a matter of daring or not, I'm afraid King Yue is already doing this."

Master Xu's complexion suddenly changed: "What do you mean?"

"I also received a message yesterday that a group of bandits we secretly supported were wiped out the day before yesterday. The enemy moved very quickly. It took less than an hour from the time the news came out to when we sent people over, but the reinforcements arrived At that time, the cottage was already on fire. Later, our people followed the footprints to find their camp, and found that it was a group of caravans, and the guards were very well equipped."

Speaking of this, Lin Zhengnan's face became even more ugly: "I didn't pay much attention to the news at first, I just thought it was a caravan with strong guards, and didn't take it to heart. But now that I think about it, I was negligent. Well, that bandit has my support, and the equipment is considered excellent among all the bandits. Even if they meet the regular army, it is impossible to survive for an hour. Unless, it is the guard army under the king of Yue , and only they have the possibility to fight with such strength.”

Master Xu's face suddenly changed: "Bastard, why didn't you tell me this kind of news earlier? You fucking killed me."

Lin Zhengnan also patted his forehead: "Too bad, based on the time, they should have almost arrived at the county seat by now."

"That's what I'm talking about." Lin Zhengnan quickly put on his hat, and hurried out: "This Zhenyang County can't stay here any longer, this group of people are obviously not friendly to the visitors, please prepare a horse for me quickly, I'm leaving now."

Lin Zhengnan asked in surprise: "You want to escape? Where can you escape to?"

Master Xu said anxiously: "If your guess is true, the king of Yue sent troops to Zhenyang County but didn't tell me. This clearly has bad intentions. Most likely he came to arrest me. If I don't leave, do I have to go back to the county and wait?" Die? As for where to go, don’t worry about it, in short, escape first, and if things are not like this, I will come back.”

"Then what about your family?"

"They don't know where they live. I guess it will be a while before they arrive in the county. You can take advantage of this time to help me pick them up. If you can't pick them up, forget it. The King of Yue is arresting me, so he probably won't do anything to my family. "

"Okay, then you go, I will prepare a horse for you."

"Ah."

Chapter 319 Captured, Conclusive Evidence

Chapter 93 Captured, Conclusive Evidence

"Boom!" The conversation between the two had just ended, and Master Xu was about to leave, when he heard a roar outside, like thunder on the ground, shaking the dust on the beams of the house to fall down.

Lin Zhengnan was so frightened that he almost fell down, and could not help cursing: "This god is really crazy, why thunder on a sunny day?"

Lin Zhengnan just almost fell down, but Master Xu really fell—or he was paralyzed, his eyes were distracted, and he said in despair: "This is not a drought thunder, this is explosives, someone is attacking the Lin Family Fort, it must be near Guard."

"what?"

At this time, the butler ran in scrambling and scrambling in, saying incoherently: "Master, it's bad, there are a lot of people coming outside, and they rushed into the castle without saying a word. After being blocked by us, they buried the package in the corner." After the thunderstorm, the entire wall collapsed, and now they are rushing here. Our people can't stop them at all, and the defense line of 300 people was broken through with just one impact."

"It's over, it's over." Lin Zhengnan also softened, he really didn't expect that the other party would not play cards according to common sense, and came directly towards him. Now that the castle has been breached, he has nowhere to escape.

"No, if we are caught like this, we will really die." Lin Zhengnan softened, but Master Xu came back to his senses, and quickly stood up and said, "Think about it quickly, the transaction records and so on are placed in the Where is it, hurry up and destroy it, I am an official after all, I should be able to block you for a while here."

When Master Xu said this, Lin Zhengnan's eyes also recovered: "Yes, as long as the ledger is destroyed and there is no evidence, I don't believe that they dare to really arrest us. Not only will I be fine, but they will also be responsible for a trespass. The felony of a private house, they are dead."

"You should hurry up."

"Oh, I'll go right away." Lin Zhengnan stood up and ran out, but just as he ran out, he was kicked back.

"How could you be so fast?" Looking at the people rushing in, Lin Zhengnan shouted in despair, but no one paid attention to him.

Mr. Xu's mood had completely settled down at this time, and upon seeing this, he asked: "Who are you? Do you know that you are trespassing on a private house? Trespassing on a private house is a crime of disturbing the people. I see that your actions are the same. You should be in the army, right? As soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, knowing that breaking into a private house is a felony, but still knowingly breaking the law, the crime will be increased. If you can withdraw now, I promise not to pursue this matter, if Otherwise, you will definitely be unable to eat and walk around."

"" None of the soldiers who rushed in paid any attention to him, they just grabbed Lin Zhengnan and tied him up, then pointed their weapons at Master Xu.

Master Xu was taken aback, and quickly threatened: "What do you guys want to do? Killing an imperial official is a capital crime. Do you want to rebel?"

"Xu Guozhang, Mr. Xu, right? I didn't expect to meet you here. The talk in this scene is smooth enough, intimidation and temptation, and this method is skillful enough." A frivolous voice sounded: "I just don't know Who do you usually use these tricks on?"

It was Zhu Yuming who spoke, and he was dressed as a scholar, holding a folding fan in his hand, shaking it coquettishly, and said with a smile: "We broke into the Lin Family Fort, of course we have our reasons, Lin Zhengnan colluded with bandits and robbed people passing by. Traveler, the crime is heinous, the evidence is solid, shouldn't such a scumbag be arrested?"

With the tip of the knife on his neck, Xu Guozhang didn't dare to make a slight move, for fear of accidentally cutting his neck: "There is evidence, it should be handed over to our government. When will it be your army's turn? And you are passing by Zhenyang County, why didn't you say hello in advance? You are a taboo."

"Nonsense, if we want to say hello in advance, will there be bandits robbing us?" Zhu Yuming rolled his eyes and said, "It's you, why are you here? Could it be that you are among the people who colluded with bandits?"

"Hey, little brother, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't speak indiscriminately. You have to rely on evidence for what you say."

"Evidence? We found the correspondence between Lin Zhengnan and the bandit leader in the bandit den. Is this considered evidence?" Liu Yi walked in with a file. As if all the strength in his body had been emptied, he completely softened, leaving only despair in his eyes.

Regardless of the desperate Lin Zhengnan, Liu Yi stared at Xu Guozhang and said in a cold voice: "As for the transaction records between your Zhenyang county government and Lin Zhengnan, it's clearly written in it, so it's not evidence? You don't know if you don't look at it. Jump, I just glanced at it casually, and found that there are more than ten transactions involving you, and there are so many that I haven't seen. If you add them up, it should be enough to kill you ten times.

I really didn't expect that it was just a small county town, but it could be so dark. The collusion between officials and businessmen, officials and bandits, and civilian bandits is really complicated. If it can be made into a big drama, it will definitely Wonderful. "

Xu Guozhang stared at Liu Yi: "Who the hell are you? In what capacity did you participate in this incident? Could it be the Green Cavalry Army?"

Liu Yi waved his hands again and again: "No, no, I have nothing to do with the Green Riders. My name is Liu Yi, and I'm just a young scholar. Of course, I do have a second identity, which is the new Zhenyang County magistrate."

Xu Guozhang's pupils shrank suddenly: "What do you mean by that?"

"It literally means it." Liu Yi said with a smile: "Because you are too incompetent, the old county magistrate has been in office for ten years and has not done a single thing for the people. But whenever something happens, the first reaction is to ask for help. The state government asks for help. If you ask for help, you should ask for help. At any rate, you have fulfilled your duty, but you have not given a single cent of the help you asked for to the people. You have been corrupted by your county government and the Chenyang family. What's the use of having an official like you? It's better not to have you.

Therefore, after the research of His Highness Yue Wang, the governor of Yuezhou and the governor of Yuezhou, it was decided to dismiss you from the post of Zhenyang county magistrate, and have someone escort you to Yuezhou for interrogation.As for the post of Zhenyang County Magistrate, I will be the young master, oh no, I should be acting as my deputy temporarily—that is to say, from now on, the post of Zhenyang County Magistrate is mine, and you are just a criminal now, a Prisoner in Yurou Township, your only end is to be beheaded and abandoned after ruining your reputation. "

Xu Guozhang roared loudly: "No, I don't accept it. His Royal Highness is only the governor of Yuezhou. What qualifications does he have to appoint and dismiss subordinate officials?"

"Don't struggle, His Royal Highness Yue has the position of Lingnan appeasement envoy. You are not unaware of those who are qualified to control all Lingnan affairs during the war. Now Lin Yi is attacking Lingnan Da Huan, and Yue Wang has taken over Lingnan Daquan. What is the appointment and dismissal of a seventh-rank official? If it weren’t for your majesty’s benevolence, it would be light to kill you directly (Li Shimin stipulated that killing a death row prisoner must be reported to the emperor three times). Hold it down and make sure you don’t let him die. This is my responsibility. This is the first gift for the people of Zhenyang."

"No, you can't do this. I am the county magistrate of Zhenyang who was appointed and dismissed by the emperor. You can't arrest me." Xu Guozhang struggled and was dragged further and further away, his voice gradually becoming inaudible.

Chapter 320 A Transaction

Chapter 94 A Transaction

Hearing the mournful shouts that were fading away, Liu Yi couldn't help but shook his head: "If I knew today, why bother?"

Zhu Yuming also said solemnly: "I heard that Xu Guozhang was also a very good official ten years ago, but now he has become like this. Brother, do you think that one day we will become like this?"

Liu Yi smiled and said, "What are you thinking? How could we become like this? We are students from Tian Shuyuan."