one step closer to the end

Commander Chen said expressionlessly: "The emperor didn't let you rob your house, but asked me to tell you, hurry up and earn your money, and don't worry about things you shouldn't care about!"

"Commander Chen came quickly..."

Zhao Guanren walked down to the vines indifferently, sat on the stone bench and lit a cigarette, said with a smile, "Since you took this offending errand, then you can just sit down and watch the show, but you said How many eunuchs will come today, I guess none of them will come!"

"Since you know how to offend people, you should understand that the emperor is doing it for your own good. I advise you not to be self-righteous. Rumors in the world will harm you..."

Commander Chen actually sat over, and said calmly: "The Thirteen Taibao are not thirteen people, they are just representatives of Luozhimen, but do you know how long Luozhimen has existed? It has been more than 300 years, and the princes supported by each generation will surely It's the emperor, do you know why?"

"A colossal monster with intertwined roots, the party is united against dissidents, and the power is in the hands of the people..."

Zhao Guanren looked at him and said with a smile: "These sixteen words can be summed up. If I have to add another sentence, every generation of princes is from the Luo Zhimen. They are a community of interests, but when they become emperors, their nature changes. My dog's tail is too big to fall off, I want to kill but I'm afraid of being bitten!"

"You're right about the first sixteen words, but the last sentence is enough to prove that you don't understand anything..."

Commander Chen shook his head and said: "You don't have to talk to me, you forced Master Kang to death, Luo Zhimen will not spare you lightly, but you are dedicated to killing demons for the Tang Dynasty, the emperor can't bear to abandon you, you want to know I can tell you anything, as long as I know!"

"A person moves to live, a tree moves to die..."

Zhao Guanren took out a small box of cigars and handed them to him, saying: "Times are changing, and people have to change too. Try our cigars. They are definitely better than yours. By the way, let me tell you about the history of Luo Zhimen. Which sentence is wrong?"

"Then try..."

Commander Chen took out a cigarillo to look at it, lit it with a match curiously, took two puffs before praising: "It is indeed unique, but Luo Zhimen is not the emperor's dog, the emperor is still a member of Luo Zhimen, and He's just... the Six Taibao!"

"Oh?"

Zhao Guanren was surprised and said: "I was really shocked by what I said. Is there anyone in the Tang Dynasty who is more powerful than the royal family? Who is this Great Taibao?"

"Cui family of Boling! Princess Jiuyue's consort Cui, he is the tenth generation consort of the Cui family..."

Commander Chen smiled evilly and said, "Aren't you stupid? I didn't expect that the Cui family, who never participated in party disputes, is the most mysterious Taibao in the Jianghu. If the imperial court is compared to a gambling house, the person who sits in the manor is the emperor, but The Cui family dominates the gate of the gambling stall, and they have the final say on who can sit at the table!"

Zhao Guanren wondered: "Then why is the emperor only ranked fifth? Is he willing to be manipulated by others?"

"The Luozhimen is composed of thirteen big clans. Non-disciples are not allowed to tell the truth, but for hundreds of years there have been no more than a hundred disciples, and each family only has a few members..."

Commander Chen said in a low voice: "The five major clans headed by the Cui family have always been called the upper five clans. The royal family has become the head of the lower eight sects at the price of lowering their status to seize the heir!"

"Oh! Up and down..."

Zhao Guanren suddenly realized: "The price of quitting the upper five sects should not only be lowered status, but also the territory will be divided up. If I'm not wrong, my father-in-law's family is also in the five sects, right?"

"You also think that the Zhao family is very strong, but the Zhao family was born in the eighth sect in 300 years, and your father-in-law, Zhao Qingtian, is the Twelve Taibao, and he is still ranked after Master Kang..."

Commander Chen sneered and said: "The Zhao family has no right to speak in the court, but if they accidentally rebel, half of the Tang Dynasty will be in danger. Not only the upper five sects are targeting the Zhao family, but the emperor dare not let them grow bigger, so there are The incident where you and the princess committed adultery!"

"I know I've tricked you..."

Zhao Guanren touched his belt on purpose, and asked doubtfully, "But how did I show it off? Did you put something on me to keep eavesdropping on me?"

"What kind of Tao do you practice, don't you understand how to gather voices into a thread? There are sentinels who specialize in practicing this kind of secret technique..."

Commander Chen explained: "That day you beheaded Master Xuan Yi in the old palace, and Master Kang's two scouts were hiding nearby. They could hear the secret conversation a hundred steps away. How many farts did you fart? I know, if the emperor hadn't asked me to save your life, I would have beaten you to death!"

"I understand! Shang Wumen wanted to kill me, and then planted the Crown Princess's head, but in the end I killed Xuan Yi instead..."

Zhao Guanren said thoughtfully: "So the emperor sent you to catch the traitor, and completed this failed plan. In the final analysis, it was to deal with Zhao Qingtian, so it is also false to say that Nanzhao rebelled, but it was just to lure Zhao Qing. It’s just a plan to send troops from heaven, right?”

"There are many ways to lure Zhao Qingtian to send troops. Why do you want to frame Nanzhao for rebellion? Are you asking for trouble..."

Commander Chen said angrily: "Nanzhao secretly built soldiers, this matter has been verified, but they did not hand over the soldiers to Tubo, but let Tubo hand them over to them. Only the imperial edict can make it clear, but I guess he will never come back!"

"what?"

Zhao Guanren was really startled at this moment, he quickly refilled his cigarette, and asked, "Which sect does Princess Gaoyang belong to, and Elder Wu Ge in the prison, who is he?"

"You said it yourself, Gao Yang is from the Yang family of the Shangwu School, her father is the Second Taibao, and Wu Ge always calls her grandmother, Gao Yang has a high seniority..."

Commander Chen breathed out the smoke and said, "The old guy was the one who framed the princess, but they almost killed Princess Jiuyue, and the emperor imprisoned him in a fit of rage, and he went into the prison with you, just declaring that he was negligent." It's just duty!"

"..."

Zhao Guanren was speechless in astonishment. If Commander Chen hadn't lied, then they had completely misunderstood the old emperor. It was that old bastard Gao Yang who was playing tricks all along, and there was no eavesdropping on the badge, just being "followed by the wind" It's just being watched...

Chapter 1279 Luo Zhimen

"Ah~~~"

A shrill cry came from the inner courtyard, Commander Chen hurried in and scolded, not allowing the Jinwu Guards to embarrass the female family members of the Kang family, and Zhao Guanren took the opportunity to take out the imperial waist card, drew out the demon knife and put it on the stone bench, and then It was chopped down with a knife.

"When~"

The copper waist card was split into two halves, but there was no interlayer at all, only a few bubbles of different sizes, and there was no place to engrave the magic circle. Unless the craftsmen's methods had reached the nanometer level, they had misunderstood it. The old emperor.

Commander Chen walked back quickly, and asked in surprise, "Hey! Why is your badge broken?"

"Baili Hongle colluded with the cult, and the prisoner said he was monitoring me..."

Zhao Guanren sat back and said in a low voice: "But they don't use whistles to detect wind ears, but small objects with formations engraved on them. But when they hear me talking ten miles away, I suspect that the waist card has been tampered with. Only I never leave this thing!"

"There is such a thing? But how can the waist card be manipulated..."

Commander Chen quickly took out his badge, sat down and knocked and flicked it, and even took Zhao Guanren's badge to study. His serious attitude was not like acting, and even his subordinates came to watch it together, but they didn't even listen. through such monitoring methods.

"It's probably their nonsense. I'll go back and try again..."

Zhao Guanren smiled and put away the broken waist card. After the Jinwu guards all walked away, he handed over a cigarillo and asked, "Commander Chen! Why did the emperor marry Princess Jiuyue to me? What should her mother do?" Is it a child of Xia Bamen?"

"The Cui family of Boling! The Yang family of Fuzhou! The Han family in Guannei! The Jiangnan Baili family! The Hedong Wang family! These five families are collectively known as the upper five families, and the mother and concubine of Jiuyue's surname is Wang, which is the Hedong Wang family..."

Commander Chen smiled bitterly and said: "The Cui family insisted that the Crown Princess raped Jiuyue, here they smacked Zhao Qingtian's face, backhanded the Wang family, and asked the emperor to give an explanation, the emperor simply threw them to you , let the three of them quarrel with you, anyway, you are not afraid of being bitten if you have too many lice, haha~"

"Depend on!"

Zhao Guanren said angrily: "After a long time, I was used to divert the conflict. I really want to recruit me as a son-in-law when I am an emperor!"

"Who dares to recruit you as a son-in-law, you think the Zhao family is happy..."

Commander Chen gloated and said with a gleeful smile: "You are really barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. You have been offended by civil and military officials all over the court, but seeing that the emperor is almost unable to protect you, the Zhao family has also been forced into a corner. Raise the butcher knife!"

"The name Luozhimen is well named, it has been mending for 300 years..."

Zhao Guanren said disdainfully: "But they still can't sew their own crotch pants. Those who collude with monsters, those who use cults, and those who rebel violently have already appeared on the stage, and I came to Datang just to slay demons and demons. I can die." What is there to be afraid of being in the immortal class?"

"nice!"

Commander Chen got up and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You can't control the demon with righteousness. Fa Hai was almost killed unjustly. You should back down a bit. If the trouble continues, the emperor really can't help it!"

"People are good at being ridden..."

Zhao Guanren raised a finger and said proudly: "If I back down half a step, they will dare to push their noses in the face, but I have one last question, which prince will support this time?"

"I can't see the signs for the time being, but Gao Yang openly supports King Ning, but what she says doesn't count..."

Commander Chen waved his hands and said: "Anyway, it's not the crown prince who was grounded. That scoundrel asks Lord Rabbit to fuck his ass every day. If it weren't for him to restrain the seven kings, the emperor would want to slap him to death and marry the princess to you. It can be regarded as a little compensation for that girl!"

"Oh~ I'm really touched by what I said, I will definitely repay the emperor for his kindness, you should be busy..."

Zhao Guanren got up and walked out of the gate. After arranging a group of people to do things quietly, he only brought a few people straight to Zhenmagic Division, but the "context" of the situation had already formed in his mind. They did misunderstand the old emperor, but it didn't mean he Just a good bird.

The old emperor instructed Commander Chen to say so much, just to see how much potential his shit-stirring stick has, and whether it can muddy the stagnant water of more than 300 years.

"Lu Popi! Has the murderer been caught..."

Zhao Guanren entered the yamen swaggeringly, followed by hundreds of demon masters. At this time, Tianyangzi also came back, leaning against the pillar in a very low-key manner without speaking, while Lu Poyan babbled a lot, and finally Said they were chasing the wrong man.

"In this case, let's hold a meeting and reassign the work..."

Zhao Guanren glanced at the real culprit in Qianniuwei, walked into the main hall and sat down arrogantly. More than 20 officials followed in. Wait until Officer Zhao speaks.

"Experts do expert things, otherwise it's a mess..."

Zhao Guanren put down his tea bowl and said with a smile: "Many of you are from monasteries, so go down to build government offices to collect taxes. Tianyangzi will give them a sample. You go to manage Jiangnan Road, and Lu Popi goes to Huainan Road to manage it. Every month Cocoa keeps [-]% of the tax money for personal use!"

"..."

The two looked at each other in surprise, but they didn't dare to talk to him. This is the fattest place between the two, and he shouldn't have given it away.

"Uh~ It's easy to build a government office, but it's hard to collect taxes..."

Tian Yangzi pondered for a while before hesitating: "We are not familiar with the place we live in, so we might have to be beaten up, so how and how much manpower should be recruited, and how long the company will bear the expenses, This has to be made clear!"

"I'll give you three months to be responsible for the expenses of 200 people in each office..."

Zhao Guanren held up three fingers and said: "Why do you have to give you [-]% of the tax money? You have to manage the local yamen and share the profits with the local tyrants and evil gentry. How much you can leave is up to you. Our department only sends people to check the accounts regularly. You don't Just go too far!"

"Where's the clerk? Hurry up and record it..."

Lu Poyan straightened up quickly and said, "My lord! It's very hard to stand in front of us, but we don't want you to pull us back as soon as we bloom and bear fruit. You have to make a guarantee!"

"Ha~ You've all learned to be smart, but it also depends on your abilities..."

Zhao Guanren smiled and said: "I promise not to transfer you in the first year, and the assessment will be held at the beginning of the second year. As long as more than half of the monasteries in the whole prefecture are paying taxes, you can succeed for two years, and the assessment fee will be [-]% in the future. For the firmness fee, we only draw half of it, how about it?"

"Half of it is fine, it's not difficult..."

Lu Poyan muttered something in a low voice, but Tianyangzi was also frightened, so he got up and talked with his cronies for a while, and finally said: "Sir, what else do you want, let's say it together? "

"I have already said everything that needs to be said, and only the last one is to eradicate obscene cults and obscene monks and evil ways..."

Zhao Guanren said sternly: "You are all practitioners, don't betray your conscience for the sake of profit, if you find a cult, you must strictly investigate and deal with it, if you can't beat it, then go to the government soldiers, and the division will bear the full responsibility of the deployment fee, I just hope you don't sell your soul, Just go with the flow!"

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, it is my duty to eliminate demons and defend Taoism..."

A group of people got up to salute one after another. After Zhao Guanren returned the salute, he assigned tasks. Even the former chief of Qianniuwei was assigned a fat post, leaving only the murderer to continue leading the troops. However, no one at the scene dared to be happy. with him.

"Oh! You want money, right? The accountant hastened to call the creditor, and the RB officer will pay off the debt today..."

Zhao Guanren waved his hand with a smile, and everyone started discussing in surprise, and the creditors rushed over one after another. Seeing that Zhao Guanren was sitting in the hall, they shouted excitedly: "My lord! You are finally back, and you are the only one. Doing something sincerely!"

"It's not my duty! I made you feel scared, and I will treat you to a drink the night after tomorrow..."

Zhao Guanren stood up and bowed his hands politely. The six accountants he had hired lined up, clattering their calculations to settle the accounts. After a while, the foremen of the workshop also arrived. money.

"Hey! Huainan Road is here to collect the money, open the Yamen and build the mansion for 5 taels..."

The master book suddenly knocked on the table and shouted, a group of officials did not expect to post so much, Lu Poyan ran over in surprise, but when he saw the account book, he was shocked and angrily said: "Why did Jiannan Dao give 8 taels? Was Huainan Road born to my little lady?"

"Jiannan Road is fighting, and the folk customs are tough, why don't you trade with them..."

Zhao Guanren looked at him angrily, Lu Poyan stopped talking immediately, Jiannan Dao praised the justice, and the creditors were all businessmen from all walks of life, curiously asked them why they sent the money, and after the officials explained it, Only then did everyone know that Zhenmensi had made a fortune.

"Hey!"

Zhao Guanren picked up the tea bowl and shouted: "Miss Shi! Your butt is getting bigger and bigger. Have you finished the errands I asked you to do?"

"My son-in-law! How dare I neglect what you have told me..."

A young woman smiled proudly: "If you don't believe me, you can ask accountant Liu, we opened a group of idlers, and then saved materials, the cost of running fire has dropped by more than half, and there is no need for a box of money. Everyone who has a good relationship wants to open an oil and fire shop!"

"You stick, you talk about your money..."

Zhao Guanren jumped up anxiously, and the young woman with poor acting skills hurriedly patted her mouth, but the creditors were shocked when they heard this. There are many people rushing to wholesale.

"Let me tell you! We must have been tricked, what a trick..."

Lu Poyan shook his head angrily, and walked out with Tianyangzi muttering. The cost went down like a roller coaster. It was clearly a trick planned early in the morning, and they were given money in public, which was also trying to win over the shareholders. their confidence.

"Stop! Where did these merit boxes come from..."

Tianyangzi stopped suddenly on the street, and two demon slayer masters were driving over with a carriage, and there were four heavy merit boxes on them, and Lu Poyan was also surprised: "These boxes don't have names written on them, could they be ... a crooked little teacher?"

"My lords! I just copied an obscene sect, and there are quite a few followers..."

A demon slaying master clasped his hands and said: "The prostitute monk deceived female believers to serve the bed, and the prostitution girl also charged money, saying that only the woman he slept with could go to heaven. Hundreds of people have been deceived. It is said that there are even more in Mingquan County. Exaggeration, you can cheat 10,000+ taels of silver every month!"

"Mingquan County? What religion, where is the dojo..."

Lu Poyan's eyes lit up, and the other party replied: "Shooting Sun Sect! The descendants of worship, this cult has no dojo at all, and Xialang Village is their den. Now go to fight with the adults, and steal their money overnight, no! Laowo!"

"You don't need to go, Mingquan County is under the control of Huainan Road, and the affairs of this official..."

Lu Poyan patted his chest righteously, but the other party said in a low voice: "My lord! Take the people from our team with you. We injured the three brothers and only caught the man. The son-in-law said that he would give us the money if he copied it." Half, Xialang Village can at least copy hundreds of thousands!"

"You go back for now, if what you said is true, you will be rewarded when you come back, go..."

Lu Poyan waved his hands resolutely, and the two had no choice but to leave hesitantly, but Lu Poyan immediately turned back and asked, "Tianyangzi! Did Li Zhiping say that all punishments and confiscations of cults belong to us, as long as they conform to the characteristics of cults?" Is that all right?"

"Yes! The Town Demon Division does not take any money..."

Tian Yangzi said in a low voice: "I've heard of the Shooting Sun Cult. The rural wild sects, the believers are all farmers, women and peasants, which must meet the four characteristics of a cult, but when they are mobilized, the whole village, or even several surrounding villages, will come together. It's hard to chew!"

"Hmph~ No matter how difficult it is to chew, I have to eat it..."

Lu Poyan said disdainfully: "If I can't even take care of a wild sect, how will I collect taxes in Huainan Road in the future? I will use them to scare the chickens and monkeys. Then go back and ask me to be the leader, right! Do you want to be the leader?" Will you grow your knowledge with me?"