Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

"Fan Xin, what do you think we should do now?" Princess Taiping asked with a frown.

More than 300 officials, large and small, were involved in the Youzhou case. If they were killed like this without going through a joint trial by the Three Laws Division, it would inevitably cause a sensation.

When the time comes, no one will be able to bear such a big responsibility if the court blames him.

Fan Xin remained silent for a while, drew his sword, pointed it at Fang Qian and said coldly.

"You took bribes, violated the law and massacred people. According to the law, you should be executed immediately. However, the Tang Dynasty is a country that respects laws. I will let you live a few more days for the time being."

"Come here, escort Governor Fang to Luoyang and hand him over to the Sanfa Division for trial. From now on, everyone will be executed on the spot!"

Fan Xin is not a murderer, but the people of Youzhou have been persecuted too harshly by corrupt and cruel officials in recent years.

If you don't die after committing so many atrocities, how can you expect the people to trust the government in the future?

You must know that most of the rebels in the past dynasties were farmers who had lost trust in the court.

As for the vacancy issue, don't worry. Datang lacks everything except officials.

After giving the order, the Qianniu Guard escorted the howling officials to the square. More than 300 human heads rolled to the ground when they raised their swords and dropped them.

The audience was so frightened that they even looked at Fan Xin with a lot of fear.

They didn't expect that the gentle young man in front of them would be so decisive and cut off three hundred heads with just one order.

Is that human being?

"The envoys have been deposed and all three hundred criminals have been dealt with!" Zhang Huan said, cupping his fists.

"Hang the head on the south gate of Youzhou for seven days to warn the officials who come to take over that if they dare to harm the people again, this will be their fate!"

"Retire!"

Amid the applause of the people, Fan Xin waved his sleeves and robe and came to Tang Xian and Bao Tao.

"The rapid solution to the major case in Youzhou this time was all due to the assistance of the two guards. I would like to thank the two generals."

"Fan Shaoqing thanks you for your praise. The two of us also acted according to the imperial talisman. Since the incident in Youzhou has happened, we should return to Yingzhou."

"Otherwise, no one can stop the Khitan army when they come back."

The atmosphere at the scene gradually became heavy when the Khitans were mentioned.

Fan Xin frowned and asked, "Excuse me for saying more. How is the situation on the front line?"

When he first returned to Luoyang, the imperial court appointed Cao Shiren, Zhang Xuanyu, Maraizi and other 28 generals to jointly lead the expedition. After such a long time, there should be progress.

After hearing these words, Tang Xian sighed: "To be honest, news came out a few days ago that the conquering army fell into the enemy's trick and suffered heavy losses."

"Cao Shiren is doing his best to gather the remaining troops to counterattack the Khitan army."

"I guess there will be some news in the next few days."

After speaking, Tang Xian raised his head and glanced at the sky, then got on his horse and clasped his fists.

"The war situation is urgent. The two of us are going back first. Say goodbye!"

"Take care of yourself!"

After watching the two armies withdraw from Youzhou, Fan Xin returned to the camp with his hands behind his back. Liuzi came up to him and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Are you sure?"

"It's absolutely true! People are now being detained in the Fang family's old house."

Fan Xin thought about it and turned around and walked towards the Fang family's old house. He cared more about the things in the old house than counting the stolen money.

As Liuzi had explained in advance, a large number of Qianniu Guards were deployed around the old house.

When they saw him coming, they all clasped their fists and saluted.

"See Fan Shaoqing for your humble position!"

"No need to be polite, how are the things inside?" Fan Xin stopped and looked inside. There were more than a dozen people squatting densely in the yard.

"Go back to Shaoqing. Things have been arranged in two cars."

"I know. I ordered the guards to step back. Fan Xin walked into the yard with his hands behind his back, came to the box and looked inside.

In the box, packs of black gunpowder exuding the smell of saltpeter were placed quietly inside.

"Is this black powder what you use to blow up caves and rob tombs?"

Hearing the noise, the captains raised their heads and looked at Fan Xin. They were a little surprised to see that he was a young man, but they still said.

"Back to Shang Xian, the Sky-shaking Thunder was accidentally created by the alchemist Cao Baibai. Seeing that it worked well, Governor Fang ordered the villains to use it when robbing tombs."

"Who is Cao Baibai?" Fan Xin asked curiously.

The prisoners pointed their fingers at an old man in Taoist uniform: "He is it."

"Are you Cao Baibai?" Fan Xin's eyes lit up and he asked closer.

The old man had a stubborn temper, turned his head and said with a flick of his sleeves and robe.

"Stop talking nonsense, kill or behead them all as you please. Eighteen years later, I, Cao Baibai, will be a good man again!"

"Be bold!"

"presumptuous!"

"How dare you talk to Fan Shaoqing like this and you don't want to live anymore?" Zhang Huan and Li Lang shouted.

"It's okay!" Signaling the two of them to step back, Fan Xin asked with a smile: "May I ask, old gentleman, if you can configure a sky-shaking thunder that can break up mountains and explode rocks?"

The old man glanced at him, walked to the room without saying anything, took out a round sphere, lit the fuse with a candle, and threw it into the ancestral temple of Fang Qian's family.

Before anyone could react, they heard a loud bang and the huge ancestral temple collapsed.

The thick smoke hit the six men. Zhang Huan and other Qianniu guards pulled out their weapons and stood in front of Fan Xin, shouting to protect Fan Shaoqing.

When the smoke and dust dispersed, Cao Baibai looked proud and said, "I wonder if this thunderous thunder can penetrate Fan Shaoqing's eyes?"

The arrogance of his attitude is far beyond that of ordinary people.

Surprisingly, instead of being angry, Fan Xin burst into laughter.

"Okay! As expected of a master of alchemy, this gunpowder configuration is really rare in the world."

"Come here, please unshackle Mr. Cao and all the brothers, put each of them into a pair of cotton clothes, and give each of them 20 copper coins."

"Shang Xian, what are you saying, you won't kill us?" Cao Baibai asked in disbelief.

Fan Xin smiled and nodded: "Not only will I not kill you, I will also pay you a lot of money to develop and produce Hongtian Lei."

The formula of black powder is very simple and can be prepared as long as you know the principle.

But it is very difficult to stabilize the explosiveness of black powder at about 70%.

So after seeing the power of Hongtianlei, Fan Xin developed a love for talents.

Cao Baibai's eyes immediately became moist when he heard that Fan Xin wanted to reuse him.

I thought that Fang Qianye had only given him 800 coins when he was in Youzhou for many years, but he didn't expect that Fan Xin would give him 20 coins as soon as he asked.

How can this attention not move people?

Thinking of this, he knelt down on the ground without hesitation and said loudly: "I swear to be loyal to Fan Shaoqing to the death!"

"Okay, okay, Mr. Cao, get up quickly. I will hand over the firearms to you from now on." Fan Xin helped Cao Baibai up with his own hands and looked at the group of gold-touching captains.

The latter looked at each other and asked cautiously: "Shangxian, we are just some captains who dig up soil and rob tombs. Are you sure you want to recruit us?"

"Of course." Fan Xin said calmly: "Digging tunnels and infiltration is your strength. From now on, please stay with me and serve."

Seeing that Fan Xin sincerely wanted to recruit him, a group of tomb robbers knelt down one after another and expressed their willingness to be loyal.

After arranging the food and salary for his subordinates, Fan Xin pulled two carts of black powder towards the carriage.

Princess Taiping and Xue Huaiyi seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and the latter urged them as soon as they met.

"I said you can really delay. The court is still waiting for good news from us. Who can bear the responsibility for delaying the important matter of borrowing troops?"

"Okay, let's go. The Turkic envoy has already arrived in Lingzhou before us." Princess Taiping got into the carriage with a cold face.

The next moment, the wheels turned and headed towards Lingzhou under the escort of three thousand guards.

Looking at the direction the team was leaving, two Turks with pigtails lowered their straw hats and disappeared into the crowd...