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Seriously led the crowd to arrest people, because no force was used, so there were not many people who knew the Cao Cao, but the sound of fighting from the soldiers spread across the entire county temple in an instant, and the Cao Cao was in chaos.

Most of the officials didn't know what happened, and rumors arose all of a sudden, some said that Liu Jing and the serious attack each other, some said that Liu Jing and the Gong family attacked each other, some said that Chu Fang and the Gong family attacked each other, and some even claimed that it was a thief or a murderer. .

For fear of affecting themselves, the Caos chose to close the gate one after another to protect themselves wisely. All the officials held weapons and hid in Cao's room.

The sound of fighting did not last for too long, which seemed to indicate that the war was over. Zhu Cao was a bold person, unable to hold back his curiosity, went out to inquire about the situation, and soon met the subordinate officials sent by Liu Jing, and learned that The whole story.

"Gong Ying and Gong Wu have evil intentions against the Ming court, and they are all executed now?..."

Everyone was so shocked that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart, even worse than before. Could it be that the county lord has gone crazy?The Gong family is a strong family in the county, even the Jing Man is attached to them, how dare the county lord kill them rashly?Isn't he afraid that Gong's army will invite barbarians to come to revenge?

The officials of the court stumbled into the prison room and rushed to report: "Mr. Chen, something is wrong!...Ming Ting, Ming Ting killed Gong Ying and Gong Wu!"

"What?!" The half-white-bearded Ting Yugumao, who was over fifty years old, showed shock on his face, and then slowly calmed down. Although this matter was unexpected, it was also reasonable.

The Gong family has five officials from one family, and they are in charge of Ling County.

It's just that he didn't expect the result to be so violent. After all, Ming Ting was still young and energetic, and was instigated by the warrior Chu Fang, so he did such reckless and reckless things.

The official of the court said again: "Your Majesty, the Ming court sent a message to the officials under the door, ordering the Caos to go to the main hall to discuss matters immediately."

Gu Mao got up immediately when he heard the words, and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Go and inform the officials."

"promise."

Gu Mao led a group of officials and came to the main hall in a hurry, but saw a lot of armored soldiers on both sides of the hall, many of them were stained with blood.

Among them, Chu Fang was the most. After he led his troops to defeat Bing Cao, he hurried back to report to Liu Jing. look at each other.

Liu Jingan sat on the throne, glanced sharply across the hall, and said loudly: "Since I took office, I have repeatedly heard of Gong's evil deeds, and the people of the county have suffered for a long time. This court is named after the local surname of Gong, and I can't bear to kill them." In short, I kindly persuaded them in private, hoping that they could change their past, but I didn't expect that Gong Wu, a thief with a tiger and wolf heart, actually assassinated me in shame and anger!"

There was an uproar in the hall, but the officials didn't believe it very much in their hearts. After all, this was just Liu Jing's one-sided statement, and there was no proof.

However, when Gong Wu's mutilated corpse was carried into the hall, although it was only a headless corpse, it could still be vaguely identified as Gong Wu's body and clothing.And he was wearing an inner armor impressively.

All the officials immediately believed three points. If Gong Wu had no intention of assassinating, why did he wear inner armor?

Gu Mao stepped forward and said: "The Gong family is a strong family in Ling County, with many trilogy and children, and Jing Man also uses it. If you know that Gong Ying's brothers are all dead, they will definitely gather the people to come to revenge in the future. The Ming court has to make preparations early."

Liu Jing said calmly: "In the past, Yu (Xu) was promoted to the head of Chaoge. At that time, there were thousands of thieves in Chaoge. They attacked and killed officials and gathered together for years, and the prefectures and counties could not stop them. After Yu Shengqing took office, he publicly recruited The strong man collected more than a hundred people, and then designed to lure the thieves into the city, and then waited in ambush, smashing the thieves, beheading hundreds of levels, and not long after, the thieves dispersed in horror.

When Benting came to Ling County, he would have more than a hundred men on foot and horses, and he would have Chu Ziping to help him. Compared with Yu Shengqing, who went to the post alone, he was more than a thousand times stronger?Even if the Gong family gathers thousands of people, how can this court be afraid? "

As soon as Liu Jing finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the hall, and a needle could be heard.

Chu Fang said with emotion: "Gong has been a powerful official for a long time, and he is also a servant. He is a fish and meat commoner, and there are countless people who hate him to the bone. If the Ming court needs to recruit warriors and healthy people, just give an order, and the followers will be like this." Yun, hundreds of warriors who dared to fight are easily obtained. The Ming court handed over these people to the subordinates to lead them. If the Gong family dares to invade, I will let them all fall under the city."

"Excellent! Ziping!" Liu Jing clapped his palms and sighed, then his face became solemn, and he solemnly entrusted him: "Ziping, I will leave this matter to you."

"No." Chu Fang clasped his fists and said.

Liu Jing turned his eyes back to Gu Mao, and said: "Now there is a shortage of meritorious service, Gu Jun is an elder, has always been highly respected, and has been a high official in the county for a long time, so he can be a meritorious service."

"No." This matter was within Gu Mao's expectation, the county ruler killed the Gong brothers, and now the people in the county temple are in a state of panic, and there is a need for someone to stand up to appease the people. candidates.

Although he is over fifty years old and has no ambition to forge ahead, the position of meritorious service is really too important, so he accepts it with pleasure.

Liu Jing temporarily replaced the position of Ting Yan with the chief recorder, and the chief recorder was replaced by the city official Guo Shang.

Although he is good at flattering, the reason why Liu Jing promoted him was that he did have some talent.Since county officials can only appoint local people, Liu Jing must cultivate some cronies in Ling County, and Guo Shang is one of them.

When Ma Zhou and others successfully captured Gong Fu and escorted him back to the county temple, Liu Jing immediately ended the court meeting and interrogated Gong Fu himself.

The process of arresting Gong Fu was very smooth. Liu Zhu and Wang Qiang dispatched men early in the morning to monitor Gong Fu's every move. He threw himself into the trap and caught people without bloodshed.

With disheveled hair, Gong Fu knelt in front of Liu Jing with limp hands and feet. His face was bruised and purple, and his left eye was swollen to the point where he could barely see.

Gong Fuping was not fond of authority, but only loved goods, so he became a porter with peace of mind. Not only did he do business by himself, but he also secretly contacted the Jingman, plundered and traded, and made a fortune.

It's just that he never imagined that one day, he would be approached by his enemies. Not only would he die, but his second and fourth brothers would also be implicated. When he learned the truth, he fell into deep remorse and nearly collapsed , For the question, he did not answer at all, and he wanted to die.

Seeing his appearance, Liu Jing secretly shook his head knowing that there was nothing to ask.

Wang Qiang suggested with a sullen expression: "Liu Jun, why not torture him..."

Liu Jing sighed: "Forget it, let him have a good time."

Only then did Gong Fu raise his head, and looked at Liu Jing with gratitude and hatred.

Wang Qiang cut off his head with a knife from behind.

(End of this chapter)