That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 221

The smile on Xiao Bai's face froze a little bit, and then slowly faded away, like the quiet and dignified atmosphere, which made people feel suffocated. Xu Beiyou's little finger trembled slightly, and then the whole palm began to tremble. Listen carefully. Go, you can even hear his bones rattling.

Xu Beiyou has met many masters in the realm of the Earth Immortal, but this is the first time he has faced the coercion of the Earth Immortal Realm alone. Unlike the Southern Ghost Emperor's sneak attack, which caught him off guard and had no time to react, this time Xiao Bai exerted his own momentum little by little. In Xu Beiyou's body, let him understand from the deepest point what is the realm of earth and immortality.

At this time, Xu Beiyou felt as if he had returned to his childhood when he had no power to restrain a chicken, and he had to use his own strength to carry a burden heavier than himself. Life and death crushed.

Tang Yuerong, who was close at hand, frowned slightly, stretched out his hand and patted Xu Beiyou, Xu Beiyou's body shook suddenly, as if he had shaken off a heavy burden, and suddenly became relaxed.

Xu Beiyou's expression remained unchanged, but his back was already soaked.

Xiao Bai glanced at Tang Yuerong who had made the attack secretly, and a faint smile appeared on his face again, and said, "Beiyou, do you want me to give you an explanation?"

Xu Beiyou leaned his upper body forward slightly, but still respectfully said: "His Royal Highness please forgive me."

Xiao Bai nodded, "Okay, then I will give you and everyone here an explanation."

"Bring people in for me!" Xiao Bai suddenly raised his voice.

The pro-army commander standing behind Xiao Bai said loudly: "Bring it in!"

In a short time, more than ten soldiers escorted an official in official robes into the courtyard, but the official had long since lost his usual dignity, and was left in an indescribable embarrassment. The official hat on his head had been taken off. His hair was disheveled, his face was covered with dirt, and he was even put on iron chains and wooden shackles.

After the soldiers knelt down in front of Xiao Bai, a leading soldier knelt on one knee and cupped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, the prisoner has been brought here."

Xiao Bai hummed lightly.

After the soldiers retreated, Xiao Bai said calmly: "Report your official title to me."

The man kowtowed and said: "The official Qizhou transfer envoy Li Xiang pays homage to His Royal Highness King Qi."

Xiao Bai took out a white towel from his sleeve and wiped his hands, then asked casually, "Do you know why I brought you here?"

"Your... Your lower official is dull." Li Xiang kowtowed, not daring to raise his head, "Please make it clear, Your Highness."

"Stupid?" Xiao Bai smiled and said, "You are so stupid, then I will enlighten you."

Jiang Bin, the governor of the Jiangnan Dark Guard Mansion, slowly got up and came behind Xiao Bai.

Because the Dark Guard Mansion is directly under the emperor's reason, they can ignore the dignitaries and dignitaries, and their power is overwhelming, but there is a bottom line, that is, they must not touch the members of the royal family lightly. Xiao Bai, as the person most likely to inherit the rule, naturally The young master of the Dark Guard Mansion, as long as the real master, the Emperor, doesn't make a clear statement, the Dark Guard Mansion will never dare to refuse the young master's order.

Because of this, Xiao Bai was restricted by the vassal king's regulations and could not easily intervene in the local military and government affairs, but the Dark Guard Mansion was an exception for him.

Xiao Bai smiled and said, "Jiang Bin, I heard that you used to be the commander of punishments in the imperial prison. I wonder if your skills are unfamiliar?"

Jiang Bin bent down and said, "This minister will never let His Highness down."

Xiao Bai raised his chin, "I leave this job to you."

Jiang Bin straightened his waist slightly, and said softly, "Thank you, Your Highness."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Bin had already appeared in front of Li Xiang, and stretched out his five fingers to press on his head.

Jiang Bin smiled and said, "Lord Li, I've offended you."

Li Xiang was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were splitting, he said hoarsely: "Your Highness, Your Highness...Your Highness, please forgive me."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Bin had already started, and strands of black aura extended from his five fingers to Li Xiang's body. Li Xiang's eyes suddenly protruded outwards, and the meridians under his skin swelled up, like snakes and insects. Twisting, terrifying.

Jiang Bin said unhurriedly: "Master Li, this is my unique punishment. It won't kill anyone, but it will take some pain. After the whole set of punishment is used up, the bones in your body will probably lose seven or eight, probably You can only lie down and spend the rest of your life."

At this time, Li Xiang was speechless, but his mouth grew wide, and he made a series of meaningless hoarse voices from his throat.

The Jiangnan Dark Guard Mansion is known as the first sub-government. As the head of the Jiangnan Dark Guard Mansion, Jiang Bin's cultivation is naturally quite good, and he is especially good at playing various heresy techniques. To some extent, he is a vicious The cruel officials are very in line with the world's impression of the Dark Guard Mansion.

Xiao Bai casually discarded the hand towel used to wipe his hands, ignored Li Xiang, turned to look at Xu Beiyou, and said: "This dynasty has been founded for 50 years, and the shortcomings of the previous dynasty have been swept away to create the current prosperous world, but everything is reversed. But arrogance, richness and extravagance, arrogance leads to laziness, luxury leads to greed, greed leads to corruption, and corruption leads to failure, this is the law that has not changed through the ages, and the word corruption cannot be avoided in all dynasties, and it is naturally the same in this dynasty."

The entire courtyard was silent, and everyone said that whitewashing the peace was the top priority. Obviously, no one thought that King Qi would expose his scars. If someone stabbed them out, even the dignified King Qi would not be reprimanded by the Holy One.

Xiao Bai looked around for a while, and then said: "Li Xiang, a small transfer envoy dares to embezzle as much as 40 taels of silver. What kind of official is the transfer envoy? When you see the guards guarding the gate of the imperial city, you have to salute. Taiqing All the bastards in the pool are older than him, but such an official with sesame mung bean has such courage, such a big appetite, and such ruthless methods, this king really dare not think about those big officials who are older than him Even the six ministries and nine ministers, how many people are involved in it, and how much money has been dug from the treasury."

Xiao Bai looked at Xu Beiyou: "Beiyou, you are right and well said, where the money went is a big problem, so this king has two errands this time, one is for explicit purpose, the other is for secret purpose, The clear purpose is to raise money and food for disaster relief, but the secret purpose is to investigate these officials, turn out their hearts, livers and lungs, and put them in the sun to dry, to see how many people have dark hearts."

Xu Beiyou lowered his head and said, "Your Highness is wise."

Xiao Bai walked up to Xu Beiyou's side, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said slowly, "Anti-corruption is a major matter, and there is no rush or delay. It's like treating a disease with medicine. The disease comes like a mountain, and goes away like a silk thread." , you money is ginseng to continue life, you can't delay it, corrupt villains like Li Xiang have serious illnesses in your body, you can't rush, everything should be prioritized and prioritized, don't you think that's the reason?"

Xu Beiyou nodded without any objection.

At this time, Jiang Bin withdrew his palm from the top of Li Xiang's head, and Li Xiang was as limp as a puddle of mud, with more air in and less air out.

Xiao Bai smiled, let go of Xu Beiyou's shoulders, and said: "There is no small matter in the country, and any matter involving the state system, no matter how small, is a big matter. It is said that the clan and the country are the same body, but the late emperor also said that this world is after all the people of the world. The world belongs to the world, not the world of my Xiao family and one surname, people in the world are in charge of the affairs of the world, even if the saint is alive, he can't make mistakes."

Both kindness and strength, hardness and softness.

Xu Beiyou sighed secretly in his heart, Aunt Qin and the others still underestimated the king of Qi after all, it was true that he used the middle strategy, but the middle strategy given by the king of Qi was more than a step higher than the middle strategy given by Qin Mumian.

This King Qi's method is brilliant.

Even if Xu Beiyou was like this, the other people present felt chills down their backs.

It was the king of Qi who dared to say these words. If it were someone else, it would have long been regarded as treasonous words.

Many people understand from the bottom of their hearts that the descendants of the Xiao family are weak, not to mention those collateral branches, the orthodox direct line has been passed down in a single line for many years, and it can't be taken lightly. Father and son broke up, but in the end, father and son reconciled as before. It is really because of this one biological son. If you really abolish him, don't you want to kill yourself?
As for that Wei Wang Xiao Jin, because of his royal blood from the previous dynasty, or other unspeakable reasons, he was hated and guarded by Emperor Wuzu and Xiandi. Although he is orthodox, he has been excluded all the year round. Outside the core, is a special case.

Nowadays, the Holy Majesty also knows the age of destiny. They say that life is seventy since ancient times. Looking at the descendants of the Xiao family, there is no male who can live to the age of seventy. Too much, Xiao Bai, as the only adult prince, as long as he doesn't commit the crime of treason, there will be absolutely nothing wrong.

Xiao's vernacular has come to this point, Xu Beiyou heard the strings and knew the elegance, and said in a deep voice: "Xu is willing to pledge 50 taels."

(End of this chapter)