The Peerless Demon of Martial Arts

Chapter 675 A Shrewd Person
Mr. Qian took a look, and immediately knelt down: "Slave Zhao Wu, kowtow to the emperor! Long live my emperor!"

Obviously, this is the emperor's belt.When the others heard this, they couldn't move their minds. Will the emperor come to this place?
Xingran raised Zhao Wu's chin with his feet: "You can do it, you can do it. The dignified Mr. Qian actually became a house slave for others, and even killed people for him."

Xu Mingtang is still not convinced: "What emperor? Just pretend, how could the emperor come to a brothel! Zhao Lao Wu, did you take too much medicine or something? If someone shows you a fake waist card, you should take it seriously. I also said that I I am the Jade Emperor, so I am?! Stupid!"

Zhao Wu took the waist card, looked at it again and again: "Yes, it's true. Four years ago, I went to Beijing with General Akton in Guangdong, and I saw this waist card with my own eyes. It is definitely not fake. Second Lord, Get down on your knees, if this offends Tian Yan, we will die."

"Tianyan? Where is Tianyan?"

Xingran moved out of the way: "He is Li Tianxing, the current emperor."

This news was quickly spread to the Governor of Kaifeng Mansion. At this moment, the master of Kaifeng Mansion, Xu Qingnian, was still in trial in the lobby, extorting hundreds of taels of silver from others.

The guards from outside stumbled in: "Master! Master!! It's not good, master!!"

"What are you shouting for? If you have something to say, you can't step down this day."

"Returning to the master, the young master was beaten in Huichun Tower."

Xu Qingnian got up suddenly: "Who is so bold, dare to beat my son! Prepare the sedan chair, call Zhao Wu, I'm going to make an example to others."

"Don't." The guard knelt and held him back: "Master, the emperor is here."

Xu Qingnian was still in shock: "What? What are you talking about? The emperor is here? What the hell is going on like this?"

After some explanations, Xu Qingnian didn't dare to go, just sat at the door and didn't respond for a long time.

The master reminded him from behind: "Master, since the emperor is here, we must take him over."

"Pick up? Pick up? How dare I go pick up me, this fool, bastard! Bastard! I knew that sooner or later he would kill me. The emperor knows that I am not strict with my family, so he will definitely dismiss me as an official. "Xu Qingnian couldn't laugh or cry.

The master said: "Master, you can't be messed up at this time. The matter of the second young master is a trivial matter. If all the matters in Kaifeng are revealed, it will not be dismissed from office, but beheaded."

"Yes, you are right." Xu Qingnian ordered: "Go and prepare the account books immediately, and say hello to merchants from all walks of life. Don't let me lose the chain at this time. Tell them, once I I have a problem, so they don't have to think about it. I will leave these things to you, and I have to go to Huichun Tower."

Inside the Huichun Building, Li Tianxing and Xingran were sitting, while Zhao Wu and Xu Mingtang were kneeling.

"Aren't you convinced?" Li Tianxing asked.

Xu Mingtang shook his head: "No, no, the villain has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai, so he offended the Lord Long Live, and I beg the Lord Long Live to forgive the villain this time for the sake of my father's diligence and hard work for the country and the people."

Xingran interrupted him: "Stop it, be diligent? Serve the country and the people? It sounds like your father is an upright and good official, so why are the common people scolding him all the way here? What do you mean that Xu Qingnian is a corrupt official? .”

Li Tianxing didn't even want to talk to Xu Mingtang, and it wasn't the first time he met such a bully. He just said to Zhao Wu: "You're always going to be the end of your life, and I won't talk to you. You quit this job, right?" , I will not punish you to go to the army."

"Slave complies with the order, thank you Lord Long En."

All of a sudden, Xu Qingnian arrived, and he was long overdue. He hurriedly knelt down and said, "Minister Xu Qingnian, governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, please pay respects to the emperor!"

"You are Xu Qingnian?"

"The minister is Xu Qingnian."

Li Tianxing said: "You have a good son, I really envy you."

Xu Qingnian is already planning to throw his pawn into the car: "I report to the emperor that this son is useless, and he is doing mischief outside. I have persuaded him many times, but he doesn't know how to repent."

"Then according to the law of this dynasty, what should he do?"

"Sent to the army."

Xu Mingtang did not expect his father to say this: "Old man, you are confused. I am your biological son, so you treat me like this! Send me!"

"Shut up! You bastard, you offended Tianwei, the emperor forgives you so much, you should burn incense."

Xu Mingtang also went all out: "Old man, if you want to treat me like this, don't blame me for not talking about the relationship between father and son. Your Majesty, let me also talk about it. This year ago, my father filled his own pocket and swallowed up a lot of money from the court." I have raised four or five wives, if you don’t believe me, go to our warehouse and see, there are all silver in there.”

Xu Qingnian had already asked his master to deal with these matters. He knew that it would be difficult to keep his son, but the emperor had no real evidence, and he could not convict himself only by rhetoric.

"Xu Qingnian, is that so?" Li Tianxing asked.

Xu Qingnian said: "I don't make any excuses. If the emperor believes that I am an honest official, I don't need to say anything. If the emperor believes that I am a corrupt official, I just need to go to the minister's treasury to check it."

Good means, definitely something to do.Li Tianxing didn't intend to pry open this hole: "Mr. Xu, your son is too arrogant. Not only is he powerful, but he also kills people. Fortunately, I am an emperor. If I were just a commoner, wouldn't I be killed by him?"

But Xu Qingnian said: "No, if you were just a commoner, you wouldn't come to Huichunlou, let alone compete with others for girls."

The person who said this to stop Li Tianxing's mouth, after all, is a magistrate, and his speech is still a bit level.

Li Tianxing looked through his accounts, and everything was tight.Most of the money was spent on building the embankment, and the cashiers of the workers were a messy account that no one could see clearly, let alone explain clearly.Over the years, nearly 200 million taels of silver have been squandered like this.But there was no movement on the embankment.

Li Tianxing said: "Prefect Xu, do you know how to build embankments?"

"I just understand a little bit." Xu Qingnian said: "Over the years, floods have continued. For the sake of the country and the people's livelihood, I had to build river embankments, but they still failed to stop the flood. The flood destroyed a lot of farmland, and we return it every year. To pay taxes and silver taels to the imperial court, I have no choice but to take over the houses of the common people and use them for farming, otherwise, I would not be able to pay the imperial court with the money to pay taxes, your majesty, please check carefully."

"Oh, so the court is sorry for you."

"The minister didn't say that."

Li Tianxing snorted and said, "I won't talk nonsense with you, and I won't ask you why. You immediately return those houses to others. I don't want to see the victims outside the city again."

"Since the emperor has so many, the minister can only obey."

The magistrate has reasons for doing things, but he has no way to start.Li Tianxing and Xingran lived in the post house, so they were thinking about this matter.In the past, when officials met the emperor, they were all terrified. Not only is Mr. Xu not afraid, but he has countless schemes waiting for you.No matter what you have to say, he can answer fluently, making you unable to get angry.

(End of this chapter)