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The shock on Xu Wei's face gradually disappeared, replaced by ferocity and excitement, he looked at Xu Lin and said tremblingly: "My lord means that we will kill Chen Yuan, Lin Pingzhi and the others..."

When he said this, Xu Wei's voice trembled a little, obviously he was very restless in his heart.

Xu Lin looked at Xu Wei and said, "No, it's not us, but the remnants of the Chen family. Didn't Lin Pingzhi and the others arrest Chen Yuan, Chen Long and other members of the Chen family and return them to the Jinyiwei yamen? So they raided the Jinyiwei yamen, and there was a scuffle between the two sides, and as a result, all the people in Jinyiwei were killed by the remnants of the Chen family."

Hearing Xu Lin's words, the look in Xu Wei's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't help but said with excitement: "What your lord said is true, what your lord said is true, everything is done by the remnants of the Chen family, it is the Chen family The remnants of the crimes slaughtered the Jinyiwei Yamen, even if the court blames it, I will be guilty of negligence at most."

Xu Lin glanced at Xu Wei faintly and said with a sneer, "No, we are not only innocent, but also meritorious."

As soon as Xu Lin said this, Xu Wei was naturally stunned, and he looked at Xu Lin rather puzzled.

After all, in Xu Wei's opinion, as the local parents' officials of Yangzhou Prefecture, a shocking event happened in their territory where the Jinyiwei Yamen was destroyed, so these officials must bear certain responsibilities.

Even if there are adults in the imperial court speaking for them, I am afraid that the commander of Jinyiwei will not let it go, and they will definitely bear part of the responsibility.

However, compared to only taking part of the responsibility for negligence, it is much better than Jin Yiwei learning about their contacts with the Chen family over the years from the Chen family, catching their criminal evidence and finally ending up with a dead end.

For this, this can be regarded as Xu Wei's greatest hope, but judging from Xu Lin's intentions, it seems that there is still some way to turn their disadvantages into advantages in this matter.

Seeing Xu Wei's puzzled look, Xu Lin stroked his beard, and couldn't help but feel a little proud. So what if Xu Wei was born in the Xu family, when it comes to ability, he is not as good as himself.

Xu Wei couldn't think of things that he could think of. This made Xu Lin feel a little proud and at the same time he said slowly to Xu Wei: "You said that if we catch some of the remnants of the Xu family, and then kill In order to report to the imperial court, if we captured those members of the Chen family who attacked the Jinyiwei Yamen, do you think the imperial court will reward us?"

Xu Wei's eyes widened immediately, and he had to say that Xu Lin really made the most of the Chen family's usefulness.

All the scapegoats were left to the Chen family, and the final result was that the Chen family was completely destroyed. Lin Pingzhi and the Jinyiwei from the capital were all dead, and they were the only ones who had the last laugh.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Wei couldn't help but look at Xu Lin in awe. This man really deserves to be the top three and the top Jinshi master in the past. Just because of this ruthlessness, ordinary people can't compare.

Xu Wei bowed to Xu Lin and said: "Your Excellency, I admire you."

Seeing Xu Wei's reaction in his eyes, Xu Lin patted Xu Wei's shoulder with a big hand and said: "Xu Tongpan, I know that your Xu family is very powerful. Apart from your Xu family, I really I can’t think of anyone else I can trust.”

...

Hearing Xu Lin's words, I don't know why Xu Wei had a bad feeling in his heart.

Looking at Xu Lin, Xu Wei tremblingly said: "My lord, what do you mean..."

Xu Lin put his hand on Xu Wei's shoulder slightly, and said in a low voice with a bit of solemnity: "In such a short period of time, only your Xu family has the ability to gather a group of people after thinking about it. Manpower to attack Jin Yiwei, and have enough strength to kill Jin Yiwei's people."

Xu Wei's eyes narrowed, and he swallowed with a grunt. He didn't expect Xu Lin to be planning on their Xu family.

But seeing Xu Lin staring at him, Xu Wei had to admit that, just as Xu Lin said, in Yangzhou City, there is someone with the strength to gather enough people to conquer the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen in just half a day. Only their Xu family can do it.

Originally, the Chen family also had such strength and background, but it is a pity that the Chen family has collapsed now, so in Yangzhou City, only their Xu family has such ability.

It has to be said that Xu Lin, the magistrate of Yangzhou, really has a clear view of the various forces in Yangzhou City, so Xu Wei, the representative of the Xu family, has no chance to refuse as soon as he opens his mouth.

Xu Wei's expression fluctuated, apparently considering whether to agree to Xu Lin.

After all, this is a major matter of ransacking the family and exterminating the family. Attacking the Jinyiwei, and even killing all the officials of the Jinyiwei from the capital, but if they fail, their Xu family will definitely end up worse than the Chen family.

Seeing Xu Wei's changing expression, Xu Lin could guess Xu Wei's thoughts without thinking, and said seriously: "Xu Tongjuan, the life and death of the Xu family is in your mind, you should be clear, if you fight hard, perhaps Xu The family still has a glimmer of hope, but once Chen Yuan's confession falls into the hands of Li Huan, I don't need to say what will happen to the Xu family."

Xu Lin's words immediately made Xu Wei shudder. He took a deep breath and said to Xu Lin, "This matter is of great importance. It involves the life and death of my Xu family. I have to go back and discuss with the patriarch."

Xu Lin waved his hand and said calmly: "I have already sent someone to invite Xu Changqing."

Xu Changqing is the patriarch of the Xu family, and the person who can really be the master of the Xu family, but he didn't expect that Xu Lin had already sent someone to invite Xu Changqing. It can be seen that Xu Lin had already made up his mind in advance.

Xu Wei just froze for a moment, and quickly realized.

In a study room, Xu Lin was sitting there with a leisurely look, while in front of him, Xu Wei was talking in a low voice with an old man who looked like a member of a rich family.

After Xu Wei told Xu Changqing everything, fine beads of sweat could even be seen oozing from Xu Changqing's forehead, obviously he was overwhelmed by Xu Lin and Xu Wei's plan.

However, Xu Changqing was able to lead the Xu family to become one of the best salt merchants in Yangzhou City, so he was naturally not an ordinary person.

That is to say, the information contained in Xu Wei's words was too astonishing, which made Xu Changqing lose his composure. Otherwise, with Xu Changqing's determination, he wouldn't be so shocked.

Soon Xu Changqing stabilized his mind and looked at Xu Wei and Xu Lin, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Zhifu, are you sure this is the only way?"

After glancing at Xu Changqing faintly, Xu Lin said leisurely: "If Patriarch Xu has other ways to break the situation, you might as well talk about it."

...

Xu Changqing slowly shook his head, this is a situation that has no solution at all, what can he do.

Chen Yuan fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei, and judging by Chen Yuan's lunatic attitude, it would be good if he didn't frame them and blame them. If he wanted to keep his mouth shut and bite them, it would be impossible to even think about it.

Once Chen Yuan opened his mouth, the crimes committed by the Xu family for so many years would not be enough to ransack their Chen family.

"Done!"

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, Xu Changqing suddenly gritted his teeth and said.

It has to be said that Xu Changqing is really a decisive person, and he made a choice in a short period of time.

After taking a look at Xu Changqing, Xu Lin couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, okay, Patriarch Xu didn't disappoint me. Just rest assured, Patriarch. This is a foolproof strategy. As long as the Xu family is strong enough, everything will be fine." This officer is in control."

Xu Changqing said solemnly: "My lord, don't worry, Xu knows the severity and will definitely do his best to handle this matter well."

Watching Xu Changqing and Xu Wei leave, Xu Lin stroked his beard and squinted his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

But it was said that Lin Pingzhi took a few obviously useless members of the Chen clan who were thrown out by the government office and headed towards the Jinyiwei office surrounded by dozens of Jinyiwei.

When he returned to Jinyiwei Yamen, Lin Pingzhi met Chen Yao and others who were waiting for him.

Seeing Lin Pingzhi's return, Chen Yao smiled and said, "It's good that Brother Lin returns safely. I was just wondering if I should bring someone to meet Brother Lin."

Lin Pingzhi smiled slightly and said: "Even if there are remnants of the Chen family, I'm afraid they won't be able to gather together, let alone attack me and wait, but I'm bothering Brother Chen to worry about it."

Chen Yao said with a smile: "We are not familiar with the place here, so it is right to be careful."

Speaking of which, Chen Yao's complexion changed, and he said coldly: "Speaking of which, the Yangzhou Jinyiwei is really a bunch of trash. The Chen family has hidden so many armors and crossbows, but they can't even find them. What's the use of them?"

Obviously, in Chen Yao's view, Yangzhou Jinyiwei is really not qualified at all as the eyes and ears of the emperor.

Lin Pingzhi laughed and said: "We didn't expect to be able to rely on their strength. Besides, Yangzhou Jinyiwei is entrenched in the area. The people in the yamen don't know what kind of connection they have with the wealthy families in the area. We really want to point at them. If not, I’m afraid we will be kept in the dark about everything.”

As Lin Pingzhi looked around, he seemed to be looking for someone, and finally asked with some doubts: "Where is Zhu Qianhu?"

Chen Yaodao, "You said Zhu Chang, he just ordered someone to collect the bodies of those Jin Yiwei brothers not long ago, he should be cleaning up his injuries right now."

While he was talking, he saw a figure walking towards him from the outside. It wasn't Zhu Chang, the chief officer of the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Thousand Households Institute that Lin Pingzhi and the two had been talking about.

Zhu Chang changed his clothes at this time, and his arm was bandaged again. Although he looked a little pale, his complexion was obviously much better than before.

Lin Pingzhi nodded at Zhu Chang and said, "I wish Qianhu all the best."

Zhu Chang had a smile on his face when he heard this, and said, "It's a small injury, but Lao Lin Qianhu is worried about it."

...

Zhu Chang sat down and looked at Lin Pingzhi: "What's going on with the government office? How much did Chen's remnant locks take?"

The Yangzhou Thousand Households Office really suffered heavy casualties this time, almost [-]% to [-]% of the staff of the entire yamen was lost, and it was almost completely abolished.

Zhu Chang could only hope that Lin Pingzhi could speak well for him in front of Li Huan, the commander of the guards, so that he would not be too harsh on him because he had no credit or hard work.

Lin Pingzhi frowned, and a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he said: "The government officials only captured a few members of the Chen family."

Zhu Chang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head almost instinctively and said, "How is this possible? Now that the four gates of Yangzhou City are closed, and the people in the government office are searching the entire city, how could it be possible to find only a few people."

Lin Pingzhi said indifferently: "Many members of the Chen family have been found, but almost all of them are dead. There are only two or three people alive."

Before Zhu Chang could speak, Chen Yao grinned and said with a sneer: "I'm just kidding, I really thought the Chen family was full of lunatics like Chen Yuan, Chen Long and his son. I don't believe that so many people are lunatics who are not afraid of death." .”

Zhu Chang narrowed his eyes, as if thinking of something, subconsciously looked towards Lin Pingzhi and Chen Yao.

Seeing Lin Pingzhi looking at him meaningfully, Zhu Chang couldn't help but jump in his heart, and said almost instinctively: "Master Lin, there are very few people in the Chen family like Chen Yuan and Chen Long, and most of them are People who are greedy for life and afraid of death, it is absolutely impossible for the government to catch only a few survivors, obviously...the members of the Chen family were deliberately silenced."

Saying this, Zhu Chang seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

Zhu Chang knew very well that by saying such words, he was already on the opposite side of all the officials of the Yangzhou government office, but he had no choice at all.

As a thousand households of Jin Yiwei, it is naturally impossible for him to integrate into the civil official group, as long as he is not a fool, he knows what choice to make.

Lin Pingzhi smiled and said, "So Zhu Qianhu also thinks that Xu Lin and Xu Wei have a problem!"

Zhu Chang smiled wryly and said: "My lord, why bother to ask questions knowingly? How can the Chen family and other powerful families in Yangzhou avoid those adults who are in the government? I don't know how many shady things there are between the two parties."

As he said that, Zhu Chang looked straight and said: "Not to mention anything else, but the records recorded in the secret files of the yamen contain information and evidence of the collusion of many officials from the Chen family, Xu family, Xu Lin and others."

Obviously, after Zhu Chang made his choice, he sold people like Xu Lin very neatly.

Lin Pingzhi and Chen Yao looked at each other, and then Lin Pingzhi said with a smile: "Is there really any criminal evidence collected from these people?"

Zhu Chang said sternly: "How dare Zhu lie to you, if you don't believe me, you can go and check with me."

Lin Pingzhi said with a smile on his face: "Very well, Master Zhu will order people to fetch those criminal evidences later, as well as the confessions of Chen Yuan, Chen Long and others. After everything is sorted out, we will expedite the delivery within [-] miles." Going to the capital, we can be considered to have completed the errand of the Commander."

Looking at Zhu Chang, Lin Pingzhi smiled and said, "I wish Qianhu rest assured, after this incident, I believe that Commander-in-Chief will not treat you badly."

Hearing what Lin Pingzhi said, Zhu Chang couldn't help showing excitement on his face. He thought that this time he would definitely be held accountable, but now hearing what Lin Pingzhi said, he might be rewarded .

...

Excited, Zhu Chang couldn't help but said to Lin Pingzhi: "I hope Master Lin can say a few good words for the next official, and the next official will never forget it!"

The two belonged to Qianhu, but at this moment Zhu Chang placed his position very low, completely treating Lin Pingzhi as a superior official.

Lin Pingzhi seemed to have thought of something, looked at Zhu Chang and said, "Remember to send more people to look after Jin Yiwei's prison, and replace all the people in the prison with people from the capital who came with us."

Zhu Chang nodded excitedly and said: "The lower officials understand that they will definitely order people to step up patrols and will not give anyone an opportunity."

Knowing that Lin Pingzhi was worried that someone would take action against Chen Yuan and Chen Long who fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei, Zhu Chang almost assured Lin Pingzhi with a pat on the chest.

Sitting there, for some reason, Lin Pingzhi always felt a little uneasy in his heart. It seemed that there was something he hadn't considered, but after thinking about it carefully, there was no omission.

Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Lin Pingzhi looked at Zhu Chang and Chen Yao and said, "Do you think there is anything else that should be paid attention to?"

The two shook their heads, and Zhu Chang even flattered him, "Master Lin is very considerate, so naturally there is nothing missing."

In the night, except for the dots of stars, there is no trace of brilliance in the night sky, and it is pitch black. It can be said that the night is dark and windy.

In the darkness, the two wind lamps in front of Jinyiwei's yamen shone dimly. A team of Jinyiwei patrolled around the yamen, and it was obvious that the defense was much tighter.

At a corner hundreds of meters away from the Jinyiwei Yamen, a dark group of people was slowly approaching the Jinyiwei Yamen.

These people were all dressed in night clothes, burly and armed with weapons. They walked slowly through the night and appeared to be quite orderly. They didn't even make any noise. They looked like elite men.

The leader was also dressed in night clothes, holding a long knife gleaming with cold light in his hand, and he was Xu Wei, the general judge of the Yangzhou government.