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The mighty people entered the city of Yangzhou, and with Pang Hui leading the guards to open the way, they arrived in front of the Yangzhou government office smoothly.

At this time, because Xu Lin and other officials went to meet Li Huan at the gate of the Yangzhou government office, only some low-level officials remained in the government office.

At this time, the entire Yangzhou government office was in panic. After all, the news that Xu Lin and other officials greeted Li Huan and was taken down by Li Huan's order almost spread throughout the entire Yangzhou city.

These officials in the government office are all human beings, so how could they not know the news.

It is precisely because of the news that Xu Lin and other officials have been taken down that the government office is in chaos and order has already been lost.Some officials directly chose to leave the government office and flee for their lives, while others chose to stay.

It's just that there are only a dozen officials left in the government office that originally had at least dozens of officials, and it's not even [-]% of the previous number.

One can imagine how scared and guilty the officials who chose to escape were.

An old-looking official was guarding the gate of the yamen with a few other officials with some fear.

Pang Hui led his people to arrive first, glanced at those officials, waved his big hand and said to his subordinates: "Guard the surrounding area for me, and don't let anyone in or out at will."

After finishing these, Li Huan and his party also rushed over at this time.

Li Huan, who got off his horse, looked at the mansion in front of him.

The government office in Yangzhou was repaired quite solemnly, but it's a pity that the officials living here are all scumbags, tarnishing such a solemn and solemn place.

Pang Hui stepped forward to salute Li Huan and said, "My lord, the officials have sent people to seal off the surrounding areas." Li Huan nodded slightly at Pang Hui, and walked towards the government office first.

Seeing this, the few officials guarding the door hurriedly bowed down to Li Huan and said with a bit of panic, "My lord imperial envoy."

Li Huan raised his eyebrows, glanced at the few Li Huan who were prostrating in front of him, nodded his head slightly and said, "I'm asking you, are you the only ones in the government office?"

Although Li Huan ordered to take down all the officials who went to greet him, there shouldn't be only so few officials left behind in the government office.Lin Cong, the leader, heard the words and hurriedly said: "Going back to the imperial envoy, there are only a few people left in the government office, and the rest have already fled." Xu Ying, who was following behind Li Huan, sneered and said: "It seems that those People have ghosts in their hearts, and they ran away in fright before we did anything."

While speaking, Xu Ying glanced at the dozen or so people in front of her and said, "Since you dare to stay, you have some courage."

Being stared at by Xu Ying, Lin Cong could only feel a sense of murder rushing towards his face, and couldn't help but said tremblingly: "Although the villains dare not say that there is nothing wrong, they also think that even if they are wrong, they are not guilty. until death."

Speaking of which, Lin Cong secretly bowed to Li Huan and said, "Besides, I also believe that adults will not wrong innocent people." Li Huan couldn't help but glanced at the official and said, "You have a bit of courage, you What is your official position in this yamen, and what is your name?"...

Lin Cong subconsciously said: "The villain Lin Cong, a scholar in the third year of Hongzhi, is just a low-level clerk in the government office."

Li Huan looked at Lin Cong carefully, and said with great interest: "Hongzhi three years, so it has been nearly 20 years, how long have you been in this government office?"

Lin Cong said without thinking, "The villain has been in the government office for 15 years."

The few officials on the side were kneeling at the side at the moment, not daring to move without orders. Seeing that Lin Cong seemed to be valued by Li Huan, some of them couldn't help but look at Li Huan secretly. come over.

Pang Hui was standing aside at the moment, seeing Li Huan questioning Lin Cong, he realized that Lin Cong was likely to fall into Li Huan's eyes, and he couldn't help sighing secretly, Lin Cong had been a bookmaker in the government office for more than ten years. The officials still dare to stay in the government office when all the government officials have been taken down.

it's either true

Don't be greedy or take possession, or the old woman is a cunning generation.

However, if Lin Cong was really corrupt and broke the law, he probably wouldn't dare to stay. After all, Li Huan would definitely investigate the officials of the government government, but if his foundation was not clean enough, he would definitely not have the confidence to stay.

It was just that Lin Cong's panic had gone a little at this moment, and he was faintly expecting and pleasantly surprised.

He has been in the government office for more than ten years, and his ability to ask himself is not bad, but it is a pity that he is just a failed scholar, and he is not willing to join forces. He often does the most things in the government office, but never The one that is valued.

As for the benefits, don't even think about it. The reason why he was able to stay in the government office these years is entirely because the government still needs some capable people to do things.

If it weren't for this, Lin Cong would have been pushed out a long time ago based on Lin Cong's unsociable temperament.

Could it be that the imperial envoy in front of him is his noble person, if he can fall into the eyes of the imperial envoy in front of him, even if he is brought by his side to make a document, it can be regarded as a great opportunity.

Just when these thoughts flashed through Lin Cong's mind, Li Huan walked into the government office.

Pang Hui, Xu Ying and the others thought that Li Huan would take Lin Cong for their own use, but they never thought that Li Huan just asked a few words, and then he lost his voice.Slightly stunned for a moment, several people hurriedly followed.

In the huge hall, Li Huan sat in the middle.

This seat was exactly where Xu Lin sat before, and more than a dozen people including Pang Hui, Xu Ying, Chen Ang, Lin Pingzhi, Ma Ming, and Chen Ke gathered here.Everyone's eyes were on Li Huan, and at this time Li Huan also looked at the crowd with a serious face and said: "Everyone, Xu Lin and other officials have been taken down now, but this is just the beginning. There are more things to do next.”

Pang Hui immediately expressed his position: "You can do whatever you want, and I will do my best to live up to the expectations of Lord Hou." Xu Ying and the others glanced at Pang Hui, and said in the same way: "What do you want, my lord? We do as we are told.”

"Take people, steal houses"

A few words came out of Li Huan's mouth, and the temperature in the hall seemed to drop several degrees in an instant, but Xu Ying, Chen Ang, and Lin Pingzhi's ears shocked them. …

Especially Lin Pingzhi, Chen Ke, Ma Ming and others who are Jin Yiwei showed excitement on their faces.

As Jinyiwei, their prestige is naturally maintained by ransacking their families and exterminating their clans, and investigating and handling major cases. If the emperor handed over all major cases to the imperial court and the three divisions for investigation, it would mean that Jinyiwei would fall out of favor. will also be despised.

Therefore, if the Jinyiwei wants to maintain its dignity, it is natural to have a steady stream of investigations, and the thing that can best demonstrate the power of the Jinyiwei is naturally the search of the house.

Although Pang Hui said that he had expected such an encounter long ago, when he heard Li Huan's words, he still felt a groan in his heart.

This was just the first day that Li Huan arrived in Yangzhou Mansion, but as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou Mansion, he took down all the officials in Yangzhou Mansion, and began to raid their homes. He really deserved his reputation resounding in the capital, and he was secretly called a murderer. God Li Huan.

Li Huan naturally didn't know the thoughts that flashed in Pang Hui's mind, but when Li Huan's eyes fell on Pang Hui, he said: "Commander Pang, you will send someone to assist Jin Yiwei to raid the house and arrest people later."

As he spoke, Li Huan stared at Pang Hui and said, "I hope Pang Dao can restrain all his subordinates, otherwise you will be the only one who will ask questions."

As soon as his body froze, Pang Hui immediately said with a serious expression: "Master Hou, don't worry, I will definitely restrain my subordinates, and I will definitely not let people stretch out their hands indiscriminately during the process of ransacking the house."

Li Huan was obviously beating Pang Hui. After all, it is a fat job to steal someone's house, especially during the process of ransacking the house, but those soldiers who are responsible for raiding the house are not in the right mind, and they can hide a lot of stolen goods casually.

He waved his hand to signal Pang Hui and the others to leave.

Similarly, Chen Ang, Xu Ying, Chen Ke, Lin Pingzhi and others also left together. After all, there were dozens of officials' homes that were the first to be confiscated.

Jin Yiwei, Yangzhou Local Guards, Xu Ying, and the elite cavalry under Chen Ang's command, the joint operation of the three parties naturally required them to negotiate and arrange.

After several people left, only Cao Yu who had been with Li Huan was left in the hall, and of course there was Ma Ming who stayed in the government office with some Jin Yiwei.

At this time Li Huan took the teacup from Cao Yu's hand, pondered for a while and said, "Go and bring that scribe just now to see me." Cao Yu responded.

At this time, Lin Cong was staying in a side hall with the dozen or so officials, under the guard of Jin Yiwei who had taken over the entire government office.

After all, Jin Yiwei took over the upper and lower levels of the government office, so the first thing to do was to investigate the government office, at least to eliminate the hidden dangers in the government office first.

Naturally, the dozen or so people including Lin Cong were also a hidden danger, and they would naturally be guarded by Jin Yiwei.

Several officials glanced at the Jin Yiwei guarding the outer room, their faces somewhat worried, and one of them said to Lin Cong, "Brother Lin, you think the imperial envoy won't do anything to us, right?"

The rest of the people also looked at Lin Cong worriedly.

Although they said that they didn't make any big mistakes, or that even if they made mistakes, they were still small mistakes, and the crime could not be punished by death.

But as long as Li Huan didn't express his opinion, they would feel a little uneasy. After all, no one knew how Li Huan would deal with them. …

Lin Cong glanced at several people, smiled and said: "Everyone can rest assured, the imperial envoy is such a person, he will not take us to heart, besides, we have a clear conscience, so we have nothing to fear."

After hearing Lin Cong's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about it, Li Huanna is such a high-ranking figure, no matter what, he wouldn't take these low-level officials in his heart.

One of them approached Lin Cong and said in a low voice: "Brother Lin, you may have caught the eyes of the imperial envoy this time, and you will be able to achieve great success in the future."

Lin Cong's heart skipped a beat, he shook his head with a wry smile on his face, and said, "It's all a matter of nothing, the imperial envoy is a close minister of the emperor, and he is a prince because of his merits, how could such a person look up to us like this?" lowly man"

While speaking, a figure appeared at the door without a sound.

Cao Yu's eyes swept across the crowd, and finally landed on Lin Cong.

At this moment, Lin Cong and the others hadn't noticed Cao Yu, until someone noticed the reflection on the ground for a moment, looked up subconsciously, and couldn't help but exclaimed, which woke everyone up.

Cao Yu was always by Li Huan's side, unlike Xu Ying, Chen Ang and others who had a strong sense of presence, so most of the people present had no impression of Cao Yu.

But this doesn't mean that everyone has no impression of Cao Yu. Apart from other things, at least Lin Cong has a certain impression of Cao Yu.When Lin Cong saw Cao Yu, Lin Cong was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized that he remembered the scene of Cao Yu following Li Huan, and his heart tightened.

Although he didn't know what Cao Yu's identity was, but just because the other party was able to walk with nobles such as Xu Ying and Chen Ang by Li Huan's side was enough for Lin Cong to value him.

"I don't know my lord.
Lin Cong just spoke, but before he finished speaking, Cao Yu said calmly, "Lin Cong, right? Lord Hou wants to see you, so come with us."

Cao Yu's sharp voice rang in the ears of Lin Cong and the others, which immediately stunned everyone present.

The rest of the people looked up at Lin Cong with admiring eyes. Although they were said to be the lowest level of government officials, it was precisely because of this that they were the most able to read people's hearts.

When Li Huan asked Lin Cong earlier, people had to think about it, but now he sent someone to summon Lin Cong, as long as he was not stupid, he would realize that Lin Cong might have fallen into Li Huan's eyes.

Others could realize this, so Lin Cong was also aware of it. Lin Cong couldn't help being excited when he thought that he had really fallen into Li Huan's eyes.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lin Cong bowed to Cao Yu in a trembling voice and said, "Thank you, my lord."

When he saw Li Huan, Lin Cong respectfully bowed down to Li Huan and said: "The villain pays homage to Lord Hou."

Li Huan condescendingly looked at Lin Cong who was prostrating in front of him, took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "I want to ask you, you have been in the Yangzhou government office for more than ten years. It should be very clear about the big and small things."

Slightly stunned, Lin Cong realized that he seemed to realize something, his complexion changed slightly, but he hesitated for a moment and said immediately: "The villain knows what the adults want to know, and the villain will know everything without saying a word."

Lin Cong was just a scribe, and he didn't even enter the rank. Officials were officials, officials were officials, and officials were officials.Facing Li Huan, Lin Cong didn't even have the qualifications to call himself a lowly official.

Li Huan's attention is definitely a great opportunity for Lin Cong, but anyone who is not stupid will seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Looking at Lin Cong who was interested, Li Huan slightly nodded and said: "This Marquis wants you to list all the crimes you know about the officials of Yangzhou Mansion one by one."

Lin Cong's expression didn't change, he had realized this just now, so after Li Huan spoke, Lin Cong said without hesitation: "The villain knows everything without saying anything."

But at this moment Li Huan suddenly said again: "Which tyrants in the city are causing disasters should they have their families confiscated and exterminated, and which tyrants are not worthy of death, you should also make a list for me."

"Gulu!"

Lin Cong, who froze slightly, swallowed his saliva, as if he didn't think that Li Huan would attack the officials of Yangzhou Mansion, but he wanted to attack all the powerful people in Yangzhou Mansion.

Those officials were fine, they participated in the assassination of imperial envoys, they were doomed to ransack their families and exterminate their families, even if he told Li Huan about the crimes of these people, it would be fine.

But when it comes to those local tyrants, it is said that iron-clad local tyrants and flowing court officials, if there is a choice, he would rather offend some officials than offend these local tyrants.

[It's the end of the month, don't save up the monthly pass, just drop it. 】

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