People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 272 Dongyang Dangerous Situation, Three Levels

"Li Dingyi, chief secretary of Dongyang, and Huang Ziming, who joined the army for justice."

Du Bixing took out two thin papers from the file, and handed them to Li Xuan with a serious face.

The thin paper clearly recorded all the history of Li Dingyi, chief secretary of Dongyang, and Huang Ziming, who joined the army for justice.

"It's these two people who, after Si Hu joined the army and died of illness, were in charge of the responsibilities and powers that Si Hu should have been in charge of." Du Bixing said it very directly, and even his views were equally direct.

Whoever is the biggest beneficiary is the most likely murderer.

"It's also possible that Sihu's joining the army offended other people outside. After all, Sihu's joining the army is too important a position. If he is a little biased, he will be killed." Wang Bo raised his eyebrows slightly. This kind of judgment is too direct. He does not approve of the law.

Wang Bo put his hands on the table, looked at Du Bixing and said: "I know that this situation may not be serious, but we must also consider it. Maybe this is someone who knew the current situation and deliberately planted it on Tianyin Sect to divert attention. .”

"Mr. Zi'an is right." Du Bixing actually nodded in agreement, looked at Wang Bo appreciatively, and said, "Mr. Zi'an's many years of experience have yielded results, but Mr. Zi'an may have overlooked one point."

As he said that, Du Bixing turned his head to look at Li Xuan, and said with a serious face: "At this sensitive moment, the one who kills is Sihu and joins the army. Once he makes a move to kill, it will definitely destroy the imperial court's plan to collect taxes in the summer, and those who dare to make a move and will do so are already tantamount to conspiracy."

Li Xuan nodded calmly. Du Bixing's words sounded reasonable, but the flavor of sophistry was very strong.

But in Li Xuan's view, Du Bixing has been following the Tianyin Sect for many years, so he naturally has his own way.

In this case, Du Bixing may have some unknown evidence in his hands, but it's just that he just met Li Xuan now, so it's hard to come up with it.

"Regardless of whether this case is related to the Tianyin Sect or not, we must solve it, and then use this case as an excuse to directly control the entire Dongyang, eliminate all hidden dangers, and completely make Dongyang the place where we can calm down the Tianyin Sect's rebellious case." , the most solid foundation." Li Xuan's ambition was clearly revealed in this sentence.

"Here!" Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Du Bixing agreed at the same time.

"Dongyang, county magistrate, county lieutenant, master book, Sihu, Sibing, Sicang, judiciary, Sigong, Sishi, Liucao joining the army, as well as a secretary and assistant officials all need to be identified one by one. However, the most important It was Huang Jin, the magistrate of Dongyang County, who found out.

The county magistrate is the king of a county, no matter what the problem is, he is the one who understands everything most clearly. "Li Xuan looked up at Du Bixing.

"My lord wants to know how Huang Jin is. It's simple." Du Bixing nodded calmly, and then said, "I'll tell you my lord, Huang Jin, the magistrate of Dongyang County, is marrying his sister-in-law. In the previous assassination, he was seriously injured, and although his health is getting better now, he usually rests in the manor outside Dongyang City, and the daily government affairs are handed over to Gu Tan, the county magistrate."

"So that's how it is." Yu Ze and Wang Bo understood it now.

No wonder Du Bixing knew everything about Dongyang well. It turned out that his sister-in-law was the county magistrate of Dongyang.

"The county magistrate of Dongyang was injured, why was it not mentioned in the official documents of the court?" Li Xuan frowned suddenly.

Could it be that the Dongyang county magistrate's injury could be concealed?

"My lord may not have noticed that there is another word in the list of official documents of the court." Du Bixing showed a wry smile on his face, then spread his hands and said: "On that day, the governor was seriously injured, the chief minister died on the spot, and many other officials They were injured at the same time, among them were Huang Jin, the magistrate of Dongyang County, Ning Yi, the magistrate of Jinhua County, as well as a group of policemen and soldiers, but only the governor and Sima were paid attention to by the court."

"Is that so?" Li Xuan frowned slightly, the few official documents he had read were similar.

Whether it is the secret guard, the minister, or even the official documents of Dali Temple, they are all similar. No one mentioned the assassination of Dongyang County Magistrate and Jinhua County Magistrate.

"As long as you can manage the government, the court will naturally not care about it." Yu Ze suddenly said, and Li Xuan immediately understood.

After all, he was a county magistrate. If he described the injury as too serious, it would inevitably make Chaozhong think about replacing him.

"So, after arriving in Dongyang, I still need to visit Huang County Magistrate. They were assassinated in Zhoucheng that day, and I need to find out why." Li Xuan pressed his forehead slightly.

The reason why he didn't go to Zhoucheng at the first stop was to avoid falling into the trap set by others.

It has been more than two months since the Inspector Wang Fanglin was injured, no matter what layout the Tianyin Sect has in Wuzhou, it has been completed.

This can be seen from the sudden rise in prices in Dongyang before,

The opponent's tentacles have already crossed Wuzhou City, even met Yiwu, and went directly to Dongyang, which shows that the situation in Zhoucheng is serious.

If he went all the way to Zhoucheng, he might not be imprisoned to death in Zhoucheng directly, so he might as well start from Dongyang, cut the mess quickly, and take Dongyang directly.

Then go up along the Dongyang River, go straight to Yiwu, and finally go straight to Zhoucheng.

"I heard that the lord has a lot of experience in solving cases, so I should gain more insight today!" Du Bixing looked at Li Xuan, cupped his hands slightly, with a serious expression on his face.

"The matter of Wuzhou, we only need to take down Dongyang, take down Yiwu, take down the state city, and then we can decide, and the rest is nothing to worry about. However, we need to know the location of the Tianyin Sect's main altar in the mountains, and their route of dispatching troops. How to stop it is the most important thing." Li Xuan's expression was serious, he was confident enough to take over the matter of Wuzhou, but once the Tianyin Sect raised troops, he had to fight back.

Once there is a delay, it will be a passive situation everywhere.

"My lord is very worried." Du Bixing nodded seriously, then took out a piece of paper from his body, picked up a brush, and simply drew a map of Wuzhou on it.

In the end, Du Bixing pointed directly at the Wujiang River, and said with a serious face: "This is Sanheguan, from Tonglu to Wuzhou, the first pass out of the mountain, if there is a loss of virtue, then Sanheguan will be in danger." risk."

"Jiande!" Li Xuan sighed with emotion, shaking his head and said, "Chun'an and Jiande counties were captured by bandits back then. Although there have been many repetitions since then, the affection is very deep!"

Since the Tianyin Sect uprising that year, the imperial court has implemented strict tax laws in Muzhou, causing many people in Muzhou to flee.

The population of Wuzhou, Hengzhou, Quzhou, and even Shezhou has skyrocketed, but the local people of Muzhou are now dying.
"The second is Meiling Pass, which is the place where Jiande must pass to reach Lanxi. The third is Zhitang Town, which can be reached from Jiande by crossing mountains and mountains." Du Bixing took his hand away from the map, and then paralleled to the left Pointing, said softly: "This is Quzhou, the land of Quzhou plain, if he is willing to attack Quzhou, that is what we wish, after all, the surrounding fields are open, and it is very easy to kill."

Although this is in the south of the Yangtze River, cavalry is still the most powerful weapon of the imperial court. This is something that the Tianyin Sect can't keep up with even after 100 years of development.

What they can really do is to raid in the mountains, which is their advantage.

If they abandon their own advantages, it is tantamount to courting their own death.

Li Xuan had previously recruited a group of mountain hunters from Hangzhou who had left Wuzhou over the years for this purpose.

"After taking Dongyang, we have to go straight to Zhoucheng, but it's best to send people to take these three places directly when it's best to go to Zhoucheng again, especially here, Zhitang Town."

Li Xuan said coldly: "This king has also completely closed the passage between Wuzhou and Muzhou, and completely closed the passage between Muzhou and Hangzhou. People of Tianyin Sect will either wait to die in Wuzhou, or they can only flee to Quzhou. Then he was hunted down to death while fleeing all the way.”

Li Xuan's hand gently drew a circle on the entire territory of Wuzhou, and finally gathered his five fingers together. In a blink of an eye, it was as if a heart was tightly held in his hand.

Seeing this scene, Du Bixing's expression suddenly turned serious, and he cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness is really a big hand, once it is done, the whole Wuzhou will be completely pacified in a short period of time."

(End of this chapter)