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

Chapter 283 Luring the snake out of the hole, cutting off the way of life

In the cold duty room, Gu Tan walked to the innermost center of the room and sat down on a low table.

Kang Yao and Xi Ying stood on either side of him respectively, with fierce expressions on their faces, staring at Li Dingyi in the middle of the room.

Beside them was Huang Ziming, a member of the judicial army who should have been bitten to death by a poisonous snake before. His face was numb at this moment.

At the door, stood several sergeants holding long knives, their cold gazes fixed on Li Dingyi's body, as if the blades would be attached to him as soon as he made the slightest movement.

Standing in the middle of the room, Li Dingyi remained calm even though everyone was staring at him fiercely.

His gaze passed directly over Huang Ziming and landed on Gu Tan, with a serious expression on his face: "Can the county magistrate tell me where the King of Nanchang is now?"

"You still want to know where the King of Nanchang is now?" Gu Tan laughed uncontrollably. He shook his head and looked at Li Dingyi with complicated eyes.

After a while, Gu Tan finally sighed and said: "For the sake of my colleagues all these years, I will tell you the truth, I don't know where the King of Nanchang is now."

"Hmph!" Li Dingyi immediately snorted coldly with disdain, his face and eyes full of disbelief.

"It's true." Gu Tan's eyes fell on Huang Ziming who was on the side, and he said lightly, "Where is the assassin you ordered to assassinate Huang Canjun just now? Where is the King of Nanchang now?"

Li Dingyi's face was startled, and he shouted: "You already know what I'm going to do?"

"It's all about killing people to silence them, it's not hard to guess." Gu Tan looked at Li Dingyi indifferently, and said calmly: "Huang Canjun's suspicion is very serious, although it is not possible to convict him now, but he will be sent to prison for interrogation, ransacked his home and arrested people." It's all possible.

Although you are the master, you should know how cruel the methods of those people in the county prison are, and you must know that he will not survive, so you will definitely kill people to silence them. "

Li Ding was silent for a while.

At this time, Xi Ying, who was standing on the side, suddenly looked sideways at Li Dingyi, and said in disbelief, "You are really bold, you know that you are my people inside and out, and you dare to do it. I really don’t know how to write the word dead.”

The entire county government office was already filled with Xi Ying's soldiers, and the others had been restricted from moving.

The only exception is Li Xuan's Qianniuwei, but their number is not large, they only guard some core areas.

Under such circumstances, Li Dingyi dared to do something, and Xi Ying didn't know what to say for a while.

"The people in my official office should have been stabilized by you now, so what are you going to do next?" Li Dingyi looked at Gu Tan, his face full of curiosity and exploration.

Li Dingyi's true face was exposed, he wanted to control everything quickly and steadily, and finally he did his best in front of everyone in the county government.

But Gu Tan and the others tricked Li Dingyi into this side room to isolate the inside and outside.

What are they really calculating?
"After a while, the official will let everyone go home, and then see where they will go and what they will do, and finally pass all the news to the King of Nanchang. It will not take long before your companions will be killed. It's all gone." Gu Tan's voice was very calm.

"You caught me, and you still have him in your hands, not to mention that the King of Nanchang has already led someone to chase a killer out. Is it necessary to be so cautious?" Li Dingyi's chest was about to explode with anger.

"Huang Canjun's Facao, and your Master Li's Registrar's Room, I don't know that people from the Shaotian Yin Sect have been mixed in these years, let alone people who were arranged in every corner of the county government through them, and those who Even you don't know people. If you want to completely wipe out all of you, leaving no one behind, it will take a little more effort, it's not too much." Gu Tan's eyes showed undisguised disgust and hatred.

"Clean it, no, it's not clean." Li Dingyi's mouth suddenly revealed a smug grin, he looked at Gu Tan, and said with a sneer: "You know that in recent years, Dongyang's Yongye Field and Kou Fen Field have been How many big clans here have invaded.

This time the emperor wants to ensure that there will be no problems with the summer tax and the autumn tax. You can know how harsh the people will be this time. At that time, only one spark will be needed..."

"Liu's family!" Gu Tan threw out two words lightly, and Li Dingyi's face immediately changed.

Gu Tan shook his head and said, "You and the Liu family have been very close these years, and they have taken over countless Yongye fields and Koufen fields from the county.

At that time, when the summer harvest begins, the tax revenue of the Liu family will inevitably be less than expected, and the people will inevitably charge more.

At that time, as long as you people fan the flames a little, it will immediately cause a riot. This method is not wise. "

"It doesn't matter whether you are superior or not, as long as it is effective." Li Dingyi looked at Gu Tan, and said coldly at the corner of his mouth: "The current situation has reached such a point, you can only ensure that Xia Harvest will not have any problems if you squeeze the people.

In addition, there was a mistake in the white book and the yellow book, and there must be insufficient manpower. In a few days, the whole Dongyang will fall into chaos.

Then I see what you will do? "

In a word, the expressions of Kang Yao and Xi Ying couldn't help but change.

The white book and the yellow book of the county government are in the hands of Li Dingyi, the chief bookkeeper, and Hao Yuan, the secretary who joins the army, respectively.

Now Hao Yuan is dead, and Si Cao Canjun has been replaced by Huang Ziming for many days.

Even if it's just a little bit of manipulation, it's enough to bring them endless troubles

"Aren't you two still here now? Hucao, Facao, and the chief bookkeeper are all there. As long as you call them all back and check each word one by one, you can always find out the truth. .

In the worst case, just fill in all the production of the post field and public land this year.There is always a way to make up for the shortfall, let alone the Liu family. "

A sneer appeared on Gu Tan's mouth: "The Liu family has taken a lot of property from you over the years, and must have given you a lot of money, and a lot of this money must have been sent to Tianyin teach there.

The Liu family can be regarded as a traffic cult. They conspired to rebel, and it is not an exaggeration to steal a house. By then, the Liu family's assets should be able to fill the gap, and they should be rich. "

"The Liu family is not easy to mess with, they are in court..."

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside, and Cao Rui, a member of the Sigong army, came in quickly from the outside, and then quickly walked in front of Gu Tan, and whispered a few words.

Gu Tan raised his head, looked at Li Dingyi, and said with a sneer: "Now everyone in the county government has been sent home. After a while, Cao Canjun will go to the households of Cao and the officials under the master's door to inform Huang Canjun one by one. Suspected of murdering Hao Canjun and being arrested. Presumably there will be unexpected gains tonight anyway."

"Let them go back, aren't you afraid that they will take the opportunity to escape?" After finishing speaking, Li Dingyi stared at Cao Rui, gritted his teeth and said, "I never thought that you belonged to him."

Sigong joined the army Cao Rui and Sihu joined the army Hao Yuan were both under the jurisdiction of the master book Li Dingyi.

But he never expected that Hao Yuan, a Sihu soldier who was transferred not long ago, noticed his tampering in the white book and yellow book, and now Cao Rui, a Sigong soldier who ran out, turned out to be Gu Tan's very early on. people.

This means that his subordinates, who he had always thought of as impregnable, were already riddled with holes.

"Didn't you also win over Huang Canjun?" Gu Tan took a deep look at Huang Ziming.

Judiciary and Sicang's joining the army were assigned to Gu Tan's subordinates, but they were still excluded.

Kang Yao on the side watched this scene, his eyelids twitched.

He didn't expect that in this small county government, the internal power struggle would be darker than he imagined.

But fortunately, his subordinates are Si Bingjun and Si Shi Joining the Army.

Xi Ying came from Qingming, and he has always had a good relationship with him, and Si Shi joined the army with the lowest authority among the six Cao Caos, so his subordinates will not have much problem at all... right?
"As for your first question, have you forgotten that the curfew was brought forward tonight, and everyone was forced to go home an hour earlier. Those who didn't go home in time were all recorded, let alone Now there are people from Qianniuwei guarding every intersection." Gu Tan shook his head and said, "They won't be able to escape, now it depends on who they hook up with each other."

"It turns out that the king of Nanchang did this for the present." Li Dingyi's face was a little embarrassed.

He finally figured it out now, the king of Nanchang, who came to Dongyang from the very beginning, was plotting against them.

All the people in the entire Dongyang County were counted in it.

Every step you take is carefully calculated.

Gu Tan didn't want to say anything more on this issue, he raised his head to look at Huang Ziming, and said seriously: "Ziming, if my memory is correct, you and Huang County Magistrate seem to be relatives from a distant branch, you and Ziliu... ..."

"No." Huang Ziming shook his head directly, and said indifferently: "They are the Gushi Huang family, and I am the Fumin Huang family. Although they have the same surname, they have different origins. They are descendants of Shaohao, and we are just remnants of the Huang Kingdom. As for me and Huang Ziliu, that dude, they just happen to be in the same generation."

Gu Tan was amazed for a moment, although they both have the surname Huang, but the Huang family of Fumin and the Huang family of Gushi are incomparable at all.

In this world, there are a few who can be ranked among the five surnames and seven families like the Li family of Zhaojun, and the Li family of Longxi.

"I don't care about the family entanglement among you, but County Magistrate Huang once said in front of everyone that you are his distant relative, and you didn't deny it at the time. What's more, you and Huang Ziliu have such similar names. Who would believe it if it was not a family relationship.

So please take care of County Magistrate Huang, as long as you are willing to tell all you know, and then help ensure that this year's summer harvest is complete, then your life can be guaranteed, and your family will be guaranteed. "

Huang Ziming raised his head abruptly and looked at Gu Tan with a hint of horror in his eyes.

"Promise him, at least you can survive now, and if something happens, you can still notify Jiaozhong." Li Dingyi's light words caused everyone present to change their colors slightly.

Huang Ziming has been in Hucao for many days, and no one knows better than him how many tricks he has done here, so if he wants to ensure that there will be no problems in Xiashou, Huang Ziming's surrender is very important.

But now, Li Dingyi's light words completely cut off Huang Ziming's only way of life.

Moreover, it blocked Gu Tan's expectation of ensuring the summer harvest.

Huang Ziming ignored Li Dingyi at all, just looked straight at Gu Tan, and said, "I can agree to your request, but I want the King of Nanchang to personally guarantee it."

(End of this chapter)