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

Chapter 287 Cutting mountains and destroying temples, the method of punishing the heart

In the messy boudoir, a beautiful woman in her thirties wearing a green gauze skirt was tied tightly to the ground.

Red blood drops scattered on her chest, green, white, red, intertwined with each other, giving people a special sense of beauty.

Although her right arm was wrapped with a cloth strip, blood was already oozing out.

[Su Fang, the deputy head of the Dongyang branch of Wuhuatang, a native of Chun'an, Muzhou. 】

A deputy hall master of the Dongyang branch was easily taken down by Qiu Zhenmu, which is not worth mentioning at all.

The thirty killers in the entire Lichun Courtyard also died under the crossbow arrows, spears and hooks, and none of them survived.

Su Fang looked at the group of people in front of her with resentment, and tried her best to pounce on them, biting those opposite, but it was a pity that the hemp rope on her body was tied too tightly.

Round and round, it was hard to move without talking, but a little happy.

But at this moment, no one is paying attention to her. Even if the beauty is charming, it is nothing compared to a book on the table.

Looking at the nearly forty names written in detail on the roster, Li Xuan looked at County Wei Kangyao in disbelief: "This thing can't be fake, right?"

Kang Yao hadn't opened his mouth yet, but Gu Tan, the county magistrate, directly interfaced: "It can't be fake, this includes not only Mr. Li and Huang Canjun, but also several people under the command of Si Cao Canjun, the chief secretary, and Judicial Canjun. , even if there are occasional omissions, the ones above must be the accomplices of the traitors."

"En!" Li Xuan nodded, and said, "That's true. We can't relax our vigilance because of this, but we can't wrong others because of it. Only when all the findings are confirmed can they be finally convicted.”

"My lord is very thoughtful." Gu Tan and Kang Yao handed over their hands at the same time, but the excitement and joy on their expressions were still undisguised.

The reason why the two of them rushed over from the county government office was because with this list alone, all the Tianyin Sect bandits in the entire Dongyang County could be eradicated.

I don't know how much to save.

As long as all the Tianyin sect gangsters in the entire Dongyang County are eradicated, they can slowly clean up the tax yellow books of the entire Dongyang.

"My lord, can I leave now?" Hu Ji, the catcher beside him, couldn't bear it any longer.

Today, even the top soldiers under Bing Cao have made great contributions, only the catchers under him have made the least contribution.

Other things are fine, but in this kind of door-to-door search and arrest, they are the best.

Li Xuan did not immediately agree, but was still scrolling through the roster in front of him, and then seemed to be talking to himself: "Except for some people in the county government, the people in this roster are all ordinary people in the city, and those outside the city. There is no one, and there is no one from a wealthy family or a scholar's family, but there are only thirty ordinary people, a total of thirty."

"That's true. These thirty people are distributed in more than a dozen different workshops. Some have only three or two people in one workshop, and some have as many as five or six people. This should be divided according to the size of the population. Once there are Change, these people can immediately cause turmoil in the whole city." Gu Tan can imagine what kind of scene it will be if something happens in Dongyang.

"These people are not ordinary Tianyin believers, they are all fighters who are good at fighting, 30 people, 30 people." Li Xuan turned his head sideways, looked at Su Fang who was tied to the ground, and sneered: "That Gutana There are 30 people on the side, and now there are 30 people in Lichunyuan, and there are 30 people on this roster, so I don't know how many 30 people are outside the city, all of them are elite fighters who have fought on the battlefield.

However, in the layout of Tianyin Sect in Dongyang, in addition to these fighters, there are more believers of Tianyin Goddess. Once there is a change, with these elite warfare as the core, they will gather together, and in a short period of time, it will be able to spread throughout the entire country. Dongyang.

Those ordinary believers who are not on the roster are the difficulty in dealing with this time, Gu Xiancheng, I remember you once said that there are many of these people in Dongyang. "

Gu Tan's face changed slightly, and Li Xuan completely exposed the whole plan of Tianyin Sect in Dongyang within a few words.

However, although there are only 30 people on the roster, once it spreads, even 300 people will not be able to stop it.

"There are quite a lot of believers in Tianyin Goddess in Dongyang. If they are all arrested, even if the county jail is full." Gu Tan could only beg for Li Xuan's hand, and said a little embarrassedly: "The prince also said However, for such matters, the prince's methods are more appropriate."

"That's natural, but the premise is that you want to listen!" Li Xuan looked at Gu Tan with a half-smile.

He already had a whole set of methods to deal with the Tianyin Cultists in his mind, but he was afraid that Gu Tan would not dare to implement them, or that he would choose to implement them.

"I will absolutely obey orders." Gu Tan also stared at Li Xuan, he was really curious about Li Xuan's method.

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said: "Let's ransack the houses first. The houses are ransacked one by one. I believe that in the homes of these people, things like memorial tablets, portraits and sculptures will be found... It doesn't take much. Do it, if you find it in someone's house, let everyone in the family spit on it... As long as you spit on it, the crime of the person's continuous sitting will be reduced."

"My lord, that's a crime of treason!" Gu Tan couldn't help reminding.

"Naturally." Li Xuan nodded calmly, and then said: "This king knows this. What this king is really targeting is not the family members of the rebels, but the rebels themselves. If influenced by his family, he can I am remorseful, and I don't mind asking Your Majesty to punish him by beheading him. If he can't, then let him confront his family..."

Gu Tan and Kang Yao looked at each other and looked at each other, but they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

What kind of remorse is this? This is obviously the method of punishing one's heart.

Let the family members of a Tianyin believer cast aside the tablets, portraits and sculptures of the Tianyin Saintess, and the family will immediately become enemies.

Under the bite of each other, who knows what will happen.

Gu Tan suddenly raised his eyes, and couldn't help but said: "My lord, this is not for a Tianyin cultist family at all, but for all the people in the city.

The prince was warning and deterring more people from worshiping the Goddess Tianyin. Either their wives were separated, their families turned against each other, or they were all ransacked and beheaded.

In this way, in Dongyang, there will be very few people who are still willing to become Tianyin believers in the end, and they will even be cast aside by the whole city. "

A slight smile appeared on Li Xuan's face, and he shook his head, expressing that he might not be that calculating at all, and said casually: "Actually, there are still many superficial believers, and there is still a chance to turn around."

Gu Tan wanted to smile on his face, but he couldn't, he could only cup his hands and say, "Your Majesty, obey the order of the prince and do it immediately."

"Be louder. If someone is willing to repent, you can pull them in front of everyone in the neighborhood to show their strength." Li Xuan paused for a while, turned around, looked at Su Fang on the ground and said, "If not, you can Find a way to make one or two, so I don't need to teach you."

"Yes!" Gu Tan, Kang Yao, and other people in the room retreated at the same time.

Inexplicably, they all felt a chill.

Li Xuan lowered her body, stretched out her hand to caress Su Fang's smooth cheek, and said softly, "If those arrested tonight are still unwilling to repent, then at noon tomorrow, they will all be beheaded in front of the whole city."

Su Fang's eyes immediately showed incomparable hatred.

Because she was also beheaded here.

"How many people in this building do you think will survive tonight?" Li Xuan looked out of the window and could see women in light gauze being pulled out from a distance.

These are all the prostitutes in this brothel, some are popular, some are not very popular, there are nobles, there are maids and servants, and there are a group of young girls who have not yet been trained.

"Now that they are all accused of treason, in my king's opinion, traveling three thousand miles is the lightest punishment. As women, you should know what the harshest punishment is for them... The big battle is about to start, and the army is gathering!" Li Xuan's voice was faint, but it kept piercing into Su Fang's ears.

"Woooooo..." Su Fang twisted her body vigorously, trying to curse, but the cloth strip in her mouth tightly strangled her mouth.

Li Xuan squeezed Su Fang's small jaw with one hand, and looked at her with cold eyes: "You should have expected this kind of result, even if there is no imperial army, your people will not let these things go. Poor girl, so, don't act like a virgin... If you really want to save those people, then tell me, who is the head of your Tianyin sect in Dongyang?"

In a word, Li Xuan just said a word, and Su Fang's face changed drastically.

"Is it strange? Why does this king know this person?" Li Xuan sneered, and said disdainfully: "With your means, you can only succeed in Huang Ziming's body in the end, but if you want to get rid of Mr. Li's old and cunning It's almost impossible for the old fox to succeed, and he won't think highly of you, a bawdy who comes from a humble background..."

"Why can't it be him?" Su Fang blurted out a sentence, and at some point, Li Xuan pulled the cloth strip off her mouth.

"Of course it can't be him, the rules in the officialdom are too strict, even if he is the chief bookkeeper, he can't do whatever he wants.

Now is our urgent time, if the person in charge is trapped in the government, how can he foresee and deal with it in time, so your hall master, even if he is a member of the government, must be a person who can roam around the entire Dongyang at any time. It is not limited to the kind of people in the county town, so there will be much fewer such people. "

Li Xuan leaned back weakly, with a thoughtful look on his face.

At this moment, Su Fang seemed to be able to see several names clearly, flashing through Li Xuan's eyes, there was the person she was most worried about.

Li Xuan suddenly lowered her head, looked at Su Fang, and suddenly laughed: "This king knows who it is, I really didn't expect it to be him, and with his background and status, he would also hook up with your people. It's really weird!"

"No, it's not him, you're just thinking wildly, it's not him." Li Xuan shook his head and said softly: "In Dongyang, there are only three or five people with such influence. Zen Master Enji of Dadong Temple, the county I learned Zhou Jijiu, and there is Liu, the son of the patriarch of the most wealthy family in Dongyang, who is known as the most talented man in Dongyang..."

"No, it's not him, it's really not him, you guessed wrong, you guessed wrong." Su Fang kept moving his body, trying to pounce on Li Xuan.

But Li Xuan just turned around lightly, and avoided directly. He stood up blankly, and then said indifferently: "I still want to thank you, the basic king, for confirming directly. With this king, there are originally five or six candidates. , but you gave the answer easily.

Tomorrow, the king will invite that Mr. Liu to observe his sentence, and let him watch his subordinates beheaded one by one in front of him. Do you think he will save or not. "

"You devil." Su Fang looked at Li Xuan while roaring. Seeing that Li Xuan couldn't catch her, she gritted her teeth vigorously and made "cracking, crackling" sounds.

Li Xuan leaned over to look at Su Fang, and said in a low voice, "The ones who were beheaded this time were basically Tianyin gangsters who were caught and had no remorse... Don't worry, you are not among them."

"Uh!" Su Fang was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, she saw that Li Xuan had already walked to the door, and a heart-piercing roar sounded: "Stop, no, I beg you, kill me ..."

……

"My lord, are we really going to kill so many people at noon tomorrow?"

"Of course not. The beheading at noon requires an imperial edict, not to mention treason involved... But if someone comes to rob the court, that's another matter!"

(End of this chapter)