Mingshi

Chapter 672 The Decree
I am very grateful to Wen Wen (500) from "The Will of Fire" for the reward!

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Cai Ji's body trembled again, the voice of scolding Luo Xin became lower and lower, and finally closed his mouth, as if he was a lamb waiting for the judgment of fate.

The third class of yamen servants standing around him also became tense, and their faces turned pale.The pressure grew louder with Wang Ziren's voice, making them all feel suffocated.

At some point, Wang Ziren's voice stopped.

At this moment, it seemed that even the wind had stopped, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.The entire street was silent, and everyone's eyes were on Luo Xin's face.

In the second hall of the magistrate's yamen, Song Danian and other officials were hiding, and they were all listening to the movement outside. When Wang Ziren's voice stopped, the expressions of the officials in the second hall became tense, and at this moment, a A crisp voice came from far outside the gate.

"kill!"

Inside and outside the gate, everyone was taken aback. No one thought that Luo Xin would dare to kill people under such circumstances. Didn't he see that there were more than 200 people on the opposite side?Did he intend to kill all these 200 people?

Cai Ji's face turned pale, and he shouted in a low voice, "Hold on to me, they only have 100 people, and we have more than 200 people."

However, the faces of those three classes of yamen servants were even paler than his. My family knew about their own affairs. They had more people than Luo Xin, but could their combat effectiveness compare with Wan Daquan and the others?
It's okay for them to bully and bully the common people, but to fight against the regular army... What's the difference between that and suicide?
The only reason why they are still standing here now is that they are still doubting whether Luo Xin dares to kill them together.

Luo Xin's face became cold, and he shouted in a deep voice: "I want to kill the criminal Cai Ji, and the idlers will retreat immediately."

Seeing that Luo Xin did not go on a killing spree, Cai Ji and the third class of government officials were all relieved, and thought to themselves:
"He didn't dare to kill everyone after all..."

However, as soon as their thoughts surfaced, Luo Xin's voice sounded again.

"Within three beeps, retreat immediately. Otherwise, you will be guilty of the same crime as the criminal, and you will not be spared. String the bow, and when the official counts to the third beep, shoot and kill all the people who are still standing around the criminal's collection."

"boom……"

Wan Daquan's 100 people moved in unison, and they looked like battle-tested men, bowing their bows in unison. When the arrows were aimed at the third class of government servants on the opposite side, their legs began to tremble.

"one!"

Luo Xin's voice sounded, and the third class of yamen guards on the opposite side not only trembled their legs, but also their whole body began to tremble, but the expressions of the six aristocratic families were calm, they thought it was Luo Xin's bluff.Standing behind Luo Xin, Wang Ziren and He Nian turned pale. They didn't expect Luo Xin to be so powerful that they even wanted to kill all three classes of yamen servants.

"Two!" Luo Xin's voice sounded again.

"Dang..."

A yamen servant couldn't bear the fear in his heart anymore, dropped the weapon in his hand to the ground, and then ran away. His run immediately led all the people to run in all directions.Cai Ji's eyes showed extreme fear, he turned around and ran towards the gate.

"Whoosh..."

Wan Daquan loosened his fingers on the bowstring, and a sharp arrow shot at Cai Ji's leg.

"Pfft..."

Cai Ji fell to the ground eating shit, Wan Daquan strode forward, bent down and grabbed Cai Ji's hair, dragged him to Yang Wenxiu's body, and chopped off his head with a knife.

"He dares to kill an official of the sixth rank!" The hearts of the six aristocratic families trembled.

Luo Xin looked at the guard again. The guard was pale, dripping with cold sweat, trembling all over, and was about to pee from fright. Kneeled on the ground.

"Tong San is dead, let Master Qian come to see me." Luo Xin said lightly.

Zheng Tong, a scholar in the second hall of the magistrate's yamen, trembled and his face turned pale.At this time, even Song Danian was afraid. He was afraid that Luo Xin would not wait until Zheng Tong broke in. Seeing Luo Xin's madness today, he might really kill him, so he looked at Zheng Tong. Zheng Tong With a "plop", he knelt down on the ground and shouted:
"grown ups……"

Outside the gate, the door guard reminded him that his body was sifting through chaff. He wanted to get up, but he couldn't.And at this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes and dense footsteps on the street, followed by a shout:
"Officers and soldiers put down the rebellion, and idlers retreat."

Song Danian in the second hall of the magistrate's spirit was lifted, and he stood up suddenly, with a happy expression on his face.

"The commander-in-chief is here."

Then Zheng Tong didn't tremble anymore, he got up from the ground, Song Danian looked at Zheng Tongtong:

"Master Zheng, you go out to represent the official, wait for the general to arrest Luo Xin, and you put him in prison."

"My lord..." Zheng Tong trembled again.

"What are you afraid of?" Song Danian's face darkened and said, "If I hadn't said that I would no longer be in the Yamen, I would have gone out by myself. Now that the general is here, what else can Luo Xin be arrogant about?"

"My lord..." Zheng Tong continued to tremble.

Song Danian glared at Zheng Tong with resentment, waved for a yamen servant and said:

"Go and see how many people Hou Zongbing brought?"

"Yes, my lord!"

The yamen servant hurried away and came to the gate to look around. At this time, he saw Luo Xin still standing in front of the gate, while Wan Daquan's 100 people surrounded Luo Xin and formed a battle formation. The bow is strung.

Outside of them, the six great families and common people who were onlookers retreated far away, and Hou Zongbing led five hundred soldiers to surround Luo Xin, Wan Daquan and the others, bowing their bows one by one.

The yamen servant turned around and ran back to the second hall and said, "My lord, the Chief Marshal has brought at least 500 people, and Luo Xin and the others have been surrounded by now."

Song Danian relaxed completely, glared at Zheng Tong and said, "What are you afraid of now?"

Zheng Tong didn't tremble any more, his pale face also turned red, he cupped his hands towards Song Danian and said:
"My lord, I will go and capture Luo Xin right now."

"Okay!" Song Danian said loudly, "I am here waiting for your triumphant return."

Outside the prefect gate.

Luo Xin indifferently looked at the Chief Soldier Hou, who was sitting on the horse at that time, looking down at Luo Xin condescendingly, with a sneer on his face and said:
"Luo Xin, you dare to kill the imperial court official, this is tantamount to rebellion, why don't you kneel down and be captured!"

The corners of Luo Xin's mouth curled up slightly. To be honest, Luo Xin didn't pay attention to the five hundred soldiers who were waiting for the commander in chief. Even though he only had 100 people on his side, these 100 people had experienced countless times. The baptism of blood, the soldiers who have experienced many battles, are definitely not comparable to the shrimp soldiers and crab generals like Chief Hou.There are also relatively strong soldiers in the southeast, but those soldiers are in the hands of Hu Zongxian. It is okay for the soldiers of the commander-in-chief to scare the common people. Chopping melons and vegetables is average.

The reason why Luo Xin has been waiting for Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing to come back is because he doesn't want to kill them all. If he kills these 500 people, it will be a mass incident and the matter will become big. The party will not let him go, and the impeachment memorials will overwhelm him like snowflakes. Maybe Emperor Jiajing can't resist the pressure.Emperor Jiajing is old and is no longer young.

He just killed two corrupt officials, and his rank was not high, and he had an imperial decree, even if Xu Jie wanted to trouble him, he couldn't find any trouble.

And at this moment, Zheng Tong came out from the gate of the prefect, looked at Luo Xin, and shouted arrogantly:

"Luo Xin, kneel down and be captured!"

Luo Xin turned his head and glanced at him, that cold gaze made Zheng Tong tremble, and his face turned pale again.

"Ta Tata..."

There was another sound of horseshoes and dense footsteps on the street, and everyone dispersed, and then saw two more teams coming from both ends of the street.The pale-faced Zheng Tong was refreshed. He saw that the total number of soldiers from both sides was more than 1000, and the total number of soldiers from both sides was more than [-]. Even if Luo Xin was covered in iron, how much could he fight? Nail?Immediately, he cupped his hands towards Chief Hou and said:
"Master Hou, please also arrest Luo Xin."

Hou Zongbing showed a sinister smile on his face. Just as he was about to give an order, he suddenly heard someone shouting:

"Hou Jian, put down your weapons, or you will be punished as rebellion."

Hou Zongbing's expression was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but follow the voice. He didn't look closely at who the soldier was just now, but now he saw that it was Qi Jiguang, and looked at the other side, but it was Luo Qing .At this time, Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing's team had already surrounded Hou Zongbing's people inside.Hou Zongbing's expression turned pale all of a sudden, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Qi Jiguang was sent by Hu Zongxian to Luo Xin, and he was dispatched by Luo Xin, not to mention Luo Qing, who was Luo Xin's elder brother.

Whether it was Qi Jiguang or Luo Qing, Hou Jian knew very well in his heart that the soldiers under these two men were strong soldiers in the southeast, and his 500 men were cut down in front of them.At this time, the five hundred soldiers under him also trembled, they knew their business, they were definitely not the opponents of Qi Jiguang and Luo Xin's soldiers, they looked at Hou Jian with pleading eyes.Hou Jian was sweating through his clothes at this time, and he forced himself to calm down and said:
"General Qi, are you planning to rebel?"

Standing on both sides of Luo Xin, Wang Ziren and He Nian were also soaked in sweat. The two of them knew very well that if Luo Xin and Hou Jian really fought, Luo Xin would die, and so would the two of them.

"It's you who wants to rebel!"

Luo Xin's voice sounded, Hou Jian couldn't help looking at Luo Xin again.Seeing Luo Xin stretch out his hand, standing behind him, Lu Daqing opened a long box that he had been holding in his arms, took out a scroll from it, and handed it to Luo Xin with both hands.Luo Xin unfolded the scroll in his hands and shouted loudly:
"Under the imperial decree!"

"Om..." Hou Jian's head hummed.

"Om..." The heads of the six great families in the distance buzzed.

"Om..." Standing on the steps of the magistrate's office, Zheng Tong's head buzzed.

"Om..." The heads of Song Danian and those officials who were hiding in the second hall buzzed.

"Don't kneel down to accept the order!" Luo Xin shouted.

"Hurrah..."

Kneeling all around, only Luo Xin stood alone, Luo Xin's voice sounded in the street.

"Follow the sky..."

In the second hall of the magistrate’s yamen, Song Danian reminded him that he had already heard the content of the imperial decree clearly. Luo Xin actually had the right to kill first and then play later, and even officials below the third rank could be killed.In this way, Luo Xin can chop off his head like a carrot as he is a magistrate of the fourth rank.

"What should I do? What should I do? After a while, Luo Xin came in and found him in the magistrate's yamen, what should I do?"

At this time, his heart was completely flustered. When Luo Xin came in and saw him in the mansion, and Luo Xin came to see him every day for more than ten days, he let Luo Xin shut the door. This is not to humiliate Luo Xin. What?What if the humiliated Luo Xin wants to chop off his head?
"Luo Xin, Luo Xin, your pockmark is not called pockmark, you are called cheater! You have such an imperial decree, why didn't you bring it out sooner, you took it out earlier, how dare I make things difficult for you?"

Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered that if Luo Xin really took out the imperial decree early, he and the six great families might have teamed up to assassinate Luo Xin, and then pushed it on the Japanese pirates.

"This Luo Xin is cunning! He has endured it for so long, just waiting for Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing to come back. With Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing here, who can assassinate him?"

A tinge of regret rose in Song Danian's heart, he knew that Luo Xin was so cunning and difficult to deal with, why did he bother wading in this muddy water, wouldn't it be good to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?

Luo Xin is still hateful. If Luo Xin came to the southeast, instead of being soft and sloppy, but showing strength, how would he judge the situation?
At this time, Luo Xin had already put away the imperial decree and handed it to Lu Daqing, who then put the imperial decree into the long box.

"My lord, I am wronged by a humble position..."

"To shut up!"

Luo Xin snarled, Luo Xin knew what he was going to say, with Luo Xin's wisdom, how could he not know that Song Danian must be in the magistrate's yamen?How could he not know that Hou Jian was called by someone sent by Song Danian?
But he can't let Hou Jian speak out. If he speaks out, Luo Xin must kill Song Danian, otherwise the tough stance he has established with great difficulty will collapse, and all the forces in the southeast will know that Luo Xin still has fear. .In fact, he really couldn't kill Song Danian, at least not now.If Song Danian is killed, there will be no leader in the southeast, and Xu Jie's party in the capital will take advantage of this opportunity to unite with the southeast forces and make some troubles in the southeast, and Luo Xin will be unable to eat.

The most important thing is that Luo Xin cannot gain the trust of Emperor Jiajing now. If he can gain the trust of Emperor Jiajing, he will not hesitate to start the killing ring. Not only will he kill Song Danian, he will kill more than half of the officialdom in the entire southeast , and give the southeast a sunny day.

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Ask for full order!Seek the light of God!
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(End of this chapter)