Mingshi

Chapter 684 Kill
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At this time, from a distance, the sedan chairs of the prefect Song Danian and fellow prefect Luo Xin were seen coming.The Patriarchs of the five great aristocratic families including Lu Ding flashed their eyes, and they all approached Song Danian and Luo Xin's sedan chair, and Lu Ding was still shouting:
"Master Song, Lord Luo..."

The sedan chair stopped, Luo Xin and Song Danian got out of the sedan chair, glanced at the patriarchs of the five great families who were blocked by the third class of yamen servants, then looked away, and walked straight to the gate of Lu Mansion.Walking in front of the gate, he looked at the Patriarch of the Lu family with cold eyes.The head of the Lu family was still shouting just now, but when he met Luo Xin's cold gaze, he panicked all of a sudden.

"General Qi, lead someone."

"Yes!" Qi Jiguang replied, and then shouted: "Take someone."

Then a soldier came in with a few people.When the Patriarch of the Lu family saw it, his expression changed.Several soldiers escorted three people in. He knew all three of them. They were the two disciples and the housekeeper who were in charge of Lu's smuggling.When the three people saw the Patriarch of the Lu family, they collapsed on the ground and shouted:

"uncle……"

"master……"

"You, you, you..." The head of the Lu family looked at Luo Xin, feeling more and more uneasy.

"Read!" Luo Xin snorted coldly.

Wang Ziren took out a piece of paper and read aloud: "The Lu family colluded with the Japanese bandits..."

He read a thousand words eloquently, listing the crimes committed by the Lu family in the past few decades, such as smuggling, colluding with Japanese pirates, tipping off Japanese pirates, and so on.After Wang Ziren finished reading, Luo Xin shouted loudly:
"Grasp!"

The soldiers rushed forward, tied up the head of the Lu family, and another soldier rushed into the Lu residence, arresting people and confiscating all assets.Luo Xin stood motionless in front of the Lu residence, and Song Danian stood next to Luo Xin, looking at the head of the Lu family with joy on his face.The head of the Lu family looked up and saw the joy on Song Danian's face, pointed at Song Danian and said:

"You dog officer."

A stern look appeared on Song Danian's face, and he whispered in his ear: "No, are you planning to arrest all the members of the Lu family?"

"What advice does Master Song have?" Luo Xin also asked in a low voice.

"No, if you just arrest them and follow the normal procedures, then the five great families will be able to operate, and maybe they will be released in the end."

Luo Xin smiled lightly and said: "I gave them the opportunity before, but they didn't take it, so there will be no more chances."

Outside the Lu residence, there was silence.

In Lu's mansion, there was a crowd of crying and shouting.

It lasted for about half an hour, and all the members of the Lu family were tied up outside the door.Luo Xin said to the New Year greeting beside him:

"Nominate people according to the list."

"Yes!"

He Nian responded, took out a piece of paper from his bosom, brought some soldiers with him, and named everyone according to the above names. The first person to be brought up was the Patriarch of the Lu family. When a total of 85 people were brought up Afterwards, Lu Ding and the other heads of the five great families seemed to realize something, and their faces turned pale.These 85 people can be said to have wiped out all the elites of the Lu family. After that, there will be no more Lu family in the southeast.

"cut!"

Luo Xin let out a loud shout.Then some soldiers pressed those 85 people to kneel on the ground, and chopped off their heads with one knife.The blood in the neck cavity spurted out, and in an instant, the air was filled with the smell of blood.Countless people watching the excitement couldn't help but get up.The Patriarchs of the five great families including Lu Ding also felt very uncomfortable in their chests.But at this moment, they saw Luo Xin approaching them calmly.

Luo Xin walked up to the patriarchs of the five great families, and said with a faint smile, "Five patriarchs, Dongnan is too small, and you take yourself too seriously. Now that the Lu family is over..."

"I want to impeach you!" Lu Ding pointed at Luo Dao angrily.

A cold light flashed in Luo Xin's eyes, and he shouted in a low voice: "If you point at me again, believe it or not, I'll break your finger off?"

Lu Ding's expression changed, and he quickly withdrew his fingers.Now in his heart, Luo Xin is a lunatic who can do anything.Seeing Lu Ding withdraw his finger, Luo Xin smiled again and said:
"Impeach me? The evidence of the Lu family's collusion with Japanese pirates is convincing. How do you impeach me? And I think that after selling all the Lu family's wealth, including the land and houses, the sum is not a small amount. Tens of millions of taels of silver will not be there, but a few hundred There should be no problem with ten thousand taels of silver. After I send the silver to the capital and before His Majesty, do you think impeaching me is useful?"

"Huh? That's right!" Luo Xin smiled again: "There is also the problem of skyrocketing prices in Hangzhou, especially food. However, in order to drive up prices and kill me, Luo Xin, you six big families I have hoarded a lot of food. Now that I have raided Lu’s house, I have a lot of food in my hand. Although I don’t know how much, but to stabilize prices, I can still last for about two months, right?”

Speaking of this, Luo Xin smiled again and said, "It's easy for you to ask again, what about after two months?"

Luo Xin shrugged his shoulders and said, "If after two months, your five great families still don't know how to praise you, I have no choice but to kill another family, so that I can persist for another two months. I want to kill all of your six great families." One day, the price issue will no longer be an issue.”

"you dare?"

The patriarchs of the five great families were trembling all over, but fear was revealed in their eyes.

Luo Xin dare not?
Everything is difficult at the beginning, Luo Xin has already ordered to kill, if the situation does not meet Luo Xin's requirements, they believe that Luo Xin will really continue to kill.

"Well, there are also Japanese pirates you colluded with!" Luo Xin said lightly: "When the Japanese pirates learned that Hangzhou had stabilized prices and there was no chaos, they lost their minds about attacking Hangzhou. And Hu Zongxian would not let them That chance. Lo and behold, your plan has failed again.

As for those refugees, with the food from the Lu family, the refugee problem will not be a problem.I will give you one month. After one month, if you have not shown me your sincerity, I will write the names of you on a note, and then I will grab and kill whoever I catch. who the whole family.

Don't worry, I have sorted out all your crimes, and I have all the witnesses and material evidence, so I won't wrong you.You do it well. "

Luo Xin flicked his robe sleeves and walked towards his sedan chair.Passing by He Nian's side, he said, "I leave everything here to you."

"My lord, please rest assured."

"En!" Luo Xin patted him on the shoulder and said, "I don't worry if you handle the matter."

Luo Xin and Song Danian came to their respective sedan chairs, boarded them and left.Behind him, He Nian was still reminiscing about the six words Luo Xin said just now, "You can do things, I can rest assured", his face flushed with excitement.Suddenly turned around and said:

"Search for me, don't miss an inch of Lu's house."

Lu Ding and other five great families looked at Luo Xin's leaving back, lost their souls.

Luo Xin returned to the Shibo Department, and before he could sit down for a while, someone came to report that an old friend had come to visit.Luo Xin frowned slightly, not knowing who it would be, so he got up and walked towards the door of the lobby.

Zhang Juzheng stood outside the gate, frowning tightly.Luo Xin's action was really too fast, before he could react, 85 members of the Lu family were killed.This will cause chaos in Hangzhou.While frowning and thinking, he saw Luo Xin walking out of the gate, and when he saw him, he smiled and said:

"Brother Tai Yue, why are you here?"

Zhang Juzheng said with a wry smile: "I came to Hangzhou for inspection by order."

Luo Xin's eyes flickered and said: "Xu Jie asked you to come, right?"

A trace of unnaturalness appeared on Zhang Juzheng's face and said: "The main reason is that you are making too much noise here, but I didn't expect that today you are making more trouble."

"Brother Taiyue, please!" Luo Xin smiled and tied his hands.

"No, please."

When the two entered Luo Xin's study, Zhang Juzheng was not polite, and said directly: "No, Hangzhou is in chaos now. Now that you have killed so many people, I think you are no longer fit to stay in the southeast. From today From the beginning, you stay in the yamen, and everything in the southeast is up to me."

Luo Xin smiled lightly and said, "I have nothing to do with the southeast issue. Does the soaring prices have anything to do with me? My scope of authority is only to run the shipping department. Does it have anything to do with me being unstable? I am responsible for the refugees entering the city." ?

No!

All of this has nothing to do with me, it all falls within the purview of Mr. Song, the prefect.So, if you want to make your voice heard in the southeast, it is not for me to cooperate with you, but for Song Danian to cooperate with you. "

"No weapon..."

As soon as Luo Xin finished speaking, he saw Song Danian walking in, and said anxiously: "There are more and more refugees now, what should we do?"

Luo Xin raised his hand to introduce Song Danian: "Master Song, this is the inspector sent by the imperial court, Zhang Juzheng, Mr. Zhang. If you have any questions, you can ask him for help. He is here to solve the southeast problem."

Zhang Juzheng glared at Luo Xin, then turned to Song Danian and said, "Lord Song, the people in the city are unstable now, and refugees cannot be allowed to enter the city, and Japanese spies will be allowed to sneak in. Once the Japanese invaders approach the city, Hangzhou will be doomed. Therefore, we The refugees must be moved out as soon as possible. Then a porridge market will be opened outside the city, so that the refugees can eat and there will be no troubles."

How easy is it to move refugees out of the city now?There are not [-] or [-] refugees pouring into the city today.If you drive them out forcibly, big trouble will happen.And once, as you said, there are Japanese pirates in it, when they incite it, it will be a disaster.

Zhang Juzheng sat there stunned, and Song Danian looked at me and I looked at you, the more the two of them looked at each other, the paler their faces became.They all sensed that the real danger was coming.

The problem now is that if you don't deport these refugees out of the city, you don't know how many Japanese pirates there are.Once the Japanese pirates approach the city, these people will be the internal response, and the city of Hangzhou will be destroyed.If these people are expelled out of the city now, the Japanese pirates hidden among the refugees will immediately fan the flames, instigate the refugees to smash, smash and loot, and then set fires everywhere. I am afraid that the bustling Hangzhou city will be turned into ruins.

If this matter is not handled properly, not only Song Danian is finished, but Zhang Juzheng is also finished.Both of them were pale and looked at each other, and then they saw Luo Xin, but saw that Luo Xin was still there, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help asking:

"No, can you do it?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said: "I've thought about it, I'm now without an official. Originally, these things had nothing to do with me, His Majesty just asked me to run the Shibo Department. Now that Brother Tai Yue is here, even the Shibo Department has nothing to do with it. I'm not allowed to do anything, just let me stay in the mansion and wait for His Majesty to punish me. Why do I think about so many things? Anyway, something big happened, and Master Song and Brother Taiyue are responsible for it. "

"When did I make you wait for His Majesty to punish you?" Zhang Juzheng asked anxiously.

Luo Xin glanced at him and said, "If you let me stay in the mansion, I'm not allowed to go. Isn't this house arrest? What is it? This isn't waiting for His Majesty to punish me, what is it?"

"I did not mean that."

Luo Xin simply drooped his eyelids and said nothing.Zhang Juzheng said seriously: "No, when I left Beijing, Mr. Xu Ge once told me that if the situation in the southeast got out of hand, he would let me take over the southeast. And what I saw and heard on the first day in Hangzhou, The prices are very high, people’s hearts are unstable, refugees are surging, and rumors about Japanese pirates are flying all over the sky. In this situation, Taiyue believes that Hangzhou has reached the point where it can’t be dealt with. For the safety of the southeast, I, Zhang Ju, will be just. You can blame me or hate me , I, Zhang Juzheng, sit upright and walk upright.

The city of Hangzhou was already like a gunpowder keg. I didn't expect that on the second day I arrived in Hangzhou, I saw you go on a rampage. You even ransacked the Lu family and wiped out the whole family. You are throwing a torch into the powder keg.You said, at this time, if you continue to mess around like this in Hangzhou, wouldn't it cause a big mess? "

Zhang Juzheng stared at Luo Xin with scorching eyes, but Song Danian looked at Luo Xin nervously, for fear that Luo Xin would become angry and fight Zhang Juzheng, but he did not expect a smile to appear on Luo Xin's face and said:

"Taiyue, I'm very glad that you have such a heart. In such a situation that outsiders see as very bad, you still dare to take on this burden. This shows that you are not a selfish person, but a responsible person."

Zhang Juzheng was slightly taken aback, let alone Song Danian did not expect Luo Xin to say such a thing, even Zhang Juzheng did not expect it.Originally, he thought that even if Luo Xin didn't get angry, he would feel conflicted.Unexpectedly, Luo Xin not only did not resist, but praised him instead.It's just that the words of praise sounded like what the elders said to the younger generation, and it sounded awkward.

"But..." Luo Xin's expression suddenly became serious: "Just taking responsibility is not enough, you also need to have the keenness to judge the situation, the wisdom to solve the problem and the decisiveness to take action."

Luo Xin didn't stop talking, his expression was very calm from the beginning to the end, without the slightest fluctuation, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing as a bystander.

But Zhang Juzheng's face turned red with a bang. Today's Zhang Juzheng is far from the wisdom after she became the chief assistant of the cabinet, nor does he have the face of that time.He could understand what Luo Xin said.

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