Dunqiu County Government Office.
Dunqiu County is a small county, not even as good as Liyang, but the county government office is pretty good, perhaps because there is no luxurious county government office directly opposite for comparison, so it seems pretty good.
At this moment, people lined up in a long queue on the road at the gate of Dunqiu County Government Office.
County officials trembled as they registered everyone and distributed food.
There were two corpses lying on the side, one was an official wearing mourning clothes, and the other was a commoner wearing ordinary clothes.
There was a pool of blood on the ground, which had solidified at this moment and gave off a stench.
The little officials who were distributing food had pale faces and did not dare to look over there.
The people who were receiving food were no longer so scared. At this moment, they were pointing at the pool of blood and whispering something.
"The county official, who belongs to Zhang Dahu's family, said he was pretending to be a poor man to defraud food, and was found out."
"That Hu official went up and slashed into his neck with a knife. It hurt him to death."
"A good death!"
The people were whispering. Liu Taozi was sitting not far away. He was a tall man. He half-squinted his eyes, seeming to be recuperating. Several officials behind him were looking at the crowd fiercely to make sure that this matter was not done.
There will be mistakes.
The county magistrate was not here. Magistrate Lu did not dare to spend time with Liu Taozi. He always used the excuse that he was old and sick to ask the county magistrate to come and accompany him.
The county magistrate is a young man, his surname is Chen, and he seems to be about the same age as Lu Qubing.
The look in Liu Taozi's eyes at this moment was extremely complicated.
We are all county magistrates, but the difference between them is truly indescribable.
I was targeted by a group of petty officials in this county, which made me miserable. I had to be scolded by my superiors and bullied by powerful men. The energy to pass the exam was all worn away. But look at this, the same county magistrate.
The county magistrate was so frightened that he didn't dare to close his eyes for three or four days. After hearing what happened to Li Yang and Dong Li, the magistrate had nightmares every night. He couldn't sleep so he called him to play chess, and his hands holding the chess pieces trembled non-stop.
The Li family of Liyang is the largest family in the entire Liyang County. Relying on their extremely high title, they don't pay attention to other wealthy families. They only regard them as local tyrants and powerful families, and they are not willing to have too much contact with them.
All the other wealthy families in Liyang County combined cannot compare to the Li family.
But such a powerful Li family was actually massacred by this man. It is said that the blood flowed like a river and the heads piled up like a mountain.
There is also the Wu family of Dongli. Although they are not considered a wealthy family, they are just a rural tycoon, but they are also famous for having many tenants and servants. They usually rely on their own guards to bully the wealthy businessmen who pass by.
Team.
As a result, he was also slaughtered by the man in front of him. I heard that he was slaughtered so cleanly that not even a single living chicken could be found in the Wu family.
When they heard that he was coming to Dunqiu, all the heads of wealthy families in Dunqiu ran away all night and went to live in Yecheng.
Chen Xiancheng looked at Liu Taozi with envy and wanted to talk to her several times, but could not find a chance.
At this moment, a farmer was seen walking quickly out of the queue. His abnormality immediately aroused everyone's surprise. The man walked quickly towards Taozi, but before he got close, he was directly pressed down by several county officials.
On the ground.
"Mr. Mandrill!! Please make the decision for me!! Make the decision for me!!"
The man lay on the ground and cried loudly.
Several Dunqiu officials were horrified when they heard this. Someone immediately drew his sword and said, "How dare you humiliate Liu Gong."
"open!"
As soon as Liu Taozi spoke, several county officials quickly dispersed. The man got up from the ground, walked to Taozi crying, and knelt down.
"Mr. Mandrill!! Please save me!!"
"What grievance do you have?"
A county official was frightened and shouted: "Wang Laosan!! In front of Mr. Liu, you can't talk nonsense!!"
Liu Taozi looked at Yao Xiong who was standing aside. Yao Xiong was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing. He stepped forward, raised his hand, and slapped the county official in the face. The county official spun around twice and fell to the ground.
On the ground.
Yao Xiong looked fiercely at the county official who fell to the ground and cursed: "How can you speak when Mr. Liu asks questions? If you dare to speak again, I will ask you to try Nai Gong's sword!!"
Liu Taozi looked at the avenger in front of her.
This was an elderly man. He was wearing tattered clothes, unkempt, and covered in mud. He looked like a corpse. Taozi couldn't even see his appearance clearly.
"Shan Mandrill, the second son of Duke Zhou's family in the north of the city, Zhou Senyan, raped my daughter and forced her to commit suicide. My son went to argue with him, but he threw him into a well and drowned. Later he led others
They broke into my house and beat me and my wife. My wife was already weak and she was beaten to death by them!!"
"I went to the county government to file a complaint, but no one accepted it. When I stayed at the door and refused to leave, they splashed me with arrows and set dogs to bite me."
"Mr. Mandrill, please help me, my family will die in peace."
The old man's tone became increasingly weird, as if he wanted to cry but couldn't.
Yao Xiong and others all looked at Liu Taozi, who looked at the old man calmly, "Is there any evidence?"
The old man trembled and took out a few coins from his arms, and placed them tremblingly in front of him.
"This is the compensation they gave me after they beat my family members to death. I have always kept it. I have always kept it."
The old man seemed a little abnormal.
Liu Taozi shook her head, "This is not enough."
Yao Xiong was a little anxious and wanted to speak, but Liu Taozi looked at the many people in front of him, "Is there any witness?"
After hearing these words, the scene became quieter and quieter.
The common people looked at the old man Wang who was kneeling on the ground mumbling, and then looked at the officials around him who had their heads lowered but had fierce expressions on their faces, thinking of their parents at home.
There was obvious anger, confusion, and hesitation on the faces of the people.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, several clerks breathed a sigh of relief.
Untouchables are untouchables.
"I can testify to that!!"
I saw a strong man pushing away the person in front of him and walking out. The strong man said angrily: "When those people broke into Mr. Wang's house to commit murder, I went to stop them and was punched several times by them. I can testify that
!!”
Hearing this person speak, several more young people came out.
"We can also testify!! The Wang family daughter was forcibly taken away in Dongqu Lane, and we were unable to stop her!!"
"We can also testify! The three officials who released the dogs are Li Sheng, Zhang Chi, and Zhou Xingfeng!!"
I saw people coming out one after another. In a moment, dozens or nearly a hundred people came out.
They stood together and looked angrily at the officials in front of them. Their aura was overwhelming. The junior officials had pale faces and slowly backed away.
"Yao Xiong."
"oh!!"
The ghost reacted and rushed forward. The few officials wanted to run away, but could not. Yao Xiong waved his knife and chopped down the three of them one after another under the gaze of the people until they could no longer run away.
move.
"That man, lead the way for these people."
Liu Taozi pointed at the first person to stand up, then looked at Yao Xiong, "Go and bring me the heads of those people."
"only!!"
Liu Taozi then continued: "As fellow villagers, we should take care of each other. If you are alone, you will be bullied by evil spirits. If this happens again in the future, you must gather together to resist. If you still dare to bully,
Just take action, there are only a few of them, and there are many of you, what are you afraid of?!"
"It doesn't matter if I kill their people, I will take care of them."
Chen Xiancheng, who was standing by, felt his whole body numb when he heard this, and he was actually a little excited unconsciously.
The people looked at Liu Taozi in shock. Suddenly, they all knelt down in front of Liu Taozi, "Mr. Mandrill!!!"
Liu Taozi squinted her eyes again, maintaining the posture of closing her eyes and concentrating just now.
There were a few more corpses on the ground, and the smell of blood became stronger.
The clerks worked even harder and even looked at the people with smiles and teeth showing. The people had never seen such expressions from county officials.
Everyone received the food one by one.
After waiting for who knows how long, Yao Xiong, covered in blood, walked over with a bunch of heads.
"Hey! You! It's you! Dunqiu County Magistrate, the prisoner will be handed over to you!"
Yao Xiong threw a few strings of heads to Chen County Cheng. Chen County Cheng looked at the heads and then at Old Man Wang, "Old Wang, these criminals have been executed. Do you have any other requests? Do you?
Are there any criminals who have never been caught?"
Old Wang looked at the heads blankly and was silent for a long time.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the county magistrate, a smile slowly appeared on his face.
He shook his head and suddenly fell down.
Several people came forward to support him.
But he was no longer breathing, and went to the other side with a smile on his face.
"That old man Wang is really miserable, ugh."
"I think he just held on for that breath because he wanted to see his enemy surrender. When the enemy died, he couldn't hold on anymore."
On the way back, Yao Xiong and several horsemen were talking about Dunqiu.
Their affairs in Dunqiu have been settled and they can return to Liyang.
Speaking of which, they really didn't kill many people in Dunqiu. After staying for a few days, they only killed less than twenty people. But things went extremely smoothly. Those big households went crazy to transport grain to the county government.
Car after car drove by car, and Liu Taozi didn't speak, and they didn't dare to stop.
Yao Xiong even felt that if his brother stayed for a few more days, these wealthy people might have to go to the streets to beg.
When Taozi left Dunqiu, all the officials and wealthy people in the city bid farewell to each other with tears in their eyes, their eyes filled with "reluctance to part".
The group returned to Liyang, but Liyang became extremely lively. Many people gathered at the gate of the city. Yao Xiong was in a trance. It turned out that this small county town could be as noisy as Cheng'an.
The county government's food distribution and other matters were also completed, and the peace at the county government gate once again returned to its former glory.
When they learned that Taozi was coming, everyone from the county government hurriedly came to pay their respects.
Tian Zili reported on the situation in the city after Taozi left.
Everyone was chatting enthusiastically, but Liu Taozi was frowning at the moment, wondering what she was thinking.
Seeing Taozi's appearance, Tian Zili quickly looked at the rest of the people.
"My lord, you are here in a hurry. You are probably tired. Let's not disturb you. Let's all go out."
Liu Taozi spoke, "Zili, Xiong, you stay."
The two of them stayed in the house while everyone else left.
Tian Zili asked: "Brother, what are your orders?"
"You two come with me."
"Where to go?"
"Honor the Buddha."
When Liu Taozi, Tian Zili and Yao Xiong appeared in front of Chongguang Temple, they found that the place was far from as lively as before.
In the past, the city was very desolate, but this place was the most lively. But now that the city has become noisy, this place has become extremely quiet.
All the doors in the temple were closed, and no one could be seen.
None of the patrolling monks, guest monks guarding the gate, and pilgrims coming in and out were seen in the past.
The three of them rode horses and looked at the closed door in front of them.
Liu Taozi glanced at Yao Xiong, who hurriedly stepped forward and shouted at the door: "My county magistrate is here! Open the door quickly!!"
His voice was exceptionally loud and carried far away.
After a while, I saw a Hu monk sticking his head out from the courtyard wall.
The structure of Chongguang Temple is not like a temple with people coming and going, but more like a Wubao of a wealthy family. Their courtyard walls are accessible to people, and they are almost as good as the city walls in Dunqiu County.
The monk looked timidly at the three people below, and Liu Taozi recognized this guy.
When Liu Taozi came here for the first time, he was stopped by this guy.
At this moment, he was no longer as arrogant as before, and he said loudly: "County Prime Minister!! We are practicing behind closed doors, and we really can't see guests during this period!!"
Yao Xiong was furious and shouted: "My lord has come to worship Buddha!! How dare you not open the door?! If you don't open the door again, Nai Gong will set fire to your Zen courtyard!!"
The monk Hu's head disappeared immediately.
There was silence in front of them. Just when Yao Xiong was yelling, the door of the temple was slowly pushed open. Monk Hu walked out stiffly, walked up to the three of them, and hurriedly bowed to see them.
"The young monk pays homage to Mr. Liu."
"I want to worship Buddha and lead the way."
Liu Taozi said.
Monk Hu didn't dare to say anything. He gestured behind him. Someone pushed the door open and opened it completely. Then he turned sideways and made an inviting gesture.
Liu Taozi did not dismount, but slowly entered Chongguang Temple.
Inside Chongguang Temple, it was indeed silent, there was no one around, all you could see was the flat gravel road, all kinds of luxurious buildings, and the tall pagoda in the distance.
There are many Buddha statues in front of the main hall. These Buddha statues are smiling and looking straight ahead.
Although he looks kind-hearted, no matter how you look at him, he just feels eerie and has no sense of sanctity at all.
Liu Taozi looked around carefully and saw that he was interested in the temple. Monk Hu walked beside Qingshi and enthusiastically told Liu Taozi about the situation in the temple.
"There is the main hall, where the six Buddhas are enshrined. Over there is the pilgrimage hall, where pilgrims worship the Buddha and offer incense. Over there is the monk's room."
Liu Taozi nodded gently.
Yao Xiong noticed something was wrong. Even though the surroundings were very quiet, he always felt like he was being peeped. That feeling was very strange. Yao Xiong couldn't help but look around, but the feeling disappeared immediately.
Yao Xiong slowly put his hand on the handle of the knife, and Tian Zili also squinted his eyes, his expression becoming increasingly evil.
In front of the monk's room in the distance, a group of monks hurriedly lay down in front of the rockery. The leader cursed: "Damn, that guy just took a look here. Could it be that he saw us??"
The atmosphere became a little depressing.
Even Monk Hu looked a little strange at the moment. His forehead was sweating, he was hesitating when he spoke, and he was trembling constantly.
They reluctantly walked around Sogo Temple in a large circle.
Immediately, they returned the same way and walked towards the gate of Sogou Temple.
Monk Hu stopped talking. He just looked ahead faintly. Yao Xiong and Tian Zili were also holding knives and following Liu Taozi.
As they slowly approached the door, suddenly, someone walked out from the side.
I don’t know how they appeared, but they suddenly appeared. There were about ten people in total. Yao Xiong was about to draw his sword, but Liu Taozi signaled him to stop.
The leader was an old monk, with a kind and kind face.
He walked up to Liu Taozi with a smile and saluted.
"When I learned that Mr. Liu was coming, I came out of seclusion and came to see him. My old monk, Ayanna, is the abbot of Chongguang Temple."
"Well, I just came to take a look."
"Hahaha, Mr. Liu is too murderous. You should come to the temple more often. Mr. Liu, you have caused too much evil. I can see that there are more than a hundred innocent souls behind you, and they are flexing their teeth at this moment.
I want to take your life"
Hearing these words, Yao Xiong trembled and looked around in fear, as if there really was something dirty.
Liu Taozi looked behind her calmly.
"more than."
"Um??"
"There should be more than a hundred."
Ayanna's lips trembled, and she forced out a kind smile.
"I just want to persuade Mr. Liu that people should be kind-hearted and have a good life. How can they go on a killing spree and create such karma?"
"If you have some time, I can chant sutras and recite Buddha's name for you, and help you to save the innocent souls around you. In this way, they can't hinder your blessings, and maybe you can soar into the sky and be unstoppable!"
Liu Taozi just looked at him coldly and said nothing.
Seeing his appearance, Ayana let out a long sigh, "I am not just talking nonsense. The Buddhas in our main hall are extremely efficacious. You may not know that my respected master is very friendly with the Queen Mother of the current dynasty, and the two of them often exchange letters.
, the Queen Mother has even personally come here to worship Buddha."
"To this day, the Queen Mother still asks us about the situation here from time to time, and we also send some magical artifacts to the Queen Mother. Because of the Queen Mother, Prefect Lou is also very friendly with us."
"In some time, perhaps the Queen Mother will come to Chongguang Temple to recite Buddhist scriptures for His Majesty Emperor Daxing and help him reach the state of bliss as soon as possible."
Ayanna spoke slowly, but his head kept raising, with an inexplicable smile in his eyes.
If they dare to join forces with the county governor and the local powerful in an honest way, they naturally have their own support, and their support is the Empress Dowager Lou. It is precisely because of her that Lou Rui is so polite to them, and can even help them fight with them.
Local wealthy families have developed in-depth cooperation.
Therefore, although Ayanna was wary of Liu Taozi, he was not afraid of him.
Now that Emperor Daxing is gone, the Queen Mother has the final say in the entire Daqi.
You, a mere ninth-grade county magistrate, still dare to antagonize the Queen Mother?
Ayanna also found out Taozi’s backer.
He is just King Changshan and the son of the Queen Mother, so he has to behave like a civet cat in front of the Queen Mother.
What can you do?
Facing his proud look, Liu Taozi suddenly smiled. He grinned, revealing his white teeth.
Ayanna suddenly shuddered and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"It's so efficacious. In a few days, I will come here again to worship the Buddha. When the time comes, I would like you to help me with my prayers."
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Chapter completed!