Boling County, Raoyang County.
The official road has been in disrepair for a long time and is rugged. There are even a lot of stones piled up on the road, making it difficult for vehicles to pass. Even Gao Yanzong's eyes widened. Is there such a dilapidated road in Dingzhou?
Liu Taozi and Gao Yanzong led more than ten Qingqi and continued to move towards Raoyang County.
It was bright and clear, and wild dogs looking for food could be seen on both sides of the road, with water flowing from the corners of their mouths, staring fiercely at the passing knights. These wild dogs gathered into a group, and did not even hide when they saw Qingqi.
Yao Xiong took the lead in drawing his bow and shot one of them to death with one arrow.
The rest of the people shot arrows one after another, and the wild dogs howled and fled in all directions.
Liu Taozi didn't even need to give orders, Yao Xiong led his men to chase after him.
Gao Yanzong looked disappointed, "Is this a big man-eating beast??"
Liu Taozi said: "If there are just one or two, that's fine. But like now, if there are more than ten or twenty of them gathered together, they will eat people. If they see them, they have to be shot."
Gao Yanzong didn't speak. He looked around, "Where is the big man-eating beast?"
Liu Taozi raised her head and looked at the county seat in the distance.
Gao Yanzong followed his gaze and looked towards the county town, becoming even more suspicious. Could there be some big beast in this county town?
The group of people slowly arrived at the gate of the county town.
There were two county officials sitting here. When they saw this group of people approaching on horseback, they quickly put away their arrogance and stood up. With smiles on their faces, they opened the door and let people go without checking the place.
Gao Yanzong's brows jumped again.
Raoyang County is also a bit dilapidated, with roads and buildings alike.
At the intersection of the road, you can see several huddled old people, covered with tattered clothes, lying at the intersection. When they saw the Qingqi passing by, they hurriedly crawled over and struggled to get up, "Noble! Noble! Well done.
Please give me something to eat. Please give me something to eat. Bodhisattva protects good people."
Gao Yanzong was not polite. He took out a handful of money from his arms and threw it to the beggar in front of him.
The beggar's face was full of shock, he kowtowed to Gao Yanzong crazily, and then rushed to get the money.
And this seemed to ignite something. The next moment, a large group of people rushed out from all directions.
Some of these people are old and some are disabled. In short, they are neither young nor strong. Most of them are people who have lost their labor and have no value.
They surrounded the group of people, and there was so much movement that the horses under them all sensed the threat, raised their heads, rubbed their hooves, and issued a warning.
Many knights were also frightened and touched the sabers on their waists.
Gao Yanzong looked at the gathering of more and more people with astonishment in his eyes.
He took out a handful of money from his arms again and sprinkled it forward. Everyone immediately started to fight for it. Someone got angry and pushed the person next to him. Suddenly someone started fighting, and the surroundings were chaotic.
"stop!!!"
Liu Taozi roared angrily, causing Gao Yanzong to tremble with fright, and the surroundings suddenly became silent.
The knights drew their sharp knives one after another, and the people who had been looting just now were frightened and fled away when they saw the murderous knights.
Gao Yanzong looked at this scene, his face turned pale, "Despicable people really don't deserve mercy!!"
Liu Taozi didn't say anything. He jumped off the horse, grabbed the old man who was the first to receive alms, took his hand, and came to Gao Yanzong.
Liu Taozi asked: "Why are you begging here? Where is your home?!"
The old man said timidly: "I have no family. I can't pay the tribute, and all my family property has been taken away."
Liu Taozi snorted and said, "It must be because you don't work hard enough. Otherwise, how could you not even be able to pay the tribute?"
"Your Excellency, until now, I have sixty acres of farmland and forty acres of mulberry fields under my name. I was told to pay the grain tax for one hundred acres of land, but I have never seen these fields before. There is no cultivated land. I
Even if I want to work hard, how can I succeed? Besides, I am already fifty years old this year, my limbs are weak, and my children are already dead."
The old man did not cry. On the contrary, he always had a flattering smile on his face, but his eyes were a little red and his voice was a little trembling.
Gao Yanzong felt that something was wrong. He never liked to pay attention to these things, but he still felt that something was not quite right.
Liu Taozi let go of his hand, mounted the horse again, and looked at Gao Yanzong aside.
"Let's go."
Gao Yanzong lowered his head and was actually walking behind Liu Taozi at this moment. He suddenly asked: "Could the man-eating beast that my brother mentioned be an evil official?"
Liu Taozi did not answer him, but just walked along, passing through roads and houses. Pedestrians lowered their heads and walked in a hurry. Their eyes were dull and their faces were expressionless. Even when they encountered Qingqi, they were not afraid and just buried their heads.
Moving forward, it seems that nothing can stop them.
In this way, we arrived at the northernmost part of the county, and the huge building complex came into view.
Gao Yanzong raised his head and looked at the luxurious courtyard wall in front of him. He couldn't help but look at Liu Taozi beside him, "Brother, whose house is this?"
"The lair of the great man-eating beast."
They speeded up slightly and arrived at the door of the house, where they saw two people pacing back and forth. When these two people saw Liu Taozi, they ran over excitedly and bowed to see her.
"County Lieutenant!!"
These were two county officials. When they saw Liu Taozi, they breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you for coming, these people are serious."
They obviously didn't know the governor. At this moment, Gao Yanzong was wearing ordinary hunting clothes, not much different from Yao Xiong and others, and he was just reporting the situation to Liu Taozi.
Liu Taozi didn't let them finish, "I know the matter, take us there."
The two county officials were overjoyed and walked in front, leading everyone towards the luxurious mansion.
Went all the way to the gate.
There are stone tablets on both sides of the gate, with many scriptures carved on them. The font is extremely exquisite, with a large number of words carved on both sides.
On the top of the gate, there are several plaques with some words, which look golden.
Gao Yanzong scratched his head. He never cared about local government affairs and had no idea whose family this was.
The county official hurried forward and knocked on the door quickly.
Soon, someone opened the door like a dog. When he saw the county official outside the door, he sneered, "Here we go again? Oh, don't waste your efforts. How can we, a kind and honest family, obey cruel officials?"
At your mercy?! Go back!"
The man was about to close the door, and Liu Taozi walked out on horseback, lowering her head and staring at the slave in the distance.
When this guy saw Liu Taozi, he was not afraid at all. He looked up and down and said, "Could it be that the county lieutenant is here? Please allow me to go and report."
He left the place quickly, and Yao Xiong even laughed angrily.
"Brother, don't say anything, just go in."
Gao Yanzong was confused, "Who the hell is this family? How can they show off better than me?!"
Liu Taozi just looked ahead calmly without saying a word.
Soon, I saw a white-haired old man walking over. The servants behind him were carrying two large plaques, and behind them, there was a mighty team.
These are all scholars, young, dignified in appearance, with stern expressions, quite extraordinary.
These people gathered more and more, and gradually occupied the entire front yard. From the door, everywhere you could see were filled with these people, probably hundreds of them.
When the old man came here, he did not even meet Liu Taozi, but signaled to the two slaves. The slaves immediately stepped forward and placed the two plaques at the door.
Gao Yanzong stuck his head out to take a look.
On the first plaque, it clearly says "Confucianism in the world".
On the second plaque, it is written "Master of the Five Classics".
The old man then raised his head and looked at the people in front of him, "My family has been studying for generations, based on the great principles of Confucian classics. All the Five Classics scholars in the world are from my family! This first piece was a gift from the former Emperor Xiaowen.
The second piece was a gift from the then Emperor Wenxiang!!"
"For the sake of Confucianism in the world, you must never turn your back on the powerful!!"
"As a county lieutenant, you practice cruel methods and harm loyal people. Now you even intend to rob and commit crimes. Other families may be afraid of you, but I am not afraid. If you want to kill me, I will kill you. But, if you want to enter my house
To kill someone, you must first step on these two plaques with your horse!!!"
The old man was furious and cursed Liu Taozi.
He stood in front of the two plaques with his hands on his hips.
Liu Taozi looked at Gao Yanzong aside, "The Liu family of Raoyang is the descendant of Liu Xian who developed the Five Classics. They passed down the classics and cannibalized people with etiquette. Half of the cultivated land in Raoyang is under their family name. Cheng Zhe came to Raoyang."
Yang, we need to thoroughly investigate Shitian. We are blocked by these people and we don’t even want to see him."
"I would like to teach you, Your Majesty, that this is a big beast that can eat people."
Gao Yanzong's thoughts at this moment were all focused on the second plaque, and he stared at it intently.
When he heard Liu Taozi's words, the old man in the distance was furious at first, but after hearing the last word, he hurriedly looked at Gao Yanzong, and then bowed to him, "The common people pay homage to the king!!"
He said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this second plaque is a gift from your father, Emperor Wenxiang!"
"Emperor Wenxiang valued talents and education, and was an unparalleled wise king."
Gao Yanzong was a little confused at the moment, and his chubby face was full of confusion.
The corner of Liu Taozi's left eye twitched, and a fierce light flashed in her eyes.
After a while, there were people running towards this place quickly. There were dozens of people. The leader rushed all the way in front of everyone, then jumped off the horse, looked at the two plaques placed on the ground, and hurriedly
I pay my respects to Liu Taozi.
This man was not too old, but he was extremely thin and haggard.
"Rao Yang ordered Yang Fuzhi to pay homage to Commander Liu!"
This person's rank is of course higher than Liu Taozi's, but Liu Taozi's reputation is too great, and what he does is too cruel, so this person has a look of panic on his face.
The old man said: "Mr. Yang, don't pay homage to that cruel official! As a scholar, how can you be so immoral?! King Ande is here, and you don't want to pay homage to that cruel official!"
Yang Fuzhi became even more frightened, and hurriedly met with King Ande beside him, his expression even more frightened.
Liu Taozi asked: "For such an old man with no official title and no title, he can curse at you. How can you be considered a county magistrate?"
Yang Fuzhi raised his head, with a tangled look on his face, and said hesitantly: "Mr. Liu is the empress of the great sages."
Looking at Liu Taozi's cold eyes, Yang Fuzhi added: "When the Five Classics were lost, it was Liu Confucian who organized and wrote them and spread them to the world. He had thousands of disciples. Now the Five Classics are not published by anyone but Liu. All the officials in the world are from the Five Classics examination.
So do I."
Although Yang Fuzhi didn't say it clearly, his meaning was very clear. As a scholar with a background in treating the Five Classics, he was equivalent to the other party's disciple. How could he dare to offend?
Moreover, there are tens of thousands of people like him in the world. If he offends this family, he will not know how many people will attack him. This is the reason why Cheng Zhe does not dare to use force. If not, he may have to fight against the Confucian scholars in the world.
The old man was still arrogant. He pointed at Liu Taozi and said: "Those who govern the Five Classics in the world belong to my family."
Liu Taozi ignored him at all. He looked at Gao Yanzong aside, "Your Majesty, what do you think? Can you hunt him?"
Gao Yanzong paused, looked at Liu Taozi in surprise, and then looked at the two plaques, "If my father admires this family, maybe there is something extraordinary about them. I. This."
"Whoosh~~"
"Pfft!"
Liu Taozi drew his bow and shot.
The old man was pointing at Liu Taozi and talking when an arrow flew towards him and hit him directly in the neck. The arrow did not stop and flew straight out. Half of the old man's neck was left with a large piece of flesh missing.
Tilted, fell straight to the ground.
Everyone in front and behind was also shocked at this moment, and those behind the old man were also screaming at this moment.
Liu Taozi's face was fierce, and he looked at Gao Yanzong aside.
Gao Yanzong was stunned and looked at Liu Taozi.
"The king usually considers himself brave for daring to humiliate his slaves like that, but now when he encounters a man who pulls the skin of a tiger, he becomes so frightened!!"
"Did Emperor Wenxiang give him the plaque so that he could use it to prey on the people?! Was it so that he could use it to intimidate the officials and clan?!"
"This is ruining the reputation of Emperor Wenxiang! As his son, the king does not want to rectify Emperor Wenxiang's name, but he is still timid. With such a character, can it be considered brave?!"
"What are you waiting for, Your Majesty?!"
Hearing the question, Gao Yanzong's face turned red. He roared violently and rushed out. His horse raised its big hoof and stepped on the plaque of 'World Confucianism'. The plaque immediately shattered, but Gao Yanzong did not
He stopped and continued to mount his horse. The horse raised its front hooves high and trampled down hard. The plaque of 'Five Classics Master' was immediately broken into pieces.
At this moment, the eyes of the Confucian students in the front yard were about to burst.
Gao Yanzong shouted loudly: "My father gave you the plaque in appreciation of your past achievements. Today, he used my father's gift to do evil. If you don't get rid of it, how can I be the son of man?! Kill!!!"
Liu Taozi pulled out the Huaqing Sword, and the green lion felt the passion of its master. It flew out, crossed the gate, stepped on the plaque, and then jumped high and fell straight into the crowd. Liu Taozi waved his hand.
The sword inside slashed left and right, and the two fell immediately.
At this moment, these Confucian scholars, who were full of righteousness, governed the Five Classics, and were not afraid of cruel officials, let out a woman-like scream.
A few people were so frightened that they fainted, while the rest ran around.
King Ande rushed up, holding a long knife, imitating Liu Taozi, and began to chop.
The knights rushed in, and there was a melee between the two sides. The soldiers were running around crying and howling. Some people were kneeling on the ground, kowtowing their heads constantly, begging for life. Some people were struggling to climb up to the roof, trying to avoid being chased. Some people pushed down their classmates and speeded up.
He fled towards the backyard at high speed.
Blood spurts and flesh and blood fly everywhere.
Yang Fuzhi staggered and collapsed on the ground. Looking at the scene in front of him, he was so weak that he could not speak.
After an unknown amount of time, two war horses took the lead and slowly walked out of the courtyard gate.
The war horse was covered in blood, and its hooves left blood marks on the ground. Gao Yanzong followed Liu Taozi with a smile, his eyes full of fierceness.
"He is indeed an evil thief!"
"What kind of classics are there to govern a family? Damn it, not to mention the pile of crossbows hidden in the house, the accumulated grain alone is more than the state grain depot. How much farmland does their family have??"
As Gao Yanzong spoke, he suddenly looked at Yang Fuzhi, who was kneeling beside him with a pale face. He raised his whip and cursed: "The local government is so evil, but you turn a blind eye. Come here, arrest me!! Submit it to the temple for questioning!!"
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A knight stepped forward and caught him, but Yang Fuzhi didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy.
Liu Taozi and Gao Yanzong continued walking on the road, looking really scary. No one dared to approach them along the way.
Liu Taozi said: "The king is humiliating his servants and guards in the palace. What is this? It's just bullying and a coward's behavior."
"If the king wants to have fun, he should have fun in the house of a big orc like this."
"You are considered a warrior if you can humiliate these strong men. Besides, doesn't your Majesty think it is more interesting to humiliate the rich than to humiliate the slaves?"
Gao Yanzong nodded hurriedly, "That's true, I just wanted to say that!! Those who can resist are much more interesting than those who can't!"
"Well, in the future, if I am no longer here and the king suddenly wants to have fun again, he can go and investigate in person and find such a big orc family, a noble family, and humiliate them as much as he wants. Killing these people will be beneficial to the people.
, it is also beneficial to the king. If the king manages the place well, the kings in the temple will pay more attention to the king. This is the right way."
Gao Yanzong looked at Liu Taozi excitedly and nodded heavily.
"I know, if you want to pull arrows from now on, just look for someone from a rich family!"
The corner of Yao Xiong's mouth trembled. He wiped the blood on his face, but secretly thought to himself: When he was in Liyang, his brother taught Lou Rui how to conquer by force. Now in Boling, he started to teach this idiot again.
How the king bullies the people is because he doesn't teach anything good.
The two county officials were trembling at the moment and followed Liu Taozi and others. Liu Taozi waved his hand and called the man over.
"Go tell Cheng Zhe that the trouble here has been solved and ask him to thoroughly investigate the granting of land as soon as possible."
"only!!"
After seeing off the county officials, Liu Taozi looked at Gao Yanzong again, "There is another important matter at the moment."
"Brother, please tell me."
"We attacked and killed the Cui family, why didn't the temple punish us?"
"Because they rebelled and collaborated with the enemy!"
"No, if the temple decides that they are treasonous and collaborating with the enemy, then they should issue an edict to kill everyone in the Cui family."
"That is."
"Because we took back a lot of farmland and solved the problem of money and food for the temple."
"I see!"
"This is the temple's acquiescence. It is a hint to the king to completely solve Dingzhou's money and food plan."
"That makes sense!!"
Chapter completed!