Li Tianyao and Xiao Feng stood face to face, as if time had stopped. After an unknown amount of time, Li Tianyao spoke in shock.
"This...can't be true? Can gold be dug out of coal mines? How could this be possible? I've never heard of it!"
Xiao Feng smiled faintly: "Not only the Kaoshantun coal mine, but also two coal mines in Zaozhuang. It is said that the mine veins were exhausted and closed, and I also asked people to see them.
Among the small mines secretly dug inside, one is a gold mine and the other is an agate mine. I guess Brother Li doesn't know about it either? "
Li Tianyao said innocently: "Yes, I really don't know. The reason why those mines were closed is because the report below said that the mine veins have been dug out!"
Xiao Feng looked at him approvingly: "Talent, I discovered along the way that talent lies among the people.
Those big guys in the court may not actually be the best people in the Ming Dynasty. They are just lucky and have the upper hand.
If I organize a talent show for Ming Dynasty's good talents, talents like you and Lin Xi will definitely get good rankings.
Apart from anything else, those detectives you raised are so loyal. If I hadn't borrowed a prison officer from the prison before setting off, I probably wouldn't have been able to find out. "
At this time, Pearl also put on her clothes and ran out of the house in a hurry. Her face was still flushed, and she looked at Xiao Feng and his entourage who were leaving and returning in confusion and panic.
Xiao Feng waved his hand, and Princess Chang'an and Ru Hua stepped forward, held Pearl on the left and right, and pulled her to the side.
"Sister Pearl, don't come close. Let the men deal with men's matters themselves. You can't do what he can do..."
On the surface, Captain Zhang and the police officers on duty were all brought to the lobby, but they seemed to be fine.
Judging from the panic and despair on his face, the means of imprisonment are well-deserved.
Li Tianyao's face turned pale, but he still looked at Xiao Feng in surprise: "Brother Xiao, I don't understand what you mean by this."
Xiao Feng sighed: "They have all been recruited. If you still don't give up, I can tell you that all your agents in the mines should have been arrested by now.
You say it's hard to find your catchers, but it's not because of the hard work, it's because you only keep those who listen to you, and you drive away the rest.
There are no prisoners in your cell because in Zaozhuang County, no matter what crime you committed, you will be sentenced to hard labor, and the place of hard labor is the coal mines everywhere.
You control the coal mines, squeeze the miners, and make them work hard to dig coal. In addition to the official sales, there is also a large amount of surplus coal, which you secretly sell and line your own pockets.
Originally, this was already a considerable amount of wealth, but you suddenly realized that there are often many associated mineral deposits in coal mines, so you asked experienced miners to help you dig holes and explore for minerals.
Once you discover gold, silver, agate and other mineral deposits, immediately find an excuse to close the mining area, leaving only the most controllable part of the miners to work for you!
As for Boss Han, just because he discovered the gold mine, Capt. Zhang knew that this man would not be obedient, so he beat him to death and created the illusion of a landslide to conceal the truth! "
Li Tianyao's face turned paler, but he still argued: "It was clearly Boss Han who was beaten to death by Bai Er. Boss Han's wife also admitted that Bai Er had molested her..."
Xiao Feng smiled and said: "That's why I said you are a talented person. You have known about Bai Er's lust for a long time, so when you were interrogating the case in front of me, you directly hinted
Zhang Captou put the blame on Bai Er.
In order not to give Bai Er a chance to redress his grievances, Zhang and the other two men directly killed Bai Er, resulting in a death without evidence. It's a pity that it was your clever behavior that made me suspicious. "
Li Tianyao looked at Xiao Feng in confusion, and Xiao Feng smiled and said: "Boss Han's wife is mediocre in appearance, and she doesn't have any unusual charm. I believe Bai Er is teasing and molesting her, but Bai Er will kill Boss Han for this woman." , but I don’t believe it.
It’s not that there are no brothels in Zaozhuang City, there are also half-closed doors and fake widows near the mining area, none of which are as beautiful as Boss Han’s wife.
Bai Er is a supervisor, and it's not like he doesn't have a lot of money. Why is it so difficult to find a lover? Why should he kill someone for this? "
Li Tianyao stared at Xiao Feng dumbfounded. Damn it, it turned out that this kid spent the entire night wandering around the brothel's secret door just for this! Is this really a normal way of thinking?
"You doubt me just because of such a small thing? Then you made such a big move, going to various mining areas to dig holes to see the veins?"
"Of course not, I just asked An Qingyue to stay secretly and hide on the roof of the cell. I know that if my suspicion is right, then you will definitely discuss something with Capt. Zhang.
Sure enough, after An Qingyue caught up with us, I knew that I had guessed correctly, and then, as you said, I went to dig holes in the mine to see the veins. By the way, I caught all your spies. "
Li Tianyao stopped talking, and Xiao Feng stopped talking. The two faced each other in silence. In the silence, they could only hear the crackling sound of sparks from the pine torch.
After a long time, Li Tianyao finally spoke: "Under the great reputation, no one can
Xu Shi, I knew you were powerful, but I didn’t expect you to be so powerful.
Didn't you really calculate it using Taoism? If that's the case, I can still accept it in my heart. "
Xiao Feng shook his head: "My calligraphy test is all used to protect the safety of Princess Chang'an. How can I have the spare time to test you? What's more, do I still need to test my calligraphy for such a small thing?"
This was a bit too much, but the fact was that Li Tianyao had nothing to say. Xiao Feng looked at Li Tianyao's handsome and elegant face and sighed.
"Since you have given up your status as a guest of honor, your salary as a county prince, and become an official, you must be a person with great ambitions.
Due to the strict family background investigation when selecting guests, you must not be a member of the White Lotus Sect. If so, why are you so greedy and insatiable? "
Li Tianyao looked at Xiao Feng with a sad expression, but raised his head: "How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?"
Xiao Feng looked at Li Tianyao quietly: "Your ambition is not to rebel, right? Although you have made a lot of money, you are not armed. Do you want to follow the path of the court?"
Li Tianyao looked at Xiao Feng in surprise: "Yes, a real man in this world can choose from the straight and seek from the music, so why bother with the sticks and the harp?
Why is Yan Dang so arrogant? It’s just to help Wan live his Taoism. Why help Long live his Taoism? There are only two paths, Qingci and making money.
Just say, Mr. Xiao, your rapid rise to success overnight didn’t come from these two points?
You don't have to be surprised. With my status as Pearl and my financial resources, it is not difficult to find out some news about the capital and the court. "
Xiao Feng nodded: "So you have worked hard to accumulate wealth, just to use money to open the way, rise all the way to the court, and become a
A powerful minister who is subordinate to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
If you are a guest of honor, you are just a royal son-in-law. In comparison, your ambition is really high.
I just want to know, does Lord Pearl know what you are doing? Is it because of your ambition that she gave up her title as a county king for you? "
Li Tianyao turned his face and looked at Pearl, whose face was already full of tears. For the first time, there was a trace of regret on his face, and his head was no longer held high.
"Zhenzhu doesn't know anything. She only knows that I have been excellent in exams for three consecutive years and have the opportunity to be promoted to an official in the government.
She was born into a noble family, but she actually didn't care whether she was the wife of a county magistrate, the wife of a magistrate, or even the wife of a chief minister.
But I can't do it. How can I, Li Tianyao, a tall and dignified man of seven feet, live on a soft diet for the rest of my life? If I hadn't loved pearls so much, I wouldn't have been the guest of honor.
But what kind of life is Yibin living? is pig! I am kept like a pig in Yibin Mansion every day!
My father-in-law, including Prince Degong who is currently in Prince De’s Mansion in Jinan, we are all pigs! They’re just pigs of different sizes!
I have the ambition to help the world and the ability to guide the world, but the imperial court treats me like a pig! Yan Song and Yan Shifan are just young people, but they can live in temples and control the world!
It would be fine if they could manage the world well, but what has become of the world in their hands?
The people hardly have food and clothing, and wars are raging across the border. Why is the White Lotus Sect resurrected? Isn’t it a good thing they did? "
Li Tianyao knew that his reputation had been ruined, so he spoke without any scruples, and burst out with all his anger, which made Princess Chang An frowning next to him.
Pearl was also anxious: "Li Lang, shut up! Xiao Da
Man, Li Lang is really eager for quick success. He wanted to succeed as soon as possible, so he asked Mr. Xiao to be accommodating! "
Xiao Feng looked at the excited Li Tianyao calmly: "With your ability, you can still be promoted even if you don't do these harmful things. Why do you have to take this path?"
Li Tianyao laughed loudly: "Promotion? Don't you know that they wanted me to be a fellow intellectual in Fucheng from the beginning? Is that an official position? It is a new pig-raising position.
Other colleagues may be able to be promoted step by step, but I know that I can't be promoted. Although Pearl sacrificed his title to help me, those idiots in the staff department can only figure out the emperor's thoughts!
They would think that it is enough for Li Tianyao to be an official in Fucheng. After all, he is a relative of the emperor. Who dares to let him enter the capital or the court?
If I follow the rules and follow the steps, I will only be a decoration and a waste in name only for the rest of my life! I can only rely on myself!
Why did I choose Zaozhuang? I knew there were coal mines here and I wanted to make money, the most money in the world. I will spread all this money to buy official status, buy access, and buy a way out of generals and into prime ministers!
Then, I will use my rights to benefit the people of the world, become a famous figure, write history, and be famous throughout the ages! "
Xiao Feng looked at Li Tianyao quietly, his eyes full of complicated expressions. No one knew how many times he had thought of Li Tianyao like this.
He also thought about gaining power by hook or by crook, and then using the power gained to do good things for the world. But he knew what such people in history would eventually become.
But Xiao Feng also knew that Yan Song was once an ambitious young man.
, He Shen was also a young man who was honest and determined. Even Xu Jie, who is still serving as Xu seconder, will definitely not believe that he will become like that in the future when he is old.
There is no other reason, just because they chose Li Tianyao's path in the process of obtaining rights.
They may have sincerely believed that after gaining power, they could still stick to their original aspirations, but they didn't know that when they used dirty means to gain power, they had already killed the young man they once were.
It is much easier and more satisfying to fight against evil by any means than to collect evidence and make painstaking inferences.
I don't need evidence to kill you. As long as I know you are a bad person, I can kill you. Such pleasure will make countless people fall for such reasons in the future.
Unnecessary, unwarranted, unwarranted, these three words actually translate to, I know you are a bad person, so I don’t need evidence.
Li Tianyao understood Xiao Feng's eyes, and his passionate and arrogant tone gradually dimmed, and finally turned into a wry smile.
"Master Xiao, I still admire you. I have spent money to find out a lot of information about your affairs. I hope to hear some unscrupulous methods, so that I will feel that I am not alone.
But all the news fed back to me disappointed me. You may be eloquent and scheming, but you have never used the methods I want you to use.
How wonderful it would be if we were traveling together. We can join hands to fight against this filthy world and save this crumbling Ming Dynasty, which is both golden and jade on the outside but ruined on the inside.
Mr. Xiao, tell the truth, do you really dare to
Are you saying that you won’t take this path in the future? If you dare, you are qualified to judge me today! "
Xiao Feng shook his head: "I dare not say it. I don't know what kind of desperate situation I will be forced into by the enemy in the future, so I will never dare to say this.
But I will grit my teeth and persist one day at a time. Maybe there will be a day when I can't hold on, but as long as that day hasn't come yet, I am qualified to judge you! "
With the last words, Xiao Feng slapped the gavel tree with a "snap" sound. Yu Dayou led his soldiers and escorted a dozen policemen in from the outside, as well as dozens of miners who helped the tyrants to kill and injure people.
"Li Tianyao, as a county magistrate, you are greedy for money and merit, bribe the court, impose severe punishments, and work hard for the people!
Use the catcher as a hawk and the scoundrels as his minions to control the mine, hide the gold mine secretly, kill people and silence them, and become crazy!
Today, as the governor of Jiangnan and Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, I sentence you to be escorted to the Ministry of Punishment and executed in the future!
The criminals below Li Tianyao were killed and the evidence was conclusive. They were beheaded in public with Shang Fang's sword awarded by the Governor of Jiangnan! "
Everyone did not dare to make a sound, being suppressed by Xiao Feng's murderous aura, they were like withered grass in winter, trembling slightly in the cold wind. Even Zhang Wuxin, who killed without blinking an eye, and Yu Dayou, whose blood was splattered on the battlefield, lowered their heads slightly.
An Qingyue stared at Xiao Feng dumbfounded, and the words her father had said to her suddenly flashed through her heart like lightning.
"Never go against someone like Xiao Feng. He is already so scary when he uses good people's methods. Once he loses his bottom line and uses bad people's methods, he will be such a terrible person..."
Under the huge pressure, only one person shouted. Pearl breaks free
An Qingyue's hand, which was momentarily distracted, almost knocked the frail Chang An over. He rushed to the front of Xiao Feng's case and fell to his knees directly.
"Master Xiao, I beg you, I beg you, don't kill him, don't sentence him to beheading.
We are no longer officials. I beg my father to write a letter to restore my status as a county prince and restore Li Lang's status as a guest. Mr. Xiao, I beg you! "
Xiao Feng said nothing, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes as he looked at Pearl. Li Tianyao walked over, helped his wife up, and held her in his arms.
"Zhenzhu, there's no need to beg him. What I do is a path of failure or success. Now that I meet him, I accept it.
He is not a murderous person, but the world today is full of chaos, strife, corruption and filth. Without thunder, the darkness cannot be broken; without blood covering the ground, the people's hearts cannot be purified.
He has his own way, and I hope that his path will work. I was forced to take this path because I couldn't. "
Xiao Feng said calmly: "If the Junjun insists on doing this, I can't stop it. If the Junjun and Yibin regain their status, the clan government will handle the matter, and the Fasi Yamen will no longer have the power to deal with it.
But Li Tianyao, I want to ask, are you really willing to go back to the Yibin Mansion within the high wall, eat and sleep, and live out your life with food and sleep? "
Li Tianyao smiled miserably and said: "Master Xiao, you are the governor of Jiangnan, and you carry with you the Shang Fang Sword given by Long Live. I will never have the chance to carry Shang Fang Sword in my life. Can you allow me to take a look?"
Xiao Feng nodded, reached out and took Shang Fang's sword from Zhang Wuxin's hand, placed it on the bank, and pushed it to Li Tianyao.
Li Tianyao picked up Shang Fang's sword and looked at it
Look again, like a child looking at his most beloved toy that he will never get.
Then he drew out his sword, placed it across his neck, and smiled at Xiao Feng: "Today I will use Li's blood to sharpen your Shangfang sword. May you have a smooth journey and kill ghosts when you encounter them!"
Pearl screamed and rushed forward, but was tightly protected by An Qingyue, who had already turned around. Li Tianyao looked at the pearl and returned to that warm spring day in a trance.
"May I have your name?"
"I'm Li Tianyao, do you know the name of my little brother?"
"I...my name is Pearl..."
"Pearl? How does this name sound like a woman's name?"
"Because, because I am a woman..."
"Li Lang, you can eat something. I'll ask someone to buy whatever you want to eat."
"Li Lang, I know that you have ambitions, want to be an official, and want to leave a name in history. I, I have asked my father to write a letter for me..."
"Li Lang, look at the four pieces of coal. I asked someone to carve them. This pair belongs to the two of us. This pair is what I want to give to Chang An.
I heard that she will definitely marry Mr. Xiao. Um? What's wrong? Isn't Mr. Xiao a Taoist priest? "
Li Tianyao smiled with tears in his eyes: "Zhenzhu, I'm sorry, I really don't want to go back to Yibin Mansion. You don't want to be a county king in your next life. Let's meet by the lake, okay?"
The young man hides a three-foot sword in his chest and vows to kill the poisonous dragon. He looked at the green sun with blood splattered on it, only to realize that he had been in a big dream.
