"In addition, we also seized letters from the Huang family and the Black Mountain bandits in the Huang Mansion."
Li Dian said and handed over a stack of letters.
Cao Cao just glanced through it briefly and was immediately overjoyed!
He originally planned to follow Yang Ling's suggestion to forge evidence that the Huang family colluded with the Black Mountain bandits.
But I didn’t expect that I actually found it!
Now it is completely confirmed that the Huang family colluded with the Black Mountain Bandits!
"Pull all these people to the open space at the city gate!"
After Cao Cao gave the order, Li Dian and Yue Jin led their soldiers and escorted the Huang family and other members of the noble clan to the city gate.
The Huang family and other members of the gentry clan are all prominent figures in Dongjun!
They were escorted through the streets by soldiers, instantly attracting the attention of countless people.
When Cao Cao and his party arrived at the city gate, a huge crowd had already gathered around them, and almost everyone in the county came to watch the excitement.
"Everyone!"
Cao Cao looked around at everyone present and said in a deep voice,
"Be quiet, I have something to say!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, the originally chaotic crowd immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at him.
"Today, the Japanese governor received a report that the Huang family, Hu family and other wealthy noble families were colluding with the Black Mountain bandits who were causing harm to Wei and Dong counties. Therefore, he went there in person to ransack their homes!"
As soon as Cao Cao said this, the crowd was in an uproar!
"How can it be?"
"Master Huang is rich, how could he have any dealings with Black Mountain bandits?"
"Hey, what's impossible?"
Listening to the buzzing discussion among the people, Cao Cao frowned.
Dian Wei on the side saw this, took a step forward, and shouted sternly,
"Shut up, everyone!"
His voice was like thunder, and his voice instantly shocked the people present!
Cao Cao nodded to Dian Wei with satisfaction and continued loudly,
"These letters to and from the Black Mountain bandit leaders Yu Du, Bai Rao and others were found in the Huang Mansion!"
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, I must be executed according to law! Come, prepare for execution!"
Li Dian and Le Jin led a group of soldiers forward and pushed all the members of the Huang family and several other noble clans to the ground!
Just listen to the crisp and clear beheading sounds of "click" and "click". In an instant, blood mist rose into the sky and the heads rolled to the ground.
Whether they are bandits or black bandits, they all gather in the mountains and forests to make a living by looting.
People have long been miserable!
The Huang family is a noble family and has always oppressed the people, and now they are colluding with the Black Mountain bandits.
Seeing them being executed, the people not only showed no sympathy or fear, but instead all clapped their hands and applauded.
"From today on, as long as you abide by the law and live and work in peace and contentment, I will never let you be disturbed in any way!"
Cao Cao said impassionedly.
"The prefect is wise!"
"It is an honor for us to be able to become a subject under the rule of the prefect!"
The people shouted excitedly!
Cao Cao first promulgated a series of policies to benefit the people, and then killed the nobles who oppressed the people and colluded with the Black Mountain bandits. Naturally, he won the hearts of the people!
…
"Sir! Sir!"
Cao Cao ran all the way from outside excitedly and broke into Yang Ling's room without even knocking on the door.
Yang Ling, who was taking a lunch break, was startled, woke up from sleep and said quickly,
"Prefect, what happened?"
"Nothing happened!"
Cao Cao laughed and danced with excitement,
"I just sent people to ransack the Huang family and the Hu family. Do you know how much money was confiscated?"
"have no idea."
Yang Ling shook his head.
"Well, sir, you can see for yourself."
Cao Cao said, pushing over an account.
Yang Ling flipped through it casually and was shocked.
"There are so many?!"
Just a dozen gentry families in Puyang County had nearly 5 billion in money stolen from their houses!
Darling, if I had known this, I would have robbed a tomb, so I would have just asked a few nobles to confiscate their homes!
But after being surprised, Yang Ling then thought about it. When the Mi family married Mi Zhen to Liu Bei, they gave her 2 billion in dowry alone!
The combined wealth of these noble families in Puyang County is only twice the dowry of the Mi family.
Looking at it this way, I'm not that surprised anymore.
"No wonder Sir has been saying that he wants to suppress the nobles. Now it seems that these nobles really deserve to be killed!"
Cao Cao said indignantly.
He had been an official in the imperial court before, so he naturally knew how empty the treasury was.
Now that the imperial court is weak, people are starving to death everywhere in the world, but these nobles still have such a terrifying family fortune.
How does this not make him angry? !
"With this money, the prefect will no longer worry about military resources, right?"
Yang Ling joked.
"Sir, what you said is true! With this money, we can build an army again!"
Cao Cao chuckled, suddenly seemed to remember something, and said quickly,
"By the way, sir, we also found correspondence between the Huang family and the Black Mountain Bandits in the Huang Mansion. It's a pity that Huang Silang got away!"
"Oh, is this happening?"
Yang Ling took the letter from Cao Cao, pondered for a moment, and said slowly,
"Since Huang Silang has contacts with the Black Mountain Bandits, he must have gone to the Chaoge area to defect to the Black Mountain Bandits this time. I'm afraid that it won't be long before the Black Mountain Bandits will come to invade Dongjun!"
"This is troublesome!"
Cao Cao's expression became serious.
He has less than 6,000 troops in his hands. If he sticks to Puyang County, there will be no problem.
But there is more than just Puyang County in Dongjun!
Once the Black Mountain bandits attack, the five thousand men and horses in his hands will probably not be enough!
"Prefect, please rest assured. If the Black Mountain bandits dare to come, they will never come back!"
Yang Ling smiled calmly, showing his confident demeanor.
Seeing this situation, the tension in Cao Cao's heart disappeared instantly!
…
In the black mountains outside Chaoge City.
A horse was galloping from a distance. The man on the horse looked embarrassed and looked back nervously from time to time.
good.
This person is none other than Huang Silang who escaped from the Huang Mansion!
At this moment, the horse under him suddenly screamed and fell forward.
Huang Silang was beaten to pieces, but before he could recover, a group of big men rushed out from both sides!
They held swords and put them on Huang Silang's neck.
Huang Silang was shocked and shouted quickly,
"Stop, one of my own, I'm here to see your leader Yu Du!"
The big men were slightly stunned, but they still tied up Huang Silang and carried him towards the mountain!
Not long after, the group came to a mountain village.
Huang Silang was taken to a lobby and thrown down heavily. When he came to his senses, he found a strong and powerful man sitting in the lobby, narrowing his eyes at him.
"Master Huang, why are you so free today and come to my cottage!"
The one who spoke was Yu Du, the leader of the Black Mountain bandits!
"Leader Yu, you have to help me!"
After Huang Silang saw Yu Du, he felt as if he had seen a savior and quickly asked for help!
