Jiangnan East Road, Ningguofu, Ningguo County, Huangjiazhuang.
Meng Gong and Yu Jie, who led the team, rushed to Ningguo County. They abandoned the boat and went straight to Huangjiazhuang. From a distance, they saw a sea of people at the entrance of the village. They were all villagers armed with swords, guns, clubs, and hoes and farm tools. They blocked the entrance to the village and were impassioned. ,aggressive.
Meng Gong waved his hand, and the student army stopped.
"Commander Meng, according to the information revealed by the Criminal Division, Huang Zhendong, the owner of Huangjiazhuang, is the uncle of Xu Hai, the magistrate of Ningguo County, and Huang Rucheng, the magistrate of Ningguo County, is his nephew. The Huang family has more than 60 hectares of private land and more than 800 tenants. There are three to four hundred servants, and he is a famous householder in Ningguo Mansion and even Jiangnan East Road."
Yu Jie looked at the surging crowd in the distance and made comments on the side.
"Yu Jie, according to what you said, he is not just a senior citizen, but a powerful person."
Meng Gong smiled coldly.
Upper households are between the aristocratic privileged class and the yeoman farmers. They specifically refer to the wealthy but not noble civilian landowners. They are also the richest "rich people" class in the countryside.
This Huang Zhendong's descendants are all officials, and they all have prominent positions and are more powerful than the powerful. No wonder he dares to kill the officials of the Jingjie Office.
"Commander Meng, we are dealing with powerful officials. Do we really want to kill these common people?"
Wei Jinyu's heart was pounding and he asked quietly.
The anger of a common man will lead to bloodshed for five steps. The emperor's wrath laid down millions of corpses. When the emperor is angry, they are the ones who kill.
"What common people are killing officials and destroying offices? This is chaos and a mob! Can ordinary people do such a thing? This is the emperor's will, do you want to disobey it?"
Meng Gong glanced at Wei Jinyu coldly and grimaced.
He was appointed by the emperor as the commander of the arrest of the criminals, and Yu Jie was the deputy commander. Emperor Long Yan was furious and personally intervened. He could not be merciful, let alone disobey the will and military orders.
"only……"
Wei Jinyu hesitated and hesitated, still a little stubborn.
"Wei Jinyu, do you want to disobey me?"
Meng Gong's eyes immediately turned cold.
"yes!"
Wei Jinyu replied angrily and quickly retreated.
This black-faced Meng Gong, resolute and hard-hearted, can be said to be the most loyal student of Zhao Hong, the emperor's principal. If he continues to speak harshly, the consequences will be unpredictable.
"Commander Meng, please be patient and don't be impatient. It's better to be polite first and then attack. Play hard to capture."
Yu Jie said softly, giving advice to his old superior in history.
Meng Gong looked at Yu Jie and laughed.
This Yu Jie is thoughtful and has some dirty tricks, but he is an interesting person.
"Wei Jinyu, go over and tell them that killing officials and destroying government offices is a heinous crime! Let them hand over the murderer quickly, otherwise the national law is ruthless and they will bear the consequences!"
Meng Gong looked at the students around him, and his eyes rested on Wei Jinyu.
Wei Jinyu was still hesitating, and Yu Jie shouted angrily.
"Wei Jinyu, why don't you hurry up and convey the military order!"
This Wei Jinyu has lost his temper again. Where did he think this was? This was the Jinling Martial Arts Hall, where military orders were more important than anything else.
"Commander Meng, Deputy Commander Yu, I..."
Wei Jin had a sad face and hesitated.
"Wei Jinyu, are you going to disobey military orders? This is the second time today!"
Yu Jie raised his voice and urged Wei Jinyu.
Military orders are like mountains, inside Wei Yamen, does he really think he is out for fun?
"yes!"
Wei Jinyu didn't dare to neglect, he quickly stood up straight, saluted a military salute, and ran over quickly.
"snort!"
Meng Gong looked at Wei Jinyu's back and snorted coldly.
If he hadn't taken Vice Principal Weng Wei's face into consideration and just disobeyed military orders, he would have ordered Wei Jinyu to be captured.
When he stopped twenty or thirty steps in front of the villagers, Wei Jinyu raised his head, raised his chest, and shouted loudly.
"You all listen carefully. It is the decree of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to kill officials. It is a heinous crime! Hand over the murderer quickly, otherwise the national law..."
Before Wei Jinyu finished speaking, bricks, stones, and clods of earth flew over like raindrops. Wei Jinyu was so disgraced that he could only run away with his head in his arms and fled back in a hurry.
If he hadn't been wearing armor, he would have suffered a bloody head injury.
Seeing Wei Jinyu running away in embarrassment, the villagers laughed and started shouting.
"Go back, Dog Officer Army!"
"If you want to take our land, just dream!"
"Get out of here!"
If there is a way and the law is right, don’t blame everyone. Once a civil uprising is triggered, how will these officers and soldiers explain themselves to their superiors? They cannot afford this responsibility.
The villagers were proud, and Meng Gong's brows were furrowed.
The law of the country is ruthless!
The emperor's instructions rang in his ears.
"These unscrupulous people have the emperor's decree. Do they really think that the law will not punish everyone?"
Yu Jie said softly, seeming to remind Meng Gong.
"The law does not punish everyone? Even if they are princes, ministers, relatives of the emperor, if they violate the law, the law of the country is ruthless!"
Meng Gong snorted, raised his right hand, and shouted loudly.
"Everyone, prepare..."
"Don't! Don't!"
An official sedan fell on the official road at the entrance of the village, and an official in green robe ran over, followed by the government officials. The official shouted loudly as he ran, interrupting Meng Gong's words.
"I can't do it! I can't do it!"
The official was panting and ran to Meng Gong, sweating profusely.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, who are you? Why can't you?"
Meng Gong looked at the green-robed official coldly. This official came at the right time.
"General, I'm Xu Hai, the magistrate of Ningguo. May I ask the general what you want to do? You must never use swords and guns against the people rashly?"
County Magistrate Xu Hai looked serious and said seriously.
"This and that are common people, they are simply mobs!"
Wei Jinyu's eyes bulged high and he said angrily.
Although he was wearing a helmet and protecting his head, he still received several blows on his face.
"Since you are the parent official of Ningguo County, please go over and ask Huangjiazhuang to hand over the murderer of the official. Otherwise, we will definitely pursue him!"
Meng Gong looked calm, but Xu Hai shook his head repeatedly.
"General, it is difficult to draw a conclusion on the merits of this matter at the moment. Still..."
"Stop talking nonsense, can you bring the murderer to justice?"
Meng Gong was rude and interrupted Xu Hai's words sharply.
If it weren't for this nephew's father-in-law, would the owner of Huangzhuang, Huang Zhendong, dare to act so boldly?
"General, aren't you trying to make things difficult for others? If it causes a civil uprising, can the general bear the consequences?"
Xu Hai's expression changed, and he turned his head away as he rolled his sleeves.
"If you can't do it, get out of here! Don't get in the way!"
Yu Jie said coldly, and then said to Meng Gong:
"Commander Meng, I will take people to guard several other intersections to prevent traitors from escaping."
"Okay! Those who dare to resist will be engaged in military law!"
Meng Gong nodded, and Yu Jie took some students away.
"General, these are my people of the Song Dynasty. If you want to lead people on a killing spree, aren't you afraid of causing a civil uprising?"
Xu Hai looked at the student army that was about to move, his face turned pale, and he asked in a trembling voice.
"Xu Hai, I will report to the emperor what you did today. You should still worry about your black gauze hat and see how many days you can wear it."
Meng Gong snorted coldly, and then shouted loudly.
"The whole army comes forward, crossbowmen and archers are ready!"
Meng Gong gave the order, and all the student soldiers stepped forward together, raising their bows and crossbows, aiming at the villagers in front.
As expected, they were unruly people. Even the officers and soldiers armed with guns and knives dared to resist, let alone the unarmed officials of the Jiejie Office.
"What...are they...going to...do?"
The students had been trained for a long time and were full of murderous intent. The villagers were in a commotion, and many people subconsciously became afraid.
"I say it again, hand over the murderer immediately and let the team enter the village. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!"
Meng Gong shouted loudly again.
Xu Hai, the magistrate of Ningguo County, whose face was pale, followed and stopped Meng Gong.
"General, if you dare to harm the villagers, I will go to the emperor to get a copy of you!"
Xu Hai's seemingly threatening words made Meng Gong sneer.
This dog official is still supporting these villagers at this time. I really don’t know whether to live or die.
"Xu Hai, you have violated the law by obstructing the handling of the case. If you continue to use clever words, don't blame me for the sharpness of the knife in my hand!"
Meng Gong's tone was cold, Xu Hai's face turned pale, and he shivered and stepped aside.
The cadet army from the Jinling Martial Arts Hall was dispatched. Could it be that the imperial court was determined to be tough?
"Since ancient times, the law has not punished everyone. They don't dare to do anything to us! Folks, fight with them!"
Sure enough, the Huang family's housekeeper noticed his words and started to confuse the villagers loudly.
Seeing that the practitioners did not come forward, thinking that they were timid, the villagers became bolder and stepped forward one after another, throwing bricks, stones and earth at them.
"Go away! You dog officers!"
"Smash you idiots to death!"
Bricks, earth and rocks were thrown at him one after another, and even Xu Hai was not immune. Meng Gong shouted loudly.
"Everyone! Cum!"
When the military order was passed, the crossbowmen in the team fired together, arrows flying all over the sky. The villagers screamed and immediately fell down. Many people cried like ghosts and howled like wolves, and turned around and ran away.
"Enter the village!"
Meng Gong waved his hand, and the students lined up and strode forward, passing by the villagers who fell to the ground and screamed, without looking at them and without stopping.
The housekeeper of the Huang family was hit by several arrows in his throat and chest. Blood was stained around his neck and chest. His eyes were wide open and he was lying in a pool of blood twitching.
"Oh my God!"
Xu Hai was frightened, his legs went weak, he staggered and sat on the ground.
At this time, Huangjiazhuang was over, and his career was also over.
Zhuangzi was surrounded by an army of cadets armed with guns and knives, and those who fled were arrested one after another. The cadets were so fierce that all the villagers in the village squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, their faces turned pale, and no one dared to move.
Several bloody corpses were dragged back from outside the village. They were Huang Da and Huang Si, idle men in the village. The chief culprits who killed officials knew that they could not escape their guilt, so they resisted and were killed one by one by the student army.
"hurry up!"
Huang Zhendong, the usually arrogant owner of Huangjiazhuang, was escorted out of his house by the student army. He was shackled and dejected, with his face covered in blood. He is one of the main culprits who instigated the incident. In addition to being arrested, the door of his house was also sealed.
Behind Huang Zhendong, hundreds of disheveled villagers, also shackled and listless, were driven out of the village.
"Kill me and I will still be a good man eighteen years later!"
An angry-looking prisoner kept talking harshly, trying to show off his heroism.
"What a bastard, you want to act cruel even when you are about to die!"
The practitioner struck him with the back of his knife several times. The prisoner's face was covered in blood after being beaten, and he immediately did not dare to say anything and became much more honest.
"Please, let my man go!"
"Huang Zhendong, damn you, my son has been led astray by you!"
"Master Jun, please spare my life!"
The women were kneeling on the ground, crying, crying for their fathers and mothers, but no one dared to get in the way. If you annoy the other party, the consequences will be disastrous.
Hundreds of people from more than a thousand households in the village have been arrested. I don’t know how many will be killed by then. Will the rest be imprisoned?
"Listen up! Those who kill will be punished with their lives, and those who injure others will be sent into the army and exiled. The government will also send people to clear out the husband's land. If anyone dares to stop it, these people today are role models!"
Meng Gong shouted angrily, and the villagers were frightened, and no one dared to say a word.
Meng Gong waved his hand, and the students escorted the "suspects" and "criminals" and meandered away from the village, ignoring the villagers' cries and pity.
According to the rules in the military, the cadet soldiers only know obedience and discipline, and no one dares to sympathize or pity each other.
Passing outside the village, the sedan chair of Xu Hai, the magistrate of Ningguo County, had already disappeared. It seemed that the mediocre nephew was scared away.
Not only Huangjiazhuang, but also the entire Jiangnan East Road, in and outside the city, in all states and counties, there is a lot of buzz, and criminals involved in the case are being arrested everywhere.
Nearly ten thousand people were arrested, thousands of officials committed crimes, and countless subordinates. The prison in Jiankang Mansion was suddenly overcrowded.
