What the Cui Mansion's old housekeeper expected was correct. In the afternoon, Li Zexuan went directly to the workshop to discuss with Ma Zhou whether today's conflict between the people and the Cui family should be published in the "Datang Daily".
"Master Marquis, forgive Ma for speaking frankly. Today's incident has caused quite a stir, and there are definitely not a few people who know about it. Moreover, Master Marquis, you have smashed the door of Cui Mansion. Even if we don't publish this news, the Cui family will also They will not accept our feelings! Moreover, the common people who know about it will misunderstand that we are the same as the Cui family, so they deliberately conceal the truth! In this way, it will also be a big blow to the credibility of "Datang Daily" !”
After Ma Zhou listened carefully to Li Zexuan's explanation of the cause and effect of the matter, he pondered for a moment and said.
Hearing this, Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Brother Ma's words are reasonable! In that case, tomorrow's "Datang Daily" will publish the news that the Cui family donated money and was jointly attacked by the people!"
A trace of excitement flashed in Ma Zhou's eyes. He was born in a poor family and didn't have much favorable impression of the aristocratic family. If Li Zexuan wanted to fall out with the aristocratic family, he would of course support it from the bottom of his heart. When he heard this, he hurriedly said: "Yes, Lord Marquis !”
Li Zexuan thought for a while and added: "But there is one thing we need to pay attention to. News is about seeking truth from facts. We only need to report according to the facts. We must not add fuel or jealousy!"
Li Zexuan still listened to what Li Er said before, and he also believed that the Tang Dynasty today should be consistent with the outside world and should not have too much internal friction! If you go all out to smear the Cui family in the newspaper, it may amplify the conflict and damage the credibility of Datang Daily.
Ma Zhou responded: "Ma understands!"
"If the Cui family retaliates against us, how does Brother Ma think we should respond?"
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The conversation between Li Zexuan and Ma Zhou lasted until dark. As the prime minister of the Tang Empire in the future, Ma Zhou still had many unique insights in strategic planning. After this conversation, Li Zexuan already had some "forces" in his mind about the route of the future battle with the Cui family.
That night, Li Zexuan stayed at Yunshan Villa.
At three o'clock in the morning, candlelight was still burning in the study room in the courtyard. Outside the door of the dark study room, a big hand suddenly appeared. The big hand knocked on the concierge, and then there was a call: "Master Hou, I belong to you." I have something important to report!"
Listening to the voice, it turned out to be Pang Feiji!
quiet!
After a while, Li Zexuan's voice came from inside the room: "Come in and talk!"
Pang Feiji pushed the door open and walked in. He saw Li Zexuan half leaning on the imperial chair, holding a book with an unknown name in his hand. He took out a booklet from his sleeve, handed it to him and said: "Master Hou, earlier you asked me to give you permission." I am investigating whether the Cui family has done anything illegal. After several months of investigation, I have found out some things. Lord Marquis, please take a look!"
When Cui Yunhan brought a group of Hongwen Hall students to the Li family to cause trouble, it happened that Li Zexuan had just destroyed the Seventh Xiu Sect. The combination of the two made Li Zexuan feel that the Cui family might be behind the Seventh Xiu Sect, and Cui Yunhan was innocently taking the blame. After being exiled to Qiongzhou, Cui Xuanji, the eldest son of the Cui family in Qinghe, was quickly sent back to his hometown in Zhengzhou by Cui Junchuo, the old lady of the Cui family. Li Zexuan originally planned to kill Cui Yunhan, but at that time Li Er refused to let him kill him for the sake of the overall situation, so he had no choice but to send Pang Feiji to lead people to secretly investigate the Cui family's illegal activities!
After such a long time, Li Zexuan almost forgot about that incident. Unexpectedly, Pang Feiji suddenly mentioned it today. He stared at Pang Feiji deeply, then took the booklet in Pang Feiji's hand and flipped through it. got up.
“In the first year of Wude, when the world was first settled, the Cui family collaborated with the local government in Zhengzhou to deprive local people of 30,000 acres of fertile land, leaving thousands of people without land to farm and displaced;
In July of the third year of Takeori, the current emperor destroyed Wang Shichong in Luoyang. Luoyang City was seriously damaged due to the war and there was a lack of order. The Cui family took the opportunity to occupy nearly 40% of the shops in Luoyang City, and imposed low prices on some people. With nearly 70,000 acres of fertile land, countless people in Luoyang City sold their sons and daughters. The Cui family took advantage of the fire and robbed them, and took away nearly a hundred beautiful women from the hands of the people without spending a penny.
From the fourth year of Wude to the ninth year of Wude, the direct or collateral descendants of the Cui family have been embezzling fertile land in Henan Province, and bullying of men and women sometimes occurred! It is well documented that a total of sixteen farm girls from poor families were raped. Most of these women could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide afterward! Due to the powerful Cui family and the fact that the victim's family did not report it to the government, the local government turned a blind eye and allowed the Cui family's children to continue to do evil! "
Seeing this, Li Zexuan's face had a trace of anger that could not be concealed. Pang Feiji, who was standing next to him, even felt that the air in the study had become a bit colder!
Killing intent!
Pang Feiji, who had worked as a servant in Wuhou Mansion, knew that this was the murderous aura condensed by a master. He had felt it before when he was around Yuchi Jingde!
He didn't dare to look directly at Li Zexuan's face anymore and quickly lowered his head!
"... In the ninth year of Wude, after Cui Shanfu got drunk, he took over a maid named Nianyu. Afterwards, Nianyu became pregnant with his flesh and blood. When Cui Shanfu learned about it, he wanted to take her as a concubine. When the Wang family heard the news, they were very angry. Angry, he ordered the servants to tie up the maid and torture her, eventually killing two people! According to rumors from some servants of the Cui family, women's wails and babies' cries could be heard late at night that year! After that, the Cui family We also specially invited a Taoist monk to perform two rituals!"
At this point, Li Zexuan had read all the contents in the booklet. His face was already covered with frost. After being silent for a long time, he opened his mouth and asked in a harsh voice:
"What is pigging?"
Pang Feiji was startled, because Li Zexuan's voice turned a little hoarse, sounding like a demon from the abyss, so penetrating in this deserted night!
Shivering inexplicably, Pang Feiji hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Back... back to Lord Marquis, this torture is to make people into human pigs. First, chop off the limbs, dig out the eyes, pour copper into the ears to make them deaf, and use The drug was poured into the throat, the tongue was cut off so that it could not speak, the nose was cut off, the hair was shaved, and finally it was thrown into the latrine and allowed to die slowly..."
"boom!"
As soon as Pang Feiji finished speaking, Li Zexuan couldn't bear it anymore. He slapped the case angrily and said in a cold voice: "What a Cui family! What a vicious viper!"
Pang Feiji suddenly felt a bone-chilling chill, and then he saw the table next to Li Zexuan turned into a pile of powder!
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