In the cold check-in room, Gu Tan walked to the center of the room and sat down on the low platform.
Kang Yao and Xi Ying stood on either side of him, with ruthless expressions on their faces, staring at Li Dingyi in the center of the room.
Next to them was Huang Ziming, a member of the judicial army who should have been bitten by a poisonous snake and died. His face was now numb.
At the door, stood several sergeants holding long swords. Their cold eyes were fixed on Li Dingyi, as if the blade would immediately attack him if he made the slightest movement.
Standing in the center of the house, Li Dingyi remained calm even though he was stared at fiercely by everyone.
His gaze went directly past Huang Ziming and landed on Gu Tan, with a serious expression on his face: "Can the county magistrate tell me where the King of Nanchang is now?"
"You still want to know where the King of Nanchang is now?" Gu Tan laughed a little uncontrollably. He shook his head and looked at Li Dingyi, his eyes full of complexity.
After a while, Gu Tan finally sighed and said, "For the sake of my colleagues over the years, I will tell you the truth. I don't know where the King of Nanchang is now."
"Huh!" Li Dingyi immediately snorted disdainfully, his face and eyes full of disbelief.
"It's true." Gu Tan's eyes fell on Huang Ziming beside him, and he said calmly: "Where is the assassin you ordered to assassinate Huang Canjun just now, and where is the King of Nanchang now?"
Li Dingyi had a look of surprise on his face and cried out, "You already knew what I was going to do?"
"It's just murder and silence. It's not difficult to guess." Gu Tan looked at Li Dingyi indifferently and said calmly: "Huang Canjun's suspicion is very serious. Although it is not possible to convict him now, he will be interrogated in prison and his home will be searched. All are possible.
Although you are the chief clerk, you should know how cruel the methods of those in the county jail are, and you must know that he will definitely not survive, so you will definitely kill people and silence him. "
Li Dingyi was silent for a while.
At this time, Xi Ying, who was standing on one side, suddenly looked at Li Dingyi and said with some disbelief: "You are really brave. You know clearly that you are my people inside and outside, but you still dare to take action. I really don’t know how to write the word death.”
The entire county government office is now filled with Xi Ying's soldiers, and the movement of others has long been restricted.
The only exception is the Qianniu Guards under Li Xuan, but their numbers are not large and they only guard some core locations.
Under this situation, Li Dingyi actually dared to take action, and Xi Ying didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Those people in my office should have been stabilized by you now, so what are you going to do next?" Li Dingyi looked at Gu Tan, his face full of curiosity and exploration.
Li Dingyi's true face was revealed, and he wanted to control everything quickly and stably. In the end, he wanted to do his best in front of everyone in the county government.
But Gu Tan and the others tricked Li Dingyi into this side room to isolate the inside and outside.
What are they really planning?
"After a while, I will let everyone go home, and then see where they will go and what they will do, and finally pass all the news to the King of Nanchang. It will not take long before your companions will be Catch them all in one fell swoop." Gu Tan's voice was calm.
"You caught me, and you still have him in your hands, not to mention that the King of Nanchang has led people to chase a killer. Is it necessary to be so cautious?" Li Dingyi's chest was about to explode with anger.
"Huang Canjun's legal officer, as well as your chief bookkeeper Li's office, have had people from the Shaotian Yin Sect sneak in over the years, not to mention the people who have been placed in various corners of the county government through them, as well as those who Even you don't know anyone. If I want to completely eliminate all of you and leave no one behind, it won't be too much to spend a little more effort." Gu Tan's eyes showed undisguised disgust and hatred. Z.br>
"Clean it, no, it can't be cleaned." Li Dingyi's mouth suddenly showed a proud smile. He looked at Gu Tan and said with a sneer: "You know that in recent years, Dongyang's Yongye Field and Koufen Field have been destroyed by the county. How much has been occupied by the wealthy families here.
This time the emperor wants to ensure that there will be no problems with summer and autumn taxes. You can figure it out if you think about it.
, the people don’t know how harsh they will be this time, when the time comes, all they need is a spark..."
"Liu family!" Gu Tan gently said two words, and Li Dingyi's expression immediately changed.
Gu Tan shook his head and said, "You have been very close to the Liu family over the years. They have occupied countless Yongye fields and Koufen fields from the county over the years.
By then, when the summer harvest begins, the Liu family's tax revenue will inevitably be less than expected, and the people will inevitably collect more.
At that time, as long as you people fan the flames a little, it will immediately cause a riot. This method is not clever. "
"It doesn't matter whether you are good or not, as long as it is effective." Li Dingyi looked at Gu Tan and said coldly: "The situation has reached this point. You can only ensure that there are no problems with the summer harvest by squeezing the people.
In addition, there are errors in the white and yellow books, and there will definitely be insufficient manpower. In a few days, the entire Dongyang will be in chaos.
Let me see what you do then? "
With just one sentence, Kang Yao and Xi Ying's expressions couldn't help but change.
The county government's white book and yellow book are in the hands of Li Dingyi, the chief bookkeeper, and Hao Yuan, a military officer who joined the army.
Now Hao Yuan is dead, and Huang Ziming has been in charge of the army for many days.
Even if there is just a little manipulation here, it is enough to cause them endless trouble.
"Aren't you two still here? There are many people in the Hu Cao, Fa Cao, and the chief bookkeeper's office. As long as you call them all back and press them one by one, you can always find out the truth. .
At worst, just fill in all this year's production from the official fields and the public fields. There is always a way to make up for the shortfall, not to mention the Liu family. "
A hint of sneer appeared in Gu Tan's mouth: "The Liu family has taken away a lot of property from you over the years, and must have given you a lot of money. A lot of this money must have been sent to Tianyin." Teach there.
The Liu family can be regarded as a traffic cult. They are plotting to rebel. It is not an exaggeration to rob the house. By then, with the Liu family's wealth, they should be able to make up for the shortfall here, and they should still be rich. "
"The Liu family is not easy to mess with. They are in the middle of the court..."
At this moment, a burst of footsteps came from outside, and suddenly Cao Rui, a member of the army, was seen walking in quickly from the outside, and then walked quickly to Gu Tan and whispered a few words.
Gu Tan raised his head, looked at Li Dingyi, and sneered: "Now everyone in the county government has been sent home. After a while, Cao Canjun will go to the homes of Hu Cao and the officials under the chief secretary one by one to inform Huang Canjun He was arrested on suspicion of plotting to murder Hao Canjun. I believe there will be an unexpected harvest tonight no matter what."
"Let them go back, aren't you afraid that they will take the opportunity to escape?" After saying that, Li Dingyi stared at Cao Rui and gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect that you were actually his."
Cao Rui, a member of the Sigong army, and Hao Yuan, a member of the army of Sihu, were both under the jurisdiction of Li Dingyi, the chief secretary.
But he never thought that first Hao Yuan, a military officer who had been transferred recently, noticed what he had done in the white book and the yellow book, and now Cao Rui, a military officer who had been transferred to the army, had turned out to be Gu Tan's a long time ago. People.
This meant that his subordinates, who had always thought they were impregnable and impregnable, were already riddled with holes.
"Didn't you also win Huang Canjun over?" Gu Tan gave Huang Ziming a deep look.
Judiciary and Sicang joined the army and were assigned to Gu Tan's staff, but they were still ignored.
Kang Yao on the side watched this scene with his eyelids twitching.
He did not expect that the internal power struggle in this small county government would be darker than imagined.
Fortunately, his subordinates are Si Bing Canjun and Si Shi Canjun.
Xi Ying came from the Qingming Dynasty and had always had a good relationship with him, and Si Shi joined the army and had the lowest authority among the six Cao Cao, so there wouldn't be much problem with his subordinates...right?
"As for your first question, have you forgotten? The curfew tonight has been moved forward, and everyone is forced to go home an hour early. Those who did not go home in time have all been recorded, let alone Now there are Qianniuwei at every intersection.
People follow and guard. Gu Tan shook his head and said, "They can't escape. Now it depends on who they will hook up with."
"It turns out that the King of Nanchang did this just for now." Li Dingyi looked a little embarrassed.
He finally figured out now that the King of Nanchang had been plotting against them since he came to Dongyang.
Everyone in the entire Dongyang County was included in the calculation.
Every step he takes is carefully calculated.
Gu Tan didn't want to say anything more on this issue. He raised his head and looked at Huang Ziming and said seriously: "Ziming, if my memory is correct, you and Magistrate Huang seem to be related to each other from distant branches. You and Ziliu... …”
"No." Huang Ziming shook his head directly and said with an indifferent expression: "They are the Gushi Huang family, and I am the Fumin Huang family. Although they have the same surname, they have different origins. They are the descendants of Shaohao, and we are just the remnants of the Huang Kingdom. .As for Huang Ziliu and I, that dandy kid is just the same generation."
Gu Tan was shocked for a moment. Although they both had the surname Huang, there was no comparison between the Fumin Huang family and the Gushi Huang family.
In this world, there are a few people who can be like the Li family in Zhaojun and rank equally with the Li family in Longxi among the five surnames and seven families.
"I don't care about the family disputes between you, but Magistrate Huang once said in front of everyone that you were a distant relative of his, and you didn't deny it at the time. What's more, the names between you and Huang Ziliu are so similar. If you say it's not a kinship relationship, who would believe it?
So please take care of County Magistrate Huang. As long as you are willing to tell everything you know, and then help ensure that this year's summer harvest is complete, then your life can be guaranteed to be saved, and your family's as well. "
Huang Ziming suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Tan, with a hint of horror in his eyes.
"Promise him, at least you can survive now. If something happens, you can still inform the teaching center." Li Dingyi's light words made everyone present change their expressions slightly.
Huang Ziming had been in Hucao for many days, and no one knew better than him how many tricks he had done. Therefore, if he wanted to best ensure that there would be no problems with the summer harvest, Huang Ziming's surrender was very important.
But now, Li Dingyi's light words completely cut off Huang Ziming's only way of survival.
And it also blocked Gu Tan's expectation of ensuring the summer harvest.
Huang Ziming ignored Li Dingyi at all. He just looked at Gu Tan and said, "I can agree to your request, but I want the King of Nanchang to personally guarantee it."
