On the vast Dongyang River, a huge official ship sailed from the east, traveling very fast.
Li Xuan stood at the bow of the ship, no matter how strong the wind blew, his eyes were still fixed on the distance.
At the end of the line of sight, a villa covering an extremely large area was already burning with blazing fire. That was the Liu family's Green Willow Villa.
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Looking through the note in his hand, Li Xuan shook his head slightly and moved his hand back.
Two words on the note appeared clearly in his mind: "Come quickly."
Li Xuan didn't know what Qiu Zhenmu found at Green Willow Villa, so he asked him to rush there quickly.
Green Willow Villa is located in the northwest of Dongyang County, just on the road from Dongyang to Yiwu.
In front is the Dongyang River, and in the back is an open field with thousands of hectares of fertile land. With daily irrigation, the yield per mu is huge, but even so, the Liu family still exploits the people every day and forces them to rebel. Finally, They will also devour their land.
Li Xuan tilted his head and looked at Liu Ji behind him. Compared to his stupid son, this guy was truly scheming.
"Captain Lieutenant, I would like to ask, are there many people like you in the Tianyin Sect who are not optimistic about the Tianyin Sect's uprising from the beginning?"
Li Xuan's sudden question made Liu Ji slightly stunned, and then he heard Li Xuan continue: "The captain can do whatever he wants. It doesn't matter whether he answers or not. In fact, I already have the answer in my mind, but I just don't know the scale. .”
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Ji nodded sadly and said, "The teaching staff are complex and come from different backgrounds.
Although I am not optimistic about it, I am still trying my best. The reason why I have issued so many loan deeds is simply to let the people save more money during the war.
As for the future, I don’t know if the Liu family still exists...
Even if the Liu family is still there, it would be better for my family to take over their property than other families.
The prince would not think that other families would handle this matter better than the Liu family. "
"What the captain said makes sense." Li Xuan thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
He agreed with this point. Compared with the Liu family, other families exploited the people after the war and their methods were a hundred times worse than the Liu family.
"As for the sermon, I have indeed communicated with other people. Except for some special believers who have devoted their whole hearts to the Taiyin Goddess, most people hope that the Tianyin Goddess can lead everyone to create a new world... But most people like me who have been traveling around know in their hearts that there is little hope for this uprising."
Liu Ji's expression was filled with emotion, and it could be seen that he really didn't think much of the Tianyin Sect's uprising.
"If it were 20 years ago, maybe they could create some miracles, but now, what they can do is not even as good as back then." Li Xuan shook her head and said calmly: "Today's Wuyue Prefecture is absolutely nothing." Most of them are relatively clear politically, and although the people are not wealthy, their lives are not difficult.
Although aristocratic families are rampant, they have deep connections with the imperial court. Once there is a change, the imperial court may not be suspicious of them, which will affect their official career.
Therefore, even if there are aristocratic families involved in it, they will definitely get away very quickly. All they want is to take this opportunity to appropriate more people's lands affected by the war. The Tianyin Sect may be able to borrow a lot of help in the early stage, but Once it reaches a certain level and starts to threaten the Southeast Family, the backlash will come immediately. "
The Tianyin Sect is nothing more than a knife used by aristocratic families to gain wealth, but when this knife begins to threaten the Southeastern aristocratic family, they will immediately break the knife.
The foundation of the Tianyin Sect is the common people. Once the common people rebel, what they want is land, which is land that has been taken advantageously and plundered by aristocratic families.
Once the Tianyin Sect becomes powerful, it will immediately attack the Southeastern family with a sword.
No one can control this sword, so what the Southeast Family has to do is to break the sword in advance before it hits them.
Then put the broken knife back into the furnace.
Liu Ji looked at Li Xuan carefully. He didn't know how Li Xuan would make a decision in this situation.
But it is almost certain that Li Xuan will never succeed easily.
"Although the Tianyin Sect's combat power is limited, its power is also extraordinary under the coercion." Liu Ji glanced at Li Xuan with deep meaning.
"The King is well aware that the Tianyin Sect can become a serious problem for the imperial court." Li Xuan nodded calmly, and then said in agreement: "The most powerful thing he can do is destroy. If the bandits of this sect are gone, not even a blade of grass will grow. !”
Liu Ji fell silent silently, and Li Xuan understood what he meant.
Taking a breath, Liu Ji said seriously: "Actually, there are many knowledgeable people in the religion who tried their best to develop during the First World War. However, with the war, you are not allowed to develop with peace of mind both internally and externally. , the final result can only be a complete failure.”
Liu Ji's few words revealed the biggest hidden worry within the Tianyin Sect.
At this time, Li Xuan asked calmly: "Even the captain can see this problem so clearly, so why do some people still go against the will of nature? It's not just trying to get lucky, right?"
"Because if they don't take action, they will never have the chance to take action again." Liu Ji suddenly smiled sadly at this time and said, "Your Majesty, you don't think that I will be the first to take action this time, right?"
"Huh?" Li Xuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he suddenly understood: "Is it Wang Inspector?"
"Yes, it's Wang Fanglin, the governor of Wuzhou." Liu Ji's face became solemn, and he looked at Li Xuan and said, "Just before March, Wang Fanglin had already begun to prepare for the inventory of farmland and occupied it without reason. For the common people's land, the lighter case can be refunded, and the more serious case can be sentenced to imprisonment and exile.
The Wuzhou aristocratic family was naturally panicked, and then the aristocratic family and the sect jointly launched an assassination attempt. It was at this time that the sect leader decisively decided to take action. "
"You, the leader, are also afraid. Once Governor Wang succeeds, Wuzhou may not have any chance for you for decades. You are afraid that Governor Wang's successors will do the same thing." Li Xuan suddenly realized. He nodded, then seemed to have thought of something, and said to himself: "Yes, no wonder your majesty sent me here, no wonder your majesty would use the post of special command."
It turns out that the foundation of his profession is to support Wang Fanglin.
A member of the royal family, a county prince, and a general of the Qianniu Guard.
The arrival of such a person was enough to express the emperor's anger over the assassination of Wang Fanglin.
When Li Xuan came to Wuzhou, he was not there to deal with the Tianyin Sect, but to frighten the Southeastern aristocratic families into not daring to act rashly.
No wonder many people didn't take Li Xuan seriously at first. Most of the time, they regarded Li Xuan as just a symbol.
Not many people would have thought that Li Xuan was really here to kill people.
"I'm afraid no one expected that this king would be so capable, and his involvement with you would become more and more serious." Li Xuan lowered her head and said thoughtfully: "Before coming to Dongyang, my behavior was not out of the ordinary, but after arriving in Dongyang ...Fortunately, we will investigate the major case and kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!"
Li Xuan smiled. Although his actions did not guess the emperor's thoughts, it was a mistake and paved the way for his future actions.
All he has to do in the future is to adjust his targets so that he can escape unscathed.
"Captain Lieutenant, at this time, I hope that you and Liu Gong, who is from Zhongshushe, are really connected! Haha!" Li Xuan couldn't help laughing.
The emperor is in need of a chicken now. If Li Xuan finds the letters related to Liu Yizhi, a member of the Zhongshushe, even his family, the North Gate bachelor, will be in bad luck.
At this time, any high-ranking official in the DPRK and Central Government who dares to associate with the Southeast Family will be severely punished.
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"The world is unkind, treating all things as stupid dogs!" Li Xuan raised the corners of her mouth slightly, looking at a naval warship that suddenly appeared in the middle of the river, with a calm expression.
Opposite the naval warship is a dilapidated Liu family manor.
There are many places inside that are still burning with raging fires under the blue sky and white sun, and even from the southwest corner, there are bursts of fighting sounds.
"Why, the war is not over yet. Captain, who is there?" Li Xuan pointed to the southwest where the fighting was taking place.
"There is a team of men who were transferred to Dongyang from the sect before. After the accident last night, my son transferred them to the manor to avoid being easily massacred by the prince like in the city." Liu Ji looked at the people leaving in the morning. , the still peaceful manor, but now that I have returned, it is half in ruins, with the gatehouse collapsed and smoke rising everywhere.
Team after team of Qianniu Guards came in and out, and the servants and maids in the village were forced aside by swords.
Looking at the completely collapsed gatehouse, half of the wall collapsed, and the remaining rubble on the ground.
Liu Ji's expression changed slightly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there's no need to use a trebuchet in the manor of this villain's family, right?"
"Did you see it?" Li Xuan was a little surprised. He turned his head and looked at the naval warship on one side. There was no trace of the trebuchet on it.
However, Li Xuan still looked at the collapsed gate tower in the distance and said calmly: "When a lion fights a rabbit, you should use all your strength. I will inevitably have to compete with your sect in the future. It is still necessary to adapt in advance now."
While they were talking, the group of them had already gotten off the boat.
Stepping on the ground, the fresh air brought by the boat ride was completely gone, and a thick and chilling feeling of gunpowder smoke hit my face.
Liu Ji, who was standing on Li Xuan's side, saw Li Xuan, who was gentle and courteous before on the boat, and his expression suddenly turned solemn and cold.
You can even see a flash of blood in his eyes from the side.
"Let's go!" Li Xuan started, taking the lead to walk towards the village.
Several Qianniu Guards surrounded Li Xuan at this time. The Qianniu Guards who had previously ignored him on the ship had completely separated him from Li Xuan at this time, leaving no chance for him to approach again. Chance.
The group of people quickly passed the gatehouse that was destroyed by the trebuchet and walked into the compound.
The open space on both sides was filled with dozens of maids and servants of all kinds kneeling, but everyone trembled and bowed their heads, and no one dared to act rashly.
Li Xuan's eyes passed over the body that was dragged to one side and had an arrow nailed to its heart, and she subconsciously looked at the wall.
Sure enough, on the wall and on top of the eaves stood several guards with bows and arrows.
At this time, Zhou Shen was seen rushing out from inside. Before he could speak, Li Xuan directly asked: "What's going on? Why haven't you taken over the entire manor yet?"
(End of chapter)
