A wine shop in the northwest of Wuzhou City was filled with people at some point.
From a distance, you can see two large notices posted on the bulletin board across the street.
"Let me tell you, if the King of Nanchang implements this ban, every household will be able to save one-fifth of the annual taxes." A man wearing a short shirt and a headscarf looked like a scribe, but he also looked like a scribe. A middle-aged farmer, he counted on his fingers.
If their annual rations are just enough for the family to survive the next year's grain harvest, then Li Xuan's ban will immediately give them nearly two and a half months more rations.
Getting two and a half more months of food rations every year is something that many people dare not even think about.
"The King of Nanchang is worthy of the legacy of King Peng. Now we ordinary people will have a good life." Someone in the corner said something, and everyone in the wine shop immediately nodded in agreement.
The changes in life are most obvious to ordinary people.
Once your life is better, everything will become easier.
They were naturally extremely grateful to Li Xuan, who had already done all this.
At this moment, a graceful figure suddenly flashed past the window of the wine shop and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Occasionally someone saw it, but at most they only remembered a black gauze hat.
A black figure quickly flashed across the street corner.
The prohibition order and recruitment order that were originally posted on the wall suddenly disappeared.
A moment later, in the Yang Family Courtyard, Ye Wanwan slapped the two official documents on the table without taking off her bamboo hat.
"See for yourself, since the King of Nanchang took office in the prefecture, the entire Wuzhou has been operating rapidly in a very short period of time. Now the streets and alleys are immediately covered with various notices, and the counties and villages below are also Likewise, if this continues, people’s hearts will be shaken!”
Ye Wanwan's face looked very scary. She just walked around outside and saw that under these two official documents, the people in the city were already talking about it, with smiles everywhere on their faces.
Fang Yunxiu, who was sitting in front of Ye Wanwan, didn't even look at her, but read the two official documents over and over again.
It was not until a long time later that Fang Yunxiu spoke: "Do you think such an official document comes from the King of Nanchang or from his staff?"
Ye Wanwan couldn't help but be stunned, and asked subconsciously: "How about coming from the King of Nanchang, so what about coming from his staff."
"If it comes from his staff, naturally he can kill his staff. If it comes from the King of Nanchang, he must be killed completely." Fang Yunxiu's voice was not loud, but Ye Wanwan heard from his words. He showed an extremely determined and awe-inspiring murderous intent.
This is rare for Fang Yunxiu. Even when the sect asked him to take action against the King of Nanchang before, he also made a very cautious secret plan. On the surface, he directly withdrew the entire Tianyin sect force in Wuzhou, leaving only Several people are hiding in the city.
"I originally thought that an uprising in the sect was imminent. If we were caught in a fight with the King of Nanchang, it would inevitably affect major events in the sect. Moreover, we are not only the only opponent in Wuzhou, the King of Nanchang, Wang Fanglin, as well as Wuzhou The aristocratic families are all watching us secretly.
Originally, I was not in a hurry to deal with him. I just kept a secret presence around him and waited for the opportunity.
Now it seems that I really underestimate him. "
Fang Yunxiu is a very rational person. He values the overall situation far more than personal grudges.
Ye Wanwan stood on one side and sighed deeply: "You are not the only one who underestimates him. I have been defeated by him twice in Luoyang and Yangzhou, and I almost died there both times. .”
Fang Yunxiu didn't raise her head or glance at Ye Wanwan.
Although Ye Wanwan is a saint of the Tianyin Sect, her status in the Tianyin Sect is really not as high as that of Fang Yunxiu, the leader of the main altar.
"First, there was a self-directed and self-acted assassination at the gate of the city, which immediately caused the Wuzhou family to distance themselves from our religion; and then they quickly captured the city gate guards and watchtower guards. As a result, even you and I have to be extremely cautious when going out. Be careful; now this prohibition order has been issued again, and it will cut into the heart of my teacher with one knife.
On the mouth! "Fang Yunxiu clenched her fists tightly, with murderous intent in her eyes.
"There is also this recruitment order. It is obvious what he wants to do now." Ye Wanwan's expression turned serious.
Of course they knew what the conscripts in Wuzhou were.
If a new group of elite soldiers came out now, they would immediately feel as if there was a dagger pressed firmly against their throats.
Don't think that because the number of fifty elite soldiers is small, you can ignore it.
If there are really fifty strong soldiers who have been trained, and then equipped with the heavy armor unique to the government, coupled with strong crossbows, hard bows, and sharp blades, then they can easily tear apart an army of three to four hundred people. Array, no exaggeration at all.
"Still asking the same question just now, do you think it was him or his family's aides who were behind this ban order?" Fang Yunxiu finally raised his eyes and looked at Ye Wanwan.
Ye Wanwan said solemnly: "Actually, if we say that the person who knows the most about King Nanchang among the sect now, it must be me. After all, I have dealt with him three or four times, and the others who have dealt with him The church members are all dead."
Taking a breath, Ye Wanwan said seriously: "When I left Luoyang, the King of Nanchang was already well-known in Luoyang. He said, "Everyone has three years of food." Although it was a bit fanciful, considering his status as the king of the clan, , indeed brought him great fame...
Fang Yunxiu, don't you think it's the same thing as everyone has three autumn grains, and now there is a ban on falling? "
Once Li Xuan's ban is lifted, every household will be able to save one-fifth of their food rations every year, which is nearly two and a half months of food rations.
Although it is still far from three autumn rations, with two and a half months of rations, we can see that he is indeed fulfilling his ambition.
"In this case, it is even more important to kill him." The murderous intention in Fang Yunxiu's heart suddenly became strong. He squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Who knows what other methods he has at his disposal, in case there is something like this If we can weaken the foundation of the teaching, then we will be in real trouble."
"Whatever you want to do, I will fully cooperate with you!" Ye Wanwan directly expressed her attitude in one sentence.
"I need the saint to be the bait..."
As night falls, the sound of horse hooves echoes in the cold streets.
Under the guard of more than a dozen Qianniu Guards in red clothes and gold armor, Li Xuan slowly rode back to the gate of the courtyard prepared for him by the state government.
Suddenly, Li Xuan casually glanced at the roof on the right, and then moved to other places.
His eyes were downcast and cold.
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At this moment, the middle door opened, and the butler Bai Lao and several servants hurriedly stood on both sides.
Li Xuan rode in slowly and passed by Bai Lao.
Suddenly, Li Xuan's indifferent voice came: "Old Bai, please gather all the servants in the house together. I want to lecture you."
Bai Lao was stunned for a moment, looked up at the dark night sky, but then he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Here."
Li Xuan was riding a horse and stood in the center of the vestibule. Beside him, Qiu Zhenmu and Li Zhu were sitting immediately.
Two people guarded Li Xuan's safety, one on the left and the other on the right.
The other Qianniu Guards have silently occupied various positions in the courtyard.
Li Xuan didn't need to say anything. With just a few actions, everyone already knew what he wanted to do.
Just a moment later, all the servants and maids in the entire courtyard were gathered in the main courtyard.
"Reporting to your lord, thirteen male servants and seven female servants, including Lao Chen, are all here!" Mr. Bai stood on one side and looked at Li Xuan with unusual respect.
Li Xuan nodded slightly, then looked at the small door of the inner courtyard, and whispered into the darkness: "Xiong Yan, let's start now."
"Follow the order!" Xiong Yan, who was tall and tall and wearing a gray shorts robe, walked out of the darkness and slightly arched his hands towards Li Xuan.
Then he took out a booklet in his hand and started calling out names one by one:
"Hu Ling'er, Xu Fei, Tang Yu, Zhu Ke, Liu Yong, Liu Sheng, Qi Yang... the nine of you will follow me into the inner courtyard."
The people who were called glanced at Mr. Bai, who nodded slightly, and then the others respectfully followed Xiong Yan into the inner courtyard.
"The remaining people, please take all your belongings and return to Shicao tomorrow." Li Xuan's eyes fell directly on Bai Lao.
As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, the entire courtyard suddenly became uproar.
These people are all official slaves in name.
Official slaves were inferior to others in the household registration and were classified as slaves.
Originally, they were descendants of prisoners of war and criminals, and were born dwarfs.
The official slaves in Wuzhou were under the jurisdiction of the military officers and soldiers.
Compared to others, Bai Lao, who stood in front of everyone, was terrifyingly calm.
Li Xuan asked with great interest: "Why don't Mr. Bai ask them the reason? Why did I send you back without any explanation?"
"I think the prince must have known the background of our relationship, so he sent us away." Bai Lao said the reason very respectfully.
"Old Bai is very sensible. If it weren't for the fact that your son-in-law's family all believe in the Goddess Tianyin, I would not have sent you away directly."
Li Xuan shook her head, turned her gaze to everyone, and said coldly: "I know that there are not many of you who believe in the Tianyin Goddess, and none of your family members actually believe in it, but if you are one level further away, there will be more.
In addition, some of you are directly the informants sent by other aristocratic families in Wuzhou, and I have no interest in talking nonsense with you. "
Bai Lao's cheeks twitched slightly, and then he bowed heavily to Li Xuan.
He didn't know how Li Xuan figured out the origins and backgrounds of so many of them, but since Li Xuan had figured out their details, there was no need for them to stay here anymore.
Li Xuan's eyes passed over the respectful old man Bai, and then looked at other people in the courtyard.
The originally noisy voice stopped completely at this moment. At this time, Li Xuan suddenly headed towards the inner courtyard and said at the same time: "Tonight, you can connect as much as you want, but you have to understand that if anything happens, you will They will be killed immediately."
"Whoa!" A whole team of Qianniu Guards followed Li Xuan and walked toward the inner courtyard.
In the blink of an eye, only a group of people led by Bai Lao were left in the entire inner courtyard.
"Lao Bai." A middle-aged man wearing a black short robe walked up to Lao Bai, bowed his hands respectfully, and asked, "Lao Bai, can I just forget about it?"
"Otherwise?" Mr. Bai looked at him coldly, then turned to the inner courtyard: "On the first day you came here, Your Majesty, you were already wary of us. In the entire inner courtyard, except for me, who among you has ever entered? Isn’t it enough for you to understand?”
"Lao Bai, if you didn't just leave like this, I can't even explain it." The faces of others were full of bitterness.
"Then, you go rush in and kill the King of Nanchang, so that you can explain the past?" Bai Lao shook his head helplessly and sighed: "I know your hardships. What will happen after you go back may be worse than staying here. It’s going to be even worse, so you don’t want to go back, you want to stay here, but you don’t even think about your origins, who dares to let you stay?”
"Please come up with a solution, Mr. Bai. I really can't help myself," the middle-aged man's face was full of bitterness.
"If you want to stay, there is only one way, and that is to tell the King of Nanchang what your identity is, and that you are willing to help him accuse the person who ordered you to come here, and that you are willing to surrender completely, and that you are willing to abandon your wife and children who have been threatened by others. Be willing to devote yourself wholeheartedly to the king of Nanchang, be willing to help him, spread false news, confuse or destroy those who sent you here, this is the only way."
After Bai Lao finished speaking, he returned directly to his room.
However, the moment Mr. Bai entered the door, a faint voice sounded from behind the door: "Bai Jingye."
