Kill on the spot? !
Shi Ruji's expression suddenly changed, and Tang Xian's expression became even more ugly.
Marquis of Jinghai Wu Zhen did issue this military order, but it was in wartime and was the most critical moment for the navy to pursue the pirates. It was a temporary military order to deter the pirates' hearts.
Since Wu Zhen's class, this military order has been automatically abolished. The imperial court's policy towards the pirates is still to appease them if they can, reform them if they can, and capture them if they can. If they really want to behead, it will be to kill the leader, not all of them.
Coastal areas no longer take the initiative to attack. Instead, some people go out to fight, while others stay at home to hold their babies. Now, are you going too far to kill these people with an outdated military order?
Shi Ruji looked at the murderous Gu Zhengchen and said, "The imperial court has always been tolerant. As long as these pirates are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and reform, they should be given a chance."
"If pirates killed your whole family, would you be willing to forgive them?"
Gu Zhengchen asked rhetorically.
Seeing Gu Zhengchen's tough attitude, Zhang Jiujing came out: "It can't be said like that. When personal grievances conflict with the imperial policy, one should naturally follow the imperial policy. The previous military order was only issued by Marquis Jinghai, not by His Majesty, nor by the Central Government. The edict issued by the letter. Although we are also filled with righteous indignation and hatred and want to kill them, this is inconsistent with the country and the law, and it is easy to trap His Majesty in injustice and bring obstacles to recruiting pirates in the future. This responsibility , can you afford it?"
Gu Zhengchen had to admit that Zhang Jiujing's words were right.
It is indeed difficult to kill these people with the order of Marquis Jinghai. With Lao Zhu's orders, it is impossible to kill all the pirates here.
Gu Zhengchen lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and then smiled: "In that case, let's tell His Majesty the whole story and ask Your Majesty to make a decision?"
"no problem."
Shi Ruji immediately agreed.
As long as you don't kill people now, even if the court wants to kill people in the future, there are many ways to operate it, such as Li Daitao's stiffness and concealment.
Seeing that Shi Ruji agreed readily, Gu Zhengchen looked at Xiao Cheng and said, "Go and find the best painters in Hui'an County. I will paint their portraits one by one and send them to Jinling together. Then I will personally The people from the Military Governor's Mansion came here with the portrait in hand, so that they would not be replaced by someone else when their identity is verified later."
Xiao Cheng got the order and just wanted to leave.
Shi Ruji immediately became anxious and shouted: "Wait a minute!"
Damn, I originally wanted to find a few scapegoats to cover up the matter, but this guy really didn't give me the space and opportunity to operate in secret.
Once the portrait is drawn, it will be impossible to find anyone to replace it. It is very strict to verify the identity, and it is not easy to deceive people from the pro-military captain's mansion. If there is any flaw, everyone will die.
Gu Zhengchen said solemnly: "They are pirates who bullied the people and committed a crime. Either they die now and I leave Hui'an County. Or I stop here and stare at this group of people all day long. I'll hurry up and deliver the news from Jinling, waiting for His Majesty's decree. Magistrate of the county, you make the choice and I'll do it, how about that?"
Shi Rujiu looked pale and looked at Tang Xian.
Tang Xian knew that he was forced to a dead end by the people in front of him and had no other choice. These people had to die, otherwise Tang Hu's name would definitely be on the list of dead people!
Although this son can no longer carry on the family lineage, after all, he has been raised for more than 20 years. If he dies, the tigress in the family will go crazy, and now she does not dare to return to Jinjiang.
Tang Xian raised his hand and made a scissor gesture with his fingers.
At that time, your heart was heavy. You understood that Tang Xian was going to abandon his troops to save his chariot. His hands trembled slightly. He picked up the gavel and clapped it violently: "This Zhang Qianhu's words are reasonable. He is a thief who harms the people. He sneaked into Hui'an County and committed all kinds of evil." , If not killing is not enough to make the people angry and calm the people's hearts! All the government officials obey the order, Tang Xingguai, Tang Xing and other pirates endangered Hui'an, they were killed by the government officials, reported to the government officials, everyone knows the court!"
Tang Xingguai looked at Tang Xian as if struck by lightning and shouted: "Master, you can't do this to us. Over the years, we have worked hard for the Tang family and the young master. If you want to kill us, we will not accept it!"
Tang Xing knew what Tang Xian was like. He was a ruthless person. Over the years, he had often got rid of people he couldn't deal with, but this was the first time he had done anything to one of his own. But seeing that he didn't say anything, the Yamen servant came over. , shouted: "We all know what you are doing. If you kill us, you won't mind biting us before you die!"
They are about to die. How can these ruffians care about loyalty?
"Break their teeth, don't let them bite randomly and hurt others!"
Shi Ruji knew the importance of being practical and conscientious, and could no longer keep them.
The yamen servant was even more ruthless. He picked up a water and fire stick and smashed it into the mouths of the group of people. In an instant, their teeth fell out one by one, and their faces were covered with blood. They could only moan but could not speak.
Xiao Cheng walked to Gu Zhengchen and whispered: "There is something fishy in it. If we spare their lives, we might be able to bring out big fish."
Gu Zhengchen shook his head slightly.
He looked at the calm scribe.
This group of people called them Master, and there was news that Tang Xian, the general magistrate of Quanzhou Prefecture, had come to Hui'an County. Shi Ruji didn't dare to make the decision. He always acted based on the face and actions of the clerk. It was obvious that he was Tang Xian!
Such a scheming old fox cannot be easily uprooted, not to mention that these people are just servants and thugs, not core figures. Even if something is revealed, it will not be enough to kill Tang Xian due to lack of evidence. ..??m
Now Tang Xian cannot be moved and forced to kill these people. First, it will split the Tang family and make his subordinates alienated from Tang Xian and unwilling to serve him. The second is to stabilize Tang Xian. He is the first big fish he found when he entered Quanzhou Prefecture, and he can be regarded as a person with great hands and eyes in Quanzhou Prefecture. His problems are not his problem alone, but the problem of everyone.
If you touch him now, you will only touch one person at most, but others can try to rescue him outside. With the deep-rooted power of these people, with the unanimous support of everyone, they may not be able to escape.
By then, he will be squeezed out to the point where he is useless, and even a word may not be able to spread out of the government office. This time I came to Quanzhou Prefecture, I didn't come to fish, I just caught one or two and then went back. What I wanted was to cast a net and catch all the fish in one catch.
The time to cast the net is when all the fish are together.
Even though Tang Xingguai, Tang Xing and others begged for mercy and wailed, no one paid attention to them. The group of people were dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market. People who heard the news swarmed in. Then Shi Ruji explained his crime and threw out the order.
The ghost-headed sword is raised high, and the heads are rolling.
The people clapped their hands and cheered, and some people who had been poisoned by these people even cried loudly, calling out the names of their relatives, and some even beat gongs and drums.
But they forgot that it was only the servants who died, not Tang Hu, let alone Shi Ruji and Tang Xian.
But the deaths of these people still made the people happy.
Tang Xian's heart was bleeding. In order to conquer these people, he spent a lot of money. Now the money was wasted. He didn't know if these people had any money at home and could get some interest back.
Shi Ruji looked at Gu Zhengchen with a bit of shock in his eyes. He was so young, but his expression did not change when facing the scene of heads rolling in. He seemed to be enjoying the bloody scene.
Such a person is by no means an ordinary scholar. He must have seen scenes of dead people, more than once!
Shi Ruji walked over and said to Gu Zhengchen: "The pirates have been killed. What other instructions does Zhang Qianhu have?"
Gu Zhengchen chuckled and looked at Tang Xian and Zhang Jiujing: "The pirates died because they deserved to die. But what are you going to do with the person who harbored the pirates?"
The flesh on Tang Xian's cheeks trembled. Did this guy want to kill them all?
Shi Ruji was shocked and said quickly: "This needs to be investigated clearly. Maybe he was deceived and Mr. Tang doesn't know."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly: "What you said makes sense, but harboring pirates is a fact. Even if you are deceived, you cannot get away with it."
"what do you want?"
Tang Xian couldn't help but stand up.
Gu Zhengchen narrowed his eyes and looked at Tang Xian, and said slowly: "Xiao Cheng said just now that when these pirates were arrested, they were guarding Mr. Tang. I guess Mr. Tang is not the leader of these pirates. The pirates all fled westward in anger. If this leader were still alive, wouldn't it be..."
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Mr. Tang was just deceived, and maybe he was held hostage. After all, Mr. Tang led someone to arrest them last night, and they must have taken revenge."
Zhang Jiujing spoke eagerly.
Gu Zhengchen saw that what Shi Ruji and Zhang Jiujing said seemed to have some "reason", so he smiled and said, "You still need to investigate whether he is the leader of the pirates. If his identity is surprising, you need to find out the person behind him, maybe His father is also a pirate leader, so he can’t be let go, don’t you think?”
Shi Ruji and Zhang Jiujing smiled awkwardly, but could only nod in agreement.
"Now that things have happened here, let's leave. I hope you are fine when we meet next time."
Gu Zhengchen raised his hand, turned around and left with Xiao Cheng.
Shi Ruji's face was livid, he walked to Tang Xian and said through gritted teeth: "He didn't take away the money, foster father, what should we do? Let's forget it like this?"
Tang Xian was a little helpless.
The identity of the other party is really special. A person from the pro-military Duwei Mansion or a person from Longxiang Guard, any one of them can meet the emperor. If this matter is brought to court, it will be difficult for the matter to end amicably.
Kill them?
Who dares!
Who can?
That Xiao Cheng's fighting power was terrifying. A group of desperadoes were almost wiped out by him. Even if he sent dozens of people to take action, he might not be able to kill him. If they caught hold of him, the imperial court would definitely use a large army to eliminate them. By then , the military power is greater than the political power, but what I say does not count.
Tang Xian sighed lowly, with helplessness and murderous intent: "Clean up the mess and move my son to Jinjiang City to recuperate. You guys have taken care of the tail here. In addition, you must not cause any more trouble during this period. I I always feel that the new Quanzhou magistrate is difficult to deal with, so stabilize the situation first and then make arrangements. This account will be settled slowly in the future!"
