"Second brother, this girl is almost exhausted." Zuo Tianhao saw that Liu Ningshi's figure had slowed down compared to before, and he was overjoyed: "Use a special move, I want to live."
"This old man, when he sees a woman, he doesn't know what to think in his mind." The man with the dagger raised two fingers and silently recited a spell in his mouth. His originally ordinary-looking dagger flashed with dazzling lightning.
"Thunder light?" When Liu Ningshi was at a loss what to do, she looked at the light and her heart moved: "I remember in the secret room, when brother Xiangyun was breaking the Shui Lei Tun hexagram..."
"Hmm!" Liu Ningshi was distracted for a moment. Two rays of lightning from the man with the dagger passed by the edges of her arms, cutting two long holes in her silk shirt.
"Second brother, you did a great job." Zuo Tianhao saw that Liu Ningshi had suffered a loss, so he stepped up his inner strength, making the eagle-shaped fused fist strength faster than before.
Liu Ningshi held the dragon-shaped dagger in her hand, and in just two seconds she came to the man with the dagger and stabbed him in the face.
"Hmph! Let me stun you." The man with the dagger raised his thunder sword to parry, but Liu Ningshi's sword was just a feint; her eyes emitted blue light, causing the man with the dagger to have thoughts in his mind. A moment of trance.
Liu Ningshi blinked and smiled, and jumped over the man with the dagger with her feet. However, the punch behind her did not have time to react. She hit the man with the dagger with a "bang" and knocked him back. Count steps.
"Second brother, are you okay?" Zuo Tianhao saw that his punch force failed to catch up with Liu Ningshi but accidentally injured the dagger man, so he hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up.
"Wow!" The man with the short sword covered his chest and suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. He stared at Liu Ningshi hatefully: "Smelly girl, I really belong to you."
"Hmph! You are killing innocent people indiscriminately, and today you are going to avenge Little Potato." Liu Ningshi just wanted to spread her body, but she felt that her whole body was numb and could not move.
"Stinky girl, when my second brother activates the lightning sword, the three feet around his body will be filled with thunder particles condensed by his internal energy. Although you used this opportunistic method to hurt him, you will also be hit yourself." Zuo Tianhao smiled ferociously at Liu Ningshi who was approaching: "Why don't you just surrender and be my woman."
"Swish, swish, swish." Two flying locust stones hit Zuo Tianhao, and a flying spring hit the dagger man who was panting on the side: "Miss Liu, don't you know, wait for me, is it interesting to eat alone? "
"Brother Xiangyun, who told you to run so slowly?" Although Liu Ningshi was hit by the attack, she felt calm after hearing Tong Bo's voice.
"It's you again?" Zuo Tianhao had a ferocious look on his face, and the yellow light on his body gradually condensed to block the locust stone: "Who are you, you have ruined my good deeds time and time again."
"I'm also curious. Since you're from there too, you should know the rules. Why are you meddling in this business?" The man with the dagger fended off the locust stone with one blow.
"Rules?" Tong Bo snorted coldly, walked to Liu Ningshi's side, and with a movement of his internal energy, he gradually sucked the thunder particles accumulated in her body into his palm: "If you hadn't killed someone you shouldn't have killed, I would have I’m too lazy to take care of these things.”
Zuo Tianhao and the dagger man took advantage of Tong Bo's conversation and slowly moved closer together; they exchanged glances and looked deep into the bamboo forest.
"I want to run again." Tong Bo clenched his right palm hard, and the thunder particles in his hand disappeared instantly. Then he flicked the silver chain in his left hand and wrapped it around an unbroken thin bamboo pole. With a little help, his feet stepped on it again. On another thin bamboo pole, he flicked it three times in a row, and the whole person flashed in front of the two people with a strong wind.
Tong Bo's right fist was wrapped in a circle of black energy at some point. He lowered his body and hit Zuo Tianhao's right chest diagonally from an unexpected position.
Zuo Tianhao didn't expect Tong Bo's reaction to be so fast. Seeing that he couldn't dodge, he pulled the body of the man with the dagger in front of him.
"You?" The man with the dagger never expected that Zuo Tianhao would actually use himself as a shield; the moment his right chest touched Tong Bo's fist, it was immediately burned by a black flame, and soon he was Leaving a fist-sized hole.
"Second brother, I'm sorry; if anyone is destined to die, it can only be you." Zuo Tianhao grinned, threw a smoke jade and disappeared without a trace.
"Brother Xiangyun, it's such a pity that the leader ran away." Although Liu Ningshi was sucked out of the thunder particles in her body by Tong Bo, she still felt weak and stumbled when she walked.
"Don't worry, even though this guy is tall and thick, his temper is cunning, slippery, and ruthless; he hasn't achieved his goal yet, and he will appear again sooner or later." Tong Bo moved his slightly burned penis Right Palm: "Let's go back and see how Ghost Face and the others are doing."
In the lobby of Tingwei's Mansion, Luo Bei was kneeling in the lobby with his hands and feet shackled. Behind him were kneeling five barbarian soldiers from Tianfeng Clothes Shop. Zhi Shan in the middle of the hall was staring at him with a cold face. He looked at them without saying a word.
"Your Majesty, twenty-one of the Pingbarbarian troops died, and twenty-five of our imperial guards died." The ghost-faced man with fluttering clothes walked into the hall and bowed to Zhi Shanzuo.
"Luo Bei, not only did you pretend to be a tax collector, but you also blatantly resisted the arrest of the guards who killed my Tingwei Mansion. Do you think you are guilty?" Zhi Shan slapped the hall in shock and shouted sternly.
"Hmph! So what?" Luo Bei also stared at Zhi Shan coldly without fear: "If the imperial court hadn't failed my group of brothers, why would we have done this stupid thing."
"If you still want to argue, the imperial court naturally has its laws." Zhi Shan raised his sleeves and robe: "If there is really an injustice, why don't you come to Tingwei's Mansion to complain?"
"Report? You are not officials protecting each other." Luo smiled miserably: "Sir, have you forgotten that the Ministry of Revenue canceled our brother's salary a year ago, how did you judge it?"
"If there are laws, you must abide by them. If everyone is like you and always rebels, how can the court convince the public?" Zhi Shan said righteously: "According to the laws, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue has the right to issue trial orders."
"Illu?" Luo Bei turned to face the five barbarian soldiers behind him: "Show all your scars to Lord Zhi."
After hearing Luo Bei's order, the five Pingmanjun behind them took off their shirts and rolled up their trousers, revealing patches of shrunken skin glowing green.
"Master Zhi, you have seen it." Luo Bei pulled the hem of his clothes with both hands, revealing the same scars on his chest: "Three years ago, the Pingman Army came all the way from the prosperous Jinling City in order to suppress the rebellion. We went to a barbaric place like Nanzhong; three thousand brothers swore an oath to fight, but only twenty-seven of them came back; we were all poisoned by the miasma, and everyone was skinny and skinny. Every time the poisonous gas surged up on rainy days, we would suffer. It's unbearable; but how did the court treat us? Not only did we not receive any praise, but we were subjected to endless discrimination and humiliation by Li Chongde and his minions."
"I sympathize with your situation, and I will report everything that happened in the hall today to Your Majesty." Zhi Shan bowed to the east and said: "However, credit must be attributed and fault must be attributed. The two cannot offset each other; and, what is behind your tax fraud? Is there anyone instructing me?"
"No, this was all my idea." Luo Bei said expressionlessly: "I hope you will be gentle with the brother behind me."
"You have to think carefully before answering." Zhi Shan leaned forward slightly and stared at Luo Bei with squinted eyes: "Pretending to be a tax collector of the imperial court is a serious crime against the three clans. You will not be the only one who will die."
"I've said everything that needs to be said." Luo Bei looked hopeless.
"Come here, put these people into the dark prison of Nether Palace and keep them under strict supervision. We will not send them to prison until I inform Your Majesty." Zhi Shan slapped the crowd and said, "Retreat."
In the study room of Nanyuan, Gao Xian shook his fly whisk and said softly to Xiao Shiyu who was taking a nap with his head tilted: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang of Sinong, Mr. Li of Hubu, Mr. Zhi of Tingwei Mansion and the head of the Su family, Su Xing. ask to see."
"Huh?" Xiao Shiyu opened his eyes suddenly when Gao Xian shouted, but his thoughts were still in a state of confusion: "Ah! Ask them all to come in."
"Your Majesty, Zhang Shumin, bows to your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, Li Chongde, pays homage to your Majesty."
"I, Zhi Shanshan, would like to pay homage to Your Majesty."
"Caomin Su Xing comes to see Your Majesty."
"Everyone, get up." Xiao Shiyu wiped his face with a soaked yellow cloth and sobered up: "Zhi Shan, how is the progress of the tax and bank case?"
"Your Majesty, the fake tax collectors are all disguised as survivors of the former Ping Barbarian Army; the leader is Luo Bei. They were all treated unfairly by Mr. Li after returning from the rebellion, so they committed this treasonous and unethical act; As for the 50,000 taels of tax money recovered from them, they have all been delivered to the Ministry of Household Affairs." Zhi Shan handed the memorial to Xiao Shiyu.
"Trial order, cancel the salary and replace it with corresponding silk?" Xiao Shiyu frowned slightly as he looked at the memorial. After a while, he put the memorial together: "Master Li, can you explain to me what this trial order means?"
"Your Majesty, raising the country's army consumes a lot of money. In recent years, the national treasury has been stretched thin. This is also a helpless move. I want to save money from my teeth, so I issued this trial order." Li Chongde bowed to Xiao Shiyu and said: "And this group of barbarian soldiers, relying on their own military industry, have been arrogant all day long. They refused to accept orders and even besieged the lobby of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is really an unforgivable crime."
"Really? But I heard it was a different story." Xiao Shiyu took a memorial and threw it in front of Li Chongde: "This is the memorial given to me by Minister Sha. Please take a look."
"Your Majesty Salba weeps and reports: Li Chongde, as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, should have shared His Majesty's worries, worked hard to increase the national treasury, and treated the servants well. But unexpectedly, instead of serving the country, he mistreated the meritorious officials and deducted their salary, so that there was no peace in the past. After the barbarian mutiny, the treasury was empty; and his life was luxurious, with many wives and concubines, countless servants, and the minister's annual salary was only a mere hundred taels. He must be suspected of corruption, and I hope your majesty will learn from it." Li Chongde looked at Salpa's memorial and shouted angrily Said: "Your Majesty, this is all slander by Salpa."
"Hmph! Only twenty-seven people from the three thousand plain barbarian army came back. They are all meritorious people and should be treated well by the court. But what you did is really disappointing to me. As for corruption and perversion of the law, of course we must investigate." Xiao Shi Yu said in a cold voice: "Remove Li Chongde from the post of Minister of Household Affairs, and go to the Tingwei Mansion to investigate and deal with it strictly."
"Your Majesty, please have mercy." Two guards stripped Li Chongde of his official hat and uniform, and took him away by the arms.
