South of the city
As soon as Sun Xiang's words came out, everyone in the room was shocked. M.biQuge.biZ
Pushing cups and pouring wine, the officials who were feasting stopped what they were doing, and then all looked at Sun Xiang.
Li Chun looked timid, but he still stabilized his emotions, poured himself a glass of wine, then picked up the glass and put it to his mouth.
"I wonder what the censor of Xudu means?"
Sun Xiang said seriously: "Governor Li knows what I mean."
After listening to Sun Xiang's words, Li Chun gritted his teeth and said, "Censor of Xudu, can you lend me a moment to speak."
"Why take a step to speak? Officials at all levels in Guangning are here now. If you have anything to say, it will look more upright if you say it here."
The atmosphere at the wine table instantly became extremely awkward.
Li Chun drank the wine in one gulp, and then placed the glass heavily on the table.
"Sun Yushi, I am an official in the same dynasty, can you let me off for once?" Li Chun said coldly.
Sun Xiang was not scared by Li Chun.
"Governor Li won the imperial examination in the eighth year of Xuande. He served successively as editor of the Hanlin Academy, in charge of affairs, as censor of supervision, as censor of deputy capital, and as governor of Liaodong. He has read the books of sages for more than ten years, but to this day, he still does not repent. You Our lives are extremely precious, but the lives of ordinary people are as cheap as chaff?"
"I am familiar with the words of sages and dare not forget them for a moment. But what happened has already happened. If we don't conceal it, how many people will be affected. By then, there will be no one in Liaodong to take charge of the overall situation, which will not be helpful to the government." Li Chun stood up and said said loudly.
These words were intended to draw everyone into his warship.
If I sink, none of you can escape.
"As the sages say, those who abuse themselves should not be talked about, and those who abandon themselves should not be talked about. If Governor Li reported it truthfully, even if the court became suspicious, nothing would be found out in the investigation. It would only be a scolding. How could it be done? I really can’t kill you, but this time it’s different.”
"Sundu Yushi, what do you want to do? If you report the truth to the court, Liaodong will be in chaos."
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two, many officials did not dare to say a word.
Long before Sun Xiang came, these officials had obtained the news through their own means. His Majesty was very angry about the Liaodong incident at the court meeting, and Sun Xiang came with His Majesty's will.
At first, these people were thinking that His Majesty was young and the cabinet officials just wanted to go through the motions, but now it looked like Sun Xiang was playing for real.
"I am well aware of the responsibilities of a censor, and also understand the difficulties of serving as an official abroad. Governor Li, I only want to ask you, have you ever been to the south of the city."
"Of course I have."
"Have you checked carefully?"
"Of course, check carefully."
"Doing everything personally?"
“Do everything yourself.”
Seeing Li Chun speak decisively and without hesitation,
Sun Xiang was angry and sneered twice, then stood up, slammed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, and shouted: "Here comes someone."
Dozens of soldiers who followed Sun Xiang immediately entered the room with their swords drawn.
"Take down this governor of Liaodong who talks nonsense and ignores the grace of God."
Kou Shou slapped the table and stood up.
"General, let's see who dares. This is Liaodong, and the governor is patrolling on behalf of the emperor. Do you have His Majesty's decree and the cabinet's arrest document?"
As the guard stood up, dozens more soldiers poured out to block all the people led by Sun Xiang.
Sun Xiang glanced at Kou Shou.
"What do you mean, Commander-in-Chief?"
Kou Shou sneered coldly and said: "Sundu Yushi, I am a rough person. I can't talk to you literati in a polite manner, but I know that this is not how official business is done."
Sun Xiang laughed.
Then he looked at Li Chun and asked, "Sir Governor, you have really been to the south of the city, and you have made careful inquiries and done everything yourself."
"I said that I am patrolling on behalf of the emperor. I don't dare to be careless at all. I should do everything myself. What do you mean?" Li Chun was a little angry and wanted to arrest people. I am the governor, do you have the right to arrest me?
"Hahahahahaha, you have to patrol on behalf of the emperor and do everything personally. Then I ask you, if you did everything personally, if you were not careless at all, then twenty children would have starved to death in the murder cellar in the south of the city. How did it happen?" Sun Xiang's crazy words came out, and all the officials stood up in shock.
"I have come with a decree. If anyone dares to stop him again, he will be killed and arrested on the spot."
"yes."
After the soldiers responded, they pushed aside the soldiers blocking them, walked straight through the many officials, took off the black gauze hat on Li Xian's head, and then held his arms.
"Impossible, impossible, I have gone, I have indeed gone."
"It doesn't mean anything whether you went or not. You could have saved those orphans, but you, you let the children starve to death and stink in the dark cellar. Governor Li, Governor Li, it's God's fault. You can still do it, but you will not live if you do it yourself.”
Kou Shou watched these things happen and had nothing to say.
This kind of confrontation is all about momentum.
I would never dare to disobey His Majesty's will.
South of the city.
A teenage boy covered in blood was squatting on a rock.
And Wuyang Hou Shi Heng was standing beside him.
"Don't be afraid, baby, Lao Shi will take you wherever he goes from now on."
This boy is a survivor in the cellar.
He raised his head and glanced at Shi Heng, but there was no luster in his eyes.
"Can you avenge my parents?"
"Lao Shi will definitely avenge your parents." Shi Heng said firmly and sighed.
"That's good, that's good."
This boy was the only survivor in the cellar. After staying in the cellar for more than a month, one can imagine what he went through.
And all the remaining twenty children died.
The cellar is located in the middle of the village. Under a pile of firewood, there are two or three stones placed at the entrance. It should be that after the villagers discovered the Jurchens, they hid the children in the cellar, hoping to wait for the officials. When you come here, rescue the children.
But the people in the government didn't notice. They didn't even think about why there were no children among the dead. It can also be seen from this that they didn't really care when dealing with it.
Before Sun Xiang, Shi Heng and others entered the city, they came here first.
Then there was the cellar discovered by Shi Biao.
After the soldiers went down, they were smelled by the smell of blood and stench.
It was Shi Heng who went down in person, found the dying boy among the mangled corpses, and carried him up.
After feeding him water, he felt better.
Tragedy arose amid the murder.
Li Chun's official career has come to an end, and after seeing this, Sun Xiang gritted his teeth when issuing the imperial edict.
At first, Sun Xiang didn't want to capture Li Chun directly. He wanted to report the memorial to Beijing first and let the court decide, but Li Chun pulled him to drink. Above, he could no longer restrain himself and immediately became angry.
After capturing Li Chun, Sun Xiang walked back and forth next to the wine table. The officials, including Guangning's commander-in-chief Kou Shou, all sat in their seats with extremely ugly expressions.
The murder had nothing to do with many of the officials sitting at the banquet, but they were still afraid.
After all, more than twenty people starved to death.
If this spreads to the capital, even if it has nothing to do with him, he will not be able to escape the crime of being implicated.
"His Majesty once said that if Li Chun conceals something and fails to report it, he will be dismissed on the spot and brought to justice, and I will take over the post of governor of Liaodong."
"However, the stakes are very important. I originally wanted to make plans after listening to the memorial, but at today's banquet, I drank a little too much. When I heard Li Chun's words of repentance, I couldn't care about that much. , we can only investigate and deal with it on the spot.”
"Although Li Chun has fallen, His Majesty's decree, the military orders of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and the cabinet's official documents in Liaodong are still to be done, and the villains are still to be captured. When things happen here, I will report them truthfully. Colleagues, if anyone has anything to do with it, Li Chun is colluding, so you can stand up now, and I can speak for you in court to reduce your guilt."
"Sundu Yushi, the governor, the last general, the last general has no collusion with Li Chun. He doesn't know much about the murder in the south of the city. At first, he stood up to stop the governor from apprehending Li Chun. He didn't know either. The governor is carrying the emperor's orders. Come." Kou Shou was the first to stand up and speak.
He was in charge of the military and ignored internal affairs. The murder case in the south of the city was handled by the governor's Yamen, and he had no right to intervene. He didn't know much about it, but he could not escape the crime of dereliction of duty.
Sun Xiang will then cooperate with Shi Heng in the military affairs. Without the cooperation of the commander of the army who understands the situation, it will be impossible to make arrangements in a short time, so Kou Shou will keep his merits to atone for his sins.
"The General Soldier is suspected of derelict in his duty to protect the country and the people. However, I hope that the General Soldier can do his best in the future and cooperate with me and Marquis Wuyang to arrest the evil leader. Of course, I will also write a letter to plead for mercy for the General Soldier."
"Thank you, Lord Governor." Kou Shou said quickly and respectfully, but he couldn't help but think of the appearance of Wuyang Hou Shi Heng.
That vicious guy is here too.
It seems that the court wants to play it real.
The other officials, led by Kou Shou, stood up one after another and drew a clear line with Li Chun.
Officials who were involved in concealing the murder quickly pleaded guilty and put all the blame on Li Chun, saying that they were coerced and felt great regret.
Officials who had nothing to do with the massacre in the south of the city also condemned Li Chun's shortcomings in politics, saying that he had made great mistakes and would cooperate with the governor to properly govern Liaodong and other places.
Typical tree falls and hozens scatter...
In the place of murder in the south of the city.
Shi Biao walked up to Shi Heng and said, "Uncle, what's going on with the Sundu Censor? He hasn't come back yet. He's not eating and drinking in Guangning City."
"You kid, you are just making nonsense here. Sundu Yushi is different from those civil servants who are full of benevolence and righteousness. He is dedicated to serving the country and is still a popular person in front of His Majesty. When he sees the appearance here, he has no leisure to accompany him. Those incompetent officials are eating and drinking recklessly. When I came here, I told you to keep your mouth shut and pay attention to your words. If it gets to the ears of Sundu Yushi, it will probably be bad."
"Yes, it's uncle. My nephew is wrong. My nephew is wrong. Of course Sundu Censor doesn't bother to associate with him..."
Seeing Shi Biao's performance, Shi Heng nodded with satisfaction, then looked into the distance and said: "My old Shi family man must follow Sundu Yushi and do a good job this time..."
"Yes, uncle."
But Sun Xiang in the city was holding a wine glass and shouted: "Let us cooperate sincerely to find the culprit as soon as possible and avenge the people who died unjustly."
"Yes, Lord Governor."
More than thirty officials all picked up their wine glasses and drank them all in one gulp.
The dozen or so soldiers who had followed Sun Xiang into the city were now eating and drinking, as if the celebration banquet had started in advance.
But Shi Biao, Shi Heng, and many soldiers outside the city are still starving and freezing...
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