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While Li Ru'an secretly observed everyone's performance, the corner of his eye also noticed the change in the position of the guards, and a gloomy murderous aura suddenly flashed in his eyes.

According to Zhao Junchen's instructions, all the corrupt officials and tycoons in Tianshui City must be killed, but Li Ru'an knows very well in his heart - don't look at these people crying pitifully in front of him now, but if he blatantly wants to kill them, the officials and businessmen of Tianshui City will definitely not be restrained!

After all, these corrupt officials and profiteers dared to violate Zhao Junchen's repeated decrees, unscrupulously oppressed the refugees in the city, made a lot of war profits, and even provoked a popular uprising, which is enough to show the audacity of these people, Li Ru'an's command only has more than twenty or thirty guards, if the officials and businessmen of Tianshui City resist, the last person to be killed is only Li Ru'an!

At the time of the war, if the officials and businessmen of Tianshui City insist afterwards that they had never seen Li Ru'an, and blame the Mongols for Li Ru'an's killing, Zhao Junchen would probably be helpless at that time.

Therefore, if Li Ruan wants to complete Zhao Junchen's order, he must use some means - in a way, this can be regarded as Zhao Junchen's test of Li Ruan, the civil unrest in Tianshui City is largely due to Li Ruan's mistake in supervising intelligence, so if Li Ruan wants to win Zhao Junchen's trust again, he must prove his ability again!

In fact, what should be done, Li Ruan has already thought about it on the road.

At this time, the officials and people of Tianshui City in the hall were still crying and wailing at Li Ru'an, behaving more and more pitifully, desperately hoping that Li Ru'an would gather an army to quell the rebellion and kill the rebellious people in Tianshui City cleanly.

However, Li Ruan was still unmoved, but his expression became more and more impatient.

"Enough!"

Seeing that the officials and businessmen in Tianshui City were still crying endlessly, Li Ruan suddenly shouted coldly, and slapped the table with his hand, which startled everyone, and the crying finally stopped, and everyone looked at Li Ruan in a daze!

Li Ru'an showed the domineering appearance that a eunuch should have, pointing at everyone and scolding: "You still have the face to cry? Do you know how much trouble the civil unrest in Tianshui City has caused to Lord Qincha Zhao's battle plan? To tell you the truth, Lord Qincha saw that he was about to surround the main army of the Mongol Tatars, but because of this mess in your Tianshui City, Lord Qincha could only modify the plan and miss the best fighter! After Lord Qincha learned of the civil unrest in Tianshui City, he was furious like never before, and even our family was scolded by him! Do you still want our family to call the shots for you? So who calls the shots for our family? Do you feel wronged, our family was scolded by Lord Qincha for no reason, and we are not wronged? ”

Under Li Ru'an's scolding, everyone in the hall hung their heads and said nothing, their eyes wandered, not only feeling weak but also unconvinced.

However, this civil unrest was caused by all the officials and gentry of Tianshui City, and the law enforcement of the imperial court has always paid attention to "the law does not blame the public", and it has never been tolerated for the civil unrest, plus everyone did not expect Zhao Junchen's determination, so the people in Tianshui City still did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

After seeing everyone's reaction, a hint of sarcasm flashed in Li Ru'an's eyes again, and he said: "Also, can you see that our family has entered the city with a counterinsurgency army?" I'm not afraid to tell you that our family came to Tianshui City this time, and the main task is to investigate the truth of the Tianshui Rebellion. If it is the responsibility of the chaotic people, our family naturally has the right to mobilize troops to quell the rebellion......"

As he spoke, Li Ruan took out the troop transfer token given to him by Zhao Junchen and shook it at everyone present, and then continued in a meaningful tone: "But if the reason for the civil unrest is that the officials forced the people to rebel...... Our family's task is not only to quell the rebellion, but all the officials and businessmen involved will not be able to please at that time! If we don't, we won't be able to appease the wrath of Lord Chincha! As you know, our Lord Qincha has taken control of the overall military and political situation in just one month since he came to Shaanxi and Gansu, and he is not easy to fool! Therefore, how to deal with this matter depends on our family's next investigation! It's not something you can do with a few tears! ”

Hearing Li Ru'an's statement, everyone present was flustered at first, only thinking that this matter was much more serious than they imagined, but they quickly came back to their senses - Li Ruan's various expressions seemed to imply that they were bribing!

Suddenly, the officials and businessmen of Tianshui City were all sure in their hearts!

If Li Ruan is willing to take bribes, this matter will be easy to handle! Most of them are profiteers and corrupt officials, and they are most familiar with this set of methods, and they are also accustomed to using this set of methods to deal with problems! If the civil unrest in Tianshui City can be properly resolved by means of bribery, it will be the most cost-effective for them.

At the same time, everyone has no doubts about Li Ru'an's attitude - as a eunuch and a prison army, isn't it a matter of course to take the opportunity to ask for bribes?

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the hall of the Deng Mansion became a little ambiguous.

After Deng Fuan, the prefect of Tianshui City, secretly glanced at Li Ru'an a few times, he suddenly turned around and said, "Lord Prison came all the way to Tianshui City, it's really fortunate!" For example, although the situation in Shuicheng is chaotic today, we can't slack off the prison army, Zhang Zhengru, Huo Jialiang, and Wang Cheng...... A few of you are going to try to arrange a feast for the Overseer and his retinue; Ma Chun, Zhao Lixin...... Lord Qincha is about to investigate the matter of the Tianshui civil unrest, haven't you always had an idea? It's up to you to prepare......"

Under Deng Fuan's arrangement, a third of the people in the hall soon left.

When these people left, their expressions were also different, either angry or sarcastic.

Obviously, these people who left the hall were not the same as Deng Fuquan, so Deng Fuan didn't want them to be there in the future, as long as his own people knew.

And the rest of these people in the hall are naturally all in the same camp as Deng Fuquan.

Li Ru'an watched coldly, and found that the few people who left the hall did not participate in the crying just now, and their positions on this civil unrest were all neutral; Most of the people who remained in the hall participated in the previous crying, and everyone's position was that they couldn't wait for Li Ru'an to immediately send troops to exterminate the riots in the city, and their attitude towards the rioters in the city was also extremely hateful!

There is no need to think about it, the civil unrest in Tianshui City was caused by these people who stayed in the hall, if it weren't for that, they wouldn't be so hostile to this civil unrest.

Thinking of this, Li Ru'an's eyes narrowed slightly, and the murderous aura in his eyes became more and more obvious.

On the other side, Deng Fuan was still unconscious, and ordered again: "In addition, we have important matters to discuss with Lord Prison Jun, and the secrets must not be leaked, and all unrelated people should leave!" ”

Under Deng Fuan's order, the servants, maidservants, guards and others near the hall also left.

For a while, only Li Ru'an and Li Ru'an's guards were left near the hall, as well as a number of corrupt officials and gentry from Tianshui City.

After all the irrelevant people left, Deng Fuan and the others got together and whispered a few words, then smiled at Li Ru'an and said: "Lord Prison Army, you are really fortunate because of the affairs of Tianshui City, and the officials and people of Tianshui City naturally can't let Lord Prison Army suffer for no reason!" As long as you are willing to transfer a large army to quell the rebels, all the officials and citizens of Tianshui City are willing to give 50,000 taels of silver as military funds to the Supervisor Army! In addition, after the rebellion is quelled and our property is recaptured, there will be another generous gift! ”

Hearing Deng Fuan's statement, Li Ru'an's face suddenly looked much better, and he nodded: "Your approach can be regarded as knowing current affairs, but it's a pity that ......."

Deng Fuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Is the Lord of the Prison Army too few?" I also hope that Lord Warden will see clearly, it's not that we are not sincere enough, it's really that this civil unrest has caused me too much loss, but after we take back the property in the city, we will never let you down! ”

Li Ru'an sighed, shook his head and said: "It's not that our family is too little, but now that the war is urgent, Lord Qincha hopes that our family can quell the Tianshui Rebellion as soon as possible...... So we thought about it carefully and felt that there was a simpler way to deal with this matter, which was not only simple and clear, but also time-saving. ”

Deng Fuan was stunned again and asked, "But I don't know what method?" ”

Li Ru'an's eyes were firmly fixed on Deng Fuan, and he said word by word: "This method is to kill all the corrupt officials and inferior gentry who caused this civil unrest!" And then use the heads of these corrupt officials and gentry to calm down the people's grievances! In the end, it is to pardon the rebellion of the people, and to open the warehouse and release grain, so that the people in the city naturally have no reason to continue to rebel, and this civil unrest will naturally subside! So, if you're really sincere, you might as well lend your head to us! ”

Hearing Li Ru'an's statement, everyone in the hall suddenly felt bad, but before they could react, they saw Li Ruan raise his hand and shouted: "Do it!" ”

As Li Ru'an's words fell, the guards around the hall drew their swords and entered the hall one after another, slashing at the officials and businessmen of Tianshui City!

A massacre, and so it was.

Suddenly, there were bursts of desperate screams in the hall, and blood splattered everywhere.

Some people want to escape, but where can they escape? Some people want to resist, but where do they have the power to resist? Some people wanted to call for support, but because of Deng Fuan's previous order, all the "idle people" had already left!

Eventually, it was just a cup of tea, and the situation in the hall had regained calm, leaving only corpses all over the floor, many of whom looked like they were dead.

The movement in the hall of the Deng Mansion is naturally hidden from others.

First, several servants and maids of the Deng Mansion came to investigate the situation, and when they saw the situation in the hall, they immediately fled screaming.

Not long after, a large number of Tianshui City garrisons appeared, surrounding the hall.

At the same time, the officials and gentry of Tianshui City who had been taken away by Deng Fuquan before also hurried back after receiving the news.

Seeing the situation in the hall, everyone was shocked.

However, Deng Fuquan, the prefect of Tianshui Mansion, Yao Qi and others were all killed, and several of the most influential tycoons in the city were also killed, and among the remaining people, the person with the highest status was the perpetrator Li Ru'an, so everyone was at a loss and didn't know what to do!

At this time, Li Ruan was still sitting quietly on the main seat of the hall, and the massacre just now didn't make him blink an eye!

Finally, after a period of panic, a man wearing a six-rank official robe entered the hall tremblingly, and asked Li Ru'an in a trembling voice: "Lord Supervisor, what is going on here?" Why were they all killed? ”

Li Ru'an raised his eyes and glanced at this person, and said slowly: "You are Tianshui Tong Judge Zhang Zhengru, right?" When these corrupt officials and gentry in Tianshui City just cried loudly to our family and begged our family to kill all the people in Tianshui, our family saw that you had not participated, but their faces were unbearable, and then Deng Fuquan wanted to bribe our family, and he also took you away as soon as possible, obviously you and these corrupt officials and gentry are not all the way! ”

After seeing that Zhang Zhengru did not refute, Li Ruan said again: "These people in the hall were all killed by our family!" As for their crimes, you must know what they are doing! Of course, our family trial is not tried, maybe there was a wrongful killing, and there may be a leak in those people outside the hall, but these things are no longer important, and our family doesn't have so much time and energy! Our family came to Tianshui City to stabilize the situation in the shortest possible time, so our family must kill these people and use these people's heads to calm the people's grievances! ”

Hearing Li Ru'an's statement, Zhang Zhengru only felt dumbfounded, and stumbled and said: "But, how to report this matter to the imperial court?" You, though you are a prisoner, do not have the right to kill local officials, nor do you have the right to pardon the crimes of the rioters......"

Li Ru'an once again showed an impatient look, waved his hand and interrupted: "Our family naturally does not have this power!" Therefore, when reporting to the imperial court, Deng Fuquan, Yao Qi and others were all killed by the Mongols when they attacked the city, and over the years, countless Ming officials and civilians who died in the hands of the Mongolian Tartars were not bad, and they were not worse than the two of them! As for the Tianshui civil rebellion...... Our family has never heard of it, and there was a time when the people in Tianshui City were indeed turbulent, but the Tianshui City government quickly controlled the situation and did not cause any impact, so there was no such thing as a pardon for crimes! You are now the supreme governor of Tianshui City, so many things have happened in Tianshui City, and you need to write a song to report to the court, let's say so, do you understand how you should write a song? ”

Zhang Zhengru was even more dumbfounded, he didn't expect Li Ruan to plan to hide everything! How can such a big thing be hidden?

But after being stunned for a long time, under Li Ru'an's gaze, Zhang Zhengru still bowed his head and said, "Xiaguan understands!" ”

After seeing Zhang Zhengru's statement, Li Ruan nodded with satisfaction, his expression was much softer, and then he suddenly asked: "Who is the leader of the people who are in turmoil in the city?" Is there a way for you to send a message to him? We want to see him! ”

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