568 ruthless, Dengzhou

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The night is dark and the wind is high, and the residence of the prefect of Dengzhou.

"Ahhh

At this time, in the mansion of Shi Qinghua, the prefect of Dengzhou, which was high in the wall and deep courtyard, there was a scream.

Unfortunately, this burst of screams can only be heard when you are close to the base of the compound wall.

At this time, around the Stone Mansion, there were a large number of black-clothed people scattered, and no one was allowed to approach here at all.

In the hall of Shifu, at this time, including Shi Qinghua, three generations of the whole mansion, a total of more than 30 people, were all detained here.

Whether it is Shi Qinghua, who is nearly sixty years old, or his grandson who is only a few years old, they are all here.

And in the outer courtyard of the living room of the Shifu, all the servants of the Shifu were also imprisoned here at this time.

Shi Qinghua's prefect's yamen was infiltrated overnight by a group of unidentified black-clothed people, who subdued all the maids in the courtyard in Shifu in a short time.

This black-clothed man was led by Leng Feng himself, an action team of the White Dragon Army's Intelligence Bureau.

As an espionage organization, the White Dragon Army Intelligence Bureau has developed the most rapidly in just a few years, with the full support of Li Zixiao, and has become a behemoth at this time.

From the very beginning, the Intelligence Bureau could only simply collect intelligence, and its strength gradually grew.

By now, they have been able to carry out assassinations, captures, and even internal responses to large forces.

And the Intelligence Bureau has also developed from the beginning, only intelligence spies, responsible for detecting intelligence, to the present.

They have raised three squads, totaling more than 300 elite samurai.

Tonight, Leng Feng led a 100-member intelligence bureau action team to infiltrate the Shifu and forcibly control everyone in the mansion.

As for why the Ming army in the city didn't find out at all, it was not all because these action warriors led by Leng Feng were powerful.

What's more, Yu Youlan, who was garrisoned in Dengzhou City, had already taken refuge in Li Zixiao and transferred all the nearby Ming troops away, even if something went wrong, Yu Youlan would turn a blind eye.

At this time, the elderly Shi Qinghua was being escorted by two black-clothed warriors, unable to move.

And one of the middle-aged men was pressed on the table by two black-clothed warriors, Leng Feng held a small dagger in his hand and stabbed it into the middle-aged man's thigh, and the screams were made by him.

This middle-aged man is Shi Qinghua's eldest son, graphite.

"Shi Zhifu, you really toast and don't eat and drink, give you another chance, are you willing to cooperate with us?"

Leng Feng's face was slightly pale, looking a little gloomy, coupled with his cold and ruthless gaze at this time, the whole person looked extremely cold.

"Phew! The old man has been an official for more than 30 years, and he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, you rebellious ministers and thieves, it is simply wishful thinking to let the old man betray the court.

and Li Zixiao, who was a general of Zhenguo, had already conspired against him, and sure enough, the rumors that the old man heard before were not groundless.

You rebellious ministers and thieves, sooner or later, you will not die well, Li Zixiao does not feel the emperor's favor, and tries to rebel, it is simply worse than a beast. ”

Shi Qinghua didn't mean to compromise at all, and scolded Li Zixiao.

Leng Feng forced Shi Qinghua to cooperate with them, but he couldn't just ask Shi Qinghua to write a letter asking for help, asking the White Dragon Army to settle in Dengzhou and solve the surrounding bandit problems.

In fact, it was nothing more than Li Zixiao wanting to find a barely reasonable reason for himself, so as to deal with the reproaches from the imperial court and Chongzhen after he occupied Dengzhou.

As a result, Shi Qinghua, the old guy, was really loyal to Daming, he didn't eat hard and soft, and he refused to compromise at all.

Even, this cautious old guy didn't know where to hide his prefect's official seal, and Leng Feng didn't have a chance to forge the book by himself.

There was no way, Leng Feng could only find a way to force Shi Qinghua to cooperate with them, or pry his mouth open, get the official seal of the Dengzhou prefect, and forge documents, so there was this scene.

"Old thing, you don't want to give you a face, it seems that your eldest son's life is not worth much in your eyes!"

Leng Feng listened to Shi Qinghua's curse, his face became more and more gloomy, and he walked up to Graphite and said indifferently.

"Ahh

There was another scream from Graphite, and Leng Feng stabbed a dagger into Graphite's other thigh.

"Dad, save me, Dad!" Graphite almost fainted from the pain, and pleaded loudly at Shi Qinghua.

"What a howl, it is the honor of our Shi family to be able to die for the court and for the saint, and I will never accept the coercion of you thieves.

Li Zixiao, a hypocrite, actually raised a group of despicable villains and executioners, and he Li Zixiao is not afraid of being thundered by the sky! ”

Shi Qinghua was indifferent to his son's call for help at this time, which made Leng Feng not expect it, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Leng Feng really wanted to tell Shi Qinghua that Li Zixiao would not care about this, because there are still few people in Li Zixiao's family!

But in the same way, there are more people who have survived because of Li Zixiao.

Li Zixiao only gave them orders, how to complete it, it was impossible to care, whether it was murder or threat, it was Leng Feng's own choice.

"Hey, you old thing, you really don't eat hard and soft! Lao Tzu really doesn't believe it, since you don't feel sorry for your son, don't you even want your grandson.

I want to see how hard your heart is, and I don't bother to ink with you, come and drag the graphite and the little cub out and cut it. ”

Leng Feng grimaced, and commanded a black-clothed warrior next to him.

"Yes, sir."

The black-clothed warrior answered, then took two black-clothed warriors with graphite, and forcibly dragged out a six- or seven-year-old boy from a pile of stone women and children behind, and walked towards the outside of the courtyard.

That six or seven-year-old boy was Shi Qinghua's favorite grandson, and after seeing this scene at this time, Shi Qinghua could no longer be calm.

"What are you going to do! He's still a kid, how can you do that. ”

Shi Qinghua roared angrily, but Leng Feng turned his back and didn't pay any attention to him.

"Father, please, save Yu'er, he is your own grandson!"

Graphite, who was dragged out by the black-clothed warrior, pleaded with Shi Qinghua, Shi Qinghua kept cursing and roaring, but he didn't open his mouth to compromise.

Graphite was familiar with his old father's temperament, sighed, and pleaded to Leng Feng next to him: "My lord, you can kill me, let the dog go, he is innocent." ”

"I don't want to, who made your father too stubborn, this is just the beginning, after killing you and your little son, there are three of your brothers, three sisters, and five nephews......

I can't even count them, I didn't expect your Shi family to be prosperous, so many people, some of them are busy tonight. ”

Leng Feng said with a dark smile on his face.

"You...... Do you want to destroy us? You devil! ”

After hearing Leng Feng's words, Graphite felt a chill all over his body, and said in a trembling voice.

"You can understand it that way. What are you doing here, drag it out! Leng Feng coldly scolded the two black-clothed warriors next to him.

"No, don't, father, please, save our Shi family." Graphite struggled, yelling as he was dragged out.

"Oh, that's it, that's it. The old man has been loyal to the Ming court for more than 30 years, which is enough, and he can't end up, and he can't even keep his family.

I'm willing to compromise and cooperate with you, please let them go. ”

Seeing that his eldest son and favorite grandson were about to be dragged out of the hospital, Shi Qinghua still couldn't hold on and chose to compromise.

After Leng Feng heard Shi Qinghua's compromise, he raised his hand to signal the black-clothed warrior who was dragging the graphite out, and stopped, with a sneer on his face.

"Shi Zhifu, it's been like this for a long time, why do you have to let us tear our faces."

"Let him go and let him get the official seal."

Immediately, Leng Feng put a document that had been prepared long ago on the table, and said to Shi Qinghua: "Stamp your prefect's official seal and sign your name." ”

Shi Qinghua had already read this document before, and in the name of his Dengzhou prefect, he asked Li Zixiao for help to encircle and suppress the bandits around Dengzhou.

In fact, according to the provisions of the Ming Law, Shi Qinghua's request for help from Li Zixiao is actually not in accordance with the rules.

However, Li Zixiao won't care about this, all he needs is an excuse, a reason to send troops to Dengzhou, and it doesn't matter if it meets the rules that don't conform to the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Soon, Leng Feng took the document signed by Shi Qinghua and stamped with the official seal, and led his black-clothed warriors to leave Shifu.

Before leaving, Leng Feng said indifferently to Shi Qinghua: "Shi Governor's Mansion, our play is not over yet, don't think about committing suicide."

If you die, your family will soon come down and be reunited with you, and you have to do it yourself. ”

After saying this, Leng Feng led people away.

"Despicable, shameless!" Shi Qinghua was glared at by the cold blow of his beard, and roared angrily.

"Send someone to send this document to the general, and Dengzhou City will soon be ours."

After leaving the stone mansion, Leng Feng handed the document to a cronie and instructed.

And soon, Li Zixiao, who was far away in Jinzhou, immediately left Jinzhou and went to Dengzhou Port on a naval warship from Lu Yuan after receiving Leng Feng's documents.

At the same time, Lu Yuan also used a naval fleet to transport 3,000 soldiers together.

On the road the next day, a fleet appeared in Dengzhou Port, and Leng Feng took Yu Youlan and other officials in Dengzhou City to greet Li Zixiao at the port wharf.

Anyway, at this time, the Dengzhou Mansion has already issued a notice, and everyone in Dengzhou City knows that there will be a court army to come and encircle and suppress the thieves.

Therefore, at this time, Yu Youlan, who is guarding Dengzhou, of course, has to come over to greet Li Zixiao justifiably, so there is no need to be sneaky.

Three thousand white dragon soldiers (all of them city defense troops) landed at the port wharf, and then stationed in Dengzhou City, and then forcibly took over the defense of Dengzhou.

As for the soldiers who were originally stationed in Youlan in Dengzhou City, Li Zixiao didn't plan to use them at all, these guys were all bad, and he didn't feel at ease about using them.

"General." Leng Feng personally welcomed Li Zixiao off the boat.

"Leng Feng, this mission has been well accomplished. Keep up the good work. ”

After Li Zixiao got off the boat, he saw Leng Feng, smiled slightly, and spoke.

"Thank you for the general's appreciation, my subordinates will continue to work hard."

"Let's get into town!" Immediately, Li Zixiao led Leng Feng, and they entered Dengzhou City.

At this time, Dengzhou City has long lost its prosperity more than ten years ago, the port ships are scarce, and the shops on the streets are deserted.

"It won't be long before it's going to be thriving again."

Looking at the bleak scene in Dengzhou, Li Zixiao was not disappointed, but said with interest in his heart.

"How is Shi Qinghua? Doesn't it mean that this person has a stubborn temper and is loyal to the Ming Dynasty? Leng Feng, how did you make him compromise. ”

Li Zixiao asked Leng Feng curiously on the way into the city.

"Hehe, return to the general, this is not simple, although Shi Qinghua is loyal to Daming, he also cares about his joining and his grandson.

As long as their whole family is in Dengzhou City, Shi Qinghua will have to cooperate with us, unless he can ignore the lives of his children and grandchildren. ”

Leng Feng didn't dare to put up a stand in front of Li Zixiao, and explained to Li Zixiao with a smile.

After listening to Leng Feng's words, Li Zixiao could basically guess how he forced Shi Qinghua to submit, the older a person is, the more things he cares about.

However, Li Zixiao didn't care about Leng Feng, whether he used ruthless threats to force Shi Qinghua to succeed, he only valued the result.

"Zilong, Qin Zhen, the two of you will take a thousand men and horses out of the city, and sweep and expel all the bandits around Dengzhou to me.

Since we are here because of this excuse, why should we do something for the people of Dengzhou. ”

Li Zixiao commanded Zhao Zilong and Qin Zhen behind him.

"Yes." The two led their troops away.

"Lu Yuan, your navy will also build a military port here, it will be much more convenient to go from here to Lushun in the future."

"Yes, General, that's what my subordinates mean." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

After entering Dengzhou City, Li Zixiao saw almost all the officials in Dengzhou City, but he didn't see the prefect Shi Qinghua.

For this reason, Li Zixiao was not angry, it is estimated that Li Zixiao, who the old man was hating at this time, gritted his teeth, how could he come back to see him.

It was just right that Shi Qinghua didn't come, and Li Zixiao simply ignored it, and Dengzhou knew Shen Zhang, so it was logical to take over the affairs of Dengzhou City for the time being.

And Shen Zhang, like Yu Youlan, had already fallen to the White Dragon Army at this time, so he naturally had to obey Li Zixiao's orders.

Li Zixiao used the name of Shen Zhang to implement his policies in Dengzhou.

First of all, Li Zixiao's first order in Dengzhou was to lift the sea ban, not only allowing people to go to sea to fish, but also allowing businessmen to go to sea to do business.

Whether it is a fisherman or a maritime merchant, he only needs to pay a small amount of taxes, and he can go to sea at will.

Li Zixiao intends to set up a new city department in Dengzhou, but unfortunately he doesn't have this right, but this does not prevent him from secretly Chen Cang, anyway, as long as he doesn't hang the name of the city department.

Li Zixiao re-established a department in Dengzhou, which was responsible for the registration and tax collection of ships entering and leaving Dengzhou Port, which was actually equivalent to the city shipping department of Yangzhou.

It didn't take long for the news of Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army stationed in Dengzhou to finally spread, and the paper couldn't keep the fire after all!

And Li Zixiao is also ready, waiting for Chongzhen to send someone over to question.

Anyway, his men and horses have already settled in Dengzhou, a fait accompli, Chongzhen wants to let him withdraw with just a holy decree, but it is not so easy.

(End of chapter)