After hearing what Li Ling said, he slowly walked towards him and the Imperial City Division's spies had already broken their courage and could only kneel there and kowtow to beg for mercy: "Sir, please spare me, please..."

"Whether you are not with me or not, but with you. If you are willing to cooperate well, I can still consider saving your life." Li Ling said in a calm tone. At this time, he could no longer see his previous anger.

"Grand... if you have something to do, just give me instructions... The younger ones will do as you tell me." With a chance to survive, they dared not refuse and immediately responded.

"Don't hurry to agree, listen to me finish my words first." Li Ling stood in front of them, and continued to look down at them, while saying slowly, "A few of you are Hou Longtao's confidants?"

The few people he asked immediately nodded and recognized it, which was impossible to deny. Then he heard Li Ling say, "Since that's the case, you should know many things about him, such as who was ordered to follow him all the way this time, and want to harm me."

"I know that it is Wei Sicheng. We all came on the order of Wei Sicheng." One of the ones who responded the fastest immediately answered. After being stunned, the others followed up. Although this was a secret, Lord Li had mentioned it just now, so they did not have any pressure when they said it.

"Well, is there any substantial evidence for this? It's just that you may not be able to make the right statement." Li Ling asked again temptedly.

After a few people hesitated, they were the first to answer: "Yes, we left the capital this time and went south in the name of being ordered to capture the thief Zhang Chujiu, which was also the arrest warrant issued by Lord Wei. The arrest warrant is now in the package that Lord Hou cared for, and you can tell at a glance!"

"Is this true in the name of chasing Zhang Chujiu, the thief, intercepting me, an official in the court. "

"It's... it's right. I'm sorry for my crime. I'm also ordered to act and I'm forced to do it..." The few people felt the pressure and kowtowed again. Li Ling had no time to engage in such an entanglement with them again, and immediately shouted: "Don't say these hypocritically. What do I ask next? Just reply, and you don't have to beg for mercy if you have made a promise. If you can't, begging for mercy is useless."

Then the few people stopped kowtowing and begging for mercy, agreed quietly, waiting for Li Ling's question. He did not let these people wait, and said, "This inside story was actually before and after you left Beijing, Hou Longtao told you all, right?"

“Just… it’s right.”

"Do you know why Wei Tianying wants to harm me? I have no grudge against him."

This time, the few people looked at each other and couldn't answer. With their identities, it was not easy to know that Lord Hou's thoughts were. As for what Lord Wei, who was above, he didn't even dare to think deeply about it.

But soon, they knew the whole story, and only heard Li Ling say: "It is because he has a close relationship with Prince Yong Sun Lin, and Prince Yong hates me to the core, so he takes this opportunity to attack me. I had experienced it once when I returned to Beijing from Huguang. Now it's just a re-introduction of the old thing. Isn't it?"

"This...this..." The few people were completely panicked and didn't know what to say. Don't even say that they didn't know about this, they wouldn't dare to recognize it even if they knew it.

What is King Yong's identity? Even though he was deprived of all his power for his crime a few years ago and became a idle prince, he still had considerable influence in the court. How could a minor official like them criticize him? And Lord Wei... It can be said that once he is an enemy of these two great gods, any one of them can crush them to death like a bed bug, without any effort.

But just as they were stunned, Li Ling nodded again, full of threats: "Why, are you trying to deny the facts?"

This made them decisively come back from their fear and think of their current situation. If they proved that Lord Wei and King Yong were dead as they said, they were now on the verge of death. As long as they did not admit it according to Lord Li's wishes, they would have to land on their heads.

This is not a joke intimidation. The body of Lord Hou is still there next to him. He even kills Lord Hou if he says he can kill him. Do he care about his own lives?

Now they have to consider the only thing left to die early or late... No!

Several people suddenly exchanged their eyes and thought of a thing that happened, if Lord Li really defeated Lord Wei, and King Yong? With the evidence of his and others, he really brought down the two great gods, wouldn’t he have to die if he waited?

Even the ants are greedy for life, let alone the few of them. Before the current death situation, they have no choice but to choose from a path of life, so they can only follow Li Ling's meaning and say: "What the adults say is that the younger ones think so..."

"No, you don't think so. You know that there is something wrong. You know that all this is the arrangement of King Yong and Wei Tianying. They asked Hou Longtao to bring you to intercept me halfway, just to retaliate against me. I made King Yong lose the power of the Ministry of Justice and the position of prince."

At this time, the few people had been led by Li Ling, and without any hesitation, they repeated his words one after another, then looked at Li Ling again, waiting for him to make the final decision.

Li Ling finally smiled and said, "Very good. If you can repent in time and stand up as a testimony, you will be much better than the unrepentant Hou Longtao. Then tell everything, record it as a confession, and then sign it on top of the list. Then you will be the exposers and witnesses of this matter, and the most important witnesses. Naturally, no one will hurt you anymore."

The few people were completely intimidated and dared not have any objections. They agreed repeatedly, then looked around and waited for everyone in the county government to interrogate and record the relevant confessions. However, when they looked around and waited for others to ask questions, they saw dozens of county government officials and people in the hall standing there, and they were all stunned. They were either panic or surprised, and they looked much better than them.

These little people from the county government were also scared by Li Ling's big move this time. I thought he was just angry for a moment, so I killed Hou Longtao on the spot. Many people even thought that Lord Li was too brave. Unexpectedly, that was just the beginning. After a few words, he actually pointed his finger at Wei Tianying, the Imperial City Chief Secretary behind Hou Longtao, and then pulled out the Yongwang behind Wei Tianying, becoming the final target of attack.

Li Ling is going crazy!

Don't he know what his identity is now?

He was just a former court official who returned home without any position and power! Not to mention him now, even when he was an official in the capital, he could fight against King Yong head-on with his fourth-rank official? Isn’t this an egg hitting a stone?

Finally, after a depressed silence, Zhou Huanchen coughed dryly and said, "Mr. Li, you are... we don't have any evidence in our hands. Why do you dare to testify against a prince of the court like this..."

"Is there no evidence? They are not?" Li Ling looked at it for granted. "Is what they did along the way enough to explain the problem?"

"But..." Cha Tuisi also said two words in a little confused manner, but was quickly cut off by Li Ling: "I know what you are worried about, but don't worry, this matter cannot be affected by you. You all over Qingshan County are just a testimony. I will not make it difficult for Mr. Cao's people to do!"

"Mr. Li is so serious. Although I am not talented, I still have some responsibility." An old and hoarse voice suddenly came from the outside, and then the sound of a tick of crutches on the ground made Cao Renqi, who was still at a loss, immediately woke up and went out in three steps in two steps, and helped his father into the hall: "Dad, why are you here?"

"Haha, the old master Li is so old that I can't wait, so I come abruptly. Unexpectedly, I happened to hear these heartfelt words from Lord Li, and I feel ashamed..." Cao, who was already white in his beard, came to Li Ling, bent down and wanted to salute.

Seeing this, Li Ling quickly took two steps forward, held his hands and stopped him: "Mr. Cao doesn't have to do this. I'm still the same me. Just call me Wen Zhong."

Although Cao Jin was old and still in good spirits, he laughed and said, "Li Da... Wen Zhong is indeed a nostalgic person. Since this is the case, I am more respectful than obedient."

"Come on, Mr. Cao sit down and talk first." Li Ling replaced his son at this time, helped Cao Jin to the seat beside him, and then sat down. Then, he looked at him with a smile and said, "It seems that Mr. Cao is also quite concerned about the changes in the county government."

"Who can't care? After all, it's up to the whole country of Qingshan County. If these people's conspiracy is really successful, we will have no peace. And if something happens to you, Wen Zhong, how can I explain to Lord Wei?"

"Haha, so I still benefited from the teacher." Li Ling said humbly again, and then swept to the other people.

As Cao Jin suddenly arrived, Zhou County Magistrate Cha and the others were obviously much lower-key, and they obviously respected him very much. Li Ling didn't say much nonsense and immediately went straight to the point and said, "Mr. Cao, it seems that you agree with my approach? However, you also saw that Zhou County Magistrate and others were reserved for this. Why don't you ask me to persuade them?"
Chapter completed!