Chapter 754 The Great Festival
In the early morning, the sky was dawn, and Xiangrong County City was still quiet. On this cold morning, not for the sake of livelihood.
No one wants to get up early.
At the gate of the prison in the city, two yamen runners were shivering their necks, trembling and cursing about the damn weather. Suddenly, one of the yamen runners seemed to hear something, listened carefully, and after a while, "It seems to be the sound of footsteps!"
Another older yamen runner said, "Who will go out except for those who are suffering like us at this time?"
"It really is! It seems like we are coming to our side!"
Before he finished speaking, a group of men in black appeared on the corner of the street, quickly approaching the prison, and everyone covered their faces with black scarves. The yamen runner's face turned panic and was about to warn him, suddenly two crossbow arrows flew over and pierced their hearts!
Nearly a hundred men in black rose into the air and flew into prison. All the prisoners were killed in an instant when they met the prisoners. After they were imprisoned, they scattered and searched each prison.
"Sir, you need to come here to take a look."
The men in black led the leaders immediately entered the deepest part of the prison, where dozens of people were locked up, and the punishment room was also set up here. Several people were hanging in the punishment room, but they were all gone. There was almost no good piece of meat on the body, their eyes were dug out, and their tongues were cut.
The man in black in the middle pulled the scarf off the bottom, and it was Niu Jinbao.
He looked at one of the bodies, his lips trembling, but in the end he didn't say anything, but turned around and asked the man in black beside him: "What's the constitution on the side of the lord?"
The man in black said in a cold and mechanical voice: "My lord means that if our people are fine, we will act on the camera. If something happens to our people, we will kill them all."
Niu Jinbao's face turned vicious, he drew out his short knife and hurried away.
After a moment, the entire prison was silent, and the damp and hot blood gradually dissipated. Many men in black supported dozens of dying people, took more than a dozen corpses out of the prison gate, and quickly ran along the street towards the city gate.
In a blink of an eye, the alarm bell rang out, and the city gate defenders came out of the city tower one by one. Looking at the murderous men in black, they were at a loss.
A man in black said loudly: "We are disciples of the White Lotus Immortal Sect. Today we are here to promote the power of the White Lotus Saint Gu Tian! You are optimistic!"
Several men in black flew out with two large barrels, instantly placed them at the city gate, ignited the fuse, and then ran away.
As soon as these men in black moved, the city guards on the city tower were in a cold sweat. He could see at a glance that these were all Taoist monks, and each cultivation was no weaker than himself!
Seeing that a few men in black had lit something, the captain flew away without thinking carefully and immediately fled. As soon as he ran, the officers and soldiers guarding the city fled around.
There was a loud bang, and the fireball flew into the air, and the air waves swept away the nearby shed. The city gate flew out from afar, and even the city tower collapsed halfway!
The city gate opened, and the people in black left. It was not until half an hour later that the county garrisons had gathered together slowly and carefully came over to check, fearing that the bandits would have had time to leave before they could leave.
The prison was robbed, hundreds of prisoners were killed, and the city gate was blown up again. So many major events immediately made the county magistrate's palace chaotic.
However, the county magistrate was not there, and the dragon had no leader, and the psychics were unwilling to take advantage of the muddy waters. They did not make any decisions. They just reported and sent people to the southern military camp to find the county magistrate. However, the people sent were blocked at the entrance of the camp, and the military camper, Lord Zhuang, had never been here.
In the southern military camp, a cold stone prison, he sat solemnly inside, his hands and feet at magic weapons. There were still charred pieces on his face that were burned by thunder and fire. He was sitting against the wall, his eyes closed. The food on the plate in front of him was also motionless.
Whenever someone comes in to change the meal, he will say "I want to see Wei Yuan", but only this sentence will never say the second sentence.
At this time, Wei Yuan was busy day and night. He sent multiple troops with the southern military camp as the center to occupy many city fortresses on the border between Jin and Zhao, and finally completed defenses on most of the borders of the three counties in the east, leaving only the two hundred miles to the east.
The cargo team drove out from Qingming continuously, passed through the Xu family counties, and sent supplies and food to the southern military camp, and then transferred them to various places. Soon, five strong guarded fortresses were added to the southern border of Jin State.
When the layout was completed, Wei Yuan finally decided to go and see Zhuang Chong. It was seven days later since Zhuang Chong was detained.
In the seven days, he was solemn and tough, and he never surrendered.
When the solemnity was brought up, the originally outstanding scholar also looked much haggard. Because his magic power was sealed,
So there were burning marks on his face, but he looked calm and determined, standing straight in front of Wei Yuan, neither kneeling nor speaking.
Wei Yuan snorted and said, "Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
He also snorted solemnly and said loudly: "I kneel with my knees, kneel with my master and my parents, but I haven't heard of any traitors and traitors!"
Wei Yuan said again: "I am here to collect military expenses under the order of the king, but you refuse to cooperate. Without food or pay, how can the soldiers fight? Who is the traitor?"
"If you have the land of fame and fortune, you can get some tax-free land to maintain a decent food and clothing. This has been the case since the soup has been found! I just abide by the law of the Tang Dynasty and respect the ancestral system. What is wrong with it? Master Wei wants to impose a heavy tax on levy and fill his personal pockets, but there are ways to do it. But if you want to change the ancestral system, it is probably too early! If you do so in this way, you are not afraid that your Wei family will be lost!"
"This is not the case in Tanglu, and there is no such thing in Jinlu. Lord Zhuang, it is useless to misinterpret the law, such as the law, in front of me. Besides, is the land under the name of so many scholars in this county really theirs? Humph, you, Lord Zhuang alone, have 20,000 acres of fat land, which are hung in the name of thirty people. I didn't wrong you? My ancestors didn't teach you this, right?"
He sneered solemnly: "There is no evidence to speak, is there any evidence?"
Wei Yuan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Evidence? Lord Zhuang has prepared two sets of Yin and Yang deeds. If you really want evidence, I am afraid that I will get some unknown secret houses from Lord Zhuang to find. How can I have that leisure skill? In fact, it is easy to know the truth. If you restrain your Dharma image and roast it for a while, I believe Lord Zhuang's bones are not that hard either!"
Solemn and unmoved, he said, "Since Lord Wei is so confident, just do it."
Wei Yuan put down the teacup and said, "Follow me and go and see your relatives first."
Wei Yuan wrapped up solemnity with the power of Taoism, and in one step he reached the cell in the camp, then walked into the dungeon and looked over with solemnity. Many of the people in the cell rushed to the fence, crying for his parents, asking for solemnity to help him, and most of them kowtowed to Wei Yuan.
In the cell, there were several people lying there, motionless.
Zhuang Chong finally spoke and asked, "What's wrong with those people?"
Wei Yuan slightly let go of the suppression of solemn Taoist power and said, "You can see it yourself."
After scanning the solemn spiritual sense, he found that the people's houses were already cold and had no idea how long they had died. There were still some biting marks on the house. He was shocked and angry: "Wei Yuan, you dare to take the poison! You are cutting off your own way, and I will never stop with you!"
Wei Yuan said, "My people died in your official prison, and your relatives and friends must die in me. This is fair. Oh, I forgot to tell you that my people were rescued a few days ago, but there were inevitably some casualties and injuries during the process. It seems that your son-in-law was responsible for the prison, and he died a little miserable."
Zhuang Chong's face changed again, then he turned to calm, and said, "Master Wei told me this, probably because he didn't want me to go back. Wei Yuan nodded and said, "I originally had a glimmer of hope, and I thought that Lord Zhuang might be a person who knows the current affairs. But now it seems that I am wrong. Lord Zhuang is full of iron-mindedness and will definitely not surrender. Even if I am vain and slandered with me, once I get out of trouble, I will fight back. Unfortunately, the left prime minister will lose a right-hand man."
Seeing Wei Yuan grabbing him with his big hand, Zhuang Chong's face finally changed. He wanted to say something, but suddenly the sky turned into a dizzy world. There was a dark red and black dome in the air, and there was an endless sea below. A full moon hung above his head. A huge eye opened in the moon and stared at Zhuang Chong.
Wei Yuan said: "Master Zhuang, please go on the road, from now on, you will be lost in reincarnation."
Zhuang Chong finally lost his composure and said angrily: "You and I have no grudges, why is this?"
Wei Yuan said: "We have no grudges against ourselves, and the grudges against the public will be great. For the human race in the world, you must also be eradicated, or you."
"I asked myself, even if I didn't love the people as much as my son, the farmers in my farm have never starved to death," he said.
It can be said that you live and work in peace! Looking at the entire Jin State, how many people can do better than me? What kind of people are you doing in the world?"
Wei Yuan said, "I didn't know it very well at first, but I finally figured it out these days. A big family like Lord Zhuang, who does not pay taxes or pay grain, will not be able to produce a resident. He uses the money that should have protected the country and strengthened the army to cultivate your own talents in order to serve as an official for generations. The state's public tools are almost the private property of your banker. Oh, the same is true for the Zuo Prime Minister, but his official position as a private property is even greater. However, this is just a small matter."
Asked solemnly: "What is the big festival?"
"You are maintaining the ancestral system everywhere, but in fact, you are maintaining your transcendent status, and maintaining the qualification to not pay taxes and grains. You are the one who has occupied the position of the court. The human race will be like this in the present day after a hundred years, and it will still be like this in a thousand years, and there will be no change at all. Any major change is possible, and you will be strangled by you.
Today I can build guns and cannons, train new troops, and sweep the entire Ningxi brocade industry with a territory. Will the alien race never make guns and cannons and gunpowder, and will never change? One day, the change will spread from bottom to top and spread to the fairy sky, while our human race will remain unchanged for thousands of years, and then it will be a dead end!
So when I see you, a self-sufficient country, I feel so disgusted, just because it is in line with the human race! This is where the great righteousness and festival lies.
Lord Zhuang has the talent to manage the world and save the country, but what else can you do besides the party and the party constantly buying land?!"
He opened his mouth solemnly, but he didn't know how to refute it for a moment.
Wei Yuan said calmly: "It is extraordinary and extraordinary. In the future, one day, when something similar happens, I will give him enough opportunity to defend himself. Not only him, but everyone has the right to defend himself. But today, Lord Zhuang should go on the road earlier."
Chapter completed!