Chapter 709, Family Destruction Massacre!

Since the rebellion of the Lu family failed, Tiandu City has entered the era of bloody purge.

The thousand-year-old imperial city is full of wind and cranes. Every day, those names that originally rank high or are well-known are pushed to the Meridian Gate to behead. The family is confiscated and the family members are reduced to the lowly house. Some of them are sent to remote and wild places, and they are even more miserable. They are wearing shackles and locks, and a long line of people walks through Chang'an Street. I am afraid that many people will die on the road, and it will be difficult for them to return to heaven in this life.

Originally, these things should have nothing to do with ordinary people, but I don’t know what happened. The people of Tiandu still felt dark clouds above their heads, and everyone felt a sense of tenseness. Even the voices of their words and cheerful laughter were deliberately lowered, as if they would accidentally disturb someone.

It's like a boiling oil pan, like a summer when it's about to rain.

Everyone feels like they can't breathe.

In the past two days, Tiandu City suddenly became lively again.

The cause of the incident was that Song Fuxiao of the Song family injured Yan Xiangma of the Yan family. The Yan family not only did not go to the Song family to argue, but instead drove Yan Xiangma out of the house. Yan Xiangma ran away from home in anger and disappeared.

Just as everyone was talking about the overwhelming power of the Song family and the incompetence of the Yan family, Song Fuxiao suddenly knelt down at the door of the Yan family, carried the thorns and apologized for the crime, and asked the Yan family to find Yan Xiangma back. If Yan Xiangma did not return for a day, he would not get up for a day.

Yan Donglou, the head of the Yan family, went out to invite him personally, and said that there was no news about Yan Xiangma, and they were also trying to find it-

The Yan family and the Song family are having a big fuss, and the people of Tiandu are happy to take a look at the excitement. For more than a year, Tiandu City is dead and hasn't such an interesting thing happened for a long time.

Zhu Yuren is also one of the people who watch the fun.

Zhu Yuren was a censor of the West Wind Empire. He had the responsibility of supervising officials and admonishing the news. Censors were a relatively special group. Their power was very large and small. The key was whether the emperor could tolerate the world and have the measure of Na Ce's listening to the discussion.

Some censors are strong and fearless, and even advise the monarchs to correct their mistakes. Even the emperors are afraid and afraid and avoid them.

Zhu Yuren is one of the strong censors, at least that's what he thinks himself.

Zhu Yuren had long known about the "contradictory" between the Yan and Song families, but he had no intention of writing it out. Ordinary people did not know the change of imperial power in Xifeng, but Zhu Yuren was very clear about it.

This time the death of the late emperor and the Lu family collapsed, and the Song family and the Cui family were the biggest interests. The second was the top families led by the Yan family.

The Yan family followed the Cui family's leader. If these gods fight, they must be due to uneven distribution of interests. What does it have to do with it?

Although Zhu Yuren is straightforward, he is not stupid. If he is stupid, he will not be able to become a censor at the center.

Early in the morning, while Zhu Yuren was drinking two rice porridge and eating pickles at home, suddenly, the housekeeper Zhu Li came to report and whispered in his ear: "Master, there is a beggar at the door to see you."

Zhu Yuren's face changed drastically after hearing this, he stared at Zhu Li coldly and said, "Does I have to meet all the beggars in the capital that day? Do I still have to eat or do I need to be a job?"

Zhu Li knew that the master was angry and quickly explained, "That's right, I said that to the beggar - but unexpectedly the beggar knelt down at the door of our house with a pounce, and after all, he didn't want to get up. When I was about to ask the guard to lift him up and throw him away, he took out something from his arms - saying that as long as I present him to the master, the master would definitely meet him."

While speaking, Zhu Li put a jade pendant in his hand on the dining table.

The jade pendant is pure white, with clear color, and there are floating clouds hidden inside. You can tell at a glance that it is not an ordinary product. The jade pendant is carved into the shape of a unicorn, with exquisite carvings. The unicorn is beautiful and elegant, just like a living thing.

Zhu Yuren's face changed instantly, and he stared at the jade pendant on the dining table with wide eyes, as if he had discovered an incredible thing.

Zhu Yuren's face was gloomy and he pondered for a long time and asked, "Where is the beggar now?"

"I saw him dressed in a torn clothes and as thin as dry firewood at the back of the mansion, but I could take out such tokens. I thought that I might know the master seriously, but I couldn't say it was right." Zhu Li carefully stared at Zhu Yuren's face and said, "So I took him to the doorman and asked him to wait for a moment. If the master doesn't want to see him, I'll send someone to give him some money to pay."

"Take him into my study quietly." Zhu Yuren said in a deep voice. "Tell the people in the doorman not to say this, otherwise they will break their legs."

"Yes, lord. The people on duty in the doorman are all our hometowns, and they know the importance of it." Zhu Li agreed and immediately retreated.

Zhu Yuren reached out to touch the jade pendant and murmured to himself: "Brother Sanjie, why are you doing this? After many years, I just wanted to complain for you. I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to make my old friend do what he wants."

The breakfast was no longer enjoyable, so Zhu Yuren grabbed the jade pendant in his hand and walked towards the study.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Yuren walked to the study room and pushed open the door, a middle-aged man knelt down in front of him, hugged his calves and cried, "Uncle, I am Wen Jin, I am your nephew Wen Mian--"

Zhu Yuren sighed deeply, reached out to pull the beggar up, and said in a deep voice: "I know you are Wen Jin. Seeing this Qilin Jade Pendant, I had already guessed your identity - this Qilin Jade Pendant was worn by you with my own hands on your neck when you were born to congratulate the third brother on his happy Qilin. But your family was buried in the hands of the big thief Red Boy, and the whole family was destroyed, and no one escaped. The news reached Yidu. I was heartbroken and I even sent capable people to Yancheng to find you, but no one was looking for it. I only saw the densely packed corpses - how did Wen Jin escape? And why did he come to Tiandu?"

"Uncle, you want to complain for our family - my father and mother died so miserably, they were all killed. Our Li family was killed by the Song family." The middle-aged beggar knelt on the ground again, kowtowing at Zhu Yuren.

Zhu Yuren looked cold and said, "Wen Jin, get up and talk. Since I asked someone to take you to this study, I have already taken care of it - you tell me the truth about the matter, and then we will make a long-term plan."

"Yes, uncle." The middle-aged beggar got up from the ground, his eyes were red and his voice was sad: "My little sister Li Wan has been beautiful since she was a child, and she is good at piano skills, and is famous in the capital. She was just because she showed horror and fear when she saw Song Yu in the Song family, she was hated by Song Yu. During a gathering party, he secretly followed the little sister to kidnap him. The poor little sister was ruined. She finally found an opportunity to escape, but was torn to pieces by the Song Yu who was chasing him.

Thinking of the miserable situation of her younger sister, Li Wenjin was extremely sad, and her voice was choked and unable to say: "I pity my younger sister - I was killed by them. She was killed by Song Yu - I - my father went to the Song family to pursue responsibility, but was forced by the power of the Song family. First, he found someone to punish Song Yu, and then transferred his father to Yancheng and ordered our clan to take office immediately - everyone in the world thought that my father was bought by power, so he sacrificed his younger sister's life, but who knew that my father was crying and in pain every day?"

Zhu Yuren nodded and said, "I know some inside story about this matter. But after the incident, all your Li clan disappeared overnight. Your father went to Yancheng to take office without saying hello. I just wanted to speak for you, but there was no miserable person, so it was difficult to accomplish-"

There was another saying that Zhu Yuren did not say. At that time, everyone thought that Li Ruigang, that is, Li Sanjie, was bought by the Song family and used the position of the lord of Yancheng to exchange for his daughter's life. Although Zhu Yuren did not believe that his close friend was such a person, when he went to confront Zhu Yuren, he found that Li Sanjie's family had disappeared. A few days later, news came that he had already taken office in Yancheng. Zhu Yuren sneered three times and never mentioned this matter again.

"How can my father not leave? The Song family sent someone to capture his fifth brother and went to Yancheng. He rushed to Yancheng within three days. He said that he was one day late, so he cut off one of his younger brother's arms. If he was three days late, he would kill his fifth brother. My father didn't dare to delay and didn't have time to pack up his naan, so he took his family to Yancheng. We knew that we were weak and it was difficult to compete with a big clan like the Song family. Unexpectedly, Song Yu was very promising after being sent to the army and soon became a general of the cavalry. My father has been paying attention to Song Yu's movements. Whenever he advanced, his father's face became dim. Once a victory in Tiemenguan, Song Yu was promoted to three levels in a row. His father's face was ashamed. He gathered our family together and asked us to pack our luggage. He wanted to send our brothers away overnight-"

"At that time, we didn't know what we meant. It was the Song family who killed my sister, and it was the Song family who owed us, why were we so afraid of these evildoers - Besides, we have been living in Yancheng and never showed any dissatisfaction with the Song family. Why did we run away? Why did the Song family kill us? My father said that the greater the power of Song Yu, the higher the military rank, the more what he did back then became the thorn in his eyes. He had to pull out this nail, otherwise, he could be thrown out by political enemies at any time - my father said that the best way was to kill us. Only dead people can make this matter settled and there is no evidence of death. Before we could escape, the thief in the Yangtze River brought people to kill him, rushed into the city lord's mansion, and wiped out our Li family-"

Li Wenmian wiped tears with his dark sleeves and said, "A friend invited him out to drink. I happened to be uncomfortable and went to the cottage. When I came back, all my friends died. I remembered my father's words and knew they were coming for me. I didn't go home, but ran to the wilderness to hide for a few days. It was not until the government issued a notice that I dared to get into the crowd and take a look at the body of my Li clan-"

Li Wenjin crawled on the ground, burst into tears, and said, "Uncle, I—I beg you to make the decision on my Li clan, otherwise my parents would die unjustly-"

After listening to Li Wenjin's story, Zhu Yuren was furious, but hesitated.

He naturally believed in Li Wenjin's accusation, which was indeed the way the Song family acted. They regarded themselves as scholars, so those dirty things were handled by others. Li Wenjin would not believe that the Li family would offend the Red Boy, and would not believe that a Jiangyang thief led people into the city lord's mansion for a little profit dispute to massacre the lord's mansion and his family.

Only Song had reason to do this, in order to cover up the charges for Song Yu and lay the groundwork for his ultimate control of Tiemen Pass.

But, do you really want to wade into this muddy pond?

Who are they facing? The Song family.

It was the powerful Song family, and the king behind the scenes who held the King of Chu high in front.

As long as he exposed his intention to overturn the Li family, or even if the Song family found out about the news that he had contacted the Li family, he might be in trouble.

I am not willing to die, and my family will probably be unable to escape.

Isn’t the experience of the Li clan a good explanation? The Song clan’s style of conduct has always been to eliminate the roots. The late emperor just cursed the Song clan’s autocracy in the harem, and the late emperor was killed by the Lu clan—

Seeing Zhu Yuren silent, Li Wenjin felt her heart sinking.

"Did those people bully themselves? They said that as long as they tell the truth in front of Uncle Zhu, he would definitely stand up for him-"

"Uncle——" Zhu Yuren called out. "My nephew knew that this move would make my uncle embarrassed, but my nephew really had no choice. My nephew's health became worse and worse, and I'm afraid I won't live for a few years. If my nephew died of illness, then my Li clan would be cut off and our Li clan would never be able to avenge our Li clan again, and no one even knew about it-"

Zhu Yuren gently rubbed the Qilin Yupeng in his palm and said, "My father, Sanjie, are fellow villagers and confidants. When I was young, my family was poor and I couldn't even have enough food to eat, and I had no money to study. It was your Li family that could support and help me. I, Zhu Yuren, could only read and write, and that I can have the wealth of today. I owe you too much to the Li family."

"My father only told us about his deep friendship with his uncle, and never mentioned the matter of rescue." Li Wenjin agreed.

"Well, this is the Sanjie brother I know. There are many people who add icing on the cake, and few people who provide timely help. Back then, your father was a timely helper. If it weren't for his basket of charcoal, I would have been frozen to death by the heavy snow."

"uncle--"

Zhu Yuren waved his hand and said, "I already know this. You can live in my mansion first. There are also Qingkes in the mansion who know some ways of being a good man. They will help you see your physical condition. If it is not difficult to treat, it should be fine-"

"Thank you uncle." Li Wenjin burst into tears of gratitude.

"What are you thanking? I was originally a family." Zhu Yuren waved his hand. "Wen Jin has been escaping for many years. Why didn't he come to see me earlier? He was back at this time?"

Li Wenjin was shocked and said expressionlessly: "I will not hide it from my uncle. I have come to seek my uncle's help before, Wenjin is still hesitant in his heart-"

"Are you afraid I won't help you?"

"I don't doubt my uncle's helping others. I just worry that the Song family is powerful and will put my uncle in trouble."

"Now the power of the Song family is even better than the past, are you not afraid?"

"I just thought I was alive in a few days and always had to take the risk to try it out-if-what if there was anything to do with my uncle?"

Zhu Yuren's eyes were like a knife, shaved Li Wenjin's face. Li Wenjin felt the scorching pain on her face, but she did not dare to avoid it, and tried hard to face Zhu Yuren's eyes.

After a long time, Zhu Yuren sighed softly and called out, "Zhu Li, take Wen Jin to rest."

"Yes, lord." Zhu Li agreed and walked out of the study with Li Wenjin.

Zhu Yuren stood in the study and looked at the four big words on the plaque hanging on the wall: Kuang Lang and Wuchen.

This was given to him by the Emperor's handwriting, and there was not even a signature or seal. However, Zhu Yuren was grateful and always used these four words as his principles of being a person and his way of becoming an official.

"Wuchen, Wuchen, who can do the heart without dust?" Zhu Yuren murmured to himself: "I am honored by Zhu. I don't know who is attracted to be the sharp blade stabbing the Song family - for the country, the people, and even for the best friends. I have to do this knife by myself."

In the silk shop, Li Muyang is already doing more and more conveniently. If other guys are too busy, he can be responsible for receiving new customers alone.

Gao Dafu and Chen Goudan both had a good impression of Li Muyang's generous moves, and were a little afraid of the "professor" cousin behind him, so they would not offend him on their own initiative. Mo Li was a little intimate with him because Li Muyang made the big order Cui Xiaoxin and Princess Chu Ning. He felt that although this kid was not good-looking, an ugly man was lucky enough to make money for the store.

He didn't know the true identity of the boss Mo of his family, and he just thought he was a rich man in Tiandu City.

When Li Muyang was carrying a whisk to clean up the dust on the shop, the boss lady dressed as Hongxiu suddenly rushed in, pointed at Li Muyang and cursed: "Huang Ergou, how many times have I told you? When you come, work hard, observe with your eyes, and study with your heart - look at you, and ask you to clean the shop, and you slapped it with your whisk, where did the ash fall? It fell on the silk and satin, and the color of the satin will turn black and dark. When the customers come, they will think it is a used goods from previous years. How can they be sold?"

The boss's wife was furious, and the shop's shop was silent. Even Mo Li looked up at Li Muyang and showed dissatisfaction.

"Looking at your death, don't influence others' business in the store. Come out and I'll teach you a good lesson today-" Hongxiu shouted angrily and walked ahead with the lead.

"Boss, don't be angry. Huang Ergou just came here and didn't understand the rules. I'll finish the work for him. I will never let the customers see that there was dust on the silk shop in our store-" Gao Dafu saw that Li Muyang was about to be punished, gritted his teeth, stood up, and blocked Hongxiu to plead for Li Muyang.

"Yes, Huang Ergou did a big business as soon as he came, and he was already a hero in our store - he was much better than when Dafu and I first came, so the boss's wife would give Ergou a chance. He will definitely get better and better - Ergou, please apologize to the boss's wife, you will not make such mistakes again in the future, right?"

"You two are itchy?" Hongxiu sneered repeatedly: "When I was teaching people a lesson, did you two grandsons talk? Let's work for me."

Hongxiu glared at Li Muyang viciously. He didn't know when he knew how to win people's hearts. The two fools in the store seemed to have already worn a pair of pants with him.

"Huang Ergou, come with me. I want to talk to you carefully today."

Li Muyang walked out of the shop with the worried eyes of several people and followed Hongxiu to the backyard where the family lived.

Entering the room, closing the door, Hongxiu whispered: "Young Master, we have sent it in."

"Yes." Li Muyang nodded. "It's done well."

"Although Zhu Yuren is famous for his integrity, he is a famous censor in Tiandu City. However, this person is extremely wise and has been in the officialdom for decades - will he fall into our plan?"

"What's the plan?" Li Muyang asked back.

"Don't the young master want Zhu Yuren to come forward and overturn the Li clan's case?"

"Yes." Li Muyang nodded and said, "But what's the point? We just guided the situation and sent Zhu Yuren's confidant friend's son to him to let him know the truth about what happened that year - whether he wants to overturn the Li family's case is his own choice. It has nothing to do with us."

"I'm afraid that Li Jinwen will be seen through by him, and know that he was being instructed by someone - at that time, I was afraid that I felt a little affectionate, so I couldn't help but feel a little cold, right?"

"Suspicion is inevitable. However, I asked you to teach Li Jinwen a set of words - that set of words is true, and his physical illness is also true. Even if Zhu Yuren has some doubts, how can he distinguish between true and false?"

After a pause, Li Muyang continued: "And, whether Zhu Yuren is willing to stand up and overturn the Li clan's case is not whether Li Jinwen has deceived him, but how much is left in his feelings or gratitude to the Li clan-"

"Young Master, even if Zhu Yuren is willing to stand up and overturn the Li clan, can he be able to make it happen?"
Chapter completed!