Chastity Layman

Pingkang Square.

Qin Lang played chess with Ma Zhou.

"Many people are going to impeach you now." Ma Zhou made a sound and reminded Qin Lang.

"I know."

"does it worth?"

"If you want to do something, you have to offend people. There is no way." Qin Lang sighed, how could he know how many people he would offend with his current radical actions, but if he wanted to do something, he could only offend people, unless he didn't work. But at this juncture, the emperor wants him to do something, can Qin Lang refuse?

This is not just a matter of official power, it also means the death of countless people.

Qin Lang has always admired Wei Zheng and other Confucian scholars. Although they are sometimes too idealistic and too simple, their original intentions are good.

"I really can't sit idly by. I clearly understand what a disaster it will be if I don't. I can't bear it."

"But you've offended countless people now because of it."

"Never mind him. After passing this test, at worst, I will take the blame and resign, so I can take some time off."

Ma Zhou laughed, "Do you know how His Majesty commented on those bullets and what they said about you?"

"Don't say it, if it gets out, it's a serious crime." Qin Lang reminded Ma Zhou that the emperor's words should not be spread indiscriminately, otherwise it would be a death penalty for leaking the forbidden Chinese language.

"Your Majesty said that I can tell you. Your Majesty said that doing things will definitely offend people. If you don't offend others, you are actually a mediocre person. You are a gourd official. Your Majesty said that you will fully support you, and you will do your best to fight this battle right now. You don't need to worry about the rest."

"Brother Ma, please tell Your Majesty that since I, Qin Lang, have taken over this job, I will do it well, not only to be good to His Majesty, but also to be good to those common people."

Collecting food from the big households was part of the disaster relief. Wei Chang and Ah Huang also reminded Qin Lang before that there was no need to offend the whole of Chang'an just because of official business.

But in the end Qin Lang decided to collect the food.

Because the food shortage is too big, and these people have too much food in their hands, he knows that under normal circumstances, no matter how serious the disaster is, these noble families will at most just use part of the food for porridge. When the disaster is over, there will still be a lot of hoarded food in their house.

They don't think about saving, and they don't think about weathering the disaster together.

Every extra bag of food levied may cost an extra family. Qin Lang is not a holy mother, but in this situation, if he can do it but doesn't do it, it means that those who could have survived will starve to death People actually die because of him.

Even in later generations, people in Qin Lang were soft-spoken, but whenever a major disaster occurred in the country, he would do his meager contribution, either by donating money or praying for the disaster area. It is this great benevolence and great love that rescues all parties when one is in trouble. This kind of great benevolence and great love has allowed us, a nation full of disasters, to survive five thousand years and always stand among the nations of the world.

It's like no matter how bad the relationship with neighbors is, once a fire breaks out in the neighbors, everyone will still go to the rescue without hesitation. Even if you usually have a feud with your neighbors, if you encounter a neighbor's child falling into a pond, you will jump down to catch it without thinking about your own safety.

People are kind.

"Saburo!"

Qin Yong, the silver-faced Wei Tuo, rushed in.

"We have encountered a hard problem. The Duke of Hanyang injured all the people we went to collect food from his house. Now he not only beats our people, but also detains them in his house."

"Who is this Duke of Hanyang?" Qin Lang asked. For a moment, he really didn't know who the county magistrate was. After all, apart from those real knights, there are many other knights in the Tang Dynasty. After Li Shimin came to the throne last time, he directly conferred one level of knighthood to all the officials above the fifth rank who had no knights before.

This is how Wei Zheng's baron came.

Ma Zhou said next to him, "Li Gui, Duke of Hanyang, younger brother of Li Xiaogong, King of Hejian County, was originally the King of Hanyang, but last time he was changed to the clan title. Although he didn't keep the county king because of his military exploits, he still changed his title to a county. Gong. He used to serve as Wei Weiqing, and later went to Jingzhou to replace Xiaogong as the governor. Not long ago, because he beat his subordinate Jingzhou Governor Shi, he was dismissed by His Majesty and recalled to the capital for self-reflection."

Speaking of Li Gui, Qin Lang really has no impression, but if talking about Li Xiaogong's brother, then Qin Lang must be deeply impressed.

Li Xiaogong is a famous king of the clan, and his brother is naturally of high status, but because Xiaogong's achievements in the founding of the country were too high, Li Yuan had already suppressed him in the later stage of Wude, and in the battle between Li Shimin and Jiancheng, Li Xiaogong was actually neutral on the surface, but secretly It is also inclined to support the built.

After all, since he doesn't fully support Li Shimin, he must be more willing to see Jiancheng become emperor.

For these reasons, after Li Shimin took power, Li Xiaogong's position became more and more embarrassing. Zhao Junwang was renamed Hejian King, and he had little real power.

His brother Li Gui beat Chang Shi because this Chang Shi was sent by Li Shimin to take over Jingzhou. After Chang Shi took office, he found trouble with Li Gui everywhere, which caused Li Gui to burst into anger. Beating up Chang Shi, he also lost his captain.

The Zhen Fusi found out that there was a lot of food in Li Gui's mansion. This man was originally a clan king with a mansion in a mansion. There were many servants in the mansion. It is said that there are thousands of servants. They are usually extravagant.

The Zhen Fusi went to collect food as a routine, but this time he encountered Li Gui's outburst of temper. He was originally dissatisfied with the brothers' loss of title and dismissal, and now he took the opportunity to beat up the soldiers of the Zhen Fu Si to vent his anger.

After the beating, he detained him, and told Qin Lang to come over and apologize before releasing him.

"How many people went there, why were they beaten but not detained?"

"More than a dozen people went there, but I didn't expect the Duke of Hanyang to be so aggressive."

Qin Lang threw the chess piece away, and said to Ma Zhou, "I'm sorry, Ma, I have to deal with this matter."

"What is Sanlang going to do?" Ma Zhou asked.

Qin Lang said with a smile, "How else can I deal with it? Since others have already made moves, no matter what, I can only fight the enemy with my sword."

"I don't like to take the initiative to find trouble, but I'm never afraid of trouble."

"Sanlang, don't mess around, Li Gui belongs to the clan, and he is also Xiaogong's brother."

"So what, I'm afraid of a bird. At this time, disaster relief is the first priority. If I let Li Gui become arrogant today, all previous efforts will be wasted. Who will listen to the orders of the town governor in the future?"

"Qin Yong!"

"Yes." The silver-faced Wei Tuo sensed the killing intent under Qin Lang's smile, and couldn't help but lift up his spirits.

"Go and invite General Wu Heita, I want to transfer 800 patrol cavalry, and ask him to transfer people over to listen to the order immediately."

Qin Yong laughed loudly, "Decree!" He turned around and left with big strides.

Ma Zhou owed Qin Lang there, "Why don't I report to Your Majesty right now, and ask Your Majesty to order Li Gui to hand over the food and release him?"

"I have tens of thousands of people under my command, but I still want His Majesty's will everywhere, so what does Your Majesty want from me, what does the Governor want? A little Li Gui can't handle it, so I don't need to be the Governor. gone."

Qin Lang had long guessed that there would be a bird that came out of its head, but he didn't expect that this bird would be Li Gui.

Qin Lang immediately put on the armor bestowed by the emperor, put on the horse spear, stuck two golden maces on his back, and left the Yamen with a murderous look.

On the left is the Black Cloud Sword Team, and on the right is the Silver Spear Suburban Festival Team.

With only two hundred soldiers from these two pro-armies, Qin Lang was confident that he would call Li Gui his father, but he was not there to fight, but to kill chickens, so naturally the bigger the better.

I just waited for a while in front of the Yamen.

Wu Heikai, the county magistrate of Xinxiang and Zhonglang of the town's governor, ordered 800 scouts to arrive in full armor.

"Sanlang, who doesn't open his eyes?"

Qin Lang smiled and said to this man, "Li Gui, Duke of Hanyang County, beat up the soldiers of our Zhenfu Division and detained them. Do you dare to follow me to ask for them?"

"Li Xiaogong's younger brother?"

"Why, dare not?"

"I'm afraid he's a bird, dare to beat my brother in the Fusi." Old Wu's fist hammered on the bright light armor with a bang.

Qin Lang was very satisfied.

"Walk!"

Under the guard of a hundred relatives, Qin Lang led eight hundred scouts to directly charge towards Li Gui's mansion.

In broad daylight, thousands of armored soldiers galloped down the street, their iron hoofs rumbling, and they were still extremely powerful. This big move attracted the attention of everyone on the street.

When the left and right guards of the imperial city heard the news, they quickly blocked the front street of the imperial city and strengthened the security of the imperial city gate.

Soon everyone knew that Qin Lang personally led the Jingqi out.

There is also a well-informed person who knows that the Duke of Hanyang previously beat up the person who came to collect grain from the town governor.

"Now there's a good show to watch."

After Zheng Xuanli heard about it, he hurried to Zheng Shanguo's residence.

"My lord, there is a good show to watch! Li Gui beat up Qin Lang's men, and now Qin Lang is leading thousands of horsemen to kill them."

Zheng Shanguo held the Zuozhuan, and after listening to it, he just stroked his beard and said, "The fun has just begun."

Although Chang'an City is big, they arrived in front of Li Gui's mansion very quickly on horseback.

Give an order.

Iron cavalry surrounded the mansion.

"Please come out, Duke Hanyang!"

Qin Lang rode on his horse and gave orders.

The mansion is closed.

Behind the courtyard wall, there is a vague person holding a bow to probe.

He made it clear that he was resisting to the end.

Qin Lang had a cold face, "Bump into the door, anyone who dares to resist with weapons, beheaded!"

Wu Guang and the other generals just hesitated for a moment, and then they personally led people to dismount and go forward.

They rushed forward with the shield on, and someone in the courtyard shot arrows, but there were too few arrows, and no one was hurt, or they didn't want to hurt anyone, they just wanted to scare them off.

But Wu Guang, with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, personally led them forward.

These people were all elite soldiers who used to be Leopard Riders who belonged to Xiaowei. Now they are fully equipped to attack a house guarded by servants.

A thousand troops attacked in all directions.

But in a moment, he had already entered the courtyard.

Wu Guang and the others still left some leeway. For those guys who resisted with weapons, they just smashed them down with the back of their swords and shields, and then tied them up. They didn't really kill them.

Soon, Li Gui was wearing armor, holding a bow and arrow and leading his servants to meet him.

Qin Lang rode into the mansion and came to Li Gui.

"Li Gui, do you want to rebel?"

Li Gui was a black and fat guy, compared to his elder brother Li Xiaogong's burly, at this time he was full of alcohol, furious at Qin Lang who broke in, he raised his bow and shot.

When an arrow came, Qin Lang swung his spear and swept it away.

"court death!"

Qin Langce immediately stepped forward and slammed it down. The drunk Li Gui couldn't dodge, and was directly slapped to the ground by Qin Lang's head, with half of his face swollen.

"Bound!"