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After hearing Xu Lin's words, all the people got up one after another, raised their wine glasses high, and said with a smile on their faces, "Congratulations to Xu Tong!"

"Congratulations to Xu Tong!"

For a moment, the hall was filled with an atmosphere of joy, and Xu Wenchang, who was the head of the Xu family, also had a smile on his face.

Just looking at the reactions of the officials present, if Xu Wei can really solve the hidden dangers of Li Huan and his party this time, then all the officials in Yangzhou Prefecture will definitely be grateful to their Xu family.

You must know that all the officials present have their own relationships to be officials in a prosperous place like Yangzhou Mansion.

Not to mention other things, if there is nothing to do with the court, it is impossible for them to take charge of a prosperous place like Yangzhou Prefecture.

If these officials can be promoted in the future, it will be a real relationship for the Xu family.

It can be said that as long as these officials do not fall, then this means that their Xu family has a group of allies above the officialdom.

Thinking of these, Xu Wenchang couldn't help but look forward to Xu Wei and his party.

Xu Wenchang only hoped that Xu Wei and his party could successfully eradicate the imperial envoy and his party.

Just thinking about this, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Many people in the hall obviously also heard the hurried footsteps, and when they looked up to the outside, they saw a servant of the Xu family coming in a hurry.

The servant walked up to him and saluted Xu Wenchang: "Master, there is news from Master Wei!"

As soon as the servant's voice fell, the eyes of all the officials in the hall fell on him.

Being stared at by so many people, the servant couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

At this time, Xu Wenchang couldn't help stepping forward, staring at the servant with some expectation, and said, "Quickly tell me what news it is."

This servant is the son of the Xu family, and it can be said that he is a person who is as prosperous as the Xu family. He is absolutely credible, otherwise he would not be sent to deliver the news.

The servant hurriedly said: "Master, Master Wei has received a call for help from Mr. Jingkui, and has already taken people away. Master Wei asked me to come back and tell the master, so that the master and others can rest assured, and wait for his good news."

Xu Wenchang stroked his beard, nodded slightly, then waved his hand at the servant and said: "The old man knows, you can go down first."

When the servant went down, Xu Wenchang said to Xu Lin and the others: "Master Xu, since Xu Wei said that, he must be very sure. If so, let's wait for the news here."

Jia Yuan narrowed his eyes and said with some disdain: "The old man knew that this trash of Jing Kui can't be counted on, and it really didn't work out."

Another official also said happily: "Fortunately, Xu Tongpan led someone to take care of the situation, otherwise, if we really have to rely on Jingkui and his gang, I'm afraid Li Huan really escaped this time." It's a catastrophe."

Everyone is not a fool. Although there is not much news from the servant, they can also analyze some useful information.

Apparently Jing Kui and his group were not able to overthrow Li Huan and others on the Grand Canal, and were even forced to ask Xu Wei for help.

Xu Lin took a deep breath, his eyes flickered with a bit of concentration, and he said slowly: "I hope Xu Tongju will not disappoint the big guys, otherwise, Li Huan will really escape, and our days will be terrible by then." It won't be easy."

Hearing what Xu Lin said, everyone couldn't help but change their expressions.

They naturally knew that if Li Huan really arrived in Yangzhou City safe and sound, then Li Huan might not let them go.

No one is a fool. Although they said that the fall of Jinyiwei was placed on the remnants of the Chen family, Li Huan would definitely not believe it.

What's more, based on the information they have about Li Huan, if someone like Li Huan with a fierce temperament came to Yangzhou Mansion in person, if he didn't start a big case, it might not be in line with Li Huan's temperament.

Even their backers in the middle of the capital subpoenaed them, telling them to deal with Li Huan carefully, and not to be caught by Li Huan, otherwise no one would be able to save them at that time.

Jia Yuan narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "My lord, isn't there Xu Tongpan? With Xu Tongpan's ability, we should trust Xu Tongpan."

Many officials who were anxious because of Xu Lin's words just now, after hearing Jia Yuan's words, nodded one by one as if grasping at straws: "Yes, yes, isn't there still Xu Tongjuan? Jing Kui is a waste, we should always trust Xu Tongpan's ability."

Just by looking at the reactions of the crowd, one can tell that Xu Wei's ability is still recognized in daily life, otherwise, these people would not have such trust in Xu Wei.

But for some reason, Xu Lin turned his eyes to the dark night sky outside, but felt a little uneasy in his heart for no reason.

It's just that Xu Lin really couldn't figure out what was missing. After all, in order to deal with the arrival of Li Huan and his party, they calculated time and time again, making sure that there were no mistakes or omissions before making preparations.

Sitting there, Xu Lin didn't speak again, but the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

I don't know how long it has passed, Xu Lin suddenly got up, which only shocked the crowd.

After all, after Xu Lin fell silent, all the officials in the hall also fell silent, and there was still a bit of panic in their hearts.

As a result, Xu Lin's sudden abnormal reaction naturally shocked everyone.

The eyes of Xu Wenchang and Jia Yuan, who were sitting beside Xu Lin, could not help but fall on Xu Lin.

Just then Jia Yuan said: "My lord, this is..."

Xu Lin glanced at Jia Yuan, took a deep breath, stared at Jia Yuan and said, "Jia Yuan, you go to see Commander Pang immediately and ask him to bring someone here, and say that I have agreed to his conditions."

Some officials in the hall could hear it clearly, but their faces showed doubts. They obviously didn't understand what Xu Lin meant by what he said. Why did he suddenly involve the commander of the guard station?

However, some of Xu Lin's confidant officials such as Jia Yuan changed their expressions slightly.

Jia Yuan whispered to Xu Lin: "My lord, are you sure you want to invite Commander Pang to lead the troops here? Do we really have to pay such a high price?"

Xu Lin said coldly: "Isn't it just counting 10 taels of silver? As long as you can survive this calamity, how much silver do you want?"

As he said that, Xu Lin said to Jia Yuan: "What are you still doing, hurry up and tell Commander Pang to bring someone here immediately."

Seeing Xu Lin's solemn expression, Jia Yuan immediately got up and saluted Xu Lin, "Your Majesty, let's go."

There was a faint cry of killing from the pier a few miles away from Yangzhou City, but the sound of killing only lasted for a very short time before it fell silent.

The pier itself is the lair of Jing Kui's men, but because Jing Kui took away all the men on the pier in sevens and eighties, there are not many people staying on the pier.

Facing the elite cavalry of the Ming army who were like wolves and tigers, and Xu Ying, Chen Ang, and Lin Pingzhi personally led the troops, they easily took down the pier and took control of it.

Not long after everyone took control of the pier, a few official ships were seen approaching slowly in the distance. It was not Li Huan and his party, whoever it was.

When the official ship docked at the pier, surrounded by Cao Yu, Chen Ke, Ma Ming and others, Li Huan got off the ship and stepped onto the pier.

A group of elite cavalry led by Lin Pingzhi, Xu Ying, and Chen Ang were waiting for Li Huan's arrival on the pier.

Seeing Li Huan get off the boat, Xu Ying, Lin Pingzhi and others stepped forward to bow to Li Huan and said, "I've seen Lord Marquis."

Li Huan waved his hand, glanced over the crowd, and nodded slightly when he saw that the cavalry had no losses.

After waving his hands to signal the cavalry to stand up, Li Huan stepped forward and his eyes fell on Lin Pingzhi.

Looking at Lin Pingzhi, Li Huan stretched out his hand to help Lin Pingzhi up, then looked him up and down, and finally patted Lin Pingzhi on the shoulder and said, "It's fine!"

To be honest, Li Huan was somewhat worried about Lin Pingzhi's life and death when he learned that Lin Pingzhi and Chen Yao's party had been killed in Yangzhou Mansion.

If it is said that Lin Pingzhi is really dead, then it is really difficult for him to explain to Lin Zhennan. After all, the Lin family, like their Li family, is a single lineage in their generation.

If Lin Pingzhi died like this, the Lin family would be truly unparalleled.

Seeing that Lin Pingzhi was safe and sound now, Li Huan felt much better.

Lin Pingzhi said with a bit of indignation and anger on his face: "My lord, you must avenge Chen Yao and those brothers who died unjustly."

Lin Pingzhi, as the only survivor of the extermination case of the Jinyiwei Thousand Households in Yangzhou Prefecture, naturally knew a lot of inside information, so Ma Ming, Chen Ke and others all looked at Lin Pingzhi.

Even Ma Ming, who was quite impulsive, said to Lin Pingzhi immediately: "Brother Lin, tell us quickly, what is going on, who is it, dare to kill our Jinyiwei, Chen Yao and others Brother's revenge must be avenged."

The relationship between Ma Ming and Chen Yao is very good, not being a real brother is better than a real brother, when the news of Chen Yao's death reached the capital, Ma Ming was very angry.

After taking a look at everyone, Lin Pingzhi narrated what happened that day in detail.

When Lin Pingzhi finished talking about the story, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "The person who did it was the people from the Xu family of Yangzhou Prefecture, and the people behind the scenes are officials such as Xu Lin from the Yangzhou Prefecture."

Speaking of this, Lin Pingzhi thought of Chen Yao and others who died one by one in order to cover his escape. With red eyes, he knelt down in front of Li Huan and cried, "Please avenge my brothers."

After listening to Lin Pingzhi's words, all the people present showed hatred on their faces.

As Jin Yiwei, they heard that their colleagues were murdered by local officials in collusion with local tyrants, how could they not be angry.

"Xu Lin should be killed, and the Xu family should be killed even more!"

Murderous intent flickered in Chen Ke's eyes.

But at this moment, Lin Pingzhi pulled a person who was tied up like a rice dumpling from the side and pushed him violently, and the person fell to the ground immediately, who was it?

Xu Wei is in a state of embarrassment right now, with disheveled hair. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, no one would dare believe that this is Xu Wei, one of the most powerful figures in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Pointing at Xu Wei, Lin Pingzhi gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, this is the Xu family of Yangzhou. Xu Wei was sentenced by the Yangzhou government. He was the one who led people to surround and kill his subordinates and others. Chen Yao and the others were all arrested by these people." kill."

All of a sudden, murderous eyes fell on Xu Wei.

Xu Wei couldn't help shivering. It was the first time he saw Li Huan when he rolled to the ground, and he felt that Li Huan was standing there invisible, exuding a power. Under this power, Xu Wei Wei couldn't help feeling somewhat regretful.

If he had known that Li Huan was so difficult, he would definitely have thought about whether to accompany Xu Lin to do such crazy things.

Li Huan looked at Xu Wei calmly and said, "Xu Wei, are you guilty?"

Xu Wei trembled slightly, and Gulu turned over and knelt down in front of Li Huan, kowtowing to Li Huan and saying, "Master Hou, please forgive me, Lord Hou, please forgive me, I am willing to testify against the magistrate and others. A way out."

Ma Ming on the side kicked Xu Wei, only to roll Xu Wei to the ground.

"It's delusional. If you don't confiscate your family and exterminate your family, how can you be worthy of the spirits of Chen Yao and other brothers in heaven? You still want to ask Lord Hou to let your Xu family survive. I think you have lost your mind!"

Xu Wei, who turned over and got up, was still begging Li Huan.

Li Huan waved his hands, and turned his gaze to the horizon. At this time, there was already a faint white belly in the horizon, and the morning sun was about to rise.

The outline of Yangzhou city could be vaguely seen, and Li Huan said slowly: "Bring this person, everyone follow me into the city."

Ma Ming stepped forward to hold Xu Wei in person, slapped Xu Wei fiercely on the face and said with a sneer, "Are you just waiting to see how your Xu family is ransacked and wiped out?"

Xu Wei glanced at Yangzhou City, then lowered his head, a trace of anticipation flashed deep in his eyes.

"My lord, everything depends on you!"

It is almost a few miles from the pier to Yangzhou City. Although the distance is not too far, it took more than half an hour to rush from the pier to the gate of Yangzhou City.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and as they approached Yangzhou City and went up the official road, they could already see vegetable farmers coming in twos and threes from the outskirts of Yangzhou City, carrying various goods towards Yangzhou City.

In the bustling city of Yangzhou, all kinds of daily necessities alone are not a small amount. The surrounding people came with all kinds of supplies, and they have already formed a long queue at the gate of the city, waiting for the gate to open.

As usual, as it was time to open the city gate, the originally closed city gate slowly opened with a creaking sound.

The people who had been waiting for a long time began to file into the city.

At this time, the earth shook slightly, and looking around, billowing smoke and dust could be seen faintly in the distance.

Such a big movement was not only noticed by the guards at the gate of the city, but also by many people outside the city waiting to enter the city.

A series of curious eyes subconsciously looked towards the direction of the distant movement.

Many people even stopped to look over and whispered to their acquainted companions.

"It sounds like a lot of people are coming, maybe something happened."

Someone muttered softly: "I heard that the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to supervise the case of Jinyiwei's thousand households being exterminated. This could not be the arrival of the imperial envoy!"

There are naturally very few people who know the news that the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to investigate the case, so as soon as the man's voice fell, many people around looked at him with wide eyes.

Just now, the man looked a little nervous and subconsciously said: "I...I also heard from my cousin who worked in the government the day before yesterday..."