Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 290 Xuzhou Great Reckoning! (Part )

This incident happened so quickly that many people present had not yet reacted.

By the time he came to his senses, Cui Zhu had already been controlled by the Western Factory's guards and pressed to the ground.

The soldiers of the surrounding garrisons, seeing their leader being captured, became anxious and could not help but take two steps forward.

Gao Shun saw all of this, and he looked around fiercely, shouting: "Anyone who dares to move will be killed!"

Suddenly, the originally noisy crowd stopped where they were, not daring to move.

"Sir, you have no evidence, you can't just arrest me like this!"

"You are abusing your power. You have no right to arrest me!"

Cui Zhu was shouting everywhere in panic, looking extremely excited.

Hearing Cui Zhu's terrified roar, the patriarchs of the four major families were stunned at first, and then they opened their bloody mouths and laughed strangely.

Their eyes were filled with malicious light, and their wanton smiles were mocking Cui Zhu's ridiculous end.

Even if we sell out our four major families, so what? Aren't you, Cui Zhu, going to be buried with us four major families? !
At this moment, the four clan leaders felt a sense of satisfaction as if they had avenged their great hatred.

They perfectly interpreted what it meant that they didn't care whether they lived or died, they just wanted Cui Zhu to die!

Cui Zhu's panic was justified. When Wang Yan, Qin Lu and others were surveying the land in Xuzhou Prefecture, they had not yet had time to check the military farms of their garrison soldiers.

In principle, without solid evidence, the Western Factory's men were not qualified to arrest a third-rank commander like that!
Yes, in principle, the men from the Western Factory could not take down a prefecture's guard commander so easily.

But now, the principles are right in front of him, and whatever he says becomes the new principle.

Wang Zhi looked at Cui Zhu coldly and said in a cold voice: "Humph, as the commander of Xuzhou Prefecture, just letting these peasant soldiers rush into the county government office and kill the county magistrate is enough for you to die ten times."

"And I already knew the situation of your local guards when I served under the late emperor ten years ago."

"Among all the Ming Dynasty's garrison commanders, not a single one of them is clean!"

Wang Zhi's words were like a bucket of ice water, making Cui Zhu's whole body cold and sweat dripping down. He no longer had any hope in his heart.

"Do it!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

With Wang Zhi's order, a major purge affecting the entire Xuzhou Prefecture officially began.

As soon as Qin Lu waved his hand, a soldier came forward with a knife in hand.

Under the horrified gazes of the four clan leaders, he drew his sword and killed without further ado!

As four rays of blood shot up into the sky, the patriarchs of the four major families that had been entrenched in Xuzhou Prefecture for decades all lost their heads!

Before they went south, Zhu Youtang had already personally determined the nature of this war.

This is a war to quell rebellion. The enemy is the rebellious army, a mortal enemy that threatens the foundation of the Zhu family's rule!

Fighting corruption requires evidence, while suppressing rebellion only requires coordinates.

Once you figure out who the enemy is, all that's left is to kill all of them.

After Qin Lu executed the patriarchs of the four major families cleanly and efficiently, he immediately led these men to attack the old houses of the four major families in Xuzhou Prefecture.

"boom!"

Under the powerful impact, the door of the Li family's old house broke apart, shocking everyone in the Li family and causing them to scream miserably.

Hundreds of Western Factory soldiers, full of murderous intent, rushed into Li's house, killing anyone they saw and beheading them, leaving no one alive!
"Ah! Please, let me go, I don't know anything!"

"Ah! No! Gentlemen, please be kind and let me live!"

"Ah! Someone's been murdered! Someone's been murdered!" "..."

In the Li family compound, the Western Factory guards shuttled back and forth, slashing and killing everyone in the Li family compound one by one.

There will only be one consequence for those who disobey Your Majesty's order and go against Your Majesty, and that is the confiscation of their property and the extermination of their clan!
In just a few moments, the Li family mansion, which was once a prosperous and harmonious place, has turned into a purgatory.

The ground, walls, rooms, and pond were all covered in blood and piled with dead bodies.

Not only the people of the Li family, but even the four dogs raised by the Li family were hacked to death by the Western Factory guards. No one was left alive.

The Li family mansion, which was bustling with people and filled with screams and cries just a moment ago, was now silent, without even the barking of a dog.

It was eerily quiet, with only the sound of wind blowing through leaves.

Hundreds of Western Factory soldiers searched the Li family compound, carefully looking through everything in the house, to prevent any members of the Li family from escaping the net and not being killed.

The feet of the Western Factory guards stepped on the ground, making a soft sound. The sound was extremely small, but to Li Lin's ears, it sounded like thunder.

Every sound seemed to step on his heart, making him dizzy and weak-legged, and on the verge of suffocation.

He even breathed carefully, not daring to make the slightest sound.

Li Lin is only seven years old this year. He is the third-generation direct descendant of the Li family and the eldest son and grandson of the head of the Li family.

At this moment, he was hiding in the closet next to the bunk bed, covering his mouth with his hands, and looking at the people coming and going outside through the gap in the closet in horror.

Just now, he saw with his own eyes these ferocious villains rushing into his house.

Without saying a word, he drew his sword and killed his parents, brothers, uncles...all of them!
He was so frightened that he stood there in a daze. Finally, it was his mother who picked him up and put him in the closet.

She also tearfully warned him that no matter what happened, he must not make any noise or come out of the closet.

Afterwards, he began to hear the continuous screams of the Li family head.

Until now, Li Lin seemed to be able to hear the pleas for mercy from his parents and uncles.

Through the gap in the closet and through the window of the room, he saw the blood of the Li family spread all over the courtyard, and the ground was covered with the bodies of the Li family members.

He saw that his mother deliberately exposed her whereabouts in order to protect herself and led the Western Factory guards to other courtyards.

Until the end, he did not see his mother for the last time.

Li Lin shed tears and gritted his teeth to suppress the sadness in his heart.

Suddenly, a pair of feet appeared in his field of vision!

The pair of feet walked straight towards him, which made Li Lin's heart beat wildly. The fear in his heart reached its peak and he couldn't help but close his eyes.

But strangely, the closet was not opened for a long time.

Li Lin quietly opened his eyes, only to find that the pair of feet seemed to be gone from his sight.

Li Lin let out a long sigh, and the heart that had been stuck in his throat finally fell back into his stomach.

It turned out to be a false alarm.

At this moment, the closet door was suddenly opened, and a cold face appeared in front of him.

"Got you."

Cui Zhu, the commander of the Xuzhou Prefecture Guard, was taken away by the Western Factory guards and put in prison.

Even the soldiers of the Xuzhou garrison were ordered to disarm and were all imprisoned in the garrison training ground of Xuzhou garrison.

(End of this chapter)