Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 431
In the official yamen of Jinling City.

Li Xiuyuan sat on the main seat without hesitation, but he felt that the desk in front of him was too in the way, so he was moved to the side.

Standing in the lobby at this moment is not the yamen servants in the yamen, but all the officials under his command.

Each of them is a leader of one thousand soldiers, and their martial arts are all outstanding among the eight thousand bodyguards. Although they have not reached the level of martial arts masters, none of the eight fighters have been compromised after a battle. One, so we can see the high strength of their martial arts.

A depressive and strict atmosphere permeated the Yamen.

Li Xiuyuan didn't even have time to wash off the blood on his black armor, he just took a short rest and was about to take over the management and defense of Jinling City, a big city.

The civil and military officials in the city were either dead, or they were imprisoned because they left the city and surrendered before, leaving only a few civil officials.

Civil servants have no official positions and are not qualified to come out to manage affairs.

"If you fight against the outside world, you must first secure the inside. First bring in Li Liangjin and other civil and military officials who left the city and surrendered. No, they are criminals convicted of adultery."

Li Xiuyuan had just ordered some civil servants to stabilize the law and order in the city, so he immediately spoke.

"Yes, General." A soldier outside the hall answered, then turned and left.

After a while, more than a dozen civil and military officials were brought in.

The leader was Envoy Yang. At the moment, he was in a panic and looked nervous, but when he saw Li Xiuyuan, he showed a hint of joy.

"So you are the one leading the army? I thought it was some general who led the army here, but I didn't expect it to be you, a scholar. Li Xiuyuan, you really know the current affairs and know that you came to rescue me. It seems that you It is also clear that if the official dies, you will not get any benefits."

Envoy Yang resumed his previous attitude, and said a little arrogantly.

"But for the sake of you rescuing this official, I will forget about the previous incident. Now you only need to prepare a few fast horses for this official, let Zuo Qianhu escort this official, and escort Fu Tianchou to the capital. It's alright, when you get to the imperial court, I will invite credit for you."

Li Xiuyuan looked at him calmly, ignored his inappropriate words, and just said lightly: "You took them out of the city to surrender to the bandits?"

Yang Shangshi's face froze, and then he said: "Li Xiuyuan, are you accusing me? How can you be held accountable for what I do, don't forget my identity."

"Is that the court's envoy?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "Of course I will never forget your identity, but I just want to know, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, what crimes did the civil and military officials guarding the city commit when they surrendered to the bandit army? How should we deal with it?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at a civil official next to him: "Mr. Duan Wenruo, you have been handling government affairs with Mr. Fu for many years, so it is very clear after thinking about it."

Duan Wenruo's expression froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Of course this lower official knows, but all civil and military officials who want the bandits to surrender the city will be punished regardless of their rank."

"Envoy Yang, did you hear that?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"presumptuous."

Envoy Yang sternly shouted: "Li Xiuyuan, do you know what you are doing? It doesn't matter if you offend me. You offend my father. Not only will you not be able to be an official, but you have to be careful of the safety of the whole family. I advise you In a word, let this matter go, it is good for you and me, if you want to care about this matter, I am not afraid of you."

"Use your father to suppress me? I don't know how big an official your father is in the court, is it a minister of the Six Departments, a minister, or a prime minister? But it doesn't matter to me. If you offend your father, you are offended, but do you know what it is to offend me? End?" Li Xiuyuan stared at him coldly.

"If you offend me, you will have to suffer if you go to the underworld and become a ghost. You are in a dilemma between life and death."

"You sacrificed the city to surrender, only for your own life, disregarding the people of the city, not to mention that the imperial court will not spare you, even I will not spare you, not to mention that you are a mere envoy, even the prefect, the governor, and the general soldier can't get around. I called you here today to let you know why you died today, so that you don't die for no reason, and you think I'm deliberately avenging private revenge."

Envoy Yang turned pale in shock and said, "What? Li Xiuyuan, you dare to kill me. You don't want to kill me, do you? You are a mere scholar, and I haven't mentioned the matter of keeping tens of thousands of private soldiers in captivity. How dare you make a move on me? Killing thoughts."

"Scholar? I'm no longer a scholar. Now I've joined the military. I'm a guerrilla general. Although I'm the lowest-ranked general, I have the right to recruit and form an army without permission. The crime of keeping private soldiers in captivity doesn't count against me. Come up."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiuyuan took out an official seal and showed these people a look.

"How, how is it possible, last month you were clearly a scholar." Envoy Yang was angry and angry, and panic began to start in his heart.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It's all thanks to you corrupt officials. The price of buying and selling official positions has been clearly marked in the capital. It is not difficult at all to buy an unpopular military position and a thankless guerrilla general position."

"With the position of guerrilla general, an army of tens of thousands of cavalry is beyond the limit."

Envoy Yang said again that now he hated those corrupt officials to the core.

He actually did such a thing as buying and selling officials.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I'm too lazy to discuss the issue of exceeding the limit with you. Even if it is exceeding the limit, you can't control it. Detain this person. I will go out and kill him personally later."

"Yes, General."

The two soldiers responded, and immediately led Envoy Yang to go out.

Yang Shangshi was completely panicked at this moment, he hastily shouted: "Li Xiuyuan, do you really dare to kill me? I am an envoy sent by the imperial court. If you kill me, it is tantamount to rebellion. Do you want to rebel?"

But seeing that Li Xiuyuan still had no intention of stopping him, he cried again: "My lords, save me, save me, don't let this Li Xiuyuan mess around, I'm dead, you're not going to get any better, hurry up, save me!" I."

The remaining dozen or so civil and military officials had different expressions at the moment, and they wanted to speak but dared not.

They all knew in their hearts how serious their crimes in offering the city were.

Even if it is spread to the capital and leaves, it will inevitably end up being executed.

"Hold on."

A military officer with the appearance of a general suddenly said: "Guerrilla general Li Xiuyuan, right? You are just a casual job. In terms of rank, this general is above you. You should be assigned by this general. You are now beheading the court envoy without authorization. Do you know how serious your crime is?"

"Don't stop, let's go out first." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "Who are you?"

"Vice General of Yangzhou," said the military officer.

"Vice Chief? Where's your soldier?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The deputy commander's face immediately sank, and he didn't know how to refute.

"As a deputy commander-in-chief, you don't even have a single soldier around you. What kind of general do you think I will execute this Yang Shangshi alone today? I'm sorry, but you, the deputy commander-in-chief, are among them. Come, take him into custody." Go down and prepare to chop." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand.

"Yes, General."|
Immediately, two more soldiers came in, pressed the deputy chief soldier and went out.

The deputy commander shouted: "Li Xiuyuan, you are a mere guerrilla general who dares to kill me as the deputy commander. Are you impatient? Even if I have no soldiers around me, my position is higher than yours. I want to kill me!" Officials only need His Majesty's imperial decree, even the Ministry of War has no right to kill a deputy general."

"It takes so many complicated procedures to kill you, a collaborator? First cut off your head, and then I will give you the imperial court's orders. Don't worry, I won't make you an unjust dead ghost." Li Xiuyuan said.

"A mere guerrilla general, you are looking for a dead end, looking for a dead end."

The deputy commander-in-chief was so strong that he kept shouting.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the remaining dozen or so civil and military officials. Wherever his eyes passed, these civil and military officials were all silent and did not dare to speak.

"It's impossible to forgive you, the court will not forgive you, and I will not forgive you, but I can give you two ways to die for you to choose."

"Please, General, please spare your life. We didn't intend to surrender the city. Everything is under the attention of Envoy Yang. The subordinate officials and others are just obeying orders. General, please forgive me."

These civil and military officials turned pale with fright, and immediately knelt down.

(End of this chapter)