Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

"Hello, Hu Hai, I pay my respects to Lord Song!"

Chapter 107: The man who cheated on himself is really scary

Song Xuan smiled slightly, "You did a good job this time!"

Hu Hai said flatteringly, "It is my honor to work for you, sir! My Hu family is ashamed to be associated with those families that oppress the people and harm loyal officials!"

At this moment, the patriarchs of the Zhou family, the Sun family and other families were all stunned, their eyes full of disbelief.

A traitor among us?

No wonder,

No wonder the Xuanyiwei Tiqi and Yanyuan salt soldiers started to enter the city to quell the riots as soon as the mob entered the city.

No wonder the city guard commander hadn't made any movement for a long time. He was as if dead and couldn't even send a message back.

After all this time, it turned out that the traitor Hu Hai had already told Song Xuan their plan. They had already dug a trap and were just waiting for them to jump in!

"Hu Hai, you traitor!"

"Our eight great families have always been united. What good would it do you if we fell?"

"You idiot! Do you really think Song Xuan will treat you well in the future? He even dared to kill the princess, so how could he care about a traitor like you?"

"You could be a human, but you insisted on being a dog. Hu Hai, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"

Several clan leaders had ferocious looks in their eyes, and each of them wished to eat Hu Hai alive.

Compared to their enemy Song Xuan, they hated the traitor even more.

It's like two armies fighting each other. Both sides put their chariots and horses on the field to fight. In the end, even if they lose, they will admit that they are inferior in skills.

But in the end, before they even started, the traitor Hu Hai leaked their entire plan. How could they not hate him for losing to such a villain?

After being scolded and cursed, Hu Hai looked a little embarrassed at first, but the next moment, he suddenly stood up and pointed at several clan leaders and cursed them.

"You old dogs, I've put up with you for so long!"

"You say you're one of the eight great families of Yangzhou, but every time you eat meat, my Hu family can't even get a sip of soup. Even with this, you still have the nerve to talk about being of the same blood?"

"You want to rebel, why should I follow you to rebel? Is it because of the little money you gave me, or because you, Zhou Buyan, sleep with my wife every now and then?

Don't think I don't know anything about what you did with that bitch.

I've always known about this, but I just pretended not to see it. I've been waiting for an opportunity, a chance to send you all to hell!"

"Fortunately, I have waited for the pacification envoy, the great judge of Yangzhou City!"

As he spoke, Hu Hai knelt beside Song Xuan again, kowtowed repeatedly in adoration, "Hu Hai, on behalf of the millions of people in Yangzhou City, I kowtow to thank you for your grace, thank you for correcting the chaos and returning Yangzhou City to a bright and clear sky!"

Song Xuan coughed lightly.

Flattery is nice, but you're being too high-profile. Can you be more subtle?

Beside Song Xuan, Hua Manlou, the innate master who was in charge of guarding him, couldn't help but blink his blind eyes, as if he wanted to take a better look at where the master had found this man.

However, Song Qian, who had originally had a cold face, felt much more pleasing to the eye after seeing Hu Hai's fat body. This old guy has good taste and can see at a glance that his brother is extraordinary.

"Hey..." She poked Hu Hai's slightly fat body with the scabbard of her sword, "Is your wife really having an affair with that Zhou guy behind your back?"

The expression on Hu Hai's face is wonderful.

She felt like crying and a little annoyed, but after seeing Song Qian standing in front of Song Xuan with a casual attitude, she forced a smile on her face and nodded awkwardly.

"Not only the Zhou guy, but that old guy named Xiao has been there too!"

Victoria Song gave him a thumbs up with some admiration.

People who are self-deprecating are really powerful. They endure what ordinary people cannot endure, and they endure it for many years. In one day, they defeat all their opponents. Such people are really ruthless.

The next moment, Song Qian rose from the ground and stood on an attic. From her high vantage point, she could see the entire Xiao family's situation.

If anyone tried to escape in the chaos, she would just send out a stream of sword energy. Wherever the sword energy passed, a cold breath like winter would hit their faces. Anyone hit by the sword energy would be frozen into an ice sculpture in an instant.

The sword rose and fell, and after a few sword energies, all the members of the Xiao family, whether they were clansmen or ordinary maids and servants, had completely given up the idea of ​​escaping. They all knelt on the ground, waiting to be captured by the Xuanyiwei Tiqi.

......

The next morning, the city-wide martial law order issued by the pacification commissioner was finally lifted.

The people walked out of their homes nervously, looking around constantly.

The streets were empty. The corpses on the ground had long been cleared away, but the dried blood had not been cleaned up yet, and the air was still filled with a strong smell of blood.

Everywhere you look, runners from various government offices can be seen cleaning the streets with buckets of water; even the city guards were called in to clean the streets.

The garrison commander of the city defense army has been killed by Lu Xiaofeng, and the current acting commander is a young captain who has sworn allegiance to Song Xuan.

In the Xuanyiwei Yamen, one could often see groups of people crying and shouting as they were escorted to the imperial prison. These people were members of major families such as the Zhou family and the Sun family.

Last night, following Song Xuan's order, all the eight major families in Yangzhou City, except the Hu family who were the first to seek refuge, were raided by the Xuanyi Guards on the charge of treason.

The number of direct and collateral relatives captured from these families alone reached thousands.

As for the members of other branches, their number is estimated to be even greater, and the Xuanyiwei prison is far from enough.

As a last resort, Song Xuan asked Hu Hai to vacate a manor, temporarily built cells, and crammed all the prisoners into them.

At this time, Song Xuan was sitting in his study, sorting out the evidence of treason against the major families. Some of it was true, and some was confessed under torture in the imperial prison.

Song Xuan needed to select some seemingly reasonable and convincing evidence from these messy confessions and write them into the memorial to be submitted to the emperor.

Of course, confessions and evidence are all secondary. Song Xuan knows without thinking that what the emperor cares about most is probably not how many people died or how many big families were destroyed, but how much silver was confiscated.

Song Xuan was also waiting for the subsequent Xuanyiwei to finish the statistics. In order to avoid any accidents, he sent Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou out at the same time to supervise the people who were counting the money and property.

Ta-da-da-da!!

Victoria Song walked in happily wearing special waterproof leather boots. As soon as she entered the door, she picked up her brother's Dahongpao and started drinking it.

Song Xuan said with some disdain: "Can't you pour another cup yourself?"

Victoria Song said nonchalantly, "I've been busy since last night and haven't even had time to drink a sip of water. You're still disgusted by my tea. Even landlords and wealthy families are not as stingy as you."

Song Xuan was speechless and said, "Tell me, is Prince Huai's Mansion ready?"

Song Qian nodded, "The salt soldiers and our Xuanyi Guards have surrounded the entire palace. Whether we should take action or not is up to you."

"hold on."

"What are you waiting for? Let's quickly cut the Gordian knot and finish these things. Huang Rong and I have an appointment. I will help her find someone after I'm done."

"Wait until the silver statistics come out!"

Song Xuan tapped his fingers casually on the desk and said with a smile, "Tell me, how much silver do you need to make the emperor not care about the death of a prince, and even argue with all the civil servants for it?"

Chapter 108 Song Xuan: I hope the emperor will take it into consideration!

Song Qian scratched her head and said, "Last time after we dealt with the Tian family, the emperor argued with the court officials for many days for tens of millions of taels of silver. He must be a money-lover.

I've checked Prince Huai. He has no fiefdoms, and isn't a powerful vassal king. At most, he maintains a few guards in his palace and runs some businesses. Killing such an idle prince shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Song Xuan shook his head, "It's difficult to deal with him because he has no real power and poses no threat to the emperor or the court. If he were killed, there would definitely be an uproar in the court.

If he were a powerful prince with fiefdoms, it would be much easier to deal with him. The emperor would be eager for us to find a way to kill him!"

"That's it..."

Victoria Song tilted her head and thought for a moment, "That's right, if I were the emperor, I would definitely keep those who are not threatening to me to improve my reputation.

So, brother, are you still going to do it for King Huai?"

Song Xuan pondered and said, "Let the salt soldiers and the Xuanyi Guards blockade the area first and see how King Huai reacts. After all, I killed his daughter, so there's a high possibility that he'll seek revenge later."

Instead of waiting for him to seek revenge on our Song family later, I might as well strike first.

This is the bad thing about a society based on favoritism. If you kill a young one, you have to kill the old one. If you kill the old one, you have to kill his whole family. I find it quite annoying.

But there's nothing I can do. It's his fault for raising such a clueless daughter. If Princess Jinlian had a bit of common sense and stayed out of this, I wouldn't be so entangled."

Song Qian uttered an "oh" and asked, "Have you ever thought about this? If you send hundreds of millions of taels of silver to the emperor, but he takes the money and does nothing, refuses to protect you, and wants to use you to appease the anger of the court officials and even the local aristocratic families, what will you do then?"

"I thought about it."

Song Xuan said seriously: "First of all, even if the emperor wants to kill me to calm down the public opinion of various forces, he must first pass the Xuanyiwei system.

We are the emperor's personal army, not a group of death warriors.

"They have eradicated a local cancer for the imperial court and obtained hundreds of millions of silver for the emperor. For such a great contribution, not only are they not rewarded, but they are being abandoned. This is difficult for the Xuanyi Guards to agree to."

"What if the emperor uses some trickery to get the Xuanyi Guard's top brass to agree?"

"If that's the case, then we'll have to wander around the world!"

Song Xuan laughed heartily and said, "I'm not a foolishly loyal person who will sit there and wait for death. If all else fails, we can find a deep mountain forest to hide in, and then come out after we cultivate to the Grandmaster level!"

"Wandering around the world?"

Song Qian's eyes lit up, and she seemed to be yearning for it, but the next moment, she frowned slightly, "But if we run away, what will happen to our parents?"

"They'll be fine. We're not rebelling, and the hereditary Black Guard families don't tolerate this kind of thing.

If the emperor dared to do this, he would be standing against the entire hereditary Xuanyiwei family system. Without the support of these families, he would not be able to hold on to the throne of the emperor.

Song Qian breathed a sigh of relief. "Is that so? Then it's all right. It's up to you to decide whether to kill Prince Huai or keep him alive. I'll go find someone for Xiao Huangrong. I heard she's found some clues."

"Go ahead, but remember not to stray too far." Song Xuan warned, "If you want to leave the city, call Lu Xiaofeng along. He's a seasoned veteran, so your safety won't be a problem with him."

"What's the problem, brother? I'm a congenital now, can you please stop treating me like a child?

Also, Lu Xiaofeng is such a chatterbox. Every time he sees me, he asks me all sorts of questions. It's so annoying. I won't take him with me!"

"Then take Hua Manlou with you. He's a quiet guy, so he won't be annoying, right?"

"Flower House?"

Victoria Song pondered for a moment, "He's handsome, quiet, and blind, but he's not ruthless enough, a bit of a saint. But I'll just take him with me."

Song Xuan waved his hands speechlessly, "I found you a congenital master as a bodyguard, and you are still picky. Get out of here now, and don't be an eyesore in my place."

"Hehe..." Song Qian didn't care at all. She took an apple from the fruit bowl on Song Xuan's table, ate it and walked out smiling.

After she walked away, Song Xuan sat there, frowning and thinking.

With his current strength, the innate warriors pose no threat to him at all. If the emperor really turns against him, without a martial arts master, they will be unable to do anything to him.

As for the martial arts master...

Song Xuan had never encountered such a powerful opponent, so he didn't know how strong he was. However, with the power of the Pure Yang Wuji Boy's Kung Fu, a heavenly-level martial art, even if he was defeated, he was still confident that he could escape.

As for the grandmaster of martial arts, forget it.

It's not that he looked down on the emperor. If the Zhou emperor could mobilize the grand master, he wouldn't be unable to collect taxes.

When one reaches this level, he has reached the pinnacle of the human world. Power and wealth are just passing clouds, and worldly rights have no binding force on them at all.

After pouring himself a cup of tea, Song Xuan blew on it and muttered, "I hope that the Zhou Emperor will be more sensible and not cause me any trouble!"

Song Xuan had always wanted to slack off at work and enjoy the benefits. This was his original plan when he first arrived at the Qianhu Office of Jiangzhe Prefecture.

It's a pity that whenever he wants to slack off, there are always people rushing to kill him.

First, Qianhu Fang Tong was buried, and then the Jiang family rushed to die. After the Jiang family was buried, there were six families including the Xiao family waiting to die.

Later on, maybe King Huai will have to be dealt with as well. Since he took office, he has even had less time to practice because of these troubles.

If the emperor is ignorant, when he becomes a master of martial arts in the future, he will have to deal with the emperor as well. It's really upsetting to think about all these troubles.

A bunch of thoughts finally turned into a long sigh.

"When you are in the underworld, you have no choice. If I don't kill people, they will kill me..."

......

"Xiao Huang Rong, come on, I'll take you to find someone!"

Outside the Qianhu Suo Yamen, Song Qian changed out of her black armor and put on a white long skirt. The hem of her skirt swayed gently in the wind, giving her a goddess-like look.

Huang Rong was stunned. "Sister Qian, you look so beautiful in this dress."

"Hey, I look beautiful in anything you wear!"

When it comes to her looks, Victoria Song has never known what modesty is.