System, help me become the empress

Chapter 138 Interrogating Landlord Shi Dongyu

"My lord, this subordinate deserves to die. I forgot to call the rest of the people back from Mount Ji."

Xu Youxi hesitated to speak: "Then where did you get the soldiers to catch those swordsmen?"

"The subordinates issued an emergency dispatch order and asked all the factory guards in the nearby area to gather and arrest the sixteen swordsmen as soon as possible."

"Ok."

Under normal circumstances, only Xu Youxi has the right to issue emergency orders from factory guards.

As the commander of Nanzhen Prefecture, Xu Ling, in principle, has no right to issue orders, unless there is an emergency that threatens the safety of the emperor.

And when he issued the transfer order in his own name, the news would be sent back to Shangjing immediately.At the same time, it has to go through the investigation of multiple layers of personnel. Once it is proved that it is a trivial matter, it is a serious crime of losing your head.

When Xu Youxi thought that the news of her assassination would be spread to Shangjing, she suddenly felt dizzy.

"Have you delivered the news to Shangjing?"

"This subordinate has reported the safety to Shangjing on behalf of the adults." Xu Ling bowed his head.

"That's fine." Xu Youxi nodded, and suddenly asked, "How did you report your safety?"

"Your Excellency was attacked by swordsmen and fell from a steep cliff hundreds of meters away from Jishan Mountain. Fortunately, he was not injured."

"..."

Ha ha.

When I receive this news, I am afraid that I will have to fry the pot in Kyoto!

"Hurry up and call back all the people who are still in Jishan, the weather is bad, it's going to rain."

"Yes."

Xu Youxi sighed weakly, and continued to walk into the government office, and saw the big landlord Shi Dongyu who was tied to the ground by five flowers.

Shi Dongyu's appearance is not ugly, but his eyes are not big, and when he sneers, it makes people subconsciously feel bored.

"What law did I break, what did you arrest me for!"

"Abandoning farmland, bribing officials, and murdering court officials, what else are you going to do?" Xu Youxi counted the crimes in detail, "You are quite courageous, based on the testimony of the county magistrate, you made up stories about the rebel army, and hired swordsmen to assassinate the court officials. You came up with the idea of ​​going to the villain's army?"

"Do you have any evidence? Why isn't the county magistrate worried that his tricks would be exposed, so he just pushed the crime on me, an innocent commoner." Shi Dongyu sneered.

Xu Youxi seemed to be watching some clown: "It's not good to be a good person, you have to be a beast. Let me give you a word, people are doing what they are doing, and the sky is watching."

Shi Dongyu stared at Xu Youxi resentfully: "You'd better wait!"

Xu Youxi just had a quiet night's rest, and at dawn on the second day, an army wearing a full suit of armor and with a particularly arrogant look suddenly appeared at the gate of the Jushan County Government Office, claiming to be here to deliver a letter.

It rained at night, but it has stopped now, and the ground is still wet.

Xu Ling took the letter with a cold face, checked it carefully, and then handed it to Xu Youxi.

Xu Youxi thought it was something extraordinary that required so many people to personally escort it, but it was just a letter from the provincial chief envoy.

The letter conveyed one meaning from beginning to end, the guilty one is the county magistrate of Jishan County, and has nothing to do with the innocent businessman Shi Dongyu, please release him as soon as possible.

While Xu Youxi was reading the letter, the farmers in Jishan County rushed over after hearing the news, fearing that Xu Youxi would be bullied.

"No wonder you are so arrogant, so the backer is here." Xu Youxi mocked lightly.

"Governor, give me an attitude." The leading officer still had the same morale, "My lord said, after this incident, I have to invite you to have a meal together to express my gratitude or something."

"Let me treat him to dinner." Xu Youxi tore up the letter directly in front of these people, "The prison meals in Dali Temple have to be improved, and in the future, we have to invite the Hunan chief envoy to go in and have a good time."

"you!"

The officer was enraged immediately, half drew his sword, and the soldiers accompanying him also drew their swords along with their superiors.

Xu Ling immediately stood in front of Xu Youxi, and the rest of the imperial guards immediately raised their guns and took aim without wasting a second.

"boom!"

The sound of gunfire came from the side, and the lieutenant standing next to the officer fell down with a cry of pain.

A bullet actually pierced through his armor and pierced his thigh, making his flesh bloody.

"Report, the gun went off."

The person who shot without authorization took the initiative to admit his mistake, quickly loaded the next bullet, and began to aim at the officer's chest.

The gun went off on purpose, and it was Xu Ling who secretly gestured to the people below.

The officer was so frightened by this action that his face paled instantly, and he didn't even dare to say a harsh word: "Hurry up, retreat!"

The soldiers who felt invincible when they drew their knives just now were frightened, and the farmers in Jishan County watched from behind, laughing unscrupulously.

Fortunately, matchlock guns are not that popular yet, otherwise, once it becomes a gun battle, Xu Youxi really doesn't have the confidence he has now.

But what happened just now also made her fall into thinking.Are the provincial chief envoys in each region too powerful, and the military administration is not separated from the family, and the separation of powers is not effective. How is that different from her raising a powerful king of a different surname in each province.

"How many firearms soldiers are there?"

"One hundred and three."

"How many soldiers can the provincial chief envoy usually deploy?"

"There are thousands of people in different regions."

When Xu Youxi heard this number, he was really in a dilemma: "Have you found out the relationship between Shi Dongyu and the provincial chief envoy? Why is the chief executive willing to offend a governor and save Shi Dongyu?"

"There are rumors that Shi Dongyu is the illegitimate son of the Hunan chief envoy hiding outside. But the chief envoy is afraid of his wife and dare not take the illegitimate son back, so he can only secretly arrange Shi Dongyu to a remote place. But again Because of the indebtedness in his heart, he indulged in every possible way, and even the county magistrate of Jishan always listened to Shi Dongyu's words in his work."

"Why are you afraid of your wife? His wife's family is very powerful?"

"Official-business marriage, his wife's biological father is the biggest rich man in the two lakes area, and his wife's uncle is the governor of Hubei, so he can't be too ugly." Xu Ling explained, "Your Majesty, do you need your subordinates to send troops for you? ?”

After thinking for a long time, Xu Youxi finally made a decision: "Mobilize troops nearby to prepare, and wait and see what happens."

She intends to see what the chief envoy of Hunan can do for Shi Dongyu.

For the next two days, no news came, as if the army delivering the letter was just Xu Youxi's hallucination.

Because it was raining all the time, Xu Youxi didn't run around. During this period of time, he stayed quietly in the government office. By the way, he burned the land deeds, title deeds, and house deeds of the landlord Shi Dongyu's house one by one. The land deed with the official seal was distributed to the farmers of each household.

The point is that Xu Youxi did this in front of Shi Dongyu, which made him half dead with anger.

"You are abusing your private rights and knowingly breaking the law!"

Xu Youxi raised his eyes to look at Shi Dongyu, and sneered: "You said you are a dead person, what are you doing with so much land, you are stingy! These are things that you don't bring with you when you die. Don't worry, we are not that kind The kind of person who likes to take advantage, after you are buried, I will arrange for these people who are assigned to the fields to burn more paper money for you, and we will guarantee that you will have a house and land below."

Shi Dongyu glared at Xu Youxi viciously and said, "It's not certain who will die first!"

"Really? You have a hard mouth."

Xu Youxi glanced at Jin Yiwei who was following behind, and ordered: "Come on, give him two meals."

fuck it!
If you open your mouth and shut your mouth, you will be hungry twice!

Are all the officials of the court now with your virtues!
(End of this chapter)