Cui Haichang's eyes were filled with resentment and malice, and his face was contorted with rage: "I have already given you the opportunity to make a fortune, but you did not cherish it. Now release me, take the money, and pretend that nothing happened!"
It never happened?
How could that be!
Cui Haichang thought to himself: Once you release me, I will have you chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs!
Zhang Jian said, "If we release you, how will we have any chance of surviving!"
People came out from all four streets, some carrying axes, some carrying knives, and some carrying iron bars.
Judging from the appearance, there were local thugs and bandits, totaling more than 500 people.
Unexpectedly, Cui Haichang was colluding with local bandits. The forced purchase of land in Tang County seems to be inextricably linked to this county magistrate.
Cui Haichang's face was flushed from the pain. He was panting heavily and roared, "Let's make a deal. As long as you release me, not only will I not kill you, but you can take all this money. We can all make money together in the future!"
"You, a mere county magistrate, dare to negotiate with me!"
Cui Haichang said, "It is true that I am a minor county magistrate, but you probably don't know my other identity!"
Zhang Jian deliberately asked, "What other identity could you possibly have?"
"I am a member of the prestigious Cui family. If you know what's good for you, release me and we'll all get rich together!"
Zhang Jian was, after all, a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations), a typical scholar who became a military officer, and he was naturally aware of the great name of the Cui family of Boling.
The Cui family of Boling can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties. After the vassal states were destroyed, the era of aristocratic families began. From the Han to the Tang dynasties, the aristocratic families were very powerful.
Zhang Jian's pupils suddenly contracted.
He not only knew about the Cui family of Boling, but as the deputy commander of the Imperial City Guard in Zhongshan Prefecture, he also knew that the Imperial City Guard had a highly confidential matter concerning the investigation of the five prominent families and seven powerful clans of the former Tang Dynasty.
Once a lead is found, it must be reported to the capital immediately.
I never expected this!
No wonder a mere county magistrate is so audacious!
The forced purchase of land in Tang County was actually related to the Cui family of Boling.
More than 500 people packed the surrounding area completely.
The leader was a young man dressed in expensive clothes, with a sickly pale complexion.
He was only five or six meters away from Zhang Jian, surrounded by several burly men.
"Uncle Jiu, what happened to your nose?"
Cui Haichang was about to jump up and down: "Good nephew, save me!"
Cui Ning looked at Zhang Jian and sneered, "It's the Imperial City Guard! The Emperor's personal guard! Today I've finally seen the real Imperial City Guard!"
"Knowing they were the Emperor's personal guards, you still dared to attack? Do you want your entire family wiped out?"
Cui Ning laughed loudly, a laugh more terrifying than tears, his eyes always filled with a cold indifference that regarded the people as worthless weeds.
"Nine generations! I'm so scared!" he said to the people next to him. "They said they'd exterminate my entire family! Aren't you afraid?"
The subordinate standing nearby said, "We're not afraid! We'll help you kill them, young master!"
Suddenly, Cui Ning plunged a dagger into the neck of the subordinate who had answered him, and then quickly twisted it.
The subordinate convulsed, his face flushed red, and he collapsed to the ground, dead.
"Who do you think you are? Today, I will personally cut off pieces of the flesh from these Imperial Guards and feed them to the wild dogs!"
"I've heard that the dog emperor often claims to love his people like his own children, and that these Imperial Guards are all his henchmen. In that case, I'll kill a few civilians right in front of you today and see what you can do about it!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than his men dragged up several ragged beggars.
Cui Ning's smile was ferocious and terrifying. He gently patted a little girl's face a few times with a long knife, and the seven-year-old girl burst into tears.
The parents knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, but it was no use.
Cui Ning threw a dagger at the girl's father and said, "Kill your wife, and I'll spare your daughter's life!"
"Your Honor, please let us go! Please! I'll kowtow to you!"
The little girl's father kept banging his head on the ground.
Zhang Jian was furious. The emperor loved his people, yet someone dared to disregard human life in front of the emperor's personal guards!
"You don't want to kill them, huh? Fine, that's fine too!" Cui Ning continued with a sinister smile. "Take this dagger and kill those men. Don't worry, they're the Emperor's personal guards. The Emperor loves his people dearly, they won't fight back!"
Zhang Jian angrily retorted, "Weren't you born of parents? Why are you so vicious!"
"Ha, you lackeys of the emperor wouldn't understand. People are divided into different classes. What's the difference between these lowest-class people and pigs and dogs? They're just wasting food in this world. By killing them, I'm saving more food for those who need it, instead of being eaten by these lowly people!"
"What right do they have to own their own land! Let me tell you, half of Zhongshan Prefecture was originally controlled by our Cui family. The new policies implemented by this dog emperor are just helping these lowly people who are like maggots! I am doing a good deed by killing them now!"
"Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the emperor; on the shores of the earth, all people are subjects of the emperor; all the fertile fields of the world belong to the emperor, not to the Cui family!"
"What a joke! I'm not afraid to tell you, every official in Zhongshan Prefecture, from top to bottom, has taken money from my Boling Cui family. Every single one of them has clean hands. Today, I will tear you all to pieces and feed you to the wild dogs, and I will slaughter all the lowly people here. Tomorrow, the dog emperor will only say that bandits are on the move. What can he do to me?"
I see!
No wonder Boss Lin told him to come and investigate alone first!
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