Chapter 273 Source
The gentle and elegant Bigan.
Sun Chao, who has a big belly but an extraordinary demeanor.
Ju walked in.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
When the two men arrived at the imperial study, they didn't even look at Yang Jian, but went straight to Li Qing and bowed to him.
Li Qing closed the memorial, looked up and said, "No need to be polite."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Sun Chao and said, "My dear Sun, I want to ask you, do you still remember this official named Zeng Liang?"
Sun Chao stood up and was stunned when he heard it.
After thinking carefully for a moment, he said, "Zeng Liang... Your Majesty, are you referring to Zeng Liang, the magistrate of Guyu County in Guanzhou Prefecture? As for other people, I don't remember anyone named Zeng Liang."
"It's the Guyu County Magistrate, Zeng Liang!"
But Yang Jian suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly.
For a moment, Bigan and Sun Chao frowned and looked at Yang Jian unhappily.
This man looks unfamiliar, but he is able to sit in His Majesty's study. He must be His Majesty's secret minister, but this man really doesn't know etiquette!
How could you yell in the imperial study?
Li Qing raised his hand and said, "It's okay. Since you are the magistrate of Guyu County, where have you transferred Zeng Liang to now?"
When Yang Jian heard what Li Qing asked, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
He also wanted to know where Zeng Liang had gone!
However, Sun Chao was surprised and said, "This Zeng Liang died suddenly twelve years ago. I even recorded this in the official death register for Your Majesty to review."
"oh?"
When Li Qing heard this, he was stunned for a moment.
Then he frowned and thought about it carefully, but still couldn't remember.
It seems that Emperor Xin did not even look at the book of deaths due to illness. After all, the pensions of officials who died suddenly during their tenure would be paid by the Ministry of Revenue, so there was no need for him to look at it.
Therefore, Li Qing frowned and said, "Do you know about the incident twelve years ago when Zeng Liang arbitrarily mobilized the Guanzhou Prefecture Guards to destroy a village called Yangjia Village in Guyu County?"
"What!?"
Sun Chao was shocked when he heard this and asked, "How could he have the right to mobilize the Guanzhou Prefecture Guard? As a county magistrate, he can mobilize the county's 200 constables, which is already the limit. How could he mobilize the Guanzhou Prefecture Guard?"
“It seems you don’t know this.”
Li Qing nodded when he saw his expression, then looked at Bigan and said, "Uncle, the various provinces are mobilizing their guards. This isn't a big deal, but it should be on your desk. Do you have any recollection of this?"
Bigan remained expressionless, and when he heard Li Qing ask him this, he pondered for a while.
I saw seven-colored light flashing on his chest. With his seven-orifice mind working, all matters, big or small, were exposed. This was what he knew.
After a short moment, his eyes suddenly gleamed and he said, "That's true."
Li Qing raised his eyebrows.
Yang Jian almost stood up.
Bigan said in a deep voice, "This happened in the sixth year of Xin Yi. Liang Wangyu, the prefect of Guanzhou Prefecture, received a report from the magistrate of Guyu County. He discovered that there was a village in the county where several members of the witch tribe were hiding. The county's military force was insufficient to subdue them. Therefore, Liang Wangyu immediately added 3,000 guards and attacked Guyu County, awaiting the magistrate's dispatch. Afterwards, he wrote a memorial and submitted it. This old minister believes that this matter is not a serious matter. The killing of the witch tribe has occurred in various places in Da Shang. It is a case of humans and witches not coexisting. Therefore, this old minister directly approved the matter and did not punish Liang Wangyu for executing first and reporting later."
"What a strange world!"
But Yang Jian suddenly laughed loudly, stood up with a bang, his eyes were full of bloodshot, and even the golden line between his eyebrows emitted a dazzling light!
“Who are you!?”
Seeing this, Bigan frowned immediately. Far from being afraid, he raised his finger and pointed at Yang Jian, shouting angrily, "How dare you be so presumptuous!?"
Yang Jian shouted, "I am the Great Wizard!!"
Rumble!
A wave of air suddenly burst out from Yang Jian's body, and at the same time, the third divine eye that was born between his eyebrows also opened.
"Be patient."
But at this moment, before Yang Jian could explode, a calm voice suddenly came.
But the surrounding sky and earth suddenly turned into endless darkness.
The imperial study has disappeared without a trace.
Bigan frowned, confused but not afraid.
Sun Chao's eyes were filled with fear and sweat was oozing from his forehead.
Li Qing, however, was still sitting in front of the desk, looking at Yang Jian and saying, "If there really was a witch clan in Yangjia Village, it would be reasonable for them to be destroyed. However, we need to find the source of this matter."
"What's the source?!"
Yang Jian was furious, silver armor appeared all over his body, and he already held the three-pointed, double-edged sword in his hand.
Seeing this, Li Qing waved his hand.
Bigan and Sun Chao both disappeared at the same time.
In this dark world, only Li Qing and Yang Jian were left.
Li Qing said calmly, "The witches and humans have been fighting for hundreds of thousands of years, and their habits are basically the same. Unless a witch deliberately reveals his or her own blood, humans can't tell who is a witch. I see that you are a combination of human and witch blood, so your father or mother must be willing to live a simple life. The witches are almost the same as mortals. I ask you, how did Zeng Liang from Guyu County know that there were witches in Yangjia Village? And how did he directly wipe out the entire village? Not even a single mortal was left alive?"
"Why would I care how he knew? Since your ministers have already admitted that it was natural for him to destroy Yang Village, then the hatred between you and me is also natural and cannot be eliminated!"
Yang Jian was extremely angry and roared loudly.
"What if someone deliberately informed on Zeng Liang, waited for him to destroy Yangjia Village, and then killed Zeng Liang to destroy the evidence?"
Li Qing sneered and said, "Three thousand guards, annihilating an entire village, and yet you were still able to escape. I find this matter suspicious. If it weren't, no one should have survived."
"What do you mean!?"
Yang Jian tightly gripped the three-pointed, double-edged sword and glared at Li Qing.
"You're not stupid, how could you not understand what I mean? It's just you. If it were anyone else, I would have slapped him to death long ago. Why would I bother nagging you?"
Li Qing shook his head and said calmly.
"Are you saying that someone deliberately went to Zeng Liang to tell him about the witch tribe in Yangjia Village, Gaomi, and then used this as an excuse to save me, thus making me feel grateful, while at the same time hating the Great Shang Dynasty and you, the Human Emperor?"
Yang Jian's anger suddenly seemed to subside, leaving only a sneer on his face. He looked at Li Qing and spoke slowly.
"Well, it seems that I am not so stupid."
Li Qing nodded and said calmly.
“Hahahaha! Hahahaha!”
Yang Jian suddenly raised his head and laughed. He raised his three-pointed, double-edged sword and pointed it at Li Qing, saying, "You want to alienate the relationship between me and my master?"
"Trying to drive a wedge between us? That's a joke. I just don't want you to be kept in the dark. Besides, I don't like being slandered."
When Li Qing heard this, he burst out laughing and then said calmly.
"You tyrant! Why should I bother with you? Overtly or covertly, you're trying to sow discord between me and my master! You want me to doubt my master? You're dreaming! Humans and witches can't coexist? Fine! Today, on behalf of the witch clan, I'll kill you, the Human Emperor!"
Yang Jian's third eye opened completely, emitting golden light. At the same time, his voice was as cold as the coldest days of winter.
Before he finished speaking, he stabbed Li Qing with his knife!
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