Chapter 66: Knives Raised, Heads Fallen
Hui Shi walked out of the county magistrate's office with determination, and saw the people kneeling at the door.
When they saw someone coming out, they were immediately excited and wanted to surround him to ask questions.
Seeing that Hui Shi was wearing armor, he was obviously a military officer, so they shrank their heads again, did not dare to stand up again, and continued to kneel down.
On the one hand, military officers are indeed not easy to mess with.
On the other hand, because of such major events involving the people's livelihood of the entire county, military officers usually have no way to make decisions.
It's useless to ask.
Hui Shi is now serving as the deputy of the captain Chen Tong, and is gradually completing the handover of power. After the handover is completed, he will be the local official in charge of the military defense of this county.
However, he is still just a deputy now. If he wants to lead the troops to search the house, he still has to report to the captain's office first.
Since Cui Heng came, Chen Tong, who was originally busy to the point of exhaustion, finally had some free time. He practiced boxing, grew flowers, drank tea every day, and lived a life like a god.
He had already decided to join Cui Heng, and planned to work as a staff member in the county governor's office after handing over the power and duties of the commander.
Then he would just lie down.
After working so hard for so many years, the world was still in chaos, and he was too lazy to do anything.
But the major merchants had been too much in the past month, and Chen Tong couldn't help but take care of some things.
For example, he sent soldiers to guard food and salt to prevent them from being robbed.
As for the transfer order of soldiers sent by Hui Shi, he just took a casual look and agreed.
He didn't even ask.
But this time it was different.
After Chen Tong saw the contents of the transfer order, his eyes widened immediately. He looked up at Hui Shi in astonishment and smacked his lips and said, "All of them have to be confiscated?"
"Yes." Hui Shi nodded and said in a deep voice, "By order of the Lord, the entire family of the merchants on the list will be confiscated. If there is any obstruction, they will be killed on the spot!"
"Great! I have been disgusted with these dogs for a long time!" Chen Tong stood up with his eyes shining and said with a smile, "Let's go, I will take you to lead the soldiers."
"Thank you very much, Lord Duwei." Hui Shi smiled.
"I should thank Lord Taishou." Chen Tong smiled and his admiration for Cui Heng increased a little more.
In fact, he and Liu Litao had the same initial idea. They did not think Cui Heng could handle the chaos in Lu County. At most, he could only protect himself with martial arts.
After all, he had not been to Juhe County in person, nor had he met Cui Heng in person. His understanding of Cui Heng only came from some military reports and rumors.
Naturally, he did not have much confidence.
But he was stunned and admired the operation of winning the hearts of the people in the grain and salt struggle for a month.
What he did not expect was that he
actually dared to do such a ruthless thing in the end.
Awesome!
Really awesome!
...
Hui Shi and Chen Tong, together with two hundred soldiers, went straight to the first grain merchant on the list.
This attracted countless people to watch and speculate along the way.
"There are so many soldiers, and the one leading them is the captain. What are they doing? Are they going to fight a war?"
"Didn't the Yan thieves all die by God's punishment? Who else can they fight? Did some ferocious beasts appear? Are we going to kill the beasts?"
"Hehe, I see, there is indeed a war, and beasts are going to be killed, but the war is against profiteers, and the targets are also profiteers!"
"So, could it be that the prefect has decided to take action against those profiteers?"
"That's great! Damn those profiteers. They actually raised the grain price to fifteen times the original price!"
"But I heard that these profiteers are backed by some big sects and families. Even our original prefect can't afford to offend them!"
"Come on, let's go over and take a look!"
Of course, the onlookers were not only ordinary people, but also servants in the merchants' homes.
Seeing so many soldiers marching with murderous intent, they were immediately frightened and trembled, and ran back home to report the news.
The first stop that Hui Shi and Chen Tong were going to was the home of Li Chong, the largest grain merchant in Lu County.
Li Chong was originally a servant of Sun Liansheng, the elder of the Tai Chong faction, and was later sent to Lu County to run a grain business.
Over the past thirty years, he has accumulated a very rich fortune, with more than a thousand servants, and more than ten thousand acres of annexed land. His mansions and courtyards are built like palaces.
Compared with him, Master Huang of Juhe County is nothing.
"Master, it's not good, it's not good! It's not good!" The servants of the Li family ran back panting, shouting as they ran.
"Why are you yelling so loudly?!" Li Chong shouted in dissatisfaction.
Then he walked out with his fat body swaying, with two beautiful young girls supporting him on each side, and he rubbed the girls' bodies with his arms as he walked.
"What's going on?!" Li Chong frowned and looked at the servant, sneering, "Sorry to bother my pleasure, if you can't explain it, I'll make you explode!"
"Master, Chen Tong and the people of County Magistrate Cui are here with murderers!" The servant said anxiously, "Should we go and ask Master Sun for help?"
"Bullshit!" Li Chong kicked the servant over and yelled, "I'm afraid of a mere Chen Tong, but does he dare to kill me? You're disturbing Master Sun for such a small matter, I don't think you want to live!"
He has the support of the Tai Chong faction, and in the past few years, whether doing business or dealing with officials, he has been used to being overbearing.
He doesn't think that a captain like Chen Tong dares to do anything to him.
After all, if he was killed, it would be equivalent to offending the Tai Chong faction, and at the same time offending several major sects and families that have good relations with the Tai Chong faction.
In turn, it would affect the livelihood of the entire county and make people in all places live in misery.
This is not a price a captain can afford.
Tap tap tap!
At this time, accompanied by the neat footsteps of the soldiers, Hui Shi and Chen Tong led two hundred soldiers to the gate of the Li family!
"Who is Li Chong?" Hui Shi stepped forward and asked loudly.
"Where did you come from, you little pawn? Get out!" Li Chong shouted angrily, "You have no right to speak here, let Chen Tong come over!"
He did not know Hui Shi, and did not take him seriously.
"Who are you?" Hui Shi asked, and put his hand on the hilt of his knife.
"I am..." Li Chong was about to speak, but a servant came over and whispered in his ear. He suddenly realized, "So you are the new county magistrate's man. You can't beat me in the grain and salt business, so you want to come and rob me?"
"Ask you again, are you Li Chong?" Hui Shi narrowed his eyes.
"Get out of the way, if you want to know who I am, let your county magistrate come and ask!" Li Chong pointed at Hui Shi's nose and shouted.
"It seems that you are Li Chong!" Hui Shi nodded suddenly.
Then, he pulled out a steel knife and chopped off Li Chong's fat pig-like head!
Puff!
Blood spurted out, and Li Chong's fat body became a headless corpse on the spot.
The entire Li family mansion seemed to be paused. Everyone was stunned and motionless, watching this scene in horror.
Hui Shi held the head with round eyes in his hand, looked around with a knife, and shouted loudly: "The governor has ordered that Li Chong hoarded grain and raised the price, causing the people to live in misery. He is guilty of a heinous crime!
"Now the whole family is confiscated. Anyone who dares to stop it will be killed on the spot! "
At the same time, in the corner of the house.
Li Chong's son was so scared that his face turned pale as paper. He said to the servant beside him tremblingly: "Quick, go out the back door and invite Master Sun, go invite Master Sun Panshi!"
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