The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 241 Water Falls (Please subscribe, collect, and recommend)
"Su Mu, you are taking human life lightly, let him go!"

"Disgraceful to politeness!"

"It is a God-given right for scholars to participate in politics. Even the emperor would not punish people for their words. What right do you have?"

"You abuse your power, I will definitely report you to the court!"

As soon as Su Mu appeared at the gate of Songjiang City, a group of people rushed up and started talking incessantly, pointing at him.

Those people are obviously in their seventies and eighties, but now they are as energetic as if they were given an injection of chicken blood.

One of the old men with white hair almost pointed his finger at Su Mu's nose.

"Su Mu, the court has appointed you as the pacification envoy, not to allow you to do whatever you want and take human lives lightly!"

Su Mu looked at the other person and said calmly, "Su is just fulfilling his duties."

The white-haired old man laughed with disdain, "Your duty as the Taiping Division is to slay demons and monsters, not to bully the weak by taking advantage of your power!"

"You mean them?"

Su Mu pointed at the scholars who were being displayed in shackles.

At this time, a day and a night had passed, and most people could no longer bear it and fainted on the ground.

The remaining people had also begun to stagger.

"Yes, they are all well-read and pillars of the country. How could you humiliate them like this?"

The white-haired old man nodded.

"Su Mu, if you release them immediately and apologize to them publicly, you may be able to save your life. Otherwise, not only will you lose your position as the governor, but you will also be punished according to the law and your life will be in danger!"

Su Mu had a blank expression on his face and said coldly, "I thought that as the former Minister of Revenue of Daxuan, you would have some profound ideas, but I didn't expect that you would just talk nonsense."

The white-haired old man's face darkened.

Su Mu continued, "My Taiping Division has fought bravely, shed blood and sacrificed their lives to protect the peace of Daxuan. What are they doing?
Reciting poems and composing essays about love, flowers, snow and the moon!
If they are the pillars of the country, what is my Taiping Division?
Lu Lang, as the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, what have you done for Daxuan?
You were born in poverty, but the court did not regard you as humble and entrusted you with important tasks. You should help the emperor and the country and make Daxuan prosperous!
But you have been the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for ten years, and the finances of Daxuan have been declining. And your Lu family has grown from a commoner family to a wealthy family in Xiangzhou second only to the Wenren family. You are a pest of the country, your crimes are so serious that heaven and earth cannot tolerate you!"

"You...Su Mu, you crude warrior, how dare you insult me ​​like this?"

The white-haired old man became angry and pointed at Su Mu and shouted.

"shut up!"

Su Mu shouted, his voice drowning out the surrounding noise.

"Shameless old thief! The people of Xiangzhou are eager to eat your flesh and drink your blood!

You still dare to rap in front of me?

If I were you, I would have found a place to hide and wouldn't dare show my face in public again!

You old bastard with grey hair!

You have lived for seventy years in vain. You have made no contribution to the country in your life. All you did was to embezzle and abuse power to enrich yourself!
You are just a rat. When you die, how can you face the emperors of the past dynasties? "

The white-haired old man Lu Lang's beard trembled: "I... I..."

"I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Su Mu shouted.

Lu Lang’s face turned pale. He stepped back a few steps, screamed, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell on his back.

"Mr. Lu!"

The people around were horrified and kept shouting.

Lu Lang fell on his back, his face pale as paper, and he was no longer breathing.

"Su Mu, you killed Mr. Lu——"

Li Dangsen's face turned pale and he subconsciously took a step back, not daring to get closer to Su Mu.

"Killing him would only dirty my hands."

Su Mu said disdainfully.

Li Dangsen was speechless. Su Mu did not take any action just now. He just scolded Lu Lang to death.

Cursed to death...

Li Dangsen looked pale.

The rest of the people were also dumbfounded.

They could never have imagined that someone could actually curse someone to death.

"Inspector Wu, you saw it all. Su Mu—"

Li Dangsen turned his head and saw Wu Yiqi, and shouted as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"I did not see anything!"

Wu Yiqi said with a serious expression, "Lu Lang, the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was involved in embezzlement of huge amounts of wealth. The Supervisory Office will investigate this thoroughly!"

Li Dangsen: “…”

The rest of the crowd: "..."

Aren't we in the same group?

You should check Su Mu.

Why are you investigating Lu Lang instead?
Lu Lang was scolded to death by Su Mu, he is the victim.

Su Mu glanced at everyone with disdain on his face.

He walked straight ahead.

Li Dangsen and others hurriedly made way, and no one dared to stop Su Mu.

They have witnessed Su Mu's fighting ability with their own eyes, and they don't want to become the second Lu Lang.

"Uncle Shi, did you see it?"

Su Mu came in front of those people who were in shackles and spoke slowly.

"Nine times out of ten!"

Shi Ziran said confidently.

"Take it."

Su Mu said lightly.

Shi Ziran nodded and rushed out like lightning.

Snapped!
Snapped!
Snapped!
Shi Ziran moved as fast as lightning and soon threw four or five of them in front of Su Mu.

Those four or five people still wanted to struggle, but facing Shi Ziran who was in the True Yuan Realm, they didn't even have a chance to struggle.

This scene made the other scholars in shackles look puzzled.

Li Dangsen and others were also stunned, not understanding what Su Mu was trying to do.

"What is your position in the Pure Land Sect?"

Just as everyone was confused, Su Mu had already walked up to one of them and asked slowly.

Pure Land Buddhism?

Everyone was shocked.

"What Pure Land Buddhism? I don't know what you are talking about!"

The man simply raised his head and spoke loudly.

puff!
Before he finished speaking, a flash of knife light appeared.

A bright red spot instantly appeared on his throat, and blood flowed down the shackles.

The man's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

Damn it, could you at least ask a few more questions?

With a strong sense of unwillingness, the man fell to the ground, twitched twice and then became motionless.

"Su Mu, you dare!"

Li Dangsen and others were really angry.

Innocent people were slaughtered so cruelly in front of them!

Doesn't this mean you don't take them seriously?
"Someone, get him for me!"

All the retired old men roared angrily.

The guards behind them stood up one after another.

"Anyone who dares to stop the Taiping Division from doing its job will be killed without mercy!"

Luo An Ning drew out his sword, stood behind Su Mu, and shouted with a murderous look on his face.

The rest of the people from the Songjiang Prefecture's Taiping Division also stood beside Luo An Ning and blocked those people.

The situation is on the verge of breaking out.

Su Mu seemed not to see it and went straight to the second person.

"How many Pure Land Buddhists are there in Songjiang Prefecture?"

he asked coldly.

"I do not--"

The man opened his mouth with a look of horror.

Swish!
The light of the knife flashed.

I don’t know, it’s not that I won’t tell you.

The man's eyes were full of regret and he fell to the ground with a thud.

"This is unreasonable! This is simply unreasonable!"

An old man was so angry that he was shaking all over. He shouted, "Come on, come on, I will bear all the consequences!

Today, I will finally execute this cruel and merciless boy!" The guards looked at each other in bewilderment.

Although they are quite powerful, to be honest, they really don't want to fight with the Taiping Division.

But now that the elders have said so, it seems a bit unreasonable to let Su Mu continue to kill.

"Everyone, I'm sorry!"

A Zhenyuan realm guard leader bowed, took a step forward, and grabbed the sword in Luo An Ning's hand.

"presumptuous!"

Shi Ziran stepped out and chopped with a knife.

In an instant, all the guards rushed forward, trying to stop Su Mu from killing anyone.

Luo Anning and others naturally took action as well, and the two sides immediately started fighting.

Wu Yiqi looked to the left and then to the right, a look of helplessness on his face.

He is the most innocent one.

He traveled thousands of miles to Songjiang Prefecture to take up his post, and hadn't even entered the city, but ended up encountering such a thing.

Who can he help?

Wu Yiqi gritted his teeth and immediately chose to stand firmly on the side of the Taiping Division.

Based on his understanding of Su Mu, although Su Mu is cruel, he is definitely not the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately. Unless someone provokes him, he is generally easy to talk to.

The most important thing is that Su Mu is good at fighting.

Wu Yiqi took a step forward and kicked the people who were besieging Luo Anning away.

Li Dangsen and others: "..."

"Inspector Wu, you hit the wrong person!"

Li Dangsen shouted.

"That's right, attacking the Taiping Division is a crime and should be punished by death."

Wu Yiqi said in a muffled voice.

Everyone was dumbfounded. No, your own brother was captured by Su Mu. Can't you tell the difference between friend and foe?

Just as the fight broke out on the field, Su Mu had already walked in front of the third person.

"I said, I said anything!"

The man was so scared that he peed his pants.

This Su Mu is too cruel.

He wants to kill people without saying anything.

"We are all outer disciples of the Pure Land Sect. I really don't know how many Pure Land Sect members there are in Songjiang Prefecture. I only know that there was one group that tried to assassinate you before, and there is another group. I don't know where they are hiding."

Without waiting for Su Mu to ask, the man quickly spoke out, "I just joined the Pure Land Sect not long ago. I was bewitched by their promise of wealth and glory. I really haven't had time to do anything bad yet."

The man was crying with tears and snot running down his face.

The remaining few people were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

Damn it, now that you've said all this, what else can we say?
You are really like a Taoist who would rather die than let my friend die. You don't care about our lives at all.

"I'll report it!"

Someone shouted in panic, "The second branch of the Lu family has contact with the Pure Land Sect. I heard that the second master of the Lu family also donated 5,000 taels of silver to the Pure Land Sect!"

"And the Li family. The eldest daughter of the Li family was slept with by a leader of the Pure Land Sect!"

"I also have important news..."

The few people who were caught by Shi Ziran shouted one after another.

Their voices were very loud, and they were afraid that Su Mu couldn't hear them, and also afraid that they would fall behind their companions.

Whoever says something worthless must die.

They joined the Pure Land Sect for wealth and glory, and they really don't want to die.

Besides, they are just peripheral disciples of the Pure Land Sect and have not enjoyed much. Why should they sacrifice their lives for the Pure Land Sect?

While Li Dangsen and others were paying attention to the fight on the field, they were also keeping an eye on Su Mu.

Of course, they could hear these people's voices clearly.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned.

Pure Land Buddhism?

Are these people really followers of the Pure Land Sect?

For a moment, everyone felt as if they were falling into an icy cave.

If these people are really from the Pure Land Sect, then it means that everything Su Mu does is right!
But they are the lawless criminals who are making trouble unreasonably and obstructing the Taiping Division from enforcing the law?
"I heard it all!"

Wu Yiqi shouted loudly, "These people are all followers of the Pure Land Sect, they are demons!
Still no help!"

He kicked a guard, causing him to stagger back.

The guards stopped what they were doing and looked at each other in fear.

The old man who had just said that he would bear all the consequences subconsciously shrank back.

"Who just said that he will bear all the consequences?"

He shrank back, but Su Mu had no intention of letting him go.

"I--"

Everyone's eyes fell on him, and the old man showed embarrassment on his face.

"error--"

"Take it!"

Su Mu interrupted him and said coldly.

"Yes!"

The two Taiping captains pounced out like hungry wolves and twisted the old man's arms in an instant.

"Su Mu! I am the Censor-in-Chief, I am innocent!"

"Master Su, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

"Master Su, I was wrong!"

The old man's shouting voice echoed in everyone's ears.

As they watched him being taken away by the Taiping Captain, no one dared to speak out to stop him.

Li Dangsen's forehead was already covered with cold sweat.

The people of the Pure Land Sect instigated an attack on the Taiping Division, but as the prefect, he actually turned around and helped the people of the Pure Land Sect to target the Taiping Division!

To put it mildly, this is blind, confused and incompetent!
To put it in a serious way, confiscating property and exterminating the clan are both light punishments.

"me--"

Li Dangsen's face turned pale and his lips trembled.

"Sir Li, I have just taken office as the Inspector General and you have given me such a big gift."

Wu Yiqi said with a cold face, "You should think carefully about how to explain today's incident to the Supervisory Department!"

The Supervisory Office supervises all officials, and it is within the rules for him to come and investigate Li Dangsen.

"Yang Yunzhong."

Su Mu just glanced at Li Dangsen and ignored him, turning to look at Yang Yunzhong who was in shackles.

"Now you know how the Taiping Division should do things?"

Su Mu said.

"understood!"

Yang Yunzhong's blood boiled and he said loudly.

"I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself from your crime."

Su Mu said calmly, "According to what these people have said, dig out all the Pure Land believers hiding in Songjiang Prefecture.

All families involved with Pure Land Buddhism will be strictly investigated and no one will be let off.

Involving people outside Songjiang Prefecture——"

Su Mu suddenly raised his head and saw a group of people hurrying towards him in the distance.

"Outside Songjiang Prefecture, those within Xiangzhou should seek assistance from Fu Qingzhu, the governor of Xiangzhou."

Su Mu continued, "Can you do it?"

"Make sure you complete the mission! If you fail to do so, Yang Yunzhong will bring your head to me!"

Yang Yunzhong said loudly.

This is what the Taiping Division should look like. Lord Su is right. I and others have really brought shame to the Taiping Division in the past!
Yang Yunzhong clenched his fists, and the blood in his body became hot.

From now on, he will be a real Taiping Captain!

…………

Fu Qingzhu led a group of people and rushed to Songjiang Prefecture at full speed. He saw the people gathered at the city gate at a glance. He first saw the corpses and blood on the ground, and his heart sank.

Then he saw the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, Li Dangsen, and those retired old gentlemen. All of them looked as if they had lost their parents, and were not at all the arrogant and domineering people he had imagined.

"Can anyone tell me what happened?"

Fu Qingzhu said with doubt.

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