Great Zhou Wensheng

Chapter 68 The Major Case in Jiangzhou: Annihilation of an Entire Family as a Sacrifice to the Flag! (Fifth Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Jiangzhou, Zhao Mansion.

The night was as dark as ink, and a few fireflies flickered uncertainly in the waterside pavilion and courtyard.

Zhao Bingzhu, the head of the Zhao family, leaned back in a carved rosewood chair, his fingertips lightly tapping a celadon insect jar, from which the young black-lacquered beetles inside emitted a soft chirping sound.

"Master!"
"My subordinates, in league with the Crimson Scale Demon General of the East Sea Demon Court, led two hundred demon civilians and soldiers in a surprise attack on the Jiangyin warship!"

A leader in black, wearing a bronze mask, staggered in, his face ashen, and knelt outside the pavilion.

His literary palace was shaken, his literary mind was cracked, and his clothes were still stained with undried blood.

Zhao Bingzhu paused, and the demonic insect suddenly fell silent.

He slowly looked at the leader in black and asked, "What were the results? I don't want to know what you did, I just want the results!"
Could the young scholar from Jiangyin suffer a severe blow?

"I was afraid of revealing my identity and implicating the head of the family, so I dared not approach the ship."

The man in black swallowed hard, and with a strained voice, he said, "Then demonic energy surged into the sky, and the demons stormed into the cabin, turning it into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood in an instant!"

Everything he said was true, without a trace of falsehood.

"Ha! At least I've accomplished something!"

Zhao Bingzhu suddenly chuckled, "Go down and recover from your injuries."

"Thank you, Master!"

After the man in black left,
Zhao Bingzhu pondered for a moment, then turned and entered the study.

The sheep's hair brush, dipped in ink, danced across the snow-wave paper, each word like a knife, launching a fierce attack.

[I have heard that the governor of Jiangnan Circuit does not avoid recommending relatives for virtuous officials, and appointed his son-in-law Li Mo as the magistrate of Jiangyin County.]

However, Li Mo, the magistrate of Jiangyin, is mediocre and incompetent, and is merely a sycophant!
This led to rampant evil and the deaths of three hundred students.

Such incompetent officials are harming the country and its people, and are unfit to serve as county magistrates! We request the court to dismiss them and investigate!
After he finished writing a letter, he read it three times and was not satisfied.

If he could bring down Li Mo, he would have the opportunity to seize the seal of Jiangyin County through his connections in the imperial court.

"Urgent dispatch! Send this message immediately to the Minister of Rites of the three provinces of the capital!"

Zhao Bingzhu blew the ink dry and suddenly threw the letter out the window.

"Yes!"

A dark shadow flashed under the eaves; the messenger, carrying the letter, had disappeared into the moonlight.

Jiangyin County.

County Magistrate Li Mo couldn't sleep all night, his fingers trembling slightly as he held the urgent report.

The ink had been blurred by the rain, but the shocking handwriting was still discernible—"Jiangyin warships attacked!"
The chill, like a snake, climbed up my spine.

He slowly closed his eyes, his knuckles clenched so tightly they turned white.

This was no accident, but a meticulously planned assassination plot by the rebellious scholars and the demon race. They didn't care how many scholars died; they only cared about overthrowing him as magistrate and seizing the seal of Jiangyin County!

If the imperial court were to be enraged and issue an imperial edict to punish him, he, the magistrate of Jiangyin County, would be doomed in an instant!

"Despicable and insidious! Don't let me find out who you are, or I'll wipe out your entire family!"

Li Mo's face was gloomy and ferocious.

In Jiangzhou Prefecture, at the third watch of the night.

The government office was brightly lit inside and out, with hexagonal palace lanterns swaying gently in the night breeze, illuminating the figures of the yamen runners hurrying along the corridor.

Prefect Xue Chonghu had a gloomy face, with a mountain of files piled up in front of him.

The case of the attack on a student in Jiangyin has alarmed the entire prefecture.

Thousands of yamen runners were on the move, and hundreds of officials, including the prefect and the registrar, stayed up all night, collecting clues from all sides and reviewing case files, for fear of missing even the slightest trace.

"grown ups!"

Commandant Lei Wanting strode in, placed a stack of files heavily on the table, and said in a deep voice, "The most important clues in the case of the demon race's surprise attack on the Jiangyin ship are currently focused on the traitorous scholar and the East Sea Demon Court!"

He opened the file folder,
Inside was a dark, blood-red [Rebel] token.

The tokens of the rebellious scholars came from many places, including the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, the Eastern Sea Demon Court, and the Southern Barbarian Court.

Clearly, this [Rebel] token originated from the Demon Court of the East Sea. Along with a demon general's scale gleaming with an eerie light, these were irrefutable pieces of evidence retrieved from the river by the young scholar Jiang Xingzhou.

"Reporting to my lord—"

Lei Wanting paused slightly, his brows furrowed, "Although this battle was dangerous, fortunately, the three hundred students were basically unharmed!"

Only a dozen or so students died on the spot and could not be saved.

The soldiers and yamen runners of Jiangyin suffered even greater losses, with over thirty dead; the rest escaped serious injury.

This was enough to give Jiangzhou Prefecture a temporary respite.

At this point, Lei Wanting's expression turned strange, as if he didn't know how to explain: "My lord, in addition, the Jiangyin warship has also come to life!"

"What does it mean that the warship came to life?"

Xue Chonghu flipped through the files and asked in surprise.

"This ship used locust wood for its cabin planks. Qingfei, the maid of Han Yugui, a scholar from Jiangyin, used her magic to bring it to life, turning it into a living tree!"
This Jiangyin ship has become part of Qingxu's true form as a spirit, and only she can operate it!
Moreover, this locust tree-shaped ship also has a poem of the 'Dafu' level, titled "Grass"!
Therefore, Jiangyin County is now at a loss as to what to do with this ship.
County Commandant Zhao Tieshan inquired!

"The Han family of Jiangyin, whose former Vice Minister of Revenue is wealthy, can simply purchase this ship at market price!"

Xue Chonghu said calmly.

"Yes!"

"My lord, after searching the river, we found that two of the black-clad traitorous scholars are dead, and two other traitorous individuals with profound cultivation have escaped!"

However, I wonder why these rebellious scholars and the demons of the East Sea joined forces to attack the Jiangyin warships.
Once we succeed!
The loss of three hundred students in Jiangyin severely damaged the literary scene for decades.

The imperial court was furious.

The most unfortunate one was Li Mo, the magistrate of Jiangyin County!

Therefore, I believe this attack is aimed at Li Mo—to bring him down, seize the position of county magistrate, and reap huge profits!

As the candlelight flickered, a look of doubt appeared between his brows.

"The seal of Jiangyin County is the envy of countless people!"
But only a handful of powerful families and clans dared to covet the position of Jiangyin County!
Check them one by one!
Who's eyeing the county seal of the magistrate of Jiangyin?
Who has a grudge against Li Mo? A conflict of interest!

"grown ups!
They act against the natural order, are cunning and treacherous, and leave no room for error.

It will be very difficult to obtain conclusive evidence!
We can only deduce and identify suspects from some clues!
If it is discovered that a certain powerful family in Jiangzhou or Jiangyin shows signs of being a rebellious scholar, how should they be dealt with?

Lei Wanting asked cautiously.

Only powerful families and clans would dare to kill Magistrate Li Mo.

However, the Jiangzhou aristocratic families have extensive connections both inside and outside the court, and not just anyone dares to touch them.

At least, he wouldn't dare.

"Disposal?"
How dare you harm my Xue family descendants!
Investigate to the death! Find any Jiangzhou aristocratic family that has ties with the traitorous literati!
This prefect will have his entire family executed!

Xue Chonghu suddenly looked up, his eyes reflecting the candlelight, which looked like blood.

This rebellious scholar dared to target three hundred students, though his aim was Magistrate Li Mo. However, he nearly killed Xue Fu, Xue Gui, and Jiang Xingzhou.

Extremely arrogant!

He didn't care whether the other party lived or died.

Once the slightest clue is found
Make an example of them to warn others and eliminate this major threat to Jiangzhou.

As for the evidence, that was for the imperial court to see.

After the entire family was wiped out, there was plenty of evidence! Under the bed, in the closet, in the servants' mouths—as much as you wanted!

"Yes, sir. Understood!"

Lei Wanting looked up.
I saw the prefect drawing lines on the table with tea stains—it was a genealogical chart of the ten major clans of Jiangzhou Prefecture.

A chill ran down the spine of Commandant Lei Wanting beneath his official robes.

This is no longer a case of a demon attack by a rebellious species; it is a life-or-death struggle for the purge of powerful clans!

Having angered the Duke of Xue's mansion in Jiangzhou, the entire rebellious family must be sacrificed as a warning to others.
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