The tyrant empress is my wife, I am invincible and have been hiding

"Mr. Prime Minister, you must find a solution quickly, otherwise we will all be in trouble."

"If I had known that Ye Feng was so powerful, I shouldn't have provoked him."

"I thought he was courting death by inspecting Nanyu County and Pingxi County, but I didn't expect him to win a great victory."

"I don't know what's so amazing about Ye Feng that he can win battle after battle."

……

The officials following Qu Xuan and Tan Zijian all looked panicked.

They all knew very well that all the officials executed by Ye Feng since his inspection, even Wu Xiao, Li Linpu's son-in-law, had been directly executed without any mercy.

These people have followed Li Linpu for so many years. If Ye Feng were to take action against Li Linpu next, they would surely die.

Thinking of the way Ye Feng treated Cui Hao and others, their crimes were no less than Cui Hao's, and it was natural that their property would be confiscated and their clan would be exterminated. He was naturally very panicked.

Seeing Li Limpu sitting there unmoved, the faces of several officials became even uglier.

"My Lord Prime Minister, please give me some advice!"

Tan Zijian stood there, his face full of wrinkles and trembling. Thinking that Ye Feng was about to return to Jinling City, which would definitely be detrimental to them, he couldn't help but feel afraid.

"My Lords, are you forcing my father?"

Li Xun saw many officials being aggressive, his eyes were filled with murderous intent and his face was full of anger. Once upon a time, these officials in front of him would never dare to talk to his father like this. Did they really think they were a tiger in the open and being bullied by a dog?

"Mr. Li, what you said is not true. Your father and I are all in the same boat. Over the years, I have served as the Minister of Works. Whenever it comes to July and August, or in the cold winter, when we need to build ditches or deal with various disasters, cartloads of real money and silver must have been sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, right?"

Qu Xuan's face was filled with anger, and he was really pushed into a corner.

He knew very well that the reason why he had been as stable as a rock in the position of Minister of Works for so many years was largely because he had helped Li Linpu and his son to make money.

For example, when there were floods in the three northern counties, millions of taels of silver were allocated every year, but it was never put into practice, and the prime minister often took half of it.

sizzle...

When Qu Xuan spoke, everyone fell silent. Their eyes flickered. They knew everything, but they said it so blatantly, which was equivalent to telling Li Linpu that as long as he was in trouble, he would not let him go.

"Hahaha... Lord Qu really chills me to the bone. I went against all odds to promote you, a mere seventh-rank county official, to the position of Minister of Works. I never thought that you would not think about how to benefit the people, but instead enrich yourself, embezzle and accept bribes, and abuse your power. Now you want to turn around and slander me."

There was a cold murderous intent in the depths of Li Linpu's eyes, and his laughter was creepy. He slowly stood up, staring at Qu Xuan.

"Slandering you?"

Qu Xuan glared at him angrily.

"Master Qu keeps saying that cartloads of real gold and silver were delivered to my residence. Who can testify to this? Or do you have any evidence?"

Li Limpu had a sarcastic smile on his face.

When his words rang out, officials such as Tan Zijian were a little flustered. Just as Li Linpu said, how could they prove that Li Linpu had accepted their money? Everything must be based on evidence. It was a serious crime to slander the prime minister without any evidence.

"you……"

Qu Xuan didn't expect Li Linpu to cheat and was speechless.

"I advise all of you to be conscientious. Think carefully. If it weren't for me, with your abilities, would you have been able to become a second- or third-rank official in your lifetime? Now that you've encountered some setbacks, you're thinking about how to clear yourself and how to deal with it? If I knew how to deal with it, would I still wait for you to come to me?"

The murderous intent in Li Limpu disappeared and he sat back in his chair.

"see a visitor out!"

Then he said coldly.

"My Lords, please!"

Li Xun made a gesture of invitation to Qu Xuan, Tan Zijian and others.

After sending everyone away, Li Xun said directly: "Father, I'm afraid that Qu Xuan cannot stay. If he continues to stay, it will only cause trouble."

"He can't cause any trouble, so don't worry about him. When the time is right, kill his entire family. The most urgent thing is that you go to the Blood Shadow Pavilion and ask them to kill Ye Feng as soon as possible. We can give you more gold." Li Linpu's face was calm. Killing Qu Xuan now would cause panic among the people.

Moreover, if they rashly kill Qu Xuan, who is the Minister of Works and a second-rank official, it will only cause more trouble if Ye Feng catches him and continues to investigate him.

……

Yunshui City, the residence of Lord Changlin.

"My lord, I have just received accurate news that Ye Feng has killed Pingxi King Zhao Du and has led an army of more than 100,000 from Pingxi City and is heading back to Jinling City."

Hearing the report from the spy standing in the hall, Zhao Changlin's eyes flashed with solemnity. Even he did not expect that Ye Feng had destroyed the King of Nanyu and the King of Pingxi in succession within just a few months after leaving Changlin County.

He waved his hand, and the spy who brought the news turned around and left the hall.

sizzle...

Everyone in the hall took a deep breath.

"It's like letting a tiger return to the mountains. I supported it from the beginning. We must kill him in Changlin County at all costs." Zhao Gou said angrily.

"What are we afraid of? As long as we defend Changlin County, it will be useless even if he leads a large army to attack." Zheng Yuan said firmly in his armor.

The pale-faced scholar Jia Yu sat there, his cheeks were very pale, and his eyes were full of venom: "If we don't get rid of Ye Feng, I'm afraid our plan will never be realized."

"Ever since Ye Feng burned the opium in Changlin County, the opium we planted has been eradicated wherever he went."

"We don't have a large population in Changlin County, and we need to support so many troops. In just a few months, our income is not enough to cover our expenses. We are already running out of money."

Jia Yu said in a low voice. Now it seems that Ye Feng's coming to Changlin County must have been premeditated. It's a pity that they didn't see through it at that time.

Everyone fell silent. They knew very well that without enough money, it would be impossible to train and develop the army.

When Zhao Changlin heard Pang Yi's report, his brows furrowed. If he had known that the situation would be like this, he should have killed Ye Feng at all costs in Yunshui City. Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world.

"Military Advisor, what countermeasures do you have now?"

Zhao Changlin looked at Pang Yi. Whenever he encountered difficulties, he would consult him and would definitely get a satisfactory answer.

"My lord, I do have a plan, but I wonder if you are willing to adopt it?" Jia Yu's eyes were filled with resentment, and he said coldly, "We can only implement the plan to wipe out the whole family now."

"What's the plan to wipe out the whole family?"

Zhao Changlin and everyone else were a little surprised and didn't understand what the pale-faced scholar Jia Yu meant.