Heavenly Dao Formula

After a while, there was no movement in the room.

Wang Qingzhi walked over the staggering officials and walked out of the room. Master Lu, who was waiting outside, saluted him respectfully.

"Have you dealt with all the people they brought?"

"Yes. This mist is very effective, and none of those people can detect it." Master Lu glanced into the room, "How does the young master plan to deal with them?"

"Leave the governor and meritorious service, and make them fools by drugging, and kill everyone else." Wang Qingzhi has already deduced what he has to do several times, "But you must pay attention to the method when killing, especially the prefect. After all, they are all good officials who fought bravely against the pirates and died unfortunately. As for the two who survived, it is more shameful. .”

Master Lu swallowed, "Are you really going to do this?"

"Um?"

"No, I'm not questioning the young master, it's just...they also took care of the Wang family..."

"They are looking after the salt merchants and the salt tax, but not the Wang family." Wang Qingzhi shook his head, "You don't think they have any way to survive at this point, do you?"

"Jinxia City was raided by pirates, and the princess died in a chaotic battle. Who was the first to bear the brunt? Of course, the officials of Jinxia City. Who should be responsible second? Shenzhou Mu and the generals of the garrison."

"A good result is deprivation of official positions and exile on the frontier; bad sentence is death and beheading. Nine out of ten chief officials in Jinxia City have the latter result. Compared with the pain and humiliation brought by torture, in the state of sleep It is a kind of kindness to them to die silently."

"I...understood." Master Lu bowed his head.

"It's not that I have no choice, and I don't want to." Wang Qingzhi patted him on the shoulder, "When the forest is on fire, how can we stop the fire? The only way to put it out is to divide the forest and attack the fire with fire. As long as they are still alive , it is possible to speak nonsense during the interrogation, dragging all possible people around you into the water. Since they are all dead anyway, of course it is better for them to die to benefit the Wang family."

In addition, the Wang family is not the only one who can benefit from this matter.

Wen Xingyuan, the faculty member who proposed this plan, is probably aiming at killing two birds with one stone.

Officials from the six ministries believed that the Privy Council should never interfere in local government affairs. As a result, a sudden pirate raid would make the government lose face and face. Wang Qingzhi could guess with his eyes closed how much disturbance the Privy Council would make.

Who cares about the truth when these big shots end up muddying the waters?

Compared to the two behemoths of the six ministries of the imperial court and the Gyeonggi Privy Council, the Wang family is still too inconspicuous after all...

"Master Lu, you follow me...you won't regret it?" Wang Qingzhi asked sincerely.

"Young master, the Wang family treats me with such kindness as a mountain. No matter what happens in the future, I am willing to live and die with the Wang family." The master replied without hesitation, "What's more, in you... I have already seen a bit of the master. shadow."

"I was raised by him alone. I'm not like him." Wang Qingzhi smiled slightly. "It's just that my father is old. He will understand this after the dust settles."

...

On the beach between Jinxia City and the east bank, there is an old stone tower.

It was built a hundred years ago and is now used by Qiguo as a sentry tower to monitor ships entering the sea and a beacon tower for warning.

Tian Shi is in charge of stationing here.

With him were three soldiers and a corporal.

Although guarding the sentry tower is tedious, the task itself is very easy. During the one-month garrison period, there is no need to go out for exercises, and there is no need to worry about being reprimanded by the chief. To pass the time by throwing dice during the day, and go to the wine shop for a drink after the handover in the evening, the life is quite comfortable.

Although the stone tower is stationed to monitor the river and the sea, no one really stays on the top of the tower for this purpose. That place is like a steamer during the day, even though it is much cooler now than in midsummer, it is not difficult to get sweaty in a short time. When the sweat and lining are mixed together, let alone how uncomfortable it is, the smell alone is enough to suffocate.

Therefore, those who want to go up and have a look will be disgusted by everyone.

"Hey, Shitou, why don't you come and play?" Wu Zhang happened to be named Wu, so everyone called him Boss Wu. It is said that he is a native of Jinxia, ​​and he has a little relationship behind the scenes, so he is a frequent visitor to this errand.

"No, I lost twenty copper coins yesterday, if I lose any more, I will have no money to give to my wife." Tian Shi waved his hands repeatedly.

"What if we win back today?"

"That's right, maybe I can even pull an extra piece of cloth for your wife!"

"You play, you play, I'll just watch."

A new round of betting has begun.

Three dice and one bowl, simple but exciting. Sometimes the corporal will come up with other things, such as Pai Gow and number lottery, but in the end what everyone loves to play is betting on big and small.

"I heard that your wife is going to give birth?" Boss Wu chatted casually while shaking the bowl.

"Soon, it should be this year's event." Tian Shi said cheerfully, he could only go back every two months, and the next vacation was just after the end of the garrison.

"I think Brother Shitou is saving money!" Someone laughed.

"All good men are like this. Unlike you, all the money you win is spent on Sister Yao."

"Why, I didn't ask for a wife, so I'm not allowed to have fun."

"Pan Houzi, you don't have a single coin in your pocket, how can a girl like you?"

Everyone couldn't help laughing in unison.

Tian Shi then grinned. The guy who was run out was named Pan, and he was the youngest in this round of guards in age and size. Everyone liked to call him Monkey Pan.

And the latter has no self-consciousness of being ridiculed, and is full of an expression that money is not spent in vain.

"Okay, I'm going to open the lid, buy it and leave!" Boss Wu slapped the bowl and yelled loudly, "Whether you sleep in a stone pagoda or a soft bed tonight depends on everyone's luck——"

Before he finished speaking, there was a muffled thud above his head.

Something seemed to have landed on top of the tower.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other. There is only one entrance to this sentry tower. If you want to climb the stairs, you have to pass them. Now everyone is sitting on the bottom floor. How can anyone run to the top.

But if it wasn't their words, then who made the noise above? Seabirds should not have this ability.

"Don't move, don't move, you can't take back the bet after you've placed your bet." Boss Wu stared and said, "Look at your dumbfounded looks, isn't it because the wind knocked something down? Stone, you didn't play anyway, Go up and see for everyone."

"Okay." Tian Shi got up, hung the straight knife on his waist, and walked up the stairs.

When we reached the top floor, the tower was still empty.

He thought for a while, then simply pushed open the movable cover on his head, and poked his head out from the patio.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, Tian Shi was startled when he saw it.

At some point, there was an extra person on the top of the sentry tower!

"Who are you and how did you get up?" He kicked his feet and rushed to the top of the tower, his right hand was already pressed on the handle of the knife. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was well-dressed and dressed like a kid from a rich family, he would probably have slashed with the knife.

The other party turned to look at him, with a normal look on his face, and said, "I just passed by here, and I just want to do a simple fortune-telling."