Seeing this, Li Xiao could already guess.
Xu Wenjun was definitely her enemy.
After thinking for a while, Li Xiao smiled and said,
"How about this, you go wash up with the servant girl and then take a walk on the street."
"Bingzhou doesn't have a curfew. You can ask the people and you'll know what I'm saying.
Xu Wenjun had caused a lot of resentment in Bingzhou over the past few years, so there were naturally many people who wanted to kill him.
Now that the government was clear, as long as she took a few steps out, she would understand right and wrong.
What Li Xiao wanted was her willingness to pounce on him, not to force her to do so.
Just as they were about to rest, Principal Xie walked in nervously.
"Your Highness."
"Xie Chang Shi, look at how flustered you are, did something happen?”Li Xiao asked.
"Your Highness, there's news that Kuang County's rioters are rioting. They're in the midst of farming, and after farming, they beat up Kuang County's Magistrate.”
"Now that they have occupied the county government, it's all in chaos!”
Colonel Xie said hurriedly.
Kuang County's Jiaonong?
Li Xiao thought for a moment, Kuang County is two hundred miles away from Bingzhou.
As for Jiaonong, Jiaonong meant that the farmers rebelled against the government and handed over their farming tools to the government. It meant that they wanted to quit.
Riot?
That was Jiaonong's next step, to fight against the government.
Things like Jiaonong had happened many times in the previous dynasty.
Yang Guang levied exorbitant taxes and caused a civil unrest. The matter of JiaoNong was written one after another.
But now that it was peaceful and prosperous, how could such a thing happen?
There must be something fishy about this!
Kuang County was deep in the mountains. The riots there were not ordinary riots because the sky was high and the emperor was far away.
If it was a normal riot, the county government would be able to handle it.
But this time, the news had already reached Bingzhou. It must be very serious.
"Your Highness, there are some rioters from Kuang County who have already arrived at Bingzhou City.”
"Should we arrest them all? Please tell me, Your Highness." Colonel Xie said nervously.
Suppressing the rioters was logical, but Li Xiao waved his hand to stop Xie Lin. Instead, he slowly said,
"You can't act rashly. There must be a reason behind the uprising. If we can live on, no one will rebel.”
"How about this, find someone to find those troublemakers. His Highness wants to question them personally.”
Hearing this, Colonel Xie couldn't help but say excitedly,
"Your Highness, those are unruly people. I'm afraid they will harm Your Highness.”
"You don't have to say anymore. Go."
Li Xiao waved his hand.
Seeing Li Xiao's firm attitude, Colonel Xie knew the severity of the matter. He did not dare to hesitate and left quickly.
Early the next morning.
The gate of the Jiang Mansion was opened, and Li Xiao sat in the main hall.
On the left, there were 100,000 guards, Chang Hu, and on the right, Wang Bo.
Li Xiao was shocked. The one walking in front was the female assassin from yesterday.
She had already changed into a man's outfit and looked very neat.
Li Xiao was very clear about the clothing style of women in the Tang Dynasty. There were three types: narrow-sleeved shirts, Hu clothes, and men's clothes.
Her appearance surprised Li Xiao.
There were indeed a lot of rioters. There were hundreds of them, and the Jiang-mang Mansion was so crowded that not even water could pass through.
He had thought that these " rioters " who did not know the truth would shout loudly.
Unexpectedly, they all knelt down when they saw Li Xiao.
"King Jiang, please uphold justice for us commoners!”
The female assassin also knelt down.
Li Xiao was instantly moved. It was obvious that they were not rioters, but had some grievances. Hence, he said loudly,"
"All of you, stand up and speak. If you have any grievances or grievances, tell this king. This king will definitely deal with them impartially.”
Hearing Li Xiao's words, no one stood up.
The female assassin stood up and said,"
"Your Highness, I have offended you yesterday. Please forgive me.”
"It's fine. Let's get down to business." Li Xiao said indifferently.
"Your Highness, my name is Xiao Linwei. I am from Back Creek Village in Kuang County.”
"It was my fault for assassinating Your Highness last night. I didn't know that the weather in Bing Province had changed and thought it was Xu Wenjun, that dog official.”
"Xu Wenjun's lackey, Kuang County Magistrate Wei Wen, raped the people, bullied them, and robbed dozens of women.”
"He even had an affair with the Tuyuhun people and used exorbitant taxes to exchange for Tuyuhun horses.”
Li Xiao listened quietly. Kuang County was more than 200 miles away from Bingzhou.
These days, they were busy fighting Xue Yantuo, and the administrative affairs of the counties under the prefecture had not been cleaned up yet.
Li Xiao was deeply shocked by the level of poverty in Bingzhou under Xu Wenjun's rule.
"You said that dozens of women were robbed by Kuang County Magistrate Wei Wenqiang, is this true?”Li Xiao asked.
" It's absolutely true, Your Highness. My sister, Xiao Qinghui, was snatched away by Wei Wen. She couldn't bear the humiliation and has already thrown herself into the well."
"Some of the commoners who came to Bing Province were robbed of their womenfolk.”Xiao Linwei said.
At this moment, under the touch, there were already sobs in the hall.
A man who looked like a scholar walked out and knelt down, crying,"
"Lord Qingtian! Please save us lowly people! Wei Wen stole my wife to be his concubine, and my wife refused to obey.“”
"That dog official Wei Wen's subordinates forcefully stripped her of her clothes.”
" Wei Wen's claws broke my leg again. My wife…hit her head against a rock and died. Sob, sob, sob…"
"Your Highness, please help us! I beg Your Highness to seek justice for all of us! Your Highness!"
The commoners knelt down in unison to beg and state their grievances.
He looked at this group of people who had no one to rely on and were bullied by the low-level officials into such a miserable state.
Although Li Xiao's expression was calm, his heart was already extremely angry. His killing intent slowly overflowed.
Bang!
Li Xiao punched the table.
Instantly, the entire desk jumped.
Taking a deep breath, Li Xiao suppressed his anger and looked at Principal Xie.
"Vice-chancellor Xie, do you know who Wei Wen is to Xu Wenjun?”
"Your Highness, Wei Wen is Xu Wenjun's nephew. He has always been lecherous and domineering.”Colonel Xie said carefully.
"As the chief historian, why didn't you report the matter of Wei Wenyu butchering the villagers to the imperial court?”Li Xiao stared at Colonel Xie and said.
"Your Highness, this humble official has only been transferred from Cangzhou to Bingzhou for three months. I only know a little from the previous Minister Li.”
"Because if all the official documents were to reach the Shangshu Province and fall into Lord Zhangsun's hands, he would suffer a blow from Xu Wenjun.”
Hearing this, Li Xiao truly felt that the officialdom of Bingzhou was rotten.
All the commoners looked at Li Xiao with longing in their eyes.
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