Li You came, and Xiao Gan and Cheng Yaojin were also accompanied by him.

After Wei Zheng and others reported the situation, Li You was also a little surprised. He did not expect that the influence of the Cui clan in Qinghe was so great.

Li You said to Xiao Gan and Cheng Yaojin: "There is no good idea now. Please ask you two to worry about it and find someone you close to do your work."

Xiao Gan and Cheng Yaojin went to talk to their relatives from their wife's branch respectively.

At dinner, Xiao Gan came back, and he said with shame: "Your Highness, the old minister is incompetent and cannot convince them."

In fact, when he went to talk to someone, he not only couldn't convince others, but he was also criticized by others, saying that he ignored family affection and turned his elbow outward. He couldn't hide his face and felt that he was a bit unethical and a little guilty in doing this.

Xiao Gan's return of miserable fate made everyone even more depressed, and everyone placed their hopes on Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin came back very late. He thought everyone was resting. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the county hall, he saw everyone staring at him with big eyes open, wishing he could hear good news from him.

Cheng Yaojin was very embarrassed. He talked with sincerity for a long time. His wife's relatives were unwilling to cooperate with him. They complained to him for a long time, so he had to come back in shame.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do, so they all focused their attention on Li You.

At this moment, people from the Ministry of War came. They did not convey the Ministry of War's instructions to Hou Junji, but handed a letter to Li You.

The letter was drafted by Fang Xuanling. It introduced the situation in Chang'an City and conveyed Li Shimin's instructions, requiring him to break through the Cui family in Qinghe as soon as possible and obtain evidence of their illegality.

Seeing this situation, everyone became even more worried. They focused their attention on Li You again, hoping that he would say the familiar catchphrase from his mouth, "What a big deal."

Unfortunately, Li You disappointed them this time.

Li You saw the people in the room staring at each other with big eyes and smiled and said, "What a big deal. Everyone should go back to sleep. Let me think about it carefully. I will definitely give you a solution tomorrow morning."

Everyone left, and Li You returned to his room. He couldn't sleep, so he read the materials summarized by Wei Zheng and the others again. There was still no way. He really couldn't think of a solution, so he simply stopped thinking about it and fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, everyone had breakfast together. While waiting for the meal, everyone looked at Li You, hoping that a flower could be seen from his face.

This time, everyone was not disappointed - Li You looked smiling, it seemed that there was a way.

Hou Junji couldn't wait to ask, "Your Highness, what good idea have you thought of?"

Li You smiled and said, "Food is the most important thing for the people. Eat first and then talk about it after the meal."

Seeing him keeping him in hiding, everyone was a little impatient. Wei Zheng said, "Your Highness, please tell me quickly. If you don't say it, I can't eat this food even if I wait."

Li You smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell you."

He asked, "Do you think there is something wrong with Cui?"

Wang Huairen said affirmatively: "Their land has increased five times in ten years. If they have no problems, I will write the word "Wang" upside down."

Cheng Yaojin smiled and said, "Your word "King" is written upside down. Isn't that still a king?"

Everyone laughed and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

Li You said: "A lot of people in Qinghe County are either children of the Cui family or their in-laws. Others rely on them to live. These people will not betray the Cui family.

Why don’t those who have conflicts with Cui, or even those who are persecuted by them, come out to expose them? Moreover, even if they are given a heavy reward, no one will come out to expose Cui, why is that?”

Wang Huairen said: "It must be afraid of Cui's revenge."

"Yes, that's the point. If I were from here, I wouldn't have betrayed the Cui family of Qinghe, because the Cui family was too powerful. The court had a 20,000 army, but can these 20,000 troops stay here for the rest of their lives? What was waiting for me after the army left?

Also, even if I got a lot of money and moved to another place, the Cui family in Qinghe was spread all over the country and there was still no place for me to live in. Think about it, Tang Hui was killed in Chang'an, right at the gate of Lord Wei's mansion, and where can I hide?

And I'm sure that the neighbors around Wang Debao's family took advantage of the Cui family in Qinghe before we arrived and were threatened by them. Who would have the neighbors who were unrelated to them to save their lives for Wang Debao?"

"Yes, Your Highness, this is the case. Do you have any solution?" Wei Zheng said.

Li You asked, "If you were people here, and you also hated the Cui family in Qinghe, and you would like to eat their meat and drink their blood. Under what circumstances can you come out and expose them?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "There is only one situation, that is, he dares to show off and expose them after he has no worries."

Li You said: "Yes, what we have to do is to make them have no worries."

Hou Junji slapped the table and said, "Your Highness, I understand."

Wei Zheng still didn't understand it a little. It's not that he was not smart enough, but that he was concentrating on principles and was not good at taking odd steps.

Li You said: "We do this for this matter..."

Hou Junji stood up excitedly and said, "This is the way, it should have been like this long ago."

In the morning, all adults in the county were concentrated in the market, and the crowd was surrounded by soldiers wearing helmets and armors, holding bright swords and guns.

Hou Junji stared at the crowd below without saying a word.

The people in the audience were waiting for Hou Junji to speak, and gradually became a little impatient and began to talk. Then many people started to clamor. The venue was in chaos. Some people wanted to leave the venue, but were forced back by the soldiers with swords and guns.

Hou Junji still didn't say anything, he seemed to be waiting for something.

Soon, an officer came to the stage with several soldiers. The officer pointed at the soldiers' weapons and shouted loudly, "Master General, someone has violated the ban and has privately kept weapons."

Hou Junji asked, "Who is it?"

The officer said: "Bring the man up." With his voice, several soldiers tied up a young man to the stage. The officer pointed at him and said: "Master, this is this person."

Hou Junji was furious and said, "I have issued a ban to ask the people in the city to hand over their weapons, otherwise they will be killed. Come on, behead this person on the spot."

The man shouted, "I don't have any private weapons, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, several soldiers stepped forward and pressed him down and cut off his head with a knife.

The people below the stage were angry and they roared and wanted to rush up the stage. A few thick men pushed away the soldiers' block and climbed onto the stage.

This is what Hou Junji was waiting for. With a wave of his hand, a group of soldiers waved their shiny Tang swords and directly killed these people to the ground.

The people in the audience were even more chaotic, and the situation was about to get out of control. Hou Junji shouted: "If anyone dares to act, he will be killed without mercy!"

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers around him shouted together: "Kill without mercy!"

More than a dozen people running outward died under the knife.

The bloody reality finally scared these people. No one in the square dared to move around anymore, and there were even no one talking.

Wang Huairen picked up a list and read it loudly. The first ones to be pronounced were Cui Yan, the head of the Cui clan of Qinghe, and the elders, and then the people in charge of the various houses. Wang Huairen said: "Those who read the name will come to the stage immediately. If anyone dares to disobey the order, they will be killed without mercy."

When the patriarch Cui Yan saw that Hou Junji and others were serious, he was worried that the tribe members would be killed again, so he took the initiative to walk on the stage and said to the people below: "Everyone follow General Hou's orders."

Soon, those who were pronounced with names came to the stage.

Hou Junji said: "These people hid weapons privately, intending to rebel, and the evidence is conclusive. I announce that all of these people will be arrested and escorted to Chang'an. The conviction will be completed and severely dealt with."

This is what Li You said. Cui handed over more than 700 weapons. With this crime, you can take down the thief and the king according to the theory of rebellion. You can first take down Cui's mind.

Wang Huairen said: "Qinghe Cui family has done many evil deeds, and the officials of Qinghe Cui family across the country have been taken down. Don't have any more fantasies.

I hope that you will actively cooperate and take the initiative to explain your own problems in the next government investigation. Give you two days to give you the court to take the initiative to explain the problems. Otherwise, once it is found out, severe sanctions will be imposed.

Among you, there are many people who were bullied by the Cui clan in Qinghe. You have also seen that the court will completely eradicate the Cui clan this time, and you no longer have to be afraid of them. Those who have revenge will avenge them, and those who have revenge will seek justice. As long as you complain to the government and the government will investigate it clearly, you can return it to you."

The audience was silent for a while, and suddenly someone shouted loudly: "Sir, I'm wronged."

A woman holding a child walked out of the crowd. She came to the stage and knelt in front of Wang Huairen. She cried and said, "Sir, there was a tofu workshop in my house. It was occupied by Cui Guowei two years ago. My man asked them to argue, but they killed him. Sir, please make the decision for me."

Wang Huairen helped her up and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

The woman pointed to a man hiding behind someone else and said, "It's that person."

Without waiting for Wang Huairen to speak, several soldiers came over and captured Cui Guowei.

Cui Guowei argued: "Sir, she is a crazy woman. Don't listen to her. She is slandering me."

The woman shouted to the audience: "Neighbors, you are usually bullied by him. Come out and talk, are I right?"

It seems that Cui Guowei has offended too many people, and there are six or seven neighbors who come out to prove him.

In order to strengthen the confidence of the people, Wang Huairen directly sentenced Cui Guowei to death and immediately executed.

"Sir, it's unfair!"

"Sir, make the decision for me."

Seeing that the government really made decisions for the people, many people soon stood up.

Wei Zheng smiled with relief when he saw that the situation was opened.
Chapter completed!