PNB Chapter 268 Sir Wen, Please Stay
Chapter 268 Sir Wen, Please Stay
"Yang Biao, you are not the only one with men here. Look, my men are coming." Xiang Honglin said proudly as he watched his men fill the entire corridor on the second floor.
"Oh, so Lord Xiang means that he is unwilling to carry out my orders?"
So many soldiers rushed into the house, and Gui Wenbin and thirteen others surrounded him to protect him, but he was still drinking tea leisurely.
"You're right. I just don't want to." Who do you think you are? You'd better give up the idea as soon as possible if you want me to serve you. Xiang Honglin turned around and prepared to leave.
"I don't want to either!" Wen Jinheng, the prefect of Mulin Prefecture, was also about to leave. Since everyone had fallen out, he brought a large number of soldiers with him this time. Who was afraid of whom?
"Wen Bin, Wang Hui, take them down!" If the tiger doesn't show its power, you think I'm a sick cat. Yang Biao smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground.
"You dare?" Xiang Honglin roared at the sword that Gui Wenbin placed on his neck.
"Boy, you have to think it over carefully. Will you be able to get out later?" Wen Jinheng had a faint expression. He asked Wang Hui to go and see downstairs, where his men were.
"Don't panic, sir. I'm not coming!" Seeing Xiang Honglin being forced by a sword, his men couldn't stand it anymore and drew their swords and rushed towards Yang Biao.
"Wen Bin, Wang Hui, kill them!" Those people were stopped by Zhang Zhanfei and others. Yang Biao stood up angrily. The source of the disaster must be eliminated. These two troublemakers must die today!
"Yes, master!" Gui Wenbin struck Xiang Honglin in the throat with one sword, and he fell to the ground instantly, his body twitching.
Wang Hui was from Mulin Prefecture. The local people were living in poverty and riots were everywhere, so he hated Wen Jinheng to the core.
After hearing Yang Biao's order, he used the knife in his hand to directly chop off Wen Jinheng's head.
"Sir, I will fight you to the death!" When his subordinates saw that he was killed by Gui Wenbin, their eyes suddenly turned red and they wanted to avenge him.
"The golden arrow, as if I were here in person!" At the critical moment, Yang Biao took out the golden arrow and shouted loudly.
"What? Do you want to rebel? Why don't you kneel down?" Seeing that they were still fighting, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture took the lead and knelt down.
Seeing him kneel down, the others also knelt on the ground.
"Xiang Honglin is corrupt and has committed abuse of power. I have irrefutable evidence and have sentenced him to immediate execution. His head will be hung on the city gate of Beigao Prefecture as a warning to others!"
With his order, Xiang Honglin's head was chopped off by Gui Wenbin with a knife, and then flew out of the window and hung at the city gate.
"Are you four gentlemen here as guests, or would you like to stay with Xiang Honglin and Wen Jinheng?"
His smile made people feel as if what had just happened had never happened, but the corpses and blood on the ground reminded everyone that all this had really happened.
"Governor, I am willing to stay." Seeing this, are you still not willing to give in and wait to be beheaded? The remaining three prefects knelt down hurriedly.
During the ten days in Beigao Mansion, Yang Biao asked Lu Xi to buy two houses, one for himself to live in and the other for these prefects.
"Lord Wen, please stay!" Just as Gui Wenbin was escorting the three prefects out, Yang Biao stopped Wen Ting, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture.
"Lord Yang, what do you want to talk to me about?" Being left alone by him, Wen Ting looked calm.
"Lord Wen, please take a seat." Yang Biao changed to another room as the original room was too stained with blood.
If he wanted to govern the six prefectures well, he would need allies. He couldn't just kill all the prefects of the five prefectures.
"Okay, please come in, Lord Yang." Wen Ting also made an invitation gesture, and when he saw Yang Biao sit down, he followed and sat on the chair opposite.
"Sir Wen, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I do feel a little guilty right now and don't know what to do next. I hope Brother Wen can give me some advice."
Wen Ting's performance in governing Hejian Prefecture was evaluated well. His response measures to the previous floods were also timely, and he tried to minimize the losses caused by the disaster.
He may have no one in the court, or he may not want to form a clique and only want to concentrate on doing practical things. Therefore, although his political performance was evaluated as excellent, he remained in the position of prefect for so many years and did not receive any promotion or commendation.
"Thank you for thinking highly of me, little brother. I think the most urgent thing is to send people to put both Xiang and Wen families in jail immediately."
Yang Biao was the prefect next door to him, and the two had been friends for a long time, so when asked for his advice, he spoke frankly.
"Okay, but I don't have enough manpower now." He had already informed Mei Yongle at Guangshu Mansion and asked him to take people to keep a close eye on Xiang Honglin's family. Once a move is made here, all his family members will be captured immediately.
"Little brother, Mulin Mansion is adjacent to my Hejian Mansion. I will be responsible for capturing Wen Jinheng's family!"
Wen Ting acted immediately and ordered his skilled men to ride as fast as possible to Mulin Mansion to arrest the man, and he would arrive shortly afterwards.
"In that case, thank you very much for your help, Brother Wen!" This is the best. Yang Biao stood up and thanked him sincerely.
"What? My husband killed Xiang Honglin and Wen Jinheng?" Xia Weiwei was holding Kang Qiu and feeding him water. She was extremely shocked when she heard Shi Rui's report.
"Miss, what should we do?" Even if the two of them are really guilty of heinous crimes, they have to be reported to the emperor, and there is a set procedure for sentencing them to death.
Yang Biao killed someone without trial, which was a crime of deceiving the emperor and he would be sentenced to death.
"Shi Rui, hurry up, set off for Beigao Mansion immediately." Xia Weiwei was extremely anxious. She wanted to find Yang Biao. Even if she died, the couple wanted to die together.
"Your Majesty, I accuse Yang Biao of killing the prefects of Mulin and Guangshu without trial, and he is guilty of deceiving the emperor."
In the court, the job that should have been done by the censor was snatched away by the Duke of Anguo.
"Duke Anguo, Xiang Honglin and Wen Jinheng are corrupt and have committed treason. Yang Biao has sent evidence of their crimes to the capital by carrier pigeon. The families of Xiang and Wen are being escorted to the capital."
Ying Jian narrowed his eyes. Duke Anguo really spared no effort to bring Yang Biao down.
"Your Majesty, even if Xiang and Wen were corrupt and perverted the law, it is not a reason for Yang Biao to kill someone privately. The death penalty must be approved by your Majesty. I beg your Majesty not to let this act go lightly."
Zheng Jingxin, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, stood up. Originally, he was the governor of the north, but the five prefects ignored him and the government orders could not be issued, resulting in his being demoted and returning to his original situation.
"Sir Zheng, I remember that you were the Governor of the North before Yang Biao, but why are you back to the Ministry of War now?" Ying Jian rolled his eyes. He didn't admit that he was incompetent.
"Ying Jian, don't be so arrogant. If I also had a golden medal and arrow granted by the emperor and served in the north..."
It's so sad to talk about it. Zheng Jingxin only blamed himself for not having the same luck as him to get the gold medal of "As if I was present in person" from Emperor Tianqi.
"Your Majesty, I believe that Yang Biao must be held accountable for the crime of deceiving the emperor." Seeing that Zheng Jingxin had gone off topic, Duke Anguo knelt on the ground.