Chapter 91 Case

A powerful cult stronghold, in front of Tiangang Hall, was like a flame in the wind, struggling for a few times and then quickly extinguished.

The "Yinglong" warship set sail again, which was a full return in a sense.

Not everyone can be taken back to Yujing. Before this, Tiangang Hall had already made a classification, which is what Zhang Yuelu called identification.

Most of the guests of the manor were left to the local Daofu and the government to deal with in cooperation. The Daofu did not interfere in specific affairs, but only played a role in supervision and supervision to prevent the situation of catching and releasing. In this case, the government generally convicted, ranging from detention and labor to exile, and also imposed fines of varying amounts of silver, and deprived the gentry status.

When Daxuan was first established, it took advantage of the trend of sweeping the world to implement a new reform policy, mainly the land tax.

The so-called land tax is to cancel the Ding tax and merge it into the land tax. Ding tax is a head tax. It is not collected according to the number of people, but according to the number of lands under the name. People with less land pay less tax, and people with more land pay more tax. It is beneficial to the poor people with more people and less land, but not to the gentry and landlords with more land and less people.

The gentry naturally opposed it, but at that time, the Confucian school and the Wei Dynasty were defeated, and the focus of the Taoist school and the great Xuan nobles was no longer on the fields, but on sea trade. Naturally, it was ineffective, and the various privileges of the gentry were abolished.

Although the privileges of the gentry were not completely abolished, for example, the gentry still did not bear corvée and did not pay taxes. But it was clearly stipulated that it was limited to the gentry himself, and the gentry could no longer protect others, and his family still had to perform corvée. As for not paying taxes, in the past, people did not pay Ding tax. Now Ding tax has been abolished, and everyone does not pay taxes, but land tax still has to pay.

If the status of the gentry is deprived, then various corvée will follow, which is also a disguised punishment.

Except for those who were killed on the spot, all the evil cult demons in the manor were taken back to Yujing to be tried by Beichen Hall. If there were any Taoist disciples involved, Fengxian Hall would also be involved.

After all, Yujing is a land of gold and silver. Only serious criminals are qualified to be detained in Yujing City. These people will be detained on Yuzhu Peak, where it is icy and snowy, and they will suffer a lot.

In addition, there is the stolen money involved in the case. In such a den of money, the Taiping money that has not been transferred alone is as high as more than 200,000.

You should know that in a major case in Jiangnan, a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest died, hundreds of people were implicated, and the amount involved was only a few million Taiping money. More than 200,000 Taiping money is already a large amount.

According to the instructions of Cihang Zhenren, all the stolen money was sealed, transported back to Yujing, and handed over to Duzhi Hall for disposal. Part of the stolen money will be allocated to Tiangang Hall as a reward. This is the special subsidy that Qi Xuansu has also enjoyed. If there is no stolen money, Duzhi Hall will provide a guarantee.

The manor was handed over to the local government for disposal. The local government would not destroy it, but use it for other purposes, such as Puji Hall, Nursery Hall, or Academy, Warehouse, or even as a charity house.

As the leader of this operation, Zhang Yuelu has his own independent study in "Yinglong".

Because it is a temporary study, there are not many personal belongings, only piles of files.

These were searched out from the manor, mainly account books, because there was no sign of the sudden attack of Tiangang Hall, which caught these evil cult demons off guard, and a roster of relevant personnel survived.

Zhang Yuelu was looking through the roster at this time and found that there were many gentry among them, and the whole family joined the cult, which made her sigh, what is the greed of human hearts? This is it.

As for the people on these lists, they naturally notified the local government and arrested people according to the list, and no one could be let go.

There is no room for maneuver in this matter.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside.

Zhang Yuelu's eyes stayed on the list, and he said without raising his head: "Come in."

Mu Jin walked in quickly, holding many official documents in her hands, hesitant to speak.

There is also a "Xun Fu Array" on the "Yinglong" for communication.

"Speak." Zhang Yuelu turned another page.

Mu Jin said: "There is news from Wuxu Palace. They want to ask our Tiangang Hall to help solve the case."

"Solve the case? Isn't that the job of Beichen Hall?" Zhang Yuelu raised his head, "We only need to wipe out secret societies, not other things. Did someone ask for something? Want to use public tools for personal purposes?"

Mu Jin hesitated for a moment and said: "They suspect that this matter is related to the secret society."

Zhang Yuelu reached out to take the paper in Mu Jin's hand and quickly read it through.

"Wan Xiuwu... This name is familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere." Zhang Yuelu frowned slightly.

Mu Jin said: "This person is the disciple of the head of Wuxu Palace, so Wuxu Palace pays more attention to him. It is said that the little head of Wuxu Palace Pan Cuiqing personally dealt with him."

If the master and apprentice, brothers and sisters, parents and children, brothers and sisters are in the same hall, palace, and their status is high and low, then there will be a saying of "big and small". For example, in Tiangang Hall, Cihang Zhenren is the well-deserved head of the hall, and Zhang Yuelu is privately called "little head of the hall" or "little head of the hall".

Although Zhang Yuelu doesn't like this saying, he has to admit that this saying can accurately and simply point out the specific status of this person.

Mu Jin only needs to say "little head of Wuxu Palace", without saying that he is the eldest disciple of the head of Wuxu Palace, close confidant, or the assistant of Wuxu Palace, and Zhang Yuelu understands Pan Cuiqing's status in Wuxu Palace.

Zhang Yuelu also remembered that she had met this person once in Shangqing Palace when the Quanzhen Taoists visited Yunjin Mountain.

At that time, Qi Xuansu was still by her side. She never thought that they would be separated forever in just a few days.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuelu's mood became low, and she still held the official letter in her hand and did not speak for a long time.

"Qingxiao?" Mu Jin said softly.

Zhang Yuelu came back to her senses, sorted out her mood, and said in a deep voice: "Whether it is the little palace master who came forward or not, I just want to ask one question, is this matter really related to the secret society?"

The paper in Zhang Yuelu's hand was just an official letter, which was very brief. There was another official document with detailed descriptions of the case.

"From the statement of Wuxu Palace, it should be related." Mu Jin took out another detailed case file that was bound together.

Zhang Yuelu took it and quickly read it through: "They suspect that he died at the hands of Feng Bo? It's ridiculous. Not to mention that the time doesn't match at all, with Feng Bo's heavenly cultivation, why would it be so troublesome to kill people."

Mu Jin said: "But apart from Feng Bo's line, there is no clue."

Zhang Yuelu asked: "Have you checked Wan Xiuwu's interpersonal relationships and various relationships?"

"I have checked, Wan Xiuwu has not made any enemies recently." Mu Jin replied.

Zhang Yuelu said lightly: "A gentleman's revenge is never too late. Don't just check the recent, check in the past, did he make any enemies when he was in Wanxiang Dao Palace?"

Mu Jin looked strange and didn't speak.

As Zhang Yuelu's confidant, many official documents were transferred to Zhang Yuelu after she read them, which played a role in screening. Naturally, she had already read them.

Zhang Yuelu also happened to see the last page.

Wan Xiuwu did have an enemy in Wanxiang Dao Palace.

Name: Qi Xuansu. Biaozi Tianyuan.

Age: 25 years old.

Rank: Sixth-rank Taoist priest, enjoying the treatment of a fifth-rank Taoist priest.

Origin: Wanxiang Taoist Temple, Bingzi Year, Jia Division.

Master: Qi Haoran. Note: Fourth-rank priest, died unexpectedly.

Position: Deacon of Yaoguang Division of Tiangang Hall, whereabouts unknown, suspected to be dead.

Zhang Yuelu was silent for a long time, and then whispered: "His heart is worthy of death."

This is why Mu Jin was awkward and dared not speak out. She certainly knew that Qi Xuansu was a thorn in Zhang Yuelu's heart, so the Yaoguang Division had a tacit understanding and would not easily mention Qi Xuansu.

During this period of time, Zhang Yuelu was almost busy all the time, so he put his mind on major and minor matters, and there was not much difference.

But now asking Zhang Yuelu to investigate Qi Xuansu, isn't this stabbing Zhang Yuelu in the heart?

Zhang Yuelu said slowly: "They... don't they know that Tianyuan is my friend? What do they want to express by letting me handle this case? Are they trying to make fun of me? Or do they have other intentions?"

Mu Jin hurriedly said: "In fact, they reported it to Tiangang Hall. The reason why they transferred it to the deputy hall master was the intention of the hall master."

"What did the master mean?" Zhang Yuelu was stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

Mu Jin did not dare to say more.

After a long time, Zhang Yuelu said: "I know. After handling this matter, I will go to Wuxu Palace."