The old butler of the Cui residence was right. In the afternoon, Li Zexuan directly went to the workshop to discuss with Ma Zhou whether they should publish the conflict between the commoners and the Cui family in the .
"Marquis, forgive me for being blunt, but today's incident has already caused a huge uproar. There are definitely many people who know about it. Moreover, Marquis, you have already smashed the door of the Cui Family. Even if we don't publish this news, the Cui Family won't owe us a favor! Moreover, the people who know about it will misunderstand that we are jackals of the same tribe as the Cui Family and deliberately hide the truth! In this way, it will be a big blow to the credibility of Datang Daily! "
After Ma Zhou listened to Li Zexuan's explanation seriously, he pondered for a moment and said, "That's right.
Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Brother Ma's words make sense! If that's the case, then tomorrow's Datang Daily will publish the news of the Cui Family's donation and being attacked by the people! "
Ma Zhou's eyes flashed with excitement. He was born in a poor family and didn't have a good impression of the aristocratic families. If Li Zexuan wanted to fall out with the aristocratic families, he would definitely support it from the bottom of his heart. Hearing this, he hurriedly said, "Yes, Marquis!"
Li Zexuan thought for a while and added, "But there's one thing you have to pay attention to. The news has to be realistic. We only need to report the facts and not exaggerate!"
Li Zexuan had listened to Li Er's previous words. He also felt that the current Tang Empire should be united against the outside world and not have too much internal friction! If they were to exaggerate and smear the Cui Family in the newspaper, it might expand the conflict and damage the credibility of Datang Daily.
Ma Zhou replied, "I understand!"
"If the Cui Family wants to take revenge on us, what do you think we should do?"
…
The conversation between Li Zexuan and Ma Zhou lasted until the sky turned dark. As the future Prime Minister of the Tang Empire, Ma Zhou had a lot of unique ideas in terms of strategy. After this conversation, Li Zexuan had some ideas about the future path of the battle with the Cui Family.
At night, Li Zexuan stayed in the Yunshan Residence.
At 9: 45 pm, the study in the residence was still lit by candlelight. Suddenly, a big hand appeared outside the pitch-black door of the study. The big hand knocked on the door and then a voice, "Marquis, I have something to report!"
Judging from the voice, it was Pang Feiji!
Silence!
After a while, Li Zexuan's voice came from inside the room, "Come in and talk!"
Pang Feiji pushed the door open and entered. He saw Li Zexuan half leaning on the armchair with an unknown book in his hand. He took out a small booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Li Zexuan, "Marquis, you asked me to investigate whether the Cui Family had done anything illegal. After a few months of investigation, I found some things. Marquis, please take a look!"
At that time, Cui Yunhan brought a group of students to the Li Family to cause trouble. Coincidentally, Li Zexuan had just destroyed the Seven Cultivators Sect. Under the combination of the two, Li Zexuan felt that the Cui Family might be behind the Seven Cultivators Sect. Cui Yunhan innocently took the blame and was exiled to Qiongzhou. The eldest son of the Cui Family in Qinghe, Cui Xuanji, was also sent back to his hometown in Zhengzhou by Cui Junchuo. Li Zexuan originally wanted to kill Cui Yunhan. However, Li Er didn't allow him to kill Cui Yunhan for the sake of the overall situation. He could only send Pang Feiji to secretly investigate the Cui Family's illegal activities!
After such a long time, Li Zexuan had almost forgotten about it. He didn't expect Pang Feiji to suddenly bring it up today. His gaze hardened as he looked deeply at Pang Feiji. Then, he took the booklet from Pang Feiji's hand and flipped through it.
"In the first year of Wu De, when the world was just settled, the Cui Family cooperated with the local government in Zhengzhou and took over thirty thousand mu of land from the local people. This caused thousands of people to have no land to farm and become homeless.
In the seventh month of the third year of Wu De, the current emperor killed Wang Shichong in Luoyang. Due to the war, Luoyang City was severely damaged and lacked order. The Cui Family took the opportunity to take over forty percent of the shops in Luoyang City and forcibly expropriated seventy thousand mu of land from some of the people at a low price. Countless people in Luoyang City sold their sons and daughters. The Cui Family took advantage of the situation and robbed them. They didn't spend a single copper coin and took away nearly a hundred beautiful women from the people.
From the fourth year of Wu De to the ninth year of Wu De, the Cui Family's direct descendants and branch descendants had been taking over the land in Henan Province. Sometimes, there were even cases of people bullying people! There was evidence that a total of sixteen poor peasant girls were raped. Most of these girls couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide! Due to the Cui Family's power and the fact that the victims' families didn't report it, the local government turned a blind eye and allowed the Cui Family's descendants to continue their evil deeds! "
Reading up to this point, Li Zexuan's face was filled with unconcealable anger. Pang Feiji, who was standing beside him, could even feel that the air in the study room had become colder!
Murderous intent!
Pang Feiji, who used to be a servant in Wu Hou Government, knew that this was the murderous aura of an expert. He had felt it before when he was beside Yuchi Jingde!
He didn't dare to look directly at Li Zexuan's face and quickly lowered his head!
"… In the ninth year of Wu De, after Cui Shanfu got drunk, he took over a servant named Nianyu. After that, Nianyu became pregnant with his child. When Cui Shanfu found out, he wanted to take her as his concubine. When Wang Shi heard the news, she was furious and ordered people to tie up the servant, Nianyu, and torture her to death! According to some rumors from the servants of the Cui Family, every night that year, the cries of women and the cries of babies could be heard! After that, the Cui Family even specially invited an eminent monk to perform two rituals! "
At this point, Li Zexuan had finished reading the contents of the small booklet. His face was filled with frost. After a long silence, he opened his mouth and asked bitterly,
"What is torture?"
Pang Feiji was shocked because Li Zexuan's voice had become hoarse. It sounded like a demon from the abyss. In this cold and quiet night, it was so horrifying!
Inexplicably shivering, Pang Feiji hurriedly cupped his fist and said, "Re … Re Marquis, this torture is to turn a person into a human swine. First, they chop off the limbs, dig out the eyes, inject copper into the ears to make them deaf. Then, they pour poison down the throat and cut off the tongue to make them unable to speak. After that, they still have to cut off the nose, shave their hair, and finally throw them into the latrine to let them die slowly …"
"Bang!"
Just as Pang Feiji finished speaking, Li Zexuan couldn't take it anymore. He angrily slammed the table and stood up, saying coldly, "What a Cui Family! What a vicious and venomous woman! "
Pang Feiji instantly felt a bone-piercing chill. Then, he saw the table beside Li Zexuan turn into a pile of powder!
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