The long night passed, and a glimmer of dawn appeared in the east.

In the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, Li Chongjiu sat in the mansion without closing his eyes all night. Xu Wu, Wang and Ma Han were sitting on the chair with helmets and armor.

Wang Mahan had long drunk the teacup to the sky, and he looked a little impatient.

Xu Wu looked at Li Chongjiu, stood up and bowed and said, "I have told you that it is already dawn. As long as you give me an order, I will immediately lead my army to surround the Lu Mansion, and no one Bao Zhun can leave."

Li Chongjiu glanced at Xu Wu, and he knew that as long as he nodded, thousands of heads would fall into the ground in half an hour. He held great power and decided life and death by one word. Thousands of lives were his own words. The longer Li Chongjiu was in a high position, he was afraid that he would become more indifferent to life.

Li Chongjiu is not easy to do anything, and he has given the opportunity to the Lu family, but if the Lu family is ungrateful and resists to the end, at this point, it will not be a line, but a real act of destroying the family and eradicating the roots.

At this moment, outside the mansion reported: "Sima Lu Chengqing of the county, brought Lu Zi to move his body to see him."

Li Chongjiu heard this and said, "Please come in."

Then Lu Ziqian walked into the lobby in white clothes and said, "I am humble to Lu Chengqing, I will pay homage to the governor."

"No gift," Li Chongjiu asked, "Why did Prince Lu come here in vain?"

Lu Chengqing said in tears: "Report to the governor, his uncle is in harmony with Dou Jiande, and he is planning to be ill. After knowing, he advised him, but his uncle insists on his own actions. He cannot bear to make mistakes deeper and deeper, so he imprisons him and kills him. Uncle's uncle rebellion, Lu knew that it was difficult to escape the relationship, so he removed himself from his official position and begged the governor to punish him."

Wang Mahan and Xu Wu looked at each other and saw the surprise in the other's eyes. Unexpectedly, Lu Chengqing was cruel enough to kill his relatives for justice and poison his uncle.

Li Chongjiu didn't say anything. Lu Chengqing then took out a piece of paper and said, "This is a list of people involved in rebellion in my Lu family. All the people above have participated in this matter. Now I have taken it down together. Waiting for the governor to give up."

Li Chongjiu took the letter paper, swept the name on it, and looked at Lu Chengqing, and saw a look of sadness on his face.

Li Chongjiu sighed and stepped forward to help Lu Chengqing up and said, "I know that you have a deep relationship with Mr. Lu's uncle and nephew. This time, you must be extremely sad in your heart when you destroy your relatives for justice. You must have no choice but to do so."

When Lu Chengqing heard this, he felt even more sad, shook his head and burst into tears.

Li Chongjiu said, "I will hand over this matter to Chen Sima, and Lin Sima and the others will conduct a thorough investigation and conviction. Not only will I not exempt you from your official position, but I will continue to use it in the future, but Dou Jiande is already in the forefront. In the past few days, you will temporarily remove the position of Sima of the county. Cooperate with Chen and Lin Sima to thoroughly investigate the matter, which will help you avoid suspicion. As for those who have nothing to do with this rebellion, I will not pursue any investigation. Not only will they ensure their safety, but they will also treat them equally in the future. What do you think?"

When Lu Chengqing heard this, he knelt down and said, "Thank you for not killing Gong Shanggu for your kindness. I am grateful to you for your kindness and righteousness. My Lu family is very grateful. In the future, I can only repay you with a straw. I have no objection to this matter. Thousands of people from my Lu family will be left to Gong Shanggu."

Li Chongjiu nodded. Lu Chengqing was a generous person, so it was impossible to poison his uncle himself. Lu Ziqian probably knew that he committed suicide after losing the matter and used his own death to preserve the Lu family.

For Li Chongjiu, Lu Chengqing's attitude and sincerity to apologize on behalf of the Lu family this time has achieved it.

Tolerant to the enemy means being cruel to yourself and stop when you see it, and giving explanations to your subordinates. At the same time, you will be reminded of the gentry of Youzhou with ulterior motives. In other words, killing them will add a reputation for being unkind and unrighteous. In the future, there will be any gentry willing to vote for you.

Within the Lu family, he eliminated Lu Ziqian who opposed him, and reused Lu Chengqing in the future. In this way, he would be considered as controlling the killing to the bottom. Otherwise, he would really do the best. With the Lu family operating in Youzhou for hundreds of years, he had disciples and old officials everywhere, Li Chongjiu wanted to completely eradicate the Lu family, and his vitality would also be damaged, which would be very unfavorable for the decisive battle with Dou Jiande and the battle with the Li family.

Looking at Lu Chengqing's expression, Li Chongjiu couldn't help feeling relieved. The matter was handled quite well. He finally cleared up internal troubles before the decisive battle with Dou Jiande.

Soon Lin Dangfeng and Chen Xiaoyi entered the lobby and asked, "Duke Shanggu, what's the important thing about calling Beizhi?"

Li Chongjiu handed the list to Lin Dangfeng and said, "You two will go to Lu's mansion to get people according to the list. Lu Sima will cooperate with you to go together."

Lin Dangfeng glanced at Lu Chengqing and guessed most of the matter. Wang Mahan said, "I led my troops to go with you, and I'm free."

"Slow down," Li Chongjiu glared at Wang Mahan and said, "Who wants you to go."

Wang Mahan immediately returned to the chair embarrassedly and said, "If you don't go, don't go."

Li Chongjiu said, "You are all rough people, you are rushing to the inner house. What if you alarm the female members of the Lu family? You can transfer people from the county government. If it is not enough, transfer people from the county government."

When Lu Chengqing heard this, he showed gratitude. After Lin Dangfeng and Chen Xiaoyi heard Li Chongjiu's order, he immediately went to Jixian County Government to mobilize hundreds of constables, yamen runners, archers and others, and went to the Lu family to get people together with Lu Chengqing.

When the two arrived at the Lu family, the Lu family did not dare to resist at all. They knew that the person who came was a constable and the yamen runners were fine, but if they were officers and soldiers, they would have really confiscated the family.

Lu Chengqing directly called all the people from the Lu family to the courtyard.

The two of them were able to save convenience and took people on the list. Lin Dangfeng supervised the Lu family for many days and took more than a dozen people. These were all on the list. The only fish that had not been recorded was Lu Ziqian's wife and children, but they both committed suicide by taking poison.

Lin and Chen had no choice but to return the bodies of these people with Lu Ziqian's wife and children to Li Chongjiu.

In the governor's mansion, Li Chongjiu was very satisfied after hearing the two of them's reports. He immediately asked Wang Gui, the secretary of the Records, to draft a list of letters for himself and posted them everywhere in the city. The letter told him that Lu Ziqian's rebellion was already a matter of punishment, and he also said that if he was left behind and willing to surrender, he would be lenient.

The notice also has a list of more than 30 captured people from the Lu family. The notice stated that these people will be investigated and convicted. If they are really guilty, they will be convicted according to the order of the Great Sui Dynasty. If they are not sentenced seriously, they will not be sentenced lightly. If they are not guilty, they can be released. At the same time, Zhao Heran, Gao Xudao and several famous figures from the Youzhou gentry will be invited to attend the trial.

As soon as the notice was released, the news spread throughout the city one day. Li Chongjiu's open and honest approach made the gentry and the people all unanimously approve. However, due to the rebellion of the Lu family, people were panicked and afraid that there would be greater changes, so they were relieved.

A storm that was originally a catastrophe disappeared silently, making all forces relieved in this incident.

Just as the Lu family was settled, news came that Dou Jiande was worshiping the sky on Leshou on the fifth day of the ninth month, saying that he was the descendant of Dou family in the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he was young, his family was poor and farmed among the fields. He had no intention of the world. However, when he saw the three conquests of Liaodong, the people suffered, and had no choice but to raise troops to promote righteousness and relieve the people from water and fire. Later, five birds came to pay homage to Jincheng, and Dou Jiande was ordered to ascend to the throne to the emperor and was ordered to cut and destroy the evil stubborn.

Li Chongjiu of Youzhou stole the land of Luo Yi, the Marquis of Jingbian, and appointed himself as the governor of Youzhou. He also became a military force. The people from all directions hated him. Dou Dang's family inherited the will of heaven, comforted the people, attacked Youzhou, eliminated violence and maintained good fortune, and comforted the people.

Then after Dou Jiande sacrificed to heaven, he ascended the altar and appointed Gao Shida as the vanguard. Luo Cheng was appointed as the deputy vanguard, Wang Fubao, Gao Yaxian, Liu Heita, Su Dingfang and others as generals. Song Zhengben and Ling Jing were appointed as the army. His wife and brother Daxing Tai Cao Dan and Huangmen Minister Zhang Xuansu stayed behind to provide food and grass. He raised an army of 100,000, claiming to be 200,000 to attack Youzhou.

After Dou Jiande worshipped the sky and the generals, all the Xia soldiers cheered. Daxia followed the decree of heaven and attacked the rebels, which was a destiny, so the soldiers were all very motivated and were full of fighting spirit.

Dou Jiande dispatched more than 100,000 troops this time, and marched from Leshou. The army array stretched from Leshou to the city of Gaoyang City, and the array stretched for dozens of miles. The Xia army continued in an endless stream, walking around the road, and Lin Dangfeng's detailed works reported three times a day. After hearing the news from Zhuo County, the counties near Hejian were shocked overnight, and they all sent urgent reports to Li Chongjiu, asking for reinforcements.
Chapter completed!