Devoured by the raging fire, the station quickly collapsed because it could not bear its own weight. Only then did Yan Maoqing's subordinates rush to the scene to check the situation.
"What the hell is going on? The adults are still inside!"
"Come quickly, put out the fire!"
"Ah, sir, I'm here to save you!"
When Yan Maoqing's personal bodyguard saw this, he yelled and tried to rush into the fire, but was stopped by others.
"Are you crazy? With such a huge fire, you won't die in vain if you rush in!"
"If your Excellency hadn't run out, the situation would have been much worse."
Seeing this, Yan Maoqing's personal bodyguard fell to the ground weakly, murmuring: "It's over, it's all over!"
Yan Maoqing had a panoramic view of everything going on at the scene. He couldn't help but clenched his fists and cursed secretly: "These people are eating the inside out. I usually treat them well!"
Thinking of this, Yan Maoqing could no longer suppress his anger. After coughing twice, he walked out of the hiding place with his hands behind his back.
"grown ups!"
When everyone saw Yan Maoqing walking out unscathed, they couldn't help but turn pale with shock, while Yan Maoqing's personal bodyguards looked delighted.
"Are you guys surprised to see that nothing happened to me?"
Yan Maoqing helped his personal guard up from the ground, then turned to look at his other subordinates and mocked.
"My lord, what do you mean?"
Hearing Yan Maoqing's words, his personal guards also figured out the reason, and quickly protected Yan Maoqing behind him, and called the guards to surround the group of subordinates.
"Sir, we were also obsessed with money for a while and believed the lies of the officials here. Please forgive us this time!"
Seeing what happened was revealed, the subordinates turned pale and fell to their knees on the ground, begging Yan Maoqing to spare their lives.
"Loyalty is the last thing that can withstand the test. If you can betray me once, you will naturally betray me a second or third time. If I spare you, wouldn't I be kidding with my own life?"
After Yan Maoqing finished speaking, he smiled and said: "Anyone who works in the officialdom doesn't know that I, Yan Maoqing, cherish my own life the most, so everyone, I'm sorry!"
After Yan Maoqing finished speaking, he waved his hand violently, and the guards pulled out their long swords and chopped down all the subordinates who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy.
"Let me chop off their heads and hang them on the city gate. Anyone who dares to stop them will be killed without mercy!"
Yan Maoqing looked at the corpses lying in a pool of blood, suppressed the nausea that emerged from his stomach, and then ordered without changing his expression.
"Yes, sir!"
After receiving the order, the guards killed all the subordinates!
There was a strong smell of blood in the air that lingered for a long time.
Yan Maoqing looked at the guards who had gone away and knew very well that what happened today could not escape the eyes of the people behind the scenes!
The reason why he, Yan Maoqing, did not ask these subordinates about the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes was because it was not necessary. This group of people could do such a thing as burning down the inn, so they must have made strict plans in advance! There are countless officials involved.
Instead of spending a lot of effort to identify them one by one, it would be better to kill them all directly! In this case, there will be no fish that slip through the net.
And the reason why Yan Maoqing ordered his guards to take advantage of these subordinates and betray him was to betray him! One is to establish prestige, and the other is to declare war on the people behind the scenes!
"Damn it, the officials here are really not friendly to me!"
Yan Maoqing cursed secretly, and then left the place under the escort of layers of guards.
"I will continue to watch here. You go and inform the Lord that Yan Maoqing escaped from the fire, and all the traitorous subordinates will be shown their heads to the public!"
"Yes, my subordinates will go back and report!"
Those people who had been hiding in the dark since before were also frightened by Yan Maoqing's vicious methods, and they immediately ordered.
Yan Maoqing was escorted by his guards and came to stay at an inn. After settling in, he took out a pen and paper without stopping and recorded everything that had happened before.
After a long time, after the ink on the paper was dry, Yan Maoqing put it into an envelope, then took out four identical empty envelopes and stuffed white paper into them one by one.
Then he called his trusted subordinates and ordered: "Here is the report I wrote to the court. You must send it 800 miles away as quickly as possible! Remember, you have to go in different directions."
"Yes, sir, I understand!"
After receiving the order, Yan Maoqing's subordinates took the envelopes from Yan Maoqing's hands one by one.
When the last subordinate was about to take the envelope from Yan Maoqing's hand, Yan Maoqing took advantage of others not paying attention and secretly dipped his index finger in ink and drew a circle in the palm of his hand.
And this last subordinate is Yan Maoqing's fellow countryman, and he is also the person he trusts the most!
Seeing the inexplicable smile on Yan Maoqing's face, this fellow countryman also understood what Yan Maoqing meant. Among the several letters delivered to the court, only his was true!
"Thanks to your trust, I will definitely deliver the letter!"
After the five subordinates finished speaking, they left quickly.
Unexpectedly, the moment they left the inn, one of the five people turned around and ran towards the local government office.
"traitor!"
Looking at the man's leaving figure, the remaining four people cursed like this, then raised their whips and whipped them hard. The horses under him felt pain and ran away in an instant.
At this time, the sky was gradually getting brighter, the city gate had been opened, and the soldiers responsible for guarding were yawning constantly, looking forward to someone coming to take over soon.
"Drive, drive, drive!"
The four of them waved the riding whips in their hands, and the horses under them moved faster! Like a gust of wind, before the soldiers guarding the city gate could react, they rushed out of the city gate.
"Ah, who is it? What happened?"
"Chase, chase quickly! Don't let them run away!"
By the time the soldiers guarding the city reacted, these four people had disappeared.
After leaving the city, the four people quickly separated and ran away in four directions.
…
"Damn it, this envelope is obviously empty! This Yan Maoqing has tricked us all!"
"Sir, should we directly..."
The subordinate on the side said, wiping his neck.
"Are you an idiot? What is Yan Maoqing's status now? Yan Maoqing is now an official sent by the imperial court to collect salt tax. After all, he can be regarded as half an imperial envoy!"
"Just kill him like that. Do you think we can survive? What happened last night can be described as an accident. If we really kill Yan Maoqing in broad daylight, the one who comes next time will be someone from the imperial court. The army is here!”
"Then what should we do? We can't just sit back and wait for death, right?"
"It doesn't matter, I have already sent people to intercept them. I think there will be results soon."
…
In the inn, after dealing with these matters, Yan Maoqing immediately relaxed.
"Bah, this tea tastes really bad!"
Yan Maoqing said, pouring out the tea in the cup with a look of disgust on his face.
"Sir, aren't you worried that those people will attack you again?"
Yan Maoqing's personal bodyguard couldn't help but worry when he saw this.
"It doesn't matter. They didn't burn me to death last night, which means that their plan went bankrupt! In a short time, they will never dare to attack me again."
"Go and get my tea. The tea here tastes terrible."
After Yan Maoqing finished explaining, he gave instructions to the personal guards on the side.
"Yes, sir! I'll go ahead now."
After receiving the order, Yan Maoqing's personal bodyguard came out of the room. After finding the tea leaves in Yan Maoqing's accompanying baggage, they rushed to Yan Maoqing's room without stopping, for fear that something would happen to him.
"Look at you, why are you in such a hurry? You have spilled some tea leaves on me, and this is all wasted money!"
Yan Maoqing looked at some tea leaves scattered on the ground and couldn't help but feel a pain in his body.
(End of chapter)
