When Capt. Zheng saw that the other party dared to attack them, he was shocked and angry, "Rebellion, rebellion! Kill me, kill me!"
All the officials pulled out their swords one after another and wanted to kill him openly. The secret guards were naturally not vegetarians. When they saw this situation, they were not polite. They drew their swords one after another and rushed into the middle of the government officials. The secret guards were warriors in the army. They were not used to subduing the enemy and would kill people with their attacks. They saw the swords flying with blood flying in the sky. Along with the continuous screams, one by one the government officials were chopped down in a pool of blood. middle.
When Zheng Captou and others saw the other party taking action, they killed people. They were so fierce that they were so frightened that they rushed out of the tavern and fired a signal rocket. At this moment, the government officials ran away and ran to Zheng Captou's side. Zheng Zheng looked towards the tavern and saw the very heroic young man walking out of the door surrounded by the thugs. He felt his heart palpitate for no reason, as if he was facing a group of ferocious beasts! At this time, wailing sounds continued to be heard in the tavern. Through the gap between Yang Peng and others' bodies, Zheng Capt. and others saw dozens of government servants lying in the tavern. Some were screaming to themselves in a pool of blood, while others were standing still. I can't move, and I don't know whether I am dead or alive! It is hard for Zheng Captou and others to believe that someone is so bold as to dare to openly kill a Yamen official!
"You, who are you?" Zheng Captou asked sternly and restrainedly. Yang Peng smiled coldly, "Don't care who we are, even ordinary people can resist your unreasonable killings!"
"Hmph! You are too arrogant! I will show you how powerful you are later!" At this moment, the sound of neat footsteps came from the street in the distance. Chief Zheng and others immediately followed the sound and saw more than a hundred swallows. The sergeant of the Yun Army was running towards this side from a distance. Everyone was very excited. Zheng Captou immediately pointed at Yang Peng and said viciously: "Boy, your death has come!"
More than a hundred sergeants came closer. When the officers saw the scene in front of them, they immediately surrounded both sides. Captain Zheng immediately stepped forward and complained to the officer: "General, these people are openly causing trouble, but they dare to resist the government's law enforcement. They have killed and injured dozens of government officials. General, please punish them on the spot immediately!" Yang Peng He remained silent and waited to see what the officer would do. The officer frowned, "I know how to deal with it, so you don't need to say anything here!" Mr. Zheng obeyed.
The officer looked at Yang Peng and asked, "Who are you? Do you have anything to say about what this arrester said?" This officer was just a low-level officer, and he had been awarded the Chinese Medal by a civilian through a martial arts competition not long ago. The position of captain was then added here, so although he had heard about King Yan's orders for a long time, he did not know King Yan at all. If it were the veteran soldiers of the Yanyun Army, they would not have asked this question.
Yang Peng said: "I am just an ordinary citizen. As for what this catcher said, some are true and some are not true." "Oh? Which ones are true? Which ones are not true?" Zheng catcher quickly said: "General, why should we agree with him? These rioters are talking too much!" The officer glared at Capt. Zheng, "Do I need your advice on what to do?" Capt. Zheng didn't even dare to say anything. He was very resentful in his heart, but he dared not speak out in anger.
Yang Peng was very satisfied with the officer's performance and told the story of the incident. The officer looked at Capt. Zheng with a very angry look. Capt. Zheng and the others cowered, obviously feeling very guilty. The officer snorted and then said to Yang Peng: "You have killed so many government officials. Although there is a reason, it is not a trivial matter. It must be decided by the local magistrate! Come with me now!" Zheng Captou and others secretly rejoiced and thought : As long as you get to the magistrate's lobby, you won't be able to catch a turtle in a jar!
Yang Peng pointed at Zheng Yamen and others, and said: "These servants are from the prefect's yamen, and these public servants are also from the prefect's yamen. We have a lawsuit with the people from the prefect's yamen, but we go to the prefect's yamen. I'm afraid there will be no justice." Is it okay?"
Captain Zheng said angrily: "Do you have a say here?" Yang Peng ignored him and just looked at the officer. The officer nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but if this matter cannot be handled by the prefect's Yamen, who should handle it? This kind of matter should be handled by the prefect's Yamen!" Yang Peng said, "I heard that General Duan Zhixian and General Cheng Shijie They are both here, and both of them hate evil as much as they hate each other. I believe that this matter will have a fair outcome, and no matter what the outcome is, the people in the city will definitely be convinced!"
When Capt. Zheng heard this, he was surprised and quickly said to the officer: "General, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this!" The officer frowned, "What's wrong? What he said makes perfect sense. This matter Since the prefect’s office is involved, in order to avoid suspicion, it is most appropriate for the two generals to handle it!”
"But, the duty of the two generals is to lead the army, not to deal with civil affairs. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? It is also inconsistent with the law and reason!"
The officer said: "There is no governor in Huaihe River now, and military control is still implemented. The general of one side naturally has the right to handle local civil affairs!" Then he frowned, "Zheng Capt., you are so obstructive, do you have something in your heart?" Zheng Capt. His head and heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said: "The general is serious, I am just talking about the matter!" "That's good!" Then he raised his voice and said: "Take everyone to the camp!" More than a hundred soldiers agreed in unison. , escorted everyone from the yamen, a few servants, Yang Peng and others, as well as the owner and wife of the tavern, to the camp. The people gathered around one after another, talking among themselves in private, some shaking their heads and sighing, and some looking forward to it.
In the camp, Cheng Shijie had already gone to the military camp outside the city, while Duan Zhixian had just dressed up and was about to go to the military camp outside the city. At this moment, an officer rushed in and reported: "General, the city defense army sent a report saying that there is a case that needs to be handled by the general!"
Duan Zhixian raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Yesterday's family is not a local magistrate, why do you want me to handle the case!" "It is said that it is a dispute between a group of outsiders and the local prefect's yamen. The city defense army believes that the matter should not be handled by The local magistrate handled it, so he brought all the people involved here!"
Duan Zhixian laughed and said: "There is still such a thing, well, I will break it off for them yesterday!" Duan Zhixian thought it was just a small matter like a civil dispute, but he didn't take it to heart. He quickly left the room and sat down in the lobby in front. At this time, there were already more than a dozen captains standing on the left and right sides of the lobby wearing helmets, carrying armor, and holding long knives.
The city defense officer rushed in, clasped his fists and bowed: "General, since the party involved is related to the local prefect, for the sake of fairness, I specially brought personnel from both parties to the general!"
Duan Zhixian asked: "What exactly happened?" The officer said: "A group of foreign businessmen and the servants of the local prefecture's Yamen had a friction while drinking in a tavern and started fighting. Then the servants called the Yamen police officers, and the Yamen police officers tried to After arresting those people, a fierce conflict broke out between the two sides, and the Yamen police officer was hacked to death by the other side and dozens of people were injured!"
Duan Zhixian laughed loudly, "Happy! I didn't expect that there are such talented guys in Lihuai!" The officer quickly said: "It's not very clear what happened, so I brought all the relevant people here. Now, please let the general rule!" Duan Zhixian waved his hand, "Is there anything else to decide? Isn't the matter already clear? Those servants and government officials deserved to die! You go and pass on my order, and that's the end of the matter. Until then, the Yamen must not pester them any longer, otherwise the yesterday family will not be able to spare them!"
"General, you'd better ask them, lest there be any inside story!" Duan Zhixian thought for a while and said impatiently: "You really don't want the yesterday family to live in peace! Go and bring them in." The officer responded. With a cry, he ran down.
At this moment, a very rich middle-aged man wearing a magistrate's robe, with a pair of goldfish eyes and a catfish mouth walked in. When he saw Duan Zhixian, he quickly and respectfully saluted and said: "Your Majesty, please pay homage to the general!" The person who came was none other than Zhou Xian, the magistrate of Yangzhou. Duan Zhixian said: "You came just in time, this case is related to you!" Zhou Xiandao: "I heard about this on the way here. I thought that I really shouldn't give those unruly people any face. Otherwise, they will not know who they are and cause all kinds of bigger troubles!" Duan Zhixian said angrily: "We don't need you to teach us what we did yesterday!"
Zhou Xian was submissive. At this time, there were chaotic footsteps outside the door. When I looked up, I saw a large group of people following the officer in. Although the hall was large, it still seemed very crowded with so many people coming in at once. Zhou Xian's eyes were searching among the group of people, and he looked unkind. He wanted to see who was so bold that he dared to scratch his tiger's whiskers. He has made up his mind, even if things go wrong in this lobby, he will never let go of those who dare to offend him afterwards!
Zhou Xian's eyes fell on Yang Peng's face. He didn't know Yang Peng, but he naturally knew that it was the leader among them, and his expression became more gloomy. Duan Zhixian's eyes swept around the crowd, and he suddenly saw Yang Peng looking at him with a smile, and he couldn't help but be startled. Huo Ran stood up, turned around and shouted angrily at the officer: "You are so bold, you actually dare to arrest my eldest brother!" Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they understood that Duan Zhixian's eldest brother was not Is it King Yan? The officer was shocked, and Zhou Xian was also stunned for a moment. As for the police servants and the tavern couple, they all showed expressions of disbelief.
Yang Peng stepped forward, glanced at the officer, and said to Duan Zhixian with a smile: "Don't blame him, he did a good job, I am very satisfied!" The officer finally reacted and hurriedly knelt down on one knee: "Little man, I don’t know, I don’t know. I don’t know that His Highness, King Yan, actually..."
Yang Peng stepped forward to help him up, patted his shoulder, and encouraged him: "You did a good job, keep up the good work!" The officer was so excited that he quickly clasped his fists and said, "Yes!" "What's your name?" The villain He Bin." "He Bin, what a good name, I will remember you!" Then he said to Duan Zhixian: "This He Bin has outstanding character and talent. It would be a pity to be a squadron leader. Promote him to be a commander. !" Duan Zhixian smiled and said: "Now that brother has spoken, what else do I have to say!" He Bin knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you, His Highness King Yan!" A squadron leader is probably equivalent to the current company commander, and a commander is generally a commander-in-chief. Two to three thousand troops were equivalent to the current regimental commander. In other words, He Bin was promoted from company commander to regimental commander in the blink of an eye, and his promotion speed was almost faster than riding a rocket.
"I'm the official, I'm the official to pay homage to His Highness King Yan!" Zhou Xian knelt down and bowed, looking very nervous. Yang Peng glanced at Zhou Xian and said with a smile: "It's the magistrate!" Zhou Xian couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart, and said quickly: "Xiaguan's family actually dared to offend King Yan. I have violated the rules of discipline, so I asked King Yan to surrender." Sin!" At this time, the government servants and servants also reacted and knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy. The couple in the tavern couldn't help but kneel down.
Yang Peng murmured: "It's unruly, you are really unruly!" When he reached the top, Zhixian had already given up his position. Yang Peng sat down and saw that the government servants were begging and kowtowing. They said angrily: "Please be quiet!" Everyone immediately closed their mouths and looked at Yang Peng tremblingly.
Yang Peng looked at Zhou Xian who was still kneeling on the ground, "Master Zhou..." Zhou Xian quickly promised: "I'm here!" He was in a state of confusion, not knowing how King Yan was going to punish him, even though he was his servant. He had a conflict with the Yamen and King Yan, but as the prefect, he definitely couldn't escape the relationship!
"What do you think should be done about this matter?" Zhou Xian's thoughts were racing and he thought to himself: If you don't abandon your car to protect your commander now, when will you wait? At this point, I can only let you die! Huh, who are you so ignorant that you actually offended King Yan and implicated me in it? You really deserved to die!
As soon as he thought about this, he said heartbrokenly: "I'm so ashamed! I didn't expect that the servants at home and government officials would act so lawlessly and recklessly! Since I've committed such a heinous crime, I can't escape the blame. What's more, Stop talking about them! Please ask His Highness the King of Yan to clarify the canonical punishment and kill everyone!" All the government servants were frightened and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy. With snot and tears, they counted their sins and only asked for the King of Yan's mercy. Forgive me, some people even broke their foreheads!
Yang Peng glanced at Zhou Xian and said to those people: "It's useless for you to beg me. Since Master Zhou has settled this matter, you should go and beg Master Zhou!" Everyone hurriedly turned to Zhou Xian to beg, looking at the man eagerly. Lord Magistrate, you really think that we are your dogs, so you will not stop saving us, right?
Zhou Xian didn't even look at them, and said solemnly: "The law is ruthless. Even if the prince breaks the law, he should be guilty as the common people, let alone you! You can only blame yourselves. Who told you to break the law!" Everyone looked at them with faces. As soon as he saw it, Zheng Captou saw that today was doomed, so he had no scruples and cursed angrily: "Young man named Zhou, how can you pretend to be so selfless? I Don’t you know, it’s true that we should be executed for offending King Yan today, but what you surnamed Zhou did should be punished by death a hundred times a thousand times!” The servants of the government also agreed, and they all risked their lives. .
Zhou Xian was shocked and angry, staring and threatening: "You died in violation of the law, why are you so resentful! You can go in peace, family, I will take care of you!" Everyone trembled and fell silent. They heard the threats in Zhou Xian's words very clearly. Regardless of what he said sounded nice, about taking care of your family, the actual meaning behind it was that if you continue to talk nonsense and be dishonest, your family will suffer!
Yang Peng naturally heard it, but did not point it out. Zhou Xian was very proud when he saw that Chief Zheng had made them all succumb. He turned around and clasped his fists towards Yang Peng and said, "King Yan, please punish these people through the canon!" Everyone was shocked and looked at Chen Xiao eagerly.
Yang Peng glanced at them and said calmly: "This matter is not as serious as Lord Zhou said." Zhou Xian was stunned and said anxiously: "If you dare to offend King Yan, isn't it a mortal sin?" In ancient times, , it is a heinous crime to offend the king by collision, so Zhou Xian said this.
Yang Peng said: "I, Yanyun, do not have such a law! Besides, as the saying goes, those who do not know are not guilty. Although they have offended me, they do not know my identity, so they do not offend the King of Yan!" Everyone heard this. , I was so moved that I suddenly felt that His Highness King Yan was really the wisest master in the world! Seeing what Yang Peng said, Zhou Xian didn't know what to do for a moment.
Yang Peng glanced at everyone, "Although the death penalty can be avoided, the living penalty cannot be escaped. You servants are openly fighting and causing trouble. I believe you know what punishment you should be punished." The servants of the Zhou family kowtowed quickly and said: "You know, I know. This villain is willing to accept the punishment!" Yang Peng looked at the government servants again, "As government officials, you are supposed to investigate the merits and do nothing wrong, but you are willing to become slaves for a few servants and openly persecute the people. Today I will Are you convinced that your public offices will be revoked and you will be sent to a bitter and cold place to serve your sentence?" All the government officials originally thought that they were going to die, but they did not expect that they had escaped through twists and turns. They were so grateful that they had no complaints. They all kowtowed: " The villain deserves it!"
Yang Peng looked at Zhou Xian and asked with a smile: "Master Zhou, do you think it is appropriate to handle it this way?" Zhou Xian was thinking about things when he suddenly heard Yang Peng asking, and quickly bowed and said: "This is really the best way for King Yan to handle it." It’s not appropriate anymore! King Yan is wise!”
Yang Peng then said to He Bin: "Commander He, take them down to record their confessions, and then send them to Shanxi." He Bin agreed, waved to his soldiers, and escorted all the government servants and servants down.
Yang Peng looked at the boss and his wife who were still kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "What are you kneeling for? Get up!" The couple quickly thanked them and stood up, standing there at a loss. Yang Peng asked Wang Kai to give them a piece of silver, and then said with a smile: "If I have time, I will go to your tavern to drink." The couple only felt flattered, and the proprietress quickly said: "If His Highness King Yan comes, he is just a common citizen. What a blessing! Grass people, grass people..." She was so excited that she didn't know what to say. Yang Peng chuckled, "You go back." The couple bowed respectfully to Yang Peng, and then left.
Yang Peng looked at Zhou Xian, "Master Zhou..." Zhou Xian responded quickly: "The official is here." Yang Peng said, "I heard some rumors outside today that are not very good for Master Zhou!" Zhou Xian's heart skipped a beat. After a moment, he quickly said: "Although my ability is limited, I think I am still clean. I'm afraid that King Yan has heard some rumors, right?" Yang Peng smiled and said: "Maybe," and suddenly asked: "Zhou Luqiang robbed the women of the people. Do you know?"
Zhou Xian was unprepared when Yang Peng suddenly asked him this question. He was startled and said: "Well, that's just a child's nonsense..." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he secretly screamed. Wouldn't he be asking for trouble by saying this? He immediately looked very embarrassed. Yang Peng said calmly: "It seems that this is really happening!" Zhou Xian quickly knelt down and said: "It's because of the lax discipline of the lower officials. Please forgive me, King Yan!" After hearing Yang Peng's words, Duan Zhixian had already been filled with anger. He shouted: "You bastard, how dare you do such a stupid thing! ****, are you tired of living?" Zhou Xian was so frightened that he was trembling and panicked.
Duan Zhixian was still angry and wanted to go down and beat him up. Yang Peng stopped him in time: "Zhixian!" Duan Zhixian breathed heavily into his nose and glared at Zhou Xian fiercely. Yang Peng said to Zhou Xian: "I think Zhou Lu must have been spoiled." When Zhou Xian heard this, he quickly said: "Yes, yes, yes, it was the lower official who spoiled the child. Please forgive me, King Yan!" "Yang Peng asked: "The girl was not defiled by Zhou Lu, right?" Zhou Xian said quickly: "Don't worry, King Yan, the subordinate did not let him mess around, the girl is still perfect!" Chen Xiao nodded, " That's good. I don't want to make this matter a big deal, so please handle it for me as soon as possible. Put the girl back, and then comfort the family with good words and compensate the family!" "Yes, I will take care of it immediately!" Yang Peng Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Go." Zhou Xian bowed to Yang Peng and left in a hurry.
After Zhou Xian left, Duan Zhixian, who had long been unable to bear it, asked angrily: "Brother, why do you have to be open to those bastards? That bastard's son actually dared to rob a civilian girl, so he just cut his son off." The dog head! And that bastard, I think he is not a good bird, he should be killed too! It is really depressing to let nothing happen!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "If the matter is made so big, the two of them will Can the Huai River still be stable?" Duan Zhixian said angrily: "With these frustrated birds here, can the two Huai River areas be stable?"
Yang Peng stood up and patted Duan Zhixian on the shoulder, "Just believe me, brother!" Duan Zhixian stared at Yang Peng with his eyes bulging, and sighed helplessly for a long time, "I really don't know what is in this gourd, brother. Medicine! I just don’t care! But I’m going to say something ugly first, and I won’t be able to spare those idiots if they do these idiotic things again! When the time comes, brother, don’t blame Shaxia for being reckless!”
Yang Peng laughed, "No wonder, no wonder! I think that Zhou Xian shouldn't be so stupid!" Yang Peng curled his lips, cupped his fists and said, "Brother, you'd better send a Xuanwei envoy over quickly, I can I don’t want to care about these trivial matters anymore, it’s so annoying to my grandma!” Yang Peng said: “I have already thought about the candidate for Xuanwei’s envoy, and he can take office today!” Duan Zhixian was very surprised, and Du Nan and Bai Tong were also very surprised. They have been When you were with Yang Peng, you didn't find any special person appearing?
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
