Everyone looked back.
Not far away, smoke and dust billowed, and hundreds of soldiers wearing armor and swords surged forward.
The man leading the team wore silver armor, carried a spear, and rode majestically on a horse.
"I am Liu Tai'an, the general who protects the mansion. You untouchables dare to attack the prefect, are you seeking death?"
Liu Tai'an sat on the horse, looking down at the people in front of him, his ferocious face coupled with his murderous shouts, everyone present was stunned for a moment.
"Hmph!" Liu Tai'an snorted coldly, and separated everyone with a spear.
Seeing that the people were frightened, Pu An immediately wiped the cold sweat off his head and sat up straight.
"General Liu, quickly escort me back to the government office."
Liu Tai'an smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, Governor. I'll catch the thief first."
After speaking, he turned his horse's head and looked down at Wei Zhuang in the crowd with cold eyes.
"Are you the murderer who killed the governor's family?"
Wei Zhuang said calmly: "You don't want to be a murderer. At most, you can do harm to the people."
"Oh, what a sharp-tongued thief, I will cut off your tongue right now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the spear came out and headed straight towards the door in front of Wei Zhuang.
Wei Zhuang's eyes turned cold and he made a gesture to attack.
Just as the tip of the gun was about to arrive, a steel knife suddenly flew from the sky.
The knife rotated and slashed diagonally, hitting Liu Tai'an's gun head.
"Who!" Liu Tai'an shouted angrily.
Suddenly, a black figure flew down from the small building on the roadside and landed right in front of Wei Zhuang.
Liu Tai'an stared at her warily, "Who dares to stop me?"
The man in black ignored him, but turned around and said coldly to Wei Zhuang, "I'm here to return your things."
Wei Zhuang was stunned for a moment when he heard this voice.
The man in black frowned, thrust a dagger into Wei Zhuang's hand, then turned around and disappeared into the crowd.
"This little lady is really weird..." Wei Zhuang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Liu Tai'an's eyes widened angrily: "Hey, hand over the weapon in your hand!"
Wei Zhuang looked at her with a strange expression, "Do you really want my weapon?"
"Nonsense, am I still joking with you?"
"Okay, here you go." Wei Zhuang shrugged and threw the sword out.
Liu Tai'an was shocked the moment he received the sword. As a military general, he knew just by the workmanship of the scabbard that it was a priceless treasure!
A look of greed flashed in his eyes, it seemed that today's trip was not in vain.
Slowly pulling out the sword, a bright silver light suddenly appeared. Liu Tai'an brought the sword to his eyes and looked at it.
This sword is extremely sharp and has patterns engraved on it, the most conspicuous of which is a dragon on the sword's spine.
Um? There are also words on the hilt of this sword.
Liu Taian frowned, concentrated, and then read out one word: "Wei."
Wei?
Suddenly, Liu Tai'an seemed to have thought of something, his expression froze, his eyes slowly widened, and his breathing suddenly became rapid.
"General Liu, why don't you take action?" Pu An stuck his head out of the car window and urged dissatisfiedly.
Liu Tai'an opened his mouth and asked tremblingly for a long time, "When you went to the imperial capital, did you ever see the Holy One?"
Pu An looked at him doubtfully, shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Tai'an fell straight from his horse and knelt down in front of everyone's shocked eyes.
"General Liu, do you recognize this sword?" Wei Zhuang's cold voice sounded.
For a moment, Liu Tai'an broke out in cold sweat, and his voice trembled to the point of choking.
"Your Majesty, I, I know that I am guilty..."
Wow!
Everyone on the street was startled and hurriedly backed away, looking at Wei Zhuang with frightened eyes.
Pu An stayed in place, his legs moving in circles.
He suddenly remembered that a certain official in the court once mentioned to him that the emperor seemed to be no longer in the palace...
With a plop, Pu An fell to the ground, and then with difficulty, he turned over and knelt down with two trembling arms.
"Your Majesty, the Governor of Jing'an is here to see the Emperor!"
It would be excusable if Liu Tai'an admitted his mistake alone. After all, he had never seen the true appearance of the new emperor.
But now that even the prefect of Jing'an Mansion has knelt down to see him, this is a big deal.
For a time, the people around him knelt down to pay homage to Wei Zhuang.
Wei Zhuang asked everyone to stand up, leaving only Liu Tai'an and Pu'an kneeling on the ground tremblingly.
"Liu Tai'an, what kind of general are you?"
"Back to the Emperor, the last general is... General Protecting the Mansion."
"General Protecting the Mansion." Wei Zhuang pointed to the soldiers behind him, "Leading heavy troops to attack the people, is this how you protect the Mansion?"
Liu Tai'an was frightened and kept kowtowing: "General, I heard that there was a civil uprising in the city, so I sent troops. General, I was deceived. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Civil uprising?" Wei Zhuang looked at him coldly, "If there is peace in the city and the people live and work in peace and contentment, how can there be a uprising?!"
"Come here, capture Liu Tai'an and send him to the imperial capital immediately for questioning!"
The soldiers who were following Liu Tai'an immediately rushed to seize him and took him away.
Wei Zhuang turned around again and looked down at Pu An, who was shaking into a ball.
"Pu'an, you are such a fine governor of Jing'an. I have made you a native emperor."
"Uh." Pu'an's voice was filled with tears, "I don't dare!"
At this moment, his mind suddenly remembered Wei Zhuang's previous words: You will pay the price for your current behavior!
"You know everything Li Wei did, right?"
"This...I don't know..." Pu An was surprised and suddenly felt a cold feeling on his neck, and then a stream of warm liquid flowed onto his face.
This frightened Pu An so much that he quickly admitted with tears: "I just heard about it, but there is no evidence."
"You're talking nonsense!" Suddenly, a woman rushed out from the roadside.
The woman's face was filled with grief and she cried loudly: "My daughter was kidnapped by Li Wei on the street. Everyone saw it. How can you say there is no evidence! My daughter's body is still missing!"
An old man in his 70s or 80s came out with a cane, fell to the ground and said in grief: "That day, Li Wei kidnapped my daughter-in-law in front of the government officials, raped her in a restaurant, and then pushed her away. He fell to death. My son just went to ask for an explanation, but he was beaten to death by people from your government office."
"In my family of five, I am the only one left alive in this world!"
After the old man finished speaking, five or six more people rushed out, telling their stories with grief on their faces.
Pu'an's face turned pale as he listened to these angry words. He knocked his head on the ground and could no longer lift it up.
Wei Zhuang took a deep breath and clenched his fists.
"Puan, is this what you said without evidence?"
"So many people were harmed by the Li family. As a local governor, do you really have no conscience at all?"
After saying that, Wei Zhuang turned around, faced the victims, and bent down.
All the people looked at this scene in shock, even those who were crying were stunned.
I only heard Wei Zhuang say something with a heavy face.
"Dear citizens of Jing'an Mansion, I can't help you anymore."
