Wan Qiuqing used his sword to kill people after a disagreement, leaving corpses everywhere and blood flowing like rivers.
Qiu Zhan led thousands of troops and horses, full of murderous intent, pressing forward step by step.
Although Gai Huayang was afraid, he refused to give in, because he could see that both Wan Qiuqing and Qiu Zhan, who seemed to be extremely vicious, were actually still within the rules, fearing and awe of the emperor's arrows, and did not dare to use them. how is he.
Therefore, with the emperor's arrow in hand, he has nothing to fear. Let's see how Wan Qiuqing and Qiu Zhan show off their cruelty. As long as he is not frightened by them, he feels that he is in an invincible position.
However, a person suddenly appeared, ignoring the threat of the Emperor's Order Arrow, and wanted to snatch the Emperor's Order Arrow from his hand. Gai Huayang immediately panicked when he heard this, because this was what he was really afraid of.
Stepping outside the box, ignoring the rules, and regardless of the consequences, the Emperor's Order Arrow has no meaning in the eyes of this kind of person, and has no deterrent effect. This kind of person can only be solved with force. Judging from the way he appears, the force he possesses may solve the problem. Not this person.
"What sect are you?"
"Don't you know that the Emperor ordered Jian Rusu to come in person?"
"If Emperor Su is angered and sends out the imperial cavalry, even the strongest sect in the southern region will be razed to the ground."
Gai Huayang looked at the visitor and threatened him with words. He was afraid that this fool didn't know the power of the emperor's arrows.
After a quick look, Gai Huayang was horrified because he found that he couldn't see the person's face clearly. At first glance, his face seemed clear, but upon closer inspection, it was hazy, as if separated by a layer of fog. See a vague outline.
Gai Huayang couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. He felt that this person was hiding his face and did not want to reveal his identity. He must be afraid of being recognized for doing bad things. In other words, this person was here to snatch the emperor's arrow.
He tried to guess the person's identity through his clothing, but failed.
After some inspection, he got extremely limited information. He only knew that this person was a burly old guy with white hair and beard. He was dressed like a farmer in coarse linen clothes. He was obviously disguised in advance.
The old man's appearance brought extreme uneasiness and panic to Gai Huayang, but it gave Wan Qiuqing reassurance.
As soon as she heard the old man's voice, she pulled off the blindfold, and then looked at the old man's figure. Her eyes were so excited that she almost cried, but then she smiled and her whole body relaxed.
Apart from her master Zhang Tufu, who else could be the old man who could make her feel so at ease right now?
The person who came was none other than Butcher Zhang.
Hearing Butcher Zhang's voice and his domineering words, Zhang Xiaozu and others felt as if they had taken a reassurance, and their spirits were lifted. They took off their blindfolds one after another and looked at Butcher Zhang's figure with happy faces.
"Even if Su Hanlin comes in person and stands here, I will not be afraid of him, let alone just an arrow to break the order." Butcher Zhang's words were extremely contemptuous, and then he reached out to Gai Huayang and begged, "Are you still dead? Don't die. Just give me the command arrow."
"I——" Gai Huayang was furious.
An ant is still living an ignoble life, not to mention that he has a prosperous official career, a bright future and a beautiful life in Huayang. How can he really want to die?
He was just showing off with the Emperor's Order Arrow to scare people.
Therefore, Butcher Zhang's questioning put him in an awkward position, with his mouth open and unable to respond.
Finally, his face turned red and he held back his neck to change the subject, and shouted: "You are brave! How dare you call the Emperor by his first name, offend the Emperor's majesty, and you shall be punished!"
"Why are you shouting for a hammer to show off your loud voice?" Butcher Zhang said with an impatient expression. He stretched out his hand and pulled it left and right. The twelve guards in front of him flew out before they understood what happened.
"Bring it to you." Butcher Zhang took a step forward and snatched the Emperor's Order Arrow from Gai Huayang's hand.
"Ah - ah -" Gai Huayang shouted in panic as if he had lost his soul. He looked at his empty hands, and then at the Emperor's Order Arrow in Butcher Zhang's hand. He didn't want to believe that this was true.
"you you--"
"I deserve to be punished, right?" Butcher Zhang interrupted Gai Huayang, who had been mumbling for a long time to explain why, and said the next words for him.
Gai Huayang nodded vigorously.
"The crime deserves to be punished. I have already written it down. You don't need to remind me anymore." Butcher Zhang said.
"——" Gai Huayang was speechless for a moment.
Butcher Zhang threw the Emperor's Order Arrow into the void, looked at Gai Huayang and asked, "Who are you? Why did you come to Yancheng with the Emperor's Order Arrow?"
"——" Gai Huayang was stunned, and then he realized that the old guy in front of him didn't even understand the relationship, so he snatched his Emperor's Order Arrow, which was unreasonable.
"I am Gai Huayang, a third-rank minister in the imperial court. Fortunately, my emperor has trusted me and I have been assigned the post of patrol envoy for disaster relief in the southern border. I carry out the emperor's arrows to carry out inspections on behalf of the sky, and release grain to provide relief to the people in the southern border." Mentioning his identity, Gai Huayang He straightened his back vigorously.
"I understand." Butcher Zhang stroked his beard and nodded, saying: "You must have embezzled the money for disaster relief and wanted to drag the Lord of Yancheng into the same trap with you. How could you know that the Lord of Yancheng refused to obey even if he vowed to die, so you made the decision for the Lord of Yancheng in a fit of anger? He has been accused of many groundless crimes and wants to get rid of the stumbling block of Yancheng City Lord, right?"
"That's nonsense!" Gai Huayang didn't want to deny it.
But in fact, Butcher Zhang was right.
He did embezzle a large amount of disaster relief money and materials, and he did intend to drag Qi Wuwei into the water and join in the conspiracy, but he was greedy enough and did not want to share a piece of the pie with Qi Wuwei.
Then Fu Yucheng intensified the conflict.
But the most important thing is that he saw an opportunity to get rid of Qi Wuwei openly.
Ignoring the disaster in the south, ignoring the lives of the people, and using life-saving water to build houses, no matter what Qi Wuwei's reasons are, as long as he sticks to this point and does a little more work, he can easily kill Qi Wuwei.
In addition, Yancheng is an important place in the empire. If they can take this opportunity to arrange the lord of Yancheng to be one of theirs, their voice in the court will have more weight, and their status will naturally increase.
Driven by three interests, he became murderous towards Qi Wuwei.
However, the plan went completely different from what he expected. Not only did it not go smoothly at all, but it was about to fail.
Gai Huayang suddenly hated Fu Yucheng and felt that without Fu Yucheng's instigation, his plan would not have been so rough and urgent, leading to the current difficult-to-end situation.
Butcher Zhang ignored Gai Huayang's denial and said to himself: "Su Hanlin's grandfather was the lord of Taihu City in the former dynasty. He was a good official who cared about the people and was deeply loved by the people.
That year, there was a drought in the south, and the disaster was more serious than now. Starvation was everywhere and people were in dire straits. The corrupt court sent a corrupt disaster relief inspector to the southern border for disaster relief.
The inspection envoy misappropriated most of the disaster relief money and mixed the grain with sand, trying to get Su Hanlin's grandfather to join the conspiracy, but he was scolded by Su Hanlin's grandfather.
As a result, the inspector got angry and charged Su Hanlin's grandfather with beheading, and beheaded dozens of members of Su Hanlin's family. Su Hanlin was very lucky and managed to survive with the help of noble people.
Later - Su Hanlin rebelled. "
Gai Huayang broke out in a cold sweat as he listened. At the end, his body felt like it was being washed with water, and his two calves were trembling uncontrollably.
The scorching sun was shining brightly, but Gai Huayang felt like a freezing winter, bone-chillingly cold.
Butcher Zhang looked at Gai Huayang and asked, "I wonder how this Inspector compares with the Inspector from the previous dynasty? Do you want to force another Su Hanlin out of the southern border?"
Gai Huayang was almost frightened by Butcher Zhang's words and collapsed on the ground, but he still managed to keep his composure and said, "Don't, stop talking nonsense and spitting blood!"
Just the cold sweat falling down on him and the trembling tone of his voice showed that he was feeling guilty.
"Whether there is any nonsense, you will know after checking it." Zhang Butcher sneered, withdrew his eyes from Gai Huayang, turned to look at the bottom of the stone steps in front of the door, and finally his eyes fell on Qiu Zhan. He stroked his beard and said, "If I didn't If I remember correctly, you should be the little follower behind Wei Ziyan, right?"
Qiu Zhan looked startled when he heard this, then his old face turned red, and he responded respectfully: "Senior, if nothing goes wrong, the little follower should be here. I wonder who I am, senior?"
Qiu Zhan noticed the presence of Butcher Zhang when he was on the Badwater Swamp Lake, but he only glanced at it briefly and didn't pay much attention to it.
When I saw Butcher Zhang today, I couldn't help but be frightened by Butcher Zhang's words and deeds. He even called Su Hanlin by name, snatched the emperor's arrows, and even openly talked about the causes and consequences of Su Hanlin's rebellion. He knew that this person must be someone who was truly unafraid of Su Hanlin.
In fact, he already had an answer to his guess about Butcher Zhang's identity, but the answer was so shocking that he couldn't believe it for a moment.
Zhang Butcher smiled at Qiu Zhan and manipulated the power of space to let Qiu Zhan's eyes penetrate the space and fall on his face.
"Ah!" Qiu Zhan's eyes fell on Butcher Zhang's face, and the shocking answer in his heart was instantly confirmed. After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly screamed.
"You take over here." Butcher Zhang interrupted Qiu Zhan's scream and said, "Check this kid carefully. If he is not greedy for money and food, let him go. If he is, report his crime." Go up."
"General, I obey!" Qiu Zhan bowed and obeyed.
With Zhang Butcher in charge, Qiu Zhan was very confident. Not to mention a disaster relief inspector, he would dare to investigate even the current Prime Minister.
Bang!
Gai Huayang collapsed on the ground, his eyes unfocused and his face ashen.
He thought that after this trip, he would reach the pinnacle of his life, but little did he know that it was a road of no return. His beautiful life came to an abrupt and unexpected halt.
He regretted it, but it was too late.
When the guards and soldiers saw Gai Huayang slumped on the ground, even the stupid ones could tell that their master had committed a crime, so they immediately stopped resisting and dropped their weapons to capture him.
Wan Qiuqing led people into the city lord's mansion to look for Qi Wuwei.
When they found Qi Wuwei in the conference hall who was shackled with iron shackles but not injured at all, they couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
However, when they learned about the conspiracy of Gai Huayang and Fu Yucheng from Qi Wuwei, and saw the thirty confessions that Qi Wuwei was forced to write, they couldn't help but feel chills running down their spines, and they were filled with fear.
They had to secretly rejoice that the Qi family was not an ordinary family, otherwise it would be unimaginable what a miserable end it would be.
"I originally wanted the three of you to follow Fu Yucheng in gold plating and add a few more strokes to your merit list. I didn't expect Fu Yucheng to be such a bastard. If the gold is not plated, it will cause trouble for you. I am sorry for you, General. I deeply apologize." Qiu Zhan explained to Zhang Xiaozhu and the others why he recommended them to Fu Yucheng and expressed his apology.
"The old general has spoken harshly."
"The old general has not forgotten to support the three boys despite his busy schedule. The three boys are not grateful enough for such kindness. How dare they blame the general without knowing what is good and what is wrong?"
"I blame Fu Yucheng for being too arrogant."
Zhang Xiaozu and the others quickly saluted Qiu Zhan and expressed their deep gratitude to Qiu Zhan for his kindness.
Zhang Xiaozu took out a jade bottle and a storage bag from Xumi mustard seeds, handed them to Qiu Zhan, and said: "Since we came out of the underground ancient city, the four of us brothers have been thinking about the old general's great kindness to protect us, but we have never found them. I have an opportunity to express my gratitude. I happened to see the old general today, so I offered him a small gift. I hope the old general will not despise it, let alone refuse it, otherwise my four brothers will be in panic."
The jade bottle contains ten drops of holy blood, and the bag contains ten jade objects blessed with soul-nurturing talismans.
"Haha, if that's the case, then I won't be polite." Qiu Zhan stroked his beard and laughed, accepting the jade bottle and the bag, thinking that they were just some pills and cultivation resources, and he was too embarrassed to do it in front of several juniors. He looked through it and threw it into his empty space.
It wasn't until he returned to the military camp after finishing his work that he suddenly remembered what Zhang Xiaozu had given him, so he curiously took it out to see what kind of cultivation resources they were.
He was full of expectations, because he knew that Zhou Jianlai and Niu Dawa had gained a lot in Baihuang Mountain, and thought that the jade bottle and the bag were what they had gained in Baihuang Mountain.
When he uncorked the jade bottle and saw the holy blood shining with the red sun in the jade bottle, he was suddenly startled. Only then did he realize that Zhang Xiaozu's "little gift" was so valuable.
The ten pieces of jade in the bag also shocked him.
…
"ready, go!"
At two o'clock in the afternoon, following Wan Qiuqing's order, a wall-building competition started in Tingyaxuan.
On one side is Zhang Butcher paired with Qi Wuwei, and on the other side is Zhang Xiaozu paired with Niu Dawa.
Qi Changkong opened the market to add to the fun.
As a result, everyone defeated Zhang Xiaopou and Niu Dawa in a unanimous decision. Qi Wuwei was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and borrowed 200 taels from Wan Qiuqing to defeat himself.
At five o'clock, the game ends.
There is no suspense that Qi Wuwei, who has never done such rough work, succeeded in holding back Butcher Zhang, but unfortunately lost.
When Qi Wuwei went to Qi Changkong with a stern face to ask for two hundred taels of gambling money, Butcher Zhang finally couldn't bear it anymore and kicked him away.
Qi Changkong clapped his hands and shouted, stepping on his stool, this is the fate of people with bad gambling skills.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Wan Qiuqing kicked him away.
…
Crash--
Zhang Tufu, Taoist Tianwu and Wan Qiuqing worked together to fill Taiyuan Lake with water from Badshui Swamp three times in half an hour.
As night falls, a full moon slowly rises in the eastern sky.
Today is July 15th.
Ghost Festival.
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