For many years, no one in Lingdong County knew the power and status of the Song family. Even their county magistrate had to lower his head, let alone the government officials.
Privately, the people in the city call them the Song family's dog. This is an unpleasant thing to say, but it is the truth. Sometimes, even a small guard of the Song family can ride on their heads, which is really frustrating.
But now, today, what the magistrate has done has made them raise their heads.
A large number of government officials, divided into two groups, swarmed in, and the people around them followed.
The government officials were not polite at all. They slapped the servants and guards of the Song family who came to stop them to the ground and sealed them with big stickers.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Qi did something that shocked the people in the city.
The sealed grain shops were directly sold at a low price, which was ten times lower than the original price.
The people in the city were indeed afraid of the Song family's strength, but they couldn't afford to sell real food.
Faced with starvation and fear, the people chose the former, and all the food on sale was sold out in an instant.
The money sold at low prices did not go into Zhou Qi's pocket, but sent his subordinates to deliver it to the Song family's residence.
He also sent a message, "Thank you very much, Master Song, for your generous reply. On behalf of the people of Lingdong, I would like to thank you very much."
With these words, Song Qing was so angry that he smashed the tea cup.
Next to him, Song Wen was equally angry, and a fierce light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"Father, this guy surnamed Zhou obviously wants to fight us to the end. This is already a naked provocation. Why don't we just stop doing it and just give it to..."
Song Wen didn't finish his words, but made a motion of wiping his neck with his palm.
Song Qing looked gloomy, did not speak, remained silent, and suddenly said, "Is there any news from your sister?"
"Sister said that everything is decided by my father. She has her support behind me, and Brother Wei is already on his way here."
Song Qing nodded, feeling calm, and then whispered, "This person named Zhou is so ignorant of praise, then send him on his way. Remember, be careful when doing things, don't miss the mark."
"Father, don't worry. The soldiers we have used this time are dead soldiers who have been trained for many years. As long as they take action, tonight will be the day of Zhou's death!"
Song Wen looked confident, and the next moment he arranged for manpower.
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After experiencing the hustle and bustle during the day, the people who returned to their homes at night showed their fatigue, and soon fell into sleep. Gradually, snoring could be heard on the streets.
At this time, under the shroud of a bright moon, some dark shadows, like a gust of wind, flew directly over the wall against the corner.
Judging from the direction they were going, it was the Lingdong County Government Office.
At the gate of the county government office, the two government officials were a little sleepy, holding on to the water and fire sticks in their hands, teetering on the edge.
After a while, a gust of wind blew, and the two sleepy government officials were wiped off their necks quietly.
A black shadow passed by, dragging the dead government servant to the shadow.
After a while, two figures in government uniforms walked out of the darkness.
They walked straight towards the Yamen. The lobby of the Yamen was completely dark. Except for a few candles flickering on both sides, nothing else could be seen clearly.
It seemed that most of the people in the yamen were asleep.
The two "yamen servants" did not stop and walked towards the lobby. Judging from their destination, they should be a wing on the right side of the lobby.
Just when the two of them were less than ten meters away from the wing, someone from behind suddenly stopped them.
"Who is there!"
The two "yamen officers" turned around, and it was the officer in charge of patrol who stopped them.
Watching the "yamen" turn back, the patrolling yamen stepped forward, swaying the lantern in his hand, and spoke as he walked.
"It turns out to be Lao Zhang. I thought it was some thief who broke in. You are not on duty at the door. What are you doing here?"
"Wait a minute, you are not Lao Zhang, come on..."
As they approached, the patrolling yamen officer suddenly noticed something was wrong and immediately changed his expression. Just as he was about to call someone to shout, his throat was slit by the "yamen officer".
The next moment, the "yamen servant" immediately turned around and rushed directly to the rear wing.
The room was pitch dark, and soon several sounds of metal collisions were heard, and then, a black shadow flew directly out of the room.
His body rolled on the ground a few times before stopping. A closer look revealed that this man was the "yamen servant" who went to assassinate him, but now he was covered in blood and looked seriously injured.
When another "yamen servant" saw this scene, he secretly said, "No, I fell into a trap."
The next moment, he took two steps with three legs and headed straight for the courtyard wall.
But as soon as he made a move, some twenty or thirty people appeared on the surrounding courtyard walls holding bows and arrows.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Without anyone's orders, countless arrows shot straight away. Seeing this, the "yamen servant" turned his body and moved in mid-air.
At first glance, this "yamen servant" was no ordinary person. After dodging several times, he managed to avoid the incoming arrows.
With a wave of his big hand, a dozen flying knives immediately flew out from under his sleeves.
The flying knife flashed past and hit several archers at once. The archers fell to the ground, leaving an opening.
The "yamen servant" was overjoyed, stepped heavily on the ground, got up, and flew away.
Just when he was about to break through the siege and cross the courtyard wall, in front of him, a figure rushed towards him.
"Yamen" stretched out his fists and fought against the approaching figure.
Click!
There was a sound like bones breaking, and then, the body of the "yamen servant" fell heavily from the air and hit the ground hard.
In front of him, a strong young man stepped hard on his chest with his feet and said coldly.
"Tell me, who are you? You dare to assassinate the county magistrate. You are so brave."
The "yamen servant" who was trampled under his feet twisted his body and wanted to struggle, but he fell down again with the strong young man's kick.
The "yamen servant"'s chest shattered with a sound, and his face showed a look of pain, but even so, the "yamen servant" still didn't say a word.
Finally, under the surprised gaze of the sturdy young man, a sneer appeared on the indifferent face of the "yamen servant", and he bit his teeth fiercely, and a stream of black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He tilted his head and died immediately.
The sturdy young man looked at this scene and frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the assassin would be so stubborn and refused to speak out, and finally committed suicide by biting the poison.
At the same time, fierce fighting also broke out in several rooms and small courtyards behind the lobby.
After about ten minutes, the fighting stopped, and after a while, a simple young man rushed over.
Looking at the dead "yamen servant", he whispered, "Tieniu, you didn't ask anything here, right?"
Tieniu nodded, "It seems that these people are not ordinary people. It is really possible. As the gentleman said, they are most likely a group of dead soldiers."
"Shui Sheng, how are the casualties on your side? How are you, Mr. Zhou?"
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, sir and Mr. Zhou will be fine. As for the casualties, the third team is fine, but the fourth team has six or seven killed."
Tieniu's face was solemn. The two dead soldiers attacking Lingdong County Government tonight were not the only ones in front of him. These two people were just bait. The real large force was the dead soldiers who sneaked into the backyard.
There were about forty people, about the same number as their third and fourth teams, but they had an innate advantage.
Under such circumstances, more than a dozen people died in the annihilation of all these dead soldiers.
If they were unprepared and had a head-on confrontation, the third and fourth teams might suffer the same casualties as them.
This gave Tieniu a big thought, "It seems that our training is still too little. How can we protect our husband in the future? It seems that the subsequent training plan needs to be modified."
Shuisheng nodded, agreeing with Tie Niu's idea, but his mentality was not like Tie Niu's. It changed quickly. Shui Sheng stepped forward, patted Tie Niu's shoulder and said.
"Okay, let's forget about this matter. Let's report it to sir as soon as possible."
At this time, in a secret courtyard inside the county government office.
Zhou Qi and Su Qi'an listened to Tieniu and Shui Sheng's reports, and their faces were also a little shocked.
Su Qi'an was okay, but Zhou Qi, although he tried his best to stay calm, was still frightened.
When he completely broke with the Song family and wanted to take back the power that belonged to him in Lingdong, Zhou Qi thought that this day would come.
But he didn't expect that the Song family's assassination would come so quickly, and that they would use dead soldiers.
But on second thought, Zhou Qi felt a little lucky that Su Qi'an was beside him.
Only then did he truly know how terrifying the Song family's strength was.
To cultivate dead soldiers, any family with some strength will more or less have them.
But a wealthy family like the Song family, which exists at the county level, actually has fifty dead soldiers.
This is really terrifying. Generally speaking, a family at the county level will not have more than ten dead soldiers at most.
Like the Song family, they dispatched fifty soldiers at once, and it is not known whether all of them died, almost reaching the level of a county.
Fortunately, this was exposed today. If he tolerated the development of the Song family, Zhou Qi couldn't even imagine where the Song family would be in the future.
Zhou Qi's nervousness could not escape Su Qi'an's eyes. Su Qi'an patted Zhou Qi's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Haha, Mr. Zhou, the Song family is so tyrannical. If the Wei family is added to this, I don't know if Mr. Zhou can withstand it."
These words made Zhou Qi tremble, but he quickly calmed down and shook his head.
"Uncle, things have come to this point. It is impossible to retreat. I still say what I said. Since we have fought, let's fight happily."
"Even if the Wei family takes action and wants me dead, I will have to bite them a few times."
"Haha, Mr. Zhou's words are good and somewhat bloody. Just say this to Mr. Zhou. Your life will not be lost. Let us see what the sky in Lingdong County will become. Sample."
In the Lingdong County Government Office, a bloody night passed, but inside the County Government Office, it seemed as if nothing happened and everything was the same as before.
However, when the light in the sky completely rose, the closed door of the county government opened.
All of a sudden, at least more than a hundred government officials filed out. Each of them had a murderous look on their bodies. They divided into several groups and scattered in all directions.
