Pan Wei said patiently,
"On the order of my prince, please go to the palace of the Ministry of Justice to confront Mr. Nie!"
"Oh, I'm sorry about that. Our Lord Nie was stabbed by an assassin a few days ago. He can't get out of bed today. The injury is very serious and he can't go.
By the way, I heard, General, that the Ministry of Justice investigated and found out that he was an assassin sent by your prince, right?
Don't come here to make trouble. Go back and persuade King Anton to surrender. Don't cause trouble to the country or the court, and be a courageous person.
After all, our family is a guest in Prince Pingxi's mansion. You come here to make trouble. As guests, we have disturbed the host's family. It is very difficult to handle. Let's go quickly. "
Zhou An waved his hands impatiently.
Hearing this, Pan Wei immediately said,
"No, we won't leave. Nie Chen has wronged our prince so much. Our prince has given a death order. No matter what, we must take Nie Chen back!"
"Take it back? Oh? May I ask if you are from the Ministry of Punishment, or do you have the arrest approval from the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment? Do you have the power to enforce the law? Who gave you the power to arrest imperial officials in the capital?"
Of course, Zhou An doesn't know these words. Ouyang Ming taught him them all.
In this matter, although they have a wait-and-see attitude and do not take the initiative to attack, but if people come knocking on their door, they can't act too weak, otherwise won't they be laughed at?
Even King Anton beats the people of the Punishment Department when he knows that they are looking for trouble. Do you really think that they, Master Nie, are easy to bully?
"Hmph, Zhou An is such a sharp-tongued person. I can't help you. Please let Nie Chen come out quickly, otherwise..."
"Otherwise, what will happen to you?"
Zhou An grinned ferociously, pointed his thumb behind him, and said,
"Our elder is seriously injured. He can't move or walk out. It's really impossible. You guys go in and carry him out?"
Hearing this, Pan Wei looked at the open door and was a little moved. He knew that with King Anton's suspicious and petty character, he would definitely be punished if he couldn't bring Nie Chen back.
So, he immediately waved his hand and said,
"Go in and carry Nie Chen out!"
"As you command!"
The one hundred soldiers immediately ran towards the Pingxi Prince's Mansion.
However, just when they were about to pass Zhou An, Zhou An suddenly moved. He quickly swung Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, drew an arc, and cut off the four soldiers directly.
"Ah! Killed, killed!"
The people panicked and retreated, but those who didn't left were still watching the fun.
When the soldiers saw this, they were all shocked and immediately raised their weapons and pointed them at Zhou An.
Pan Wei's face changed drastically, he pointed at Zhou An and cursed,
"You Zhou An, you dare to commit murder in the streets of the capital, and Nie Chen can't protect you, I said so!"
Zhou An sneered and said,
"According to Dafeng law, if someone breaks into a house without the owner's consent, the owner has the right to kill the thief.
But King Pingxi did not allow you to enter.
These steps are all within the scope of Prince Pingxi's Mansion, and you all climbed up, so you all have to die! "
"But...but you just told us to go in and carry people out!"
Pan Wei was so angry that he was shaking all over.
"Did I say it? I didn't. And even if I did, I'm not King Pingxi. I can't represent him. So, if you still break into people's houses without permission, you will still die!"
After finishing speaking, Zhou An waved the Fangtian Painted Halberd and killed the group of people.
If he wanted to take action, the soldiers would naturally not be able to sit still and wait for death, so they immediately started fighting with Zhou An.
However, Zhou An's martial arts skills were too terrifying. Facing hundreds of people, he did not fall behind at all. Every time he swung the weapon in his hand, heads fell to the ground.
Anyone who has ever killed someone knows how difficult it is to kill someone.
The other party is a human being and cannot stand still for you to kill. Even if you kill a chicken, the chicken will still struggle.
It's so difficult to kill one-on-one, but what if one person fights against two people on the opposite side? The odds of winning may take a turn for the worse.
What about playing against three? It can be said to be extremely slim.
What's more, one person versus a hundred people?
Basically, there is no chance of winning. Anyone on the other side can kill you with one punch, but you can't kill anyone if you want to counterattack.
Even if you have weapons in your hands, others also have long weapons in their hands.
But that is only for ordinary people. For Zhou An, the people in front of him are not a hundred people, but a hundred grasshoppers, waiting for him to chop them apart at will.
Zhou An Fangtian painted a halberd and danced like a tiger, killing all the incoming criminals one by one. In just a few minutes, he killed more than half of the hundred people on the opposite side.
The soldiers had no fighting spirit, and Pan Wei was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly, shouting as he ran,
"Run! Run! Zhou An is crazy, Zhou An is killing people randomly!"
When he ran away, the soldiers also ran away and fled in all directions.
Zhou An sneered and used his unique skill, throwing!
He casually picked up a spear and threw it fiercely. The spear drew a parabola in mid-air, hit the running Pan Wei in the back, and nailed him to the ground.
The people watching had already leaned on both sides of the street, fearing that the fleeing soldiers would kill them.
"Hmph, running away is a cowardless person after all."
Zhou An sneered, turned around, and planned to walk back. Suddenly he saw a cavalry team and a carriage coming from a distance, so he stopped, picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd, and prepared to meet the enemy.
The cavalry stopped not far away, and a eunuch came down from above. After the eunuch saw the corpses and blood on the ground, he was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground. He was helped up and vomited.
Zhou An chuckled, he had never seen such a useless person.
After a while, the eunuch stopped vomiting and was helped by someone to walk around the corpses.
"Stop comers, come and tell us your name, what are you doing!"
Zhou An shouted coldly.
His blood-stained and ferocious appearance was like a murderous god crawling out of hell, which frightened those people into retreating.
The eunuch in red barely stood still and said,
"What...what's going on?"
"I just killed a group of thieves who broke into a house. Why do you want to break into a house too?"
Zhou An said coldly.
"Ah? Oh, no, no, I am the eunuch Bingbi in the palace. I am here to announce the decree to Lord Nie. Do you dare to ask if Lord Nie is at home?"
The visitor was none other than Eunuch Zeng, an old acquaintance.
"Why is there someone causing trouble for my lord? I'm so annoying, I'll kill you!"
As Zhou An spoke, he wanted to kill Eunuch Zeng.
After all, this was not included in Ouyang Ming's explanation.
"No, no, no, no, I'm here to declare to Master Nie on the emperor's order. You can't kill me, you can't kill me!"
Seeing Zhou An's murderous look, Eunuch Zeng had an idea and said,
"I'm here to confer an official title to Master Nie. Now that Master Nie has been granted the title of Marquis, he will be the Marquis Nie from now on!"
