"Brother Chang, you have a quarter of an hour to ask everyone in the courtyard to put down their weapons and come out. After a quarter of an hour, anyone who is still standing in the middle of the courtyard will be shot to death." Li Xuan's expression was extremely cold. After finishing speaking, He waved his hand to one side.
Qiu Zhenmu on the side immediately moved forward slowly, and a dozen Qianniu Guards in red clothes and gold armor behind him stepped forward at the same time.
They were lined up outside the courtyard gate, holding Thousand Ox Swords in their hands, majestic and terrifying.
Chang Yu's face immediately darkened. At this moment, Zhou Shen got rid of Chang Yu's entanglement and rode away in an instant.
The Xinlin Mansion soldiers at the rear quickly moved, setting up ladders to push carts, and inspecting swords.
The corner of Chang Yu's mouth couldn't help but twitch. The soldiers of the Xinlin Mansion were obviously transferred from the Dudu Mansion, but one by one they obeyed the orders of Li Xuan, the Qianniu Guards Lieutenant General, and almost regarded him as Sima Yu of the Dudu Mansion. Nothing.
After beating the horse, Chang Yu came to the gate of the courtyard with a gloomy look and shouted in a cold voice: "Come out and talk."
There seemed to be someone waiting behind the door. As soon as Chang Yu opened his mouth, the courtyard door immediately opened with a "squeak".
Immediately afterwards, a man who looked like a middle-aged butler wearing an ocher robe and a mouse beard came out. While carefully looking around, he raised his hand to Chang Yu with a nervous look on his face.
"Sima, I wonder what happened today, why... why is it like this?" The butler's expression was full of fear.
The soldiers outside looked murderous, which made everyone feel uneasy.
"Where's your master? Let him come out quickly. I have something to say to him." Chang Yu waved his hand impatiently. A housekeeper couldn't make the decision on these matters.
"My master is the helmsman of the Cao Gang in Beicheng. He can't come here on weekdays. If Sima has something to do, I can go directly to Beicheng and ask my master to come back." While the housekeeper looked uneasy, he was also cautiously testing. .z.br>
Chang Yu saw through his little trick at a glance, and with a cold look on his face, he said rudely: "Don't try to shirk it. Who is here today to let him out immediately?"
The housekeeper's face immediately filled with a charming smile, and he said in a low voice: "Master He is here these days. You also know his old man's habits. He won't be able to come out for a while."
"He Chang, so he was the one who killed yesterday?" Chang Yu's face turned completely cold.
Chang Yu knew very well who He Chang was. He was responsible for almost all of the shady activities of selling private salt, trafficking women, and running gangs.
Today in the court, Chang Yu vaguely guessed something when Zhu said his daughter was missing. Later, when Zhu mentioned Kangdefang, he immediately understood what was going on.
"What are you talking about, Sima? The Cao Gang has always behaved according to the rules. The Cao Gang has never done anything about killing or not killing people." The housekeeper suddenly smiled and did not recognize what Chang Yu said at all.
From all the things Caobang has done over the years, all the profits they have made will be shared every year from the governor's office to the governor's office. Everyone in the governor's office from top to bottom will get a little bit. Over the years, this number will definitely be considerable.
Moreover, many of them work part-time in the Yangzhou Governor's Office, which means that they also get their share of the Yangzhou Governor's Office.
Everyone is not a good person, let alone the boss.
"Don't talk nonsense to me. Go in quickly and ask He Laosan to come out. If he can't get in front of me in half a quarter of an hour, then don't blame me for turning my back on him." Chang Yu also had a bad face at this time. A housekeeper, What the hell, what nonsense.
Even Xu Ji, the leader of the Cao Gang, the son of Guangling County, didn't dare to be so patronizing in front of him. Does a housekeeper really think that he is nothing?
"Here! Sima, wait a minute." The housekeeper responded lightly, then turned around and retreated back to the yard.
Chang Yu could clearly hear the footsteps moving away at high speed, and Chang Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ding ding dong dong" a sound suddenly came from the soldiers at the rear, and Chang Yu looked back.
I saw a group of craftsmen who were recruited from nowhere, erecting five-meter-high ladders one after another.
The two were connected with each other by short pieces of wood, and a square and somewhat strange utensil gradually took shape.
The appearance of an object flashed in Chang Yu's mind, but where exactly or in which book he had seen that object, he couldn't remember it for a while.
At this moment, the Qianniu Guards, headed by Qiu Zhenmu, took a sharp step forward, and the sound of "step" was extremely clear.
Chang Yu's face couldn't help but change slightly, and before he knew it, half a quarter of an hour had passed.
Chang Yu's heart immediately tightened, and he turned around to look at the courtyard door opposite.
At this time, the courtyard door was still closed, with no sign of opening at all.
At this time, a thought flashed through Chang Yu's mind.
No, things are wrong in the yard.
The people of Caobang do these dirty things not once or twice. Occasionally they bump into the iron plate and offend people they shouldn't offend, but they quickly make amends and apologize when they should, and never interact with them. The government resisted forcefully, but what happened today?
Although I arrived here with a large number of people, as the Sima of the Dudu Mansion, shouldn't the people from Caogang immediately open the central gate to welcome them.
Why does it look like he is completely on guard now?
"Bang, bang, bang!" Chang Yu took a step forward and slapped the door of the courtyard hard: "If there is anyone, please come out."
With a "squeak", the courtyard door opened again, and the butler who appeared in front of Chang Yu turned out to be the same housekeeper from before.
He did not go to call He Chang in person, but stayed at the gate of the courtyard, but did not come out to see Chang Yu.
"Sima, please wait a moment. The third master will be here immediately." The butler handed over his hands and looked at Chang Yu with a flattering smile.
Chang Yu's eyes looked into the courtyard. The courtyard was deep, with pavilions and corridors that folded from the north to the west. It was impossible to see the end at a glance.
"The people inside heard that, under the orders of the Governor of the Governor's Palace and the Governor of Yangzhou, the Xu family's residence was searched. I will give you one hundred breaths of time. Put down the sword in your hand and come out one by one. You will not come out within a hundred breaths of time. Those who are caught will be shot without mercy."
After saying this, Chang Yu immediately turned around and walked away, ignoring the call of the butler behind him.
"Sima, Sima!" The butler's expression instantly became completely embarrassed, and when he raised it slightly, he completely put it down.
At that moment, he really wanted to take Chang Yu directly, use him as a hostage to threaten others, and then delay time.
Just like that, they and the Governor's Mansion were completely at odds.
No, it was him and the Governor's Mansion who completely broke up with each other.
Even if things turned around afterwards, he still deeply offended Chang Yu.
The Sima of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office and the chief historian of Yangzhou Governor's Office are not so easy to offend.
At this moment, the housekeeper noticed Li Xuan, who was dressed in black, sitting on the horse beside him, surrounded by Qian Niuwei, who was wearing brown clothes and gold armor.
In an instant, the housekeeper's pupils were shocked. There was only one such person in the whole of Yangzhou - Li Xuan, Prince of Nanchang County.
Chang Yu retreated to Li Xuan's side, then solemnly bowed his hands and glanced at the housekeeper.
A smile appeared on Li Xuan's face, a smile of satisfaction.
His eyes also fell on the butler, and then he nodded gently. However, it was this gentle look that made the butler's hair stand on end.
Li Xuan slowly raised his hand and waved forward. The next moment, the Qianniu guards headed by Qiu Zhenmu immediately moved forward at the same time.
All the Thousand Bull Swords at his waist were pulled out in an instant, and then he rode on his horse and approached the house step by step.
A dozen sharp Thousand Oxen Knives shone coldly in the sunlight.
For a moment, endless pressure fell on the housekeeper, and he forced a smile on his face. The next moment, his whole body shrank suddenly, and he shrank back into the door.
Turning to the side, there were already squatting men in gray clothes and short robes on both sides, each holding a sharp long knife and looking solemn.
The gate is like this, and the entire spacious courtyard is even more like this. There are strong men everywhere.
Some have knives, some have hammers
, some are holding swords, some are holding bows, a rough count, there are at least a hundred people.
At this time, I heard the butler say: "The secret message has been revealed. The gang leader will arrive within half an hour. As long as we survive this half hour, everything will be fine; but if we cannot survive this half hour, what will be the consequences?" , you understand."
The faces of everyone present could not help but turn pale, but the next moment, their faces became extremely frightened.
Suddenly, a very simple well gate suddenly appeared in mid-air. Several figures climbed onto the well gate at the same time. Then they drew their bows and arrows, aiming at everyone in the other courtyard.
At the same time, a line of Xinlin soldiers were already standing on the courtyard wall, with their bows and arrows drawn, their eyes cold.
"shoot!"
