The night wind was blowing, and a bright moon hung high in the sky.
The Dongchang is responsible for the powers and responsibilities of detectives and investigations, and is also responsible for guarding the palace. Therefore, it was established next to the Donghua Gate of the palace, covering a vast area and being heavily guarded.
At this time, all the lights in the capital were dim, but Dongchang was still brightly lit everywhere. From time to time, teams of Dongchang fans equipped with weapons would patrol back and forth with their lights on, creating a tense atmosphere of an impending storm.
At that time, in the governor's house of Dongchang, the deputy governor Li Zhong, dressed in a bright yellow python robe, was talking in the living room:
"I came to the palace today to find out that the emperor may leave the palace in the next few days and go to the Daming Lake to play. Then it will be our opportunity. No matter how big the noise is, it will not reach the emperor's ears."
"We must seize this opportunity to win over the officials and stabilize the situation before the emperor comes back."
"As soon as the emperor comes back, I will go into the palace to report the death of Eunuch Wan, and take over the position of governor!"
In addition to Deputy Governor Li Zhong and several senior officials of the East Factory, there were four armed figures standing quietly next to Li Zhong in the hall.
These four people are the only four innate masters left under Li Zhong.
In addition to these four people, Li Zhong originally had two other innates who also held positions in Dongchang. However, when they went out to do business a few days ago, those two people died in the hands of Zhao Huaian, so now only Here are the four.
Last night at Dajue Temple, Zhao Huaian came to kill them. Before these four people could take action, Yuhuatian came, so there was no room for them to use them for the time being.
But now that he is back in Dongchang, in order to prevent internal unrest in Dongchang and the situation like last night from happening again, Li Zhong takes the four of them with him wherever he goes, almost never leaving, cherishing his life very much.
After listening to Li Zhong's plan, everyone in the hall nodded in agreement.
Then someone suddenly said: "I heard that Zhao Jingzhong and Liu Xi have transferred back their people who were stationed outside today. Could they have heard about Eunuch Wan's death?"
"So what if I heard about it?"
Li Zhong snorted coldly: "A remnant of Wei Zhongxian's party, a dog slave from the Huanyi Bureau, is he worthy of competing with me for the position of governor?"
"When the emperor leaves the palace, I will come and clean up these two troublesome guys..."
Before he finished speaking, a cry suddenly came from outside: "Father-in-law! Father-in-law..."
Everyone in the hall immediately stopped talking and looked outside the door.
Li Zhong also frowned and slapped the tea cup on the table: "How many times have I told you to call me the Governor!"
When the little eunuch who ran into the living room heard this, his mouth twitched, but he did not dare to talk back. He raised his hands and said: "Master, the stall owner Zhao Jingzhong brought a group of people here. I don't know what he wants to do..."
"Um?"
Everyone's expressions changed slightly when they heard this.
Li Zhong narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Zhao Jingzhong? Come here now, what does he want to do?!"
"Of course...fuck you!"
There were heavy footsteps outside the door, and then the door was kicked open from the outside. The two little eunuchs guarding the door were beaten until they vomited blood and fell aside.
Zhao Jingzhong, wearing a red python robe, strode in and looked coldly at the people in the hall.
Behind him, followed a group of figures holding knives and swords. Several of them were wearing flying fish uniforms with embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists. They were obviously members of the Jin Yiwei.
With such a posture, you can tell at a glance that the person coming is evil.
The faces of Li Zhong and others became gloomy, and they stared at the leader, Zhao Jingzhong.
"Zhao Jingzhong, do you have any rules for breaking into the governor's mansion late at night? Do you want to rebel?!"
Li Zhong asked coldly.
"Haha... You haven't even become the governor, yet you regard the governor's mansion as your residence, and you call yourself the governor? Li Zhong, you are a dog who relied on flattery to become the deputy governor, are you worthy? ?!"
Zhao Jingzhong held a spear wrapped in black cloth and said with a sneer.
Hearing this, a murderous intent flashed in Li Zhong's eyes, and he understood why Zhao Jingzhong came.
His eyes swept behind Zhao Jingzhong, and besides Zhao Jingzhong's junior sister Wei Ting, he also saw an acquaintance among them.
"Lu Wenzhao, you dare to interfere in Dongchang's affairs, do you want to die?!"
Li Zhong looked at a man behind Zhao Jingzhong who was wearing a royal guard uniform and holding a large imperial saber, and shouted.
There are only fourteen Qianhu offices in Jinyiwei, and Lu Wenzhao is a Qianhu in Fusi, Beizhen. He often interacts with Dongchang, so Li Zhong naturally knows him.
"My father-in-law is serious, Mr. Lu is just a small family of a thousand, Mr. Zhao invites you, Mr. Lu dare not not come."
Lu Wenzhao said with an apologetic smile, his tone was very humble.
"This is an internal matter within the East Factory and has nothing to do with you. If you retreat now, I can pretend it never happened!"
Li Zhong said with threats in his eyes.
Lu Wenzhao smiled apologetically: "Forgive me, Eunuch. As a big stall owner, Eunuch Zhao is Lu's superior officer. The superior officer has orders, and Lu does not dare to disobey."
Li Zhong's nose was so angry that if you don't dare to offend the big stall owner, then you dare to offend me, the deputy governor, right?
Li Zhong looked at Lu Wenzhao coldly and said, "For those who participated in this matter tonight, I will slowly find you to settle the matter."
Lu Wenzhao didn't care either, he smiled and said nothing.
"Have you finished your last words?"
Zhao Jingzhong spoke coldly, lifted the cloth wrapping the gun body in his hand, and revealed a double-headed spear slowly.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
Li Zhong stared at Zhao Jingzhong: "Zhao Jingzhong, you should know what will happen to the following offenders. Even if I don't kill you, I won't be able to spare you when Eunuch Wan comes back!"
Zhao Jingzhong sneered: "Are you using Wanyuluo to suppress me? Do you really think that no one will know about Wanyuluo's death if you don't tell him?"
Li Zhong's expression changed slightly: "I don't know what you are talking about!"
"Is there any use in pretending to be stupid?"
Zhao Jingzhong sneered and said: "That's it for Wanyu Tower. How can you, a loser like you, be qualified to succeed as the governor?"
"Do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jingzhong swung the spear in his hand and killed Li Zhong directly.
Li Zhong, who was standing at the door of the hall, saw that Zhao Jingzhong was determined to kill. He knew that talking more was useless, so he stopped talking nonsense and waved coldly: "Kill!"
The four people behind him rushed out instantly, blocking Li Zhong's front with majestic momentum, and rushed towards Zhao Jingzhong.
Bang——
There was a sound of drawing a sword, and the people brought by Zhao Jingzhong at the gate also took action.
Wei Ting was wearing black tights and holding a Western sword. He faced an innate master from Li Zhong's side. His true energy was revealed and he had reached the early stage of innateness.
The four Jinyi guards, including Lu Wenzhao, are all in the innate realm.
One of them, a young man wearing a Feiyu suit and holding a larger Xiuchun knife, was even more powerful than Lu Wenzhao. He had already reached the late stage of Xiantian and defeated his opponent with just one strike.
Although the other two Jin Yiwei were only in the middle stage of Xiantian, the two of them joined forces and suppressed one of them in an instant.
On the contrary, it was Lu Wenzhao who was a Qianhu who struggled the most, and because he was well-known, he faced Li Zhong, the strongest innate master. He was beaten back by his opponent in just two or three moves.
As a last resort, Lu Wenzhao had no choice but to shout for help: "Shen Lian, deal with him!"
When the man named Shen Lian heard this, he didn't say much. He killed his opponent with one blow and came to reinforce Lu Wenzhao.
Lu Wenzhao breathed a sigh of relief, took advantage of the situation to withdraw from the battle, and faced Shen Lian's opponent.
For a moment, the sounds of fighting continued in the courtyard.
The rest of the people stood on both sides and watched the battle, firstly because it was not necessary for the time being, and secondly because they couldn't get involved.
The remaining people on both sides are only in the acquired realm, fighting at the innate level. They can't sustain a few moves if they go in. On the contrary, if they are not careful, they are easily injured.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the four innate masters on Li Zhong's side have gradually fallen into a disadvantage. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before they lose.
"Deputy Governor!"
Several Dongchang officials at the entrance of the hall looked at Li Zhong with anxious expressions.
Li Zhong looked gloomy, no longer hesitated, and said coldly: "Send the signal!"
When one person heard the words, he immediately walked to the side, took out a firework, raised it, unplugged the fuse, and a bright fire shot straight into the sky, illuminating the night sky.
After a while, dense footsteps suddenly sounded outside, approaching rapidly towards the yard.
In the field, Zhao Jingzhong saw that he could not defeat his opponent for a while, and saw Li Zhong sending a distress signal. He felt anxious. Taking advantage of the gap in the fight, he turned to look at the crowd at the gate and shouted: "Ding Xiu, you haven't taken action yet." !”
"I know, what's the rush?"
Following the lazy voice, a man dressed as a warrior with a ponytail and a large royal sword on his shoulder walked out slowly and looked directly at Li Zhong at the door of the hall.
"There are still experts?!"
Li Zhong's face changed slightly, and he instantly sensed the danger, and retreated behind several Dongchang officials without leaving a trace.
"Tap tap tap..."
"kill--"
At this time, the reinforcements called by Li Zhong outside the door also arrived, densely packed with masters from Dongchang, swarming up.
When Ding Xiu saw this, he no longer hesitated and waved to the others brought by Zhao Jingzhong: "Nuo, I leave these to you."
"Clang——"
The next second, the long knife in his hand suddenly unsheathed and rushed towards Deputy Governor Li Zhong at the door of the hall.
"Stop him!"
Li Zhong's expression changed drastically, and he immediately turned around and ran back.
The few remaining Dongchang officials were at a loss, but they also had skills. Although they were not innate, the weakest ones had acquired third-rate skills, so they could only bite the bullet and face Ding Xiu.
They thought they could last a few rounds, but they unexpectedly underestimated Ding Xiu's martial arts. In just the blink of an eye, four people were killed by Ding Xiu, and the remaining two were frightened. He turned around and ran away without looking back.
Ding Xiu did not chase them. His goal was very clear and he rushed straight towards Li Zhong in the hall.
Li Zhong was caught up before he could run a few steps. He could only turn around to fight, but he was sent flying with just one move. Before he could recover, he saw the dazzling long knife right in front of him, and he was so frightened that he lost his image. , hurriedly sat on the pillar, raised his hands and shouted: "Wait a minute, I will give you whatever you want..."
"laugh--"
Before he finished speaking, the sword flashed and a big head shot straight into the sky.
Ding Xiu put away the long sword and said calmly: "Sorry, I have professional ethics."
In the yard, Zhao Jingzhong, who had been paying attention to Li Zhong's movements, was overjoyed when he saw this. He quickly stepped back and shouted: "Li Zhong is dead, retreat!"
His mission today is just to kill Li Zhong. As long as Li Zhong dies, the remaining people will not be able to make any trouble at all. The position of governor is already in his pocket!
After Lu Wenzhao and others heard this, they immediately stepped back and prepared to evacuate without delaying.
But the door was crowded with Dongchang masters who were summoned by Li Zhong with a signal, and they couldn't rush out for a while. In desperation, everyone had no choice but to join forces to break out.
Ding Xiu was also mixed in the crowd, but his eyes glanced around from time to time. Thinking of the agreement he had made with the Governor of the West Factory tonight, he felt very puzzled.
Could it be that the people from the West Factory are not coming?
"kill--"
At this moment, there was another burst of intensive footsteps outside, followed by the sounds of fighting and screams coming from outside.
Zhao Jingzhong and others thought that another group of reinforcements from Li Zhong had arrived. After all, Li Zhong was still the deputy governor and the most powerful official in the East Factory. However, when they heard the sound of fighting, it didn't sound like it, and they couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
Only Ding Xiu looked happy, remembering his previous agreement with Yu Huatian, the governor of the West Factory, and subconsciously glanced at Zhao Jingzhong's head in front of him, his eyes shining.
This head is worth two thousand taels of silver!
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