Wan Qiuqing killed someone with a sword after a disagreement, leaving corpses everywhere and blood flowing like a river.
Qiu Zhan led thousands of troops and horses with murderous intent and pressed forward step by step.
Although Gai Huayang was frightened, he refused to give in because he could see that both Wan Qiuqing and Qiu Zhan seemed to be extremely vicious, but in fact they were still within the rules and feared 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 ruthlessness. 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 after hearing this, because this was what he was really afraid of.
Going outside the box, ignoring the rules, and regardless of the consequences, the Emperor's Order Arrow has no meaning in the eyes of such people, and has no deterrent effect. The only way to deal with such people is with force. Judging from the way he appears, the force he possesses may solve the problem.
I can't stand this person.
"What sect do you belong to?"
"Don't you know that the emperor ordered Jian Rusu to come in person?"
"If Emperor Su is angered and the imperial cavalry is sent out, even the strongest sect in the south will be razed to the ground."
Gai Huayang looked at the incoming man 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 there was a layer of mist.
See a vague outline.
Gai Huayang couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. He felt that this person hid his face and did not want to reveal his identity. He must be afraid that he would be 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 looking around, he got extremely limited information. He only knew that the man 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 a 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 seemed to have received 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 won't 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? Not dead.
Just give me the command arrow."
"I" Gai Huayang was furious.
An ant is still living an ignoble existence, not to mention that Gai Huayang has a prosperous official career, a bright future, and a wonderful life. 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 frowned, changing the subject, and shouted, "You are brave! You dare to call the Emperor by his first name. You 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 from left to 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!" 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 dumbfounded. Only then did he realize that the old guy in front of him didn't even understand his feelings, so he just snatched his Emperor's Order Arrow. It was unreasonable.
"I am Gai Huayang, a third-rank minister in the imperial court. Fortunately, I have the trust of my emperor. I have been assigned the post of patrol envoy for disaster relief in the southern border. I carry out the emperor's arrows to patrol on behalf of the sky, and release grain to provide disaster 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 disaster relief food funds and wanted to get the Lord of Yancheng to join you. How could you know that the Lord of Yancheng refused to obey, so you made an appointment with the Lord of Yancheng in a fit of anger?
There are many groundless accusations, and you want to get rid of Yancheng City Lord as a stumbling block, 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 take a piece of the pie from 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 in an honest way.
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 previous 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 southern border, and the disaster was even more serious than now. Starvation was everywhere and the people were in dire straits. The court sent a corrupt disaster relief inspector to the southern border to provide 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 in 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 executed dozens of members of Su Hanlin's family. Su Hanlin was lucky and survived because of 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.
Zhang Butcher 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 calm down and said, "Don't do it, don't talk nonsense and spit on others!"
Only his cold sweat and trembling voice showed that he was feeling guilty.
"Whether it's nonsense or not, you'll find out once you check it." Butcher Zhang sneered, looking away from Gai Huayang, turning to look at the bottom of the stone steps in front of the door, and finally his eyes fell on Qiu Zhan, stroking his beard and saying, "If I didn't remember,
If I'm wrong, 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 else happens, 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 his words and deeds. He called Su Hanlin by name, snatched arrows from the emperor's order, and even openly talked about the causes and consequences of Su Hanlin's rebellion. I knew that this man must be someone who was truly unafraid of Su Hanlin.
exist.
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 to the police."
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"General, I will 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, they were stupid enough to see that their elder 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 Gai Huayang and Fu Yucheng's conspiracy from Qi Wuwei's mouth, and saw the thirty confessions Qi Wuwei was forced to write, they all couldn't help but feel chills running down their spines and a wave of 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. This general is sorry for you.
I sincerely apologize." Qiu Zhan explained to Zhang Xiaozhu and the others why he recommended them to Fu Yucheng and expressed his apology.
"The old general said something serious."
"The old general, despite his busy schedule, has not forgotten to support the three young men. The three young men are not grateful enough for such kindness. How dare they blame the general for not knowing what is good and what is good?"
"It's my fault that Fu Yucheng is 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 in protecting us, but we have never found a way to thank him.
I have the opportunity to meet the old general today, so I offer you 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 some work that he suddenly remembered what Zhang Xiaopou had given him, so he took it out curiously 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 he 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.
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"ready, go!"
At two o'clock in the afternoon, following Wan Qiuqing's order, a wall-building competition started in Yaxuan.
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 excitement.
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 doubt that Qi Wuwei, who had never done such rough work before, succeeded in holding back Butcher Zhang, but unfortunately he 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, standing on a stool and shouting, this is the fate of people with bad gambling skills.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Wan Qiuqing kicked him away.
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Wow!
Zhang Tufu, Tianwu Taoist and Wan Qiuqing worked together to make three round trips in half an hour to fill Taiyuan Lake with water from Badshui Swamp.
As night falls, a full moon slowly rises in the eastern sky.
Today is July 15th.
Ghost Festival.
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This chapter has been completed!