"Hahaha, Master Yan and I had the same worries at the beginning. Lin Jue, please show your true face to this good friend." Guo Bing laughed loudly.
Lin Jue nodded, turned around and said to the man wearing a bamboo hat standing next to him: "Mu Qing, have you met Mr. Yan?"
The man slowly took off the bamboo hat on his head, and his hair fell down like a waterfall, revealing a beautiful and beautiful face. She was Gao Muqing. Gao Muqing slowly stepped forward and saluted Yan Zhengshen, saying: "Gao Muqing, a folk girl, has seen Yan Zheng.
grown ups."
Yan Zhengsu pointed at Gao Muqing in astonishment and said: "She, she is..."
"That's right, Master Yan, she is the female bandit leader on Guishan Island." Guo Bing chuckled.
Yan Zhengsu's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, capture this person immediately."
When the officer outside the door heard this and wanted to enter, Guo Kun shouted coldly: "Who dares?"
More than a dozen guards blocked the government officials, holding the hilts of their swords and glaring angrily.
Yan Zheng said in a cold voice: "My lord, my dear lord, you are kidding me too much. She is a bandit wanted by the court, and you actually brought her to my government office. I'm afraid this is inappropriate."
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Guo Bing smiled and said: "Master Yan, I know that you hate evil, but this Miss Gao is the key figure in this plan. She is willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. Why doesn't Master Yan give him a chance? The bandit village on Guishan Island is also a serious problem for the court. This
The high-ranking girl is willing to use this matter to make up for her mistakes in exchange for the imperial court recruiting Shanzhai. This move is of great benefit to the imperial court, but Lord Yan wants to take her, what does this mean?"
Yan Zheng said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, how can you believe the words of a gangster? She is the bandit leader of Guishan Island and a person wanted by the court. When your Majesty sees this person, he should capture her directly before making any further calculations."
Guo Bing frowned and said nothing. Faced with the serious accusation, he was unable to answer for a moment.
"Master Yan, I guarantee it with the head on my neck. Miss Gao sincerely wants to contribute, and she has no second intention." Lin Jue shouted loudly.
Yan Zheng glanced at Lin Jue with cold eyes and said: "How much is the head on your neck worth? Are you a guarantee? If something happens, the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and millions of people in Hangzhou City will be guarantored by your head."
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"What about my head? Can you guarantee it?" Guo Kun said loudly.
Yan Zheng solemnly shouted in a cold voice: "Even the head of the young prince cannot guarantee it. All the people here are not enough to guarantee it."
Guo Bing's face turned red with anger, and Guo Kun said sternly: "Yan Zhengsheng, you are too presumptuous."
Yan Zheng said in a cold voice: "My young prince, I have not investigated why the prince and the young prince are willing to vouch for this female gangster. Is it possible that the prince and the young prince are responsible for having a personal relationship with the gangster?"
Guo Kun said angrily: "You... are bold!"
He said solemnly and coldly: "Little prince, please pay attention to your words. I am an official of the imperial court, and this is my yamen. The prince and the young prince are used to shouting at their servants. Could it be that they regard me as one of those people?"
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"You!" This time Guo Bing finally couldn't bear it anymore and stood up abruptly, glaring angrily and solemnly.
Lin Jue saw that the situation was not good, and he knew that Yan Zhengsheng had a bad temper. He had heard that this person was stubborn, but he didn't expect that he was stubborn to the point of being paranoid. After meeting Gao Muqing, he immediately turned against Gao Muqing and wanted to kill him. He even killed the prince and the young prince.
He doesn't even give me any face. He is indeed a man with a fiery personality and courage.
"Master Yan, the prince, and the young prince, please calm down. This matter happened because of me. Mu Qing is my friend. You don't have to argue about this matter. If you want to take Mu Qing, take it with me.
I am also the one who conspired with the bandits." Lin Jue said solemnly.
Yan Zhengsheng turned to Lin Jue and shouted sternly: "Lin Jue, you are not upright, you have personal relationships with gangsters, you don't think about making progress all day long, but you get involved in these things. Are you worthy of your husband? Yes, today not only will you take away this woman
Bandit, you can't run away, even you will be taken."
Lin Jue was furious. He suddenly realized that he couldn't explain the truth to Master Yan. Finally, he couldn't hold back his temper and blurted out: "Master Yan, I can't run away, what about you?"
Yan shouted solemnly: "What do you mean? How about my house?"
Lin Jue said coldly: "Marine bandits are rampant inside and outside the city of Hangzhou. The safety of the people cannot be guaranteed. Do you, the prefect of Hangzhou, have any responsibility? As a parent official, you have to protect the peace of the people. This is a crowning statement, but I haven't seen it.
Magistrate Yan has taken no action at all."
"How dare you spread such a rumor? Are you alarmist? Those rumors about Hangzhou that your Majesty heard about were probably made up by people like you. Now we have found the person who spread the rumors." Yan Zheng said coldly.
Lin Jue sneered and said: "Rumors? What I have experienced personally, do I still need to spread rumors? In the past few months, I have been intercepted and killed by pirates several times; a few days ago, on the bustling street in the city, my maidservant was almost killed by pirates.
The bandits kidnapped me, Lord Yan, go and investigate carefully to see if what I said is true or false. May I ask Lord Yan, outside the city and inside the city, the pirates have unimpeded access, coming and going in a swaggering manner, committing murder and kidnapping, do you, the prefect, have any responsibility?
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"Is there such a thing?" Yan Zheng asked solemnly.
"I told you to ask Mr. Yan to investigate. Now we are trying to destroy the pirates, but you care about these minutiae. Miss Gao is indeed the leader of Guishan Island, but she hopes that through this move, she can exchange for the rights and interests of Guishan Island.
Changing our identity and becoming an ordinary citizen of our Zhou Dynasty is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Sir Yan does not encourage it, but instead is suspicious of us in every possible way. He also accuses us of crimes. Sir Yan, with all due respect, you are not the prefect.
.Otherwise, it will be neither a blessing to the country nor a blessing to the people.”
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Everyone looked at Lin Jue in surprise. This boy really dared to point his nose and scold Yan Zhengsu. This was not something ordinary people would dare to do. Even the prince and his son could not speak like this. Moreover, saying that Yan Zhengsu is an official is not a blessing to the country.
This is an extremely serious accusation. In this era where official reputation is extremely important, this is already the most serious accusation.
Unexpectedly, Yan Zhengshen did not get angry as expected, but instead frowned in thought. All his attention was focused on what Lin Jue just said about being intercepted and killed and the maid at home being kidnapped.
Attracted. If this matter is true, the pirates are really too rampant, and the prefect himself has indeed neglected his duty to maintain public security in Hangzhou.
"What you just said, that you were intercepted and killed, is the truth about your maidservant?" In the silence, Yan Zhengshen asked slowly.
"Hmph, if it hadn't been for Miss Gao's intervention, I would have died several times now. Many people were witnesses to what happened to my maid Lu Wu. Those were all done by pirates. You can go and verify them yourself. The pirates' bodies were buried
In the woods on the mountainside of Songshan Mountain, if I hadn't wanted to publicize this matter, it would have caused a commotion all over the city." Lin Jue said coldly.
"What Lin Jue said is true. Lin Jue told me about it. I personally took people to check it out. There is no doubt that it is the body of the pirate. The body was dug and buried by my people." The young prince Guo Kun echoed from the side.
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Yan Zheng was silent for a while, frowned at Lin Jue and asked, "Why do the pirates want to intercept and kill you?"
"Why? Isn't it because of the birthday gift? With the help of the village leader Gao Da, I killed the second village master in her village and took back the birthday gift. But the second village master was the son of the pirate leader Hai Dongqing, and now he came to take revenge.
Me, after you kill me, you will deal with the leader of the Gao Dazhao. Because of this, the leader of the Gao Dazhao and I are willing to actively offer our plans to eliminate the banditry for you idle people. The prefect actually doubts the motives of the leader of the Gao Dazhao. Another day, Hai
Dong Qing put the knife on your neck, the prefect Yan, and when the people in the city didn't even dare to go out, you, the prefect, will know how ridiculous your suspicion is." Lin Jue said angrily.
Even the prince and his son felt that Lin Jue's attitude was too bad. Although Yan Zhengsheng was really hateful, to accuse him of not being worthy of being an official and now saying that he has nothing to do is already a great insult to the official. If Yan Zhengsheng becomes angry,
I'm afraid Lin Jue will be in trouble.
Gao Muqing, who was standing quietly at the side, was obviously aware of this. She was actually quite relieved that Lin Jue could openly contradict the prefect just for her, which moved her very much.
Gao Muqing gently pulled Lin Jue's arm and said, "Don't be like this, talk to the prefect properly."
Lin Jue stared at him and said, "What are you talking about? He doesn't believe us, so we don't have to take the risk. This trip is actually very unlucky for us. We don't know whether we can come back alive, and we are still being suspected. What do we want? Let's go.
, the worst case scenario is that I can leave Hangzhou and hide. Sooner or later, Hangzhou will become a land of pirates and bandits, so it’s better to leave as soon as possible.”
After Lin Jue said this, he took Gao Muqing's arm, turned around and left.
Yan Zhengzhen frowned and shouted: "Where are you going?"
Lin Jue turned around and said, "Does the magistrate still want to capture Miss Gao? I asked Miss Gao to help me, and she is also my savior. I don't care whether she is a bandit or a civilian. If I want to capture her today, I will kill her first."
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He shouted solemnly: "Lin Jue, where did your reading go? Is there anyone as impulsive as you? How will you do things in the future if you are so unruly? The leader of Gao Village is the bandit leader. Even if I arrest her on the spot, it is still my fault.
Do I have to be threatened by you because I am responsible for it?"
Gao Muqing said coldly: "Does the prefect Yan really want to take Mu Qing? Although I, Gao Muqing, am a woman, I also know the overall interests of the situation. If the prefect wants to take me, he will lead his troops to capture my stronghold instead of taking advantage of my presence here.
If you take me and spread it, it will be a joke."
Yan Zhengsun smiled and said: "Today, I was actually taught righteousness by a bandit leader. I never dreamed of it. This tall village leader, what if I insist on taking you today? What should you do?"
Gao Muqing said coldly: "Since Mu Qing dares to come, he is not afraid of dying here. At worst, blood will be splashed ten steps away, and we will die together."
The prince and his son secretly screamed that it was bad, Lin Jue had said something rude, but this Gao Muqing actually spoke without restraint, and died together in ten steps. Isn't this a blatant threat to Yan Zhengsun? The matter is probably irreversible.
However, serious laughter rang in their ears.
"Hahaha, you are indeed powerful and courageous. Lin Jue, why don't you take your friend, the leader of the village, to sit down? We haven't finished talking about our business, how can we just leave?"
"..." Everyone looked at Yan Zheng in surprise, not knowing what he meant.
"I'm just giving you a try. I want to see how brave you are. Now it seems that the two of you have decided to put life and death at risk. One pointed at his nose and scolded me, and the other threatened to kill me.
This makes me feel that you are not much worse than pirates. Only in this way can you be calm and fearless in the dragon's pond and tiger's den. You two have passed the test here. Hahaha." Yan Zheng said with a smile while stroking his beard.
A group of people rolled their eyes. This reversal was so sudden that everyone felt a little unnatural. It cannot be ruled out that Yan Zhengshen found an excuse for himself to step down. But no matter what, his statement is actually correct.
