Chapter 40: A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall
Fengcheng.
Zhao Mansion.
There was a carriage approaching slowly. The horses looked very handsome and were all brown. The decoration of the carriage behind seemed simple, but it was also exquisite.
The man driving the horse had a dull face and a cold look. Although he was just sitting there, his height could not be seen, but the upper half of his body also appeared to be tall and strong.
"Is this Mr. Thirteen here?" The guard in front of the door rushed to greet him.
"Exactly." Qian Yang's voice was dull.
"My lord, you have been waiting for a long time."
The guard was busy leading the way.
Qian Yang got out of the car, but Yin Ming also got out with a wheelchair.
Soon I saw Zhuang Ming, who slowly got out of the carriage and got into the wheelchair.
The servants of Zhao Mansion took the carriage away.
Qian Yang followed beside him, while Yin Ming pushed Zhuang Ming's wheelchair inside.
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Just after passing the screen wall, I saw a person in the corridor.
This is an old man with a solemn expression. He is clearly Mr. Zhao.
"Zhuang Ming."
"Hello, Mr. Zhao."
"Tell me the truth..." Mr. Zhao came closer, lowered his voice, gritted his teeth and said, "Did you do it?"
"What do you mean, Mr. Zhao?" Zhuang Ming said with a smile.
"I understand."
Mr. Zhao closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and calmed down his floating mind. When he saw that Zhuang Ming did not deny it, nor did he show a look of surprise or inquiry, he already knew in his heart that this matter must be related to Zhuang Ming.
"You are so brave!"
"Haha, Zhuang is always cautious, but he will always be bolder when he has to. We have known each other for more than five years, you should know this."
"Although these soldiers and craftsmen are from King Chen, they are all in the name of the government. You are openly provoking the government!" Mr. Zhao gritted his teeth in a low voice and said: "Zhuang Ming, you are determined to openly confront the prince, but you Don’t forget, you are just a businessman. If you are among the people, you may still have some influence, but what qualifications do you have to compete with this prince who has made great achievements and holds a high position in the court?"
"Zhuang doesn't quite understand what Mr. Zhao said. What does provoking the government and provoking the prince mean?" Zhuang Ming chuckled and said, "Although I don't quite understand, the truth is the same for many things. Some people are peaceful even though they are ordinary people. If you are forced to act in a hurry, you may not resort to brute force or resort to bad tactics."
"I can't control this matter, and I don't dare to." Mr. Zhao sighed softly and said, "It's fine if you have clean hands and feet, but you still dare to leave clues, and even take the initiative to report the case and let him connect you with this matter. Get up, you are just digging your own grave... Do you know that the matter has reached this point, and there is nothing I can do about it."
"I won't bother Mr. Zhao today." Zhuang Ming chuckled and said, "Besides, Mr. Zhao invited me here just to say these words."
"I am not the one who invited you here today." Mr. Zhao said, "It is the prince who invited you to stay in my name in my name. I must not be able to hide this from you."
"Where is the prince?" Zhuang Ming asked.
"The backyard." Mr. Zhao said, "You can take care of yourself."
"Don't worry, Sir Zhao. After today, things will be stable for a while." Zhuang Ming paused and then said: "I'm not panicking, and you shouldn't panic either. Just stand still... Even if Zhuang's Trading Company collapses, it won't. I will tear you down, but you should not mess up your position and just knock me down into the abyss."
"I hope so." Mr. Zhao said this, then paused and said: "I know what you mean, so you can rest assured... Although the prince hosted banquets in my name both times, I I have never truly surrendered to him, and he also cannot trust me. As for me, you don’t have to worry about many things."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhao."
"What's the point of thanking a grasshopper on a rope?" Mr. Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "In the past two days, some people have been on the pirate ship. Now the ship is going to sink, and I am about to drown."
"Even if my boat, Zhuang Ming, sinks to the bottom, the upper part will still be exposed on the water." Zhuang Ming smiled lightly and said: "After today, everything will be stable, you can always breathe a sigh of relief."
"You are optimistic." Master Zhao sighed: "The prince came here under orders, but you actually used force to destroy his important event. He hates you so much that I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of here today."
"My lord, we will wait and see."
Zhuang Ming smiled slightly, then bowed his hands and said, "You are always ready to give the order to unblock the stores and warehouses of our Zhuang Company in Fengcheng."
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backyard.
Yin Ming pushed Zhuang Ming and walked slowly.
There are servants leading the way and maids walking.
It seemed quite quiet and everything was as usual, which seemed different from when Zhuang Ming usually came here.
But he still felt a faint hint of murderous intent.
Zhuang Ming chuckled, reached into his sleeves, and gently stroked the baby dragon's head.
With the sense of a young dragon, he sensed many auras around him.
These auras are not the servants and maids you see in front of you, but the hidden guards hiding everywhere. Their energy and blood are quite strong.
There are about a hundred people!
"When King Chen came to Huai'an, he didn't have many guards around him. Most of them were ambushed and killed by me today. But there are hundreds of guards here. They have a lot of energy and blood, and they have hidden murderous intentions. They are also the elite of the army."
Zhuang Ming secretly said: "His base is mostly in the northern part of the Dongsheng Dynasty, and he is also quite confident in the capital. However, in Huai'an, he wants to mobilize elite troops in a short period of time, so he must have mobilized the Zhennan Army."
There is someone leading the way.
Qian Yang walked in the lead.
Yin Ming pushed the wheelchair.
When we got to the front, in front of the courtyard, there were guards on both sides. They looked solemn and stretched out their hands to stop him.
"Your Majesty only invites Mr. Thirteen of Zhuang's Trading Company to see you. No other people are allowed in."
"Idle people are waiting..."
Zhuang Ming chuckled and took a deep look at the guard.
The courage of these two people to dare to regard two martial arts master-level experts as idlers is not small.
However, these two guards have clearly gathered their strength, and their martial arts skills can be considered as high-end.
The guard's expression was as usual, neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "Your Majesty only invites one person, sir. I will accompany you as a guard and you will not be allowed in."
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "Zhuang has trouble with his legs, so someone should push me in."
The guard nodded and said: "I have a villain to do it for me."
Zhuang Ming raised his hand slightly and said: "Qian Yang, Yin Ming, you two are too capable. The prince is not courageous. I am afraid that you will assassinate him, so I can only wrong you two martial arts experts and wait outside."
The guards on both sides showed strange expressions and were slightly angry.
Zhuang Ming chuckled lightly, patted his legs and said, "Let's go."
In the past, when Shui Yang and Yin Ming were blocked from outside, he would never go in alone.
The so-called gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall!
Even if he is completely sure, he will not put himself in danger.
His original intention in establishing Zhuang's Trading Company was just to raise young dragons.
If you are involved in danger, your body dies, your path disappears, and the young dragon dies, you are putting the cart before the horse.
But this time it's different.
The young dragon already possesses great strength.
Even in front of a martial arts master, it is enough to protect personal safety.
No matter what the situation is, it will at least be enough to support Qian Yang and Yin Ming outside the hospital to come to the rescue.
Separated by a wall and two guards, for Qian Yang and Yin Ming, it was only three or five breaths away.
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In the courtyard.
Pavilion.
There was a person looking at the pond. Following the movement of the wheelchair, he slowly turned his head and looked here.
He has a middle-aged appearance, a tall crown and a python robe, and a cold expression. He stands tall and proud, with his hands behind his back. He has the majesty of being in a high position and in charge of the general trend.
And around him, there were sixteen elite soldiers guarding him.
After all, Qian Yang and Yin Ming are both famous.
Especially after this time, King Chen concluded that Zhuang Ming had mobilized two martial arts masters. Otherwise, with Zhuang's trading firm, there is absolutely no such power to destroy all his arrangements in Huai'an and kill all his people in Huai'an. Elite soldiers under his command.
Therefore, this time, King Chen paid more attention to the threats posed by these two martial arts masters than before.
"Zhuang Ming, you are so brave!"
King Chen gritted his teeth tightly, without concealing his murderous intention, and said in a cold voice: "Dongsheng Dynasty, the land of law and order, you dare to ambush and kill the people of the government, poison the horses in the army, plunder the government's belongings, and burn the government's premises, you know What's the crime?"
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "According to the laws of the Dongsheng Dynasty, these four crimes are all capital crimes, which are similar to rebellion. If you commit only one of them, you will be sentenced to Lingchi and the nine tribes will be exterminated."
King Chen took a step forward and said sternly: "In that case..."
Zhuang Ming didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then cut off his words and said: "Your Majesty, the Dongsheng Dynasty pays attention to the law, and all convictions require physical evidence. This is a serious crime that should punish the nine tribes, and it is not something you just open your mouth... Are you trying to frame someone up out of thin air and wrongfully accuse Mr. Zhuang?"
King Chen suddenly flicked his sleeves and shouted: "Do you dare to say that I have wronged you?"
Zhuang Ming said with a smile: "Did the prince catch any evidence of crime? Is it a witness or a physical evidence? You have to investigate carefully. Maybe someone is framed and framed."
King Chen clenched his fists.
It's not a bad idea to frame someone up.
But it was he, Zhuang Ming, who framed it for the Huaibei bandits who had been annihilated.
Is this sentence also a provocation?
With gloomy eyes, King Chen glanced outside the courtyard, then continued forward, came to Zhuang Ming, looked down, resisted the thought of punching the young man to death, and said coldly: "You thought the matter was over? , can you do whatever you want without leaving any evidence? You have been used to arrogating power in the Sixteenth Mansion of Huai'an over the years. Do you really think that Huai'an today is still the Huai'an before? I am the biggest king in Huai'an now, isn't it? Those bastards you bribed!"
Zhuang Ming smiled and said: "So, does the prince want to collect evidence and kill me?"
King Chen said sternly: "Why do we need evidence? As long as we continue to seal up your Zhuang's Trading Company, you will lose money every day and you won't be able to survive for long. As for you...what do you mean?"
Zhuang Ming said softly: "No one knows when Zhuang's business will collapse. However, before that, I believe that the prince will not be able to do anything in Huai'an."
He patted his legs and said with a chuckle: "As the saying goes, a strong dragon will not suppress the local snake. Since the prince, the dragon crossing the river, wants to suppress the local snake, let the local snake stretch its muscles and see if the dragon crossing the river can bear it. I can bear it."
King Chen said slowly: "Do you really think that I can only spend time with you?"
Zhuang Ming raised his eyebrows and seemed to be smiling.
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"Since you can find out my true intention in the Sixteenth Mansion of Huai'an, you should know that everything I do is a sacred order!"
"What you did wrong is not my king's business, but the emperor's important business!"
"If I really want to kill you, I don't need any physical evidence!"
"It's just that those old ghosts in the court are really causing trouble. They refer to this king's book and say that I have disrespected human lives without evidence. The most the emperor can do is punish them with a few words!"
"What's more...it's just evidence."
King Chen said calmly: "The few stewards that your Zhuang Company sent to the government and fell into my hands are witnesses! As for the physical evidence, it is not impossible for my subordinates to forge it! You have no background in the court.
If I really kill you and convict you with forged evidence, no one will stand up for you, and no one will reverse the case for you after you die!"
Zhuang Ming nodded and said: "Zhuang is also aware of this. After all, the prince is at the height of his power and has the highest power in the Sixteenth House of Huai'an. In fact, he can cover the sky with one hand."
King Chen's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, and he said: "So, you know this, but you still dare to seek death? You know that you are seeking death, and you still dare to come here to die?"
Zhuang Ming exhaled and said softly: "Because I've concluded that as long as you see these things of mine, you won't have the guts to do anything to me."
After finishing speaking, Zhuang Ming reached into his arms and took out three pieces of paper, which were filled with words.