The chaos intensified, and several young and strong people who were squeezed to the ground managed to get up and rejoice that they had escaped death, but an old man with gray hair who was squeezed to the ground was not so lucky.

He was really weak to get up from between his panicked legs and feet, and just half of his body, the soldiers on the side of the road whipped him, forcing the people to dodge in a panic, and a few feet stepped on the old man's body, and he opened his mouth to cry out in pain, but the weak cry was completely drowned in the panic noise.

Wang Yuan saw it really on the horse, and Yang Shenjin was still loudly ordering the soldiers to drive away the people, and Wang Yuan couldn't be calm.

"Stop, don't whip the people anymore, they will die." Wang Yuan shouted loudly.

Yang Shenjin didn't even look at Wang Yuan, and those soldiers didn't pay attention to Wang Yuan's words at all, they only listened to Yang Shenjin's orders. Wang Yuan gritted his teeth, rushed forward to a soldier, and roared: "Let you stop, are you deaf?" ”

The soldier was stunned for a moment, and the leather whip held in the air stopped, and turned his head to look at Yang Shenjin. Wang Yuan was even angrier in his heart, and shouted, "Give me the whip." ”

The soldier hesitated. Wang Yuan shouted angrily: "I order you in the name of the deputy envoy to investigate the case, give me the whip, if you disobey the order, you will be punished on the spot today." ”

Yang Shenjin looked at all this without saying a word and with a sneer on his face, he couldn't openly let the soldier not listen to Wang Yuan's words, just keep silent. The soldier couldn't get Yang Shenjin's instructions, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Wang Yuan stretched out his hand and pulled out the matching sword from his waist with a bang, gritted his teeth and said: "Resist fate, if you don't want to live, I will fulfill you." ”

The soldier's face changed color, and he hurriedly said: "The deputy envoy is angry, and the whip is given to you." ”

Hurry up and offer the long whip respectfully. Wang Yuan snorted coldly and put his sword back into the sheath, took the whip with his hand, raised his hand to slash his head and cover his face, and hit the soldier. The soldier didn't dare to dodge, Wang Yuan shot out angrily, whipped into the flesh, and the soldier's head and face were covered with blood.

Yang Shenjin's face changed color, and he said in a deep voice: "Deputy Envoy Wang, what is this doing?" ”

Wang Yuan didn't answer, and after whipping more than a dozen whips, he jumped off his horse and walked towards the crowd of people who were watching all this in a daze, and the people got out of the way to reveal an old man who was sitting on the ground with a muddy face and a pale face.

Wang Yuan walked to the old man's side, helped the old man up and asked, "Where is the old man injured?" ”

The old man hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, I was trampled on a few times." ”

Wang Yuan saw that the old man did not show signs of fractures, but there were some bruises on his body that had been trampled, but it was not a big problem, so he put down his mind in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Old man, go home, don't stay here." ”

The old man nodded in agreement, took the crutches that Wang Yuan picked up and threw in the distance, and walked tremblingly towards the crowd. Wang Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the people around him, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, please avoid, we are here for a business trip, don't block here, otherwise you will easily get hurt." You are concerned about the progress of the case, and we will thoroughly investigate the matter and make it public in the city if necessary. The court has a law, and it will not wronged the good people, nor will it let the bad people go, you must believe in the court and believe in the wisdom of Your Majesty. ”

All the people nodded one after another, and it was time to leave here quickly, and the soldiers stopped driving, and if they didn't leave at this time, would they wait for the whip to come up? So the crowd dispersed, and after a while, most of the people on the long street dispersed, and the congestion immediately improved.

Wang Yuan got back on the horse's back, urging the horses to go, and Yang Shenjin, who looked at Wang Yuan coldly from beginning to end, said on his side: "I didn't expect Deputy Envoy Wang to be so scheming, and he knew how to buy people's hearts when he first arrived in Beihai. ”

Wang Yuan Lerma turned around and said: "I don't care what Yang Shangshu thinks about this matter, I only know that whipping the people is inappropriate, if I don't stop it just now, the old man will be trampled to death." Does Yang Shangshu want to get his life? ”

Yang Shenjin sneered: "Is Deputy Envoy Wang reprimanding Yang?" Don't forget that you are the vice-me, and you refute my orders without deliberation, what does that mean? These people blocked the roads for no reason, and shouted for Li Yong, that is, they were beaten to death by whipping, and they were trampled to death, when will it be your turn to make decisions for them? ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "I heard that Yang Shangshu is the bloodline of the royal family of the previous dynasty, right?" ”

Yang Shenjin frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "I don't have any special meaning, I heard that Yang Shangshu is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, I don't know if there is such a thing." ”

Yang Shenjin said coldly: "So what? ”

Wang Yuan said: "That's right, looking at Yang Shangshu's actions today, I really believe that you are the great-great-grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, because your actions today are the reason why your ancestors lost the country." Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty regarded the people as the fate of the mustard, so he lost the country. After all these years, his descendants have not learned this lesson, and that's what I want to say to you. ”

"Presumptuous!" Yang Shenjin was furious and shouted, "You dare to slander Shangguan." ”

Wang Yuan shouted coldly: "You are presumptuous, believe it or not, I will write a hurry back to Chang'an tonight and report your events today?" Li Yong's case has not yet been decided, whether he is guilty or not, and how can the people say a few words? Yang Shangshu, you are the main envoy, I am the deputy envoy, I can't even command a small soldier, what is the use of me as a deputy envoy? Do you want me to bring these things together to your majesty? ”

Yang Shenjin's face was pale, he didn't expect Wang Yuan to dare to openly turn his face against him, and he didn't give in. If you are not afraid of Wang Yuan's secret performance, it is impossible, although Wang Yuan is the deputy envoy, but in fact, Yang Zhao said very clearly in the palace, he is here to supervise, if he is really forced to play some unfavorable, he is not afraid of bad luck, but it will affect the investigation and handling of the case, then it will be a big deal.

"Okay, Deputy Envoy Wang is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, if you want to play, you can play, Yang is walking straight, are you afraid that you will play this with me? But I'm here to investigate the case, to find out this big case for Your Majesty, but I'm not here to quarrel with you, you can do whatever you like, I will slowly play with you after I finish investigating the case. ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "Yang Shangshu can rest assured, I am not a person who has nothing to do, let's cooperate in handling the case, and after finishing the errand, I don't expect you Yang Shangshu to like me and promote me, so let's talk less and do more, a reminder, Yang Shangshu don't forget that I am also a deputy envoy, and I must at least inform you of any decision, otherwise it will not refute your face like today." ”

Yang Shen snorted coldly, turned the horse and left, not even wanting to say a word to Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan smiled and waved his hand: "What are you doing in a daze?" Why don't you open the road and let Yang Shangshu walk around the street alone? ”

The soldiers were stunned when they saw the two arguing in public, and when they heard the words, they moved like clay sculptures, and hurriedly took action and chased after Yang Shenjin.

……

In front of the Yamen of Beihai County, Li Yong was neatly dressed and greeted the officials of Beihai County with the whole team. Li Yong, who is nearly seventy years old, has a handsome and neat face, although he is old, but he is not sloppy. His face was not clouded by the events that had happened on his body, but his face was calm and quiet, and he didn't seem to be affected by the incident.

Among a large group of subordinate officials, most of them stood behind Li Yong, and only Liu Ji stood a little far away from everyone with his head hanging his head and full of worries, and his originally burly figure looked lonely and lonely at the moment.

Generally speaking, at this time, when someone from the capital came to investigate the case, Li Yong should have greeted him outside the city gate early, not to mention sycophancy, but at least he had to be diligent and prepared to give a good impression to the investigator. However, after Li Yong learned the news, he only ordered to be greeted in front of the yamen, and there was no sign of grand reception at all.

No one understands the seriousness of this matter better than Li Yong, and he also understands that no matter how he goes to receive him hospitably, he is afraid that it will be difficult to save his fate, this time it is Li Linfu's people who come to check on him, and he will not be able to escape no matter what.

Standing in the square in front of the yamen, Li Yong's plain face had a hint of loneliness, he actually didn't hate Liu Ji to the core, Liu Ji's report was not a false accusation, which Li Yong knew very well. Li Yong just felt a little regretful, regretting that he had lived a lot of years and had not changed his character flaws, and he had forced himself to a dead end.

Originally, he planned to find a way to make up for the embezzled public money in the second half of the year, but the hole was too big, and he didn't expect that he had embezzled so much, and he fell into the mistakes he had made before, and this time the Kong Zhang who had interceded with him had been demoted to Hainan, and no one could help him anymore.

The sound of horses' hooves roared at the street in front of Yamen Square, and the officials of Beihai County, who had all their hearts, raised their heads and looked at the place where they came from, and when they saw the horse team galloping and the clothes of the forbidden army in the capital worn by the soldiers on the horses, the officials were finally willing to believe that the envoy of the Qincha who investigated the case in the capital had really arrived. How many of the officials present will be implicated, how many will lose their positions, how many will lose their lives, and what will be their own fate? It's impossible to predict.

Li Yong quietly watched the horse team arrive in front of him, saw the indifferent eyes of Yang Shenjin who was sitting on a high-end horse, straightened his clothes, stepped forward and said: "Beihai County guards Li Yong, welcome the investigation envoy and his party." ”