Yang Xuangan looked up to the sky and roared, his favorite was such a feeling, exciting, bloody, that long knife wound was the best medal for a man on the battlefield, and the wooden door bolt was split into pieces, turning into a pile of wood slag, and even a sharp cut of about half a foot pierced Yang Xuangan's back, which was three points, just like the javelin hanging on the bull in Spain.

There was a burst of cheers from the silent crowd, Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth, pulled the half-foot bolt tip off his back, and regardless of stopping the bleeding, he stepped forward and stepped on Shangguan Zheng's chest, shaking the bloody spike, and yelled at Shangguan Zheng, who was already unconscious: "Dog, still don't accept it!" ”

The corners of Shangguan Zheng's mouth and nose were full of blood, and the right half of his face seemed to be a basin that had been sunk into it when he fell to the ground just now, and now it was swollen like a big steamed bun, obviously not symmetrical with the left, he stepped on Yang Xuangan, and the ribs in his chest ached, and he woke up in pain, and Yang Xuangan's roar came from his left ear.

Shangguan Zheng's right eye couldn't be opened, but there was still a fierce and unruly aura on his face, he moved his lips with difficulty, and shouted with all his strength: "The surname Yang, the soldier can be killed but not humiliated, if you want grandpa's life, take it now, don't want grandpa to be soft and admit it!" Kill grandpa, and the emperor will punish you! ”

Yang Xuangan's back was in pain, and when he was blown by the wind, the hot feeling at the wound made him even more uncomfortable. shouted loudly: "Then the master will slaughter your dog first!" ”

Yang Xuan sighed and raised the wooden thorn dripping with blood, and was about to pierce Shangguanzheng's face, and Shangguanzheng also turned his heart sideways. Close your eyes and wait for death.

Right now. A hoarse and shrill voice suddenly rang out in the crowd: "General Yang." Exercise restraint! ”

Yang Xuangan's somewhat chaotic consciousness suddenly became sober with this voice, he threw away the spikes in his hand and turned his head to look at the crowd.

I saw Wang Shichong, who was soft-footed and dressed in cloth, standing in front of the crowd with a smile, while Wang Ren, who had a big waist and a round waist, and Zhang Jincheng stood by his side on the left and right, holding his arms motionless, and several strong men stood behind Wang Shichong. Like a wall of flesh, Wang Shichong is separated from the people around him.

Yang Xuangan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Wang Shichong to appear publicly here and now, he wanted to greet him, but suddenly thought that under the harmony of everyone, it was really unreasonable for him to talk to a cloth cloth with his status as a high-ranking official of the Pillar Country, so he pretended to be surprised and said: "Hey, isn't this a member of the military department, Shangyi and Wang Shichong?" How did you end up here! ”

Wang Shichong saluted respectfully and said, "Xiaguan is passing by here. Seeing General Yang's might, he was shocked by the general's invincible heroes. Suddenly found that the person General Yang beat seemed to be the official of Cizhou Assassin History, and seeing that General Yang wanted to take his life, the lower official felt that something seemed to be wrong, so he spoke out to stop it, please forgive me for the offense. ”

Yang Xuangan and Wang Shichong met each other, only to see his eyes rolling around his bones, and he shook his head slightly, obviously preventing himself from killing Shangguan Zheng, but he really hated this Shangguan Zheng and didn't want to let him live.

So Yang Xuangan said loudly: "In addition to the king, you are also an official of the imperial court, and you are familiar with the laws of the imperial court. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "This person is indeed extremely evil, but General Yang should understand that if an official violates the law, the Ming canon punishment will be handed over to Yousi for punishment, this person is a state assassin, and he should be handed over to Dali Temple for interrogation and conviction, and the general can arrest him, but you can't kill him on the spot." ”

"As for the general just now, you said that this person tried to murder you, and the lower official witnessed the whole process, and it was General Yang who first made a provocation and forced him to take action."

"And now you are no longer in a state of fighting with him, if you wanted his life in the fight just now, it can be said that it was caused by self-defense, and now that he has lost the ability to resist, if you kill him again, General Yang can deliberately take action. General Yang, if someone catches the handle and attacks on this matter, it will be very disadvantageous to you. ”

Yang Xuangan was taken aback, he suddenly realized that he did not have the right to act cheaply, if he really killed Shangguan here, he was afraid that someone with ulterior motives would label him as a good general, and then bring disaster to the entire family. Thinking of this, his brain began to sweat, and he even began to thank Wang Shichong for his help.

So Yang Xuangan pretended to groan for a while, and said to the Xiaoguo sergeants in the distance: "The army obeys the order and brings Shangguanzheng back to Marshal Yang to hand him over, there must be no mistake." ”

Yang Xuangan's eyes swept around, and then fell on the few children who were still crying on the corpse of the Lu family, sighed, and said: "The corpse of the Lu family and these three children are also brought back to the Shuai Mansion together, as evidence, the road must be strictly protected, if something goes wrong, the military law will be involved!" ”

The team led by him answered loudly "yes", ran into the courtyard with a few soldiers, and took Shangguan Zheng out, Shangguan Zheng was still staring at Yang Xuangan fiercely when he was picked up from the ground by several strong men, so that he wished to be able to eat the other party alive.

When the children passed by Yang Xuangan, they all knelt on the ground, kowtowed to him several times, and only left with the soldiers after a thousand thanks, and the black and thin young man showed a firmness and gratitude in his eyes, which was completely different from his two younger sisters.

Yang Xuangan didn't care about the official government, turned to Fu Bo outside the door, and said: "The few people who are going to testify just now, please go to the Shuai's Mansion with these sergeants to be a witness, Marshal Yang will definitely give the Lu family justice." ”

There was a burst of cheers from the crowd, and Fu Bo and several other white-haired elders thanked Yang Xuangan again and again, and told him to pay attention to his injuries, and then followed those Xiaoguo soldiers towards the direction of the Han Palace.

The other onlookers waited for the matter to be resolved, so they dispersed, and the street, which was overcrowded just now, suddenly became empty, leaving only Yang Xuangan and Wang Shichong and a few others.

Wang Shichong turned his head to Wang Renze and said, "Guard the hospital." Don't let anyone suspicious come close. Wang Ren nodded. Leave with those strong men.

Wang Shichong watched them leave. smiled at Yang Xuangan, raised his hand towards the room in the middle, made a gesture of please, and walked in regardless of Yang Xuangan's reaction.

Yang Xuan sighed, after talking with Yang Su yesterday, he also had a lot to ask Wang Shichong, so he walked into the house. As soon as I entered, there was a pungent smell of burnt paste in my nose, and then I saw that the bed with mosquito nets was in a mess, the sheets and bedding fell to the ground, and the tables, chairs and benches were smashed all over the ground.

Wang Shichong bent down, picked up a candlestick from the ground, and there was half a white candle with two fingers thick on it, and sighed: "The Yuan family seems to still have some money, no wonder Shangguan will come to raid the house." It seems that this is the thing that Shangguan Zheng used to destroy the Lu clan, General Yang. You can take this back as evidence later. ”

Yang Xuan said coldly: "Thank you, how can this candle be a rare thing?" He remembered that he had been walking the rivers and lakes for more than half a year, but he rarely saw someone lighting with candles, and the inns all the way were lit with oil lamps.

Wang Shichong was stunned for a moment, then laughed, put the candle on the table casually, and said, "General Yang really doesn't know the suffering of the world!" This candle is a rare thing, and ordinary people can't afford to use it. I remember that during the Kaihuang period, Jinju used to pay tribute to candles as tribute. ”

"Of course, your Yue Guogong Mansion is rich and wealthy, and it is common to use this candle, but ordinary people don't have this condition."

Yang Xuan was suspicious: "Then this Yuan family only has an eldest son who works as a clerk under Su Liang, so he can afford to use such a thick candle?" ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile, nodded, and said: "As far as I know, Yuan Wuguang is not an ordinary clerk, he is in charge of the accounts, and he has been working with Xuliang before Yang Liang raised his army, and he has also received a lot of benefits. You see that this Yuan house looks tattered on the outside, but there are a lot of good things inside, there are candles here, the washbasin of the Lu family over there is silver, and the night pot under the bed is gilded, and it is not considered poor. ”

Yang Xuan sighed: "No wonder that the official government will see wealth as soon as he enters this house. ”

Wang Shichong smiled "hehe": "It's a pity that the Lu family is disfigured, I don't know what it looks like, although it must be a, but it is also charming, otherwise that Shangguan Zheng, as a state assassin, would not be a demon who has never seen a woman, so he has to be so ruthless." ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that this may not be the case, that Shangguanzheng has been unhappy since he returned to his father's command this time, not only was he killed three hundred personal soldiers in Huozhou Bird Mouse Valley, but also a series of battles since then have nothing to do with him, he was thrown far behind to take care of the prisoners, and he didn't even get any military merits, so he was resentful and used this weak woman to vent." ”

Wang Shichong said "oh" and said: "I didn't pay attention to this, I just think that this Shangguan seems to be a hungry ghost who is greedy for money, and after entering this Jinyang, he went to ask for this messenger who confiscated the property of the thief, and let him copy more than 20 of them these days, and it is estimated that he has earned a lot, so after coming here, when I look at the layout of the Lu family's house, I know that it is a rich family, and this will be tortured to extract a confession." ”

Yang Xuan said dissatisfiedly: "So you think Shangguan Zheng is telling the truth?" Is he using torture instead of coercion? ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "What's the difference, no matter what, the Lu family is dead, and he died so miserably, no one will believe him in Shangguanzheng no matter what he says, just wait for him to lose his official position and be exiled." ”

Yang Xuan was surprised: "Just be exempted?" Just let him go? ”

Wang Shichong nodded, and said with a straight face: "According to the laws of this dynasty, this is indeed the case, as far as I know, Shangguan Zheng also has a few friends in Dali Temple, and when he really wants to be tried, he will also be convicted of improper torture and death of a prisoner." Even if it is forced to commit adultery, then the Lu family is a family member of the prisoner, and it cannot be said that she is a woman from a good family, and according to the law, she must not be an official slave, or even become an official prostitute in the Qinglou. ”

Yang Xuan slapped the table with hatred and scolded: "It really makes no sense for one person to commit a crime and implicate the whole family. What is the use of such evil methods? ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "The law is the law, if you can't change it, you have to abide by it, and the joint sitting system is the best way to prevent someone from rebelling." As long as there is an emperor for one day. It won't change. Yang Xuangan. You are too naïve, too idealistic, and take everything for granted, do you really think that you can go back to the ancient period of the Holy King? ”

Yang Xuan sighed and said, "I really have to thank you just now, if it weren't for your reminder, maybe I would have done something wrong on the spur of the moment." Implicated in my Yang family. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "You are a little abnormal today, I have wanted to find you since you left the Han Palace, but I don't know what you are thinking when you are not reluctant along the way." ”

Yang Xuan said: "I was a little surprised when I heard that the emperor was preparing to move the capital, and I was thinking about it all the way, which made you smile." ”

Wang Shichong took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, threw it at Yang Xuangan, and said, "Take this one and wipe your back first, although you have rough skin and thick meat, but you don't deal with it." I'm afraid that after a long time, there will be troubles, and I still expect you to kill all sides in the future. You can't just be crippled. ”

Yang Xuangan "snorted", took the medicine bottle, opened the stopper and saw that it was full of white clotting cream-like things, smelling of herbs, so he wiped the plaster on his hand and asked, "What is this?" ”

Wang Shichong said: "This is my Wang family's ancestral secret medicine, specializing in the treatment of all kinds of knife wounds, with your injury, it will not take half a day to recover after applying this ointment, and it will only leave a shallow scar." ”

Yang Xuangan rubbed this ointment on his back, only to feel that his skin was cool and indescribably comfortable, and said, "So amazing? Our Yang family doesn't have such good medicine, so it's best to give me more in the future. ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Our family has been doing business in the Western Regions for many years, going back and forth between the Gobi Desert, often encountering bandits and horse teams from all walks of life, and many of the guards are injured. The guarantee makes you take a knife and want to take a second knife. ”

Yang Xuangan spat on the ground: "Wang Shichong, you don't have to be so disgusting if you blow your own medicine, do you still want to be stabbed a second time?" Then I'll cut you now and give you medicine again, I don't think you want to be stabbed again. ”

After Wang Shichong laughed twice, he put away his smiling face and became stern: "Yang Xuangan, you offended this official government too ruthlessly this time, this is not good for our future affairs, this person is fierce, if you are willing to do it with us, it can come in handy in the future." ”

Yang Xuan said angrily: "This person's heart is like a snake and scorpion, and he cares about people's lives, so I don't want to be with this kind of beast." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Xue Ju is even more excessive and cruel than him, aren't you cooperating with him?" ”

Yang Xuan said angrily: "I didn't see him when he did evil, and if I did, I might not cooperate with him." Besides, if you hadn't shown up when you were in Jincheng at that time, I don't think Xue Ju and I would have been able to become allies in the end. ”

Wang Shichong sighed and said: "Yang Xuangan, how did you come out of the same mold as that Xiang Yu in the history books, on the one hand, you have the courage of an overlord, and on the other hand, you are the benevolence of a woman, how can a person who has achieved great things be restrained?" What is the most important thing to calm the world? Talent! ”

"Shangguanzheng is a person who has no ambitions, only wants military merits, and wants to be prosperous and wealthy, this kind of person is the best to control, because he has courage, but he has no family background and no foundation, as long as he gives a small favor, he can make him willingly charge for you. What can the Yuan family you saved today help you? Yuan Wuguang will inevitably die, how will the other three children help us in the future? ”

Yang Xuangan sneered: "Wang Shichong, you yourself are ruthless and unrighteous, your blood is cold and hard-hearted, do you want others to be like you?" The biggest difference between me Yang Xuangan and you is that I still have human nature, and when I encounter injustices, I will go up to hoe and rape Anliang, instead of turning to help and abuse because that bully is more helpful to me. Even in troubled times, if you are too pragmatic and snobbish, no one will follow you. ”

Wang Shichong's face changed: "Yang Xuangan, I don't have time to discuss these with you today, it's broad daylight now, and there are a lot of people watching me enter this room with you, if it weren't for the fact that I'm going back to Daxing tomorrow, I won't be able to contact you for a long time in the future, do you think I'm willing to take such a risk to meet you?" ”

Yang Xuan was surprised: "Why do you want to go back to Daxing?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed, moved a bench, sat opposite Yang Xuangan, and said: "I just received the order last night, I originally wanted to stay here in Jinyang for a few more days, this is the strong city of the world, and I will definitely be able to achieve a career in this city in troubled times." ”

"So I've been in this city these days, overtly carrying out Yang Guang's surveillance plan, and secretly preparing to establish my own intelligence network. In the past, when Yang Liang was here, Wang Yan was very strict about this aspect and it was difficult to penetrate, and now it is a good time to lay out here. ”

"But yesterday Yang Guang sent someone to transfer me back to Beijing urgently, and ordered me to escort that Chen Zhishen back to Beijing with the gold medal. It seems that Yang Guang received the letter forwarded by Wang Yan's cousin, and Long Yan was furious and wanted to inquire about the matter in person. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded and said, "But how could the emperor know that Chen Zhishen is in your hands?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled bitterly and said: "This is going to ask your father, I heard that on the day that Zhou Luohu confessed this matter to him, Yue Guogong wrote a letter to Yang Guangyu to report the matter, and Daxing, which was sent back with the daily military report, should be three or four days earlier than the messenger of the Wang family sent the letter." (To be continued......)