Zhang's house.

Zhang Zhengyang quietly listened to Zhang Tao's report and pondered for a while.

"Father, now that the reputation of the family is at stake, if my clan lets Ye Gucheng dispose of the clansmen at will, I am afraid that the clansmen will be cold. ”

Zhang Zhengyang didn't seem to hear Zhang Tao's words, lowered his eyelids, buckled his index finger slightly, and gently tapped the table.

"Father, my son thinks that Ye Gucheng's move is called maintaining the rules of the city, but in fact he wants to do something to my Zhang family, since he is so ignorant of lifting, it is better to strike first. ”

Zhang Tao paused, and then continued: "As for the Xuanyuan clan, my son thought about it for a while and decided to quietly deploy troops to attack at night tonight. ”

Zhang Zhengyang's lightly buttoned index finger suddenly, and he slowly raised his head and said, "Investigate, who has been in contact with these criminal soldiers in the past few days." ”

Zhang Tao was stunned, he talked about it for a long time, but he didn't take it to heart!

"What, my words are not good?" Zhang Zhengyang's face turned cold.

Zhang Tao came back to his senses, hurriedly agreed, thought about it, and asked timidly: "Father, why do you want to investigate those soldiers?"

Zhang Zhengyang sighed, I really don't know if his son will be able to make the family prosperous after a hundred years!

Although he was annoyed, he still slowly explained: "Our Zhang family has always paid attention to proportion, and killing people in the city is obviously not like the consistent style of our clan, the most incredible thing is that a simple single murder case can involve Zhang Tu, if you want to say that no one secretly instigates it, I don't believe it." ”

Zhang Tao had a silent epiphany, this person's scheming is really terrifying, and he actually treats the Zhang family as a gunman! Thinking of this, Zhang Tao said coldly: "Father, I think it must be the Xuanyuan clan, once we and Ye Gucheng turn their faces, the ultimate beneficiary must be only the Xuanyuan clan." ”

"I hope so!"

Zhang Tao was stunned again, and couldn't help asking, "Father seems to have other concerns?"

"If you want to say that the Xuanyuan Clan, this is definitely not the best time, doing this is not good for them, Xuanyuan Zhuo is not an idiot, how could he not think of this!" Speaking of this, Zhang Zhengyang's eyes flashed with a trace of worry, and he slowly continued: "South of the Northern Barbarians, how could the Lunatic Worship Sect not know about such a big movement? I am afraid that the Lunatic Worship Sect has infiltrated carefully. ”

Lunaticism?

Zhang Tao almost ignored this powerful and mysterious race, however, when it came to the Lunatic Cult, he was even more puzzled, and couldn't help but respond: "The Lunatic Cult has been east of the Northern Barbarians for hundreds of years, and has never left the country, how could it suddenly go south?"

"I hope I'm too worried!" Speaking of this, a sneer gradually appeared on the corner of Zhang Zhengyang's mouth, and he slowly continued: "However, if Zhang Tu is really killed, it will be beneficial and harmless to my Zhang family!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tao was stunned again.

Zhang Zhengyang sighed and explained: "If Ye Gucheng really kills soldiers for the sake of the subordinate civilians, he will definitely lose the military heart! He must lose the military heart, he is like a beast without claws, and he is not at the mercy of our clan! Perhaps, it's time to add more fire!"

Zhang Tao was happy in his heart, Ye Gucheng has always been his heart disease!

The sun was setting, staining the trees red.

Ye Gucheng began to like the feeling of watching the sunset quietly, quiet and peaceful, away from the troubles of the world.

Zhang Yueli silently looked at the proud figure, her expression was extremely complicated, and after a moment of silence, she slowly walked up.

Ye Gucheng squinted and stopped his gaze on the setting sun again. "Are you here to persuade me to release Zhang Tu?"

Zhang Yueli looked at the stubborn side face in front of her, and began to feel that the distance between them was getting farther and farther away! "I just hope you understand that it is very unwise to go against the Zhang family, at least, you don't have this kind of strength now!"

"So, you also agree with what Zhang Tu did, right?" Ye Gucheng suddenly felt ridiculous, what was wrong with this world!

"Zhang Tu should be killed!But not now, let alone at this time!" Zhang Yueli did not answer directly.

"What if, I have to kill?"

"Ye Gucheng. Zhang Yueli suddenly straightened the other party's body, stared at the other party coldly, and said in a deep voice: "I just want to ask you one question now." ”

"You say. Ye Gucheng began to feel a wave of discomfort.

"Have you ever liked me?" Zhang Yueli looked very carefully, as if she wanted to see through the back of her eyes.

Ye Gucheng didn't answer, because he didn't know how to answer! Maybe he couldn't bear the sadness from Meimu, and couldn't help but look away.

Zhang Yueli knew the answer! It was precisely because she knew the answer that she felt a burst of desolation in her heart! "So, you never cared about my feelings! Even if you have been guarding you for six years, even if you have endured your father's scolding, you have never cared!

That's not true!

Ye Gucheng wanted to defend himself very much, but what did he say! Now that the two sides are in an embarrassing situation, it is impossible for him to release Zhang Tu, which also means that the Zhang family will turn against him at any time!

At that time, where will Zhang Yueli go?

A Xuanyuan show, sandwiched between him and the Xuanyuan clan is already uncomfortable enough! Why bother to catch Zhang Yueli again!

"Ye Gucheng, you are really ruthless, is your heart made of stone?" Zhang Yueli suddenly turned around at the moment when the two lines of tears were drawn.

I don't know how long it took, Ye Gucheng's hand began to clench tightly, allowing his nails to pierce into the flesh, and blood dripped down his fingers.

My heart is so tired!

Yes!!!

Looking up to the sky and howling, I can't vent the pain in my heart!

Following.

The sky covered by dark clouds was gloomy and terrifying.

The execution platform is crowded with people.

On the execution pillar, several Zhang family soldiers were tied, and Zhang Tu was also impressively listed.

"See, the city lord really killed the Zhang family soldiers for us!"

"The city lord is really a god who saves the suffering and saves the suffering, and Lian'er can also look at it!"

"I'm afraid that after that, there will be no peace in the city!"

"What are you afraid of! The city lord is a god descended from heaven and an immortal body. ”

"Nice!

There was a lot of talk in the crowd.

The speaker was not present because he was ill.

Ye Gucheng knew it, and instead of the work of the reader, he read out everyone's crimes.

Zhang Tao sat on the execution platform with a calm face, as if he didn't see the anger in the eyes of the generals.

Ye Gucheng read it out very quickly, and when he finished reading the last word, the accusation was closed, and he said in a deep voice: "Chop!"

The knife fell, the blood foam flew sideways, and the audience was silent.

Zhang Hao's eyes slowly changed from anger to coldness.

In fact, with the same eyes as Zhang Hao, there are also all the generals of the Zhang family.

At night, the downpour accompanied by lightning and thunder tore the earth.

Zhang's house.

Zhang Zhengyang's slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and the cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Don't be alarmed, see who he's going to contact next. ”

"Yes, Father. ”

This heavy rain lasted for three days, and after the rain, everything recovered, and the new city gradually regained its vitality.

In the middle of the night, Xuanyuan Lidang hummed a little song with drunkenness, and walked through the streets and alleys in a happy mood, not long ago, he had just completed the coming-of-age ceremony, which means that he can officially enlist in the army and become a great soldier like his father, which is his long-standing wish!

Suddenly, a figure came up to him and quickly bumped into him.

Xuanyuan frowned unhappily, but seeing that the other party kept apologizing, it was not good to have a seizure, so he continued to walk towards his house.

According to the city rules, orphans cannot have their own houses, but can only live in the dormitory of the school to facilitate care.

It's just that Xuanyuan Lijun has a special situation, his father Xuanyuan Lijun died in the Angry Wind Canyon to resist the enemy, his mother was sick and died, and the clan cared for him, and even Ye Gucheng often taught him the experience of marching and fighting.

Xuanyuan is also very competitive, humbly learning, and has a high level of understanding, which can be described as the future general of the Xuanyuan clan.

Soon, Xuanyuan returned to his own house, took out the key and was about to unlock it, but found that the door was not locked!

Did you forget to lock it when you went out?

Xuanyuan smiled bitterly and pushed the door in.

A strange smell rushed to his face, because the light was too dim, Xuanyuan didn't know where the smell came from, and when the wine was very strong, he took off his coat and walked to the familiar bedroom.

Chengwei Mansion.

The Chengwei Mansion is a civil litigation agency set up by Ye Gucheng, which can directly command the patrol battalion, and is mainly responsible for handling some disputes and trivial matters, including, of course, homicides.

Xuanyuan Kang listened to the women in the hall crying about someone robbing the people's girls in the middle of the night, and his heart was full of anger, a few days ago, the city lord had just killed a group of soldiers who violated the law and discipline, and now who did not open his eyes to kill himself?

Immediately, the guards were ordered to follow the woman to search for and arrest her.

Wrong!

When Xuanyuan walked to the bedside, he began to smell a pungent smell, blood!

Immediately, he woke up more than half of the wine, subconsciously touched forward, and suddenly touched a hand, and by his self-consciousness, he could distinguish that it was a woman's hand.

How can there be a woman in your own bed?

As if trying to verify something, he continued to lean forward, and soon felt a soft mass.

Frightened, the wine receded, and hurriedly lit the candle, only to see a naked woman lying on the bed, but the woman had been dead for a long time, and what was shocking was the short sword inserted in the chest.

Seeing that short sword, Xuanyuan couldn't help but be stunned, it was the short sword he lost yesterday, Ye Gucheng specially ordered someone to build it for him, and the most iconic thing was the unique pattern.

Soon, the guards broke in, led by the woman, and when the woman saw her daughter who had died tragically in bed, she immediately rushed over and cried heartbreakingly.

In the firelight, the girl who died tragically on the bed, the short sword with a unique pattern on her chest, the man standing bare-chested, and the hands stained with blood, a discerning person can deduce what is happening.

The faces of the Xuanyuan people in the guards suddenly became extremely ugly.

"It's not me! I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill it! I really didn't kill it!" Xuanyuan Lidang panicked in his heart, and kept emphasizing.

He is not afraid of being misunderstood, but he is afraid that his clan will be sad! He is even more afraid of discrediting his family.

"To this day, I still want to quibble and take it away. "The captain of the guard is a member of the Zhang family, so he is naturally ruthless.

Several guards quickly moved forward, grabbed Xuanyuan, who did not dare to resist but kept shouting grievances, and escorted him away.

"Go and report to the patriarch and the city lord. ”

Seeing this scene, the Xuanyuan people who were standing in a daze immediately divided into two routes, followed the escort guards all the way to guard against lynching, and went straight to the patriarch and the city lord's mansion.