Chapter 256: The Robbery Begins
In this era of imperial power, people's awe of imperial power is innate, don't look at those who read all day long shouting that the emperor and his courtiers rule the world together, but in their hearts they are still in awe of imperial power, whether this awe is because of power or power, but this awe is in the bottom of everyone's hearts.
On the other hand, Yueyang is different, it is difficult for you to let a young man who grew up singing the international anthem "There has never been a savior and no fairy emperor", eating Sudan red and drinking Sanlu milk powder, is in awe of an emperor. Especially when this young man still knew that the so-called emperor had dug a big pit for him to jump, the original faint respect was thrown out of the clouds by him.
After Yue Yang saw that Chongzhen actually gave him such a holy decree, his perception of Chongzhen dropped to the freezing point.
Seeing Yue Yang's cold expression, He Kegang's brows furrowed deeply, but he didn't have the slightest solution, now he was just Yue Yang's helper who dragged him to pull hatred, theoretically speaking, he could only propose to Yue Yang, but he had no right to interfere with what Yue Yang did. Of course, rights and obligations are relative, and if something happens in the future, it doesn't matter to him, and the main person in charge of the matter is also the seemingly bold guy in front of him. Originally, he wanted to persuade a few words, but after seeing the look on Yue Yang's face, He Kegang knew that he couldn't convince this guy even if he spit lotus flowers.
The butler who had broken his finger by Yue Yang was probably eager for revenge, and soon invited his master, accompanied by more than a hundred men with sticks and an imposing attitude.
Zhou Xinquan was very angry, yes, he was very angry. Today, when he had just finished lunch and was about to go back to his room with the two newly bought maids to warm up, his butler ran to the inner courtyard with a handful of snot and tears, and reported to him that a group of officers and soldiers who seemed to be fierce and vicious broke into the Zhou Mansion and not only injured him. And he also asked Zhou Xinquan to hand over 50,000 taels of silver and 1,000 stone of grain, otherwise he would make him look good.
Zhou Xinquan's first thought when he heard this was that his ears were estimated to be in addition to the problem, and he was going to see a doctor another day, followed by the second thought that his housekeeper was very sick and had begun to talk nonsense. Zhou Xinquan is not a person who has never seen the market, and if the businessman who can mix well at the feet of the Son of Heaven has no means, he will have been eaten by people long ago, and there is not even a slag left.
But Zhou Xinquan has never heard of anyone who would be so bold as to dare to forcibly break into someone else's house in broad daylight and ask for 50,000 taels of silver and 1,000 stone of grain. When Zhou Xinquan heard the housekeeper crying that those who killed a thousand knives actually smashed the door of his house open, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and summoned more than 100 people to kill him in the front yard.
"Are you the lowly martial artist who threatened to ask the old man to hand over 50,000 taels of silver and 1,000 stone of grain?" Look at the two gates at the gate that had been knocked to the ground and Yue Yang standing in the middle of the front yard. Zhou Xinquan waved his arm angrily and pointed at Yue Yang and asked.
"Exactly!"
Looking at Zhou Xinquan, who turned blue because he was too excited, Yue Yang nodded very affirmatively, and raised the holy decree in his left hand: "See this, this official is under the holy decree to raise military salaries, grain and grass in the capital, and the rich gentry and officials in the city must respond to the call of the imperial court, and have the money to contribute money, grain and grain to make a strong contribution, isn't this?" The official saw that your mansion was built quite well, so he was the first to find your house, how about it? This official is enough to give you face, right? ”
Looking at Yue Yang, I have an expression that I am very face-giving you, you should be very grateful to me. Zhou Xinquan was so angry that he almost fainted, as a businessman, thick-skinned and black-hearted is a compulsory course, but he has never seen such a thick-skinned person in business for decades. Obviously, he came to the door to forcibly extort money, but he said it so eloquently, for the first time, he felt that there were people outside the sky, and this sentence was so fucking right.
Zhou Xinquan pointed at Yue Yang and trembled for a long time before he spewed out: "You...... A lowly martial artist...... Ann dare to be so unreasonable! Aren't you afraid that the old man will let your head fall to the ground? ”
Yue Yang listened to his words, and there was still a smile on his face. But the look in his eyes was extremely cold, he slowly stepped forward and took a few steps, stared at Zhou Xinquan and slowly shook his head: "You're right, this official is really not afraid." You know why? Because the handle of the knife that can kill is now in the hands of my officer......"
Speaking of this, Yue Yang continued to walk a few steps around Zhou Xinquan and said: "The official said that I will give you a stick of incense time to consider, and now there is less than half an hour left, have you thought about it, do you obediently take out the silver yourself or will the official go in and get it himself?" ”
Zhou Xinquan suddenly smiled contemptuously, he stretched out his fat finger and almost pointed to the tip of Yue Yang's nose, and sneered: "You despicable martial artist, the old man is not frightened by being so big, as long as the old man does not allow it, let alone you are a martial artist, even the emperor can't raid the mansion of a famous scholar for no reason, the old man wants to see if you dare to touch every grass and tree here, if you move, Ming'er, you will wait for the head to fall to the ground." ”
Zhou Xinquan's words can be described as domineering, but as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly let out a sharp howl, which was extremely poignant, full of pain and surprise.
It turned out that Yue Yang suddenly grabbed his index finger, which was as fat as a white radish, and then twisted it like this, only to hear a soft sound of "click", Zhou Xinquan also stepped into the footsteps of his housekeeper, his index finger was twisted off by Yue Yang, and the whole person knelt on the ground in pain, holding his right hand and wailing continuously.
Seeing Zhou Xinquan's tragic situation, Wu Chengfeng, who had been standing behind Yue Yang and did not speak, pursed his lips disdainfully. is the so-called ten fingers and hearts, and those under his command who don't collect at night often use this trick to deal with the Tartar sentry posts, and even those Tartar sentry who claim to be brave can't stand it, not to mention this pampered businessman on weekdays? This dead fat man's self-feeling is too good, and he dares to point at Lord Yue's nose to speak, which is exactly what he said if he doesn't die.
Yue Yang slowly walked to Zhou Xinquan, who was holding his index finger and couldn't stop wailing, bent down and stared at him, and said coldly: "I found that everyone in your Zhou family has a habit, that is, they like to point their fingers at others before they speak, your housekeeper is like this, and so are you, but this official doesn't like others to point their fingers at this official, so your fingers are broken." This official will teach you to be obedient now, and never point your finger at other people's faces in the future, it is very dangerous to do so. You don't have to be grateful to this official, this official has always been such an old-fashioned and warm-hearted person. Well, now that the time has come, since you haven't handed over the silver and food yet, the official has no choice but to search for it himself! ”
Speaking of this, Yue Yang straightened his waist and shouted, "Someone is coming......"
Wu Chengfeng hurriedly stood up and replied loudly: "Humble duty!" ”
Yue Yang smiled and said, "He doesn't want to pay for the silver outside of this Zhou member, so we have to work hard to help him!" Wu Defense, please lead the brothers in immediately, find the silver warehouse and granary outside Zhou Yuan, and then help him move the things out and transport them to the camp outside the city! ”
"Obedience!"
Wu Chengfeng, who received the order, saluted Yueyang, and immediately led a thousand wolf-like sergeants to rush into the inner courtyard, and soon bursts of sharp screams, curses, and wails began to come from the inner courtyard.
Yue Yang ignored the earth-shattering cries and noises behind him, he slowly walked out of the door of the mansion with his hands behind his back, followed by Chen Dazhi and dozens of personal soldiers, and soon He Kegang also followed quickly.
"Lord Yue, are you really not afraid of the emperor's blame for doing this?" He Kegang's always calm voice had a hint of trilling at the moment.
"Afraid it's useful?" Yue Yang looked at the street, at this time the street was already surrounded by a large number of people who came to see the excitement, the inner three layers and the outer three floors surrounded the Zhou Mansion, and the Chinese people's nature of liking to see the excitement was fully displayed at this moment.
"What are you doing, stop!" Suddenly, Chen Dazhi's voice rang out.
"This military master, you are good, let's go over, we want to say a word to the adults!"
Hearing this voice, Yue Yang said lightly: "Dazhi, let them come over!" ”
Huang Dafu and Xiao Pan knelt down in front of Yue Yang, trembling and begging: "This lord, our brothers have already brought you here, you can do it and let us go, if you let the people of the Zhou Mansion know that it was our brothers who led you here, our brothers' lives will not be guaranteed!" ”
Yue Yang sighed, "Do you think that you didn't know that you were leading the way now that you sneaked away from the Zhou Mansion?" This official is not to scare you, if you just leave, it will not take three days, and you will be immediately stripped of this soap robe and thrown into prison. And your family will be spared! ”
"Ah......" The two of them were completely dumbfounded. They are not stupid, they can naturally tell whether Yue Yang's words are true or false, according to the ability of the Zhou family, what their brothers did today may not be investigated clearly tomorrow, and then what awaits them is the cruel revenge.
Xiao Pan sat down on the ground and muttered with a depressed expression: "I knew it would be like this, it's over...... We're dead! ”
Seeing the two of them look like dead fathers and mothers, Yue Yang was also a little unbearable, and said softly: "Okay, don't be sad, if you can't stay in Beijing City, you can follow this official to Shanxi." As long as you lead the way for the official, the official will arrange for your whole family to go to Shanxi together, and even arrange a half-official position for you, what do you think? (To be continued......)