Chen Yuan took a sedan chair to a place called Baoziling two miles away from Jinan City, and there was a small road behind him, so he put the sedan chair there and walked half a mile. The more you walked, the more you got into debt, and you came to a junction, which was surrounded by mountains on three sides, towering and majestic, and only a small road entered on the east side.

The terrain is low, the forest stretches for thousands of miles, and the cries of wild beasts can be heard from time to time.

At the intersection, although it was early summer, a gust of wind blew, making people tremble involuntarily.

A few big men carrying sedan chairs said: "My lord, there are wild beasts inside, and many people around have been bitten, so ordinary people dare not approach, for your safety, let's not go too deep." ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, it's daytime, and the beasts don't dare to make a mistake, let's be careful, Cairuo, have you been here before?" Chen Yuan asked.

Chen Yuan's words came out, and the sedan chair man saw that they were very close, and his eyes widened. That's it? Lord Qincha is too godly, and he is still lustful to the extreme. But this woman is very obedient, and there is no resistance, not like being forced by Lord Chincha.

Geng Cairuo nodded and pointed: "It's right next to the big pine tree in front, and they don't dare to get too deep into the forest." ”

"Okay, let's take a look."

Lord Qincha was in front, and several palanquin drivers did not dare not go, showing fear on their faces, and walked forward with trepidation.

A hundred meters away from the big pine tree, they smelled the smell of corpses, and they couldn't help but cover their noses.

Fifty meters further on, you can see in the distance the severed limbs that are exposed, some charred, some gnawed by wild beasts. There was a palanquin man who couldn't help it, squatted down and vomited.

Lose your conscience!

Chen Yuan was so angry that he trembled all over, and he didn't have to go forward at all.

"Lord Qincha, early in the morning, so Yaxing, come to travel in the mountains." Behind, Li Xiangji's voice came.

It turned out that Li Xiang took more than 120 officials and blocked them from the intersection.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath and pointed at Li Xiang: "Lord Li, the white bones are forested, the thousands of families are weeping, and the wives are separated, but there are hundreds of servants in your family, and the beauties are like clouds, like a palace, and the flesh and blood of the people are exchanged for your brocade clothes and jade food, Lord Li, aren't you afraid of being struck by thunder from the sky?" ”

Li Xiang looked up to the sky and laughed: "The sky is thundering? Haha-Lord Qincha, they all say that you are unpredictable, Guilin, peerless, and superb, and you actually say such ridiculous words as the heavens punish? The way of heaven is who is strong and who is reasonable. ”

"Ridiculous? I don't think that a corrupt official like you, who bends the law for personal gain, and sucks people's flesh and blood, is also worthy of talking about the way of heaven? People should have reverence and rules, why not? ”

Li Xiang spread his hands to the sky: "Hmph, the weak eat the strong in the world, the eternal truth, if you don't trample them under your feet, how can we have our glory and wealth, what is it to die a few homeless?" People in troubled times are not as good as dogs. People don't destroy the heavens and the earth for their own sake! ”

"Crazy, crazy!" Chen Yuan shook his head hatefully.

Li Xiang gritted his teeth: "Lord Qincha, you should be your Qincha well, and then go back to be an official, but if you have to get along with me, then I have to give you a ride." ”

Chen Yuan shouted: "Li Xiang, killing the imperial court is a conspiracy, and his crime should be punished!" ”

"Haha-" Li Xiang looked up to the sky and laughed, "Deserve to be punished?" My crime is enough for the ten clans, so why not add another one? Chen Yuan, today is your own fault, no wonder Li. ”

In the col, the official held the saber under his rib with his right hand, and hesitated.

Li Xiang said loudly: "You all listen to me, you have followed me for so long, you have reaped a lot of benefits, the court will not let you go, for the sake of today, the only way to do this is to kill Qincha." The imperial historians of the imperial court swore to his majesty to admonish him, to kill Chen Yuan, once he died, there was no proof of death, and our affairs could be passed, otherwise, let Chen Yuan return to the court, we will go to prison, and we will be punished, and none of us will survive. ”

As soon as he said this, the officials who were still hesitant were ruthless and approached step by step.

Chen Yuan was taken aback, the imperial history of the DPRK actually joined him, in addition to the surprise, there was also incomprehension and anger, he was haggard, regardless of his own safety, to do things for the people, it was so difficult, although he did not want to clear his name, but it was really hateful to die like this.

Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world. How easy is it to say, Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan, you fought bloodily for the country, but you were treated as a thief by Zhu Youzhen, and Ling Chi was executed, the people didn't know the reason, they ate your flesh raw, drank your blood, and were scolded by the people for how many years?

It seems that the unjust souls in this world will also add me.

Even Cai Ruo doesn't believe me, Tang Sai'er wants to kill me, let alone those high-ranking ministers in the court? A few people believe in me, and many of them want to bring me down.

Several big men were drenched in cold sweat, but at this time, it was definitely impossible for them to throw themselves at Li Xiang, Li Xiang's charges were already clear, they still had a conscience, and they couldn't be with Li Xiang in death, so they blocked Chen Yuan behind and protected him with their bodies.

"Be careful, sir!"

Chen Yuan was moved, these palanquin men didn't have to wade into this troubled water, he said astringently: "You-"

A sedan chair man said: "My lord, I am just a sedan chair man, I survive by working hard, and I don't know what righteousness is." However, Li Xiang is not as good as a brute, those white bones, I don't know how many people are buried? Many of my relatives have become homeless people, and I don't know if they are there. I've fought with them, my lord, and you must avenge us. ”

"My lord, avenge us!"

Chen Yuan nodded heavily.

"The mantis arm is a car." Li Xiang sneered and waved his hand, "Give it to me." ”

They approached step by step, no more than three meters away from Chen, and the battle was about to break out.

"Quick, quick!" Suddenly, there was a commotion behind the officer.

Li Xiang and the others couldn't help but stop, and saw a woman of different races behind them and Du Cheng following up with more than 30 servants.

"Protect Chincha-sama! Hurry, everyone! Du Cheng quickly arrived and confronted Li Xiang.

Li Xiang was furious: "Du Xiang, you want to betray? ”

Du Xiang laughed: "Lord Li, what you said is funny, you want to kill Qincha, you want the whole clan to be destroyed, we don't want to." He said loudly, "Brothers, our crimes are unforgivable, but we are persecuted by Li Xiang, as long as we sincerely repent and catch Li Xiang, Your Majesty may spare us, at least it will not harm our families." ”

"Yes, Du Shi said, brothers, in the past two years, we have bullied the defenseless people, been Li Xiang's lackeys, we have big fish and meat, but do we have peace of mind? It's all the blood and sweat of the people, let's spend one, that is, cut a piece of their meat, how many times in the dream, I will wake up, brothers, the sins we have committed, we can die ten times, we can't be wrong again, today, we are dead, but also to save Lord Qincha, for the hundreds of thousands of people in Shandong, we, death is also glorious! ”

"Yes, Ran Zhutou is right! Brethren, we want to be upright. ”

Li Xiang saw that they were filled with righteous indignation, and said angrily: "Give it to me, the one in the back will resist, and the people in front will kill Qin Cha for me first." ”

They were killed together in an instant, there were few people on Chen Yuan's side, Geng Cairuo responded calmly and guarded him thoroughly, but this was because the other party had too many people, the entrance road was narrow, and Du Xiang and they were also few, so they could only drag a small number of people. The palanquin man beside Chen Yuan had no weapons, so he could only rely on brute force, and three of them were quickly killed, two of them were stabbed, and they lay on the ground wailing.

The situation is becoming more and more critical.

Two officials pounced, and the knife was half in front of Chen Yuan's chest. Geng Cairuo pushed him a step away, grabbed a knife in one hand, and reflexively kicked the other official down.

However, most of them are Li Xiang's sworn friends, these people have no family members, no scruples, outlaws, and recruit deaths. Geng Cairuo repelled two, rushed up four, repelled four, and surrounded more. Gradually, I couldn't take care of Chen Yuan.

There were only two sedan chairmen left, still struggling to the death, but they were also surrounded by them.

Chen Yuan was isolated.

"Chen Yuan, go die." Li Xiang laughed, took the knife in the hand of the official with his own hand, and directly stepped forward to slash at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan was surrounded and couldn't escape at all.

"Die!"

Chen Yuan was desperate.

"Dang" only heard the sound of swords intersecting, followed by Li Xiang's scream.

It turned out that Tang Sai'er had been looking for him in the forest since he was a child, and he was good at fighting in the forest, so he shuttled in from the mountains and forests at the intersection and happened to save Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuanjian was Tang Sai'er, and couldn't help but be surprised, and said gratefully: "Thank you." ”

Tang Sai'er snorted: "This is to pay you back." ”

With Tang Sai'er joining, Geng Cairuo also turned back to Chen Yuan's side, one of them was in front of Chen Yuan, one behind Chen Yuan, one in front of him and one behind him, the two women were strong in martial arts, and the servants couldn't enter for a while.

"Kill!" At this time, the shouting of killing at the entrance of the road shook the sky.

Chen Yuan was curious, so he heard Tang Sai'er say: "It's Wang Zhu'er and Hou Ba who have arrived." ”

"What?"

Tang Sai'er said: "I have already told them the truth, I expected you to come to investigate the case, Li Xiang will jump over the wall in a hurry, sure enough, when we arrived, they are besieging you, and people are hugging you, you are a broken Qincha, you are really bad, and there is no one available around you." ”

People are sent by big officials to picket small officials, who dares to be presumptuous, such as prospective father-in-law, dignified scholars, magistrates who dare not buy it, I am an idle post, and small officials go to check on big officials, it is not difficult to blame, things started in a hurry, and there is no military power in his hands, Chen Yuan smiled bitterly.

"No, is there still you?"

"Hmph, you have your wife, what does it matter to me." Donsel responded calmly, and when he heard this sentence in his heart, he felt a little warm, but he didn't admit it.

"Kill!"

Wang Zhu'er and the others are all good at forest warfare, although they are all homeless people, and the weapons in their hands are shovels, hoes and other tools. But they outflanked from the mountains on the flank, numbering more than 500, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

"Kill!"

Li Xiang threw the knife on the ground, his face turned pale, and muttered, "It's over, it's all over." ”

It is the support of the people, they believe in me, Chen Yuan's eyes are moist, taking this opportunity, Chen Yuan said loudly to those officials: "Put down your arms, the crime will be judged by the government, otherwise, it doesn't matter if you kill you." ”

As soon as he shouted, those officials who were led by Li Xiang, except for the sworn friends, some of the officials threw down their weapons and surrendered.

"Ahem." Li Xiang covered his chest, he was kicked by Tang Sai'er just now, and snorted, "Chen Yuan, you won!" ”

Chen Yuan shouted: "This is the people, this is the people's hearts, the heart is right, the world is not afraid, Li Xiang, my ability is not better than you, but you are perverse, treating human life as a mustard, and treating the people as pigs and dogs, as everyone knows, where the hearts of the people in the world are, the sun and the moon are clear, that is, where the right path is, there is no fear in the heart, and your end is sooner or later." ”

Li Xiang laughed: "Justice? Popularity? Ridiculous, how do you think the injustice in this world came about? I have been in Shandong for a few years, and I have been a political envoy for less than a year, who doesn't understand all the officialdom inside? I squandered a lot of money and food, but was it for the sake of the top? If it's not for the sake of going up, I'll be so cornered? ”

Chen Yuan was shocked, up? Who is this alluding to? King Han?

"Chen Yuan, this officialdom, everything is driven by interests, the emperor is not hungry soldiers, there is no interest, who wants to do it? Do you know why you are a common man, but many people in the DPRK and China don't like you? You are a village man from a high position, they are jealous, you have raised the status of a businessman, so what sense of superiority do they have as a scholar official? ”

"So, they're going to find a way to get you down until you do. Officialdom is like this, Chen Yuan, just by yourself you want to clarify the universe, innocent of my entire Daming, you are dreaming. ”

Chen Yuan sneered and said word by word: "I will, I will do it for you, no, you can't see it." ”

"Haha-" Li Xiang laughed, very disdainful.

Suddenly, just when everyone was not paying attention, Li Xiang threw his neck up and slammed his throat into a sharp knife, and blood flowed immediately.

Chen Yuan hurriedly approached, and heard Li Xiang's faint voice: "You-you-judgment-can't-I-goo" tilted his head and completely lost his breath.