Chapter 267. Unexpected
Zheng Zhutou was shocked and angry when he saw that the other party dared to do something to them, "It's the opposite, it's the opposite!" Kill me, kill me! ”
All the officials drew their long knives one after another, and they even wanted to openly slash and kill. The guards were naturally not vegetarians, and when they saw this situation, they were not polite, and they drew their horizontal knives one after another, and first entered the middle of the officials. The secret guard is a warrior in the army, not accustomed to subduing the enemy, and will kill people when they shoot, only to see the horizontal knife and knife light flying, sandwiched with blood flying in the sky, accompanied by a series of screams, one by one the servants were cut down in a pool of blood.
Zheng Zhutou and the others killed people when they saw the other party's shot, and they were so fierce that they were so frightened that they hurriedly ran out of the tavern and sent out a signal rocket. At this moment, the officials crawled out and ran around Zheng Zhutou. Zheng Zhutou looked towards the tavern, and saw that the very heroic young man walked out of the gate surrounded by all the murderers, and his heart palpitated for no reason, feeling as if he was facing a group of fierce beasts! At this time, the wails in the tavern continued to come out, and Zheng Zhutou and the others saw through the gap between Yang Peng's body and dozens of officials lying in the tavern, some screaming in a pool of blood, and some were motionless, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive! Zheng Zhutou and the others really couldn't believe that someone had the audacity to act so much that they dared to openly slash and kill the Yamen duke!
"Who are you?" Zheng Zhutou asked with a stern expression. Yang Peng smiled coldly, "You don't care who we are, even if we are ordinary people, we can resist in the face of your unjustified slashing!" ”
"Humph! You're too rampant! I'll let you know later! At this moment, there was a sound of neat footsteps on the street in the distance, and Zheng Zhutou and the others immediately followed the prestige, only to see more than a hundred Yanyun Army sergeants running towards this side from a distance. Everyone was very excited, and Zheng Zhutou immediately pointed at Yang Peng and said viciously: "Boy, your death time has come!" ”
More than 100 sergeants approached. When the officers saw what they saw, they immediately surrounded both sides. Zheng Zhutou immediately stepped forward to complain to the officer: "General, these people are blatantly making trouble, not to mention, they still dare to resist the law enforcement of the yamen, and they killed and injured dozens of officials, please the general immediately put them to justice on the spot!" Yang Peng didn't say anything, and saw what the officer would do. The officer frowned, "I know how to deal with it, I don't need you to say more here!" "Zheng Zhutou is only submissive.
The officer looked at Yang Peng and asked, "Who are you?" Do you have anything to say about what this headhunter has to say? "This officer is just a low-level officer, and he was awarded the position of squadron leader by a civilian through a competition not long ago, and then added to this side, so although he has heard of King Yan's order for a long time, he doesn't know King Yan at all, if it is those veterans of the Yan Yun Army, they will not have this question at all.
Yang Peng said: "I'm just an ordinary person. As for what this head catcher said, some are true and some are not. "Oh? Which ones are true? Which ones aren't? Zheng Zhutou hurriedly said: "Why should the general talk too much with these chaotic people!" The officer glared at Zheng Zhutou, "Do I need your guidance on how to do things?" Zheng Zhutou didn't dare to say anything, he was very resentful in his heart, but he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.
Yang Peng was still very satisfied with the officer's performance, and told the cause and effect of the incident. The officer looked at Zheng Zhutou with a very angry look, and Zheng Zhutou and the others cowered, obviously very weak-hearted. The officer snorted, and then said to Yang Peng: "You have killed so many officials, although there is a reason for it, it is not a trivial matter, and it must be decided by the local prefect!" Come with me! Zheng Zhutou and the others were secretly happy, and said secretly: As long as you arrive at the prefect's lobby, you won't catch turtles in the urn!
Yang Peng pointed to Zheng Zhutou and the others, and said: "These servants are from the prefect's yamen, and these public servants are also from the prefect's yamen. ”
Zheng Zhutou said angrily: "Do you have a share of your voice here?" Yang Peng ignored him and just looked at the officer. The officer nodded; "What you said is also reasonable, but if this matter is not handled by the prefect's yamen, who should handle it? This kind of thing should have been handled by the prefect's yamen! Yang Peng said: "I heard that General Duan Zhixian and General Cheng Shijie are both here, both of them are jealous and hateful, I believe that there will be a fair result in this matter, no matter what the result is, the people in the city are bound to be convinced!" ”
When Zheng Zhutou heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said to the officer: "General, I'm afraid this matter is not appropriate!" The officer frowned, "What's wrong?" What he said is very reasonable, since this matter involves the prefect's yamen, in order to avoid suspicion, it is only appropriate for the two generals to deal with it! ”
"However, the duty of the two generals is to lead the army, not to deal with civil affairs, isn't this putting the cart before the horse? It's also inconsistent with law and reason! ”
The officer said: "Now there is no governor in Lianghuai, and the implementation is still military management, and the general of one party naturally has the right to deal with local civil affairs!" Then he frowned, "Zheng Zhutou, you are so obstructive, is there a ghost in your heart?" Zheng Zhutou's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "The general's words are serious, the villain is just, just a matter of facts!" "That's it!" Then he raised his voice and said, "Take everyone to the camp!" More than 100 soldiers agreed in unison, escorting the people of the yamen, several servants, Yang Peng and others, and the proprietress of the tavern to the camp. The people gathered around one after another, discussing in private, shaking their heads and sighing, and looking forward to it.
In the camp, Cheng Shijie had already gone to the barracks outside the city, and Duan Zhixian had just dressed up and was about to go around the barracks outside the city. At this moment, an officer rushed in and reported: "General, the city defense army has sent a report that there is a case that needs to be handled by the general!" ”
Duan Zhixian raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Yesterday, the family was not a magistrate, why did you want me to handle the case!" "It is said that there was a dispute between a group of outsiders and the local prefect's yamen, and the city defense army thought that the matter was not suitable for the magistrate to handle, so they brought all the people involved here!"
Duan Zhixian laughed and said: "There is still this kind of thing, okay, the family will break it for them yesterday!" Duan Zhixian thought it was just a small matter such as a civil dispute, but he didn't pay attention to it. Quickly left the room, came to the front lobby and sat down, at this time there were already more than a dozen captains with helmets and armor and long knives standing on the left and right sides of the lobby.
The officer of the city defense army rushed in, clasped his fists and bowed: "General Qiyu, since the party involved is related to the local prefect, for the sake of fairness, my subordinates specially brought the personnel of both sides to the general!" ”
Duan Zhixian asked, "What is the matter?" The officer said: "A group of foreign merchants and the servants of the local prefect's yamen had a friction when they were drinking in the tavern and then started to move, and then those servants called the yamen to arrest the fast, and the yamen caught the fast tried to arrest those people, but the two sides had a fierce conflict, and the yamen was hacked to death by the other party and injured dozens of people!" ”
Duan Zhixian laughed, "Happy!" I didn't expect these two Huai to have such a kind of hero! The officer hurriedly said: "It is not very clear what happened to this matter, so my subordinates have brought all the relevant people and so on, please ask the general to adjudicate!" Duan Zhixian waved his hand, "What else is there to adjudicate, isn't the matter already clear?" Those servants and servants deserve to die! If you go and pass on my order, you will say that this matter is over, and the yamen must not be entangled any more, otherwise they will not be spared yesterday! ”
"General, it's better for you to ask them, lest there be any inside story here!" Duan Zhixian thought about it for a while, and said impatiently: "I really didn't let my family live in peace yesterday!" Go and bring them in. The officer answered and ran down.
At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed in a prefect's official robe was very rich, with a pair of goldfish eyes and a catfish mouth, walked in. Seeing Duan Zhixian, he hurriedly saluted respectfully and said, "The lower officer greets the general!" "This person who came is none other than the prefect of Yangzhou, Zhou Xian. Duan Zhixian said: "You came just in time, and now this case is related to you!" Zhou Xian said: "The lower officials heard about this matter on the way here, and the lower officials thought that they really couldn't give those Diao people the slightest face, otherwise they wouldn't know who they were, so that all kinds of bigger incidents would happen!" Duan Zhixian said angrily: "I don't need you to teach you a lesson in doing things yesterday!" ”
Zhou Xianwei promised. At this time, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and when I looked up, I saw a large group of people following the officer in, and although the hall was very large, it still seemed very crowded with so many people coming in at once. Zhou Xian's eyes searched among the group of people, his expression was not good, he wanted to see what kind of person had eaten the courage of the ambitious leopard, and actually dared to scratch the whiskers of his tiger. He had already made up his mind, even if it was not good in this hall, he would never let go of those who dared to offend him afterwards!
Zhou Xian's gaze fell on Yang Peng's face, he didn't know Yang Peng, but he naturally knew that it was the leader among them, and his expression became even more gloomy. Duan Zhixian's gaze swept around the crowd, and he suddenly saw Yang Peng, who was looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but be stunned. Huo Ran got up, turned his head and shouted angrily at the officer: "You are so bold ******, you dare to arrest the eldest brother!" When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and then they understood, Duan Zhixian's eldest brother, isn't it King Yan? The officer was shocked, Zhou Xian was also stunned, and as for the quick servants and tavern couples, they all showed expressions of disbelief.
Yang Peng stepped forward, glanced at the officer, and said to Duan Zhixian with a smile: "Don't blame him, he did a good job, I'm very satisfied!" The officer finally reacted, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and bowed: "Villain, villain doesn't know, I don't know if it's His Royal Highness King Yan, but it's actually ......."
Yang Peng stepped forward to help him up, patted him on the shoulder, and encouraged: "You have done a good job, keep up the good work!" The officer was excited, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Yes!" "What's your name?" "The villain He Bin." "He Bin, good name, I remember you!" Then he said to Duan Zhixian: "This He Bin's character and talent are very outstanding, it's a pity to be a squadron leader, promote him to be a commander!" Duan Zhixian smiled: "Since the eldest brother has spoken, what else do I have to say!" He Bin knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you, His Royal Highness King Yan!" "The squadron leader is probably equivalent to the current company commander, and the commander, who is generally in command of two or three thousand people, is equivalent to the current regiment commander, that is to say, He Bin has a company commander promoted to regiment commander in the blink of an eye, and the promotion speed is simply faster than riding a rocket.
"Xiaguan, Xiaguan meets His Royal Highness King Yan!" Zhou Xian knelt down and bowed, looking very nervous. Yang Peng glanced at Zhou Xian and said with a smile: "It's the prefect!" Zhou Xian couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Xiaguan's family actually dares to offend King Yan, Xiaguan is dishonest, and please ask King Yan to surrender!" At this time, those officials and servants also reacted, and knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy, and the tavern husband and wife couldn't help but kneel.
Yang Peng muttered: "There is a misdiscipline, you are really disdisciplined!" "Walking to the top, Zhixian has already given up his position at this time. Yang Peng sat down, and when he saw those servants begging and kowtowing, he said angrily: "Be quiet!" Everyone immediately closed their mouths and looked at Yang Peng tremblingly.
Yang Peng looked at Zhou Xian, who was still kneeling on the ground, "Lord Zhou......" Zhou Xian hurriedly promised: "The lower official is here!" "I don't know how King Yan is going to punish him, although it is his servants and servants who have a conflict with King Yan, but as a prefect, he must be inseparable!
"What do you think of this?" Zhou Xian's heart turned, and he said secretly: If you don't abandon the car at this time, when will you stay? So far, you can only die! Hmph, who told you to offend King Yan with eyes and beads, and involve me in it, and you are really innocent!
As soon as he thought of this, he said bitterly: "The lower official is ashamed! Xia Guan didn't expect that the servants and officials in the family would be so lawless and reckless! Since they have committed such a great rebellious crime, it is difficult for the lower officials to take the blame, let alone them! Please ask His Royal Highness King Yan to punish everyone and behead everyone! The servants were shocked, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, snorting and tearing, counting their sins, only asking for forgiveness from King Yan, and some even broke their foreheads!
Yang Peng glanced at Zhou Xian and said to those people: "It's useless for you to beg me, since this matter has been broken by Lord Zhou, you should go and ask Lord Zhou!" Everyone hurriedly turned to Zhou Xian and begged, looking at the prefect with blank eyes, thinking that we were making dogs for you, and your old man would not fail to save us, right?
Zhou Xian didn't even look at them, and said righteously: "The law is ruthless, even if the prince breaks the law, he should be guilty of the same crime as the common people, let alone wait!" You are to blame only yourselves, who told you to break the law! Everyone's faces turned pale, and Zheng Zhutou saw that today was a catastrophe, so he had no scruples, and scolded angrily: "The surname Zhou, the young ****** pretend to be such a selfless virtue!" Don't I know you yet, today we offended King Yan and should be executed, it's true, but what you surnamed Zhou did should be killed a hundred times and a thousand times! And the servants and servants also joined in, and they all went out.
Zhou Xian was shocked and angry, glared and threatened: "You died in violation of the law, why are you so resentful!" Go in peace, family, and I'll take care of it for you! And the crowd shook their spirits, and they were silent. They heard the threats in Zhou Xian's words very clearly, don't look at what he said, what is taking care of your family, in fact, the meaning behind it is that if you talk nonsense and are not honest, your family will suffer!
Yang Peng naturally heard it, but he didn't break it. Zhou Xian was very proud when he saw that Zheng Zhutou had made them all succumb, and turned to Yang Peng and hugged his fists and said, "King Yan, please punish these people through the canon!" Everyone was shocked and looked at Chen Xiao with blank eyes.
Yang Peng glanced at them and said lightly: "This matter is not as serious as Lord Zhou said," Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment, and said urgently: "Dare to offend King Yan, isn't it a mortal crime?" "In ancient times, it was a heinous crime to offend the king, so Zhou Xian said so.
Yang Peng said: "I don't have such a law in Yanyun!" Besides, as the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty, although they offended me, but they didn't know my identity, so they didn't offend King Yan! When everyone heard this, they were moved, and suddenly they only felt that His Royal Highness King Yan was really the wisest master in the world! Zhou Xian saw Yang Peng say this, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
Yang Peng glanced at everyone, "Although the capital crime can be avoided, the living crime cannot be escaped." I believe you know what punishment you should be punished for openly fighting and causing trouble, right? The servants of the Zhou family hurriedly kowtowed: "The villain is guilty, and the villain is willing to accept the punishment!" Yang Peng looked at those servants again, "As a servant, you should investigate the merits and do not indulge in vain, but you are willing to openly persecute the people for a few servants as slaves, today I will revoke your public office and send you to serve your sentence in a bitter cold place, can you be convinced?" The officials originally thought that they would definitely die, but they didn't expect Feng Hui to escape the catastrophe, and they were grateful, so they had no complaints, and they kowtowed: "The villain deserves it!" ”
Yang Peng looked at Zhou Xian, smiled and asked, "Lord Zhou, do you think it's appropriate to deal with it like this?" Zhou Xian was thinking about things, and suddenly heard Yang Peng's inquiry, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "King Yan can't handle it more appropriately than this!" King Yan is wise! ”
Yang Peng said to He Bin: "Commander He, take them down to record a confession, and then send them to Shanxi." He Bin promised, beckoned his subordinate soldiers, and escorted a group of officials and servants down.
Yang Peng looked at the boss and lady who was still kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "What are you doing on your knees, get up!" The husband and wife quickly thanked each other and stood up, a little helpless. Yang Peng asked Wang Kai to give them a piece of silver, and then smiled: "If I have time, I will go to your tavern to drink." The husband and wife only felt flattered, and the proprietress hurriedly said: "If His Royal Highness King Yan comes, it will be a great blessing for the grass people!" Grass people, grass people......" She didn't know what to say when she was excited. Yang Peng smiled, "Go back." The husband and wife bowed respectfully to Yang Peng, and then left.
Yang Peng looked at Zhou Xian, "Lord Zhou......" Zhou Xian hurriedly responded: "The lower official is here." Yang Peng said: "I heard some rumors outside today that are not very good for Master Zhou!" Zhou Xian chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Although Xiaguan's ability is limited, he is still honest when he asks himself, but I'm afraid that King Yan has heard some rumors, right?" Yang Peng smiled: "Maybe," and suddenly asked: "Zhou Lu robbed the people's daughter, do you know?" ”
Zhou Xian was unprepared for Yang Peng's sudden question, and said in shock: "That, that's a child's nonsense......" As soon as the words came out, he secretly called it bad, wouldn't he say this to himself? Deng Shi looked very embarrassed. Yang Peng said lightly: "It seems that there is really such a thing!" Zhou Xian hurriedly knelt down and said: "It's because the subordinate officials are not strict in discipline, please forgive King Yan!" Duan Zhixian, who had long been holding back his anger after hearing Yang Peng's words, roared: "You bastard, you dare to do such a bird thing!" , is it impatient to live! Zhou Xian was so frightened that he panicked.
Duan Zhixian was so angry that he wanted to go down and beat someone, but Yang Peng called him in time: "Zhixian! Duan Zhixian let out a heavy breath in his nose and glared at Zhou Xian fiercely. Yang Peng said to Zhou Xian: "I think Zhou Lu should be spoiled," Zhou Xian heard this, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, it is the lower officials who spoiled the child, and please forgive King Yan!" Yang Peng asked, "That girl wasn't defiled by Zhou Lu, right?" Zhou Xian hurriedly said: "King Yan rest assured, the lower officials didn't let him mess around, that girl is still complete!" Chen Xiao nodded, "That's good." I don't want to make a big deal about this matter, you can handle it for me as soon as possible. Put the girl back, and then say good words to appease and compensate the family! "Yes, yes, the lower official will do it immediately!" Yang Peng nodded, "Go ahead." Zhou Xian bowed to Yang Peng and left in a hurry.
After Zhou Xian left, Duan Zhixian, who couldn't help it for a long time, asked angrily: "Big brother, why do you want to open up to those frustrated birds?" The son of that bastard dared to rob the people's daughter, so he cut off his son's head! And that bastard, I don't think he's a good bird, and he should be slaughtered together! It's really infuriating! Yang Peng smiled: "If things are so big, can Lianghuai still be stable?" Duan Zhixian said angrily: "With these frustrated birds, is it possible that Lianghuai will be stable?" ”
Yang Peng stood up and patted Duan Zhixian's shoulder, "You just believe in Big Brother!" Duan Zhixian stared at Yang Peng with puffed eyes, and sighed helplessly for a long time, "I really don't know what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd, big brother!" I don't care! But I'm going to say the ugly things ahead, those frustrated birds do these things again, I will never spare them! When the time comes, don't blame you for being reckless, big brother! ”
Yang Peng laughed, "No blame, no blame!" I don't think that Zhou Xian should be so stupid! Yang Peng pursed his lips, hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, you better send a Xuanwei envoy over quickly, I don't want to pay attention to these bird things anymore, it's really annoying to his grandmother!" Yang Peng said: "I have already thought about the candidate for Xuanwei's envoy, and he can take office today!" Duan Zhixian was very strange, and Dunan and Bai Tong were also very surprised, they had been with Yang Peng all the time, and they didn't find any special characters.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.