The night breeze is cold, and a bright moon hangs high.

Dongchang is in charge of the power and responsibility of investigation and investigation, and is also responsible for guarding the palace, so it is set up next to the Donghua Gate of the palace, covering a vast area and being heavily guarded.

At this time, all over the capital, the lights of thousands of homes are silent, but the East Factory is still bright everywhere, and from time to time there are teams of armed East Factory Fanzi picking up the lights to patrol back and forth, quite a tense atmosphere that is about to come.

When he was a child, in the mansion of the governor of Dongchang, Li Zhong, the deputy governor in a bright yellow python robe, talked eloquently in the living room:

"This seat entered the palace today, and found out that the emperor may leave the palace in the next few days and go to the Daming Lake to play, and then it will be our opportunity, no matter how big the noise is, it will not reach the emperor's ears."

"We must seize this opportunity to win over hundreds of officials and stabilize the situation before the emperor returns."

"As soon as the emperor returns, this seat will enter the palace to report the death of Gonggong Wan, and by the way, he will succeed to the position of governor!"

In addition to the deputy governor Li Zhong and several high-level officials of the East Factory, there were also four armed figures in the hall, standing quietly next to Li Zhong.

These four people are the only four remaining innate masters under Li Zhong's command.

In addition to these four people, there were originally two congenitals under Li Zhong, and they also held positions in Dongchang, but when they went out to do errands a few days ago, those two died in the hands of Zhao Huai'an, so now there are only these four left.

Last night in Dajue Temple, Zhao Huai'an killed, and before the four of them could do anything, Yuhuatian came, so there was no use for the time being.

But now that he has returned to the East Factory, in order to prevent internal turmoil in the East Factory, the situation like last night will happen again, Li Zhong will take four people with him wherever he goes, almost never leaving an inch, and cherishing his life very much.

After listening to Li Zhong's plan, several people in the hall nodded and agreed.

Immediately, one of them suddenly said: "I heard that Zhao Jingzhong and Liu Xi have transferred back the people who were stationed abroad today, will they have heard about the death of Gonggong Wan?" ”

"What if you hear about it?"

Li Zhong snorted coldly: "A remnant of Wei Zhongxian, a dog slave from the Huanyi Bureau, is also worthy of competing with this seat for the position of overseer?" ”

"When the emperor leaves the palace, this seat will clean up these two guys who are in the way......"

Before the words fell, a sudden shout came from outside: "Father-in-law! Father-in-law ......"

Everyone in the hall suddenly closed their voices and looked out the door.

Li Zhong also frowned, and slapped the teacup on the case: "How many times have you said it, call the overseer of this seat!" ”

When the little eunuch who ran into the living room heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he didn't dare to speak back, and said: "Overseer, Zhao Jingzhong, the head of the big stall, brought a group of people over, I don't know what I want to do......

"Huh?"

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed slightly.

Li Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "Zhao Jingzhong? Come here now, what does he want to do?! ”

"Yes, of course...... you! ”

Dense footsteps sounded outside the door, and then the door was kicked open from the outside, and the two little eunuchs guarding the door were beaten to vomit blood and fell aside.

Zhao Jingzhong, who was dressed in a red python robe, strode in and looked coldly at several people in the hall.

Behind him, followed by a group of figures with swords and swords, among which there were several people, wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists, obviously Jinyi Guard.

With such a posture, you can tell at a glance that the comer is not good.

The faces of Li Zhong and the others all became gloomy, staring at Zhao Jingzhong, who was the leader.

"Zhao Jingzhong, breaking into the governor's mansion late at night, are there any rules? Do you want to rebel?! ”

Li Zhong asked coldly.

"Huh...... You haven't become an Overseer yet, but you have taken the Overseer's Mansion as your mansion, and you still call yourself the Governor? Li Zhong, you dog who became the deputy governor by relying on flattery, are you worthy?! ”

Zhao Jingzhong held a spear wrapped in black cloth in his hand and said with a sneer.

Hearing this, a wisp of murderous intent flashed in Li Zhong's eyes, and he understood why Zhao Jingzhong came.

His gaze swept behind Zhao Jingzhong, and in addition to Zhao Jingzhong's junior sister Wei Ting, he also saw an acquaintance among them.

"Lu Wenzhao, do you dare to meddle in the affairs of Dongchang, do you want to die?!"

Li Zhong looked at a man behind Zhao Jingzhong who was wearing a brocade guard uniform and holding a large royal forest saber, and asked.

Jinyiwei has fourteen thousand households, and Lu Wenzhao is a thousand households in Beizhen Fusi, and he has a lot of dealings with Dongchang on weekdays, and Li Zhong naturally knows him.

"The father-in-law is serious, Lu is just a small thousand households, Zhao's father-in-law is invited, Lu doesn't dare not come."

Lu Wenzhao said with a smile, his tone was very humble.

"This is an internal matter of the East Factory, it has nothing to do with you, you retreat now, this seat can be treated as if it never happened!"

Li Zhong said with a threat in his eyes.

Lu Wenzhao smiled again and again: "Father-in-law forgives the crime, Zhao's father-in-law, as the head of the stall, is regarded as Lu's Shangguan, Shangguan has a life, and Lu doesn't dare to disobey." ”

Li Zhong's nose was crooked, you don't dare to offend the big stall, you dare to offend the deputy overseer, right?

Li Zhong looked at Lu Wenzhao coldly and said, "Those who are involved in this matter tonight, this seat will slowly find you to settle accounts." ”

Lu Wenzhao didn't care either, and didn't speak with a smile.

"Are you done with the last words?"

Zhao Jingzhong opened his mouth coldly, lifted the cloth head wrapped around the body of the gun in his hand, and a double-headed spear slowly appeared.

The atmosphere was tense in an instant.

Li Zhong stared at Zhao Jingzhong: "Zhao Jingzhong, what is the end of the following crimes, you should know that even if this seat doesn't kill you, when Gonggong Wan comes back, he won't be able to spare you!" ”

Zhao Jingzhong sneered: "Still use Wanyulou to suppress me? Do you really think that if you don't say it, no one will know about Wan Yulou's death? ”

Li Zhong's face changed slightly: "I don't know what you're talking about!" ”

"Does it work to be stupid?"

Zhao Jingzhong sneered: "Wan Yulou is enough, just with you waste, what qualifications do you have to succeed to the position of governor?" ”

"Do it!"

When the words fell, Zhao Jingzhong swung the spear in his hand and killed Li Zhong directly.

Li Zhong, who was standing at the door of the hall, saw that Zhao Jingzhong's killing intent had been decided, and knew that it was useless to say more, so he stopped talking nonsense at the moment, and waved his hand coldly: "Kill!" ”

The four people behind him rushed out in an instant, with majestic momentum, blocking in front of Li Zhong and rushing towards Zhao Jingzhong.

Bang Bang –

The sound of drawing a knife sounded, and the people brought by Zhao Jingzhong at the gate also took action.

Wei Ting, dressed in black tights and holding a Western sword, went straight to an innate master on Li Zhong's side, revealing his true qi, and he had also reached the early stage of congenitalism.

The four brocade guards, plus Lu Wenzhao, turned out to be all innate realms.

One of them, a young man wearing a flying fish suit and holding a large embroidered spring knife, was even a few points stronger than Lu Wenzhao's, and had reached the late stage of innate development, and he had slashed his opponent back with just one sword.

Although the other two Jinyi guards were only in the middle of the innate stage, the two joined forces, and they also suppressed one in an instant.

On the contrary, Lu Wenzhao, who is a thousand households, is the most difficult, and his reputation is outstanding, so he is also the strongest innate master on Li Zhong's side, and he was beaten back by his opponent in just two or three moves.

As a last resort, Lu Wenzhao had no choice but to shout to the side for help: "Shen Lian, you come to deal with him!" ”

When the man named Shen Lian heard this, he didn't say much, he repelled his opponent with one sword, and came to reinforce Lu Wenzhao.

Lu Wenzhao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, took advantage of the situation to withdraw from the battle, and faced Shen Lian's opponent.

In a moment, the sound of clanging fights in the courtyard continued.

The rest of the people stood on both sides to watch the battle, one because it was not necessary for the time being, and the other was that they couldn't intervene.

The remaining people on both sides are only in the acquired realm, and in the battle of the innate level, they can't hold out a few moves when they go in, but if they are not careful, they are easy to be injured by mistake.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that at this time, the four innate masters on Li Zhong's side have gradually fallen into a disadvantage, and if this continues, it is only a matter of time before they lose.

"Vice-Overseer!"

Several Dongchang officials at the entrance of the hall looked at Li Zhong one after another, their faces anxious.

Li Zhong's face was gloomy, and he no longer hesitated, and said coldly: "Send a signal!" ”

When one person heard this, he immediately walked to the side, took out a firework and raised it, pulled out the fuse, and a bright flame shot straight into the sky, lighting up the night sky.

After a while, the sound of dense footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and they hurried towards the courtyard.

In the field, Zhao Jingzhong saw that he couldn't solve the opponent for a while, and when he saw Li Zhong sending a distress signal, he was in a hurry, and took advantage of the gap between the fights to turn around and look at the crowd at the gate, and shouted: "Ding Xiu, you still don't make a move!" ”

"Got it, what's the hurry."

With a lazy voice, a man dressed as a samurai with a ponytail and a large Imperial Forest saber on his shoulder walked out slowly, looking straight at Li Zhong at the door of the hall.

"And the masters?!"

Li Zhong's face changed slightly, and he instantly sensed the danger, and retreated behind several Dongchang officials without a trace.

"Stepping on ......"

"Kill—"

At this time, the reinforcements called by Li Zhong outside the door also arrived, and they were densely packed with masters from Dongchang, and they swarmed up.

Seeing this, Ding Xiu no longer hesitated, and waved his hand at the others brought by Zhao Jingzhong: "Nuo, these are handed over to you." ”

"Bang-"

In the next second, the long knife in his hand suddenly came out of its sheath and rushed towards Li Zhong, the deputy governor at the door of the hall.

"Stop him!"

Li Zhong's face changed drastically, and he immediately turned around and ran to the back.

The remaining officials of Dongchang are at a loss, but they also have kung fu, although they are not congenital, but the weakest ones also have acquired third-rate skills, so they can only face Ding Xiu hard.

I thought I could last a few rounds, but I didn't expect them to far underestimate Ding Xiu's martial arts, just in the blink of an eye, four people were slashed by Ding Xiu, and the remaining two were frightened when they saw this, and turned around and ran away without looking back.

Ding Xiu didn't chase them either, his goal was very clear, and he rushed straight to Li Zhong in the hall.

Li Zhong didn't run a few steps before he was caught up, and he could only turn around to fight, but he was cut out with just one move, and before he came back to his senses, he saw the bright long knife in front of him, and he was suddenly frightened, and he hurriedly sat on the pillar, raised his hand and shouted: "Slow down, I ...... whatever you want."

"Whew-"

Before the words fell, the sword flashed, and a big head soared into the sky.

Ding Xiu put away the long knife and said lightly: "I'm sorry, I have professional ethics." ”

In the courtyard, Zhao Jingzhong, who had been paying attention to Li Zhong's movements, was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled back and shouted: "Li Zhong is dead, withdraw!" ”

His task today is only to kill Li Zhong, as long as Li Zhong dies, the rest of the people will not be able to turn up any storms at all, and the position of overseer is already in his pocket!

When Lu Wenzhao and the others heard this, they did not delay, and immediately retreated, preparing to evacuate.

But the door was crowded with the masters of the East Factory who Li Zhong had signaled, and they couldn't rush out for a while, and in desperation, everyone could only join forces to break through.

Ding Xiu was also mixed in the crowd, but his eyes glanced around from time to time, remembering the agreement with the governor of Xichang tonight, and he was very puzzled.

Didn't the people from the West Factory come?

"Kill—"

At this moment, there was another dense sound of footsteps outside, followed by the sound of fighting and screaming from outside.

Zhao Jingzhong and the others thought that there was another group of Li Zhong's reinforcements, after all, Li Zhong was still the deputy governor and the highest authority in Dongchang, but when they heard the sound of fighting, it was obviously not like it, and they couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

Only Ding Xiu's face was happy, remembering the previous agreement with Yuhuatian, the superintendent of the West Factory, and subconsciously aimed at Zhao Jingzhong's head in front of him, his eyes shining.

This head is worth two thousand taels of silver!

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