As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, and the people are naturally afraid of the officials, but if they see the dog-eat-dog of the officials, except for some bold people who dare to come forward to watch, others are afraid to hide farther away, lest they be implicated.

Dongfang Yi dragged Yang Yi from the city gate to the main gate of Yang's house as if he were dragging a dead dog, leaving a bloody mark along the way, with a little minced meat on it.

In the past, I had heard that the upper-class people liked to hide the sword in their mouths and smiles, and even if they had a deep hatred, they would greet people with a smile when they met, but now looking at the children of the Yang family who were blurred by their skin, the officials who inquired about the situation for the prefect hurriedly ran to the official office, for fear that if they were one step slower, they would delay the prefect's plan.

The Yang family is undoubtedly a giant in the eyes of the people of Quanzhou, and has always been regarded as the local patron saint by the people of Quanzhou, even if the Zhao family has risen to become a veritable first family in the southeast over the years, but in terms of influence in Quanzhou, the Zhao family is afraid that it is not as good as one-tenth of the Yang family, as the old housekeeper of the Yang family, Yang Wen, although he is white, but no one dares to blow his beard and stare at him in Quanzhou, that is, the prefect of Quanzhou is also kind and pleasant when he sees him, and he is extremely flattering.

Looking at the inhuman-looking eldest son of the Yang family in Dongfang Yi's hand, Yang Wen took a deep breath, waved his hand to rebuke the Yang family guards behind him, knelt down on the steps in front of the Yang Mansion on both knees, and shouted in a deep voice, "Grass people Yang Wen, meet His Royal Highness King Heng." ”

Dongfang Yi smiled coldly at Yang Wen's courtesy, and then pointed to the closed gate of the Yang family, and sneered, "What's the matter?

Yang Wen, whose forehead was close to the ground, replied in a deep voice, "Your Highness, the ancestors of the Yang family have training, if it is not for the meritorious ministers of the Daliang Society, the Yang family cannot open the middle door to welcome people." ”

Dongfang Yi raised his head, pointed to the north, and said with a smile: "This king killed the general Tuoba Wensheng in the northern desert formation, isn't he considered a meritorious minister?"

Yang Wen was silent and did not answer.

Seeing this, the smile on Dongfang Yi's face became stronger and stronger, stretched out two fingers, turned his back to Fan Qing and the others and shouted, "Tiewei Tuojia." ”

"Wow. ”

As Fan Qing and the others took off their armor, the people watching around gasped, and the bodies of the twelve iron guards were covered with criss-crossing scars, and in some places they couldn't even see the ordinary skin and flesh, only the scars the size of the bowl were left there.

Dongfang Yi threw Yang Yan to Yang Wen's side, retreated to Fan Qing's side, and sneered: "Ninety-nine iron guards under the command of the Southern King, in the battle of Luobeihe three years ago, resisted the three thousand iron floating slaughter of the Northern Desert Tuoba family, seven battles and seven battles, and dragged out three days for the Mobei soldiers to complete the transfer, laying the foundation for the victory of the Battle of Qiwang Mountain, among the ninety-nine people, seventy were killed on the spot, leaving twenty-nine seriously injured and returned to the camp, five of them died on the way, didn't you say that the door of the Yang family is only open for meritorious officials? Are they qualified enough?"

Hearing this, Yang Wen's head was prostrate even lower, but he didn't answer.

At this scene, Dongfang Yi applauded Yang Wen and gave a thumbs up, and said approvingly with a smile, "The Yang family is really a loyal martyr, even a housekeeper dares not to answer!"

"Fan Qing!"

"The subordinates are here!"

Dongfang Yi put the head back into his waist, put his hands in his sleeves, and chuckled, "Remember what I said at the city gate, go, say hello to the Yang family for me." ”

"The iron guard got on his horse and drew his sword, follow me to open the middle door, and those who block it will be killed!"

"Whoa!"

Zhao Zhen and the old man who drove the carriage to this place saw this, the former shook his head and smiled bitterly, the latter sneered with a sneer, Dongfang Yi did this, obviously using the Yang family to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and even involved the Zhao family, the Zhao family and Hengwang Dongfang Yi had a bad relationship in front, but they sat back and ignored Dongfang Yi's humiliation of the Yang family, if this matter spread, those who wanted to target Dongfang Yi to cling to the king of the family would not dare to act rashly, at this time Dongfang Yi exposed the list found by the Zhao family's secret guard, and the desperate southeast family had to take refuge in the Zhao family at that time, but the Zhao family would really receive this group of people, Zhao Zhen didn't dare to think about it, what kind of conspiracy are his grandfather and Dongfang Yi thinking about?

Just as Zhao Zhen was thinking about Zhao Qiancheng and Dongfang Yi's plan, the iron guards had bypassed Yang Wen and rushed to the front of the Yang Mansion guards, so frightened that the Yang family guards hurriedly hid aside, and then with a bang, the gate of the Yang Mansion was split open by Fan Qing and another second-grade peak, and the twelve iron guards rode a high-headed horse and rushed directly to the Yang Mansion compound.

However, at this moment, Fan Qing suddenly noticed that something was wrong, quiet, too quiet, and with this abnormal silence, the mansion was still filled with a strong smell of blood, Fan Qing, who felt that something was a big deal, hurriedly asked the other guards to find out the situation, he turned over and dismounted and ran out of the mansion, shouting to Dongfang Yi, "Your Highness is not good, there seems to be something wrong with the Yang family." ”

At this time, Dongfang Yi had already smelled the strong smell of blood, so he walked quickly to Yang Wen's side and raised Yang Wen's head, but he was still a step too late, Yang Wen's lips were purple and there was no life call, and when he looked up at the other Yang Mansion guards, those people were already trembling and prostrate on the ground.

Dongfang Yi pointed at the guards of the Yang Mansion, his face sank like water, "Thoroughly investigate the Yang Mansion, take down the rest of them, and this king will personally interrogate them!"

Bu Shan, who was sitting in the carriage, instantly twisted his brows together, and said to Zhao Zhen in a deep voice, "Yang's gas is cut off, you go and help him take a look, the old man will sweep the formation for you." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he quickly ran towards the gate of Yang's mansion, and when he ran to Dongfang Yi's side, he saw that Yang Wen's qi was cut off and the fishy smell was pungent, so he asked with a solemn face, "What's the matter?"

"I've been tricked!" Dongfang Yiyin replied compassionately.

After a while, Chen Jiu, who entered the mansion to find out the situation, walked quickly to Dongfang Yi's side, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, regardless of men, women, and children, there are one hundred and forty-seven corpses in the mansion, all of which were killed with one sword, and the head of the family, Yang Tai, is nowhere to be found. ”

In Zhao Zhen's shock, Bai Wentao, the prefect of Quanzhou, led the officials to appear in the eyes of Dongfang Yi and others, and then a group of officials directly surrounded everyone. ”

Hearing Bai Wentao's words, Dongfang Yi and Zhao Zhen glanced at each other, their faces were gloomy, this is a bureau, a bureau against Dongfang Yi, if Dongfang Yi leaves the Yang Mansion like this, there may be any unfavorable evidence to appear, and Dongfang Yi will be completely entrusted in Quanzhou, so Dongfang Yi pushed Zhao Zhen away, stood in front of Bai Wentao, and sneered, "What does Bai Zhifu want to find out?"

Pointing to the corpse at Dongfang Yi's feet, Bai Wentao said with a righteous face, "What do you find out, does Your Highness still use your subordinates to speak bluntly? Yang Wen, the housekeeper of the Yang Mansion, died here, you are the only person Yang Wen came into contact with during his lifetime, so naturally you are suspicious, this official asked His Royal Highness to help find out the cause of Yang Wen's death, is there anything wrong? What's more, Emperor Dewu left a testament, and the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, does His Royal Highness King Heng want to ignore the legacy of Dewu and damage the reputation of the royal family?"

The more Bai Wentao's voice grew, causing the people on both sides of the street to point at Dongfang Yi and whisper.

Taking a deep breath, Dongfang Yi stretched out his hand to stop Chen Jiu, who was about to draw a knife, turned his back to him and ordered, "Do as I order, watch over that group of Yang family guards, block the Yang Mansion, even if my father is here, he will not be allowed to enter, trespassers, kill him, everything will be said when I come back." ”

Zhao Zhen pressed Dongfang Yi's shoulders and shouted in a deep voice, "Xiao Jiu, you can't go, this is obviously a bureau, you can't get out if you go in." ”

Patting the hand on the shoulder, Dongfang Yi stared at Bai Wentao and sneered, "Don't worry, since it is a bureau, there will always be people with layout, you stay here and command Fan Qing and them to find out about this matter, if you meet a master, go to the old-timers for help." ”

"But..."

Without waiting for Zhao Zhen to finish speaking, Dongfang Yi turned around and explained in a low voice, "Send someone to contact the secret guard sent by Zhao Lao, and check the details of this Bai Wentao, you understand what I mean." ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Bai Wentao, who was calm and composed, nodded and said, "Okay, I know, you are careful over there." ”

Since Dongfang Yi is the status of the prince, Bai Wentao did not dare to be too rude, so he invited Dongfang Yi into the carriage and drove towards the county office.

At this time, Bushan walked up to Zhao Zhen and sneered, "I just finished persuading that bastard boy in the morning, let him not be so angry, and now he actually uses himself as bait, then the prefect is not a good cake at first glance, he really doesn't take his life seriously!"

Zhao Zhen breathed a long sigh of relief, turned his head and stared at the plaque of the Yang Mansion, and said coldly, "There is no way, Bai Wentao threatens Xiao Jiu with the hearts of the people, Xiao Jiu has to give in, and as the king of Chaoheng, even if he is demoted from Beijing, he has his own bottom line, if Bai Wentao is just instructed by others, it is just that, but if he threatens Xiao Jiu with the hearts of the people, it is impossible for us to let him go." ”

In those years when Bushan was rampant in the world, it was not that he had no contact with the children of the royal family and the disciples of the family, but people with characters like Zhao Zhen and Dongfang Yi were rare, if they were born in the rivers and lakes, they were amiable but arrogant and domineering, they were ruthless to their enemies, but they were humble and polite to their own people, especially when they saw the cold killing intent that appeared on Zhao Zhen's face, Bushan was even more speechless, and it was just a murderous person who entered the wolf's den, why is this kid also so virtuous?

Stepping on the steps and walking in front of the guards of the Yang Mansion, Zhao Zhen picked up a long knife from the ground, pointed at one of the guards who was trembling, and chuckled, "Although I haven't been active in the southeast much over the years, you should know who I am, say it, tell me everything I want to know, if it is useful, I can let you live, otherwise, I will let you go down to accompany your master." ”

The person who was pointed at the knife said in a trembling voice, "Zhao Gongzi, the little one is really not..."

Before the words could be spoken, Zhao Zhen directly cut off the other party's head in front of everyone and the onlookers, and then put the knife on the person next to him, and said with a smile, "You come!"

"Zhao Gongzi, we really don't...."

With a snort, this person's head also flew high, and the blood spurting out of the two corpses instantly dyed Zhao Zhen's chest red, which frightened the onlookers and screamed, but Zhao Zhen didn't seem to care about this, and when he walked in front of the third person, he took away the person's head with a knife without saying a word, and muttered in his mouth, "A miscellaneous fish, and you still want to do it to this son?"

couldn't stand Zhao Zhen's killing, the guards of the Yang Mansion knocked their heads to the sky, and there were blood stains on their foreheads, and there were some stinking smells mixed in the middle, which made Bu Shan roll his eyes violently.

"That's it, I have three questions, whoever can answer it, I will let him go, and those who can't answer or are slow to answer will go down to serve the Yang family with the three people just now. ”

After speaking, Zhao Zhen pointed to the corpse that was moved out by the iron guards in the Yang Mansion, and asked with a smile, "First question, before we arrived here today, what outsiders came to the Yang Mansion?"

"Nope!"

"Back to Zhao Gongzi, I didn't see outsiders coming. ”

"No, no!"

Pointing at the second person who answered with a knife, Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Very good, you stand aside first." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" said the guard, who had been granted amnesty, hurriedly ran to the other side.

Immediately, Zhao Zhen pointed the knife at Yang Wen's corpse at the bottom of the steps, and asked with a smile, "Who can Yang Wen see before leaving the mansion?"

Hearing this question, everyone fell into deep thought, before leaving the mansion today, they had never seen Yang Wen at all, how could they know who Yang Wen had met?

One of the guards, who looked like a fish, shouted, "It's the master, the housekeeper has seen the master." ”

"Alas, look for death!" With the words, the man's head exploded directly.

Then, Zhao Zhen sneered, "If you want to lie to me, you also have to weigh whether you have that ability, you can continue to think about it." ”

I thought that the person was taking the lead, but I didn't expect that I went to see Lord Yan first, so everyone left and hurriedly shook their heads and said, "We haven't seen Steward Yang at all today." ”

After getting this answer, Zhao Zhen's face was slightly solemn, and he asked in a deep voice, "Has Bai Wentao been to Yang Mansion in the past few days?"

A person guarding the door of the mansion hurriedly said, "I've come, I've come, the day before yesterday and last night, Lord Bai had come to Yang's mansion." ”

"Then how long did he stay in the Yang Mansion, and how did he look when he left?"

The guard recalled, "I stayed in the mansion for almost two hours the day before yesterday, and it was less than a quarter of an hour last night, as for what kind of expression he had when he left, this little one really didn't pay attention to it, but it was Steward Yang who sent Lord Bai out of the mansion, and his face was not very good." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, his face changed drastically, and he shouted at Bushan under the steps, "Senior, catch up with Xiao Jiu, he is in danger." ”

With a whoosh, Bu Shan disappeared in front of Zhao Zhen's eyes in an instant.

Looking at the direction of the prefect's yamen, Zhao Zhen said fearfully, "I hope it's still too late." ”