Just when Duan Zhixuan was in a dilemma, he heard the guard shout: "Third warning, if you don't put down your weapon or retreat, you will be shot without mercy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the guards' crossbows were fully loaded, waiting for the order to be issued.

Seeing that the guards were really coming, Duan Zhixuan turned pale with fright and shouted: "Wait a minute, I will retreat right now."

After saying this, Duan Zhixuan retreated to the square in front of Dadu Mansion, minding his own business.

I was afraid that if I ran too slowly, I would be shot by these guards.

The guards who followed Duan Zhixuan were completely dumbfounded.

Is this still the commander-in-chief who was always the first to charge into battle?

Why do you cherish your life so much after becoming a prince?

The guards couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

They really didn't believe that these guards really dared to take action.

Not to mention that this is just the Governor's Mansion, it is also the inner courtyard of the palace. Once the Duke of the Kingdom enters with weapons, he generally does not dare to shoot him on the spot.

No matter how brave Yang Fan is, he wouldn't dare to be so blatant!

But Duan Zhixuan just gave up. What could these servants do about it?

He had no choice but to glare fiercely at the group of guards guarding the gate, and ran out with Duan Zhixuan.

As soon as he came outside, Duan Zhixuan probably knew that what he had just done was a bit embarrassing, and he was so angry that his face turned red and his neck thickened.

He was really going crazy at this point.

Since taking refuge with Li Shimin, he has made many military exploits on the battlefield, and now he is occupying the position of Duke of the country.

Now that he is being teased by a young boy, how can he not feel humiliated?

Thinking about how he had acted cowardly under the powerful bow and crossbow just now, Duan Zhixuan became even more embarrassed and annoyed.

He took out the imperial edict and inauguration documents from his arms and rushed over again.

He decided to regain his face this time, otherwise it would be a huge loss.

The guards looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do.

My father-in-law is obviously mad!

If you use these things to deal with a bunch of small soldiers, don't you think the price will drop?

Obviously, this is what happened because Yang Fan wanted to undermine Duan Zhixuan's prestige.

Even if you can get in with the imperial edict, who will take your long history seriously?

Now you can only humiliate yourself like this. It is equivalent to using a machete to chop mosquitoes. It is simply overkill.

Not to mention, Duan Zhixuan's move still worked.

As soon as the imperial edict came out, the guards did not dare to shout and kill like before, but sent people to inform the superior.

However, with this ordeal, more and more people are watching, almost treating them like monkeys!

Duan Zhixuan didn't have the nerve to stay here and wait for news, so he ran back to the restaurant with his bodyguard in despair.

He knew that this time it was a complete failure.

Duan Zhixuan had no choice but to find his accompanying staff to discuss how to solve the problem.

Nowadays, you can’t even enter the gate of the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion, and you still want to be a governor there. Isn’t this a joke?

The discussion lasted for a long time, and no solution was reached until it was completely dark.

Now it seems that Huating County has been transformed into an iron barrel by Yang Fan, and it is obviously very difficult to intervene in it.

Unfortunately, Duan Zhixuan had no room to retreat.

Because this opportunity was obtained through mutual compromise between the Guanzhong family and the emperor, Duan Zhixuan did not want to lose it easily.

More importantly, if they just go back to Chang'an in despair, the Duan family will never have a chance to raise their heads again.

But now it seems that Yang Fan will not easily give Duan Zhixuan the opportunity to take power.

For Duan Zhixuan, who wanted to seize power wholeheartedly, he had reached a dead end.

After all, this is Yang Fan's territory, so what if Duan Zhixuan ascends to the position of chief historian by relying on the imperial edict?

Of course, the current situation is not only clear to Duan Zhixuan, but also to everyone participating in the deliberations.

For a time, there were two points of view.

The first is that they should first succumb to Yang Fan, and then slowly win over and disintegrate him after taking office.

Another point of view is that we must have a head-on confrontation with Yang Fan.

Even if Yang Fan was in Niu, he would not dare not take the imperial edict seriously.

Because they were divided into two camps, Duan Zhixuan was confused.

After discussing it all night, a lot of people couldn't come up with a feasible solution.

Seeing that the sky was white, Duan Zhixuan yawned and said helplessly: "Everyone, please go back first. This guild will carefully consider your opinions. You should think about it after you go back."

"If you really figure out a counter-strategy, I will reward you greatly! Okay, let's go back and rest first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a series of soft shouts coming from outside the restaurant.

Duan Zhixuan's heart skipped a beat and he carefully looked down from the window.

The entire restaurant has been surrounded by countless soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Duan Zhixuan turned pale with fright and said in horror: "Is that boy Yang Fan crazy? He actually wants to kill me in broad daylight?"

When the people present heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

They didn't know whether Yang Fan dared to kill them all.

Before coming to Jiangnan, if anyone had asked Yang Fan if he dared to kill them, everyone present would have scoffed.

Even the aristocratic families and emperors in Guanzhong would think that anyone who could say such a thing was a fool.

Who is Duan Zhixuan!

No matter how bold Yang Fan was, he would not dare to do anything to the princes of the dynasty who had made great military exploits for the Tang Dynasty.

But now neither of them can guess correctly.

After all, Yang Fan is not a guy who presses his cards.

Since arriving in Huating County, the humiliations one after another within a day made everyone present angry and helpless, but more importantly, fear.

You must know that Yang Fan is basically a stick who completely ignores the rules of the official game and does whatever he wants.

Now he actually dares to send troops to surround the restaurant. Who knows if Yang Fan will go crazy and kill them all.

Everyone has no idea!

Not only were others at a loss, but so was Duan Zhixuan.

If he hadn't known that he had to lead everyone to resist Yang Fan, the big devil, Duan Zhixuan would have really wanted to go down and beg for mercy.

Seeing countless soldiers surrounding the restaurant, even the usually tough guards felt a little weak.

Swallowing his saliva, he asked with a trembling voice: "Master Guo, what should we do now?"

Hearing this, Duan Zhixuan came back to his senses, but he really didn't have any good ideas.

After sighing a little, he could only wave his hands to tell everyone to be on guard.

As long as Yang Fan launches an attack, everyone will fight to the death.

Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time, the soldiers surrounding the restaurant did not launch an attack. They seemed to be waiting for some order.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, looking at this posture, Yang Fan didn't mean to do something dirty to them.

Seeing this scene, Duan Zhixuan immediately calmed down.

Gritting his teeth, he bravely went downstairs and asked, "Brothers, why are you guys hanging around so early in the morning?"

It happened to be Xi Junmai who led these people here.

After hearing this, he said calmly: "On the order of the Grand Governor, I specially welcome the Duke to take office."

Duan Zhixuan was so angry that he almost vomited blood, so he treated us like monkeys?

How do you feel like you are welcoming me to take office?

It's obviously like catching a fugitive.

Besides, if you want to invite me to take office, is it necessary to create such a large formation?

Obviously, Yang Fan was warning and threatening him!

However, Yang Fan is too crazy.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Duan Zhixuan retorted, "The Governor is so majestic. Do you want me to thank the Governor for his hospitality?"

Xi Junmai's expression remained unchanged: "The Governor said that words of thanks are not necessary. However, in addition to accepting you to take office, I am here to ask for compensation."
To be continued...