In the middle of the hall, Meng Huailiang shuttled through the crowd, grabbed a stick from a servant, and struck out like the wind, knocking down half of the servants in a short time.

Xu Zonghan walked around behind him, saw the opportunity, and hit him on the back with a stick. Lan Xiaolou screamed: "Be careful behind you!"

Meng Huailiang turned around and swept his legs, kicking the wooden stick away, and then followed up with a stick, knocking Xu Zonghan away. However, because he was concerned about his identity, he controlled the force very lightly, so Xu Zonghan was not seriously injured.

The remaining servants were frightened and went to help Xu Zonghan up, not daring to attack Meng Huailiang again.

"Go away!" Xu Zonghan pushed away the servant who was helping him and stared at Meng Huailiang.

At this moment, a team of police officers rushed into the Luoying Tower. After more than twenty police officers lined up, a headman finally walked in.

He first carefully glanced around the lobby, and after seeing Xu Zonghan holding his stomach, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Xu, are you okay? Who is so bold as to hit you?"

A servant in black stepped forward and scolded: "Don't you have eyes? Who else could you have besides that boy?" He pointed at Meng Huailiang.

The catcher laughed in apology, but did not take action immediately.

His name is Hao Tong, and he was recently promoted to head catcher. A few days ago, due to Ye Yuqiu's case, Wannian County was affected and a major earthquake occurred.

Not only were county captain Wang Bin and head catcher Cai Yi exiled to Qianzhou, but the county magistrate was also replaced. After the new county magistrate took office, Hao Tong was promoted to head catcher.

Hao Tong knew that this change was due to the unfair enforcement of the law by the head catcher Cai Yi and the county lieutenant Wang Bin. They were caught by Zhou Guogong and Princess Taiping, so they were dismissed from their official positions and exiled.

Having learned his lesson, he naturally did not want to make the same mistake as Cai Yi and the other two, so he cautiously asked Meng Huailiang: "Master, I wonder why you beat Master Xu?"

The servant in black said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? Just take it down. Why are you talking nonsense to them?"

Wang Bo sneered and said: "Although your young master is a son of an official, he does not hold an official position. You, a little servant, dare to threaten the official business of the imperial court. It is simply lawless!"

The servant in black snorted coldly: "You brat, you are quite good at talking. Grandpa will make you cry later and you won't even be able to cry!"

Turning to look at Hao Tongtong: "Will you catch these unruly people? If you don't take action, my young master can directly send someone to the Ministry of Punishment or Jingzhao Mansion to ask for arrests!"

"This...this..." Hao Tong was covered in cold sweat, unable to advance or retreat.

When Lan Xiaolou saw that Xu Zonghan allowed his servant to be so presumptuous, he looked at him with even more contempt. Gu Luoer was soft on the outside but strong on the inside, and even said unceremoniously: "I didn't expect that the servant in the prime minister's house could be so fake and powerful. It's really disgusting.

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The servant in black yelled angrily: "You bitch, how dare you..."

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped by Xu Zonghan. After the beating, Xu Zonghan did not stop and continued to punch and kick the servant so hard that no servant nearby dared to dissuade him.

Naturally, Wang Bo and others would not stop him. Meng Huailiang walked up to them and frowned: "This Xu Zonghan is a little weird."

Lan Xiaolou opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

After a while, Xu Zonghan stopped moving and his expression returned to calm.

He slowly walked to the chess table and sat down, stretched out his hand to Meng Huailiang, hooked his fingers, and said: "If you can beat me at chess, I will not pursue what happened today. If you lose, I will have you killed."

Locked up in prison for a month."

Meng Huailiang frowned and said nothing, Wang Bolang said: "Brother Meng, don't pay attention to him."

Xu Zonghan glanced at Wang Bo and said coldly: "Wang Bo, I know that you have recently been appreciated by Zhou Guogong and became an editor of the Hanlin Academy, but you don't think that Zhou Guogong would have a relationship with my Xu family because of a disciple like you.

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With that said, he turned to a servant and said, "Go to the Criminal Department to find Jiang Rong and ask him to send a team of people over."

The servant responded loudly, glanced at Wang Bo and Meng Huailiang provocatively, and walked out the door triumphantly.

"Wait a minute!" Meng Huailiang walked to the opposite side of Xu Zonghan's table and said in a deep voice: "I'll get off with you."

Xu Zonghan smiled up to the sky, waved to the servant in the distance and said, "No need to go." After saying that, he grabbed a handful of chess pieces and looked at Meng Huailiang.

"pair!"

Xu Zonghan spread his hands and saw that the number of chess pieces was indeed an even number. Meng Huailiang held the white chess piece and moved first. Wang Bo, Lan Xiaolou and others all knew the importance of this game, so they walked behind Meng Huailiang and stopped to watch.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Hao Captou took the opportunity to sneak away with others.

In ancient chess, the first move is not close to the goal, so the first move has a huge advantage. Meng Huailiang competed with Xu Zonghan in the first dozen moves and took advantage of the first move to quickly grasp the situation.

However, after playing more than 30 moves, Meng Huailiang gradually felt Xu Zonghan's strength. His chess style and personality were completely different. He was as steady as a rock and had a keen sense of chess. Meng Huailiang set up deceptions several times, but he saw through them all.

As time goes by, more and more pieces are placed on the chessboard. Among the onlookers, Lan Xiaolou, Gu Luoer and Wang Bo are all good at chess.

Especially Lan Xiaolou, she knew Xu Zonghan's strength best. Even Wang Shiyan, the number one chess player in the capital, was full of praise after playing against him.

However, what surprised her was that Meng Huailiang was no less powerful than Xu Zonghan and firmly held the first mover advantage. Faced with the five orphans that Xu Zonghan deliberately left in the upper left corner, he was not in a hurry to encircle and suppress them, and he stabilized the market without being arrogant or impetuous.

In the middle of the game, Xu Zonghan finally became anxious. He knew that he would definitely lose if he continued like this. Only by giving it a try might he be able to survive.

He made a prompt decision, ignored the dragon that was not fully alive, and made a robbery in the lower left corner, running away from the dragon and robbery at the same time. Meng Huailiang's pressure increased greatly, and the chess game gradually became chaotic.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Zonghan punched the chessboard hard, causing the chess pieces to fly.

After taking a few deep breaths, he said in a low voice: "I lost."

Everyone looked at him nervously, worried that he would not keep his promise. Xu Zonghan looked at Lan Xiaolou with complicated eyes for a while, opened his mouth, but said nothing.

After a long time, he flicked his sleeves and walked out the door. His servants glared at everyone fiercely and then left.

The madam who was hiding in the corner came out and hugged Lan Xiaolou. The two cried bitterly together. Gu Luoer was slightly sentimental. Only after seeing Lan Xiaolou's experience did she realize how lucky she was.

Meng Huailiang sighed: "When I came to the capital, I realized that the atmosphere in the capital was not much better than that in the local area."

Lu Zhaolin also had this idea in mind, and looked a little depressed. Wang Brown said: "That's why we need to work hard to change this turbid atmosphere!"

Zhou Xing curled his lips and said: "You have been in the capital for so long, don't you still understand?"

"Understand what?" they both asked in unison.

Zhou Xing folded his arms and did not answer. Lan Xiaolou broke away from the madam, gave a blessing to the four people, and said: "Thank you to the four gentlemen for saving me today. Xiaolou is willing to cook tea and play the piano in the room to express his gratitude. I don't know how many of them there are."

how about?"

None of the four refused and entered Lan Xiaolou's house. Four men and two women gathered in front of a round table while Lan Xiaolou cooked tea for several people.

While the tea was steaming, Meng Huailiang suddenly said: "Brother Zhou, what did you mean by that sentence just now?" He knew that Zhou Xing did not answer just now because the people around him were too distracted.

Zhou Xing snorted and said: "The main problem with the atmosphere in Chang'an City is actually the Yushitai. They are responsible for supervising all officials as a deterrent. However, since Mr. Yuan Ge became the Yushitai, the Yushitai

Taiwan is getting worse every day!"

Wang Bo nodded slightly: "That makes sense. I remember that a few years ago, I supervised the censor Zhang Jianzhi to participate in the performance of Li Cheng, the nephew of Li Yifu. As a result, he was demoted to the local government not long after."

"It's not just that." Zhou Xing took the teacup handed over by Lan Xiaolou and whispered: "Have you heard of King Luo Bin?"

Lu Zhaolin hurriedly said: "Of course I have heard that Mr. Luo wrote poems at the age of eight, and his poems are beautiful and beautiful. I have always admired him."

Wang Bo's face darkened: "I remembered that this person was also a supervisory censor a few years ago. Later, he committed something unknown and was sent to prison."

Zhou Xing blew the hot air, took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "King Luo Bin is too upright. He dared to play Xu Jingzong and accuse him of colluding with the Koreans. Isn't that asking for death?"

Lan Xiaolou, who was pouring tea, shook his hand and the tea spilled on the table. Zhou Xing narrowed his eyes and said, "Lan Douzhi, what's wrong with you?"

Lan Xiaolou said hurriedly: "It's okay, the little girl was just frightened when she heard that Mr. Luo dared to play for the prime minister of the dynasty."

Gu Luoer said quietly: "It would be great if all the senior officials in the imperial court were like Mr. Wu."

Meng Huailiang said seriously: "Everyone, Mr. Wu is still young. If we can follow him, we must assist him well and prevent him from going astray!"

The other three people responded in unison.

Next, everyone turned the topic to the Hanlin Academy case. Zhou Xing had Wu Chengsi's request, so he did not tell them about Gao Funan.
Chapter completed!