Chapter 7: The head worth two thousand taels of silver

The night wind is swaying, and a bright moon hangs high.

The Dongchang was in charge of the investigation and the power and responsibility of the investigation, and was also responsible for guarding the palace. Therefore, it was set up next to the Donghua Gate of the palace, covering a vast area and strictly guarding it.

At this time, thousands of lights were gone everywhere in the capital, but the Dongchang was still bright everywhere. From time to time, there were teams of weapons-equipped Dongchang men patrolling back and forth with lights, which was quite a tense atmosphere of storm.

At midnight, in the Dongchang Governor's Mansion, Li Zhong, the deputy governor, dressed in a bright yellow python robe, talked happily in the living room:

"I entered the palace today and found out that the emperor might leave the palace in the past few days and go to the shore of Daming Lake to have fun. At that time, it will be our chance. No matter how much the noise is, it will not be heard from the emperor."

"We must seize this opportunity and take advantage of the emperor's return to win over all officials and stabilize the situation."

"When the emperor comes back, I will go to the palace to report on the death of Eunuch Wan and succeed as the governor!"

In addition to Deputy Governor Li Zhong and several senior officials from the East Factory, there are also four weapons-equipped figures standing quietly beside Li Zhong.

These four people are the only four innate masters left under Li Zhong.

In addition to these four people, Li Zhong originally had two innate people and also held positions in the East Factory. However, when he went out to do business a few days ago, the two people died one after another, so now there are only these four left.

Last night, Zhao Huaian came to Dajue Temple. Before the four of them could do it, Yuhuatian came, so there was no place to use their skills for the time being.

But now when I returned to the East Factory, in order to prevent the internal turmoil in the East Factory, the situation that happened last night again, Li Zhong took four people everywhere, almost inseparable from his steps and cherished his life very much.

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

Then a person suddenly said, "I heard that Zhao Jingzhong and Liu Xi have all transferred the people stationed outside to the outside world today. Have they heard of the death of Eunuch Wan?"

"So what if I heard about it?"

Li Zhong snorted coldly: "A Wei Zhongxian's remnant party and a dog slave from the washing machine are worthy of competing with me for the position of governor?"

"When the emperor leaves the palace, I will clean up these two guys who are in trouble..."

Before he finished speaking, a shout came from outside: "Father-in-law! Father-in-law..."

Everyone in the hall immediately stopped and looked out the door.

Li Zhong also frowned and slapped the teacup on the desk: "How many times have you said it, I will call you the supervisor!"

The little eunuch who ran in the living room heard this and his lips twitched, but he didn't dare to talk back, bowing and saying, "Supervisor, Zhao Jingzhong, the big boss, brought a group of people over, I don't know what he wanted to do..."

"Um?"

When everyone's expression changed slightly.

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

"Of course...fuck you!"

There were dense footsteps outside the door, and then the door was kicked open from outside. Two eunuchs guarding the door were beaten to vomit blood and fell to the side.

Zhao Jingzhong, wearing a red python robe, strode in and looked coldly at the people in the hall.

Behind him, a group of figures holding swords and wearing swords, and several of them were wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring swords hanging on their waists. They were obviously from the Jinyiwei.

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

Li Zhong and others' faces became gloomy, and they stared at Zhao Jingzhong in the lead.

"Zhao Jingzhong, do you have any rules when you break into this governor's residence late at night? Do you want to rebel?!"

Li Zhong asked coldly.

"Ha... I've just been the governor, so I've regarded the governor's mansion as your residence and called myself the governor? Li Zhong, are you worthy of your dog who has become the deputy governor by flattery?!"

Zhao Jingzhong held a spear wrapped in black cloth in his hand and sneered.

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

His eyes swept behind Zhao Jingzhong. In addition to Zhao Jingzhong's junior sister Wei Ting, he also saw an acquaintance in it.

"Lu Wenzhao, do you want to die if you dare to interfere in the Dongchang business?"

Li Zhong looked at a man wearing an imperial guard's uniform and holding a large imperial guard sword behind Zhao Jingzhong and shouted.

There are only fourteen thousand households in the Jinyiwei, and Lu Wenzhao is a thousand households in the North Town Fushi. He has a lot of dealing with the East Factory on weekdays, so Li Zhong naturally knows him.

"My father-in-law is so serious. Lu is just a small family. Eunuch Zhao invites him. Lu dares not come."

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

"This is an internal matter in the East Factory and has nothing to do with you. If you retreat now, I can pretend that it has not happened!"

Li Zhong said threateningly with eyes.

Lu Wenzhao laughed repeatedly: "My father-in-law forgives the crime. As a big boss, Eunuch Zhao is considered to be Lu's Shangguan. Shangguan has a life, and Lu dares not refuse to obey."

Li Zhong's nose was crooked. If you dare not offend the big shot, you dare to offend me, the deputy governor, right?

Li Zhong looked at Lu Wenzhao coldly and said, "I will slowly seek settlement with you for those involved in this matter tonight."

Lu Wenzhao didn't care, and he didn't say anything with a smile.

"Have you finished your last words?"

Zhao Jingzhong spoke coldly, lifted the cloth head wrapped in the gun body in his hand, and slowly appeared with a double-headed spear.

The atmosphere was instantly tense.

Li Zhong stared at Zhao Jingzhong: "Zhao Jingzhong, what is the consequence of the crime? You should know that even if I don't kill you, I will not be able to spare you when Eunuch Wan comes back!"

Zhao Jingzhong sneered: "You still use Wanyulou to suppress me? Do you really think that if you don't tell me, no one will know the news of Wanyulou's death?"

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

"Is it useful to pretend to be stupid?"

Zhao Jingzhong sneered: "It's fine for Wanyulou. Just because of you, a waste, what qualifications are you to succeed as the position of governor?"

"Do it!"

After the words came, Zhao Jingzhong waved his spear in his hand and directly rushed towards Li Zhong.

Li Zhong, who was standing at the entrance of the hall, saw that Zhao Jingzhong had decided to kill himself. He knew that it would be useless to say more, and no longer talk nonsense. He waved coldly: "Kill!"

The four people behind him rushed out instantly, with a majestic momentum, blocking Li Zhong's front and rushing towards Zhao Jingzhong.

Clang-

With the sound of drawing the sword, everyone brought by Zhao Jingzhong at the gate also took action.

Wei Ting was wearing a black tights and holding a Western sword in his hand. He faced a congenital master directly towards Li Zhong's side. His true energy was revealed and he had reached the early stage of innateness.

The four Jinyiwei, plus Lu Wenzhao, were all in innate realms.

One of the young men wearing a flying fish suit and holding a larger embroidered spring sword had a stronger aura than Lu Wenzhao. He had reached the late stage of innateness and cut off his opponent with just one knife.

Although the other two Jinyiwei were only in the middle stage of the innate stage, they joined forces and instantly suppressed one person.

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

As he had no choice but to shout to the side for help: "Chen Lian, come and deal with him!"

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

Lu Wenzhao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, took advantage of the opportunity to withdraw from the battle, and faced the opponent Chen Lian had.

For a moment, there were continuous fighting sounds in the yard.

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 could not get involved.

The remaining people on both sides are only acquired realms and innate battles. They can't hold on to a few moves when they go in. Instead, they are accidentally injured.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that at this time, the four innate masters on Li Zhong's side had gradually fallen into a disadvantage. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before it will be defeated.

"Second Governor!"

Several officials from the east factory at the entrance of the hall looked at Li Zhong with anxiety.

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

Upon hearing this, a man immediately walked to the side, took out a firework and raised it, pulled out the lead, and a bright light of fire rushed straight into the sky, illuminating the night sky.

After a while, there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps outside, and they quickly approached the yard.

In the field, Zhao Jingzhong saw that he could not solve the opponent for a while, and saw Li Zhong sending a distress signal, he was very anxious. Taking advantage of the gap between the fight, he turned around and looked at the crowd at the gate, shouting: "Ding Xiu, you won't take action yet!"

"I know, what's the hurry?"

With the lazy voice, a man wearing a ponytail and carrying a large royal saber on his shoulders, walked out slowly and looked straight at Li Zhong at the entrance of the hall.

"There are experts?"

Li Zhong's face changed slightly, and he instantly noticed the danger, and retreated behind several officials from the East Factory without a trace.

"Tait..."

"kill--"

At this time, the reinforcements called by Li Zhong outside the door also arrived, and the experts from the East Factory rushed up in a swarm.

Seeing this, Ding Xiu no longer hesitated and waved his hand to the others brought by Zhao Jingzhong: "No, I'll leave these to you."
To be continued...