The Daqian Dynasty has been in turmoil over the past few years, and various counties and counties have been in chaos. Many people who are in chaos have long thrown the word "law" out of the sky. But after all, Daxing City is under the emperor's feet. If you want to use force to violate the prohibition, you have to touch it. Check how many heads there are, don't cut off enough when the time comes.
In Daxing City, except for the gangsters who dare to cause trouble, most of the masters who run around in the world are quiet. After all, street fights can only be caught and imprisoned for a few days, and you can brag about it. But if you rely on being a practitioner, you can fight with them. It doesn't matter whether life or death is a life-and-death fight, but Jin Wuwei is not used to it, and he may lose his head if he doesn't do it.
Either way, it's death, but no one wants to fight this one, so fights between masters have become rare in recent years. Of course, the Qian Dynasty was a martial artist, and they had to fight to the death. As long as they went to Wannian County, Chang'an County or Report to the Jingzhao Mansion Office, sign a life and death certificate, and agree on a time and place, or a life and death fight.
If there is such a thing, Daxing City will immediately become lively. The odds of various gambling houses will be greatly opened. Not to mention the common people, even the officials will bet on winning or losing for some fun. .
In front of the Jingzhao Mansion, Jian Bei looked wildly at the boy who became more and more displeased with him, and said coldly: "Boy, do you dare to sign a life and death certificate?"
Li Taiping asked doubtfully: "What's the matter? If you knock out one front tooth, you will always have to fight to the death?"
"Are you afraid? You dare to hit my young master if you are afraid of death! If you do this, tomorrow you kowtow to my young master to admit your mistake, and then knock out your two front teeth. I, Jian Beikuan, will decide this matter, and it will be over!"
Li Taiping smiled. It was obvious that this old man was not a gangster, otherwise how could he say such heartless words.
What do you care most about being a gangster? You care about your reputation. You can't lose your reputation even if you lose your life. Otherwise, you will end up wandering around in the gangland. It's better to go home, have a wife and children, and warm yourself on the kang, that's much more stable.
"It's done! Listen to me, I'll sign a life and death certificate right now."
In order to show his benevolence and talent, Emperor Hongdao specifically stipulated that after signing the life and death certificate, he must agree on a time for a fight three days later, otherwise he would be convicted as a private fight.
Why is it three days later? It's because they are afraid that these warriors will be hot-headed and make stupid decisions. With a three-day buffer period, if they regret it, they can go to the government to cancel the life-and-death status.
In fact, Emperor Hongdao's approach was somewhat redundant, because in the 600 years since the founding of the Qian Dynasty, there had not been a single case of someone signing a life-and-death certificate and then regretting it.
At noon three days later, in front of the Jingzhao Mansion, Li Taiping and Jian Bei had a life-and-death battle...
Li Taiping and Jian Beikang pressed their hands on the signs of life and death respectively. Ganzhe then carefully put it into his arms and said at the same time: "You two have made up your mind and can cancel the fight at Jingzhao Mansion within three days!"
As soon as the life and death certificate was signed here, the sound of carriages and horses came from in front of Jingzhao Mansion...
Surrounded by guards, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance strode into Jingzhao Mansion, but he bumped into Jian Beikuan head-on. Lu Zhaoxing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Jian Beikuan was in good condition, with no trace of having touched his hand.
"I'm relieved that Bei Kuang is fine!"
Lu Zhaoxing was a little worried about Jianbei Kuang. After all, there were only two martial arts masters in his family. It would be a pity if one of them fell here. What Lu Zhaoxing was even more worried about was that Jianbei had just established a relationship with Ganzhe. If the madness is stirred up, then it is really hard for a mute to tell the pain of eating Coptis chinensis.
Lu Zhaoxing had just finished catching his breath when he heard Jian Beikuan say: "There is no need to worry, Mr. Lu. Bei Kuang will definitely earn back the young master's face. Mr. Lu, just wait and see the good show in three days!"
Lu Zhaoxing was a little confused. He looked at Jian Bei Kuang and said, "What does Bei Kuang mean?"
"I signed a life and death certificate with Li Taiping, the arrester of Jingzhao Mansion, the boy who beat our Zhenyuan family. Three days later, I will make that boy kneel down to beg for mercy and kowtow to apologize to our Lu family!"
After hearing Jian Beikuan's words, Lu Zhaoxing shook his head helplessly, thinking, "Hurry up and hurry up, it's still too late. I've already signed the life and death certificate. It's obviously impossible for Jian Beikuan to cancel the fight now."
Yes! Because scholars want face, and martial arts practitioners want face even more! Now that we have come this far, winning is better than losing after all.”
Lu Zhaoxing smiled and said, "If Bei Kuang needs anything, just ask him. The Lu family's resources are at your disposal, as long as you win the fight!"
"It's just a yellow-haired boy sent away. It's nothing. Mr. Lu can rest assured."
Jian Beikuan left Jingzhao Mansion with a big smile, while Lu Zhaoxing shook his head and walked into the government office with a wry smile. He still wanted to meet Gan Cane. After all, he was already here, so there was no shame in explaining a few words.
Hearing that Lu Zhaoxing was coming, Ganzhe frowned slightly and his face became much colder. But when Ganzhe walked out of the government office lobby, he changed into another expression.
I saw Gan Cane striding towards Lu Zhaoxing, and laughed loudly: "Mr. Lu is really thinking about my Huadiao old wine, so he even made a trip in person in the middle of the night!"
Lu Zhaoxing sighed and said with a wry smile: "It's all the women at home who are careless! Mr. Gan, please don't make fun of me!"
Ganzhe let Lu Zhaoxing into the main hall of Jingzhao Mansion, and the two chatted and laughed for a while, but Ganzhe deliberately did not mention the matter of life and death, and instead talked about insignificant topics.
This time, the two of them were no longer chatting over wine as they had done a few hours ago. After all, a misunderstanding was a misunderstanding, but several times in succession, even if it was a coincidence or a misunderstanding, it would be difficult for the two of them not to have a gap in their hearts.
After an awkward chat over a cup of tea, Ganzhe personally escorted Lu Zhaoxing out of the mansion. When Lu Zhaoxing got on the carriage, Ganzhe turned around and entered the mansion without stopping for a moment.
Turning the corner, Ganzhe saw Li Taiping there, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's really hard to be an official in Daxing City! The door was blocked twice a day. The reputation of Jingzhao Mansion was stepped on again and again.
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Li Taiping bowed and said, "It's all my fault. As soon as I arrived in Daxing City, I caused trouble for my elder brother!"
Ganzhe helped Li Taiping up and said: "I asked the police in the afternoon, Lu Zhenyuan is not a good guy. He bullies the people a lot with the power of the Lu family, so Taiping's lesson is right, I think it's an understatement."
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"My old Huadiao wines were all in vain! I wanted to come here to apologize, but I didn't want to directly conflict with the Lu family first. I never thought that humans are not as good as God! Hey, it seems that the Holy One is so powerful that he can predict God's will accurately."
Li Taiping wondered: "What does this have to do with the old emperor?"
Ganzhe patted Li Taiping on the shoulder and said: "In the battle outside Jinyang City, King Qi made new achievements again, and the people naturally became much taller in their hearts! Now if we want to weaken King Qi, we can only use the right arm of King Qi to operate, and the Lu family
I am a die-hard supporter of King Qi, so His Majesty transferred me to Daxing."
"As for me, I am a knife in His Majesty's hand, and I am here to help His Majesty cut people. The teacher told me this before I came to Daxing City! So sooner or later, the Lu family will offend, and not only the Lu family,
I’m afraid half of the officials in Daxing City will be a thorn in my flesh in the future!”
Li Taiping frowned and said: "Old Emperor, how can I promote you to an official position? Isn't this a clear trap for you?"
Ganzhe shook his head and said: "With the imperial power falling apart, if this continues, the world will be in chaos. In the end, it will still be the common people who suffer! Although I, Ganzhe, have no great talent, as long as I can cheer up Da Gan, even if the Holy One allows me to be the one that is reviled by thousands of people, You are a shameless villain, and I am willing to do it."
Li Taiping was speechless. For people like Gan Cane and such officials, they only have family and country in their hearts. For the ideals in their hearts and for the sake of thousands of people, they will not hesitate to do anything to their heart's content...
Li Taiping knew that he could not do what Gancan did. He could not give up everything and his friends for the Great Qian Dynasty. If he had to make a choice between the world and his brothers, he would probably side with his brothers.
He didn't know if it was right to make this choice, because he was not a saint and could not see the world thoroughly. He only knew that his choice came from his heart.
At the residence of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, Lu Zhaoxing was thinking whether to use all his strength to kick Sugar Cane out of Daxing City, or to pretend that nothing happened and ignore it.
Lu Zhaoxing has been in the officialdom for decades. Obviously, he will not do things according to his own ideas, but will weigh the pros and cons more. If the Lu family can get more benefits and become the largest family in the world, even if it is It doesn't matter if he sacrifices a son, even if it takes his life, he will wipe his neck without hesitation.
In Lu Zhaoxing's eyes, the rise and fall of the family is more important than anything else. Lu Zhaoxing was not the only one who had this idea in the Qian Dynasty. For example, Wang Zhong, the current head of the Wang family in Dongdu, made his choice.
Although it was late at night, candles were still lit in the Wang family political affairs hall. Wang Zhong was seen standing in front of the hall door, looking at the night in a daze with his hands behind his back...
The second master of the Wang family stood behind his eldest brother, frowning and said: "I don't agree with Dan Feng going to Daxing City. If someone from the Wang family must go, then let Dan Ren go. If it doesn't work, Dan Ye can do it."
Wang Zhong turned around and looked at Wang Yi for a while, to see if what his second brother said was sincere.
He shook his head and said: "Dan Ren and Dan Ye are not enough, so we can only let Dan Feng go!"
It turns out that Emperor Hongdao issued a decree a month ago to summon the direct descendants of the world's great families to prepare for the academy in Daxing City. On the surface, this seems to be a good thing, but it is not. As long as you have some brains, you will know that Emperor Hongdao actually just wants to use these children as hostages.
Wang Zhong understood this very well, so he had to let his only son Dan Feng go to Daxing City. What's more, he had already received news that Nangong Shou of the Nangong family was about to take office in the Eastern Capital and take over the military power from him.
Wang Zhong knew very well what kind of person Nangong Shou was. He had no chance to take it back for his own use, so the military power could not be handed over. Once handed over to him, the good days of the Wang family would be over.
At this juncture, he must use his son to express his loyalty to the old emperor and let the world know that he, the king, and his family are loyal to the emperor and have no doubts about it.
There are not many loyal families left in the Daqian Dynasty. If Emperor Hongdao were to deprive Wang Zhong of his military power, it would chill the hearts of the world.
Wang Zhong is not like his second brother who likes to play conspiracies behind the scenes. He prefers open and aboveboard conspiracies. He wants to openly block the hand that Emperor Hongdao extends...