If you want to make people perish, you must first make them crazy. Du Laihua's current state reminded Zhao Cheng of this sentence subconsciously.
It was different from the feeling when Xiao Luofeng and Xiao Tian brought people here before. This time, outside the courtroom, it was like black clouds were pressing down on the sky, and the ground beneath their feet trembled.
The heavily armed Qingdong City garrison trotted over in unison. For a moment, the only sounds in the yard outside the court hall were the sound of footsteps and the shaking of armor.
Hua Hua Hua——
Under the command of He Shun, most of the garrison lined up outside the court hall. Only a hundred people crowded into the court hall, adding three more floors to the court hall.
The originally majestic and solemn place where the case was settled seemed to have turned into a noisy and crowded vegetable market in the blink of an eye, with more than 300 people packed in!
Outside the court hall, there were nearly a thousand people stationed alone, as well as ordinary people watching, making it very lively.
Many people took a breath, Du Laihua actually transferred a thousand-man team from the garrison!
"Crazy, really crazy..." A pen clerk sitting under Du Laihua shook his head and whispered.
Du Laihua couldn't control that much anymore and said happily: "Put Xiao Luofeng and Zhao Cheng in jail!"
Zhao Wudao: "My master is General Zhaoyong, how dare you..."
Du Laihua said: "Whoever you are, general, just lock him up first and then talk!"
Xiao Luomu said: "My brother is not guilty, you can't arrest him!"
"Whoever dares to stop them will be thrown into jail!" Du Laihua waved to He Shun and said: "If the Xiao family wants to disturb the court, they will all be arrested!!"
The garrison troops were much more obedient than the soldiers in the Central Government Office, and they started arresting people upon receiving orders. The Xiao family members had no weapons and most of them had no martial arts skills, so they dragged them out one by one like chickens.
The scene suddenly became extremely chaotic.
Zhou Chuan and Zhou Nuo protected Yan Lan among the crowd. Zhou Chuan put his hand on the hilt of his sword and looked towards Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Cheng shook his head gently.
The reason why Zhou Chuan is not allowed to take action is not because he is afraid of trouble. Now that the matter has come to this point, Zhao Cheng wants to kill Du Laihua more than anyone else, but now that the matter has become serious, it is estimated that it will soon spread throughout Qingdong City.
Du Laihua was a marquis, and he had no problem presiding over the case at the Central Government Office. It was his negligence to easily transfer the garrison. However, if Zhou Chuan resisted the murder, Zhao Cheng would be unreasonable.
Zhao Cheng is waiting.
Wait for the bullet that is about to fly.
The efficiency of the garrison was high, and most of the Xiao family members were cleared out in a short time and detained in the courtyard.
At this moment, four more people came not far away.
Different from the chaos here, these four people walked slowly, as if taking a leisurely stroll.
Especially the young man at the head was pointing around as he walked, as if he was on an outing.
Seeing this man, Zhao Cheng and Xiao Luomu were stunned again.
Isn’t this Xu An?
Xu An was followed by an old man and two followers behind him. The old man Zhao Cheng had some impression that he had followed him when he gambled in a brothel and asked him for the land deed of the manor. He seemed to have heard Xu An call him Uncle Cheng.
It’s just that traveling with only three people is not his style, Mr. Xu Xiaohou!
Xu An poked his head outside the courtroom. When he saw Zhao Cheng, he waved and said, "I said why can't I find you? You are all here at the Zhongyamen Office? Why, is the Zhongyamen Office so fun?"
Saying that, Xu An looked deeper into the courtroom and asked: "Is there a girl in the Central Government Office??"
"Little Marquis!" Xiao Luomu did not leave Xiao Luofeng's side, but held his hand towards Xu An from afar.
"Hello, Mr. Shang!" Xu An smiled at Xiao Luomu.
Zhao Cheng walked towards Xu An and said, "Why did you only bring so few people with you when you went out this time? It's not your style!"
Xu An curled his lips and said: "You think we are in Yanchuan, bringing so many people to Qingdong without spending money on the way?"
Zhao Cheng was surprised and exclaimed: "Young Master is actually afraid of spending money?!"
"It's hard to earn a lot of money!" Xu An sighed.
Uncle Cheng next to Xu An smiled and said, "I have to thank you for this, Mr. Xiang. Since my master became the boss, he has become more frugal."
"Well, in today's economic environment, it's not easy for bosses..."
Zhao Cheng sighed and asked, "Li Guanyu didn't come with you?"
Xu An said: "He has to guard at the club."
Seeing that Zhao Cheng and Xu An were chatting as if there was no one around, Du Laihua jumped up anxiously and shouted to He Shun: "What are you doing standing still? Lock them in quickly!"
"Ouch, it seems you are in trouble..." Xu An glanced at Du Laihua, sneered, then glared at He Shun who was walking towards them, and asked: "You dare to touch me?"
Seeing Xu An's arrogance, Du Laihua asked: "Who are you?"
Xu An did not answer directly, but looked at Uncle Cheng.
Uncle Cheng took a few steps forward, his eyes fell on the face of the pen clerk who was lowering his head from Du Laihua, and said: "Jiang Xue!"
The clerk raised his head and looked at Uncle Cheng carefully.
Uncle Cheng scolded: "You old guy, you've been blinded by swords and pens all these years, haven't you? You don't even recognize me?"
"You...Old Cheng!" Jiang Xue laughed, pointed at Uncle Cheng and said, "Old guy, you are back!"
"Uncle Cheng!" An official across from Jiang Xue came over and said with surprise: "It's really you, Uncle Cheng!"
"Yu Feng!" Uncle Cheng pointed at the slightly younger official and said with a smile, "You have become more mature."
"Uncle Cheng!"
"Old Cheng!"
Following Jiang Xue and Yu Feng, several more officials came towards Uncle Cheng.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, the garrison troops also stopped arresting the Xiao family, and the courtroom changed from a vegetable market to a family recognition scene.
After a while of conversation, Jiang Xue turned his attention to Xu An and asked, "Is this... Xiao An?"
Xu An showed a bright smile, grinned and said: "It's me!"
"Little saddle!"
"What a little saddle!"
"Little Marquis has grown so big!"
"She looks more coquettish than Mr. Hou!!"
All the officials from the Central Government Office immediately surrounded Xu An. Some touched his head, some touched his face, and some tried to lift Xu An high like a child.
And Xu An showed a rare, well-behaved, child-like innocent smile...
It made Zhao Cheng look stupid!!
What's going on??
Xu An seems to have returned to his hometown, and he looks like everyone loves him!
"Master Jiang!" Du Laihua was also confused and asked: "Who is this?"
Jiang Xuedao: "Master Hou, he is Xu An, the son of Qingdong Hou."
Qingdonghou!
Du Laihua's expression changed. When he heard these three words, he was even more frightened than when he heard the right minister.
"Master Marquis?" Xu An looked at Du Laihua, smiled slightly, and said, "So you are Marquis Yan Xi. I'm glad to meet you."
Du Laihua hugged Xu An and said, "Send hello to your father for me!"
"sure."
"When today's business is over, I will certainly entertain you! But for now, I would like to ask Brother Xu to step aside for now. I have official business to attend to."
Xu An smiled and said: "Your official duty is to arrest my brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to retreat!"
Du Laihua's smile suddenly faded and he said in a deep voice: "You also want to go against me?"
Xu An smiled and said nothing.
"I respect the Marquis and don't want to hurt you... please respect yourself!"
"Can you hurt me?"
Xu An looked towards the garrison outside the court hall and said, "Uncle Yue!"
Hearing this, an officer came over, stroking his head, laughing and scolding: "You brat, I thought you didn't recognize me!"
Xu An smiled and said: "I saw you as soon as I came in. You have beaten me so many times since I was a child. I can still recognize you even if you turn into ashes!"
"Bah, bah, bah!" The officer surnamed Yue knocked Xu An on the head and said angrily: "It's still the same as when I was a child, itchy skin and in need of a beating!"
Zhao Cheng was dumbfounded again.
The officials in the Central Government Office and the garrison officers in Qingdong City all doted on Xu An so much!
"Xu An, you and them..."
"I know what you want to ask."
Xu An blinked at Zhao Cheng, smiled proudly, and said, "Have you forgotten my father's title?"