Five miles north of Yonghui City, Yongxing Fort is the headquarters of the Zishan Sect.
"What!!?" Great Elder Jiao Chengtong was furious, smashed the tea cup in his hand, and said angrily, "Who is so bold and dares to hurt my disciple of Zishan Sect? Don't you want to live anymore?"
"This person is said to be the newly appointed punishment in Tangzhou, his name is Xu Zun," a disciple reported. "This person is surrounded by expert guards. He is menacing. They cut off the hands and feet of all eleven of my disciples! They also captured Gao Cheng.
Senior brother!"
"What!? That's unreasonable!" Jiao Chengtong said tremblingly, "A little Tangzhou prisoner who dares to hurt my children and arrest my beloved disciple is really tired of living!
"Even if Li Yan is here, he still has to give us Zishan some face. What does a small punishment mean? He is so ignorant!
"Come on!" He waved his hand and ordered to the disciples, "organize my manpower immediately and follow me to the Yamen to ask for someone. If you don't get justice today, I will burn the Yamen down! It's really a lie.
Too much, hum..."
"Yes!" Someone immediately went down and started organizing the manpower according to the elder's instructions.
Jiaocheng Tongze waved to his disciples, and one disciple immediately handed him a long sword.
However, before he had finished wearing his long sword, another disciple came to report him in a hurry.
"Great Elder, Great Elder, it's not good, it's not good..." The disciple knelt on the ground and hurriedly reported, "Senior Brother Gao Cheng has been beheaded by them!"
"What!!?" Jiao Chengtong couldn't believe it and asked, "You...say it again!"
"Senior Brother Gao Cheng was beheaded by the Yamen," the disciple took out a notice from his pocket and said, "Not only did they behead Senior Brother, but they also issued a notice as a warning to others!"
"What?"
Jiao Chengtong took the notice and looked at it. He was full of anger at first, but after reading the notice, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
But the notice says:
...Xu Zun, who was sentenced to death in Tangzhou, was ordered to patrol Yonghui. On the way, he met Gao Cheng, a madman who killed people in the street, so he was arrested.
Now that the evidence is conclusive and the national law does not allow it, he must be interrogated and executed on the spot to set the record straight.
In the future, if there are again those who ignore the law, commit crimes, commit crimes and kill people wantonly, they will be dealt with severely and will not be tolerated...
"Xu Zun..." Jiao Chengtong vaguely felt something, and the previous anger turned into deep doubts, "What does it mean to patrol under orders? Is this the intention of the emperor or the queen mother?"
"Great Elder," the disciple who came to report said, "I heard from the people in the Yamen that the people Xu Zun is carrying around...are all internal guards!"
"Ah!!?" Jiao Chengtong was startled suddenly and murmured, "Inner guard... It seems that this guy came well prepared! No wonder he is so arrogant..."
"Yes, Great Elder," at this time, a high-level disciple next to him said, "As the saying goes, those who come are not good, we should not act impulsively, lest we fall into a trap!"
"But, Gao Cheng was my beloved disciple, and he was chopped down by them like this. How could he be so angry?" Jiaocheng gritted his teeth in anger, weighed for a moment and said, "It seems that we need to call the others over and discuss it together.
Got it!"
"Report..."
While he was talking, another disciple from outside came to report.
"What happened again?" Jiao Chengtong asked.
"Report to the Great Elder," the disciple reported, "This disciple was ordered to monitor the Tangzhou Tiexing group, and they... they actually went to the head of the Tan Gang!"
"Ah?" Jiao Chengtong stroked his gray beard and said with a frown, "Go to the Tan Gang Chief Helmsman? What are you doing? Is there still a need for an alliance?
"No," he became more and more worried and said immediately, "Even if the leader goes into seclusion, I still have to report to him..."
…
At the same moment, the chief helmsman of the Tan Gang.
The chief helmsman of the Tan Gang is not in Yonghui City, but it is not far away and is a village filled with earthen kilns.
As the name suggests, the Tan Gang started by burning charcoal, and they still carry on the tradition of burning charcoal. Those earthen kilns are all used for burning charcoal.
The leader of the Tan Gang is named Hua Shi, and this name naturally comes from the nickname of "Hua Shi". Some people say that he loves growing flowers, hence his name. Others say that he kills people like hemp, so he uses the character "Xi" as his name.
However, Hua Shi was recently infected with wind and cold, suffering from a sudden cold and fever disease, and was recuperating in the back village.
At the moment, the deputy gang leader Ma Xin was in charge of the gang's affairs. After receiving the invitation from Xu Zun and others, Ma Xin was also quite puzzled as to why the newly appointed Tangzhou Ti Xing came to visit him.
He originally wanted to find an excuse to shirk it, but then he thought about it. Yonghui has been in frequent troubles recently. I wonder if there is anything important.
In desperation, he had to let Xu Zun and others come in and meet in the reception hall.
Ma Xin was a cautious man, so when Xu Zun came in, he gave way and allowed Xu Zun to sit in the front seat.
Logically speaking, as a state official, Xu Zun was naturally an honored guest when he came to such a Jianghu gang.
But the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake. According to the rules of the world, it is best not to sit in the front seat.
However, Xu Zun didn't care, and immediately sat down on the seat, and then introduced to Ma Xin and others:
"These are the bodyguard commanders sent by the Internal Guard to follow Xu to Yonghui to investigate the case. Their people are collecting evidence from all over Yonghui."
"Ah?" Ma Xin was stunned. He never expected that the inner guard would appear in front of him, and he didn't know what Xu Zun meant when he said this. He was immediately confused.
"There is also this one," Xu Zun pointed at Zhao Yu and introduced, "This is the son of Zhao Shengong, nicknamed the Arm-Decapitating Demon Zhao Yu!"
"ah!?"
Ma Xin was shocked again. Although he had never heard of any arm-cutting evil spirit, the name of Zhao Shengong was very popular.
Zhao Yu didn't have any mental preparation. He immediately opened his mouth and said in his heart, Mr. Xu, how can you give a nickname so blindly?
"Master Xu," Ma Xinxin was immediately confused and asked quickly, "I wonder if Master Xu is here, what instructions do you have?"
As soon as Ma Xin finished asking, a disciple from the Tan Gang came to report. The visitor muttered a few words in Ma Xin's ear, which made Ma Xin Nie stunned and his face turned livid.
Obviously, he already knew about Xu Zun's beheading of the disciples of the Zishan Sect.
Too fierce!
Ma Xin became more and more unsure, looking at Xu Zun with fear in his eyes, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Master of the Horse Gang," Xu Zun waved his hand to Ma Xin, gesturing for him to come forward and speak. After Ma Xin came forward, he whispered, "Find a quiet place to tell you something important about life and death!"
"Ah? This..." Ma Xin trembled again and hurriedly pointed to the back of the living room, "Sir, please follow me!"
After saying that, he hurriedly led Xu Zun towards the back. Zhao Yu and others wanted to follow, but Xu Zun waved to stop them.
Next, under the leadership of Ma Xin, Xu Zun and he entered a secret room.
Ma Xin quickly closed the door and asked, "Sir, please tell me, what are your instructions?"
Unexpectedly, after Xu Zun came in, he walked around the secret room without saying a word.
"Sir," Ma Xin said, "don't worry, there are only you and me here, there will be no eavesdropping!"
As a result, Xu Zun made a silent gesture and still did not speak.
Ma Xin didn't know what was going on, so he had to wait patiently.
After waiting for half a stick of incense, Xu Zun said: "Tell your gang leader to go to the Yamen to find me later!"
"Wha...what?" Ma Xin was stunned by this operation.
But Xu Zun opened the door and walked back the same way without saying goodbye. Then he led Zhao Yu and others out of the Tan Gang with their heads held high without even saying goodbye.
Ma Xin stood there, feeling very embarrassed whether it was a gift or not.
However, Xu Zun did not stop and immediately led everyone away from the Tan Gang and disappeared on the main road.
Looking at the direction in which Xu Zun and others disappeared, Ma Xin felt as if he had been sliced mutton and had been rinsed. Monk Zhanger was even more confused.
"Chief of the Ma Gang, something bad happened, something bad happened..." Who knows, at this moment, someone from his subordinates suddenly came to report, "Go and have a look! The Hou Village... The Hou Village is haunted..."
