Soul echo

Chapter 687 Erosion

Even for Zhong Ye, it took him four hours to run from Jianning to Zhijiang.

The few stops he made on the road were just to adjust the direction, and he never stopped, just kept running.

When he arrived at Zhijiang, it was completely dark.

But this time, he won't just climb over the city wall and go straight to the yamen like he did last night.

It has been a day and a night since he 'disappeared', and I don't know what kind of moth the Zhijiang officials will make.

Zhong Ye's footsteps were slow but fast, as if he was floating across the ground, without making any noise, he passed through the dark streets and alleys.

At this time, it had just fallen into the night, and even the people hadn't fallen asleep. There were swaying beds, low moans and heavy breathing everywhere.

With a blank expression on his face, Zhong Ye came to the county government gate, climbed over the wall, and fell into the courtyard.

There was no one in the front yard and lobby, but he could hear the noise coming from the back yard, like the noise he heard when he just came to Zhijiang a few days ago.

This time he chose to walk through the front hall and walk slowly towards the backyard without disturbing anyone.

The backyard gate was locked, but it wasn't a problem for Zhong Ye. With a light tap on the door, the latch broke, and he pushed the door open to enter.

The creaking sound of the courtyard door was covered by the laughter of the officials in the courtyard. I saw that many places in the courtyard were lit with lamps, which illuminated the courtyard like daytime. Everyone in the courtyard was busy pushing cups and changing lamps. The gate to the courtyard has been pushed open.

Even when Zhong Ye walked from the darkness into the light, no one noticed.

The laughter continued, the noise continued, and the courtyard was very lively.

The table is full of delicacies, and the cup is full of fine wine. From time to time, she hugs a woman who is dancing beside her, playing the trick of drinking with her mouth.

When she was done, she pushed her away and let her continue dancing.

Although people's attention is more on other officials, they just need someone to dance and music, so that they can feel comfortable.

The dancers and musicians were already sweating profusely, and they still had to endure mosquito bites and forced smiles.

"stop!"

Suddenly there was a majestic voice, although they didn't know who said it, but the prostitutes still stopped their movements, panting.

Bang!
Hearing the sudden stop of the music, someone frowned, put down the wine glass, turned to look in the direction of the sound, "You are so bold——"

In the middle of his speech, he couldn't continue. All the officials at the dining table stared blankly at the tall figure standing there, and a stern face was reflected by the quietly dancing candles beside him.

bang!Snapped!

Some people subconsciously wanted to sneak under the table, but they were obese, so they brought the chair down and sat down on the ground.

Under everyone's gaze, Zhong Ye walked to the table, looked at the delicious food on the table, and then at the officials sitting at the table.

"What kind of crime is jailbreaking?"

Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Zhong Ye answered by himself: "If I remember correctly, no matter what crime you commit, it will be a higher crime."

As soon as Zhong Ye finished speaking, someone stood up suddenly, brought the chair down, then knelt down and kowtowed with lightning speed, knocking the ground so loudly.

"My lord, I was wrong! My lord, I really know I was wrong! Please, my lord, hold your hand high and forgive this villain's life! My lord, I have no choice but to do that, and if I don't do this, I will be punished by them, my lord." !"

The man knelt on the ground crying, saying that he was extremely wronged, but if Zhong Ye remembered correctly, if this man hadn't been concerned about other people, he would have played with those prostitutes on the spot.

What he did inspired the others, and they immediately followed that man and knelt and kowtowed one after another.

"My lord, I know I was wrong. I will go back to the prison right now. I hope you will hold your hands high and don't add to the crime, my lord!"

"I beg you, my lord, this is all my fault. Don't involve my family. If you want to take my head, go ahead and let my family go!"

Political struggles are terrifying and cruel, and sometimes people may not be killed, but a murderer like Zhong Ye who directly wiped out the whole family of Li's family must clean the Zhijiang county government.

Everyone present wanted to protect themselves, but only one person would rather give up himself to protect his family.

Because of this, Zhong Ye couldn't help but glance at him more.

However, although he has some improvement on that official, it will not reduce the punishment of that official.

This official is more concerned about his family, but he is also a villain, with a lot of assets in his family, enough to make him a 'big landlord'.

Because of the presence of the Li family, these officials act arrogantly and ostentatiously. If you just go to the street and ask the people, you can know what kind of ugly they look like.

They were pushed out by the Li family to block the guns. Only if they are conspicuous enough can the Li family maintain a good image in the eyes of the people.

Don't they know about it?They must know it, but they can benefit from it, so they pretend to be stupid and pretend they don't know anything.

Seeing the embarrassment of these officials who bullied themselves and their sisters in the past, some prostitutes couldn't help laughing, but they didn't dare to laugh loudly, and they didn't dare to laugh obviously, so they had to bite their lips , hold back desperately.

"Go back to the prison yourself." Zhong Ye looked at these officials coldly, "I will not mitigate your crimes, from the current point of view, you will have your official hats removed at the lightest, and your heads will be lost at the worst.

"I will give you two choices now, one is to go back to the prison and wait to die, and the other is to chop you right here!"

As he spoke, he took out a sword from his bracelet, and stretched out his hand to pull the sword out of the scabbard, with a cold light shining everywhere.

"This sword is named 'Shang Fang', and it is a gift from the imperial court. It is designed to kill corrupt officials... In fact, I don't need to tell you so much. I have wiped out the Li family, let alone you?"

As soon as Zhong Ye mentioned the 'Li family', all the officials were scared out of their wits.

After Zhong Ye disappeared yesterday, they came out of the prison at night, and then learned from the yamen servants who fell on them again that the Li family was wiped out, from the old man to the servants and handymen. The death looks strange, it seems that the soul has been taken away, but the body is not damaged.

It was also because Zhong Ye never showed up that they had the courage to walk out of the prison.

But how could they have imagined that Zhong Ye was not dead, he just went to another place, and he was able to come back!
Hearing Zhong Ye's words, many officials got up in a daze, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Zhong Ye glanced at them, then pointed to the leftover food on the table, and greeted the prostitutes, "Come and eat, it's not a good waste."

The prostitutes were stunned for a moment and looked at each other, none of them dared to refuse Zhong Ye's invitation.

After they sat down, before they picked up their chopsticks, they saw Zhong Ye wave his hand, and the chopsticks on the table jumped automatically without any wind.

Seeing this, the prostitutes were taken aback again.

"The chopsticks have been cleaned up, let's eat."

Hearing this sentence, they felt a bit of sadness in their hearts.

How long has it been?How long has no one cared about them so much...

When the prostitutes looked back, they saw Zhong Ye leaving the backyard behind those officials with his hands behind his back.

They looked at each other and remained silent for a moment, then picked up the chopsticks, took a closer look, and found that it was indeed clean, they couldn't help but press their lips together.

They put down their chopsticks to pick up vegetables one after another. After a while, there was a continuous sound of clinking chopsticks and dishes in the yard.

Under the escort of Zhong Ye, the officials walked back to the cell, looked at the seriously injured yamen servants lying there, and laughed miserably, as if seeing their own fate in the future.

Zhong Ye lit the lamp in the prison, and because of the noise, the yamen guards who were locked in the prison were also awakened. They saw the officials standing outside the door at a glance, and couldn't help gnashing their teeth.

"Come out."

Immediately afterwards, they heard a familiar voice, turned their heads hurriedly, and saw Zhong Ye's figure.

"Lord Zhong!" Several yamen servants shouted in surprise.

Zhong Ye nodded slightly to them, then turned to look at the officials, "It's time for them to go in."

The eyes of a few yamen servants lit up, they laughed and stood up.

"Good! Good!"

The prison door was opened, and the yamen servants walked out of it, watching the officials walk back into the prison with hateful eyes, and immediately smiled even more happily.

After all the officials walked in, Zhong Ye said, "Probably the day after tomorrow, I will interrogate you, get ready!"

After saying that, he turned around and left with a group of government officials, leaving only a group of officials sitting in the prison looking at each other.

Without exception, they all saw each other's pale face and the despair imprinted deep in their pupils...

(End of this chapter)