Everlasting prosperity

Recently, there are folk rumors that there is a wild beast in the emerald bamboo forest of Xizhou, which likes to eat raw poultry at night, and has a terrifying and ferocious face.Yang An was ordered to arrest him to reassure the people.

In the middle of the night, in the forest of Xizhou, Jiuzhao Kingdom——

Yang An led a group of soldiers to search the rumored green bamboo forest.

He was alone with two soldiers, and the two soldiers walked in front, with cats on their bodies, carefully exploring the way and checking the surroundings.There were bursts of stench here, and the wind in the forest was strong, and the stench came from nowhere.

The further they walked, the stronger the smell became.

"Ouch!"

A soldier stepped on something and hurriedly tried to pull out his foot, but the more he struggled, the more his body sank.He has a bad heart, it's a swamp.

Then he shouted again, "Boss, Boss! I fell into the swamp! Help me!"

Yang An hurriedly asked another soldier to come forward to help.

When he turned his head, he caught a glimpse of a black figure moving quickly into the depths of the bamboo forest.

"There's something there!"

Yang An said something hastily, then stepped forward and quickly followed.This black shadow is extremely tall, up and down suddenly.He quickened his pace and closely followed this unusually tall figure.

As he got closer, he realized that this was not a tall silhouette, but an illusion caused by the running man carrying a sack on his body.

Perhaps the man was tired from running, and his pace became slower and slower. He stepped on something under his feet, and suddenly fell to the ground.

Yang An quickly chased after him, drew out his long sword, pointed at the man, and asked in a strict voice, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

When the man saw the silver sword pointed at him, he knelt down in fright, and said tremblingly, "Small...you just run errands."

Yang An snorted coldly, pointed to a black sack lying on the ground, and asked, "Running errands? What about this one?"

Seeing him pointing at the sack, the man looked even more flustered, and wanted to run away when he got up.Seeing this, Yang An stepped forward quickly, carried the man back, took out the hemp rope that was originally used to catch wild animals from his arms, tied the man tightly, and threw the man on the ground mercilessly.He walked towards the sack on his own, squatted down, and untied the strings on the sack.

"This!"

Seeing the contents in the sack, Yang An couldn't help but widen his eyes, full of horror and bewilderment.

In the sack, there was a disheveled woman, her face was full of dirty and bluish-black lumpy scars.Yang An stretched out a slightly trembling hand in disbelief, testing the woman's breath.

Dead... dead!

Yang An gently put down the female body, covered her with a sack, and turned to look fiercely at the trembling man.

"Who the hell are you!" he asked angrily, pointing the long sword at the man again.

"Hero, spare your life! The little... the little... the little one is really running errands!" The man arched his hands, knelt down to Yang An, and replied with a frightened expression on his face.

"Hmph, I see that when you get to the yamen, will you still say that you are just an errand runner!" Yang An replied viciously.

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to pick up the woman's body, picked up the man with the other hand, and pushed back towards the original route.

The pawn who fell into the swamp was slowly pulled up by his companions, but they grabbed something in their hands and brought them up together.

When the two saw their lieutenant general coming back, they hurriedly joined together.

"Boss, what's going on?" Wang Xiaoliu, a pawn who fell into the swamp, stepped forward and asked.

Yang An glanced at Wang Xiaoliu, gently put the female corpse down, turned around and pushed the man past, and replied, "This man is sneaky, carrying a corpse on his back, and when he saw me, he ran like a rabbit. "

"Corpse? Boss, I just fell into the swamp and found a corpse." Wang Xiaoliu said, pointing to the corpse that was just brought up.

The mud of the corpse seemed to have been treated simply.

"Is it strange that there are corpses in the swamp?" Yang An asked impatiently, frowning.

Wang Xiaoliu walked up to the corpse and replied, "Boss, this corpse is covered with welt marks and a few irregular marks. , poked it down."

Hearing this, Yang An paused in his heart, hurried over, squatted aside, and carefully examined the body of the corpse.

It was exactly as Wang Xiaoliu said.This person, probably after his death, was thrown here, creating the illusion of falling into the swamp.

He looked at the female corpse he had just brought back, thought for a while, then stood up suddenly, and walked towards the person slowly.

"Say! Who are you!" Yang An asked coldly, pointing at the man.

The man was trembling, and he didn't speak anymore.

Wang Xiaoliu and another soldier, Li Laosan, stepped forward anxiously. While grabbing the man's shoulders, they each drew out their long swords and pointed them at the man's neck.

"Say it or not! If you don't, I will kill you!" Li Laosan threatened fiercely.

"Please don't kill the little one, the little one can say anything! Say anything!" the man said in a panic.

Yang An snorted coldly and said, "Just say no earlier, you have to force it."

"Little... the little one is Xiao Huan, a servant of the young master of the Chen family. This female corpse was originally an actor brought back by the young master from Chenxiang Pavilion. After being tortured to death by the young master, let... let the young one throw it into this swamp. Yes." Xiao Huan said, looking at Yang An cautiously from time to time.

"Master Chen? Could it be Chen Yufan?" Yang An asked.

"He's the only one with the surname Chen from a big family in Xizhou," Wang Xiaoliu said.

"But this Young Master Chen is a well-known gentleman, how could he do such a thing? Xiao Huan, are you lying?" Yang An said.

"No, no, no! I don't dare to lie!" Xiao Huan waved his hand quickly, and then said, "The young master appears to be a gentleman on the surface, but he likes to torture people in his heart. He has an agreement with Chenxiang Pavilion that Chenxiang Pavilion will send a gift every month. The beauty is for the young master. I dare not deceive the official!"

"Monthly?" Yang An repeated, then pointed to another corpse brought up from the swamp, and asked, "What about this one?"

Xiao Huan took a look at the corpse, recognized the clothes on the corpse, and replied, "He is the guard from Chenxiang Pavilion, and he just delivered it two months ago."

"What? Heh, this Chen Yufan really does not reject men and women." Yang An sarcastically said.

"Master, I've said everything I need to say," Xiao Huan begged, looked at Yang An, and said.

Yang An looked at him, rolled his eyes, and said, "You said that Chenxiang Pavilion would give away a beauty every month. Then this swamp is probably full of corpses you cast."

After hearing this, Xiao Huan looked at him in horror, was discouraged, and slumped on the ground. After a while, he replied, "21 in total."

As soon as the words came out, the four suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

The night wind in this bamboo grove was very strong and cool, and now it was blowing like a gust of gloomy wind, which made people feel chills on their backs.

"Xiao Liu, send someone to drain this swamp for me tomorrow." Yang An arranged in this way.

"Yes!" Wang Xiaoliu replied.

It was night, Yang An couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning.He was only ordered to arrest the beasts that the people feared, but he discovered such a shocking case.

The person involved in this matter is Chen Yufan, the son of Grand Sima Chen Huan.Leaving Chen Yufan aside, Master Chen Huan alone would not be able to offend him.He was above the court and had always followed Anyang Wang Zongzhengxuan, who is the uncle of the current Emperor Jiuzhao Zongzhengyuan.But King Anyang was at odds with the emperor, if he rashly sued Chen Yufan, wouldn't it indirectly break the already tense situation between Zongzhengyuan and Zongzhengxuan?

Although he belongs to King Anyang's Anyang Army, he was personally promoted by Zongzhengyuan. How could he take this opportunity to suppress Da Sima, the right-hand man of King Anyang, it would be a great thing.

But if it's not done well, wouldn't it ruin the emperor's great affairs.It doesn't matter if you die, you must not implicate the emperor.

No, just take a gamble!Instead of letting Dijun and King Anyang continue this tense situation, it is better to take the initiative!

Thinking so, Yang An presented the 22 corpses at the gate of the government office the next day, and stood at the gate holding a small call.Wang Xiaoliu beat the grievance drum at the gate of the yamen.

"What's the matter!"

An official came out of the government office and asked loudly.

Seeing him, Yang An gestured to Wang Xiaoliu.

"We found these 22 corpses in the green bamboo forest swamp, and I ask the official to report inside." Wang Xiaoliu said in a daze.

The official stretched his neck and glanced at the neatly placed corpses covered with white cloth in front of the door, nodded in fright, turned his head and ran in staggeringly.

"My lord! It's not good! Something happened!"

After about one stick of incense, Yang An and the others saw the Lord Fu Ya.

"What is the visitor talking about?" the lord Fuya asked.

This lord of the government office looked to be over forty years old, with a black and thick beard, his eyes were slender and glowing, and he looked at Yang An carefully, revealing an expression of malicious intent.

This look made Yang An feel very uncomfortable, and there was no panic in his heart.

"My lord, this is Yang An, the left general of the Xizhou Camp of the Anyang Army. He was ordered to capture the wild beasts rumored by the people. He accidentally found these 22 dead bodies in the swamp, and captured a person who died on the spot." Yang An knelt down, but Standing upright, he replied respectfully.

The lord of the government office glanced at the neatly arranged white corpses outside the hall, paused in his heart, took a deep breath, coughed, and said, "Pass."

Ever since, Xiao Huan was brought up by an official.

"Snapped!"

Mr. Fuya clapped the case, stared at Xiao Huan fiercely, and said loudly, "You! Tell the truth about the matter!"

When Xiao Huan heard it, she knelt down straight in fright, her body trembling, and her voice trembling, "Little... small..."

While talking, he took a sneak peek at Yang An who was kneeling beside him, and found that he was not looking at him, so he raised his head to look at the lord Fuya who was sitting in the hall, and found that he was staring at him with staring eyes, He was so frightened that he hastily said again, "I'm wronged! I just went to the forest to collect bamboo shoots last night!"

As soon as these words came out, Yang An looked at Xiao Huan in disbelief, frowned, and thought in his heart, no, I was negligent.

Upon hearing this, the lord of the government office waved his hand and patted the case table again, and said loudly, "Bold villain, how dare you speak outrageous words! Pull him down, and he will serve you with great punishment!"

"No, my lord! The little one is really wronged!" Xiao Huan cried, looking like he was wronged.

Master Fu Ya stared at Yang An, his eyes were full of sneer.

Realizing something was wrong, Yang An quickly said, "My lord! Maybe I caught the wrong person. I hope my lord will forgive me and let him go!"

If Xiao Huan couldn't bear the punishment and died, where can he find another witness?Xiao Huan changed his rhetoric temporarily, someone must have explained it long ago, and this Lord Fuya is not a good person after all.

Right now, Xiao Huan's life must be preserved first, and he should retreat completely, before making a long-term plan.

"Oh? Then what's the explanation for the corpse in the swamp?" The lord Fu Ya looked at Yang An with great interest and asked.

Yang An rolled his eyes, and then said, "It must have slipped and fell into the swamp."

"Since General Yang said so, the truth of this case will be revealed!" Mr. Fuya said with a smile.

"Yes, your lord is right." Yang An quickly replied.

Ever since, Yang An ordered people to bring the 22 corpses back to Yizhuang, without even asking for a job, and sent a wig notice to let their relatives come to claim them.

This matter is not over yet, Yang An thought so, and received an invitation from Chen Yufan.

Thinking about it, Chen Yufan must have known about such a big commotion, but he didn't know what Xiao Huan's situation was like.

With a restless heart, Yang An brought Wang Xiaoliu and Li Laosan to this gorgeous mansion.He asked the two to guard the door, and one walked into the mansion.

Along the way, I saw servants in twos and threes, very sparse.

"General Yang is here." Chen Yufan looked up and saw an imposing young man stepping in and greeted him with a smile.

Looking at this smiling man, Yang An couldn't help feeling disgusted. This man seemed to be a modest gentleman, but he did all kinds of evil things behind his back. It was really disgusting.Thinking of this, he frowned slightly, with a look of disgust in his eyes.

His reaction fell into Chen Yufan's eyes, he sneered in his heart, but there was a gentle smile on his face.

"Young Master Chen, you can speak up if you have something to say, you don't have to talk about it." Yang An sat down on the stool unceremoniously, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and said coldly.

Chen Yufan glanced at him, put away his smile, walked towards the door, closed the door firmly with his hand, turned back to Yang An, sat beside him, and replied, "Didn't General Yang know everything?"

Yang An snorted coldly, looked at Chen Yufan sarcastically, and said nothing.

"I hope that General Yang will be like that day in the future." Chen Yufan lowered his voice, stared at him, and said softly.

"Hmph, Young Master Chen." He suddenly approached Chen Yufan and laughed, "Dream!"

Saying so, he saw Chen Yufan's face suddenly change, and his expression was embarrassed.He sneered, stood up, and wanted to leave this disgusting place.But as soon as he turned around, he felt dizzy all of a sudden, and he quickly reached out to support himself on the table.

Chen Yufan standing beside him suddenly stood up, put his hand on his shoulder, put it close to his ear, and said softly, "Yang An, are you dreaming, or am I dreaming? Huh?"

Hearing this, Yang An used a burst of internal energy to keep his mind clear, but the more luck he had, the more dizzy his head became. He turned his head to look at Chen Yufan beside him, feeling extremely disgusted in his heart, and stretched out his hand to try hard. push him away.

"Hey, are you inviting me?" Chen Yufan grabbed his hand, pressed it on his chest, and smiled lightly.

Yang An squinted his eyes and cursed weakly, "Little man! Get lost!"

After saying that, he no longer had the strength to stand by the table, his legs softened, and he slid down.Chen Yufan on the side stretched out his hand to grab him, wrapped his arms around his waist tightly, and sneered at Yang An, who could only be slaughtered now.

That day, Yang An finally knew the true face of Chen Yufan, this hypocrite with a hidden knife in his smile and a beastly face was simply disgusting.

In order to make Yang An completely unable to stand up, Chen Yufan reversed the charges and put the dead body case on Yang An's head. He also bribed two of his soldiers to accuse Yang An in the government office.At that time, Yang An was fed some kind of medicine, his limbs were weak, his mind was dizzy, and he pleaded guilty in a daze.

It wasn't until several days after he was locked in the dungeon that he gradually regained consciousness and regained his strength.But at this time, there was no room for maneuver in this matter.

For some unknown reason, Chen Yufan didn't let the lord of the government office kill Yang An, but just kept him in the dungeon.But he knew that Chen Yufan released false news, saying that he had committed suicide in fear of crime.

In the dungeon of Jiuzhao Xizhou government office——

"So, General Yang was killed by such traitors?" Ji Anjun asked.

Xiao Yizhi on the side frowned, thinking in his heart, this person seemed to be upright, but he had suffered like this.

Yang An sat on the hard bed beside him, bent one leg, looked at Xiao Yizhi, and then at Ji Anjun. He felt that the origins of these two people might not be as simple as they said.

"What about you? I've already given it my all!" Yang An said.

Ji Anjun chuckled, glanced at Xiao Yizhi, and said slowly, "I am Ji Anjun, a native of Beili."

"Xiao Yizhi." Xiao Yizhi wrote with his hands and replied.

Yang An frowned, and replied, "I said, you guys are too mean, doesn't that mean you didn't say anything?"

"General Yang, when you come to Jiuzhao Kingdom this time, you really traveled here. It's just that you were mistaken as a merchant." Xiao Yizhi explained again.

"That's all. But, the merchants who are caught in have to pay [-] gold before they can go out. You guys, it's better to inform the family to send the money as soon as possible." Yang An waved his hand and kindly reminded.

"100 taels of gold? Is he a bandit?" Xiao Yizhi asked.

"Hahahaha! He's not just a bandit, he's a lunatic who steals money! Those merchants who have no money were pulled out and beaten!" Yang An laughed and replied, his eyes full of ridicule.

Ji Anjun looked at Xiao Yizhi, wondering what he was thinking.

Feeling the gaze, Xiao Yizhi also looked at Ji Anjun and said, "It's better... Yuan Qian..."

"No, this is what you deserve, how can it be used in this matter." Ji Anjun interrupted him.

"But Yuangan, this place is really not the place for you to stay." Xiao Yizhi frowned and said softly.

"It's okay, with you, it's the same to me wherever I am." Ji Anjun raised the corners of his mouth, leaned into his ear, and replied softly in a good mood.

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi lowered his head slightly and stopped talking.Ji Anjun saw that the tips of his ears were slightly red.

Yang An listened silently to the conversation and the last small gesture of the two, thinking that this Ji Anjun should have a different identity.The phrase "this place is really not the place you should stay" is probably not the son of a rich family, that is, the family of officials.

"General Yang, does Jiuzhao have officials to receive foreign guests?" Ji Anjun suddenly said, looking at Yang An.

"Master Chang Yuan, Da Honglu. I don't know, why does Mr. Ji ask this?" Yang An asked back.

"If you want to be rehabilitated, you must pass this matter to the emperor's ears." Ji Anjun said.

Yang An suddenly became vigilant, he stood up, stared at Ji Anjun, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Hearing this, Ji Anjun chuckled, but turned to look at Xiao Yizhi, then looked at Yang An, and said, "Help you."

"Help me? Why are you helping me? It won't do me any good." Yang An replied.

"Heh" Ji Anjun hooked the corner of his mouth and replied, "Of course we are helping ourselves."

Xiao Yizhi looked into Ji Anjun's eyes, and there was a trace of unknown strategy in his expression. He thought that General Yang should be fine when he met Yuan Qian.