Huamo

Malicious, I was too impulsive. " Lian Heng said guiltily, looking back at Su Bai who had been following him.

"Let's talk about it later, Mr. Su will understand." An Xuansu comforted.

"En." Lian Heng nodded obediently, and smiled softly at An Xuansu.

All the way to the sun, facing the early morning twilight, the five of them rode their horses and rushed towards Tiezhai in a leisurely manner.

【Hechuan City】

Hechuan City is the city that Bian Ling must pass through on his way to Tiezhai, but the five people were stopped by officers and soldiers when they arrived at the city gate. They were told that Hechuan City was under martial law and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

"For the martial law of the city, the prefect must first submit a memorial to the court in advance. As far as I know, the prefect Zhou of Hechuan did not submit a memorial to the court." An Xuansu said.

"Which kind of onion are you, a scholar? How dare you point and point here! Let's go!" The officers and soldiers drove An Xuansu away with disgust on their faces.

"As an officer and soldier, how can you be so rude to Liming people!" An Xuansu said righteously.

"You don't know what to do, come here, bring him back to the yamen!"

Seeing this, Lian Heng and the others were about to rush forward to clear the siege, but An Xuansu stopped him, gave a meaningful look, and then said leisurely to the officers and soldiers, "Those four are my accomplices."

"Okay! There are accomplices! Come! Take them away together!"

*****

"Ascension to the Hall—"

"mighty--"

"What's the matter?" Zhou Chongtian, the eunuch who was sitting in the hall, yawned lazily, with his eyes closed as if he was about to fall asleep.

"Report to my lord, these five unscrupulous people have offended officers and soldiers and accused you of wrongdoing." A sly-eyed head-hunter reported.

"Oh? Blame me?" The eunuch became excited when he heard that, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the five people standing upright and didn't kneel down, so he knocked on the gavel and shouted loudly.

"Bold and unreasonable! You don't kneel down when you see this official?! Come on! Give this official a hard time and hit thirty!"

An Xuansu put something wrapped in silk on the table, and said flatly: "You can hit it, but this precious thing must not be damaged."

"What precious thing do you have, you rascal." The eunuch snorted, glanced at An Xuansu, then picked up the thing and opened it. It was a finely carved official seal. He looked at the bottom with a "swish" expression on his face. The ground was pale, and he fell off the chair with a "grunt" and scrambled and lifted the official seal to An Xuansu, wailing with snot and tears.

"Master Zhongshu! This official has eyes but does not know Mount Tai! This official is convicted!"

"Do you still need the [-] boards?" An Xuansu said jokingly.

"No, no, no! Master Zhongshu, please take your seat!" The prefect was so frightened that he trembled all over and dared not get up.

"Your Majesty doesn't need it, I just dare to ask Master Zhou why he wanted to martial law without permission." An Xuansu looked at the eunuch.

"My lord doesn't know. In the past two days, many unruly people have rushed into Hechuan City, smashed, looted, burned, and even came to the Yamen to make trouble. That's why the lower officials made such a bad plan."

"Where are those gangsters now? Will there be an interrogation?" An Xuansu frowned and asked, "Take out all the case files and show me."

"This..." Zhou Chongtian swallowed, looked to the master for help, and the master looked at Zhou Chongtian and sneered, and said politely to An Xuansu, "Zhou Chongtian has done a lot of evil in Hechuan City, please Master An eliminate harm to the people."

"You are?" An Xuansu cast his eyes on the little master, and saw that the other party was imposing, neither humble nor overbearing, his eyes were clear and jealous, he was a good seed.

"Your officer, Qiao Zhen."

"Hmm." An Xuansu looked at Zhou Chongtian calmly with his hands behind his hands and said, "What? Master Zhou forgot where the case is?"

"My lord...the troublemaker...the troublemaker has already been executed by the subordinate officials..." Zhou Chongtian said, "plop" lying on the ground trembling, his face pale.

"Bastard!!" An Xuansu slapped the table hard, and looked at Zhou Chongtian in disbelief. You must know that according to the law, it is disrespectful to the court to execute a prisoner without trial. Reported to the imperial court, but he never received relevant memorials.

"My lord, forgive me! I'm an official... I'm confused!"

"Shut up!" An Xuansu was so angry that his face turned red, "You are not an upright official and disregarded the law and order. This prefect is no longer necessary. Take him back to Bianling to be punished."

"Yes." The Yamen's arrester dared not follow, let alone an official whose official hat had been removed.

"My lord, please forgive me—"

"My lord, there are another group of crazy people imprisoned in the death row." Qiao Zhen said angrily.

"Lead the way." An Xuansu walked away angrily.

"Sir, please."

The death cell was gloomy and damp, and there was a burst of stench. An Xuansu followed Qiao Zhen into it, and Lian Heng and others followed curiously.

"My lord, the dozen or so people here were only arrested yesterday, and Zhou Chongtian has not had time to execute them in the future."

"Open the door." An Xuansu stared fixedly at the dozen or so half-dead civilians.

"No, they will bite when they are mad, look at the steel." Qiao Zhen shook his head regretfully, and he pointed to the teeth marks on the iron gate of the prison.

"These people are so unusual, they must be controlled by the witches who have been raging recently, why did they have to be executed in a hurry without reporting to the court?!" An Xuansu flushed with anger, and said sadly, "Last week How many people were executed in the sky."

"My lord... 25 people..."

An Xuansu was heartbroken: "Nowadays the foreign enemy is about to move, and the soldiers are fighting outside to kill the enemy and defend the country. But you court officials are killing the people indiscriminately?! Just for a moment of relaxation?!"

"My lord, you are in the high hall and don't know what the magistrates of the state are doing." Qiao Zhen sighed softly, "Nowadays, in many cities around Bian Ling, people are controlled by witchcraft and become mad and hurt people. At least five or six people, as many as hundreds of people, the officers and soldiers can only use force to stop them all, arrest them and put them in prison. It would take a lot of time to interrogate so many people one by one, not to mention that group of unscrupulous people lost their minds and couldn't do it at all. During the interrogation, the imperial court was forced to find out the culprit as quickly as possible... The state officials and county magistrates had no choice but to execute them quickly, which can be regarded as the conclusion of a case."

"Killing people indiscriminately will only cause other people to criticize the court." An Xuansu hated that iron cannot be made into steel. He thought for a while and then said, "I am planning to write a memorial, you prepare it."

"Yes, the next officer will prepare immediately."

After a while, Qiao Zhen conveniently brought a white memorial to An Xuansu. An Xuansu took it and wrote on the desktop. The main idea was to ask His Majesty to order all states and counties to arrest the crazy people and only put them in prison. The killing order was allowed to be written and submitted to the Wude Hall in a unified manner. Wei Rong, the minister of the Ministry of officials, was ordered to visit various prefectures and counties as an imperial envoy in disguise, and to investigate and deal with prefects like Zhou Chongtian.

"Send this memorial to the Hall of Martial Virtue as soon as possible." An Xuansu made the last stroke and handed the memorial to the master.

"I will obey your orders." Qiao Zhen carefully held the memorial in his hand.

"I will stay here soon if I have important matters to do. You will take on the official duties of Hechuan City first, and wait for the new prefect to take over." An Xuansu stroked his sleeves and said.

"The next official will definitely do his best."

"Ah."

*****

After one matter was settled, the five people continued to rush to Tiezhai through Hechuan City, and An Xuansu worried a lot along the way.

Li Jinsha is indifferent to these things. He has always traveled freely outside the court. If he is provoked, he will do it directly. There are so many cumbersome steps. Really clean and neat, a memorial sent to Wude Hall, turning things around, really a minister of the humerus of the court."

"Admiral Li should know why the court has become like this." An Xuansu said calmly, "I don't ask Admiral Li to help the court with all his heart, but I just ask Admiral Li to remember our agreement and not to cross the line and cause disaster. to the people."

"Hey, Brother An is the pillar of the imperial court. With Brother An in the court, there will be no chaos, right?" Seeing that the situation was not good, Gongsun Lv immediately rushed out to smooth things over between the two of them.Then he pulled Li Jinsha aside and complained in a low voice: "Why is the dead shemale so sharp when he speaks? What if he quarreled with Brother An?"

Li Jinsha gave him a white look: "I see that Mr. An is very happy to answer."

"An Chen, I just took a closer look at the people controlled by witchcraft. This kind of magic seems to come from the East China Sea." Lian Heng pondered for a long time before suddenly speaking.

"Oh? Xiao Hengheng is so knowledgeable?" Gongsun Lu asked curiously.

"I also think I've seen such a technique in the East China Sea. It was discovered when Hengheng and I were out at sea." Su Bai also scrambled to speak.

"It's a controlled sea fish, attacking merchant ships frantically." Lian Heng continued.

"Who did that?" An Xuansu asked.

"It should be a person from the martial arts world. This kind of technique relies on internal force to carry out, and it is impossible for ordinary people to do it." Lian Heng said firmly.

"Then the Sword Appreciation Conference will be even more interesting." Su Bai was full of interest.

【Tiezhai Tongyun Paddock】

Tiezhai is located on a hill rich in iron ore between Tongshi peaks in the southeast of Bianling. Under the hill is a field with rich water and grass. It is said that it used to be a hunting garden for ancient tribes.Although it is still white and snowy now, but the time is just right, the sky and the earth are connected, and it seems that you can still see the scene of cattle and sheep in spring and summer when they are gone.

"so beautiful--"

"Could it be that you haven't seen the little white face before?" Gongsun Lu looked at Su Bai who was happily leading Lian Heng with disdain on his face. This guy had a bad relationship with Lian Heng when he was on the road, but he soon got better along the way.

The latter rolled his eyes at him, "I'm not as knowledgeable as you, so what's the matter?"

"Master, I used to play house wine here when I was young," Gongsun Lu recalled cheerfully.

"Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you are the leader's son!" Su Bai