Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

The prison at Dagukou is at the back of the government office. It was originally used to temporarily detain pirates. Usually, after ten days and a half months of detention, they will be transferred to Tianjin Acropolis for trial and conviction. Therefore, the prison in this government office is mostly vacant.

The prison was dark and damp, thick cobwebs were formed on the beams, and snakes, insects, rats and ants were rampant.

After Wan Youliang was imprisoned, he couldn't close his eyes.

At first it was painful, the wound on his thigh was bandaged with cloth strips, no more bleeding, but the pain was so painful that he couldn't sleep; later, he got used to being pampered, and it was the first time he had suffered this kind of pain.Just smelling the smell of corruption in the prison made me sick and couldn't sleep at all.

He sat against the wall, staring and thinking, how did he come to this point?

It is obvious that he and Guan Haishan have made a thorough plan, as long as the prince is successfully forced out, Fang Zhengke alone will not be able to achieve great things.He can still enjoy himself in this gold and silver nest for a year, waiting for the next transfer envoy to take his place.

But now there is nothing.

When he was first imprisoned, he would yell at people to let him out, and after tossing around for a long time seeing no one was paying attention, he gradually settled down, thinking about how Guan Haishan is doing now.

Now the only person who can save him is Guan Haishan.

Just as he was thinking about the possible situation, he heard the creaking sound of the old prison door, and the sound of footsteps coming from the long corridor.

Wan Youliang moved, looked over, and saw Xue Shu walking in.

Xue Shu was well dressed, but he became a prisoner.

Wan Youliang forgot the pain in his leg for a moment, and yelled angrily: "A dog! How dare you deceive me!"

Xue Shu stopped in front of the prison where he was held, his eyes full of hostility swept across him slowly, and he said darkly: "I scolded our family, but I have to pay it back." Pull it out."

The accompanying soldiers of the Four Guards Battalion bowed their heads and ears to him now, upon hearing this, they immediately opened the cell door, gagged Wan Youliang and dragged him out.

Xue Shu ordered Haikou to be taken to the torture room for interrogation, while Wan Youliang was held aside, staring at him with wide-eyed horror, with a groaning sound in his throat.

"Don't worry, it's still useful for His Highness to keep you. Our family won't kill you now, so you just watch from the side." After finishing speaking, he ordered someone to tie him to a shelf beside him, and he began to interrogate the pirates who had been raised. .

These pirates shaved their heads and dressed as Fusang strangers. No matter what Xue Shu asked, they would chatter incomprehensible words.

Xue Shu asked a few words, and seeing that they refused to cooperate, he ordered them to be sentenced.

After going through all kinds of instruments of torture, someone opened his mouth.Instead of pretending to be stupid by speaking birdsong, speak pure Dayan official dialect.

——Although these pirates are all dressed up as Fusang Japanese, they are actually bandits wandering along the coast.

They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes along the coast. They were afraid that their parents, relatives and friends would be implicated if their real identities were found out, so they simply dressed up as strangers to cover up their identities for convenience.

As for yesterday's raid, this group of pirates didn't know the inside story.They only vaguely knew that the official who had been with them all year round was in trouble, so the boss above sent them to scare the "trouble" on behalf of the official, and let the other party learn a lesson.

As for the deeper ones, these little guys who are only responsible for going ashore and looting on weekdays don't know, saying that only the leaders above know.

Xue Shu was noncommittal about this, and ordered a dozen pirates to be punished in turn.

Although he still didn't ask about the assassination, he unexpectedly asked about another matter.

——A small pirate leader confessed: There is not enough food and women on the island, and a batch of new goods arrived not long ago.About ten days later, the main force will land at Dagu Port to "restock and sell".

In order to avoid being hunted down, these pirates hid among the islands in the waters near Tianjin Wei.Only when the supplies are insufficient or need to be sold will they go ashore.Burning, killing, and looting are commonplace, and the government doesn't care about it.

Xue Shu confirmed that these pirates could not ask any more questions, so he asked people to take them back to the prison.

A subordinate brought warm water and a cloth towel to wash his hands. Xue Shu carefully washed the blood off his hands, dried his hands with a cloth towel, and then turned to look at Wan Youliang, motioning to pull out the cloth towel from his mouth: "Master Wan, why are you shaking? Our family is right The tortures on the pirates are just appetizers. Master Wan has lived in Tianjinwei, so I’m afraid he hasn’t seen the tortures in Xichang, right?”

Wan Youliang's lips trembled and he couldn't speak, looking at Xue Shu was like looking at a Shura ghost in hell, full of fear.

"Lord Wan's body is in good shape, and it's most suitable for combing." Xue Shu looked at him, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, but there was no smile in his eyes.The flickering candlelight distorted the shadow cast on the wall, making him look a bit more eerie and treacherous: "First scald it with boiling water from head to toe, then comb it with an iron comb, and keep your whole body clean. Comb it clean."

"You, you..." The muscles on Wan Youliang's face twitched, and he squeezed out two words from his throat with all his strength, and then there was a smell of urine in the air.

Xue Shu frowned, and took a step back in disgust.

It is still useful to keep Wan Youliang now, he can't move for the time being, so it's just to scare him, I didn't expect to be so careless.

"Our family hasn't used torture yet, what are you afraid of?" Xue Shu suddenly felt bored, ordered someone to take him back, and then turned around and left the prison.

It was only five o'clock outside, and the sky was cloudy, except for the guards on duty, even the chirping of insects and birds had stopped.

Xue Shu looked at the bright cold moon above his head, stopped to think for a while, and then went to the main house where Yin Chengyu lived.

He didn't show up, and found a big tree facing the main house to stay, staring at the closed window in a daze.

At this moment His Highness should be asleep, Xue Shu pictured in his mind his appearance of sleeping peacefully with only his coat on and his eyes closed, and his mood became extremely good.

He leaned on the branch with his arm pillowed, his eyes locked on the window, and he saw Chenzheng from the fifth watch.

When the cold moon sets in the west, the early sun rises in the east.The early spring sun shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves, casting mottled shadows.

When the soldiers on duty changed their shifts, Xue Shu saw Zheng Duobao enter the house carrying the washing utensils.

Not long after, the closed window was pushed open, and Yin Chengyu's figure appeared behind the window.

He was only wearing a black jacket, with black hair pouring down his head.The light and shadow projected outside the window swayed on his face, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, which somewhat coincided with the scene in Xue Shu's dream.

Xue Shu immediately sat up straight, stared at him for a while, and finally couldn't help himself, jumped down from the tree, and went to the main room to report the result of the interrogation.

As soon as Yin Chengyu finished washing, he listened to the report and Xue Shu came.

He muttered "Why is it so early", he changed his clothes and went out to meet people.

Xue Shu was waiting in the hall, and when he saw him coming out, he raised his eyes, but the eyeballs did not move.

"I found it so early in the morning, why?" Yin Chengyu sat down on the chair.

Xue Shu truthfully reported the results of the interrogation.

The situation was not much different from Yin Chengyu's expectation. He tapped the case table with his fingers, and said after a while: "What happened in the city yesterday can't be covered up. Guan Haishan must have known about Wan Youliang's situation. It would not be a bad idea to let him stay in the guardhouse and not come out." matter, you go there and bring him back."

"As for the danger of pirates..." Yin Chengyu went over the available people in his mind, and said, "I'll make another arrangement."

While talking, it happened that someone from the kitchen delivered breakfast.

Yin Chengyu ordered people to place them in the hall, and Shi Shiran sat down at the table.Seeing that Xue Shu was still standing beside him, he asked him to sit down and eat together.

Xue Shu sat down next to him, but didn't look at the food in front of him, only staring at Yin Chengyu.

Yin Chengyu's etiquette rules have always been regarded as a model, and his gestures are full of elegance.He picked up a piece of white jade osmanthus cake, took a bite, and swallowed it slowly, squinting at Xue Shu with his phoenix eyes: "If you don't want to eat it, then go to work."

There was no annoyance in his words, on the contrary, because of the squinting eyes, there was a bit of provocative emotion.

Xue Shu's eyes instantly became heated, and countless emotions intertwined and churned under the extremely low eyelashes.

He lowered his head, picked up the chopsticks very slowly, and picked up the plate of white jade osmanthus cake that was placed in front of Yin Chengyu.

But when he reached out, Yin Chengyu pressed him down with chopsticks.

Yin Chengyu looked at his face, with a smile that was not a smile: "Is it because you don't like sweets?"

Xue Shu pursed his lips and said after a while, "Your Highness likes it."

If His Highness likes to eat, then he likes to eat too.

He wanted to know what the other person liked and what it was like.

"Then I'll reward you with this dish." His words pleased Yin Chengyu, he withdrew his hand, and signaled the servant who was serving dishes beside him to put the dish of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in front of Xue Shu.

Only one piece of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that had just been served was moved, and the half that Yin Chengyu had bitten into was placed on top.

Yin Chengyu put down his chopsticks, took a sip of hot tea, and looked at Xue Shu through the steam.

Seeing that he really went to pick up the piece he had eaten first, the tip of his eyebrows moved, and he smiled.

After breakfast, Yin Chengyu went to the Salt Commissioner's office to look for Fang Zhengke.

Xue Shu, who dawdled and didn't want to leave, was sent to the guard to arrest Guan Haishan.

Fang Zhengke's injury has healed up, and he stayed in the official office during this period of time, only going out of his mind to clear the files and accounts of the Salt Envoy.On that day, Wan Youliang burned the archives of the Salt Envoy to destroy the evidence. Although the people arranged by Yin Chengyu snatched some of them out, they still damaged a lot.

"Although the part has been sorted out now, it's just the tip of the iceberg." Fang Zhengke's face was full of anger: "Just look at the remaining accounts, and get a glimpse of the leopard, and you can see how corrupt the Changlu Salt Commissioner has been in these years!"

In these years, from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, from Wangjing to the local government officials, I am afraid that few of them are clean.

"If your Highness wants to touch the root, you have to find a way to clarify the accounts of the past years."

"What's so difficult about this?" Yin Chengyu looked through the accounts that had been sorted out one by one, and said, "Fang Yushi just wait and see, he alone has a way to find out these moths. The salt tax is related to the country, and Changlu Salt Envoy The chaos must not be let go."

After Yin Chengyu and Fang Zhengke talked earnestly, they returned to Tianjin Acropolis.

After one night's work, the news of Dagukou had apparently spread back to Tianjin Acropolis, and the officials who came out to welcome Yin Chengyu all looked panic-stricken, but no one dared to show it too much.

However, Yin Chengyu stopped making false claims with them, and drove directly to the Yamen court, and then ordered people to announce the salt merchant and the head of the Cao Gang to the court.

The heads of the Eight Great Families and the Three Major Clans gathered in the courtroom and knelt on the floor.

Yin Chengyu sat upright in the high hall, holding a teacup in his hand, slowly filtering the foam through the edge of the tea lid, and sipped it calmly.

The masters were left to dry for almost [-] hours, kneeling until their knees became numb.They looked at each other for a while, and finally pushed Cao Feng, the leader of the salt merchant, to speak.

Cao Feng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I don't know why His Royal Highness called the grassroots people here?"

"I have something to ask you guys."

Yin Chengyu closed the tea cup with a "clang", and the tea lid hit the tea bowl with a clear and crisp sound: "Someone reported Changlu salt to cause chaos in the salt administration, and the flood of private salt ran over official salt. Gu Te came here to investigate thoroughly by the emperor's order..." At this point, he paused on purpose, his eyes slowly glanced down, taking everyone's expressions back into his eyes, and then continued: "After checking these days, I found that not only the accounts of the Changlu Salt Envoy were confused, but also that the salt transfer made everything Liang also forged the documents of the household department, issued salt quotations privately, and withheld tax money, which is really an unforgivable crime."

"Wan Youliang is now in custody, but the archives of the Salt Envoy Division was burned down a while ago, and many accounting documents are missing. I just called you to learn about Wan Youliang's private issuance of salt quotations. All of you present are from Tianjin Wei. Great salt merchant, Wan Youliang privately issued salt to raise taxes, you must have suffered for a long time. If you have any grievances or dissatisfaction, you can speak up."

Yin Chengyu had a gentle expression, as if he really just called them to complain about their grievances.

For a moment, the hearts of the several masters were beating, and they didn't know whether the prince was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

Wan Youliang issued salt quotations privately, and the salt merchants knew the matter of overcharging tax money.But this tax money is nothing compared to the huge profits of private salt.

They give all good things, and all good things give them convenience. This is a matter of mutual benefit.

What's more, if Wan Youliang falls, and illegal salt is involved, none of them can escape.

Cao Feng showed a look of panic, and said with his head: "I would also like to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to show that since Mr. Wan took office, he has made every effort to crack down on private salt and stabilize the price of official salt. The Tianjin Wei salt merchants are deeply grateful. Where did the theory of Yanyin raise taxes come from? We don’t know.”

Seeing this, the rest of the people followed closely behind, and echoed one after another: "That's right, I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will not listen to the villain's slander."

"Master Wan is dedicated to the people, how could he make such a big mistake?"

Yin Chengyu listened to them scrambling to defend Wan Youliang one by one, but smiled: "I don't believe in the collusion between officials and businessmen in Changlu Salt Field to resell private salt. Now that you are defending Wan Youliang like this, I believe it."

As soon as these words came out, the fierce rebuttals stopped instantly.

The masters looked at him in surprise.

Yin Chengyu's face turned cold, and he was lenient only when he was gone: "The evidence of Wan Youliang's crime is conclusive, and it is already a death penalty. If you are in collusion with him, you will not be able to escape the guilt. It's just that you have always been lenient when you act alone, and the law does not punish you. Everyone. If you think it through clearly, you can turn yourself in with the previous accounts and turn yourself into a tainted witness. If you can't figure it out..." He said with a serious smile: "Those who resell private salt, according to Dayan's law, When cut."

After speaking, he walked away.

Zheng Duobao held a stack of account books and left them at the end. Looking at the heads of the family who looked surprised and uncertain, he gave another jujube to eat: "Your Highness is kind, and I don't want to see Tianjin Wei's blood flow into rivers, so I called you here. It's a pity It's over..." He looked at the courtroom sympathetically, and sighed: "You think you are monolithic, but you don't know that someone has secretly voted for Your Highness."

He clapped the stack of account books in his hands meaningfully, and left behind Yin Chengyu.

Everyone in the hall was left in surprise.

The head of the Jiang family scanned several people suspiciously: "Who is a traitor?"

"Do you believe in divorce?!" Cao Feng scolded.

"Be safe. If there is evidence, we can easily go back today?" Ke Shouxin also comforted.

What he said was not unreasonable, but Yin Chengyu's words left seeds of doubt in their hearts. For a while, everyone was concerned about each other. After leaving the court, they hurried back home.

And this Yin Chengyu went back to the hotel, so he sent a message to Zhao Lin: "You can order someone to release the news."

He has been holding back the account that Wei Xihe gave him before, just for today.

While the salt merchants and the leaders of the Cao Gang were still hesitating and waiting to see the situation, the official of the Salt Envoy, who had always been good friends with Cao Feng, suddenly revealed that the Wei family had secretly voted for the prince and had handed over the private salt accounts.

In the past two days, the prince is checking the accounts for the second time.

Over the years, the private salts handled by each family have detailed accounts. This is not only their urging talisman, but also their life-saving talisman to restrain each other.

As long as everyone is still a grasshopper tied to a rope, no one will take this thing out easily.

But now there are rumors that the Wei family has rebelled, and the news came from the Department of Salt Emissary.

The leaders who were suddenly stabbed in the back were furious for a moment.

Now that the Wei family is headed by Ke Shouxin, Cao Feng did not dare to bring too many people to the door for fear of attracting attention, so he only went to the Wei family with Liu Xuzhi, the head of the Liu family, and Yan Chuhe, the head of the Luo Sheng gang.

In the past two days, Ke Shouxin was also quite anxious. Hearing that the three people came to the door, he thought he had some new news, so he hurriedly invited them to the study, but Yan Chuhe punched him just as he entered the door.

Yan Chuhe pinched him against the wall by his neck, with a fierce look on his face: "How dare you betray us?!"

Ke Shouxin broke his hand, looking surprised: "What nonsense are you talking about?!"

The other two saw that his surprised expression did not seem to be fake, so they hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, and then let him go first.

Cao Feng raised his airs as a peacemaker: "Old Ke, we are all brothers on the same boat. If you jump off the boat first and hurt others, don't blame us for being cruel."

He took out a copy of the account from his sleeve and handed it to Ke Shouxin: "Please see if this is your family's account."

"How could I do such a stupid thing? In the past two days, I'm still worried that those idiots will turn themselves in after believing in the divorce plan!"

Ke Shouxin's face was ashen, and he took the paper in his hand. He just glanced at it casually, but when he saw the unique accounting method on it, his expression froze.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, the other three immediately became suspicious: "Is this really from your family?"

Ke Shou's confidence was turbulent, but his face was still steady, he frowned and said unhappily, "It's not from my place."

Just saying that, the smile on his face was very reluctant.

He thought quickly in his heart, where did the accounts come from? Since he took control of the Wei family, those accounts have always been in his hands, and it is impossible for outsiders to know.

No, there is one more person who knows!

Ke Shouxin was startled, thinking of his eldest son who was dying.

He didn't want to deal with the three of them anymore, and after sending them away in a hurry, he hurried to the west courtyard.

Wei Xihe just finished packing his things.

He has lived in this house for 20 years, and when he is about to leave, it is just a burden.

His relatives have passed away, the Wei family has changed hands, and only his brother who grew up with him is still by his side.

He looked up at the high courtyard wall of the Wei Mansion, smiled in relief, and said sideways: "Ah Xuan, I can finally leave here."

Zhou Xuan took the burden in his hands, and said "hmm": "Master, are you going to pay homage to the old man and his wife?"

"Now is not the time." Wei Xihe looked at Ke Shouxin who was striding forward, and said softly, "If the blood feud has not been avenged, what is the worship?"

"Nizi, it's you, right!" Ke Shouxin strode forward, about to grab his collar.

Zhou Xuan wanted to block it subconsciously, but was stopped by Wei Xihe's gesture.

"Who else but me?"

Wei Xihe looked at him with a smile, opened his fingers one by one, and his eyes were full of malice: "Now is just the beginning. Not only you, your wives, concubines, and children will be buried with Weifu."

The coldness in his eyes and the indifference in his tone made Ke Shouxin subconsciously take two steps back, gritted his teeth and said, "If I had known this, I shouldn't have softened my heart and left you that day!"

Wei Xihe snorted: "It's too late to regret it now. Tomb-sweeping Day is approaching, and I will take your head to sacrifice to my grandfather and mother."

After saying that, he brushed the dust off his robe, and with Zhou Xuan's support, he straightened his back and stepped out of the cage that had imprisoned him for five years.

The news that the Wei family had voted for the crown prince quickly spread among the families, especially the fact that Cao Feng and others went to Ke Shouxin to inquire about the news and came back, and then they pretended to be sick and refused to see the guest, which made everyone feel agitated.

Many people have already begun to waver in their hearts.

In particular, Wan Youliang had only been in custody for five days, and then it was heard that Guan Haishan, the commander-in-chief, had also been arrested and brought to justice.

He originally hid in the guard, thinking that he could temporarily escape the catastrophe, but unexpectedly the prince sent elite soldiers from the Four Guards Battalion to arrest him.Guan Haishan's resistance was unsuccessful, but one of his arms was cut off, and he was put in a prison in Tianjin Acropolis.

Guan Haishan, as an officer and soldier of the Tianjin Guard, is a second-rank official.If there is no solid evidence, the prince will never act like this.

For a while, Tianjin Wei was panicked.

And Yin Chengyu's estrangement plan finally worked, one after another secretly surrendered, and presented their private salt account books over the years, willing to become tainted witnesses, only to be punished lightly.

Boxes of private salt account books were sent to Fang Zhengke.

Witnesses and physical evidence are conclusive.

One month after Yin Chengyu arrived in Tianjin Wei, the trial of the salt smuggling case finally officially started, and Fang Zhengke, the salt censor, was the presiding judge of the case.

At this time, Yin Chengyu was busy with another matter - guarding against the attack of pirates at Dagukou.

According to the little pirate leader's confession, after they cooperated with Guan Haishan to complete the task of intimidating "trouble", they would stay at Dagukou, so that they could take a large number of pirates ashore two days later.

The coastal defense of Tianjin Wei was lax, and the army was exhausted.Guan Haishan, the commander-in-chief, also took the lead in colluding with pirates and condoning the traffic of pirate ships, so that it has become a common law for these pirates to land ashore.

They will not only burn, kill and loot on the shore, but also sell the goods brought back by sea to traders in Tianjin Wei, who will sell them to various places in exchange for large sums of money and supplies.

Because of the profit, many merchants and local people voluntarily became the eyes and ears of the pirates. In order to prevent the news of Guan Haishan's accident from leaking, Yin Chengyu ordered people to go by water to dispatch troops from Guangningwei to support them, and evacuated the people from Dagukou.

Now there is only an empty city left in Dagukou, and the "common people" living in the city are dressed as soldiers.

Just wait for the pirates to land.

After two days, everything was arranged.

Commander of the Guangning Guard Xiao Tongguang followed Yin Chengyu to sit at Dagukou.

"Your Highness, are you sure that group of pirates will go ashore today?"

Xiao Tongguang also took a risk in the transfer of troops this time. If he hadn't always admired Yin Chengyu's character, and Yin Chengyu pleaded for help in the letter, he would never have agreed to transfer troops hastily without the documents of the Ministry of War.

Tianjin Guard itself has five or six thousand troops stationed, not to mention the thousands of households and hundreds of households below. The troops are very sufficient, and there are Liaodong and Shandong guards on the left and right.

It's just that Yin Chengyu wrote in a letter saying that the officers and soldiers of the Tianjin Guards had colluded with the pirates, and the pirates were going to land in a few days, but there was no trustworthy person in the guard.In order to prevent leaks, troops can only be transferred from the side.

Xiao Tongguang thought about it for a while before taking the risk of dispatching troops to support him.

"Not sure." Yin Chengyu shook his head: "The news came from the little boss who was arrested and brought to justice. I'm not sure if there will be any changes in the process. But pirates have been rampant for a long time, and once I hear the news, I can't ignore it. .”

He patted Xiao Tongguang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Commander Xiao, don't worry, if something goes wrong, he will bear it alone."

After all, he stepped forward with his hands behind his back, watching the sea surface through the binoculars.

The sea was calm at this time, and there were no signs of ships sailing.

After waiting like this, until the evening, there was still no trace of the pirates.

Yin Chengyu was still calm and unhurried, but Xiao Tongguang lost his composure, and doubted again: "Could it be that the news is wrong?"

Yin Chengyu said: "If you don't come today, you may come tomorrow. If you don't come for three days, Commander Xiao can turn back first."

Hearing what he said, Xiao Tongguang could only wait patiently.

Just when the setting sun was about to fall to the sea level, a scout suddenly came to report: five large ships were coming from the sea.

Two of them are [-]-material warships, and the other three are slightly smaller, all cargo ships.

Xiao Tongguang regained his energy and quickly made arrangements.

At this time, Dagu Port is as usual, and there is no difference.

Several large ships raised flags as they approached the pier.The semaphore for the meeting had already been asked from the leader, and some soldiers replied the signal, indicating that everything was normal.

The big ship docked temporarily at the simple pier, and the pirates happily disembarked with their cargo.

Most of them shaved their heads and wore Fusang clothes, but they communicated skillfully in Dayan dialect.

In less than half an hour, the cargo was loaded and unloaded.

The pirates threw mountains of goods on the pier and formed a group, ready to enter the city to have some fun, and called for someone to load the goods.

The leader of the big man was carrying a heavy sword with a thick back, wearing nondescript clothes, his eyes were shooting everywhere, and he did not join the carnival pirate team.

He kicked the person next to him, frowned and said, "I'm all worried, I feel a little wrong."

"What could be wrong? The chief is too cautious." The second chief was kicked by him, laughing and saying: "We got something good this time, and then we will ask Guan Zongbing to take a look. If he is willing to Take it, and we will make a fortune."

They have been jealous of the private salt business for a long time, but Tianjin Wei's private salt has already been divided up, and they have never found a chance to add it, so they can only drink some broth.

Now it's time to take some money out of Guan Haishan's pocket.

The big man didn't refute his words, but his brows were still frowning, and there was always a lingering sense of crisis in his heart.

Yin Chengyu was on the Drum Tower. He glanced at the leader of the big man, and handed the binoculars to Xiao Tongguang: "The thieves are getting suspicious, let them prepare to act in advance."

Xiao Tongguang took a look at it, and also noticed the big man's movement of looking around, so he immediately sent the order to go on.

The flags on the Drum Tower waved several times alternately at a special frequency.

In the dim twilight, the city gate of Dagukou slowly closed with a dull creaking sound.

"No! There is fraud!" The big man was the first to react when he heard the sound, and rushed to the gate of the city.

His speed was extremely fast, the city gate was too heavy, and the closing speed was slow, which actually made him rush out.

After him, several fast pirates also rushed to the city gate, and fought with the soldiers defending the city.

The situation became chaotic in an instant, Xiao Tongguang saw that the bandit leader had run away, and hurriedly said: "I'll take someone to chase after him, we can't let him run away."

That big man is so alert and skilled, he must be an important leader of the pirates.

"No need, my men have already caught up." Yin Chengyu narrowed his eyes and looked at the two figures who had already fought at the gate of the city.

——At the same time that the big man was rushing towards the city gate, Xue Shu had already chased after him.The big man was very brave, seeing that he couldn't get rid of Xue Shu, he turned around and drew his sword to fight him.

The big man uses a heavy sword with a thick back, and the big sword swings like a mighty force, carrying the sound of the wind; while Xue Shu uses two swords, one long and one short, and the two swords are like arms in his hands.

Seeing that the big man's arms were amazing, he didn't confront the big man head-on, but relied on his agility to fight close to the body, leaving wounds on the big man's body from time to time with the dagger in his left hand.

After a while, the big man's body was stained with blood.

He spat, his eyes became more ferocious, and he swung a big knife vigorously.

However, Xue Shu is like a cunning lone wolf, always able to dodge his moves just in time and counterattack.Just when the big man was getting impatient from being entangled, he saw a hole in his upper body suddenly, he was overjoyed and swung his knife to slash at his left shoulder.

Xue Shu seemed unable to dodge in time, the sharp blade sliced ​​across his shoulder, and blood gushed out.

The big man smiled fiercely at him, but before he could be complacent, the smile froze.

——Xue Shu's right long knife was slashing at his leg.

This time it was Xue Shu who gave him a sinister smile, turned his waist and used his arms to cut off his entire right leg up to the knee.

The big man fell to the ground screaming in pain, blood spurting from his knees.

Xue Shu casually wiped the blood spattered on his face, put the knife on the ground, and turned his head to look in the direction of the Drum Tower.

Yin Chengyu saw this scene through the binoculars, but his eyes were stung by the bright red on his left shoulder.

"Go down and have a look." He threw the binoculars to Xiao Tongguang and went down the Drum Tower.

The fighting at the gate of the city had come to an end, and the soldiers of the Guangning Guard were well-trained, and quickly took down more than 100 pirates.

Detained together with five large ships.

When Yin Chengyu arrived at the gate of the city, the bandit leader with a broken leg had already been tied up and taken to a prison cart.Xue Shu followed behind leaning on a knife, his figure was as tall and straight as before, but his face was a little pale.If it wasn't for the dark red stain on his shoulders, he would almost think that he was the same as usual.

"Quickly send the military doctor!"

Yin Chengyu's heart palpitated when he saw the bright red, and he couldn't care about others, so he ordered someone to support Xue Shu.

Xue Shu frowned and struggled, and was about to say that he could walk by himself, when Yin Chengyu glared at him: "Be honest!"

He paused, and as expected, he was held up honestly and returned to the official office.

The military doctor rushed to the government office with the medical kit on his back, and was startled when he saw the wound on his shoulder: "If this is any further, this arm may be useless."

As he said that, he ordered the little doctor boy to prepare Mabosan, needles, thread and other things.

Xue Shu's face was covered with sweat, and he retorted coldly: "It's just a small injury, I know it well."

The military doctor was choked by him, and wanted to scold him severely, but met his fierce eyes, shut his mouth again, took out gauze to clean his wound without saying a word.

On the contrary, Yin Chengyu was annoyed and said, "If you know how, how can you be hurt like this?"

Xue Shu pursed his lips, dissatisfied in his eyes, but he did not refute.

After a while, the medical boy brought Mabo soup, and he passed out after drinking it. The military doctor cleaned the wound for him, and then sewed it up with needles and threads. It took less than half an hour to heal the wound.

"How is his injury? How long will he need to recuperate?" Yin Chengyu asked.

"At least rest for half a month." The military doctor said: "Fortunately, the vital points of the meridians were avoided, and only the flesh was injured. Otherwise, it may take a year or so to heal."

Yin Chengyu frowned, ordered the military doctor to be sent away, and then sat down by the couch.

The medicinal properties of the Mabotang hadn't passed yet, and Xue Shu was still in a coma.

Because of too much blood loss, his face was pale, and his usually sharp eyebrows and eyes showed a little fragility and a little more youthful look at this time.

Yin Chengyu looked at him carefully, and then realized that he was actually a young man of the same age as him.

He was reborn once again, and he carried the established impression of his previous life. Whenever he looked at him, he was always habitually treating him as the omnipotent nine thousand years old in his previous life.

But he forgot that even if he was nine thousand years old, he actually came from the shadow of swords and swords, leaving scars all over his body.

He always said that he was a knife for killing people, but he neglected a knife that needs to be sharpened countless times to be so sharp.

This person has a ruthlessness in his bones that no one else has. He seems to be born good at fighting and fighting, but no matter in his past or present life, he has never asked Xue Shu how he learned this skill.

Yin Chengyu sat in front of the couch for a long time.

He didn't leave until Zheng Duobao came in with the boiled soup.

After Zheng Duobao fed Xue Shu the medicine and advised him to go back to rest, Yin Chengyu just shook his head, his eyes were heavy and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Zheng Duobao only thought that he was too worried about Xue Shu, and said with emotion in his heart that His Highness really liked Xue Shu, so he retreated with an empty bowl.

Xue Shu woke up two minutes after taking the medicine.

When he first woke up, his eyes were not focused, and he was a little dazed.But this kind of confusion only lasted for a breath or two, and his eyes turned clear, with the familiar sharpness.

He looked sideways at the person beside the bed, and said hoarsely, "Your Highness?"

He probably didn't expect Yin Chengyu to be here guarding him, and the ending sounds a little surprised.

"Are you awake?" Yin Chengyu looked down at him: "Does the wound hurt?"

Xue Shu wanted to say it didn't hurt, but hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and said "it hurts".

Yin Chengyu sneered when he heard the words, and couldn't suppress the anger in his heart: "I know it hurts, but don't I know how to cherish my life?"

"He can't kill me." Xue Shu defended himself, and said: "And His Highness wants to capture him alive."

That thief leader is not bad, if he doesn't show some flaws and get hurt, I'm afraid he won't be able to deceive him.

Yin Chengyu fell silent again, and the expression on his face returned to silence.

After a long time, his eyelashes trembled, he leaned over and raised his chin, almost touching the tip of his nose, his voice was a bit like gnashing of teeth: "So loyal, do you... like lonely?"

His sudden question made Xue Shu's breathing stagnate, and then he nodded without hesitation.

"Which kind do you like?" Getting the expected answer, Yin Chengyu smiled, looked at him for a long time with slightly lowered eyes, and nodded at him with his fingertips: "This kind?"

Xue Shu's breathing suddenly became rapid, and he looked at him as if a storm was about to come.He grabbed Yin Chengyu's wrist with his uninjured hand, the veins on the back of his hand burst out, and he restrained himself patiently.

Yin Chengyu patted the back of his hand lightly and scolded, "Presumptuous."

It's just because of the elongated and upturned ending, these words don't sound too much deterrent, but add a bit of provocative meaning.

Xue Shu didn't let go of his hand, but controlled his strength and carefully put his hand in his palm.

"What about Your Highness?"

He raised his eyes, as if he wanted to look straight into Yin Chengyu's heart.

Yin Chengyu didn't answer, and gave him a sideways glance with a half-smile, leaving a nonsense "I'm still angry", then withdrew his hand and left.

Xue Shu looked at his back, unconsciously twitching his fingertips.

His Highness's hand is indeed softer than a handkerchief.

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