Chapter 103: Cut in Half

No one understood Xu Qi'an's military salute in his previous life, but Song Tingfeng understood some of Tongluo's murderous intentions, which came from Zhu Yinluo's direct subordinates.

"Catch him, don't let him run away." Song Tingfeng shouted, rushed forward first, pressed Xu Qi'an down, twisted his hands behind his back, and then looked around at everyone:

"Tongluo Xu Qi'an attacked his superiors and was lawless. He must be handed over to the government for trial."

Zhu Guangxiao came over silently, took off the rope around his waist, and tied up his colleagues himself.

Seeing that the two had captured Xu Qi'an, the surrounding Tongluo breathed a sigh of relief.

Song Tingfeng looked grim, and whispered in Zhu Guangxiao's ear: "Take him back to the yamen, I'll go ahead and report this to the boss. Remember, don't let Zhu Yinluo's men escort him, keep him under guard."

After saying these words, Song Tingfeng clasped his fists and said: "This man and I are both under Li Yinluo's command. We are also responsible for committing such a serious crime. We will escort him back to the yamen, and you will continue to search his house."

"Okay!"

"Sorry for the trouble."

The Tongluo said.

Since Song Tingfeng agreed, he would also be responsible for the prisoner's escape, which was none of their business.

Besides, the task of searching the house had not been completed, and everyone was still thinking about making money.

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao found a few colleagues who played Russian roulette in the Jiaofangsi last night, and escorted Xu Qiyan together.

Old Song was probably angry, and ignored Xu Qiyan along the way, and even kicked him twice.

After leaving the mansion, he rode his horse at full speed.

Xu Qiyan was tied with ropes, sitting on the horseback, escorted by four gongs, and went to the night watchman's office.

At this time, the energy had passed, and Xu Qiyan began to worry about himself.

He was afraid of death, but he didn't regret it. The family of the criminal official was not implicated, and they could have left in one piece.

Xu Qiyan has been adapting to the rules of this era and trying to integrate himself into it. Being one with the world is what he said to Xu Xinnian.

At the same time, he also said it to himself.

At least now he is an eighth-rank warrior, and he can only learn to adapt to the environment.

Until he saw the fate of the child, Xu Qiyan's gradually cooling faith suddenly became bright and bright. He found his original intention.

...

"Gee, gee, gee..." Song Tingfeng galloped his horse, whipping the horse's butt while shouting: "The night watchman is doing his job, get out of here, all of you get out of here."

The pedestrians retreated in panic, cursing one after another.

Song Tingfeng ignored them all and rushed back to the night watchman's office. He didn't even throw the reins to the white servants on duty at the door and rushed into the office.

....

Li Yuchun was working in the hall. His ears moved, he raised his head, and waited for a few seconds. Song Tingfeng rushed into Chunfeng Hall.

"What's the matter!" Li Yuchun asked.

His steps were so hurried and hurried, he must have something to report.

"Xu Qi'an almost killed Zhu Yinluo. Boss, save him quickly." Song Tingfeng spoke very quickly. Without waiting for Li Yuchun to ask, he continued, "Zhu Guangxiao and his colleagues are escorting him back to the yamen. Zhu Jinluo will soon get the news. I'm afraid Xu Qi'an won't even have a chance to enter the yamen."

Li Yuchun didn't ask any more questions. He stood up and led Song Tingfeng out of Chunfeng Hall.

His goal was clear, Yang Yan's Shenqiang Hall.

Only Jinluo could deal with Jinluo.

The two walked quickly. Li Yuchun said as they walked, "What's going on?"

Song Tingfeng panted slightly and said quickly, "The man surnamed Zhu wanted to humiliate the female relatives of the criminal official. Xu Ningyan stopped him. The two had a conflict. Xu Ningyan cut Zhu Yinluo with a knife and his life was hanging by a thread..."

After Song Tingfeng finished speaking, he continued to add details, including that before departure, Zhu Yinluo deliberately targeted and made things difficult for Xu Qi'an.

Humiliating the female relatives of the criminal official?

If Li Yuchun had initially felt a little bit of blame for Xu Qi'an's wounding of Zhu Yinluo, now he stood firmly on Xu Qi'an's side.

"Tell it again when you meet Yang Jinluo later, but remember one thing, you can't mention that Zhu Yinluo deliberately made things difficult for Xu Qi'an." Li Yuchun warned.

Song Tingfeng was stunned for a few seconds, then he understood instantly and said "hmm" forcefully.

If he talked about the conflict in the yamen, Yang Jinluo might think that the conflict between Xu Qi'an and Zhu Yinluo was mixed with personal factors.

This is equivalent to a fight for revenge.

Without mentioning it, Xu Qi'an was simply enforcing the law impartially, yes, enforcing the law impartially.

The structure of the house-confiscation team is to prevent embezzlement and mutual supervision.

But Xu Qi'an still made a mistake, a very serious mistake. His correct operation was to report back to the yamen, instead of taking action privately, which also caused serious injuries to his superiors.

In any government office, if one commits a crime of rebellion and kills his superior, he will be sentenced to beheading.

"Is there any hope for him?" Song Tingfeng's lips were dry.

"..." Li Yuchun glanced at him, "I don't know."

The two came to the God's Spear Hall. Yang Yan did not go to the Haoqi Tower to accompany Wei Yuan today. He sat cross-legged and meditated, breathing in and out.

He did not seem to want to open his eyes, and continued to breathe in and out, circulating the Qi.

In normal times, Li Yuchun should have waited obediently and reported the matter after the Qi circulation was over.

But today he could not wait, Li Yuchun said in a deep voice: "Yang Jinluo, something big happened."

Yang Yan opened his eyes, expressionless, without anger or displeasure: "What is it."

Li Yuchun glanced at Song Tingfeng, who immediately reported the dispute between Xu Qian'an and Zhu Yinluo during the house search, hiding the personal grudges during the gathering.

Li Yuchun then added: "Given Zhu Jinluo's temper, I'm afraid Xu Qian'an won't be able to come back."

Yang Yan showed a solemn look, "I know."

He stood up, took a step forward, and disappeared into the hall.

.....

Zhu Yang is one of the ten bronze gongs in the night watchman's office in the capital. He is a fourth-rank warrior. He joined the army in his early years and started as a soldier. He accumulated military merits all the way and became a centurion. Later, he was spotted by Wei Yuan and recruited into the night watchman organization and focused on training.

He is considered Wei Yuan's direct descendant, and his status is only slightly lower than the two sons of the spoils.

Zhu Yang has three sons. The eldest is neither good at literature nor martial arts. The second is a half-educated man and works in the Ministry of Personnel.

Only the third son, Zhu Chengzhu, is extremely talented. He is the youngest silver gong in the night watchman's office and is highly valued by Zhu Yang.

At this time, a silver gong under his command rushed in in a panic, with an ugly face, "Sir, sir, it's not good, something happened to Mr. Zhu..."

Zhu Yang, who was looking down at the file, looked up instantly and heard the silver gong continue to say: "Mr. Zhu was chopped by a copper gong, and his life is uncertain. He has been carried back to the yamen and is being treated first. I have sent someone to ask the sorcerer of the Sitianjian."

Under the leadership of the silver gong, Zhu Yang rushed to his son's Eagle Hall and saw his unconscious little son and the exaggerated injury on his chest.

Several silver gongs under his command took turns to pass the air machine to him to keep his body functioning vigorously, and two doctors from the yamen were treating him.

Zhu Jinluo had a dark face: "How is the situation?"

The two doctors seemed not to hear, and they kept working, stopping bleeding, applying medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion, and suturing wounds.

"If the wound was half an inch deeper, the heart would have been cut open. Even the sorcerer from the Imperial Observatory would have been powerless to save him." A doctor looked up and said:

"It was the magic weapon, the bronze gong, that blocked the fatal attack for Lord Zhu, and he was lucky enough to save his life, but the sword energy invaded his internal organs. If the energy is not removed, Lord Zhu will be alive for at most half an hour."

"When will the sorcerer from the Imperial Observatory come?" Zhu Jinluo's voice suddenly rose.

"I have sent someone to invite him, and he will be here soon." The silver gong who led him here replied.

Zhu Jinluo nodded: "Who did it."

The silver gong replied: "Bronze gong Xu Qi'an, under Li Yuchun..."

Xu Qi'an?

Zhu Jinluo had heard of this little man. Jiang Luzhong and Yang Yan had a fight because of him. It was just a small bronze gong. How could it hurt his son?

"When we were gathering, the little Tongluo was late, and Zhu Yinluo gave him a lesson. Unexpectedly, he held a grudge against him. When the house was searched, Zhu Yinluo just molested a female family member of a criminal official, and he drew his sword and chopped her down."

This Yinluo actually heard what the Tongluo who reported back said. It was indeed the case, but after his polishing, he blurred the main and secondary points and changed the concepts.

He threw the cause of the conflict to the Tongluo named Xu Qi'an. After all, he couldn't say in front of the other person's father: Your son insulted the female family member of a criminal official and was chopped down.

Looking at Zhu Jinluo's livid face, Yinluo continued: "Xu Qi'an is already on his way back, and he is estimated to be almost at the government office."

After confirming that the white-clothed people from the Imperial Observatory had enough time to arrive, Zhu Yang took a deep look at his unconscious little son, and turned into a strong wind and disappeared in the hall.

Zhu Jinluo just rushed out of the government office and looked towards the long street, and saw six riders coming slowly, one of which was sitting on Xu Qi'an, with his hands tied with ropes.

Five riders surrounded him and escorted him back to the government office. The rest of the night watchmen were still searching the house and counting the assets.

Zhu Jinluo stared at the small bronze gong on the horse's back, without anger or murderous intent, and his fingers were guided by the Qi. "Clang" Zhu Guangxiao's saber was automatically drawn out, and under the control of the Qi, he slashed at Xu Qi'an.

Everyone was caught off guard, including Xu Dalang, whose hands were tied.

"Ding!"

Another bronze gong's saber was unsheathed, blocking the blade that was about to kill Xu Qi'an horizontally.

The two standard sabers fell to the ground together, making two "clang" sounds.

Xu Qi'an had already realized it, and cold sweat still broke out on his back.

As if crushing an ant, Zhu Yang, who had no emotions, finally turned gloomy. He turned his head and stared at the paralyzed man behind him, suppressing his anger and said:

"He failed to kill his superior, and he should be beheaded according to the law. You can't protect him."

"I will be the one to behead him," Yang Yan, who had an expressionless face, faced the other party's angry eyes and said lightly: "When will it be your turn to touch my people?"

"Okay, this matter will be decided by Lord Wei."

The two immediately went to Haoqi Tower to find Wei Yuan to preside over justice.

After receiving the message, Yang Yan, who had no expression on his face, and Zhu Yang, who was still furious, went up the tower and met Wei Yuan on the seventh floor.

Wei Yuan stood in the observation hall with his back to the tea room.

Nangong Qianrou stood at the junction of the observation hall and the tea room, leaning against the wall, with a sneer and a playful expression on her face.

"Duke Wei!" Zhu Yang clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "My son Zhu Chengzhu was seriously injured by Tongluo Xu Qi'an. He is on the verge of death and is still in danger.

"I hope Duke Wei will take care of me and severely punish Tongluo Xu Qi'an."

He looked up at Wei Yuan's back and saw that he did not turn around, so he continued: "Duke Wei, this matter..."

Zhu Yang explained the whole thing.

Wei Yuan then turned around, walked back to the tea room, and sat down at the table.

Yang Yan said: "Foster father, I have a different story here. Zhu Chengzhu took advantage of the house search to humiliate the female relatives of the criminal official, but was stopped by Tongluo Xu Qi'an. Zhu Chengzhu not only did not stop, but dragged the female relatives of the criminal official into the yard and wanted to humiliate them in public. Xu Qi'an failed to dissuade him and attacked him in anger. "

It was difficult for Yang Jinluo, who said everything he had said all day in one breath.

"Bullshit! "Zhu Yang was furious: "It's obvious that Tongluo Xu Qi'an is seeking revenge for personal gain."

Wei Yuan placed the teacups and brewed tea as if no one was around, waiting for the two Jinluo to finish arguing. It was mainly Zhu Yang who was shouting and cursing, and Yang Yan was too lazy to pay attention.

"Since there is a disagreement, let's confront each other." Wei Yuan said.

Soon, Song Tingfeng, Zhu Guangxiao and several other Tongluo who returned first were called up, including Xu Qi'an.

He was surrounded by people in the center, with ropes tied in his hands.

"Speak clearly!" Wei Yuan glanced at everyone and said gently.

All the Tongluo lowered their heads, not daring to look at him, even though this great eunuch had always been gentle, respectful and frugal.

Zhu Yang stared sharply at the Yinluo who reported the news to him: "Report everything to Lord Wei in detail. "

The silver gong reported again, and the content was exactly the same as what he told Zhu Yang.

Several copper gongs frowned.

Zhu Guangxiao pushed Song Tingfeng. He was taciturn and not good at speaking, so he had to let his outgoing colleagues come forward.

I trembled when I spoke in front of Lord Wei... Song Tingfeng took a deep breath: "Lord Wei, I have something to report."

After getting Wei Yuan's nod, Song Tingfeng whispered: "We were not late for the assembly, but Zhu Yinluo deliberately made things difficult and beat me and Xu Qi'an.

"When the house was searched, he forced the three of us to stay in the front hall and not to enter the inner courtyard. The higher the official, the more powerful he was. We had no choice but to do it.

"Until the cries of the women in the backyard came, Xu Qi'an couldn't bear it anymore and rushed over. He drove away the other copper gongs, but he could do nothing about Zhu Yinluo.

"Zhu Yinluo knew the law but broke it. Instead of restraining himself, he dragged the female family members into the courtyard and planned to humiliate them in order to force Xu Qi'an to take action."

Zhu Yang narrowed his eyes: "Framing the superior is also a capital crime."

Song Tingfeng gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Mr. Wei, the copper gongs present witnessed this."

The same thing, almost the same statement, but actually two concepts.

In the report of the silver gong, it was highlighted that Xu Qi'an seized the mistakes of Zhu Yinluo and killed him to avenge his personal grudge.

The core of Song Tingfeng's opinion was that Yinluo maliciously provoked and made things difficult everywhere. Xu Qi'an tolerated it for a long time, and finally couldn't stand Yinluo's crimes, so he took action in anger and upheld justice.

Wei Yuan looked at the other copper gongs.

The copper gongs lowered their heads and dared not speak.

The gods were fighting, and they couldn't afford to offend either side.

Wei Yuan said gently: "Tell the truth, I promise you will be fine."

After a reassurance, the copper gongs looked at each other and whispered: "Xu Qiyan and the other two were indeed not late..."

Another one tried to hold back, but couldn't help saying: "Song Tingfeng said it was true. Zhu Yinluo did drag the female family members into the courtyard and wanted to humiliate them in front of us. His words were provocative to Xu Qiyan."

This is the advantage of the multi-team structure. If the copper gongs were all Zhu Jinluo's subordinates, their words would become stereotyped and point the finger at Xu Qiyan.

Zhu Yang snorted coldly: "Even so, it should be handled by the government."

He cleverly diverted the conflict. No matter what the real reason was, Xu Qiyan almost killed his superior, which was a fact set in stone.

Although his son made a mistake, when would it be the turn of the little copper gong to punish him? Besides, the offense of insulting the female relatives of the offending officials was not serious. The lightest punishment was a salary deduction, the medium punishment was confinement and demotion, and the worst punishment was dismissal.

The incident was so serious, how many night watchmen in the yamen were watching? He did not believe that Wei Yuan would favor a copper gong, even though he was valued by the two gold gongs.

Wei Yuan said: "Zhu Chengzhu knew the law but broke it. He ignored the criminal law and will be dismissed from his post from today and will never be employed again."

Zhu Yang's face changed.

Wei Yuan continued: "Bronze gong Xu Qi'an attacked the silver gong and caused serious injuries. He was extremely guilty and was imprisoned. He will be beheaded at Caishikou seven days later."

Zhu Yang closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"Go away. Don't disturb me while I'm reading." Wei Yuan waved his hand.

Everyone bowed and was about to leave when Xu Qiyan suddenly whispered, "Mr. Wei..."

He took two steps forward under everyone's gaze and asked, "I am willing to serve the world with my heart and not seek personal gain. But are you telling the truth?"

When asking this question, Xu Qiyan stared at Wei Yuan's eyes.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "Of course I am telling the truth."

Xu Qiyan nodded, looked around at everyone, paused at Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao's faces, as if to give an explanation to his colleagues who cared about him, "You eat your salary, the people's fat and blood. It is easy to abuse the people, but it is difficult to deceive God."

He straightened his back, "This is also my true words."