The Dianshi janitor was in charge of the county's military and had the power to punish his subordinates.
Just now, it was this young Dianshi janitor who cut off one of Ma Junwu's arms in a split second.
The whole process happened so fast that the others did not have time to react.
Obviously, this young Dianshi janitor named Ning Zhongshan was far more powerful than Ma Junwu.
With a cold and cruel smile on his face, Zheng Cunjian sat in the main chair and took a sip of tea.
Chu Shufeng, another county official, smiled and said, "Ma Junwu tried to assassinate Mr. Zheng in the court. Someone must have ordered him to do it. Guards, go and interrogate him. We must find out who his accomplices are."
The armored soldiers who had been waiting outside the hall rushed in and unsheathed their swords and spears.
Since the sentries in the county government had been replaced, the whole county government was now under the control of the soldiers of the Chang 'an government. Ma Junwu and the others were like turtles in a jar, powerless to resist.
"You … you are framing me … His honor will not let you go!" Ma Junwu said with a pale face and fury.
He did not resist.
Feng Yuanxing and Zhen Meng were also shocked and angry.
"How could the people of the Chang 'an government be so crazy?"
The three of them were taken away.
"I'm going to the prison. I'm going to interrogate these bastards myself." Li Bing rose to his feet and smashed the cup in his hand on the ground. "I'm going to torture them to death!" He had already come up with dozens of cruel and horrible ways to retaliate against Feng Yuanxing and the others.
"Go ahead." Zheng Cunjian smiled and said, "Just don't kill them."
Li Bing grinned hideously and said, "I will … Don't worry. I don't want to kill these dogs so soon." He led his men to the prison. But after a few steps, he turned around and said through clenched teeth, "By the way, I can't let that Li Mu get away with it. I'm going to skin him, pull out his tendons, and drink his blood."
Ning Zhongshan, the new Dianshi janitor, said, "I've sent people to search the back office. Li Mu is not in the county government, and the training room is empty."
"What do you mean? He escaped? " Li Bing bellowed in disbelief, "What are you doing, Zheng Cunjian? No matter what price you have to pay, bring Li Mu back to me. Otherwise, I'll make you all suffer!"
Anger drove Li Bing crazy.
Being scolded like that, Zheng Cunjian and Ning Zhongshan looked a little embarrassed.
The new Deputy county magistrate, Chu Shufeng, smiled and said, "Young Master, by the time we get here, Li Mu might have already left the county government. But don't worry, Young Master. He can run away, but he can't run away. As long as I play a little trick, Li Mu will come back obediently. You can go to the county prison and have a good time. I'm sure you'll be satisfied."
"Hmm, you're pretty good with words."
Li Bing nodded with satisfaction and walked out with the armored soldiers.
Zheng Cunjian, the Heartless Scholar, took a sip of tea. He seemed to be thinking about something and did not speak again.
Li Bing's rudeness made him very embarrassed in front of everyone. He was angry, but he restrained himself well.
Because he knew his foundation was in the magistrate of the prefecture. Therefore, even if he had to offend anyone, he could not afford to offend the youngest son of the magistrate.
"Mr. Zheng, I've heard that Li Mu is very protective of his people. If we capture those close to him and force him to show up with tricks, we may be able to force him to show up." Chu Shufeng's hooked nose twitched slightly on his round face, which made him look very sinister.
"Those close to him? Feng Yuanxing, Zhen Meng, and Ma Junwu. Li Mu can only rely on these three, can't he? "Ning Zhongshan, the new Dianshi janitor, said with a frown.
"Haha, no, no, Your Honor Ning doesn't know much. As far as I know, Li Mu's closest and most trusted people are not these three officials, but his two little attendants." Chu Shufeng laughed confidently.
"Attendants?" Zheng Cunjian, the Heartless Scholar, was intrigued.
Chu Shufeng answered with a smile, "Exactly. These two little attendants named Qing Feng and Ming Yue are his real family. I've sent people to search the entire county government, but the girl named Ming Yue is nowhere to be found. But the boy named Qing Feng is still there, and he has been locked up in the back office."
Zheng Cunjian smiled and nodded, saying, "You mean the sharp-tongued little guy at the gate of the county government?"
"Yes."
"Well, fine. Go ahead and do it. He's so sharp-tongued at such a young age. We should pull out some of his teeth to teach him a lesson. "Zheng Cunjian, the Heartless Scholar, said flatly.
…
In the back office.
Qing Feng stared at Chu Shufeng in front of him with a dull look, as if he had been scared out of his wits.
"Little guy, aren't you very talkative? Why are you mute now? Haha, "the deputy general who had been scolded by Qing Feng sneered sarcastically.
Qing Feng said nothing.
The new Deputy County Magistrate Chu Shufeng looked indifferent.
After all, he was just a kid. No matter how sharp-tongued he was, he would be scared out of his wits.
"Take him away," said Chu Shufeng.
Qing Feng was being carried by two armored soldiers and stumbled along the way.
"It's my fault …" he muttered to himself in a daze.
The deputy general laughed even more pitifully and said, "Haha, little bastard, it's too late to beg for mercy now."
Qing Feng did not seem to hear the sarcasm and kept muttering to himself, "It's my fault. I was too confident. It's my fault that Lord Ma and Secretary Feng got into trouble … I …" He tore at his hair in annoyance.
Overbearing.
These two words were the keynote he set when he entered the county government.
That was why Ma Junwu, Feng Yuanxing, and the others behaved like that.
"The little attendant is too young and too confident."
He thought he had calculated everything and could predict the situation. He believed that even the people from the Chang 'an government would not be so fearless after witnessing Li Mu's overbearing performance.
However, when he heard from those armored soldiers that Ma Junwu had lost an arm and Feng Yuanxing, Zhen Meng, and the others were put in jail and interrogated, he realized that those people from the Chang 'an government could ignore the rules and regulations and be so crazy.
He underestimated the sinister and dark officialdom.
And he also underestimated the madness and arrogance of some people.
"It's my fault that they got into trouble."
When he was brought to the gallows, the little attendant was still full of remorse and self-blame.
It was his error in judgment that caused his friends to suffer like this.
If he had not chosen to be overbearing at that time but adopted another strategy, perhaps they would not have ended up like this even if they were prisoners.
Ma Junwu, in particular, had dreamed of becoming the archer of the Control Battalion in the Guanshan Pasture, a holy clan of the empire. He had been working hard for that. But now, he had lost an arm. How could he bend the bow and shoot arrows?
"Come on, knock out his teeth and hang him up."
Looking at the little attendant, Chu Shufeng felt a little sorry for him, but he would not show any mercy.
"Alas, it's your fault that you offended Mr. Zheng. You can only blame your bad luck for following the wrong master," Chu Shufeng said flatly.
"Let me do it." That deputy general volunteered to do it.
He knocked out Qing Feng's front teeth one by one with the hilt of his saber.
"Haha, bastard, let's see how you can curse people in the future. Hahaha." The deputy general laughed cruelly and excitedly.
Qing Feng's handsome face was covered with blood, and his mouth was swollen and broken. When the deputy general knocked out his teeth, he deliberately smashed his lips with the hilt of his saber, which made him look extremely miserable.
However, he did not make a sound, nor did he even try to dodge. Instead, he held his head high and stared at the deputy general with eyes as sharp as a sword.
"Damn it, little bastard, you …" The deputy general was frightened by that stare.
He felt guilty for no reason. After a pause, he roared ferociously, "How dare you stare at me like that? How can I be afraid? Remember, my name is Qian Cheng. If you want revenge in the future, come to me … You still want to look at me? I'm going to gouge out your eyes now. "
Chu Shufeng, who was standing aside, said, "Stop it. That's enough. Mr. Zheng, keep this bastard alive. He's still useful to you. Don't kill him. Don't ruin Mr. Zheng's plan."
Only then did Qian Cheng give up.
"Come on, hang him up."
Chu Shufeng pointed at the 30-feet-high hanging pole beside him and ordered the armored soldiers to tie up the little attendant and hang him up.
The sun was blazing.
Being hung on such a hanging pole was a kind of torture.
"Spread the word that if Li Mu doesn't come, this little bastard will be hanged to death on this hanging post."
Chu Shufeng said coldly.
…
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In the cave of the hidden river of the Nine-dragons Fall.
Li Mu and Guo Yuqing were like lovers in love. They had endless topics to talk about. When they were at the climax of their conversation, the two were so happy that they even danced with joy.
Whether it was Li Mu or Guo Yuqing, they were both obsessed with martial arts.
Since he was a child, Li Mu had been longing for a chivalrous man who could travel the world with a sword and be a hero. But Guo Yuqing was even more obsessed with the sense of achievement of practicing martial arts. Even though he was hunted down and lived in seclusion in Taibai Mountain, he never gave up practicing.
When the two pure martial arts addicts got together, a few casual words could cause a fierce collision of sparks.
In such a state, time passed very quickly.
During that time, Guo Yuqing left once. One reason was to inform his wife that he was fine. The other reason was to fetch the fine wine that had been buried under his cottage for five years. Then, he directly drank it in the cave.
"In ancient times, there were sages who used to drink with scriptures. Today, you and I are brothers. Let's drink with arrows. Let's not go home until we are drunk!" Guo Yuqing said without restraint.
In the past five years, he felt that he had never drunk to his heart's content as he did today. It was as if time had passed and he had returned to the pasture era.
"What a good way to drink with arrows! Bottoms up!"
Li Mu was also very excited. He directly held the wine jar and drank it up.
Since he came to that planet, Li Mu had never felt so devoted and warm to Guo Yuqing. He felt as if he had returned to the time when he and Guo Yuqing were back on Earth, when he sneaked out of class with his classmates to drink beer and eat skewers by the roadside.
With good wine and a bosom friend, how could he not enjoy himself?
Li Mu was also completely high.
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