Chapter 7 A head worth two thousand taels of silver

The night wind was blowing, and a bright moon hung high.

Dongchang is responsible for the powers and responsibilities of detectives and investigations, and is also responsible for guarding the palace. Therefore, it was established next to the Donghua Gate of the palace, covering a vast area and being heavily guarded.

At this time, all the lights in the capital were dimmed, but Dongchang was still brightly lit everywhere. From time to time, teams of Dongchang fans equipped with weapons would patrol back and forth with their lights on, creating a tense atmosphere of an impending storm.

At that time, in the governor's house of Dongchang, the deputy governor Li Zhong, dressed in a bright yellow python robe, was talking in the living room:

"I came to the palace today to find out that the emperor may leave the palace in the next few days and go to the Daming Lake to play. Then it will be our opportunity. No matter how big the noise is, it will not reach the emperor's ears."

"We must seize this opportunity to win over the officials and stabilize the situation before the emperor comes back."

"As soon as the emperor comes back, I will go into the palace to report the death of Eunuch Wan, and take over the position of governor!"

In the hall, in addition to Deputy Governor Li Zhong and several senior officials of the East Factory, there were four armed figures standing quietly next to Li Zhong.

These four people are the only four innate masters left under Li Zhong's command.

In addition to these four people, Li Zhong originally had two other innates who also held positions in Dongchang. However, when they went out to do business a few days ago, those two people died in the hands of Zhao Huaian, so now only

Here are the four.

Last night at Dajue Temple, Zhao Huaian came to kill them. Before these four people could take action, Yuhuatian came, so there was no room for them to use them for the time being.

But now that he has returned to Dongchang, in order to prevent internal turmoil in Dongchang and the situation like last night from happening again, Li Zhong takes the four of them with him wherever he goes, almost never leaving, cherishing his life very much.

After listening to Li Zhong's plan, everyone in the hall nodded in agreement.

Then someone suddenly said: "I heard that Zhao Jingzhong and Liu Xi have transferred back their people who were stationed outside today. Could they have heard about Eunuch Wan's death?"

"So what if I heard about it?"

Li Zhong snorted coldly: "A remnant of Wei Zhongxian's gang and a dog slave from the Huanyi Bureau are worthy of competing with me for the position of governor?"

"When the emperor leaves the palace, I will come and clean up these two troublesome guys..."

Before he finished speaking, a cry suddenly came from outside: "Father-in-law! Father-in-law..."

Everyone in the hall immediately stopped talking and looked outside the door.

Li Zhong also frowned and slapped the tea cup on the table: "How many times have I told you to call me the Governor!"

When the little eunuch who ran into the living room heard this, his mouth twitched, but he did not dare to talk back. He raised his hands and said: "Master, the stall owner Zhao Jingzhong brought a group of people here. I don't know what he wants to do..."

"Um?"

Everyone's expressions changed slightly when they heard this.

Li Zhong narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Zhao Jingzhong? Come here now, what does he want to do?!"

"Of course...fuck you!"

There were heavy footsteps outside the door, and then the door was kicked open from the outside. The two little eunuchs guarding the door were beaten until they vomited blood and fell aside.

Zhao Jingzhong, wearing a red python robe, strode in and looked coldly at the people in the hall.

Behind him, followed a group of figures holding knives and swords. Several of them were wearing flying fish uniforms with embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists. They were obviously members of the Jin Yiwei.

With such a posture, you can tell at a glance that the person coming is not good.

The faces of Li Zhong and others became gloomy, and they stared at the leader, Zhao Jingzhong.

"Zhao Jingzhong, do you have any rules for breaking into the governor's mansion late at night? Do you want to rebel?!"

Li Zhong asked coldly.

"Haha... You haven't even become the governor, yet you regard the governor's mansion as your residence, and you call yourself the governor? Li Zhong, you are a dog who relied on flattery to become the deputy governor, are you worthy?

?!"

Zhao Jingzhong held a spear wrapped in black cloth and said with a sneer.

Hearing this, a murderous intent flashed in Li Zhong's eyes, and he understood why Zhao Jingzhong came.

His eyes swept behind Zhao Jingzhong, and in addition to Zhao Jingzhong's junior sister Wei Ting, he also saw an acquaintance among them.

"Lu Wenzhao, you dare to interfere in Dongchang's affairs, do you want to die?!"

Li Zhong looked at a man behind Zhao Jingzhong who was wearing a royal guard uniform and holding a large imperial saber, and shouted.

There are only fourteen Qianhu offices in Jinyiwei, and Lu Wenzhao is a Qianhu in Fusi, Beizhen. He often interacts with Dongchang, so Li Zhong naturally knows him.

"My father-in-law is serious. Mr. Lu is just a small household. If Mr. Zhao invites you, Mr. Lu dare not not come."

Lu Wenzhao said with an apologetic smile, his tone was very humble.

"This is an internal matter within the East Factory and has nothing to do with you. If you retreat now, I can pretend it never happened!"

Li Zhong said with threats in his eyes.

Lu Wenzhao apologized again and again: "Forgive me, Eunuch. As a big stall owner, Eunuch Zhao is Lu's superior officer. The superior officer has orders, and Lu does not dare to disobey."

Li Zhong's nose was so angry that he was crooked. If you don't dare to offend the big stall owner, then you dare to offend me, the deputy governor, right?

Li Zhong looked at Lu Wenzhao coldly and said: "For those who participated in this matter tonight, I will slowly find you to settle the matter."

Lu Wenzhao didn't care either, he smiled and said nothing.

"Have you finished your last words?"

Zhao Jingzhong spoke coldly, opened the cloth wrapping the gun body in his hand, and a double-headed spear slowly appeared.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Li Zhong stared at Zhao Jingzhong: "Zhao Jingzhong, you should know what will happen to the following offenders. Even if I don't kill you, I won't be able to spare you when Eunuch Wan comes back!"

Zhao Jingzhong sneered: "Are you using Wan Yulou to pressure me? Do you really think that no one will know about Wan Yulou's death if you don't tell him?"

Li Zhong's face changed slightly: "I don't know what you are talking about!"

"Is there any use in pretending to be stupid?"

Zhao Jingzhong sneered and said: "That's it for Wanyu Tower. How do you, a loser like you, have the qualifications to succeed as the governor?"

"Do it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jingzhong waved the spear in his hand and killed Li Zhong directly.

Li Zhong, who was standing at the door of the hall, saw that Zhao Jingzhong was determined to kill. He knew that talking more was useless, so he stopped talking nonsense and waved coldly: "Kill!"

The four people behind him rushed out instantly, blocking Li Zhong's front with majestic momentum, and rushed towards Zhao Jingzhong.

Bang——

There was a sound of drawing a sword, and the people brought by Zhao Jingzhong at the gate also took action.

Wei Ting was wearing black tights and holding a Western sword. He faced an innate master from Li Zhong's side. His true energy was revealed and he had reached the early stage of innateness.

The four Jinyi guards, plus Lu Wenzhao, are all in the innate realm.

One of them, a young man wearing a Feiyu suit and holding a larger Xiuchun knife, was even more powerful than Lu Wenzhao. He had already reached the late stage of Xiantian and was able to defeat his opponent with just one strike.

Although the other two Jin Yiwei were only in the middle stage of Xiantian, the two of them joined forces and suppressed one of them in an instant.

On the contrary, it was Lu Wenzhao who was a Qianhu who struggled the most, and because he was well-known, he was facing Li Zhong's strongest innate master. He was beaten back by his opponent in just two or three moves.

As a last resort, Lu Wenzhao had no choice but to shout for help: "Shen Lian, deal with him!"

When the man named Shen Lian heard this, he didn't say much, killed his opponent with one blow, and came to reinforce Lu Wenzhao.

Lu Wenzhao breathed a sigh of relief, took advantage of the situation to withdraw from the battle, and faced Shen Lian's opponent.

For a moment, the sounds of fighting continued in the courtyard.

The rest of the people stood on both sides and watched the battle, firstly because it was not necessary for the time being, and secondly because they couldn't get involved.

The remaining people on both sides are only in the acquired realm, fighting at the innate level. They won't be able to sustain a few moves. On the contrary, if they are not careful, they will be easily injured.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the four innate masters on Li Zhong's side have gradually fallen into a disadvantage. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before they lose.

"Deputy Governor!"

Several Dongchang officials at the entrance of the hall looked at Li Zhong with anxious faces.

Li Zhong looked gloomy, no longer hesitated, and said coldly: "Send the signal!"

When one person heard the words, he immediately walked to the side, took out a firework, raised it, unplugged the fuse, and a bright flame shot straight into the sky, illuminating the night sky.

After a while, dense footsteps suddenly sounded outside, approaching rapidly towards the yard.

In the field, Zhao Jingzhong saw that he could not deal with his opponent for a while, and saw Li Zhong sending a distress signal. He felt anxious. Taking advantage of the gap in the fight, he turned to look at the crowd at the gate and shouted: "Ding Xiu, you haven't taken action yet." !”

"I know, what's the rush?"

Following the lazy voice, a man with a ponytail and a large royal sword on his shoulder, dressed as a warrior, walked out slowly and looked directly at Li Zhong at the door of the hall.

"There are still masters?!"

Li Zhong's expression changed slightly, he instantly sensed the danger and retreated behind several Dongchang officials without leaving a trace.

"Tap tap tap..."

"kill--"
To be continued...