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"I agree with Deputy Xiangzhu Qi, how can there be a complete egg in the end? Once the Lord of the Hall is framed, it will be our turn next." Deputy Xiangzhu Ling saw this and shouted loudly, "Only by saving the Lord of the Hall to find Prince An, we can have a way out."

"The situation is not clear now, so you should not act rashly. If it was just a private act of the city defense force, not the intention of the imperial envoy, then if we act without authorization, we will put the hall master in a dangerous place!" Seeing that the situation at the scene was in danger of being out of control, Deputy Master Wu said with a serious expression, "In my opinion, it is better to send someone to the government office to find out!"

"You are also sent, do you want your brothers to die in vain?" Deputy Xiangzhu Ling sneered, "Is your life worth nothing, and your brothers' lives just grass?"

"You fart, I'm also considering the brothers. No one knows what the situation outside is now. If you are not careful, you will make a big mistake!" Deputy Xiangzhu Wu was furious when he heard this. He pointed at Deputy Xiangzhu Ling and said loudly, "You have to figure it out that we are facing the imperial envoy, not a cat or a dog. If one step is wrong, it will cause a cat or a cat or a dog."

"We are now facing a catastrophe! The Imperial Commander is not moving now, and we are afraid of our strength. He must have sent people to dispatch troops from other places. If he does not take action now, when the Imperial Commander transfers the army from other places, we will have to be slaughtered." Deputy Lord Ling sneered and stared at Deputy Lord Wu Xiangzhu unwillingly, "Did you secretly get the benefits of the Imperial Commander, so you can stop us from saving the hall master everywhere!"

"You are fucking slandering!" Wu Deputy Xiangzhu saw that Deputy Xiangzhu Ling slandered him so much, and immediately became angry. He pulled out his waist knife and pointed it at Deputy Xiangzhu Ling.

"You are guilty and your heart will be punished!" Deputy Xiangzhu Ling immediately pulled out his waist knife and pointed at Deputy Xiangzhu Wu in a fierce manner.

Seeing this, the two men gathered around pulled out their weapons and gathered behind Deputy Xiangzhu Wu and Deputy Xiangzhu Ling, staring at each other with a fierce look, forming a confrontation. The scene was suddenly filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

"Okay, okay, everyone is for the Lord of the Hall, why bother to hurt the harmony?" Seeing this, the gray-haired man stood up and walked between the Lord Wu Xiangzhu and Lord Ling who were looking at each other like a cock-fighting match. He pressed his hands down at the two of them and smoothed out the situation.

The gray-haired man was the oldest deputy incense master Xu, who was even more advanced than the hall master Fang Youde, and was qualified to be the oldest among the people on the scene.

Although Deputy Xiangzhu Xu is now in a semi-retired state and does not manage the affairs of the Xiangtang, he is the only person in Zhongyi Hall who can visit Fang Youde's family at will. Therefore, in this tense situation, he is the most suitable person to come forward.

As soon as Deputy Xiangzhu Xu spoke, the other five incense masters stepped forward to persuade Deputy Xiangzhu Wu and Deputy Xiangzhu Ling. Deputy Xiangzhu Wu and Deputy Xiangzhu Ling then inserted their swords back with anger on their faces, and their men also took back their weapons.

"I don't think so. After all, we are facing the imperial envoy. For the sake of safety, it is better to send someone to the government office to ask the master!" After the situation eased, Deputy Master Xu pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.

Deputy Xiangzhu Xu's proposal was approved by the vast majority of Deputy Xiangzhu. After all, it was a huge thing to rescue the hall master and others from the government office. If you are not careful, you will cause trouble.

Seeing this, Deputy Xiangzhu Ling did not insist, so the eight Xiangtangs each sent two ingenious men to prepare to ride fast horses to the government office under the banner of Zhongyitang.

"Remember, no matter whether you can invite the master to return, you must come back as soon as possible." Before leaving, at the gate of Zhongyi Hall, Deputy Master Xu Xiang reminded the sixteen great men in a deep voice that he would know the situation in the government office as soon as possible.

Sixteen big men bowed to Xu Deputy Xiangzhu and others, and turned over to the horse. The leading big man held the big banner of Zhongyitang in his hand and rushed towards the government office in a flash.

"Everyone, I don't think so. Let's send someone back to summon people first. If there is anything unexpected, everyone should prepare early." After returning to the hall, Deputy Xiangzhu Xu looked around at the deputy Xiangzhu present and said with a serious expression.

The deputy incense masters in the room knew what the "accident" mentioned by Xu's words meant. Everyone knew that Xu's deputy incense master was planning ahead, so they asked their subordinates to go back to the Xiangtang to summon people to prevent accidents.

Time passed by bit by bit, and the deputy incense masters were anxiously waiting for news from the government office in the hall. Everyone was very nervous, with expressionless expressions and serious expressions.

"Why don't you come back yet? Something happened?" An hour later, the people sent to the government office still did not come back. Deputy Xiangzhu Xu and others had poured tea several times. Finally, the rich-faced Deputy Xiangzhu could not control his anxiety. After putting down the teacup in his hand, he looked at the people around him with a worried look, breaking the peace of the field.

If Yangzhou Prefecture Yamen and Zhongyitang ride horses, it will take at most half an hour to go back and forth, but now an hour has passed, and there is no news there.

"Is something wrong on the road?" A thin deputy hall master put the teacup on the table and his eyes were filled with anxiety.

"I think they are in danger. Even if the master of the hall cannot come back, they should at least send someone back to communicate with him." At this time, another chubby deputy incense master spoke with an extremely serious expression. This is not a good signal.

"Here, here!" Deputy Xiangzhu Ling was about to speak when he heard this, but a noise came from outside the door.

With a huh, the deputy incense masters in the hall stood up and walked towards the door together. Everyone showed a relaxed look on their faces. As long as the sent people could come back, it means that the situation was not as bad as they expected.

After reaching the door, the expressions on the faces of the incense masters were slightly stunned, because they saw that the person who was walking quickly in the yard was not one of the sixteen big men sent out, but a middle-aged man wearing a public uniform, nervous and sweating profusely.

The deputy incense masters here all know this middle-aged man. The middle-aged man is named Shen Cheng, a gang member of Zhongyitang. His position in the government office is a ninth-rank minor official, responsible for guarding the government office gate.

"Dear Deputy Xiangzhu, the big thing is wrong. The soldiers under the imperial envoy arrested the sixteen brothers in the hall and put them in the backyard." Shen Cheng strode to Deputy Xiangzhu Xu and others, and said panting without caring about wiping the sweat on his forehead.

"Chen Cheng, what's going on in the government office? What's going on now by the master of the hall?" Xu Deputy Xiang's face changed and he looked at Chen Cheng with a serious expression.

"I don't know that this little guy is now full of the imperial envoys, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. The brothers in the government office have been sent out by the imperial envoys. If it weren't for the little guy to guard the door, they would probably have been transferred from the government office." Chen Cheng shook his head, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked up at Deputy Xiangzhu Xu, "As soon as the brothers in the hall entered the door, they were caught by the soldiers lying in ambush inside. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao's finally found a loophole and rushed over to report the news. It is estimated that they have found that the little guy is missing now."

"Mr. Xu, it seems that the imperial envoy is really going to attack us!" Hearing this, the chubby Mr. Xu couldn't help but change his expression.

"Damn it, fight with them!" Deputy Xiangzhu Ling cursed, pulled out his waist knife, and shouted loudly at the big men gathered in the hall, "Brothers, the imperial envoy will treat us as scapegoats in order to avoid being punished by the officials. Now the hall envoy and the officials are imprisoned in the government office. Once they are falsely accused and convicted by the imperial envoy, our Zhongyi Hall will be a disaster. Brothers, for the Zhongyi Hall and for the sake of Zhongyi Hall and for us to have a way out, do you dare to follow me to rescue the hall envoy and go to Suzhou City to find Prince An to make decisions for us!"

"Save the Lord of the Hall!" As soon as Deputy Xiangzhu Ling finished speaking, some of the big men at the scene shouted, saying that they were subordinates of Deputy Xiangzhu Ling and Deputy Xiangzhu Qi.

Deputy Incense Master Qi is a man from Zhu Youfu, one of the eight incense masters of Zhongyi Hall. Pang Shaohui and Zhu Youfu are both from Sun Wanghai, the leader of the Cao Gang. Deputy Incense Master Qi naturally has to support Deputy Incense Master Ling.

"Save the master!" Immediately afterwards, more and more gangs were cheering up at the scene, and the crowd was excited.

Seeing this, Wu Deputy Xiangzhu couldn't help but look at the thick middle-aged man. The thick middle-aged man shook his head slightly at him. Wu Deputy Xiangzhu sighed helplessly. Although he was resolutely confused, it was over. If he raised an objection, it would arouse public anger.

The stout middle-aged man is Feng's deputy incense master. Feng's deputy incense master and Wu's deputy incense master are both people with virtue, so the two of them are naturally in the same spirit.

"Since that's the case, let's sign a joint book and do this together." Looking at the excited people in the yard, Deputy Xiangzhu Xu looked around at the deputy Xiangzhu with different expressions beside him, and reached out to press down. After the sounds around him calmed down, he said to the deputy Xiangzhu expressionlessly, which tied everyone to a boat, and no one would have a second thought.

After looking at each other for a few times, the deputy incense masters nodded and agreed to Xu's approach.

Under the leadership of Deputy Xiangzhu Xu, the deputy Xiangzhu came to the hall and asked the tentman who had the best calligraphy in the main hall to catch the pen. On a piece of paper, the cause and effect of everyone preparing to rescue the hall master by force. Then the eight deputy Xiangzhu signed their names behind and pressed their handprints.

After signing the joint letter, the eight deputy incense masters discussed specific matters in the hall. Since they wanted to seize Fang Youde and other bigwigs from the government office, it was inevitable to go to the government office. Therefore, everyone decided to gather the power of the four incense masters to go to the government office and use their superior forces to coerce them, and first politely then the troops. If the imperial envoy did not hand over Fang Youde and others, then they had to attack by force.

While asking for people from the government office, the remaining four incense halls are divided into two parts, each of which is a team, lying in the south gate and the west gate respectively. If the battle starts on the government office, then these two teams will attack the south gate and the west gate.

The reason why we chose two city gates was to disrupt the pursuits' sight and make them unable to tell which city gate Fang Youde and others left, so it would be much safer: It is certain that once the four incense halls of Zhongyi Hall robbed Fang Youde and others from the government office, Zhou Dunran would definitely order them to be wanted, and then they would become the targets of the officials and soldiers along the way.

Zhongyi Hall, backyard.

"Go and call Fang Zhi." The accountant pushed open the door and walked in, saying to the maid who poured him tea expressionlessly.

"Dad, what are you asking me for?" After a while, a tall and tall man walked in with a knife.

"Zhi'er, it's not convenient for dad to go out now. I want you to do something crucial." The accountant closed the door and looked at the young man with a serious expression. His only son Fang Zhi is now a small leader in the Zhongyitang headquarters.

"Dad, what is more important than savior now?" Fang Zhi looked at the accountant in surprise when he heard this. In his impression, his father was a honest and honest good-looking man. He laughed all day long and had never been so strict with him.

"Wait later, you can go to the back door of the government office with this token, find the imperial envoy, and tell the imperial envoy to conspire to go to the government office to grab people, so that the imperial envoy can prepare early." The accountant leaned over and opened a floor tiles on the ground, took out a black token from below, and solemnly handed it to Fang Zhi.

"Sir, the Imperial Envoy?" Fang Zhi glanced at the token and saw three types of the Supervision Office written on the front. There was a red word "secret" next to it. He couldn't help but be surprised and looked at the accountant in shock, "Dad, are you from the government office?"

"Dad is an eighth-rank spy from the Supervisory Office. He has been lurking in Zhongyi Hall since thirty years ago to monitor the actions of Zhongyi Hall." The accountant's wife reached out and patted Fang Zhi on the shoulder and said in a deep voice, "If something happens to the imperial envoy in the chaos, then Zhongyi Hall will be finished by then."

"Dad, are you asking me to be a traitor to Zhongyitang?" Fang Zhi's face suddenly turned red when he heard this, and he said to the accountant.

"No, all the kings under the world are the kings, and all the kings are the kings. You are both a member of Zhongyitang and a great-shuman citizen. The imperial envoy is the special envoy of the official family. It is like offending the official family. Can't you tell who is bigger or smaller?" The accountant's face darkened and he looked at Fang Zhi with a stern expression. "Have you ever thought that if Xu and the deputy Xiangzhu and the other party conflicted with the imperial envoy and accidentally injured the imperial envoy, then even if they could go to Suzhou City to find Prince An to take charge, they would not be able to escape and die. Only then would the Zhongyitang truly suffer a catastrophe!"

Fang Zhi immediately remained silent when he heard this. This was the first time that the accountant's man got angry with him since he grew up. It was not until this time that he realized that he actually did not understand his father, and he really couldn't understand what his father did.

"Dad, I'll go now!" After a moment, under the strict gaze of the accountant, Fang Zhi nodded at him, put away the token, opened the door and left quickly.
Chapter completed!