"Tell General Han, give up all the affairs at hand, and immediately mobilize the city defense force to reinforce the South Gate and West Gate." After walking into the pavilion under the gaze of Zhou Dunran and others, Tan Zong sat on the stone chair and said in a deep voice to the sergeant waiting in front of the pavilion.

Zhou Dunran and others were shocked when they heard this. They were not sure what had happened, which made Tan Zong change his previous orders in just a short while, and even ignored the mobs who did evil in the city.

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly left, conveying Tan Zong's order to Han Tian.

"Everyone, I just got a bad news." Tan Zong glanced at Fang Youde quietly and said slowly, "The deputy incense masters of the four incense halls of Zhongyi Hall, with hundreds of people, have arrived here, ready to 'invite' Master Fang back!"

Tan Zong deliberately added the pronunciation to the word "please". Hearing this, Fang Youde's hand couldn't help but tremble, and the bowl on his hand almost fell to the ground. He looked up at Tan Zong in shock. He had already issued an order to strictly order the Bada Xiangtang to assist the official army. Why are there any Xiangtang people coming to the government office?

Not only Fang Youde, but Lu Weimin and others were also stunned. Although Tan Zong said it lightly, I personally understand the smell inside. This is to provoke a military officer and ask for guilt!

"In addition, the other four incense halls in Zhongyi Hall are divided into two routes, and the two incense halls are one route, attacking the South Gate and the West Gate respectively." Just when everyone was surprised, Tan Zong then said lightly.

With a bang, the bowl in Fang Youde's hand fell to the ground and was smashed to pieces. His face was pale and his eyes were filled with shock. Attacking Nanmen and Ximen was a rebellion, and it was a killing of the whole family!

Zhou Dunran and others' faces also became ugly. If Zhongyitang rebelled, the situation in Yangzhou would become much more complicated. The government's military force was only two or three hundred, which would block the people of Zhongyitang no matter what.

"Sir, there must be some misunderstandings here, and the villain doesn't know at all." After the initial shock, Zhou Dunran and others couldn't help but look at Fang Youde, who was pale-faced. Fang Youde quickly stood up, bowed to Tan Zong, and defended him, and large beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead.

"Love the Lord Fang, please be impatient." Feeling the shock in Fang Youde's heart, Tan Zong smiled at him and reached out to signal him to sit down. "If the official thought it was good, those mobs and Zhongyi Hall affairs were secretly provoked by Bi Shijie, and he wanted to escape from the city while the chaos."

When Fang Youde heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and sat down on the chair. If Tan Zong used this matter as an excuse to attack him, he would have no room for resistance. Now it seems that Tan Zong has no intention of dealing with him.

"Yang Sishou, let your 300 grain soldiers enter the government office and guard the government office with the soldiers in the government office to protect the safety of all the adults and guests in the government office." Then, Tan Zong looked at Yang Liang and ordered in a deep voice that it was time to use the grain soldiers.

"You are going to do it now." Yang Liang immediately stood up, arched at Tan Zong, and strode away.

"Two sirs, the situation is urgent now. Please leave here and go to another place for a while, and leave it to the officials." Lu Weimin then stood up and said to Tan Zong and Zhou Dunran with a serious expression.

Lu Weimin was an official in Yangzhou City for many years and was naturally very familiar with Zhongyi Hall. Although Tan Zong only said that a few hundred people came, he knew very well that if there were really four incense halls, then the number of people coming to Zhongyi Hall this time was likely to exceed a thousand, and the government office was in danger of being unable to defend it.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dunran turned his head to look at Tan Zong. Tan Zong was the highest commander of Yangzhou City, and he had to make his decision on what to do next.

"Mr. Lu, I and Master Zhou are the emperors who are the emperors of the official family, representing the reputation of the official family. How could they escape at this time?" Tan Zong smiled dissatisfiedly, revealing his incomparable determination, "I am waiting here to see how they can do this!"

"Sir..." Lu Weimin was anxious when he heard this. If something happened to Tan Zong and Zhou Dunran, then he would not only lose his shaved clothes, but also likely would even lose his head.

"Master Lu, go to the prison and tell the prisoners inside that if they are willing to commit crimes and make meritorious service, I can reduce their punishment and reward ten taels of silver!" Before Lu Weimin finished speaking, Tan Zong interrupted him, "Including those death row prisoners!"

"Master Lu, do as Mr. Huang said." Lu Weimin was still hesitating when he heard this. Zhou Dunran said to him solemnly, "Even if he dies, I will never leave the government office."

Upon hearing this, Lu Weimin had no choice but to bow to Tan Zong and Zhou Dunran helplessly, and strode to the prison.

The Yangzhou Prison is on the street behind the Yangzhou Prefecture Office, diagonally opposite the back door of the government office. There are three or four hundred prisoners, including light thieves and serious robbers who kill and robbery.

In order to deal with the upcoming Zhongyitang people, Tan Zong decided to take the risk of using the prisoners in the prison.

"Sir Qin, the villain is willing to stop the four incense hall people!" Looking at Lu Weimin's back as he left, Fang Youde suddenly woke up, got up and bowed to Tan Zong, and said in a deep voice, "The villain will definitely not let them do whatever they want."

"Master Fang, things have exceeded your control. I'm afraid that even if you go, it will not be useless. Instead, it will intensify the situation." Tan Zong heard this, pondered for a moment, shook his head, "Since this situation is set up in the Bizhijie, his people will definitely be hidden in the dark. As soon as you appear, you will assassinate you and frame the government, which will be even more unclear. Master Fang and I should watch it here and watch it happen."

"My Lord Qin, the matter is caused by villains. Even if the villain dies, he must stop their rebellious behavior. Otherwise, the villain will be ashamed of Zhongyitang." Fang Youde looked at Tan Zong with a decisive expression and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, if Master Fang can succeed, then it will be exempted from some military wars." Tan Zong stared at Fang Youde for a while, nodded slightly, "I have someone to escort Master Fang over."

As he said that, Tan Zong made a move at Shen San behind him, and Shen San took a few guards and led Fang Youde out.

"Young Master Huang, do you think Fang Youde can stop the people from Zhongyitang?" After Fang Youde left, Zhou Dunran looked at Tan Zong and asked with a serious expression.

"If Fang Youde could stop the people from Zhongyi Hall, then Bizhijie would have been hiding in Yangzhou for so long." Tan Zong shook his head. The reason why he asked Fang Youde to try was just to let Fang Youde fulfill his responsibilities as the head of the hall, give him psychological comfort, and at the same time, he could also explain to the court and the Caogang General Hall.

"Come on, take your armor!" After saying that, Tan Zong drank the white fungus soup in the bowl in one gulp, stood up, and said to the guards beside him.

"Young Master Huang, you are the head coach here, you must not be in danger!" Zhou Dunran was shocked when he heard this. He realized that Tan Zong was about to join the guard office in person, and quickly stood up and said.

"Mr. Zhou, we are at a disadvantage now. If we do not boost morale, we will never be able to resist the offensive of Zhongyitang." Tan Zong smiled at Zhou Dunran and stood up and walked out. "The task given by the official is to clear the forces of Bishijie. Now it is a critical moment. Zhongyitang must not let Zhongyitang break through the government office. Otherwise, the people of Zhongyitang will definitely kill the people in the government office under the agitation and instigation of Bishijie's subordinates hidden in the dark. It's nothing if our officials die, but if those rich gentry are killed, I'm afraid not only Yangzhou Prefecture, but the entire Jiangnan and even the Dashun business community will be affected by this?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dunran was stunned and said in his heart that he thought Bi Shijie just wanted to deal with Tan Zong, but he never expected Bi Shijie's goal would be the rich gentry in the government office.

Yangzhou is a place where wealthy businessmen gather in the world. The wealthy gentry in the city is spread all over the panoramic view of Dashun. From the coast to the north to the frontier, there are shadows of Yangzhou merchants. Tonight, the leader of Yangzhou business circles is in charge of the order of Yangzhou business circles.

The business of merchants in various places in Dashun was closely related, forming a huge business network, especially Yangzhou, which is the center of this business network. If the wealthy gentry in the government office is killed, the business order in Yangzhou will collapse instantly, which is like pushing down a domino, which will affect the business in Dashun, and the losses caused are immeasurable.

Surrounded by Shen San and others, Fang Youde rode his horse and rushed towards the direction where the Zhongyitang people rushed, intending to stop the Zhongyitang people from causing a big disaster.

The street was deserted and empty, Fang Youde was anxious and whipped the mount under him with his whip in his hand without hesitation, wishing he could fly to the people in Zhongyi Hall all at once, and the dull sound of horse hooves floated on the quiet street.

"Not good!" Seeing that it was about to pass an intersection, Shen San, who was following Fang Youde, suddenly felt a strong murderous aura coming from the roof in front of him. He quickly jumped forward and suddenly pushed Fang Youde off the horse.

At the same time, more than a dozen black shadows broke through the night sky and shot towards Fang Youde's mount. A guard who was following Fang Youde could not dodge and immediately got hit by a few arrows on his body. He screamed and fell off his horse.

Obviously, those arrows came at Fang Youde.

"There are assassins!" After brushing, the remaining guards pulled the reins of the horse and stopped, put Fang Youde and Shen Sanhu in the middle, pulled out their waist knives, and looked vigilantly at the roofs in the darkness around them.

Whoosh...

Another wave of arrow rain came. The guards who were prepared quickly waved the knife in their hands to block the arrows. Two horses were caught in the arrows, raised their front hooves and screamed in tragedy, almost lifting the guards on the horse's back?

"If you have an ambush, go back quickly!" Shen San turned his head and observed the surroundings, gave an order in a deep voice, and then he and Fang Youde turned over and ran towards the government office.

At this time, Fang Youde also felt the strong murderous aura around him, and couldn't help but pull out the knife from his waist. Sure enough, Tan Zongli was hit by him, and Bi Shijie had already set up an ambush here.

The mounts of Chen San, Fang Youde and others had just run away but did not make any progress. An iron chain was suddenly pulled up from the ground and crossed the road. The horse running in the front accidentally was tripped by the iron chain and fell to the ground with a plop.

"Trigger!" Seeing this, Fang Youde's face changed drastically. It seemed that the other party was ambushing very carefully, and even the tripwire to deal with the horse was ready.
Chapter completed!