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Chapter 22: Fluting

Wei Youqu was filled with resentment and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He left the Chang'an official temple and headed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion again to find someone who could make the decision for him.

Dou Pengzu, Marquis of Nanpi, was the cousin of Dou Ying, Marquis of Weiqi.

A marquis helped him get justice.

Guo Jie, let’s see how you can escape!
"Mr. Zhao."

Lingxia hurried into the gate and said in a panic, "The Nanpi Marquis's carriage stopped at the gate of the official temple and brought Wei Youqu into the county court, apparently to seek justice for Wei Youqu."

"It doesn't matter."

Sang Hongyang flicked the sleeves of his crimson-rimmed black robe and said calmly, "I will go out and hold off Dou Pengzu. Guo Jie will leave the gate later. I'll ensure you return safely to Gaojie Duting. From now on, you don't have to worry about being harassed by powerful people like Dou Pengzu. I'll handle them for you. However, you need to be careful with Dou Ying's guests."

He walked out of the gate and stopped Dou Pengzu who was walking towards his residence in the corridor. After a conversation, they agreed on a rule.

Dou Ying and Dou Pengzu could not personally cause trouble for Guo Jie, a minor official and a pavilion chief. As they had lost their status, they could only arrange for their guests to cause trouble for Guo Jie, and Sang Hongyang would not stop them.

Dou's family had more than three thousand guests. Dou Pengzu was sure that Guo Jie could not stop the powerful guests and he had the upper hand, so he quickly agreed to the rules set by Sang Hongyang.

Sang Hongyang deliberately targeted the powerful and wealthy for his own purposes. Before leaving, he looked at Guo Jie deeply.

Don't let me down.

Guo Jie looked at Sang Hongyang and Dou Pengzu who left one after another with a look of joy, knowing that Sang Hongyang and Dou Pengzu had deliberately robbed the gold cakes from the foreign envoys, not only to get the money to buy the title and atone for his sins, but also to fulfill the political demands he had been planning.

Become!

Currently managed.

Blocked by Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang.

County magistrate.

Blocked by Sang Hongyang.

He was finally able to go all out and work hard, gradually obtaining gold cakes to buy a title and atone for his sins, until he had redeemed all his death penalty sins.

As for going to the Western Regions to fight for a living.

it's useless.

Gongsun Ao, Zhang Cigong and others followed General Wei Qing to the north to attack the Huns. They were awarded titles of nobility for their military achievements, but were still beheaded and executed for breaking the law.

Guo Jie's only way to survive was to buy a title to atone for his sins and redeem all the blood debts he bore.

The commotion at Gaojie Duting soon died down. The foreign envoys at the Barbarian Residence were filled with hatred towards Guo Jie, but they could only swallow their anger and drink in the Barbarian Residence to relieve their sorrow.

In the neighborhood near Zhicheng Gate, ox carts drove in at dusk. The leader was none other than Yuan Ying, the patriarch of the Yangdi Yuan clan, a burly middle-aged man with tattoos on his face.

Yuan Ying got off the car at the gate of the neighborhood, and took with him twenty or thirty young and strong tribesmen and more than a hundred wanderers to the house where Yuan Tu used to live, occupying several large houses in the neighborhood.

A blood debt revenge against Guo Jie is about to begin. Yuan Ying brings all the money and food of the Yangdi Yuan family, as well as all the knights that Yangdi County can mobilize, all of whom are experts in fighting and swordsmanship.

At the beginning of the night (21:), the neighborhood was silent except for the barking of a few dogs.

Most of the Yuan clan members were already fast asleep, except for the clan leader, who was still awake. He brought the redeemed Yuan Zhu and knelt on the table in the hallway, carefully inquiring about the situation.

Yuan Ying was worried about the money, so he only redeemed Yuan Zhuo, while the other two stingy men were still imprisoned in Chang'an Prison. It was not that he was unwilling to redeem them, but he wanted to redeem them without spending money.

Yuan Zhu knew many of Dou Ying's guests, and Yuan Ying planned to use the guests' recommendations to arrange for a member of the Yuan clan to continue to be Dou Ying's guest.

By then, the two remaining misers could be redeemed without spending any money.

"Is this true?"

Yuan Ying was shocked. "Illegal minting is a crime punishable by death for the entire clan. How could Guo Jie dare to do it? Did he want to be beheaded? Even if Guo Jie was a hero in Chen County, he wouldn't be so bold. There are many examples of knights who forget their loyalty when they see profit. Anyone who even thinks of murdering Guo Jie will die. How unwise!"

The first time he met the original grub, he learned the same shocking news.

Guo Jie privately minted coins.

Yuan Ying said gravely, "You must immediately go to Chen County and retrieve Cao Ji's remains. Also, make friends with Cao Ji's former friends. Bring at least five to ten gold coins with you to Chen County. Don't worry about spending too much money. Find out as soon as possible about Guo Jie's illegal minting of coins."

Money and silk touch people's hearts.

Ten gold coins from the common people are enough to make some knights give in.

Yuan Yu was stunned. "Going tonight? It's getting late. It won't be too late to go tomorrow morning. The gates of the village are already closed. We can't leave. There's no point going out at night."

The city of Chang'an was divided into neighborhoods, each of which had inner walls made of rammed earth that were difficult to climb.

Timed shutdown, additional ban in the morning and evening.

Prevent thieves from stabbing, robbery, adultery, etc.

Each li had two li gates, front and back, with several minor officials posted at each gate. The official in charge of the gate flutes was Tian Dian.

If Yuan Zhuo wanted to leave the neighborhood, Tian Dian needed to take out the door flute to open the gate for him and walk out of the inner wall where there was a curfew and tight security. Even if he walked out of the neighborhood, there was still a gate to Chang'an City outside.

"It doesn't matter."

Yuan Ying produced a letter and said, "This letter carries the seal of Jia Ziguang, the chief of the gates and pavilions. You are to lie and claim you are out to arrest thieves. Tian Dian and the city officials will see the seal and will surely let you go. Remember, the sooner the better. Zhang Tang, the lieutenant of Maoling, admires Guo Jie very much. If we delay for too long, and Zhang Tang helps him destroy the evidence, he will be unable to execute Guo Jie and everyone around him."

When the Yuan family of Yangdi was in Yangdi County, they often bribed the county lieutenant with money to destroy the evidence of their clansmen's crimes.

Based on past experience, Yuan Ying believed that Zhang Tang would also help Guo Jie destroy the evidence of his crime of privately minting coins.

Yuan Yu bowed solemnly, took the ten gold coins, and disappeared into the night with a two-foot sword slung over his shoulder.

"咚咚-"

There was a knock on the wooden door of the main room. Yuan Ying, holding the two-foot sword at his waist, slowly opened the door. Seeing that the person who walked in was Jia Ziguang, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "I have heard of the name of the heroic hero Jia Ziguang from Nanyang for a long time. It is a great honor to meet him today. Come in and have a seat."

Jia Ziguang didn't enter the main room. Instead, he stood under the small double-eaved veranda and bowed, saying, "Given Guo Jie's character, he will definitely bring people here for revenge. I will bring one hundred of my retainers with me. They will temporarily stay at the house of Yang Di Yuan for the next few days. When you kill Guo Jie, don't forget to give me his head. I will use it as a memorial for my deceased nephew."

Yuan Ying bowed solemnly and watched Jia Ziguang leave. "Including the over one hundred knights-errant from the Yangdi Yuan clan, there are over two hundred knights-errant in total, Guo Jie! Let's see how you can escape."

"Brother."

Wei Guang hurried from the bomb room in his village to the Duting Feichang House. Keen to do great things, he said excitedly, "All the members of the Yangdi Yuan clan are here. Let's do it! Let's do something big tonight."

Guo Jie looked at the dozens of crimson-clad knights in the extraordinary room, his eyes flickering as he abruptly stood up. "Open the Five Armor Storehouses and, according to the agreed plan, immediately attack the neighborhood where the Yuan family resides and eliminate the remaining threat."

(End of this chapter)