polar demon

Chapter 463 Upheaval ([-]) Thanks to the book friend "Eastern Emperor Taixu" for the reward!

Yan Zhennan and Jiang Yuan were not too surprised when they saw the official sent to the door and heard that they were going to the Yamen.

Last night, Yan Zhennan fought with the Dafeng Gang, resulting in many casualties. This kind of thing can never be hidden from the ears of the government.

At this moment, Yan Zhennan's whole body froze, and his eyes became more fierce.

Taking people's lives in the rivers and lakes is a common thing, but if you want to go to prison because of self-protection, it is better to fight hard and die in the rivers and lakes.

In addition, Yan Zhennan is an outsider who doesn't understand the local situation, and only thinks that this is the Dafeng gang colluding with the government to set him up. If these two officials enter the Yamen, wouldn't it be tantamount to falling into a trap.

Sensing Yan Zhennan's killing intent towards the two officials, Jiang Yuan stepped forward and said in a low voice:
"Master, don't be impulsive."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Yuan cupped his hands at the two officials. When he held the palms of the two officials, there were already some broken silver in them.

Then Jiang Yuan smiled and asked:

"I don't know if the two big brothers can tell me why the county magistrate invited my master?"

The two officials accepted the broken silver calmly, and said politely to Jiang Yuan:

"Young Master Xu, you are being polite! I don't know the exact reason. It's just that all the famous people in the capital have been invited to the yamen. By the way, even Young Master Xu's wife has been invited. .”

Jiang Yuan was slightly surprised after hearing this, Lin Muqing was also invited by the county magistrate?

But when it comes to the prestigious families in the capital, the Xu family is one of them, relying on the contacts and wealth accumulated through generations of antique business.

It's just that after Master Xu's death, Lin Muqing has been running the Xu family, and Xu Shaohua is addicted to wine and sex, incompetent and cowardly, which is well known to the world.

Therefore, if the county magistrate has important matters to discuss with the important people in the city, then inviting Lin Muqing instead of Xu Shaohua is still in the process of cleaning up.

"Could it be because of... what happened last night?"

Jiang Yuan was thoughtful, there were many casualties last night, there was a lot of movement, it was indeed a major event.

Apart from the fight between Dafeng Gang and Yan Zhennan, other things must have happened, so that the magistrate ordered people to close the city gate early in the morning.

At that moment, Jiang Yuan whispered a few words in Yan Zhennan's ear, and after Yan Zhennan listened, the killing intent gradually faded away.

Finally, Yan Zhennan spoke to the official and said:

"Okay! I will accompany you to the yamen with my apprentice!"

The officials had no objection to Yan Zhennan's two apprentices, after all, the young master of the Xu family was among them.

Immediately, the group left the inn and walked towards the yamen.

Although the times are changing, the yamen has hardly changed.

Looking from the outside, the yamen was similar to the yamen Jiang Yuan had seen in another time and space.

As he approached the yamen, Jiang Yuan immediately became alert and secretly looked at the people around him.

He wasn't worried about official errands, but he didn't know that important people gathered in the county government now, and he didn't know whether the special banquet was among them.

It's okay to be a big shot for the identity dedicated to this world, although the energy is great, but at least the target is conspicuous.If it is an inconspicuous little person, it is really difficult to find it out.

As he entered the court, he soon saw the crowd gathered here.

Among these people, Jiang Yuan saw Wang Bao from the Dafeng Gang, and even Lin Muqing, who stood out from the crowd and was particularly beautiful.

Lin Muqing also saw Jiang Yuan, and when she saw that Jiang Yuan came with Yan Zhennan, she couldn't help frowning.

She couldn't help but came to Jiang Yuan's side, pulled Jiang Yuan to the corner of the courtroom and asked in a low voice:

"Why do you hang out with that martial artist? That martial artist is an enemy of Dafeng Gang, and Dafeng Gang can't afford to mess with us!"

It seems that Lin Muqing is also aware of some major events that happened in the capital city.

Jiang Yuan just opened his mouth to speak, but he heard an official yelling loudly:

"Silence! The county magistrate is here!"

Following the words of the official messenger, an official wearing an official robe and a flower feather on top stepped out from the back hall with his head held high.

This official is about sixty years old. Although he is in good spirits, he inevitably shows his old age.

After he walked into the courtroom, he first called Wang Bao and Yan Zhennan from the Dafeng Gang to him with a smile, and said:
"I know that the two of you have some grievances, but now that the city is experiencing troubles, I wonder if the two of you can give me some face and stop making peace?"

Wang Bao seemed to know that Zhixian would speak out to reconcile, so he immediately smiled and said to Yan Zhennan:
"Master Yan, there was a little misunderstanding last night, you won't care about it like I do, will you?"

Yan Zhennan said with a nonchalant smile:
"Vice Chief Wang, we don't know each other, so where is the misunderstanding?"

After finishing speaking, both Wang Bao and Yan Zhennan burst out laughing.

Jiang Yuan didn't know the specific situation of the conflict between the two last night; he didn't know whether the magistrate really intended to reconcile the two, or had other plans; he didn't know whether the two really planned to take a step back for the time being.

But Jiang Yuan didn't care about these things, his eyes were still secretly looking at the people present, hoping to get some clues about the special ceremony from these people.

After the magistrate continued to appease Yan Zhennan and Wang Bao for a while, he began to talk about business to the rest of the people.

I only heard that the magistrate sat on the chair of the grand master and said to the hall:

"Everyone must know that the city has not been peaceful these two days. Four people were killed the night before, and Mr. Johnson from the foreign firm was among the dead. And 26 people were killed last night! The murderer has not been arrested yet, and the people in the city People are already in a state of panic. I called everyone here just to discuss this matter."

Suddenly someone said:

"I don't know how the Magistrate asked us to discuss it? Can you open the city gate first, we still have to do business!"

Immediately, many people echoed in the hall: "Yes! Yes!"

Zhixian slapped the gavel and continued:
"Everyone, just listen to me! I have made up my mind. If I don't solve this case, I won't open the city gate! Now that the county government has a limited number of yamen servants, there is no doubt that there are not enough people to solve this big case. Therefore, this official I plan to call everyone to contribute money and efforts to form a militia, and the militia will assist the government in night patrols and arrest criminals!"

When everyone heard that the magistrate summoned himself and others, it turned out that he wanted to contribute money and effort to form a militia.All of a sudden, there was a burst of noise in the hall, and everyone couldn't help talking.

The magistrate couldn't help but slapped the gavel again, and after everyone was quiet, the magistrate asked Yan Zhennan:
"Master Yan, I heard that you have superb martial arts skills, and the Yan family boxing is even more powerful. For this reason, I want to invite you to be the instructor of the militia. I don't know what you want?"

Yan Zhennan frowned, he didn't expect that the county magistrate called him here for this matter.

Just as he was about to speak, Zhixian already smiled and said:
"Master Yan, don't rush to answer, we can talk slowly later."

There was a twinkle in Yan Zhennan's eyes, so he didn't speak any more.

Hearing the magistrate's words, Wang Bao's face became very ugly, and he stared at Yan Zhennan suspiciously for a while.

The magistrate had already opened his mouth and asked Wang Bao:

"Deputy Chief Wang, the members of the Dafeng Gang are brave and courageous. Although your chief can't be invited, I would like to ask Vice Chief Wang if he is willing to contribute money and people to contribute to the safety of the party coming to the capital?"

Wang Bao sneered and said:

"You officials want to organize a militia group to catch criminals, and we Dafeng Gang are happy to participate. But I can't make decisions for the apprentices, please ask them yourself!"

After speaking, Wang Bao turned around and left.

The members of the Dafeng Gang who followed Wang Bao just bowed their hands at the magistrate, and then followed Wang Bao without leaving.

Zhixian couldn't help but look a little reluctant, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised when he saw this scene, the Dafeng Gang was far more arrogant than he imagined, and the government was also weaker than he imagined.

Lin Muqing whispered to Jiang Yuan at this time:

"The Dafeng Gang has recently colluded with foreigners, so even the government can't do anything about them. The magistrate wants to form a militia, and invite Yan Zhennan, the opponent of the Dafeng Gang, as a coach. I am afraid that he wants to fight against the growing Dafeng Gang. Both of them Our Xu family can't get involved in the competition, listen to me, don't hang out with Yan Zhennan anymore."

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but look at Lin Muqing twice, this woman is quite knowledgeable.

But it's no wonder that if Lin Muqing didn't have the ability to protect the Xu family's property by himself, he definitely couldn't do it.

At this time, the magistrate had already sought advice from everyone in the hall to form a militia.

A middle-aged man said:
"Master magistrate, forgive me for being blunt. This is actually a big game of chess played by the superiors! Everything has been arranged by the superiors, and many things have been decided by default. The current murderer is just acting, and there must be a lot of insider information, you and me These chess pieces don’t know anything about it. If we intervene, won’t it be busier and more chaotic?”

Another wealthy businessman also said:

"Nowadays foreigners are the great enemy of the imperial court. So should the people below us fight the murderer or the foreigners? Isn't that a good thing that the murderer dares to kill foreigners? Why not? Isn't it better?"

Someone else said:
"Who is a good guy and who is a bad guy, how can we ordinary people distinguish clearly? Anyway, whoever wins is a good guy."

Others said:

"The ancients said that heroes emerge in troubled times. Whether they are murderers or heroes, let history judge, and we have no ability to prevent the development of history."

……

All of a sudden, there are various opinions, but no one is willing to contribute money and effort.

Discussions came and went, not only did the discussions fail to produce a result, but many people left one after another.

Lin Muqing shook his head and said:
"Everyone is smart and dare not intervene in the affairs of the militia so as not to offend the Dafeng Gang. What's more, was the murderer who killed last night really that easy to deal with? Last night the government even used foreign guns, but they were still a suspect. I couldn't catch it. Shaohua, let's go home too, don't worry about these things."

Jiang Yuan just said:

"Go home by yourself, I have my own opinion."

"You!" Seeing that her husband didn't listen to her advice, Lin Muqing couldn't help feeling a little angry.

She snorted, then bid farewell to the magistrate like everyone else and left.

In the end, apart from the county magistrate, there were only Yan Zhennan, Jiang Yuan and Wu Ping in the courtroom.

Looking at the rest of the people, Zhixian sighed helplessly, then he left the chair and came to Yan Zhennan:

"Master Yan, have you considered it? Now you can't get out of the city, and I don't need to pursue the matter of the death and injury last night! But if I don't exist, the Dafeng Gang will inevitably trouble you..."

Yan Zhennan frowned and said:
"My lord insists on embarrassing me and letting me tie you together?"

Magistrate said:

"I invite you to be the coach of the militia, not for my own sake, but for the people in the city!"

Yan Zhennan was still hesitating, but Jiang Yuan said:
"Master, in my opinion, if you want to become famous in martial arts, you don't have to be in Guangdong Province. If we succeed this time, Yan Family Boxing will definitely become famous! Everyone knows Master's reputation as a hero, and there will be countless followers! At that time, if Master goes to Guangdong Province again, are you still afraid that others will not give Master face, are you afraid that you will not be able to gain a foothold?"

When the county magistrate heard this, he couldn't help but nodded gratefully towards Jiang Yuan.

Yan Zhennan gritted his teeth for the last time and said:

"It's up to you, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)