Liang Tian, Dong Jian, together with over one thousand eight hundred brothers, took off the Youzhou Army's uniform. Without any banner, they were led by Qian Lin's butler, Qian Duo, into the night and day.
He was very familiar with the North Sea States. In order to not reveal the whereabouts of cavalry of Youzhou, he brought these thousand plus people to a remote mountain and hid them. Right now, xanthopanax was in a state of chaos, any movement in the wind would definitely cause the officials to be wary of him. Liang Tian and Dong Jian did not wish to stir up a storm before things were settled.
On the morning of the second day, Qian Duoduo brought Liang Tian, Liang Tian, Wu Feng and the others to the Grand County City. At the invitation of Liang Tian and Dong Jian, Wu Feng recruited all of his subordinates into the Youzhou Army. Chen Ying was his partner in the past, and the two of them are now their centurions.
Although the North Sea States was a large county in the Qingzhou, although the disturbance there was quite fierce, the head of the xanthopanax Guan Hai only robbed wantonly, he did not take over the County, and brought the looted wealth into the mountains. Rather than calling them xanthopanax, it would be more accurate to say that they were bandits.
When Liang Tian's group entered the North Sea States, they were severely interrogated by the garrison soldier. Fortunately, they had a lot of money to remind them that they didn't have any weapons with them, so they successfully entered the town. However, the horses they were riding caused the soldiers guarding the city gates to glance at them a few times. After all, those tall and powerful horses were simply too flashy.
Entering the town, Liang Tian, Dong Jian and the rest's eyes were all staring at the people walking around. This was their old problem. No matter where the thieves went, the first thing they looked at was someone else's money bag. Even though they were already in the army, they still couldn't forget their old business.
The prison of North Sea States was right next to the North Sea phase Palace. This was also to make it convenient for the adults to bring legal cases. Leaving Wu Feng and Chen Ying to wait outside, Qian Duo, Liang Tian and Dong Jian headed towards the prison. At the entrance of the prison, the yamen runners from North Sea States stopped them.
"The Minister of State has ordered that no one dares to visit the death row."
"Brothers, take it to a bar with a glass of water, we're just going to see our master and give them something to eat."
After spending a lot of effort to talk back and stuffing more money into the hands of the yamen runners, the yamen runners finally relented and allowed the three of them to visit Qian Lin. But after repeatedly telling them to hurry up, if Minister of State's trusted aides knew about it, they couldn't afford to take it on.
"Master, you've suffered."
When Qian Duo saw the Master Qian, she immediately hugged his head and cried. Liang Tian and Dong Jian went up to take a look. Master Qian Lin and his four sons had already been beaten up to the point where they looked terrible, all their wounds were festering, and even if they did not get the death penalty, they would probably not be far from death.
"Master, do you remember the Master Yang Lin who saved us from the fresh inferior? Right now, he is the Lord Commander, and these two are the generals under the Lord Commander, who have specially come to the North Sea States to save you. "
"Howl …"
Unexpectedly, when Qian Lin heard this, he cried even more miserably. He shakily walked over and tightly held Liang Tian's and Dong Jian's hands, crying until he was completely out of breath. Liang Tian and Dong Jian hurriedly consoled him, and Qian Lin gradually calmed down.
"Lord Commander is my savior, not only was I unable to repay you, I have also burdened Lord Commander once again, how can I repay this great favor? The five of us will only be able to serve as horses and oxen in this life, and we will not be able to repay Lord Commander's kindness in any case. "
"Master Qian, please don't say that. Before we leave, Lord Commander has to promise us to save Master Qian and his son. We should think of a way to save Master Qian now."
Liang Tian immediately helped Qian Lin to sit down and started to discuss about how to save Qian Lin. The five of them, father and son, were felons who had killed many people and were being held in death row. Anyone who came in here basically had no chance to leave.
"Masters, the Zhang Jin who was killed was the younger brother of North Sea phase Zhang Xian. It would be impossible for him to bribe the Prime Minister, Zhang Xian, or any other officials."
Qian Lin knew that the person he had killed was no small matter and the North Sea phase would not let him go no matter what, so he gave up on their plans of bribing and bribing him. If they couldn't bribe the State, then bribing others would be even more useless.
Then let's take down the town, open up the prison, and save Master Qian.
When Liang Tian heard that it was extremely soft, he immediately thought of using force. Their mission was to save Qian Lin and his son. As for what they were going to do, Lord Commander did not say it explicitly. Before Lord Commander left, he had told them that even if something happened, it would be pushed onto xanthopanax. After all, no one in Qingzhou knew who they were.
"No. To prevent the xanthopanax from raiding the city, North Sea phase has already recruited tens of thousands of men. You two Masters, has only recruited a thousand men and it is impossible for you to attack any of the counties. Furthermore, I do not want you to openly attack the city, as that will implicate the Lord Commander. If we implicate the Lord Commander, even if we die, we won't rest in peace. "
The time of the visit quickly arrived. Before they could come to a conclusion, the constables had already entered. Seeing Qian Duoduo cough, Liang Tian and Dong Jian took the opportunity to stand up, cupped their fists and cupped their fists towards Qian Duoduo.
"Alright, Master Qian, we'll come see you another time."
When they left the death prison, they gave each of the yamen runners a large amount of money. They asked the yamen runners to take care of Qian Lin and his son. Qian Lin was a felon who had offended the North Sea phase, and those runners did not care about the life and death of Qian Lin and his son.
Qian Duo, Liang Tian and Dong Jian left the prison gate, and the group of people went onto the street, disappearing Wu Feng and Chen Ying. Liang Tian made them wait here, but even their figures had disappeared. He could not help but get angry and scold them.
"These two bastards, where did they run off to fight?"
Wu Feng and Chen Ying waited at the entrance of the prison for a long time, looking at the passersby on the street in boredom. Suddenly, seeing a man who looked like a rich man walking on the street, the two of them couldn't take it anymore, Wu Feng pouted his lips and the two of them followed.
After only walking a few tens of steps, by the time he had reached the entrance of North Sea phase Palace, the rich guy's money bag had already reached Wu Feng's hands. Just as the two of them were about to return, a burst of curses suddenly came out from the Prime Minister's Office. The two of them stopped and turned around, to see that one of the minor official s had been beaten out.
"A scum that deceived the world's reputation, a male thief and a female slave. Let's see how long you can continue being so arrogant for!"
At the entrance of the Prime Minister's Office, there were many commoners watching. The minor official probably saw that there were so many commoners, and seemed to become more daring. However, the yamen runner from Prime Minister's Office rushed out and raised his hand to slap minor official on the face, causing the latter to be covered in blood.
"Do you still have any laws to beat someone up on the streets?"
Wu Feng did not know why he suddenly had a sense of justice, he did not even think about it, and went forward to grab hold of the few bailiffs, to talk reason with them. The few yamen runners did not put Wu Feng in their eyes at all. Seeing that he was meddling in their business, they walked up to him and wanted to beat him up.
"The constables can casually beat people up, but doesn't this North Sea States have any laws?"
Chen Ying also shouted, and rushed forward to stop the yamen runner. At this time, the commoners who were watching the commotion also started a flurry of discussion, pointing out accusations at the yamen runner. Gradually, a few courageous citizens walked forward to stop the yamen runners. In a short period of time, the two sides came to a stalemate in front of the Prime Minister's Office's gate.
"Come back here."
He was probably just a bailiff leader or something like that. Seeing that the citizens were gathering more and more, getting more and more agitated, and did not want to cause any trouble, he waved his hands at the bailiffs, who then let go and retreated back to the Prime Minister's Office, cursing.
"Thank you for your help, warriors."
Although the mouths of the minor official s who were kicked out of Prime Minister's Office were filled with blood, they did not forget to thank Wu Feng and Chen Ying. Seeing that there were so many people spectating, and that this was not the place to speak, Wu Feng immediately pulled the minor official's hand and walked out of the crowd, while speaking to him.
"There is no need to thank me for helping him out when he sees injustice in the way." Seeing that the lord was also an official of the imperial government, how could he have been beaten up by those random branches of the yamen runners? "
"Hai, it's hard to explain it all."
minor official sighed towards the sky, as if he had suffered a great grievance. Wu Feng immediately thought that it would be much more convenient to find someone familiar with the government to save someone in North Sea County. He immediately thought of an idea. He looked at Chen Ying and pulled minor official away.
"Let's go, let's go. If adults look down on us brothers, how about we have a drink together?"
"Alright, I'll drink to ease my worries."
The three of them walked onto the street. Under the guidance of the minor official, they went straight to a not too big or small tavern. They got a private room and sat down. It was obvious that this minor official was a regular customer of this tavern, even the waiter was very familiar with the minor official.
After drinking a few cups of wine, minor official started to talk more. He probably had a lot of things to tell others, and before Wu Feng could start talking, he started to talk nonstop. Not long later, Wu Feng understood everything.
So it turns out that this was a scribe named Wang Li who specialized in handling Prime Minister's Office documents. Due to his poor family background, he had yet to marry after the age of thirty. A few days ago, State's brother had been killed by Qian Lin, leaving behind one wife and three concubines. When dealing with this case, he had the good fortune to see those beautiful concubinage s, so he asked them to reward Zhang Jin's concubinage s to be his wives.
Who knew that Minister of State would be so angry and beat him up, making him embarrassed. But later he found out that the Minister of State had taken over Zhang Jin's concubinage, and even Zhang Jin's wife was taken over. Although the furious Wang Li endured, he still blurted it out after being drunk. In the end, he was ordered by the Minister of State to beat the constables up.
"They speak of righteousness and morality, and their stomachs are filled with male thieves and female prostitutes! What are you still doing, State? If there is an official playing the imperial court, let's see how long you can stay awe-inspiring for. "
Wang Li scolded angrily, as though his hatred for the State was as deep as the ocean. Wu Feng was secretly happy, he had interacted with the officials many times and knew that with the help of the scribe, he would be able to take someone's life or overtake him, so he asked.
"Master scribe, then is there any way to exempt the Qian Lin family who killed Zhang Jin from death penalty?"
"Don't call me master, I am just a small scribe. Qian Lin's family have already been sentenced to death by the State, unless the Emperor pardons them or the State changes their sentences. "
Hearing that, Wu Feng's heart turned cold, if he wanted the Emperor to pardon him, it would be no different from sitting on a stool, and if he wanted the State to change his judgement, even if he wanted his life, he would not change it. After all, Qian Lin had killed his own brother, and he wished that he could kill Qian Lin with his own hands.
"To be honest, Master, that Qian Lin is my master's relative, we came to the North Sea States to save his life, what good plan does Master have to teach us?"
"Saving Qian Lin's life is not easy. Then, with the seal of the North Sea phase in Zhang Xian's hands, who can make him change his judgement?"
Wang Li was, after all, a scribe, so he was extremely clear about the details of the judgement trial. In the North Sea States, whoever had the most power depended on who had the North Sea phase's seal. As the saying goes, when a saber leader kills a person, they would see blood. When a saber leader imprints a weapon, they would see blood.
"Master, according to you, if there is the North Sea phase's seal, can you change the judgement?"
"Of course. With the seal from the North Sea phase, it will not only be a revision of the judgement, it will also cause those villas which Zhang Xian has occupied to vomit. "
"Master, I won't hide it from you. We can create the seal of the North Sea States, but we don't know how to use it. Master, as a scribe, you must be familiar with how to use the seal, can you help? Of course, if we succeed, we will not mistreat the Lord. "
Wang Li looked at Wu Feng in shock. The little bit of alcohol he drank earlier had long disappeared without a trace. Stealing the seal was not a small crime. Although he was alone, he did not want to die. He had not even married his wife yet. How could he bear to die!
"Brothers, it was just a joke just now. It's better if you leave it at that. Stealing the seal is a capital offense."
"Lord, we are not joking. Regardless of whether you do it or not, we will definitely get the seal out. At that time, even if it's a death sentence, you will be there to accompany me. "
"Why am I so unlucky?"
Only now did Wang Li realize that the two fellows sitting in front of him were not kind people either. Unknowingly, he had already boarded their ship. He lowered his head and thought for a while before coming up with an idea.
"Forget it. If you really want to do it, you have to listen to me. We'll prepare the documents now, and you can take the seals out tonight, seal them, and send them back immediately. Tomorrow morning, save the Master Qian. We will leave the North Sea States immediately. "
"Yes. But, didn't you say earlier? If we want to take back Master Qian's Villa, Zhang Jin's Villa, Qian Feng's Villa and the others' Villa, and break off their name in Master Qian, we can't do it for nothing, right? "
"Then what if Zhang Xian takes revenge after this? You won't be able to move the North Sea States from those villas. "
"That's none of your business."
The three of them came out of the tavern and found Liang Tian and Dong Jian. Seeing that they were all drunk, Liang Tian and Dong Jian were about to get angry. Unexpectedly, Wu Feng pulled them to the side and told them about his previous plan. When Liang Tian and Dong Jian heard this, their anger turned into joy.
That night, Wu Feng and Chen Ying sneaked into the Prime Minister's Office. This was their usual practice, previously, they had only stolen money, and were never interested in printing letters. The State was not on guard either, they easily obtained the letter.
When he returned to the tavern, the scribe had long prepared a set of official documents and each of them were sealed with a large seal. Wu Feng and Chen Ying acted as if they had returned to their own homes, they went back to the Prime Minister's Office and placed the letter back where they came from.
However, they didn't leave immediately. Instead, they rummaged through the boxes. As the proverb goes, thieves don't leave empty-handed. They wouldn't leave empty-handed. After searching for a long time, he finally found Zhang Xian's secret cabinet. Looking at the chest filled with gold, Wu Feng and Chen Ying felt troubled. With this much gold, how would they be able to take it out?
Wu Feng found two cloth bags full of gold, and took all of Zhang Xian's house and land deeds. There was still a lot of gold, so Wu Feng and Chen Ying could only give up. They closed the secret cabinet without moving, and then went to Zhang Xian's room.
Maybe his luck was too good, and it just so happened that Zhang Xian and his brother's wife were sleeping together tonight. The two of them had worked hard in the middle of the night and had long since fallen asleep like dead pigs. Wu Feng held a pair of scissors and cut off both of their long hair. Then, he hung them on the bed of the bed before he exited the Prime Minister's Office.
Early morning of the next day, the few of them came to the prison and presented and his son's judgement documents. Although the few yamen runners were suspicious, in front of the huge pile of money, they still chose to carry out Minister of State's decision, accepted the official documents, and released Qian Lin and his son.
After a few people left the city, they immediately led the group to the few villas. Qian Lin had suffered such a huge setback, and would never let go of the people who had harmed him.
After going through this ordeal, Qian Lin immediately learned his lesson. He recruited many servants and village men, and was ready to let his eldest son and second son bring some village men to follow Liang Tian and Dong Jian to seek revenge on one side Yang Lin, and on the other side, for his two sons to find an official and a half job. And for the third and fourth son to bring the servants to guard their own courtyards in the North Sea States to help Yang Lin gather food and fodder.