Retrograde

Chapter 11 Get out

The skylit the sky where the Fang family courtyard is located, which is particularly eye-catching before this dark dawn, but all this can still be clearly seen within miles outside the city. Many people in the city were awakened by the blazing fire, and many of them rushed out of the house and looked in the direction of Fang's house.

When people found that the fire was actually an evil Fang family, their hands, who had taken out wooden barrels to draw water for rescue, couldn't help but slow down, and many people smiled gloating. The people of Lingzhou can be said to be angry and dare not say anything. They only buried their anger deeply. They wish they could kill this family with thunder. Now that his house is on fire, it is naturally impossible to save it. They are even praying that the fire can burn bigger, burn everything in the Fang family, and burn everyone in the Fang family in the fire.

At this time, the master and servant of Zong Xiao, who had secretly returned to the inn where they lived, had also mixed in the crowd who went out to enjoy the fire in front of them. Looking at the people just stop and watch, and even applaud secretly, Zong Xiao frowned slightly: "It seems that the evil deeds done by the Fang family in Lingzhou are indeed inexorable, and now it should be the end." Immediately, he thought of Xu Jinghong's decisiveness and couldn't help admiring himself: "Presumably Xu Jinghong also saw this that he dared to put this fire so much, right? Moreover, I'm afraid that everyone in the Fang family has been controlled by him at this time.

"This person can be so decisive and leave no room, which is indeed a good knife against the family! If the court can take advantage of his family, maybe the situation of family hegemony that has plagued the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years will change. Thinking of this, he has made a secret decision.

The people can sit and watch the Fang family completely swallowed up by the flames without taking action, but the government can't really sit back. This is a fire that occurred in the area under his jurisdiction. Even if it is found out afterwards and people are caught, Qian Zhenchuan, as a landlord official, will still bear a lot of responsibility, and may even lose his official.

The money governor, who understood the importance of it, finally couldn't continue to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai. He immediately turned his eyes to a black armored military officer beside him: "Deng Shoubei, I have to trouble you to take your brothers to rescue them, otherwise if the Fang family is completely burned to white, I'm afraid you and I will bear a lot of responsibility."

After the tall and powerful Deng Jiuguang solemnly answered, he led hundreds of soldiers to the Fang family's mansion in the west of the city. After thinking for a moment, Qian Zhenchuan also ordered, "Leave 200 people to stay here, and the others will also go to Fang's house to put out the fire!"

Immediately, thousands of defenders who had surrounded the post station immediately moved, leaving only more than 200 people still squatting here, while others followed the people and horses in front of them to the Fang family's mansion. However, it's quite strange that these people don't have any utensils to put out the fire in their hands. Not to mention water dragons or anything like that, there are not half a wooden barrel, and some of them are just various blades. It seems that they went to Fang's house just to fight.

In the courtyard of the Fang family, the soldiers have been reassemated in one place, and their bodies have been filled with gold, silver and other belongings. Xu Jinghong has promised them to take anything from this attack on the Fang family. These poor sergeants who have been in the Southwest Army for a long time can be regarded as making a fortune. So now everyone is very excited and energetic, and there is no fatigue that has just been fought and searched.

Xu Jinghong has got the secret letters he wants that can be used to deal with the Fang family, and there are hundreds of thousands of silver tickets in hand, which makes him very excited. He held the Yuzi of the Fang family who had fainted in one hand and said to everyone, "Everyone has done a good job. Now all we have to do is to leave here safely. Riding the night, let's go back to the station!" After saying this, he gave a wink at Xiong Geng beside him.

Xiong Geng immediately took out the flag and other things from the horse thief's lair from the arms of several brothers and threw these things on the ground of the outer courtyard. After everything was ready, Xu Jinghong left Fang's mansion first.

Everyone quickly came out with him. After going outside, Xu Jinghong put the child in his arms on the ground, as if to say to him and to himself, "Whish whether you can live or not depends on your creation. If the people here are willing to take you in, you can continue a little blood of the Fang family, otherwise, the Fang family in Lingzhou will completely destroy the clan!" With that, he moved forward without looking back. Although he did not take the child's life, Xu Jinghong could not raise a tiger and leave the child by his side.

More than 20 people walked on this shocked city street. In fact, it is impossible not to be seen, but Xu Jinghong calculated that the people who were so bullied by the Fang family would not intervene, so they still walked around. But he still miscalculated. Just two miles away from the post station, hundreds of soldiers had already greeted him.

"Come on, surround them for me!" With the order of the general leading the army, hundreds of soldiers surrounded Xu Jinghong and more than 20 people in the middle, and then Deng Jiuguang emerged from the team and looked at these people: "Who are you, but your Fang family that set fire?"

"This general was wronged. We also saw the fire there and rushed to the rescue." Although Xu Jinghong was secretly shocked by the rapid response of the government, there was an innocent expression on his face: "And we are also from the court, and we are the meritorious people in the Southwest Army who were ordered to go to the capital to take up office. How could we do such a thing?"

"Hmm?" Hearing what he said, Deng Jiuguang really believed it. He was just a military officer, but he didn't have the money to patrol those people. However, he was still cautious after all. He did not let them go because of Xu Jinghong's words. Instead, he looked closely at them and continued to send people to the direction of Fang's mansion.

After such a delay, Qian Zhenchuan, who followed, has also brought people to arrive. He was much more careful than Deng Jiuguang. After listening to Xu Jinghong's words of extortion, he pointed to the blood stains on many soldiers and said, "Where did these blood stains come from?"

"This..." Xu Jinghong still smiled calmly: "I forgot to say that when we went to the Fang family, there were still thieves there. Our brothers fought with them and injured several of them, so they left blood stains."

"Master Xu, don't make up these words to fool us. You set this family on fire!" Qian Zhenchuan suddenly turned pale and shouted, "You and the Fang family had a conflict yesterday. Don't you know that this officer? Come on, take them all down!"

Under the order of the governor, the soldiers did not dare to neglect, so they immediately pulled out their knives and rushed straight to Xu Jinghong and waited. However, their movements are not as good as Xu Jinghong, the elites who have experienced the war in the southwest. While they rushed up, the soldiers have also shown steel knives that are still bloody, forming a defensive formation to stand in front. These people are all good hands trained in the battle with barbarians. They have their own murderous spirit. In addition, they have just begun to kill in Fang's courtyard. This frightening evil spirit rushed out when they showed their knives!

The Lingzhou army who came forward immediately felt this momentum. The momentum of rushing forward was a pause, but it actually stopped, and many people's eyes have shown a trace of fear. This is the difference between veterans who have experienced the war and ordinary soldiers defending the city. In terms of momentum, these 20 people have completely overwhelmed hundreds of Lingzhou soldiers on the scene.

Seeing that the people under his command were so incompetent, Deng Jiuguang's face was even more lightless. He shouted, "Okay! It seems that you are indeed the evil murderers in the Fang family! Archer——”

With his greeting, more than 100 sergeants immediately flashed in the middle of the team. They quickly took off the bow on their back, then put on a sharp arrow and surrounded Xu Jinghong and his entourage from all directions. This time, no matter how powerful and powerful they are, they can't take advantage of it.

In the face of such a situation, Xu Jinghong laughed instead: "Hahaha!"

"What are you laughing at?" Seeing that Xu Jinghong was not only not afraid, but also laughed loudly, which made Deng Jiuguang very angry, so he couldn't help asking.

After Xu Jinghong put away his laughter, he looked at them contemptuously and said, "I laugh at your incompetence. No wonder two military and political officials in Lingzhou will be suppressed by a person without any official reputation! I laugh that you still can't see the situation clearly at this time, and you don't understand that killing us is not only of no benefit to you, but also a bigger disaster!"

"Smart words! I think it's true that you want to procrastinate!" Qian Zhenchuan didn't care about Xu Jinghong's words and sneered, "But now everything is under our control, and you still can't escape death!" But since you are also a hero, I would like to hear what you can say.

"As long as I say a little, you dare not attack us!" Xu Jinghong suddenly pointed to Wang Liehai: "Do you know who he is? He is the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Army and the eldest grandson of the marshal Wang Chong, who has just been sealed by the imperial court! If you dare to hurt him, I don't think Marshal Wang will let you go!"

"What? Is he the eldest grandson of General Wang? Before Qian Zhenchuan said anything, Deng Jiuguang had already screamed.

"Rei, give them your transfer order." Xu Jinghong nod his head at Wang Liehai, and the latter took out his order from his arms and threw it over.

With the torch in the soldiers' hands, Deng Jiuguang and the two saw the adjustment order in their hands, which was the seal of the Southwest Army. Although Wang Liehai's identity is not written on it, they can be trusted only from the fact that his surname is Wang. This time, Deng Jiuguang really didn't dare to give this order to hurt people.

"Even if your identity is special, killing and arson is against the law of the country. If you are your own officials, you can still take down and do it according to the law!" Seeing Deng Jiuguang's retreat, Qian Zhenchuan had to come forward in person.

"Do according to the law?" Xu Jinghong smiled and said, "Isn't the adult afraid to flash his tongue when he says such a thing? As the governor of Lingzhou, have you really done things in accordance with the law over the years? If you really take the law of the Song Dynasty seriously, I'm afraid this family can't stay today. Let's clean it up, right?

The words without room made everyone present embarrassed, and Qian Zhenchuan's face was red and white. Xu Jinghong's words were completely like slapping his face in public with an ear scraper, which made him speechless for a moment.

"What the Fang family has done is enough to commit a death penalty. Our brothers beg for the people and killed them, which is to walk for heaven! Didn't the governor hear the joy of those people? Didn't you find the fact that no one has come to save the fire now? What does this mean? It shows that the Fang family is already full of evil, and Lingzhou wants them to perish!" Xu Jinghong continued to talk, and his eyes also glanced at the soldiers in front of him. At this time, the soldiers who had been waiting for the order of the superior had begun to lower their weapons.

Xu Jinghong is very clear why this happened. Most of the defenders of Lingzhou are here. Since their families are in Lingzhou, they have naturally suffered a lot from the Fang family. Naturally, the resentment in their hearts is not small. Now some people have killed the Fang family for them. How can these people deal with the benefactors who vented their anger for themselves? Although some superiors have to think more because of their position, they don't have to think so much about these soldiers at the bottom.

Qian Zhenchuan also found the psychological changes of the soldiers in the field and was also secretly shocked. Unexpectedly, this teenager named Xu Jinghong was not only bold and talented, but also so eloquent that he could continue his military heart in a few words. However, he also clearly knows that he must not let these people go like this, otherwise he can't explain it to them.

It seems that he has seen through the other party's thoughts, and Xu Jinghong smiled again: "This governor and the guard, I know what you are worried about. The Fang family has a big backer in the court, so you will let them be above the government, so you want to take us down so that you can make this bad, right?

Hearing him make his words completely clear, which made Qian and Deng's faces turn red, which was indeed a little difficult for them to admit. But under the gaze of Xu Jinghong and everyone else, it was difficult for them to lie. In the end, they had to acquiesce and didn't say a word.

"If I have a way to solve the current problem, I don't know if you will accept it?" Xu Jinghong saw the hesitation of the two and once again threw out a topic that people couldn't listen to.

"You said, if it really happens, we will forgive you." Deng Jiuguang hurriedly said that he was a martial artist with an urgent personality. Since he had an idea in his heart, he could not hide it.

"But there are many people here, and my method is a little confidential, so I hope I can only tell you two." Xu Jinghong did not say his method in public, but suddenly put down the knife in his hand: "Please lend me a step." With that, he had walked out of the siege of soldiers and stood in an alley two or three feet away from everyone.

Deng Jiuguang followed first, and he had been persuaded by Xu Jinghong's words and actions. Because the resentment of his family is also very deep. In those years, one of his brothers was killed by them because he injured a subordinate of the Fang family. He has always remembered this hatred, but because the other party was so powerful that he did not attack. Now Deng Jiuguang can't do anything about killing Wang Chong's grandson to avenge an enemy.

Seeing that Deng Jiuguang had followed him, Qian Zhenchuan had to go there after sighing. He also holds the same idea. If he can really deal with this matter as Xu Jinghong said, he doesn't want to fight. After all, the other party is eliminating a disaster for himself.

Seeing both of them coming, Xu Jinghong's smile became stronger. This move has shown their attitude, so they must have easily accepted their next words.

After the two stood still, Xu Jinghong went straight to the topic: "The reason why you two want to take down our brothers is not for the national law, but to give an explanation to some people in the court, right? Maybe I can say it more clearly. You are afraid of the fault of the Fang family, that's why you did this, right?"

Deng Jiuguang couldn't help nodding, but Qian Zhenchuan just silently. Facing their reaction, Xu Jinghong just smiled: "But have you ever thought that the Fang family in Lingzhou has been destroyed? Will the Fang family in the capital only be satisfied with more than 20 people in our area?"

"What do you mean? You are criminals. We have caught you. It's enough. Deng Jiuguang replied.

"If it's just an ordinary case, of course it's enough. However, this matter is related to a rich family like the Fang family, and it will not be so easy to deal with. Even if they didn't react to certain remarks at that time, what about afterwards? I'm afraid that the Fang family will not let go of the two adults. They will think that today's tragedy is because you indulge the murderer. At that time, the two adults will not be able to protect their official positions, even their lives, I'm afraid..."

Although Xu Jinghong's words are speculation, they are also realistic, which makes Qian and Deng speechless to refute, and there are obviously a lot of worries on their faces. After a long time, Qian Zhenchuan said coldly, "What you said is reasonable, but it is impossible for us to let you go! As you said, we still have room to turn around after arresting people, but if we can't even catch the murderer, I'm afraid the Fang family can take us both down immediately!"

Xu Jinghong nodded: "So I have prepared a candidate for the two murderers, which is enough for you to give the court an explanation and get through this disaster first."