An Zeng walked in front of Xu Zhengsheng and squatted down, looking into his eyes and said, ""I"m giving you face because you"re a government official.""
You and I will not provoke anyone, I will do my bidding, and you will make your fortune.
But now that my man is dead and the killer is with you, I"d like to hear what you said.
This was the first time Xu Zhengsheng had encountered such a thing. He was clearly scared out of his wits, but he still persevered, ""An Zhan, as a fifth-grade official of the imperial court, how could I possibly be threatened by you?""
While I was investigating the murder case, you barged in and killed someone in front of me.
Now you actually want an explanation from me? I"m afraid you have to give me an explanation later in the court.
Even if you give an explanation, the laws of the Great Yan Empire"s imperial court won"t tolerate your impudence.
""Although you have the backing of the military, I have the backing of the imperial court"s laws!""
An Zhan sneered, ""Don"t say it so righteously, I don"t have the time to listen to your nonsense.""
""I just want to ask you one question. Do you know about those people who bought me those a.s.sa.s.sins or not?""
Xu Zheng"s face turned pale as he subconsciously crawled backwards, ""I … Are you threatening me?!""
An Zeng stood up, his hand holding onto the handle of the steel blade that had countless cracks appearing on it, ""Sir Xu, I repeat, don"t say these official words in front of me.""
I tell you seriously, before I make your king rule by law, I will definitely kill you.
The dead are my family, and this is not over.
I"ll kill whoever stops me.
If you don"t want to die, tell me the truth.
""I"ve already killed dozens of people. I don"t care about one more.""
The corner of Xu Zheng"s mouth quivered as he replied, ""Master An... Master An, I really don"t know.""
""I know your family is upset, but you can"t just ignore all the laws.""
An Zhan turned around. ""Then I"ll wait for Sir Xu"s laws. You can try the same words as before.""
He strode out of the Fang Shen Mansion"s yamen, and the constables in the main hall quickly retreated in fear.
They held the hilt of their sabers in their hands, but no one dared pull them out.
Liu Yi had already lost all courage, only now did he know what it meant to be a fugitive.
Ever since the founding of the State of Yan, perhaps no one had dared to chop off a head in front of the Prefect in the magistrate"s court.
When An Zeng walked out to look at Liu Yi, Liu Yi was scared and retreated.
An Zhan coldly said, ""Later on, that Lord Xu who advised you on this matter, how should we deal with him?""
Even though our Heavenly Awakening Sect is not a big sect, as long as there is one person alive, we shouldn"t allow our enemies to live well. ""
Liu Yi, of course, understood the meaning of this dispute and hurriedly nodded his head. ""Don"t worry, Master An, I know how to deal with it.""
An Zou pulled out his sabre from a constable"s waist. ""Lend me a sabre.""
The constable wanted to refuse, but there was no time to dodge.
He watched helplessly as An Zeng walked out of the yamen with his saber in hand. He wanted to ask his companions for help, but no one dared to step forward.
An An rushed out of the Fang family"s yamen and said to Gu Qianye, ""Go back first. I killed too many people tonight. There might be someone who would make a move against the sect.""
""If anything happens in the sect, take them away and find a place to hide.""
Gu Qianye shook his head. ""I"ll follow you.""
An Zaiyue wanted to persuade her, but he could see the determination in Gu Qianye"s eyes.
He thought for a moment and said, ""If I die, then those scales should be able to fly out by themselves. Take it.""
Gu Qianye suddenly shouted angrily, ""You"re a f * cking b.a.s.t.a.r.d!""
An Zaiye didn"t understand why Gu Qianye was scolding him, so he didn"t think too much and strode towards East Fourth Street.
Gu Qianye was so angry that his face turned pale. He looked at the departing back of An Sheng, then stomped his feet and followed.
As soon as she caught up, Qu Liuxi chased after her.
""Why are you here?""
Gu Qianye asked.
Qu Liuxi looked at the dispute in front of her, replying in an extremely calm tone: ""I"ve already healed my master"s injury, and I"ve also healed Fatty Si"s injury.""
""All I have to do now is follow him. If he dies, I won"t live.""
Gu Qianye was silent for a moment. ""Follow behind me then.""
The three of them walked through several streets, and by the time they reached the fourth quarter, it was already late in the night.
The moon was right up, and the sky wasn"t too dark.
The Four Corridors was in the middle of East Four Streets, and the facade was large.
There were many halls in Fanggu City, and all of them were built by merchants from various places in Fanggu City.
Almost every slightly larger prefecture had a meeting hall in the Fang family manor.
The goal of these merchants who came from the same place was to unite the people of their hometown and conduct business together. Together, they would face some difficult problems.
Although most of the time these merchants were also scheming against each other, when facing outsiders, they would often show exceptional solidarity.
It was precisely because of this that the large hall had such an astonishing influence in Fang Bancheng.
If a businessman wanted to develop in Fang Gu City, he had to contact the officials in the capital.
Officials need money from them. They need privileges from officials, so they get along most of the time.
However, there were endless contradictions between the different halls.
After all, no matter how big Fang Bancheng was, business was only so big of a market, so the compet.i.tion was especially fierce.
The doors of the Four Corners were closed, and the two death-lights at the entrance shone with a pale light.
The gate was closed, and the courtyard seemed very quiet.
Generally speaking, the names of the halls were named after the prefectures.
For example, the meeting hall established by the merchants in the East Yang Province of Yan Country was called the Dongyang Hall.
However, this was called the Four Corridors, so it was impossible to tell from the name of this place where the merchants had set it up.
However, An Zaiyue did not think about that at all. There were only four words in his mind … ""Those who kill will die"".
He walked to the front door of the Four Seasons Garden, the longblade in his hand slashing down in a straight line.
The long knife accurately cut through the crack in the door, cutting off the inner door.
He opened the door and stepped inside.
The Four Corridors were huge, a long corridor lined with bamboo.
The green bamboo in the south was not easy to survive in the north, but it seemed that the bamboo here was growing well. It seemed to be at least ten years old and lush with greenery.
The pa.s.sageway was located in the bamboo forest. Although the bamboo forest was small, its momentum would not decrease.
The moment An Zaiyue entered the room, two figures rushed towards him from both sides of the door. ""Who dares to barge into the Four Seasons Hall at night!""
One of them reached for the throat, the other swept his leg toward the ankle.
The two of them attacked at the same time, and their teamwork was obviously well-trained.
An Xuan frowned slightly as he felt a surge of anger rise in his heart.
His left hand reached out to grab the hand that was moving towards his throat. He twisted his wrist, and with a kacha sound, that person"s arm bones were broken numerous times.
An Zeng"s right hand held the long saber and raised it up. The saber light spilled out a silver glow, slashing right through that person"s lower jaw and splitting his skull open.
Andersen drew the man with the broken arm into his arms and pressed his knee against the man"s lower abdomen. With a groan, the man sank to the ground.
An Zhan placed his sabre next to that person"s neck and coldly asked, ""Did you go out and kill someone tonight?""
That person"s face twisted in pain. ""You really don"t want to live, daring to barge into the Four Corridors. Do you know what kind of place they are?""
""Do you know if you can afford to offend the people here?""
""I don"t want to hear any more nonsense.""
His hand moved, the blade fell, and he died.
An Zou kicked the corpse away and strode forward.
Just as he took two steps forward, a long spear shot out from the bamboo forest like a viper.
Under the cover of the shadow of the bamboo forest, the spear came out at the right time.
The tip of the spear was suffused with the chill of the moon, and there was an even colder killing intent than the moonlight.
An Xuan took out his sabre and knocked the spearpoint off the shaft with a flick of the sabre.
The blade then cut forward, right through the middle of the spear shaft, perfectly splitting it in half.
The longblade continued to chop into the bamboo forest, and then a stream of blood spilled out from within the bamboo forest.
A man in black fell to the ground with a red line across his forehead.
A moment later, the red thread snapped open, red blood and white brain fluid gushing out.
An Zeng moved forward once more. A curved hook extended from the bamboo forest behind An Zeng, locking onto An Zeng"s neck.
A weapon like the hook wasn"t easy to train in, but once it was trained, it was incomparably peculiar.
The hook was fast, but it was quiet because the man had a good sense of direction and wind.
An Zeng placed the long blade upright in front of his own neck, the curved hook hooked onto the blade with a ""dang dang"" sound.
The muscles on An Zeng"s right arm began to bulge. He pushed his blade forward, and the people in the bamboo forest were immediately brought out.
The man was dragged out from behind An Zeng. Without turning his head, An Zhe directly kicked the man"s lower abdomen. The man"s body then flew backwards.
With a shake of his hand, the curved hook hanging on his long blade spun in a circle, then flew out with a swing of the long blade behind him.
The bent hook drew a stream of light and then stabbed into the chest of the person behind it.
From beginning to end, An Zhe didn"t even look back.
""What an arrogant person!""
Someone shouted in the bamboo forest, and then the bowstring rang out.
Three arrows shot out from the bamboo forest, aiming for An Zaihai"s throat, chest, and abdomen.
The bamboo forest was very dense, and the arrow shot by this person could actually avoid those bamboo shoots. He didn"t know how he did it.
The arrow arrived quickly and in the blink of an eye, it had arrived in front of An Zeng.
An Zaiyue slashed out three times with lightning speed, chopping down the three arrows that came almost at the same time.
The feathered arrows followed one after another. However, in the blink of an eye, the arrows fell from the blade.
With a sweep of the long saber, the bamboo around him was cut off neatly.
Cui Zhu wobbled and fell down. Before she completely fell down, she fought to slash down a second time. At least several dozens of bamboo shoots were cut out a meter in length.
Each bamboo was split at an angle, so it was especially sharp.
An Zhe threw a sidekick and swept his foot across, sending all the bamboos flying.
A one meter long pillar flew into the depths of the bamboo forest. Everywhere it went, the pillars that blocked the way were all cut off.
A moment later, a groan came from the bamboo forest.
A man dressed in black was pierced by four or five bamboo sticks that were as thick as arms. The huge inertia carried his body and flew out of the bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest was dozens of meters wide. After breaking off two green bamboos, the man flew out of the bamboo forest.
His body slammed into the wall, and the people who had stabbed him stabbed into the wall, hanging the corpse on the wall.
""Stop!""
Someone ran quickly from the courtyard, shouting as they ran.
Behind this man, at least a dozen men ran over with weapons in their hands.
At the same time, at least six or seven big men rushed out from the bamboo forest with crossbows in their hands, surrounding the An clan.
The person who ran out first had shaky footsteps. It was obvious that he didn"t know any martial arts nor didn"t know how to cultivate.
This person was wearing a long gray robe. His footsteps were hurried, so he was somewhat staggering.
The moment he ran out, he saw the blood dripping from An Zhe"s knife and the corpse lying on the ground, and his face immediately changed.
""Why did you barge in here!""
He shouted, his tone filled with rage.
An Zeng pointed his long blade at that person and said, ""So it"s you. So you knew.""
That person was stunned for a moment, ""I know?""
What do I know?
""I only saw you carrying a blade into the Four Seasons Garden, you"ve already killed several people!""
An Zhan sneered, ""Then do you know that the people who didn"t know you just took money and killed the people from my Heavenly Awakening Sect not long ago?""
That person"s expression changed, ""This is impossible!""