Chapter 45: Catch Them All

Behind Yunmeng Academy.

From the open space in the grove, bursts of wailing could be heard from time to time.

Song Yu and the others had long lost their previous momentum. They ran around with their heads in their hands, wailing.

A small rolling pin may seem like an ordinary thing, but it really hurts when it hits your body!

Song Yu protected his head and dodged under the tree, feeling extremely regretful that he should not have listened to his brother-in-law!

And that guy selling rolling pins, is he fucking mentally ill? Does he know how to do business? Why is he selling rolling pins next to the academy?

They thought it was a fair fight, but as soon as they rushed over, Zhou Yu, Zhou Tao and others took out rolling pins that they had prepared long ago from behind a tree and caught them off guard.

They were originally equal in strength, but one group was unarmed and the other was armed, so the result was predictable.

Song Yu and others collapsed at the first touch.

While Song Yu was dodging, he looked around with hope in his eyes. Wang Hua had already broken through to the inner breath realm and could use his inner breath to protect his body. He was not afraid of a mere rolling pin and could handle all the opponents by himself.

At this moment, in another place in the open space, a sturdy young man collided with another man's fist, making a dull sound, and then they each retreated.

He shook his numb fist, looked at the figure opposite him, and asked in surprise: "Chen Qing, you also broke through?"

The young man twitched his lips and asked, "Why, are you the only one allowed to break through?"

Song Yu happened to see this scene and thought to himself that it was not good. Brother Zhou Yu had actually invited a master. This way, not only would he not be able to avenge himself, but he would also have to endure another beating. From today on, he would probably become a laughing stock in the academy!

As Song Yu was distracted, he was hit on the back with two more sticks.

He accidentally tripped, lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Aren't you crazy? Try being even crazier..."

Zhou Yu was very pleased to see the embarrassed Song Yu. He kept hitting him with the rolling pin in his hand. He got so carried away that he accidentally hit Song Yu on the head with the rolling pin.

He was startled and wanted to take back the stick.

Fighting is fighting, but if Song Yu was seriously injured or killed, he would not be able to bear the consequences.

He thought so in his heart, but it was too late. Seeing that a heavy stick was about to fall on Song Yu's head, Zhou Yu suddenly felt that the rolling pin in his hand seemed to have encountered some obstacle, and it could no longer fall even a little bit, and stopped half an inch above Song Yu's head.

At this moment, outside the woods, a group of people were running quickly.

The voice arrives before the person arrives.

"In broad daylight, how dare you fight with weapons in Chang'an City? Put down your weapons and surrender!"

Hearing this powerful voice, Song Yu was delighted, thinking that his brother-in-law was indeed reliable and that the imperial guards had arrived at the right time.

When he turned around, he found that it was not the imperial guards who came.

Judging from the uniforms they wore, they seemed to be constables from the county government.

This place is not close to the county government office. What are these detectives doing here?

Forget it, no matter why they are here, at least we don’t have to get beaten anymore.

When County Lieutenant Wang arrived with a group of detectives, everyone stopped. Zhou Tao walked forward, bowed to the man in official uniform, and asked, "May I ask who this gentleman is..."

From the other party's official uniform, he could tell that this person's official position was seventh rank. A seventh rank official was like the emperor in the local area, but in Chang'an, he was as lowly as possible. There was politeness in his tone, but not much.

County Lieutenant Wang snorted coldly and said, "I am the county lieutenant of Chang'an. You are so bold that you dare to gather a crowd to fight in Chang'an. Do you still have the law in your eyes? Come on, take them all away!"

Zhou Yu dropped the rolling pin in his hand, walked up quickly, and said to County Lieutenant Wang with a smile: "This lord has misunderstood. We are students of Yunmeng Academy. After school, we are practicing tactics here, not fighting..."

Yunmeng Academy is the cradle of military strategists, and military strategy is the top priority of the academy's courses. Although his reason is lame, it is also legitimate.

If it were under normal circumstances, County Lieutenant Wang would of course just go with the flow. No, if it were under normal circumstances, he would never have gotten involved in this muddy water in the first place. The students in these academies were either rich or noble, and he never knew which one of them he could not afford to offend.

But today is different. He came here with a mission and of course he will not let them go so easily.

He pulled the corner of his mouth and snorted coldly: "Practicing tactics, you said it was practicing tactics, don't quibble, I saw it clearly just now, this is an armed fight!"

Seeing this, Zhou Yu could only reveal his identity and said, "Sir Wang, I am Zhou Yu, and my father is a doctor in the Imperial Guard. Since we are officials in the same dynasty, please give me some face, Sir Wang."

The Jiabu was under the Ministry of War, and the Langzhong of the Jiabu was a fifth-rank official, four levels higher than him, and at the same rank as the Magistrate of Pei.

Although the Imperial Guard had no jurisdiction over him, the Ministry of War was one of the Six Ministries and directly under the imperial court. The connections of the doctors in the Imperial Guard were unmatched by him. In the past, County Lieutenant Wang would never offend officials of this level and their families.

But times are different now.

Behind him is Magistrate Pei, and behind Magistrate Pei is the Minister of the Dali Temple.

Li Xuanjing, the Minister of Dali Temple, has power different from any previous Minister of Dali Temple. Not to mention a small Langzhong of the Imperial Guards, even if his boss's boss, the Minister of War, comes, he has to bow his head.

With the support of this big tree, not to mention that he enforces the law impartially, even if he is corrupt and perverts the law, he can still stand up straight and be justified.

County Magistrate Wang ignored Zhou Yu and just waved his hand, saying, "Take him away!"

He had long been displeased with these dandies who took advantage of the fact that someone in their family was an official and looked down on others.

The Zhou Yu brothers did not expect that the Chang'an County Lieutenant would be so tough. He did not resist even when he saw the constables coming forward. They were children of officials and they knew well that fighting was a small matter but disobeying the government was a big matter.

Although the Chang'an County Government was small, it also represented the imperial court.

Zhou Yu winked at the crowd outside, and a young servant in blue immediately turned around and ran away.

Song Yu also got up from the ground at this moment, rubbed the painful part of his body, walked forward, and said to County Lieutenant Wang: "Sir, is there any misunderstanding? My father is the Minister of Rites..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yu snorted coldly and said in a sarcastic tone: "It's useless to bring up your father or grandfather. This gentleman is very impartial..."

Sure enough, County Lieutenant Wang did not give anyone any face and was determined to bring everyone back to the county government office.

However, considering their identities, he did not take any coercive measures against these people.

On the way to the county government office, Zhou Yu, Song Yu and others all looked depressed. It was supposed to be just a normal battle, but they didn't expect things to turn out like this.

At this time, two figures slowly walked out of the teahouse.

It was Li Nuo and Butler Wu.

This time, in addition to catching these dandies who were fighting in public, Li Nuo also made a small test of the "Code".

He has been studying the Legalist classics in depth these days and has gradually realized one thing: if one wants to study Legalism, one cannot be stubborn and sometimes one has to be more flexible.

In the process of practicing Legalism, one has to deal with countless corrupt officials, treacherous villains and flatterers. These people are all shrewd and none of them is easy to deal with. Those Legalist disciples who are straightforward and stubborn are played to death before they can achieve success in their practice. Those who can survive and practice to a high level of Legalism all have a dark heart.

For them, sting operations are just routine operations.

They not only fish, but sometimes they also raise fish.

When some officials are still small-time corrupt officials, we turn a blind eye to them and secretly collect evidence. When they grow up to be corrupt officials, we can then round them up. This will not only get rid of the corrupt officials, but also help break through bottlenecks, killing two birds with one stone...

Of course, there are times when things go wrong.

In the court, the situation changes rapidly. Sometimes a small fish grows into a big fish, and before you can close the net, the big fish turns into a shark overnight. The identities of hunter and prey will change in an instant. In history, there are many cases where the Legalists failed to eliminate traitors and were eliminated instead.

Worse still, they will allow their own offspring to commit crimes.

When the time is right, you can make up your mind and sacrifice your relatives for the sake of justice, which is also a good way to break through the bottleneck.

Officials and dignitaries hated the Legalists to their core, and even among the people, the Legalists had mixed reviews.

The Legalists were not saints without selfish desires. There were also some upright people among them who could not tolerate even a grain of sand in their eyes. But everything most people did was ultimately for their own strength. Punishing the wicked and upholding the law was a process to achieve this goal.

Li Nuo is not a saint either. He chose to become a legalist first and foremost in order to survive.

If you can do something good that is recognized by the public, that would be even better.

(End of this chapter)