Compared with his predecessor who died due to force majeure, the second governor was even more miserable. He didn't even reach Luyang. He was assassinated as soon as he entered the border of Shanyin Province, and his body was never found.
Yan Guangyi's friend Ma Zikun was originally the Left Censor-in-Chief, and like the previous two governors, he was a close confidant of the emperor. He came to Luyang to suppress the bandits with the emperor's deep hope.
He said that he had learned from the experience of his predecessors who had been killed and had long anticipated that he would be assassinated. He specially brought martial arts masters to protect himself, but he did not expect that the number of assassins would be beyond his imagination.
Speaking of assassins, Yan Cheng asked, "Uncle Ma, do you know who sent the assassins? Were they the Luyang bandits?"
"Uncle doesn't know either. The people below haven't been able to interrogate the assassin and find out where he came from. If Ji Chen can't find out either, we can only put this matter aside for now."
Ji Chen is the expert bodyguard beside Ma Zikun. He has followed him for many years. He used to be a gangster and has some experience in interrogating criminals.
Ji Chen came back soon with bad news.
All the men in black who were caught died, poisoned to death. Before that, no one discovered that they had poison hidden on them.
"They look like dead soldiers, with no special markings on their bodies," said Ji Chen.
"Death squad? That's not easy to find." Ma Zikun thought for a moment, his brows relaxed. "It doesn't matter if I can't find any. My first priority is to suppress the bandits. His Majesty has high hopes for me, and I can't let him down."
Seeing that Yan Cheng seemed very interested in suppressing the bandits, Ma Zikun touched the beard on his chin, looked at Leng Yan who was holding the sword, and then looked at Yan Cheng's height and face.
He rolled his eyes a few times and asked, "Nephew, are you in a hurry to return to Beijing?"
Yan Cheng thought about it and realized that he had no reason to rush back to Beijing. The second branch of the Yan family was in the Yan Mansion in Beijing, and he would definitely not be comfortable if he went back.
If he hadn't wanted to watch Yan Zhuo take the imperial examination, he really would have never gone to the capital.
The provincial examination will be in August, and the metropolitan examination will be next year, so it won't cause any trouble if he goes to the capital later.
But why did Lord Ma ask this? Does he want to be in Luyang?
Yan Cheng observed Ma Zikun's expression with a puzzled look. Seeing that he looked frank and seemed nonchalant, he hesitated and said the truth: "No rush."
"Why don't you join me in suppressing the bandits? As for Brother Yan, I will write him a letter to explain the situation."
Yan Cheng: “Huh?”
Wait, uncle, what are you talking about? How can a teenager like me join you in fighting bandits?
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Although Yan Cheng didn't understand what Uncle Ma, whom he had only known for an hour, was thinking, he finally decided to go with him to take a look.
After all, fighting bandits sounds fun, doesn't it?
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