"That makes sense. My little master is so pleasing to the eye. I'm such a fool for looking at that stupid man instead of him."
Her white and smooth cheeks puffed up slightly, and Yan Cheng turned his head away: "It's up to you."
"That's an order."
Right in front of him, Ma Zikun was confronting Cheng Yuanshan. At this moment, Cheng Yuanshan seemed to have torn off a layer of his face and did not take Cheng Yuanshan seriously at all.
"You are just a governor, not the emperor. You want to order me around? Maybe in your next life!"
Ma Zikun sneered.
"Oh!"
He first glanced at the complacent Cheng Yuanshan, then looked around, memorizing the expressions of every Luyang official.
"Cheng Yuanshan, you're not cooperating with me in suppressing the bandits. Are you colluding with them?"
Li Pu had been sweating all over since he heard this. He kept giving Cheng Yuanshan a cautious look, but Cheng Yuanshan was like a blind man and didn't understand what he meant at all.
Li Pu could only watch as Sha Dahan blurted out a few words without thinking: "So what? Luyang is my territory, and I have two thousand soldiers here. What can you do to me?"
It’s over, it’s all over!
No, I'm going to faint.
Why didn’t I know that Cheng Yuanshan was so stupid before? He just answered whatever I asked. Cheng Yuanshan, are you a good and obedient boy?
Before he completely fainted, Li Pu prayed to God in his heart, asking Cheng Yuanshan not to give him away and not to let anyone find evidence of their collusion with the bandits.
Gan Wenjin, who was standing next to Li Pu, leaned back and caught him: "......?"
Why did Lord Li suddenly faint?
Could it be...
"Master Ma, it's bad, Master Li is sick!"
He suddenly fainted while standing. Lord Li must have an unspeakable hidden illness!
"Fainted?" Ma Zikun, who had just ordered his men to arrest Cheng Yuanshan, looked over and said with a half-smile, "Feeling guilty?"
Gan Wenjin: "Why are you feeling guilty?"
"Eh? Wait, what's going on?"
He was only paying attention to the unconscious Li Pu and missed what had just happened. When he turned around, he saw Cheng Yuanshan, who was about to be tied up, shouting at Lu Yangwei to arrest everyone at the scene.
The more than 2,000 Luyang guards nearby looked at each other, thinking of Cheng Yuanshan's past cruel methods, and then thinking of the other 2,000 soldiers in the guard post. They turned their heads to look at the Qiangzhou guards next to them, weighing the strength of both sides.
The Qiangzhou Guard has only one thousand men, while the Luyang Guard has more than four thousand. The former will definitely not be able to defeat the latter.
There are confidants of the commander in the garrison. As long as the commander gives an order, he will lead the remaining Luyang guards to fight wherever the commander orders.
From this perspective, they still have to choose Cheng Yuanshan.
This inference disappointed Lu Yangwei very much, but when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head, and they still want to live a good life.
The Luyang guards made a decision quickly. Qi Su gave his confidants a look, and the Qiangzhou guards instantly became alert, and everyone held their weapons tightly.
On Yan Cheng's side, he did not stop Leng Yan from drawing his sword this time. Leng Yan's eyes were cold, and the secret guards hiding everywhere were also ready to move.
Yan Cheng hid behind Leng Yan, poked his head out to observe the situation, and was confused by Cheng Yuanshan's sudden madness.
Is Cheng Yuanshan too much of a pushover? Didn't Uncle Ma just want to give him the command of the Luyang Guard? Why did he explode over a disagreement?
So how did he become the commander of Luyang Guard with his intelligence?
Is this an official position obtained through backdoor connections?
Yan Cheng was full of doubts.
How did things get to this point?
Aren’t they just suppressing bandits?
How did it develop to the point where people were fighting against each other?
Gan Wenjin was at a loss. He approached Ma Zikun and asked hesitantly, "Master Ma, Master Ma, what should we do?"
"Drop your weapons! Are you planning a rebellion?"
Ma Zikun shouted, and Lu Yangwei hesitated again.
They are the Luyang Guards, they serve the imperial court. Would it be considered treason if they took up arms to attack the governor?
Cheng Yuanshan also shouted: "What are you afraid of? As long as we kill them all, no one will know what we did. When the higher-ups ask about it, we can say that the governor failed to suppress the bandits and was killed by the bandits."
Lu Yangwei raised his weapon again.
"Humph! All you talk about is killing. Did you kill the last two governors? Did you hire the assassin I met before coming to Luyang?"
"That's right, it was all my fault!" Cheng Yuanshan laughed heartily and said in disgust, "You guys are so annoying. Why don't you just enjoy yourself in the capital?"
Then he urged Lu Yangwei: "My men, go ahead!"
Ma Zikun, whose guess was confirmed, snorted coldly.
"Are you planning a rebellion?"
"Look what this is?"
The dagger gleamed in the sunlight, with a soaring dragon engraved on one side and a phoenix with spread wings on the other.
The moment this sword appeared, it caught everyone's attention.
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