Chapter 79: The Palace Soldiers Appear
"I understand!" Cheng Wuting said.
Cheng Wuting rushed out of the court with his guards and rushed straight to the county magistrate.
When Cheng Wuting came out, the county magistrate realized that something was wrong and immediately reached out to pull the county magistrate away, which made Cheng Wuting's method of capturing the thief first fail.
"How did you get out? Who will protect the young master!" Wang Fangyi swept his gun and repelled several yamen runners who surrounded him.
"The young master was worried that you couldn't handle it alone, so he ordered me to come to help." Cheng Wuting said as he repelled the yamen runners who rushed towards him.
"Sir, don't let them go. There will be a reward of 100 taels of silver for capturing them alive, and a reward of 1,000 silver for taking their heads." The county magistrate shouted loudly.
County Magistrate Yang promised a big reward, and he believed that a big reward would bring out brave men, and these yamen runners would rush forward at all costs.
"You take people to break into the court and pull out the crippled man inside. I don't believe these people will not surrender obediently." The county magistrate whispered to the county lieutenant.
He also wanted to capture the leader first and force these people to surrender by capturing Li Chengqian alive.
"Understood!" The county lieutenant nodded and called some yamen runners, and rushed to the court, but was beaten back by the guards guarding the door of the court.
"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you come over and help me?" The county
lieutenant was so angry that he shouted at Long Zhi who was watching the excitement from the side.
Long Zhi was angry. Now he didn't want to listen to the county lieutenant anymore. The grudge between them had been written off long ago.
In the past, County Lieutenant Liu had done him a favor, so he worked for the county lieutenant. Over the years, he had done a lot for the county lieutenant and had repaid the favor.
Now Long Zhi and the county lieutenant had nothing to do with each other.
Naturally, he would not obey him anymore.
"Bocheng, wait until you catch these bad guys. County Lieutenant Liu did something wrong, but he did you a favor after all, so help him again." County Magistrate Yang saw something strange on Long Zhi's face. Now was the time to use people, so he had to help persuade him.
County Magistrate Yang was thinking in his heart, how to treat Long Zhi after the matter was over.
Oh! Forget it, just treat it as the last time to help him, and from now on, Long Zhi said in his heart, holding a knife and stepped forward.
At this time, dense and orderly footsteps came from outside the yamen, and a group of fully armed soldiers rushed in.
"Don't move! Put down your weapons!" Eight hundred soldiers surrounded the county yamen, and the weapons in the hands of the soldiers flashed with cold light, pointing at everyone present.
County Magistrate Yang and others frowned. Why did the soldiers appear here? Who recruited them?
At this time, even the fighting yamen runners stopped, they had never seen such a big battle before.
Long Zhi, who had just taken a step forward, also retracted his foot and looked at the armored commander of Zhe Chong Mansion, Captain Zhe Chong, and his right-hand men Zuoyou Guoyi Captain, who were walking in from outside.
The moment the palace soldiers appeared, the guards outside the court immediately entered the court to report to the crown prince Li Chengqian.
"I heard that a big thief appeared in the world. He is a cripple and he has done all kinds of evil! The prince of Jianguo has issued a sea arrest warrant to the whole country to catch this thief. Could the palace soldiers coming here be related to this matter?"
Du Lizheng seemed to have thought of something, approached Yang County Secretary and Liu County Secretary, and whispered his guess.
Yang County Secretary and Liu County Secretary looked at each other, slapped their thighs, and felt that Du Lizheng's words really woke people up from their dreams.
There happened to be a lame fellow in the court, maybe he was the bandit mentioned in the warrant.
But the warrant did not describe the appearance of this bandit, only that they were gang members.
He was accompanied by some skilled subordinates, and a teenager in his teens.
Thinking of this, County Magistrate Yang subconsciously looked at Wang Fangyi.
The fellow in front of him was a skilled person, and the teenager who stayed with the cripple in the room was only in his teens.
County Magistrate Yang could not help but believe it a little, and was more certain that Li Chengqian in the court was the criminal wanted by the court.
The situation of Li Chengqian was basically consistent with what County Magistrate Yang thought.
County Magistrate Yang was immediately overjoyed! If he could prove that the guy inside was a wanted criminal of the imperial court, he would be very successful.
"Let's go! Let's go and take a look." Knowing that the soldiers he had called in had arrived, Li Chengqian stood up and called Wang Quan and others to come outside the court.
"You thief, why don't you surrender quickly!" Upon seeing Li Chengqian coming out, County Magistrate Yang jumped out and scolded him.
He felt that his chance to make a contribution had come. If he assisted the imperial court in catching wanted criminals, he would definitely be rewarded by the higher-ups, and promotion and wealth would be just around the corner.
"I think you should surrender! If you surrender honestly now, you can avoid physical pain and not implicate your family. Otherwise..."
Li Chengqian didn't know what was wrong with the other party. He was surrounded by people, but he dared to jump out to show his presence.
I have never seen such a person who doesn't know how to live or die.
County Minister Yang was furious. The other party was so arrogant when he was about to die.
"Boy, you can't escape today. I advise you not to resist. Maybe I can leave you with an intact body." Liu County Lieutenant said.
They have already determined that Li Chengqian is the wanted criminal of the court, and these palace soldiers are ordered to arrest them.
Li Chengqian was confused by them. What happened?
Have these people been exposed to too much ultraviolet rays, and their IQs have gone to zero?
"You guys are really stubborn, it seems there is no need to show you mercy." Li Chengqian flicked his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
The aura of a long-time superior emanated from Li Chengqian, and his eyes were as sharp as lightning as he stared at Yang County Minister and others.
When Yang County Minister and others looked at Li Chengqian, their hearts twitched and they almost knelt down.
Yang County Minister and others were sweating profusely, confused in their hearts, what kind of look was that just now, why did it make me feel like I was worshipping him?
Then a deep sense of humiliation spread in Yang County Minister's heart, he clenched his hands, and glared at Li Chengqian.
As a county magistrate of the ninth rank, a dignified official appointed by the imperial court, he was actually frightened by the gaze of a thief. It was really a shame.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he watched County Magistrate Yang react so quickly under his gaze.
If it was His Majesty Li Er, the look just now would have frightened Yang County Minister directly. How could Li Chengqian compare to Li Er, who had been in power for a long time?
It seemed that he still lacked some skills. As the crown prince of the Tang Empire, he couldn't even scare a small ninth-rank official.
How could he scare the civil and military officials in the future?
When would he be able to be like his father, who could make all the officials silent with just a look?
This was the gap between him, the crown prince, and His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er had been in charge of the empire for many years and had been on the battlefield for a long time. The look he had honed was not comparable to that of Li Chengqian, the crown prince who had lived in the deep palace for a long time.