While Wang Zhixin dodged the trampling of the warhorse, he stretched out his right hand to pull the young man off the horse, drew his sword with his left hand, and put it on the young man's neck.
"What are you doing! Let my young master go!"
"Brothers, come together and get the young master back."
More than twenty thugs drew their swords and rushed forward to surround Wang Zhixin.
The factory guards behind Wang Zhixin were no pushovers either. They drew their weapons, formed a circle and faced the enemy in unison.
After seeing the weapons in each other's hands, both groups were stunned at the same time.
Except for two people on Wang Zhixin's side who were holding pistols, the rest of them were using the standard weapons of the East Factory: double swords.
It was lively on the other side, with swords, crossbows, and pistols all available!
The Ming Dynasty had very loose control over civilian weapons.
Except for firearms and armor, the court would not care as long as the weapons and equipment they possessed were not standard military weapons and equipment.
(Bows, arrows, knives, guns, crossbows, harpoons, forks, etc., “are all things that the people should have” and are not included in the list of prohibited items.)
Even if someone is in possession of contraband such as firearms, the maximum sentence is 100 strokes of the cane and exile 3,000 miles away, but not the death penalty.
During the Chongzhen period, firearms were rampant among the people.
But the capital is the capital after all. Even nobles dare not openly bring out firearms to show off.
Most of them are placed in the mansion to defend against enemies.
The thugs were the first to react: "Wait a minute, brothers, something seems to be wrong! This knife looks familiar!"
"It looks like a knife from the East Factory!"
“It does!”
The thugs stopped where they were, not daring to act rashly.
The factory guards were intimidated by the power of the firearms in the opponent's hands and did not choose to rush forward. Instead, they showed their badges and shouted: "East Factory is doing this job, why don't you surrender?"
"Dong, Dong...Factory?" The young man who was captured by Wang Zhixin suddenly felt cold all over.
He never expected that these people were so powerful!
But...don't eunuchs have beards? Why do they all have beards?
What he didn't know was that Wang Zhixin and others had disguised themselves before going out in order to facilitate the investigation.
Therefore, it is impossible to discern the characteristics of a eunuch from his appearance.
"What? Not like it?" Wang Zhixin had nothing to do, so he decided to chat with the young man for a while.
The young man collapsed on the ground, his voice trembling: "I...I was blind and didn't recognize the great man. I offended the elders in the East Factory. I beg the elders to forgive me!"
"Sir?" Wang Zhixin sneered, "We are not sirs, we are just eunuchs without any authority."
"Father, please spare my life! I know I was wrong!" The young man knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.
Upon seeing this, the thugs dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.
The reputation of the East Factory is really too great!
No one can afford to offend him.
Wang Zhixin passed the knife from his left hand to his right hand, put it on the young man's neck and asked: "I ask, you answer."
“Hmmm…” The young man nodded his head to the ground like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Name, age, where do you work?"
"My name is Jiang You, I am nineteen years old. Since my father manages the farmland in the Yangwu Marquis Mansion, I also sought a job in the Yangwu Marquis Mansion." Jiang You answered without hesitation.
"Oh..." Wang Zhixin suddenly realized.
No wonder he was so arrogant before, it turns out he is from Yangwu Marquis Mansion.
"This land was a fertile farm before it became the farm of Yangwu Hou. What about the people who farmed the land?" Wang Zhixin asked, pointing at the problematic land in the Fish Scale Book.
Jiang You didn't say anything.
Wang Zhixin was not in a hurry, but winked at the factory guards behind him.
The factory guards suddenly jumped up and took control of all of Jiang You's men.
The thugs wanted to resist, but after seeing Jiang You's performance, they gave up the idea of resistance.
What if I resist?
The eunuchs of the Eastern Depot are the emperor's men. No matter how powerful Yangwu Hou is, he is not more powerful than the emperor!
After the factory guards had the situation under control, Wang Zhixin said calmly, "Leave one alive and kill the rest."
ah?
Jiang You was completely dumbfounded, "Father-in-law, what...what is this for? If you have something, we can...we can discuss it!"
"I was doing my job, you resisted arrest, and I killed someone. Isn't that reason enough?"
Jiang You trembled and said, "But we...didn't resist arrest!"
"If I say resist arrest, then resist arrest!"
"You,..you said resisting arrest, so you resist arrest?"
"Yes! If I say resist arrest, then resist arrest!" Wang Zhixin raised the corners of his mouth, revealing an expression that could not be shown in the palace.
In the palace, he was the emperor's slave.
Once he leaves the palace, he is the emperor!
"Get started!"
Following Wang Zhixin's order, more than twenty swords were raised high and quickly fell down in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Nearly thirty heads fell to the ground one after another.
The gushing blood instantly dyed the ground red.
Jiang You had never seen such a scene before and fainted from fright.
The only remaining thug was not in much better condition. He had already lost control of his bowels and bladder before he fainted from fright, and the foul stench made everyone cover their noses and step back.
The people who were farming nearby had already noticed the situation and were hiding in the distance to watch.
After seeing Wang Zhixin kill someone, they did not run away immediately. Instead, they stood there and started cheering.
"Well done! These sons of bitches always bully others by taking advantage of their power, and now they finally get their comeuppance."
“It’s so refreshing.”
"What a pity! We killed too few! There are still two left!"
“Stop talking! We are the tenants of Marquis Yangwu, and those who died were all from Marquis Yangwu’s mansion. Even if we are not of the same mind, we can’t be happy when someone dies! Hahaha!”
Wang Zhixin didn't take the people around him seriously. He asked someone to wake Jiang You up and continued to ask: "Let me ask you, where is the previous owner of this land?"
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