"stop!"
Old man Dou shouted loudly, his face livid as he rushed over, staring at the yamen runners angrily and saying, "Where did you come from, you bastard, to dare to trespass into my Dou family's backyard? Do you really think that my Dou family is so easy to bully?!"
The leading man waved his fire and water stick, looked at old man Dou with a smile and said, "Master, calm down. I am just following orders. If you don't intend to kill us openly, please make way for me so that I can report back."
"Who are you, whose orders are you following, and what errand do you want to perform?"
Old man Dou calmed down and quickly realized something was wrong. These dozen yamen runners were obviously skilled in martial arts and were fearless. They showed no fear even when facing him, an old duke.
It is obvious that they are not real yamen runners.
Now the question is, who are they?
"In reply to your words, sir, I am a bailiff of the Chang'an County Court. I am here on the orders of the county magistrate to take away the body of Miss Green Bamboo who has been made into human wax..."
Did the bailiffs from Chang'an County dare to attack the Dou family's rear residence?
I don't believe you!
Old man Dou cursed in his heart, but he still forced a smile on his face, saying: "My dear brother, we all live in Chang'an, and we will see each other every day. If you are willing to give in, my Dou family will be deeply grateful. This is a small gift from me. If you are willing to give in, the Dou family will give you a generous gift in the future..."
As he spoke, Old Man Dou took out a peacock jade pendant that looked to be of great value.
The leading man blinked, reached out to take the jade pendant, played with it for a while, and then put it in his arms.
Old man Dou smiled, but then he heard the man say with a smile: "It's easier to get things done if you have money. Brothers, I've already taken the money, so let's not make things difficult for the old man. We agreed to take a step back, so let's take ten steps back. Don't let others say that we take money but don't do anything!"
Before he finished speaking, all the yamen runners retreated one after another, but they were now facing the courtyard gate, and the direction they were retreating was the Dou family's mourning hall.
Seeing this scene, Old Man Dou's face turned pale. He pointed at the man with trembling fingers, and his old body seemed to be shaking.
The man laughed loudly, not caring at all that Old Man Dou was angry about him, and immediately called everyone to go straight to the mourning hall.
When they arrived at the mourning hall, Green Bamboo Girl's body was still sitting cross-legged next to the coffin.
When Hong Cheng saw the girl's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh, waved his hand, and directed the people behind him to go and carry the girl.
At this moment, there was a sudden thunder in the sky. The deafening sound came from the horizon, attracting the attention of the entire Chang'an City.
Hong Cheng frowned and subconsciously raised his head to look at the dark clouds in the sky. He saw countless blue and white thunders surging among the clouds, as if they would fall from the sky in the next second.
Seeing this scene, Hong Cheng inexplicably felt a sense of foreboding.
At this moment, the bailiffs in the mourning hall cried out in surprise, but were also blocked by the golden light and could not move the corpse at all.
"…What's going on?"
Hong Cheng and a group of Hundred Cavalry Division runners looked in amazement at the Green Bamboo Girl whose body was enveloped in golden light.
Dou Huai'en, who was chasing after him with his guards, was delighted when he saw this scene. He immediately snorted in a pretentious manner: "My Dou family has a long history of incense inheritance. The mourning hall has its ancestors to protect it. How can we allow you to be so presumptuous!"
Hong Cheng and the others were horrified after hearing these words. They stepped back and looked at the mourning hall in confusion.
Dou Huai'en smiled, and just as he was about to continue threatening Hong Cheng and the others, there was a sudden flash of lightning in the sky. A blue-white bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket fell from the sky and split Dou Huai'en into a charred corpse.
This sudden change stunned the yamen runners and guards inside and outside the mourning hall.
When the strong smell of burnt meat spread, everyone finally came to their senses.
“Clang—clang—”
The guards of the Dou family threw away their long swords, fell to the ground with limp legs, and looked at the charred corpse that was still standing in horror.
Hong Cheng and a group of elite soldiers from the Hundred Cavalry Division also opened their eyes wide and stared at the scene in amazement.
At this moment, in the mourning hall behind him, the piece of paper nailed to the coffin suddenly floated up, spontaneously combusted in full view of everyone, and turned into ashes in an instant and completely dissipated.
Hong Cheng stared at the scene in a daze. When he came to his senses, he gritted his teeth and quickly directed the yamen runners around him to remove the coffin lid and place it next to Miss Green Bamboo.
Sure enough, this time, there was no more golden light bursting from Green Bamboo Girl's body.
Hong Cheng and the elite soldiers of the Baiqi Division suppressed their shock and respectfully carried the cross-legged Green Bamboo Girl up, then they carried the body of Green Bamboo Girl out of the mourning hall.
At this time, the people of the Dou family were so frightened by this supernatural scene that they dared not move.
Seeing Hong Cheng and others carrying the wax statue towards them, they not only did not dare to move forward, but also stepped back in fear, making way for them and watching them carry away the body of Green Bamboo Girl.
After walking out of the Dou family’s gate, Hong Cheng and his group were still feeling scared.
The elite soldiers of the Hundred Cavalry Division on both sides could not help but sigh in a low voice: "It's really fucking weird!"
"Shut up, everyone! Do your job!"
Hong Cheng gave a low shout, and all the elite soldiers of the Hundred Cavalry Division fell silent.
Hong Cheng resisted the urge to look at the Green Bamboo Girl on the coffin. He just stared straight ahead and headed towards the Chang'an County Government amid the faint sound of thunder in the sky.
Not long after, Hong Cheng and his group finally carried over the body of Green Bamboo Girl.
The people around made way for the corpse, looking at it with resentment and sadness.
As the saying goes, when a rabbit dies, the fox mourns. When creatures of their own kind feel grief, even wild animals are like this, let alone humans?
Yun Ye stood at the gate of the county government office and saw the complicated looks of the people outside the county government office. He knew that the time had come, so he said angrily: "Fellow villagers, look carefully, this is the human wax made by the Dou family thief using the Green Bamboo Girl!" "The Dou family thief is completely conscienceless and has committed heinous crimes. If people don't get rid of such vicious crimes, God will punish them!!"
“Boom!”
Following Yun Ye's angry roar, a deafening thunder was heard in the sky.
The county magistrate and county magistrates standing in the county government hall all trembled and looked at the dark clouds in the sky with awe.
Hong Cheng and others who were carrying the coffin suddenly raised their heads and looked in disbelief at the upright young marquis at the gate of the county government office.
They all saw the spontaneously combusting note, so they naturally knew what was written on it... Could it be?
Hong Cheng's eyes moved slightly, and his gaze towards Yun Ye became more and more incredulous.
At the same time, the people outside the county government office were also shocked by the response from "God".
The Yun family members who were mixed in with the people came back to their senses from their shock, suppressed their excitement, and raised their arms and cheered.
"The Dou family is an evil villain who has lost all conscience. If people don't get rid of them, God will punish them!"
At the beginning, only the people Yun Ye arranged in advance were shouting, but as time passed, more and more people began to join in, and countless voices gathered from all directions, rushing straight into the sky and echoing in the sky.
Such a noisy voice not only spread across the county government office, but even reached Xinghuafang.
In the Dou family mansion, Old Man Dou had not slept all night and was mentally weak. When he saw Miss Luzhu being carried away, he was so angry that he shook all over, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
Fortunately, the old servant beside him rescued him in time and woke him up by pinching his Ren Zhong.
As soon as he woke up, Old Man Dou heard faint shouts coming from outside the courtyard wall.
"The Dou family is an evil villain who has lost all conscience. If people don't get rid of them, God will punish them!"
Those sixteen words, which were exactly the same as those on the note, were like a sharp sword that pierced into the chests of the Dou family members, causing Old Man Dou and all the Dou family members to turn pale, as if they were in despair.
“It’s God’s will…it’s God’s will!”
Old man Dou fell to the ground, muttering to himself in despair.
In such a desperate atmosphere, one of the Dou family guards finally couldn't hold on any longer. He immediately threw away the long knife in his hand, screamed in fear, and ran out of the yard frantically.
“Boom!”
Just as the man stepped out of the Dou family gate with his left foot, a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck from the sky and split him into a charred corpse.
The guards who were also fleeing behind him stopped immediately and looked at the corpse at the door which was turned into ashes by the wind in horror and despair.
“This…this…”
They retreated back in fear, and some, unwilling to die like this, tried to escape by climbing over the wall.
But unfortunately, once God has eyes, he will not allow them to find loopholes. No matter whether they go through the main gate or climb over the high wall, as long as they have sins, they will be struck into charred corpses by the thunder from the sky.
However, not everyone will be punished by God.
There were several younger servants who had just started working in the mansion and they all escaped through the gate safely. Among them was the young man who escaped from Lin Zhongtian that night.
Seeing this scene, the servants in the Dou family mansion finally couldn't sit still anymore.
Whether it was servants or maids, or guards and private soldiers, they all scrambled to escape.
At the same time, the continuous thunders that struck Xinghuafang finally attracted the attention of the people outside the county government office.
They looked in the direction of Xinghuafang in astonishment, as if they were shocked by the scene of thunder coming from the sky.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted excitedly: "It's the Dou family!"
"The place where the lightning struck is the Dou family in Xinghuafang!"
"A bolt from the blue, a bolt from the blue!"
“Even God can’t stand this!”
The people were talking to each other excitedly, and their voices were buzzing like bees.
The people of Guanzhong are not lacking in blood. Someone shouted, "Let's go and see the Dou family," and a dense crowd of people surged up instantly. People kept joining along the way, and the team became larger and larger. In the end, the whole city was bustling with people.
Looking at the people rushing towards Xinghuafang like a torrent, Hong Cheng suppressed his fear and licked his dry lips.
"Marquis Yun, this is enough to attack the Dou family, let alone the imperial palace, right?"
Yun Ye stood beside the coffin, glanced at Hong Cheng, then turned to look at Miss Lu Zhu, and said softly: "This is good, it will let the aristocratic families in Chang'an see what it means to be afraid of people's words and to be as powerful as the sky!"