Ming Dynasty: My Father Zhang Juzheng

Chapter 49 Shocking Change
Han San lifted his veil and pressed his head to the ground.

At this time, the assassin's face was revealed. He was about 1.5 meters tall, or about 14 or 15 years old.

At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, and his tender face was covered with soot, pitch black, but anger was still visible.

Even though he was pinned to the ground by Han San, he still struggled desperately, opened his mouth and roared: "Let me go, let me go, I'm going to kill you beasts!"

"Behave yourself." Han San hit the boy on the forehead.

Feng Bangning shook his wrist and walked forward, gritting his teeth and laughing grimly: "Hehe, with your mediocre skills, you want to kill me? I don't know how many times I would have died."

After saying that, he squatted down, grabbed the boy's hair, and asked, "Tell me, who sent you to assassinate me?"

"Bah, you beast, do you need someone to send you?"

"Great, it seems like you're a tough guy." Feng Bangning became interested and chuckled, "I just don't know whether your bones are harder or the torture instruments of the Eastern Depot are harder."

"Xu Jue."

"Yes." Xu Jue responded.

"Take this assassin to the East Factory and give him a good beating." Feng Bangning smiled coldly and pointed at the young man on the ground and gave the order.

Xu Jue was about to go look for someone, but Zhang Yunxiu smiled and said, "Why go to the East Factory? Just go directly to our Jinyiwei."

"Do you want to protect this kid?" Feng Bangning asked coldly.

"I'm not trying to protect you, but I'm afraid it will cause you trouble." Zhang Yunxiu laughed.

Feng Bangning had a gloomy face and said nothing.

Xu Jue noticed that the atmosphere was not right, so he jumped out and laughed: "The criminal law of the Jinyiwei is not worse than that of our Dongchang. It just so happens that Captain Han is here, so we can save ourselves the trouble."

"Well then," Feng Bangning said to Zhang Yunxiu, "Since you are the one who asked, I will give you this face. You can take the person away and decide how to deal with him."

After saying that, Feng Bangning looked at the young man meaningfully, then left Yilan Tower with a smile.

"Sir, what should we do with this guy?" Han San pointed at the young man on the ground and asked as Feng Bangning and the other man left.

"Let him up first."

Zhang Yunxiu gave a soft instruction, Han San nodded, and picked up the boy like a chicken.

The young man was still full of anger. He kicked his legs and stared at Zhang Yunxiu and the others, cursing, "Let me go, let me go."

Seeing his rudeness, Zhang Fu shouted at him: "You are such an ungrateful kid. If it weren't for our young master saving you, you would have been in the East Factory. I'm afraid your bones would have been broken into pieces by now."

"I'm sorry for saving him!" the young man cursed with his eyes squinting.

"Do you want to die?" Han San increased the strength of his hands and grabbed the boy's neck.

"Let him go." Zhang Yunxiu frowned and glared at Han San, then asked the boy, "What's your name? Why did you want to assassinate Feng Bangning? Don't you know who he is?"

"The eunuch's nephew!" the young man replied through gritted teeth.

"You're still doing it even though I know you're doing it?" Zhang Yunxiu became interested and asked, "By the way, you haven't told me your name yet."

"I won't change my name, I'll just be Zhao Yong."

"Zhao Yong?" Zhang Yunxiu was stunned. He seemed to have heard this name somewhere.

"He is the son of County Magistrate Zhao." Han San whispered.

It was dark before, and the guy had blackened his face, so he didn't recognize him for a while. But now, after hearing him introduce himself and that he was a teenager, Han San immediately confirmed the identity of the person.

"Yes, you guys killed my father, I want revenge!" Zhao Yong shouted. At this time, more and more people came to watch the excitement on the street, pointing and talking at the few people.

Zhang Yunxiu secretly cried out that something was wrong and hurriedly asked Han San to take Zhao Yong out of the crowd and head straight for the Northern Pacification Office.

When he arrived at the imperial prison, Zhang Yunxiu ordered someone to fetch clean water for Zhao Yong to wash his face.

In a flash, the originally dark face turned into a handsome young man. However, there was still a hint of murderous intent in the middle of his face, which made people frown.

In the interrogation room, the two men sat opposite each other, with Han San standing aside.

Zhang Yunxiu knocked on the table and asked coldly, "Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if you really killed Feng Bangning?"

"The worst that can happen is death!" Zhao Yong replied with his neck stretched.

"Oh, he's still a tough guy." Zhang Yunxiu looked at Han San, pointed at Xu Yong and said, "It's true that the son takes after the father. The father is a tough guy, and the son is not soft either."

Han San agreed with a smile, but Xu Yong's cheeks turned red and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Are you qualified to mention my father?"

"Boy, do you really want to die?" Han San was angry.

Zhang Yunxiu waved his hands and said nonchalantly, "Do you think it was Feng Bangning who killed your father?"

"No matter what you say, I won't believe it."

"Okay, let's say Feng Bangning beat your father to death. Do you know what the consequences will be if you kill him?" Zhang Yunxiu rolled his eyes and shouted, "You have to die. Your sister and mother may also die unclearly in the future."

"What can a common man's courage and passion accomplish?"

Xu Yong's face turned red, and for the first time, fear appeared in his bloodshot eyes.

"Killing without spilling blood is called killing." Zhang Yunxiu stood up and pointed at Xu Yong and said, "You are lucky enough to be able to sit here and talk to me now. Do you know how many people come into this room every month?"

"How many of them can walk out of this Jinyiwei prison upright?"

"You want to kill me?" Xu Yong swallowed and asked nervously.

"Are you scared now?" Han San laughed and said sarcastically, "I thought you were a brave guy, but I didn't expect you to be such a coward."

"Who is scared? You are the coward." Xu Yong defended with a red face.

Zhang Yunxiu smiled and changed the subject, "I just want to ask you, do you want revenge?"

"miss you!"

"Well, I'll send you back home in a few days. You should be filial to your parents and study hard to get a good reputation in the future."

"I don't read." Xu Yong shook his head firmly and retorted, "Reading books won't kill Feng Bangning. Among all of you who have read so many books of sages, is there anyone who dares to kill Feng Bangning?"

"I want to learn martial arts, the best martial arts in the world, and then kill that eunuch and Feng Bangning."

"Then you just stay here." Zhang Yunxiu shook his head and asked Han San to leave the interrogation room.

"Just wait!"

The two walked to a secluded place, and Zhang Yunxiu instructed Han San: "First find someone to scare him and dampen his spirit. But remember to be careful not to cripple him. County Magistrate Zhao only has this one son, and we need to leave some blood for him."

"As you command." Han San clasped his fists in response, and then said, "Oh, by the way, sir, what if Feng Bangning comes to ask for someone?"

"Don't pay attention to him. If he wants to cause you trouble, just tell him to come to me directly." Zhang Yunxiu replied domineeringly.

Han San nodded, made a "please" gesture, and escorted Zhang Yunxiu out of the imperial prison.

(End of this chapter)