Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 45 I promised the Sergeant that I would bring you to the Tang family to apologize

What is a true court lackey?
The real duty of the Wuwei Yamen was not to arrest bandits or maintain local stability.

That is the duty of the patrol guards and garrison troops.

The Zaoyi Guards were more of a continuation of the Black Ice Platform's powers and responsibilities, monitoring local areas, strangling rebels, and executing rebellious officials.

The Zaoyi Guards should actually be called the Zaoyi Inner Guards, which can be traced back to the Imperial City’s Yulin Guards.

The Black Ice Platform and the Wuwei Yamen should actually be another sword in the hands of the Qin Emperor.

An extremely sharp knife hidden under the table.

But at some point, the knife became blunt.

"The last time the Wuwei Yamen raided my home and exterminated my clan in Luyang Prefecture was ten years ago," Zhang Yuan said, his expression filled with nostalgia, his voice soft and gentle. "I clearly remember my father returning home, covered in blood and filled with excitement."

"After that incident, for at least three months, the name of the Zaoyi Guards could stop children from crying at night."

There was silence in the lobby.

Qian Mu and He Jin were both personal participants in the events that Zhang Yuan mentioned ten years ago.

At that time, Qian Mu was only a seventh-rank official in the Imperial Guards.

At that time, He Jin was not yet a military clerk.

At that time, that was the most magnificent time of the Luyang Prefecture Wuwei Yamen.

Even though the Wuwei Yamen has expanded nearly tenfold, it is still not as powerful as it was back then.

Nowadays, every official in the city wants to serve Wuwei.

Zhang Yuandu once received the task from the Wuwei Yamen to escort the family of an official on a spring outing.

On the other hand, there is some truth in the people calling the current Zaoyiwei running dogs.

After a long time, He Jin stretched out his hand and punched the long table in front of him, with a serious expression on his face.

"Zhang Yuan, take Chen Wu to the Tang family."

"I'm going to see the prefect."

"Qian Mu, have the Wuwei Yamen stand by, and then take my order to mobilize the patrol city guards."

"The court's lackeys, they don't know how terrified all the officials were when Heibingtai was in charge of the military guards!"

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In front of the government office and prison gate.

Zhang Yuan, dressed in a white robe, held a whistle in one hand and had a calm expression.

Chen Wu, with a gloomy face, stretched out his hand and asked the two yamen runners to take off the iron shackles on his hands, and then moved his wrists a few times.

"Brother Chen, there's nothing we can do. Please don't blame me for the suffering I've endured."

"We are all family. If the Tang family hadn't arrested us, we wouldn't have asked Brother Chen to suffer this night."

The two yamen runners smiled and spoke in a low voice while looking at Chen Wu.

A large man in police uniform standing nearby had a stern face and snorted, "What the hell are you doing?"

"If Brother Erhe hadn't come looking for me, I wouldn't have known you brought Brother Chen here."

"Don't worry, Chen Wu. I'll punish them later. I'll treat you and Brother Erhe to a drink another day."

Zhang Yuan smiled and waved his hand, then bowed and said, "Brother Zheng, don't take it personally. They are young and ignorant. I'm sorry to bother you this time. I should treat you to a drink."

After saying this, he bowed to the two yamen runners, smiled, grabbed Chen Wu's clothes, and walked out of the prison.

Seeing Zhang Yuan and Chen Wu walk out of the prison, the captain breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss, I've always heard of Mr. Zhang's reputation for being a man of great righteousness. Today, I see he's indeed worthy of the name. The magistrate even came to the prison this morning and promised the Tang family that he would lock up that kid Chen Wu and not let him go."

"Don't mention it, Zhang Erhe is well-known after all, and he speaks very nicely."

The two yamen runners were collecting the iron shackles with a clanging sound while speaking.

"A good name?" The captain showed a strange smile on his face. "Speaking nicely?"

"The Luyang Prefecture government office has a record of military merits, as well as execution records compiled from various counties."

"The number of people Zhang Erhe has killed is enough to fill the Luyang Prefecture government office for five years."

The two yamen runners felt a chill on their backs and turned to look in the direction Zhang Yuan and Chen Wu left.

"I really can't believe there's such a ruthless person in the Wuwei Yamen."

"His righteousness is unparalleled, he is respected by the world, this reputation..."

The two men murmured. "There's no such thing as free fame in this world. It's all earned through hard work," the captain muttered, straightening his clothes. "I'll go see the Magistrate and report back."

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On the bluestone road, Chen Wu lowered his head and walked quickly with Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan didn't say anything, and he also lowered his head and remained silent.

After walking for a while, he paused.

In front, the three big characters "Anlefang" are engraved on an archway.

"Brother Yuan, this is—"

"Anlefang," Zhang Yuan raised his head and looked forward, "the Tang family in Anlefang is right in front of us."

"Do you think you can be released so easily?"

"I promised the sergeant that I would bring you to the Tang family to apologize."

Zhang Yuan’s words made Chen Wu’s face turn red instantly.

Apologize?

Let him apologize to the Tang family?
"They called us, the Soap Guards, lackeys and lackeys!"

"We fought to the death in Yong'an County, why do they look down on us?"

Chen Wu clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and growled.

Zhang Yuan turned around and looked at Chen Wu.

"How much effort did you put in last night?"

Chen Wu was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Zhang Yuan meant.

He knew that Zhang Yuan's cultivation was higher than his, and he also knew that Zhang Yuan had shouldered a lot over the years.

He has always been calm and steady, and it is basically him who helps his brothers solve problems. He never causes trouble himself. He just feels that he owes Zhang Yuan too much.

In fact, Zhang Yuan is only one year older than him, but these brothers regard Zhang Yuan and Master Tao as the elders of the family and respect them as elders.

Because Zhang Yuan was a comrade-in-arms of their fathers and brothers, and did what their fathers and brothers did for them.

This time, he was really drunk, and because Miss Feng was there, and he had just returned from a bloody battle and was still in a state of confusion, he was provoked by the young man from the Tang family, so Chen Wu took action.

But even when fighting, he held back.

Otherwise, how could a group of guys who were not even at the post-natal realm stand out in front of him, who was at the middle stage of the post-natal realm and had mastered the boxing and martial arts skills?

"Do you know where you went wrong?" Zhang Yuan looked at Chen Wu and asked.

"Brother Yuan, I, I—" Chen Wu opened his mouth, "I shouldn't, I shouldn't…"

Zhang Yuan reached out and patted his shoulder, saying softly, "Once you leave the academy, Master Tao and I can no longer teach you anything."

"I will teach you one last lesson today."

After saying that, he turned and walked forward.

Chen Wu didn't see that there was suppressed murderous intent surging in Zhang Yuan's eyes.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the Zaoyi Guards still have some power, but in the eyes of the big families in the capital city, the Wuwei Yamen only does guarding and patrolling.

The Wuwei Yamen has been silent for too long, and a seventh-rank official can be easily appointed to the position.

Even the yamen runners did not take the Wuwei Yamen seriously and dared to easily capture the black-robed Wuwei.

Just now when Zhang Yuan went to bring Chen Wu out, there was clear mockery in the eyes of those yamen runners.

Also, who do the Tang family think they are? How dare they ignore the black-robed guards?

Just one word from the Tang family can send the armed guards who risked their lives for the country to jail for life?
The last lesson he wanted to teach Chen Wu today was to let him see that in this world, truth cannot be expressed through words.

It was killed.

Chen Wu quickly caught up with Zhang Yuan, but didn't know what to say.

What is the last lesson?
Is it to teach him how to be a good person and how to bend down and bow his head?
The world is difficult and he knows that he has to bow his head in front of the big families.

He also wanted to admit his mistake.

But he felt aggrieved.

Looking at Zhang Yuan in front of him, Chen Wu's eyes turned red.

Zhang Yuan wanted him to understand that common people like them had no qualifications to compete with the big families, so they should just accept their fate, right?
(End of this chapter)