Crossing the Sword

Inside the Guizhou government office, the wife of the prefect was anxiously pacing around in the inner hall, and she kept nagging: "What's going on? Logically speaking, Fu'er should have returned a long time ago. Nothing unexpected happened, right?"

The governor seemed to have some resentment towards this lady. Seeing her anxious, he smiled with a hint of gloating. He took a sip of tea leisurely and advised: "Madam, don't panic. The little bastard may plan to make trouble outside and come back. I have sent Locke to find him. I believe there will be news soon."

The wife of the prefect angrily threw the cup out of the prefect's hand and shouted, "You sent someone to look for him but didn't tell me. You just wanted to make me anxious. Do you feel good about it?"

"Report!" A yamen runner in official uniform rushed in and shouted, "Master, Madam, something bad has happened!" His face was red and his breathing was unstable, obviously he was tired from the hurried journey.

The governor frowned slightly and said unhappily, "Locke, what's wrong with you today? Why are you making such a fuss? Why are you so flustered?"

"No!" Madam immediately noticed something was wrong and said hurriedly, "Locke is usually the most stable of the four guards, but he is like this today. What happened?"

"I went to look for you and the others just now, but I only found the damage to the carriage and..." Having said this, he hesitated.

The governor and his wife finally realized the seriousness of the matter and asked hurriedly, "What?"

"The bodies of the rickshaw driver and Bald Tiger, both of them died in extremely tragic ways. The rickshaw driver's head and body were separated, Bald Tiger's tiger-head sword was broken, and half of the sword was stuck in his body. He was standing when he died, with a strange posture and a look of fear on his face. According to my analysis, he might have been pinned down by someone first and then killed." When he said this, his eyes revealed a bit of sadness, because among the four guards, he and Bald Tiger got along better.

"What about Fu'er?" the lady asked hurriedly, "How is Fu'er?"

"The young master and the woman who was supposed to be robbed are nowhere to be found."

The wife of the prefect turned pale, sat down on the ground, and murmured sadly, "Fuer... "

"What's wrong with Yan'er? Is it comfortable to sit on the ground?" With a teasing voice, a rather majestic middle-aged man walked into the inner hall. This man was handsome on the outside, and his eyebrows were similar to Meng Lei that Zhang Tianya had seen. He was wearing a green armor, which matched his appearance and made him look more majestic without anger. As soon as they met, he started to joke with the governor and his wife.

When the wife of the prefect saw the person coming, she immediately cried, "Brother-in-law! My Fu'er has been captured by a monster. You have to avenge him!"

The governor also asked, "Brother-in-law, why are you here today?"

It turned out that the person who came was none other than their patron, Meng Liao, the eldest son of Qinglong Hou Meng Zhang. He was not only the eldest son of Qinglong Hou, but also a general in the Qinglong Army, and also the father of Meng Lei. Seeing the abnormal behavior of the Futai couple, he asked in confusion: "I came back from suppressing the rebellion and passed by here to see you. What kind of monster captured Fuer?"

The wife of the prefect cried with snot and tears: "Fu'er was eaten by a monster! Brother-in-law must avenge him!"

Meng Liao knew that he couldn't get anything out of her, so he turned to the prefect and said, "Yin Shou, what exactly happened?"

The prefect sighed and said, "Fu'er went out for fun today, but was attacked by an unknown person. He was probably captured by a monster."

Meng Liao saw that he deliberately avoided his gaze when he spoke, and his face changed. He said: "Tell the truth! Tell the whole truth, don't hide any details, otherwise it will be difficult for me to help you." As a general, he is naturally not a fool. How could he not know the past behavior of his relative and his son? From the situation, it can be seen that they have finally offended someone they can't afford to offend, so they decided to find out the facts first, and then make plans.

The governor felt that Meng Liao had a bad look on his face, and his sharp gaze seemed to be real, as if he could see through him. Knowing that he could no longer hide it, he hurriedly said tremblingly: "This is what happened. Fu'er..." After he finished his narration, he secretly observed Meng Liao's expression, but found that he was staring at him, and immediately lowered his head.

Meng Liao then remembered and sat down on the chair next to him. He sighed and said, "You are getting more and more daring. You dare to touch anyone! But in my opinion, Fu'er's life should not be in danger for the time being. As for ambitions, I advise you not to even think about it, because the one who took Fu'er away is most likely Ye Shisan, the patrol officer of the Eight Prefectures!"

The prefect was stunned and asked, "Why not a monster?"

Meng Liao snorted and said, "Didn't you say that the monster only catches grooms? If that's the case, even if Fu'er is caught, how come the girl from the Ding family is missing? I don't know how many unjust cases you have handled in the past few years with your brain! Forget it, all we can do now is wait here. I believe Ye Shisan will come to us on his own initiative. After all, he is a relative. I will save Fu'er's life when the time comes. As for those subordinates, let them be unlucky."

"Brother-in-law!" The wife of the prefect said in a tearful voice, "He dared to do this to Fu'er, are you really going to let him go? Moreover, if Fu'er and Tu Hu find that they are no match for him, they will definitely tell him about our relationship. But Ye Shisan still killed people and arrested Fu'er. This clearly shows that he doesn't take you, my brother-in-law, and the old man Qinglong Hou seriously!"

"Enough!" Meng Liao threw his sleeves and said, "If you are right, I will definitely fight him to the end! But do you have any? In broad daylight, he robbed a decent woman. I can only try my best to suppress this matter. Do you want ambitions? Humph, we in the Qinglong Marquis Mansion can't afford to lose that man! If this gets to Emperor Yan, won't we become the laughing stock of all the civil and military officials in the court?" He became a little emotional at the end.

"Brother-in-law!" This time the prefect also chimed in, "If this matter gets out, it will definitely affect the reputation of the Qinglong Marquis' Mansion. Why don't we just go all out!" As he said this, he measured his neck with his hand, a gesture to kill.

"I won't touch him unless it's absolutely necessary. Not to mention that he's not bad at martial arts, the fact that he has the imperial sword means that we can't touch him. If I kill him, what will Emperor Yan think?"

"Then we can do it more cleanly..."

"Bang!" Meng Lei slammed the table and said, "If you keep playing tricks on me, I won't care about this shit anymore!" He pointed at the couple and said, "Do you really think Emperor Yan is old and confused? Let me tell you, Emperor Yan has long been very dissatisfied with your behavior. If it weren't for my father's great contributions, would you still be able to act so arrogantly here? From now on, all of you wait here honestly!"