I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Chen Liu looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion, and it took him a long time to finally remember.

"Fuck! What do you know? This is called the aura of a king!"

"Yeah, yeah, the aura of a cuckold." Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement.

Before the two of them could exchange a few words, Qin Tianzhu had already finished his fight and walked up to Jiang Yuan with the bruised and battered idiot.

"Sir, it's done!"

Jiang Yuan looked at the idiot for a moment. He didn't look handsome, but he did have regular features. He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "You don't look stupid, why do you call you idiot?"

The idiot frowned and said, "Get lost! You called me idiot too?"

"Damn it! You're still not convinced?" Qin Tianzhu raised his fist again angrily.

"I submit! I never said I didn't submit!" The idiot glared at Qin Tianzhu.

Qin Tianzhu pointed at Jiang Yuan and said, "You dare to scold me even though I'm convinced?"

The fool curled his lips and said, "I respect you, not him. What's wrong with scolding him?"

Jiang Yuan calmly raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was really weird that he only got the name wrong, not the nickname wrong.

"Qin Tianzhu, let him go and let him go back to the mountain stronghold." Jiang Yuan said lightly.

This kind of person may have some strength, but he has no brains at all.

If this keeps you around, you'll definitely end up hurting yourself in the future.

"What? Then all my efforts were in vain?" Qin Tianzhu opened his mouth wide, but still waved at the idiot as Jiang Yuan instructed.

"Okay, you idiot, go back. There's nothing for you to do now."

"What?!" The idiot stared at Qin Tianzhu with wide eyes.

"What do you mean? You asked me if I submitted before the beating, and if I did, you let me go? Then wasn't the beating I received in vain?"

"No! Now that I've convinced you today, I must follow you."

Jiang Yuan rubbed his head. This guy is not only stupid, but also stubborn.

"Forget it, don't pay attention to him, let him do whatever he wants."

Jiang Yuan shook his head and waved his hand, handing the fool a hundred taels of silver. "If you can get your men to go to Luoyun City first, and then to a place called Taiping County, this banknote will serve as their travel expenses."

The second fool blinked his eyes, quickly took out the banknotes, waved his hand and called his men over. After a discussion, the group set off again.

In the evening, on the road leading to the exit of the mountains, a group of four people who had walked all the way from Xinri City came to the intersection with high spirits.

Following behind him were a dozen ferocious-looking burly men. I don’t know if it was tradition or something, but these bandit leaders either had bald heads or long beards, probably because they were more intimidating that way.

In just one afternoon, the foursome razed more than ten strongholds and recruited more than ten younger brothers. Of course, except for Qin Tianzhu at the beginning, the others did not receive any promise from Jiang Yuan and could only be considered temporary workers for the time being.

"Young Master, we'll be back home in about half a month." Chen Liu said excitedly.

"Tsk! Didn't I tell you not to call me Young Master?" Duanmu Yuanchen said dissatisfiedly.

"From now on, you can call me Crime Slayer! Just based on our achievements, if the merchants passing by this road knew about it, they would definitely call me Young Hero!"

Jiang Yuan held the water bag in his hand and drank the water slowly.

It's almost time, and my mission is about to come to an end.

The imperial yellow jacket and the golden medal of immunity from death were minor matters. What Jiang Yuan cared about most was the issue of the title.

You can do without anything else, but you must have this.

"Old Jiang, come and take a look at this map. We can't get around the road ahead." Chen Liu frowned and came to Jiang Yuan with the map.

"Look, the road ahead is flat, and because the cities are too close to each other, we can't go around them. We have to pass between the two cities."

Chen Liu pointed at the map in his hand and looked embarrassed.

Along the way, the group avoided the city and arrived here unnoticed.

Once they get close to the city and their whereabouts are discovered, they will inevitably attract many assassins again. At that time, with such limited manpower, Jiang Yuan has no confidence at all that he can bring Duanmu Yuanchen back to the imperial capital.

"What a pity, I don't have my military token with me, otherwise I would be able to mobilize 500 cavalrymen to escort us into the city." Chen Liu shook his head and sighed.

"In my opinion, it doesn't matter which way you go. There will definitely be people following you on the road anyway. But then again, is the wife of your master really that awesome?"

"Besides, where is your master? How could he really watch his son being hunted down?" Jiang Yuan looked at Chen Liu suspiciously.

The internal competition within a large family is indeed cruel, but that doesn't mean that people can be killed at will.

What's more, with Wang Mu's (Duanmu Xiongtu) family business, even if only one person inherits it, a little bit that slips out from between the fingernails will be enough for the other brother to live happily for the rest of his life. Why bother to destroy it?

Chen Liu sighed silently. Jiang Yuan was right, but what they were fighting for now was not the position of the head of a noble family.

It's that chair, it's the whole world.

Since ancient times, anyone who could sit on that chair had to fight his way out of a sea of ​​blood and corpses.

When he thought of this, Chen Liu couldn't help but look back at Duanmu Yuanchen.

The latter was now happily learning the unique skills from a dozen or so village leaders.

Most of these guys who came out of nowhere only knew some dirty tricks, such as eye-popping, crotch kicking, and monkey picking peaches...

In short, everything Duanmu Yuanchen did was not in the slightest bit consistent with his status as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace.

For a moment, a trace of doubt arose in Chen Liu's mind. Will the leader he chose to stand with be able to succeed in the future?

"Okay, I've already planned it out. Just follow my plan." Jiang Yuan happily gestured back and forth on the map.

Chen Liu looked at it for a long while and shook his head. "Wait, what do you mean? Why did you pass through Tianyang City and then not enter Tianhai City, but instead took a long detour to Dongying City?"

"Also, we've already reached Dongying City, why are we going back to Tianyang City? And there's this huge circle behind you. How long will it take us to get back to the Imperial Capital?"

"You know shit. This is called confusing the public. Besides, we still have a lot of things to do along the way. Just wait and follow me as I strut into the imperial capital!" Jiang Yuan said confidently.

Chen Liu gritted his teeth and thought for a while, then finally nodded vigorously.

"Okay, but you have to tell me the next plan in detail. I can take risks, but my young master can't."

"Okay, then I'll let you listen." Jiang Yuan pretended to be mysterious.

After the two of them whispered to each other for a long time, Chen Liu kept his mouth open and couldn't close it. After a while, he twisted his neck with difficulty and looked at Jiang Yuan.

"Are you really going to do this? Isn't that a bit too conscienceless?"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands and said, "Whatever. I don't have much conscience anyway. If you feel bad about it, then I don't care."

"I still say the same thing. Instead of keeping the difficulties to yourself, it is better to spread fear and make everyone panic together!"

"What's more, if you want to sell something like conscience, it won't fetch much, but if you want to keep it, it will be very expensive."