Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

When Ye Chen heard Li Ze’s self-introduction, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The Left and Right Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Revenue are the highest-ranking officials in the entire Ministry of Revenue except for the Minister of Revenue.

As the son of a government official, Li Ze does have the capital to be arrogant.

When the onlookers heard this, they all showed expressions of shock on their faces.

A third-rank court official is a big shot that ordinary people may never be able to meet in their entire lives.

The common people scattered, many of them trembling with fear.

Seeing this, Li Ze felt even more proud.

"Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is your father Li Shanyu?"

Ye Chen asked.

"Haha, you know my father's name too? Boy, you're unlucky to have met me. Not only am I here to buy a horse today, I've also brought a maid with me. It seems like you've snatched my maid away!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's face darkened slightly.

Li Ze's dandyism and arrogance exceeded his expectations.

Shen Wan, who was beside him, had a cold look in her eyes, and the cold aura on her body became even stronger, and the air seemed to be stagnant.

Ye Chen's eyes were cold and icy. "Li Ze, right? I'll give you one last chance. Ask your men to stop, confess their crimes, and accept the punishment at the government office."

"Hahaha~."

Li Ze threw his head back and laughed, feeling as if he had heard the best joke in the world.

Although there are many officials and nobles in the entire capital, as the son of a high-ranking official in the imperial court, he is very familiar with the children of official nobles. In his impression, there is no such person as Ye Chen.

Since Ye Chen is not the son of an official in the capital, Li Ze will have no scruples when he takes action.

As for going to the government to confess his crime, in his opinion, this was just Ye Chen's crazy talk.

And seeing Li Ze like this.

Ye Chen could no longer bear it.

"Go ahead! Hit me hard!"

"Cho!"

The sharp blade was unsheathed, and the bright light of the blade illuminated everyone's eyes.

The guards who had been disguised as civilians and following Ye Chen drew their swords and stepped forward.

Eight of Li Ze's lackeys were chopped down on the spot.

However, the guards knew their limits and used the backs of their knives. No one was killed, but the person's head was still broken and bleeding.

The smell of blood instantly filled the air.

The arrogant look on Li Ze's face froze immediately, while his lackeys all looked terrified.

But this was just the beginning. A large number of guards immediately rushed towards Li Ze.

"Stop them, stop them!"

Li Ze roared in panic.

But his voice didn't have much effect at this time. Faced with the gleaming machete, his lackeys retreated, broke apart, fled in a panic, and ran away in panic.

When the common people saw people dying, they were all terrified and turned pale, and they also fled like birds and beasts.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Li Ze also wanted to run away.

Shen Wan jumped a few times and ran to Li Ze's side, grabbed Li Ze's hair and pulled him to the ground.

Then, a long sword was placed against Li Ze's neck.

Shen Wan stepped on Li Zhe's chest, making him unable to move.

Li Ze's face turned extremely pale with fright.

"You, what are you doing? If I lose even a hair, my father will not let you go!"

Li Ze was completely panicked. The situation changed too quickly. He thought he could control the situation, but who knew that the next moment, he was stepped on by someone.

In panic, he still threatened, and sincerely felt that the other party would not dare to do anything to him.

In response, Shen Wan just turned and looked at Ye Chen.

"Sir, this man is an official appointed by the imperial court after all. It is better to take him to the government office!"

Du Min also stood up at this moment, glanced at the people present with mixed feelings, and bowed to Ye Chen.

Although Du Min couldn't stand what Li Ze did, he also knew that if he really killed Li Ze, the consequences would be unimaginable.

And facing this.

Ye Chen smiled slightly and looked at Du Min.

"In that case, I will hand these people over to you. I hope you will take them to the Ministry of Justice in the capital."

"it is good!"

Du Min nodded vigorously and continued, "Sir, you have helped me a lot. I should have invited you for a drink, but I am busy with official business today. Please wait at the yamen. I will talk to you in detail later."

Du Min bowed.

"Row."

Ye Chen was looking for an opportunity to talk to Du Min.

This is exactly what Ye Chen meant.

But when Li Ze, who was being stepped on, was pulled up by several yamen runners.

"My father will definitely not let you go, just wait for me!"

Even though Li Ze was arrested at this time, his arrogant attitude increased instead of being understood, as if he was sure that others would not dare to touch him.

"Smash his mouth for me"

Ye Chen suddenly said.

Shen Wan rushed forward and hit Li Ze's mouth with the hilt of the sword.

"Snapped!"

Li Ze was beaten until his mouth was full of blood and his jaw was crooked, but he covered his mouth with his hands, his eyes showing extreme hatred, and he stammered, but could no longer utter a word.

Ye Chen ignored him.

He took Shen Wan and was about to leave.

"Thank you for your help, benefactor."

The middle-aged man who was almost beaten up before walked forward with a grateful look on his face and bowed.

"fine."

Only then did Ye Chen discover that the middle-aged man had two broken fingers.

"My benefactor, to be honest, I am Chen Tao, the groom of the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion. Today I am selling horses for the mansion, but I don't know your name or where you live. I will report to the mansion in the future and come to express my gratitude."

Chen Tao said sincerely.

After hearing what Chen Tao said, Ye Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It was Marquis Jing'an again.

What a coincidence.

"My surname is Lin."

Ye Chen thought for a moment and said, "Just call me Master Ye."

"There's no need to come and thank you. If we're destined to meet again in the future, we'll definitely see each other again."

Upon hearing this, Chen Tao's face showed shock.

Your surname is Lin?

This identity is not simple.

At this time, Ye Chen was looking at Chen Tao and felt strange.

Why are all the servants in Jing'an Marquis' Mansion disabled?

How could such a dignified marquisate fall to the point of selling horses?

Did the young lady from the Marquis of Jing'an go out to buy a horse?

Ye Chen already had the desire to explore.

But his eyes remained on those horses.

These horses all look extremely majestic, with long manes, strong physiques, and even obvious muscle lines.

Ye Chen looked at it with some fondness.

These are equivalent to luxury cars in ancient times.

"Chen Tao, how do you sell these horses?"

"My benefactor, these horses are all from the Western Regions, they've been on the battlefield. I want one hundred taels each!"

Chen Tao introduced.

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly. War horses in ancient times were already very expensive, let alone such a good horse.

You know, a real war horse needs to eat fine feed.

The general price of horses in the horse market is more than sixty or seventy taels.

"My benefactor, if you like it, the price can be discounted three times."

Chen Tao said again.

But it's obvious that he no longer intends to make money.

After deducting the price three times, it would be seventy taels of silver.

Ye Chen was a little tempted, but he said to Chen Tao: "I won't let you suffer! Wan'er, take out a hundred taels."

Unexpectedly, Shen Wan opened her eyes wide, glared at Ye Chen, and suddenly said, "Master, I didn't bring any money with me when I went out today."

Hearing this, Ye Chen was shocked and couldn't help but glare at Shen Wan.