The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Chapter 216 The Inaction of the Pingzhou Governor

While they were hesitating, a few brave ones came forward carefully and identified the person carried on Yu Sheng's back.

Seeing that it was indeed their Commander Liu, they hurriedly shouted to their companions, "It's Commander Liu, everyone, put down your weapons quickly."

Then he turned around and asked with concern, "Commander Liu, weren't you seriously ill and went out to recuperate? How did you become like this?"

"I'm not sick at all. That bastard Lou Qing was plotting against me. He drugged me, knocked me unconscious, locked me up, and then broke my leg."

Originally Liu Hu thought that he was doomed this time and would die in the dungeon, but who would have thought that he would be rescued by Yu Sheng.

Now that he is not dead and has someone backing him up, if we don't kill Lou Qing this time, it would be unfair to him for all the suffering he has endured these days.

"Listen up! Gather our people immediately and arrest everyone Lou Qing brought with him. Seal off the exits. Don't let Lou Qing escape. Also, don't let anyone here leave without permission."

Liu Hu has been in charge of this group of people in Wuya Mountain for many years. Apart from anything else, he still has some prestige. As soon as he gave the order, the soldiers started to act separately.

Seeing the soldiers split up, Liu Hu said to Yu Sheng, "Commander Yu, thank you for your help. Just carry me to the house in front."

"I'll also trouble you to invite the Second Young Master over. I will give him a satisfactory explanation regarding the Wuya Mountain incident."

Although Liu Hu listened to his father and devoted himself to Shen Pingzhi for many years, deep down he always considered himself a member of the Shen family army.

The Marquis of Zhenbei has absolute leadership over him, which no one dares to replace.

Yu Sheng nodded and did as Liu Hu said. The master came to Wuya Mountain this time to subdue these people. Now that Liu Hu was willing to obey him, this was the best thing.

After settling Liu Hu, Yu Sheng immediately went to meet Shen Tingzhi.

Wang Zongyuan carried the two men and walked around the mountain for a long time before finally finding the chestnut forest.

When he appeared in front of Shen Tingzhi with the two men in his hands through the chestnut forest, Shen Tingzhi was really scared.

"Uncle Wang, what are you doing?" Shen Tingzhi pointed at the two people in Wang Zongyuan's hands and asked in confusion.

"One of these two people was the one with the surname Lou. I didn't know which one it was, so I brought them all back."

After Wang Zongyuan said this, he threw the person he was holding to the ground with disgust, without caring whether it would cause secondary harm to the two.

"Lou Qing?" Shen Tingzhi took a deep breath. Their luck this time was too good. How could everything they wished for come true?

He was just thinking about it. Now that he knew Liu Hu's whereabouts, the key thing was how to catch Lou Qing.

Who knew that before he could finish his plan, Wang Zongyuan brought the person back.

"Uncle Wang, where did you get that person back?"

"I picked them up on the road." There was nothing wrong with what Wang Zongyuan said. He indeed picked up these two people on the road.

"Picked it up? How did you pick it up?" Shen Tingzhi looked at Wang Zongyuan curiously, waiting for him to give him an answer.

"When I was wandering around, I heard one of them ask the other when they could leave here, and he also called the other commander Lou."

"At the time, I thought that apart from the guy surnamed Lou, there wouldn't be another commander in Wuya Mountain, so I just knocked them out and brought them over."

Wang Zongyuan spoke as if he were telling a story. In fact, on his way back, he also felt that this matter was incredible. It was as if a big pie suddenly fell from the sky and hit him on the head while he was walking on the road.

Shen Tingzhi couldn't help but laugh. This was truly incredible luck. No matter what, as long as he was caught, it was good enough.

Shen Tingzhi called Cheng Siyuan over and asked him to identify who was Lou Qing.

"This, the one wearing the emerald green clothes is Lou Qing." Cheng Siyuan said, pointing at a man lying on the ground with a fierce look on his face and dressed in slutty clothes.

Wang Zongyuan walked up and kicked him. He had already seen that this old guy was not a good person, so kicking him was considered a bargain for him.

Shen Tingzhi was just about to order someone to find a way to wake Lou Qing up when Yu Sheng came back.

"Master, Liu Hu has been found. He is now ordering people to deal with the people brought by Lou Qing. He wants you to go over now to explain the situation at Wuya Mountain."

"Humph! What a capable guy! He wants to rebel. He made a mistake but he didn't come to admit it. He even wants the Second Young Master to go through with it. Where does he get the nerve to do that?"

Wang Zongyuan had a very short temper. He said this because he was really angry and also because he wanted to give Liu Hu some room to turn around.

After all, Liu Hu was the one who made the mistake first. He is in an awkward situation now. Whether he is a rebel or a private soldier depends on Shen Tingzhi's decision.

There is a huge difference between rebels and private soldiers. One can be killed directly without asking any reason, while the other will also be held accountable, but at least he will not have to die.

Liu Cheng was an old fool, so ignorant that he didn't know how to make plans for his son, but as his uncle, he had to make plans for Liu Hu.

Liu Hu is Liu Cheng's only son, and he must leave a descendant for the Liu family no matter what.

"It's not that he won't come, it's that he can't come." Yu Sheng glanced at Wang Zongyuan secretly. If he knew Liu Hu's miserable appearance now, he would be so sad.

"He fell into Lou Qing's trap, was drugged and knocked unconscious, and his legs were broken. He has become so emaciated that he no longer looks like a human being."

Wang Zongyuan never expected this result. He was angry and anxious, and immediately turned around and kicked Lou Qing hard on the kneecap.

When it comes to protecting his subordinates, the Marquis of Zhenbei is second to none, so the same goes for his subordinates. It is okay to bully his own people, but if they are bullied by others, that is not okay, and they will be hunted down.

Wang Zongyuan's kick woke up the unconscious Lou Qing from the pain.

Lou Qing, who was awakened by the pain, looked at the people in front of him blankly, not knowing what was going on. "Who are you? What are you going to do?"

"We are the ones who will send you to see the King of Hell." Wang Zongyuan looked at Lou Qing, and the anger in his heart began to rise. He felt that he was still too kind and the kick just now was not light.

Wang Zongyuan felt that he should just kick both of Lou Qing's legs off. If it weren't for the fact that Lou Qing was still useful, Wang Zongyuan would have wanted to kill him.

Looking at the group of ferocious strangers before him, Lou Qing no longer cared about the pain in his legs. He trembled and said arrogantly, "Do you know who I am? How dare you treat me like this?"

"I'm telling you, if you know what's good for you, let me go. Otherwise, when my brother-in-law comes, none of you will survive!"

"Hmph!" Before Shen Tingzhi could say anything, Wang Zongyuan snorted coldly and kicked him again in the place he had just kicked.

This time the force was much greater than the previous ones, and it directly broke Lou Qing's leg.

Lou Qing, who had been so arrogant just now, suddenly became silent. The pain in his leg made him unable to be arrogant anymore.

The severe pain made him gasp and unable to speak.

"Boy, who is the current governor of Pingzhou?" Wang Zongyuan asked Yu Sheng, with an aura as if he was about to kill and tear the person to pieces.

"The current governor of Pingzhou is Yin Qihui." Yu Sheng, who is the encyclopedia of Yunli, answered dutifully.

"Who did I think it was? Turns out to be that old guy." Upon hearing that it was someone he knew, Wang Zongyuan frowned so hard that he could kill a fly.

"Uncle Wang, do you know Yin Qihui?" Seeing that Wang Zongyuan and Yin Qihui seemed to be old acquaintances, Shen Tingzhi felt a little curious.

Wang Zongyuan used to be stationed in Ganzhou for many years, and he had only returned to Beijing in the past two or three years. How was he related to Yin Qihui, the governor of Pingzhou?

Shen Tingzhi had been in Ganzhou for many years and had never heard of the existence of Yin Qihui.

"I know him, more than just knowing him, this old fellow is a bad guy with a lot of bad intentions, wicked to the core."

"We didn't fight him back then, but I never thought he would rise all the way to become the governor of Pingzhou!"

"Go back and thoroughly investigate who promoted him. Once we find out, we can punish them all."

"Anyone who dares to promote such a bad guy is undoubtedly a corrupt official."

Wang Zongyuan was filled with righteous indignation. There was no doubt that if Yin Qihui were in front of him now, Wang Zongyuan would either beat him to death or beat him to pieces.

"How do you know him?" Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Without Wang Zongyuan telling him, Shen Tingzhi also knew that Yin Qihui, the governor of Pingzhou, was not a good person.

But all bad guys are different. You need to know what kind of bad guy he is so that you can deal with him better.

"This is a long story." Wang Zongyuan kicked Lou Qing again as he lay on the ground groaning in pain. This time he kicked him unconscious.

Without external interference, Wang Zongyuan began to recall the past.

"Back then, I was serving as a lieutenant general beside the Marquis. That year was the most intense and difficult time for us to fight the Western Rong."

"Once, during the post-war recovery, the Marquis sent me to collect food and fodder. The grain supervisor at the time was a piece of shit called Yin Qihui."

"This old man made things difficult for me at every turn. Not only did he ask for bribes, but the food he gave me was inferior. The most infuriating thing was that nearly two-thirds of the food carts were filled with stones and sand."

"I was in a hurry to get back and didn't check carefully. It was only thanks to a sudden heavy rain that we discovered the trick when we were unloading the truck in the rain."

"The soldiers at the front risked their lives to kill the enemy and protect the safety of these people, but these bastards are doing nothing. Not only did they dare to withhold the soldiers' rations, but they also used such underhanded tactics to frame them."

"How could I possibly tolerate such humiliation? I immediately took my men back to settle the score with him."

"I brought some people to beat him up, and then he told the truth. He often used this method to replace the military rations with real ones, and then resold them at a high price."

"I was young and hot-headed at the time, so when I heard him tell the truth, I naturally refused to listen. I beat him half to death and injured his eye."

"If the adjutant hadn't stopped me, I would have beaten him to death. Killing a man like that would be too easy for him."

Shen Tingzhi took a deep breath and thought that it was all thanks to Wang Zongyuan's youthful vigor at the time. If he had the temper he has now, Yin Qihui would have definitely died on the spot.

"Originally, this old fellow should have been sentenced to immediate execution according to the law, but he had someone behind him, and his background was quite powerful, so the Marquis spared him to protect me."

"I just didn't expect that he would dare to become an official, not to mention even becoming a governor, and then continue to do evil. This kind of person really deserves to die."

Wang Zongyuan was so angry that his teeth were itching. He really wanted to kill that bastard Yin Qihui right now.

"Don't worry, he won't survive. He has done so much evil, it would be too easy for him to die so easily."

Shen Tingzhi's eyes suddenly turned cold. When dealing with such a villain, one must not be soft-hearted. If he doesn't make him lose everything and be exiled to the border, it would be unfair to those who were harmed by him.

Thinking of what Wang Zongyuan said just now, that Yin Qihui had a powerful background and even his father had to let his life go unsolved, Shen Tingzhi couldn't help but become curious about what he said.

He wanted to see how powerful Yin Qihui's background was, to the point that even his father had to give in.

"Second Young Master, what should we do now?" Even Shen Tingzhi stopped talking and fell into thinking mode again. Wang Zongyuan knew that Yin Qihui was in big trouble this time.

"Let's go meet up with Liu Hu first and find out what's happened here over the past six months. Then, whoever caused the problem will be held accountable."

Shen Tingzhi, a second-rank official, had the ability and means to bring order to the chaotic Ganzhou in just a few years.

Not to mention asking him to deal with a lower third-rank governor of Pingzhou, even if he were asked to deal with Wang Yunzhi now, he could handle it with ease.

Ganzhou has a vast territory, a large population, and is the most important town on the border. Naturally, it is different from a small place like Pingzhou with a small land area and a small population.

Shen Tingzhi was the governor of Ganzhou, and his rank was the second grade, but the governor of Pingzhou was only the third grade.

Although they are both governors, their status and identities are very different. Governor Shen Tingzhi is definitely the superior of Governor Yin Qihui and has the authority to supervise and punish him.

"Okay, let's go now." Wang Zongyuan waved his hand, and immediately the guards came forward and picked up the two people on the ground.

Cheng Siyuan, who had been silent for a long time, was already frightened by the actions of this group of people.

As a scholar, how could he have seen the behavior of these people who had led troops and fought in battles on the battlefield?