The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Although the people under Gan Jiu's command can be considered soldiers, they are not regular troops after all.

They are used to being free and unrestrained on weekdays. Although Pingzhou City is a chaotic place, as long as there is no large-scale riot in the city.

These small shrimps who live on the mercy of others still live a very carefree life.

Seeing that Gan Jiu looked serious, unlike his usual self, they were a little puzzled, but they did not dare to say anything. They all stood in a row obediently.

Seeing that Gan Jiu had already controlled the people following him, Yu Sheng stood up and flew directly to the city wall using his lightness skills.

This made the people below stunned, especially Gan Jiu. He began to doubt himself. If he flew up so easily, then what was the point of him putting so much effort in lifting the person up in the hanging basket?

Yu Sheng stood at the highest point of the city wall. Although the light was dim at night, he could still see the troops rolling in from afar.

After seeing what she wanted to see, Yu Sheng flew down from the city wall again and landed steadily on the ground.

"Lord Shen is here. Let's prepare to open the city gate." Yu Sheng looked in the direction of Fulai Restaurant with a little anxiety. Their people had not returned yet.

"Okay." Gan Jiu turned around and looked at his men in front of him seriously, saying, "Tonight, Shen Tingzhi, the second son of the Zhenbei Marquisate, has come to Pingzhou on a mission ordered by the emperor."

"Listen up, everyone! Be alert! If you accidentally offend someone like that, I don't need to tell you the consequences. You all know them."

After hearing what Gan Jiu said, all his men became alert.

It doesn’t matter who comes to Pingzhou to do the job. What matters is that they have to do their own job well first, otherwise their lives may be in danger.

"Okay, open the city gate now." Gan Jiu waved his hand and everyone got busy.

Not long after, one of the men Yu Sheng had sent out to clean up the Fulai Restaurant returned with a report, "No one escaped. They're all under control."

"Okay." Yu Sheng nodded gently.

There is nothing to worry about now. We just need to be prepared to welcome Shen Tingzhi and Tong Tai and lead the army into the city.

Shen Tingzhi and Tong Tai led a large army and quickly arrived at the gate of Pingzhou City.

"Sir, everything is done." Yu Sheng saw Shen Tingzhi coming and hurried to greet him.

"Okay." Shen Tingzhi nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yusheng, take your men to cordon off the entire alley where the Qian family lives. Don't let anyone from the Qian family out."

"Yes, Yusheng understands."

Yu Sheng climbed onto the horse, and after firmly sitting on it, he turned around and ordered, "Follow me."

Immediately, a large group of soldiers followed Yu Sheng in an orderly manner and ran towards the Qian family's residence.

After the soldiers left, Shen Tingzhi said, "Leave some people to guard the city gate. No one is allowed to enter or leave until this matter is resolved."

After Shen Tingzhi finished his instructions, he turned to look at Tong Tai and said, "Let's take some people to meet Yin Qihui, the governor of Pingzhou. I heard that he even dares to raise an army."

"I really want to see what a remarkable man he is."

"Humph! Bah! He's nothing but a coward who relies on the power of others. Wasn't it because of that guy in Shangjing City who backed him up more than a decade ago that he was able to escape death and survive until now?"

"The guy in the capital is already struggling to protect himself. Without that backer, where can he go?"

Tong Tai was very disdainful of Yin Qihui. How could a man who embezzled military rations and secretly resold them more than ten years ago have such a great future?

Shen Tingzhi smiled slightly and said, "Let's go."

So Shen Tingzhi was in the front, Tong Tai was half a horse's head behind him, and a large group of people and horses marched into the city in a mighty manner.

Only a small number of people were left to take over the work of those who originally guarded the city gates.

Those guarding the city gate knew in their hearts that things were really going to change in Pingzhou.

Tong Tai brought as many as 30,000 people, and Yu Sheng took away almost 5,000 people, leaving about 25,000 people.

These 30,000 people ran all over Pingzhou City at once, and the noise was heard by everyone in Pingzhou City.

But even if they heard it, no one dared to come out to investigate what happened at this time. Who doesn't want to save their life?

Yu Sheng brought his men to Jixiang Lane first and stood at the gate of the Qian family on horseback. Yu Sheng waved his hand and the soldiers he brought immediately scattered, surrounding the entire Jixiang Lane like an iron barrel, so tight that not even a fly could fly in.

There was such a loud noise outside that the Qian family's doorman was naturally alarmed. He quietly opened the door a crack and took a look outside. He was almost scared to death.

The crowd outside is full of soldiers. He has lived to such an old age, how could he have ever seen such a big scene?

The panicked doorman quickly closed the door and ran to the battlefield to report the news to the butler.

The Qian family's housekeeper was also awakened at this time. He hurriedly put on his clothes and was about to go to the front yard when he met the doorman head-on.

"What's going on outside?" the butler asked hurriedly when he saw the doorman.

"I don't know. Outside, outside, there are soldiers everywhere. It's a sea of ​​black, all over." The doorman pointed outside helplessly.

Seeing the doorman's expression, the housekeeper became completely panicked. Their Qian family was in Pingzhou, and not only the masters of the family, but even the servants in the family acted arrogantly in Pingzhou City.

They have seen a lot of things in the world. If the doorman could be so panicked, then something big must have happened.

And there are so many soldiers outside, what’s going on?

Apart from the Qian family, who else in Pingzhou City would dare to mobilize the army?

The Qian family relied on their influence in Pingzhou, and they didn't even have a guard at home, let alone a housekeeper.

Because they firmly believed that no one would dare to touch anyone from their Qian family, not only in Pingzhou City, but also in the entire Pingzhou area.

The butler trotted all the way to the gate. He leaned over the door which was ajar and looked outside. What he saw was not a big deal, but it frightened him so much that he almost fell to the ground.

It was just as the doorman had said, outside was a sea of ​​black soldiers in armor. They looked obviously formally trained and were not at the same level as the soldiers under their master.

He quickly closed the door, covered his pounding heart, and started running again, running to the inner courtyard at the fastest speed in his life.

"Go, go quickly, go and tell the master that something big has happened." The butler ran out of breath. When he reached the gate of the inner courtyard, he grabbed the gatekeeper and gave urgent orders.

Although the gatekeeper didn't understand what had happened, seeing the housekeeper's panic-stricken look, he didn't dare to ask any more questions and just went in to report the news obediently.

The current head of the Qian family compound is Qian Wanhe’s younger brother’s son, Qian Yaozu, the eldest uncle of the Qian family.

Even though the outside world was already in chaos, it did not affect Qian Yaozu who was sleeping peacefully in the inner courtyard.

Qian Yaozu, who was dreaming sweetly, was instantly in a bad mood when he was called out. He angrily cursed, "A bunch of bastards, don't you want to live anymore?"

"What's the big deal? You have to wake me up! Is the sky falling in Pingzhou?"

"Master, the sky has really fallen in Pingzhou." The housekeeper, who was out of breath from running and had not yet recovered, looked at Qian Yaozu with a look of despair on his face and said.

"What did you say?" Qian Yaozu looked at the housekeeper in disbelief and asked, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Uncle, outside, outside, our gate is full of soldiers. I don't know who brought the soldiers to surround our house."

As a housekeeper who had experienced many ups and downs and seen the world, he had never felt so scared and desperate.

Seeing the old housekeeper in this state, Qian Yaozu, who was usually fearless, also felt panicked.

He pretended to be calm and said, "Why are you panicking? Come with me and see who is so blind that they dare to run to the Qian family's gate and act wildly!"

Qian Yaozu went out and got on the sedan chair. The inner courtyard was too far from the main gate. With his obese body condition, he definitely could not walk to the main gate.

Seeing Qian Yaozu getting into the sedan chair and leaving, the housekeeper resigned himself to his fate and quickly got up and chased after him.

When they arrived at the gate, the sedan chair bearer stopped and Qian Yaozu got out. For some reason, he suddenly felt nervous.

After standing at the gate for a long time, Qian Yaozu finally ordered, "Go open the door."

The doorman ran over quickly and opened the door. With the help of the light, he saw that the gate of his house was densely packed with well-armed soldiers.

The scene in front of him really scared Qian Yaozu. At his age, this was the first time he had seen such a scene.

Qian Yaozu's legs went weak and he staggered. The people around him quickly supported him.

"Close the door." Qian Yaozu had just finished giving the order when the Qian family's door was closed.

Looking at the closed door, Qian Yaozu ordered, "Go and call Qi Hui back."

"Master, since these people were able to lead troops into the city and even surrounded our Qian family, I'm afraid that your place is in great danger now."

As the most sober person present, the butler felt particularly hurt by the truth at this moment.

"Besides, the Qian family is now surrounded. We can't get out at all, and we can't even get reinforcements."

Qian Yaozu turned around and stared at the housekeeper for a long time. He really wanted to slap himself twice.

When the Qian family compound was being rebuilt, the housekeeper had suggested building an underground secret passage just in case it was needed in the future.

However, he was rejected by the arrogant Qian Yaozu at that time. He thought that Pingzhou was the world of their Qian family and no one dared to do anything bad to the Qian family on their territory.

But who could have imagined that reality would slap him in the face so unexpectedly.

Qian Yaozu swallowed nervously and said, "Go, open the door and ask who they are and what they want to do."

The butler nodded, stood up and opened the door. When he went out, he saw Yu Sheng riding on a horse.

The man riding on horseback in front of so many soldiers must be their general.

The housekeeper walked over tremblingly, clasped his hands together and saluted Yu Sheng, saying, "Excuse me, sir, why have you brought so many soldiers to the gate of my Qian family so late at night?"

Yu Sheng lowered his eyes, looked at the person standing in front of him, and said, "We are here to perform official duties."

"Then may I ask again, on whose orders are you coming?" The butler lowered his head and did not dare to look at Yu Sheng at all. Just by standing in front of Yu Sheng, he could feel the murderous aura emanating from Yu Sheng.

"No comment." Yu Sheng withdrew her gaze, crossed her arms and no longer paid attention to the person in front of her.

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the question, the butler could only retreat silently.

After closing the door, the butler walked up to Qian Yaozu and said, "Master, this time the people who came here have bad intentions. I'm afraid they won't let us go so easily."

"What did he say?" Qian Yaozu asked nervously.

"He said he was carrying out official duties and had no other comment." The butler repeated what Yu Sheng had just said.

"On official business?" Qian Yaozu's heart trembled, and he muttered to himself, "Could it be that something happened to my uncle?"

"That's not right. A few days ago, my uncle wrote to me saying that everything was fine in the capital."

"Master, the situation in the capital is changing rapidly. We don't know how the Duke is doing now."

The housekeeper has been in the Qian family for half his life and has seen everything. There are many powerful families like the Qian family that have collapsed in an instant.

He had a premonition that the Qian family was doomed this time.

"What should we do now?" Qian Yaozu looked at the housekeeper at a loss and asked.

Qian Yaozu is not a person who can take responsibility at all. The reason why he can manage the huge Qian family is not because he is smart and capable.

It is because the Qian family has lost many descendants in recent years. Several of Qian Yaozu's brothers either died of illness or died in accidents.

Therefore, it was only under such circumstances that Qian Yaozu was chosen as an exception to be the head of the Qian family in Pingzhou and to manage all the affairs of the Qian family in Pingzhou.

In fact, he doesn't need to manage anything. The people below will do the things that need to be managed, and then hand them over to the housekeeper for review. After the housekeeper has reviewed it, he can report it to Qian Yaozu.

Therefore, it is simply impossible to expect such a person to come up with ideas and control the overall situation in the face of such a dangerous situation.

The steward looked up at Qian Yaozu and said, "Now we can only wait and see what happens. When it's daybreak, we'll go out and talk to the leader outside the door, and try to find out the purpose of their trip."

"Now that we know their purpose, the rest will be easy."

Qian Yaozu's mind was blank and he had no idea at all. He had no choice but to listen to the housekeeper.

"You guys send the master back to rest first." The housekeeper looked at Qian Yaozu who was in a depressed mood in front of him, shook his head helplessly and ordered the servants beside him.