The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Chapter 236 The Evildoers Get Their Retribution

Thinking of this, an endless feeling of despair instantly enveloped Qian Yaozu.

The Qian family is really doomed this time, and no one can save them.

Qian Yaozu, who was in extreme despair, suddenly felt dizzy, then his eyes went black and he fell to the ground with a thud.

The other three people in the room were stunned by Qian Yaozu's actions.

How could someone who was so full of energy just now faint in the blink of an eye? Could this person be possessed by a spirit of drama?

Yu Sheng was the one who reacted the fastest. He walked over, bent down, and felt Qian Yaozu's pulse, which was very good and normal.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Sheng looked up at Tong Tai and said, "It shouldn't be serious. He might have fainted from the blood and qi attack. Just lie here for a while and he'll be fine when he wakes up."

The tone seemed to be saying something like an insignificant object.

Qian Yaozu's sudden fainting did not attract much attention, nor did it affect the mood of the other three people. They continued with the previous topic.

"You can tell me now." Tong Tai was originally an impatient person. His current attitude was already the limit of his tolerance. If he waited any longer, he would probably lose his temper.

"Yes, I'll tell you right away." Zhang Dafu calmed himself down and said, "What you're looking for is not at the Qian family."

"The Duke would never entrust such a confidential matter to you, Master."

"The eldest brother is the most foolish among the four brothers. On the surface, he is the head of the Qian family, but in reality, he is just an empty figure."

"The person who can truly be the head of the Qian family is actually the Fourth Master. However, the Fourth Master fell into a valley while hunting and became half-paralyzed, so he can no longer be the official head of the Qian family."

"But in reality, all the affairs of the Qian family in Pingzhou are secretly controlled by the Fourth Master."

Tong Tai narrowed his eyes. No wonder he always felt something was strange. With Qian Wanhe's calculating personality, why would he choose someone as incompetent as Qian Yaozu to be the head of the Qian family?

It turns out Qian Yaozu was just a cover, and there was someone else behind the scenes? This was truly a well-calculated scheme.

"Where is the fourth son of the Qian family?" Tong Tai had already realized that the fourth son of the Qian family was definitely not in the Qian family compound.

If he was somewhere in Pingzhou City, he would have been alerted by now. If we didn't take action, he would have escaped.

Anyone can run away in Pingzhou City today, but Qian Laosi is the only one who cannot run away.

If he escapes, everything they have done in Pingzhou today will be in vain.

So even if he has to sacrifice his life today, he must catch Qian Laosi.

Whether Pingzhou can be recovered, whether the Chen Guogong Mansion can be overthrown, and whether the Qian family can be eliminated depends on this one move.

"The Fourth Master doesn't live in the Qian family mansion, nor in Pingzhou City. After he was injured and became half-paralyzed, he moved to Qingfeng Mountain outside Pingzhou City."

"Because it's right next to Qingfeng Temple, where the abbot, Taoist Jiyue, has great medical skills and can treat the Fourth Master at any time."

As soon as Zhang Dafu finished speaking, Tong Tai stood up and said to Yu Sheng, "Yu Sheng, I'll leave the matters here to you. I'll take the people to Qingfeng Mountain."

After saying this, Tong Tai ran away without waiting for Yu Sheng's response, as if he was afraid that Yu Sheng would stop him from going.

Yu Sheng watched Tong Tai disappear in the blink of an eye, and could only shake her head and sigh. After not seeing General Tong for many years, his temper was still as impatient as before.

"You come to handle the affairs here. No one in the Qian family can let even a fly out."

Yu Sheng handed the matter over to her deputy, and then went to chase Tong Tai without looking back.

They were not familiar with Pingzhou at all, and if they didn't have someone they knew to lead them, they would take a lot of detours.

After leaving the Qian family compound, Yu Sheng rode her horse straight to the city gate.

When they arrived at the city gate, Yu Sheng did not explain anything. She just called Gan Jiu over and asked him to lead the way to Qingfeng Mountain.

Gan Jiu knew very well who lived in Qingfeng Mountain. He didn't ask any more questions, but mounted his horse and led the way.

While Tong Tai and Yu Sheng were dealing with the Qian family's affairs, Shen Tingzhi began to deal with Yin Qihui.

As soon as Tong Tai left, Shen Tingzhi led his men into the governor's office in Pingzhou.

Before Yin Qihui could recover, the guard's knife was already at his neck.

After a brief panic, Yin Qihui quickly calmed down. He was different from Qian Yaozu. Qian Yaozu had never suffered any hardship since childhood and was protected very well.

Although he had never suffered any hardship, he had experienced many things and seen many storms, so when faced with this kind of situation, he was really panicked, but he could still barely cope with it.

"Sir Shen, if I remember correctly, you are the governor of Ganzhou, right?"

"Ganzhou and Pingzhou are thousands of miles apart. Pingzhou is under my jurisdiction, so it seems that it is not under the jurisdiction of Lord Shen, right?"

What Yin Qihui meant was that he was accusing Shen Tingzhi of meddling in other people's affairs.

Shen Tingzhi smiled slightly, looking at the rogue Yin Qihui in front of him, whose face was thicker than a city wall, and said, "Why, I see you are not very old, are you prematurely deaf and blind?"

"I have just sent someone to tell your advisor clearly that I came to Pingzhou City today on a mission ordered by the Emperor."

"Why, didn't you listen to what your master, no, your former master said?"

Shen Tingzhi had seen many people like Yin Qihui in Ganzhou. Which one of them was not extremely arrogant at the beginning, but was not subdued in the end?

This Yin Qihui's bones are not harder than those people, and his abilities are not as great as those people.

During the years that Shen Tingzhi governed Ganzhou, he had seen everything and experienced every kind of storm.

To transform Ganzhou, which was once in chaos, into a prosperous and stable place today, it took not only conciliatory policies but also fists and strategies.

Yin Qihui was choked by Shen Tingzhi's words, and his original idea of ​​getting away with it by playing dirty tricks suddenly stopped.

"What? You have nothing to say so soon?" Shen Tingzhi looked at Yin Qihui with disdain in his heart. This opponent was too weak.

It is impossible to ask Yin Qihui to admit defeat now. After all, he was able to become the governor of Pingzhou not only relying on his cheap father.

And there is also the ruthlessness and shamelessness he has acquired through years of wandering around in the underworld.

"Hmph! Since Lord Shen said he came here on the emperor's orders, I'd like to see where the imperial order is. If it's not here, Lord Shen is plotting treason."

Shen Tingzhi was so angry that he laughed. Yin Qihui's ability to turn the tables was really learned from that old man Qian Wanhe.

However, this also proves that Yin Qihui is indeed the biological son of that old man Qian Wanhe.

"Why, Governor Yin, do you still think you are qualified to read the imperial decree?"

Shen Tingzhi looked at Yin Qihui coldly, as if he were a fool.

"Yin Qihui, you still think that since Qian Wanhe is safe in the capital, the Duke of Chen's Mansion can reach out to Pingzhou again and save you from death like when you were reselling military rations many years ago."

"Hmph! Stop dreaming. Qian Wanhe can't even protect himself right now, how can he care about you?"

"Nothing else can be mentioned, but just based on the illegal mining of iron ore and treason, no one in your Qian family can escape and will be guillotined."

"You still dare to show off in front of me like this? Do you think your death is not fast enough?"

When Yin Qihui heard Shen Tingzhi say in person that he came to Pingzhou because of the iron mine and the treason, he felt very disappointed. It seemed that he really could not escape death this time.

"I admit to illegally mining the iron ore! But as for the treasonous treason charge, Lord Shen, you can't just make such irresponsible accusations without any evidence. You're wrongly accusing someone for no reason."

Yin Qihui understood that the iron mine incident was doomed to be concealed. If he admitted to illegally mining the iron mine, he would be guilty of a serious crime, but he would not necessarily die.

But treason is different. It is a capital crime with the property confiscated and the clan exterminated, or at least three generations of the clan will be implicated.

Therefore, as long as Shen Tingzhi does not have conclusive evidence, Yin Qihui will refuse to admit it.

Moreover, Yin Qihui was absolutely sure that Shen Tingzhi would not be able to find the evidence so quickly.

No, after today, Shen Tingzhi may never find the evidence of his crimes.

Every day, the Qian family would send someone to visit Fourth Master Qian in Qingfeng Mountain to report what happened in Pingzhou that day, and then bring back Fourth Master Qian's instructions.

Pingzhou City is under siege today, so no one will send news to Fourth Master Qian. If no one sends news to Fourth Master Qian, then Fourth Master Qian will soon know that something has happened in Pingzhou City.

He would send people to Pingzhou to inquire about the news. After confirming that something had happened in Pingzhou, he would naturally destroy and transfer all those things.

As long as the things are destroyed and moved, it will be difficult for Shen Tingzhi to find them again.

But Yin Qihui's plan failed. As soon as he finished speaking, the guards came in.

"Sir, the captain of the guards sent me back to report. I'm going to Qingfeng Mountain with him to capture the Qian family's escaped fish. The thing you are looking for is with that person."

Yu Sheng is worthy of being the person who has been with Shen Tingzhi the longest and knows Shen Tingzhi best.

Before he took Gan Jiu to Qingfeng Mountain, he ordered someone to pass this news to Shen Tingzhi.

Shen Tingzhi almost laughed out loud. Yu Sheng was like a worm in his stomach. She knew everything he was thinking.

"Mr. Yin, did you hear that?" Shen Tingzhi suppressed his laughter and said to Yin Qihui, "My people have gone to Qingfeng Mountain. I will be able to get those things soon."

"No matter if it's the Duke of Chen's Mansion, the Qian family, or even you, the Governor of Yinzhou, no one can save you this time."

Shen Tingzhi looked down at Yin Qihui in front of him, admiring his face turning from white to blue, and then from blue to grayish white.

Such evil people should be made to suffer the consequences of their own actions.

Yin Qihui never expected that Qian Yaozu's side would fall so quickly.

This useless idiot, even if he gritted his teeth and persevered, things would have turned around by tomorrow, but he couldn't even do such a simple thing.

Now, their whole family will soon be reunited on the road to the underworld.

"Someone, come here." Shen Tingzhi didn't have the time to waste with someone like Yin Qihui. "Please ask our Governor Yin to go to the prison first. After the evidence of the Duke of Chen's Mansion and the Qian family's treason is sent to the capital and handed over to the Empress, she will make the decision."

Yin Qihui's body went limp, his eyes turned black, and he fainted.

Someone immediately came forward and dragged him away from Shen Tingzhi.

Yin Qihui was taken away, and Shen Tingzhi could finally have some peace and quiet.

Shen Tingzhi didn't expect that Tong Tai and Yu Sheng would be so helpful and get things done so quickly.

The string that had been kept taut can finally be relaxed. As long as evidence of the Qian family's treason is found, there will be nothing to worry about.

This time, no one from the Chen Guogong Mansion, the Qian family, or Yin Qihui can escape. They will receive the most severe punishment. This is the price they have to pay for betraying the country and the people.

"Go and announce to the people of the city that Yin Qihui has been dismissed and investigated. Let those who have grievances, hatred, or have been bullied by the Qian family come to the governor's mansion to redress their grievances."

This time, Shen Tingzhi wanted to make things bigger and let all the people in Pingzhou City come to testify against the Qian family and Yin Qihui, and completely nail them to the pillar of shame.

"Yes, sir, I will send someone there right away." The person who said this was Sun Kai, a native of Pingzhou. It was most appropriate for him to handle this matter.

In an instant, the streets and alleys of Pingzhou City were filled with the sounds of yamen runners beating gongs and shouting, letting everyone in the city know that the Qian family was really finished this time.

No one will be able to oppress them anymore, and the dawn of Pingzhou City is about to come.

Yu Sheng and the newcomers quickly caught up with Tong Tai.

"Yu Sheng, why did you follow me? Who will guard the Qian family compound when you come?" Tong Tai was actually a little dissatisfied when he saw Yu Sheng following him.

Tong Tai hadn't had a good fight for a long time. He originally planned to have a good fight with those people while looking for evidence.

Although fighting is not as good as killing enemies on the battlefield, it can at least satisfy the craving. But Yu Sheng followed him. This guy is very good at martial arts. What can he do with him here?

Yu Sheng glanced at Tong Tai, and from Tong Tai's eyes, he already knew what Tong Tai was thinking.

"If I don't come, can you find Qingfeng Mountain?" Yu Sheng turned her head away from Tong Tai. "Don't worry, I'm just here to lead the way, not to fight with you."

After being with Shen Tingzhi for so many years, Yu Sheng did the most, as if it were a daily routine. The thing she had the most of was fighting with others to protect Shen Tingzhi.

To be honest, sometimes Yu Sheng was a little annoyed. He would not be like Tong Tai, who was stationed in a place and was so pitiful that he didn't even have the chance to have a good fight with others.

"Good boy, when you come back, I will treat you to a drink, the best wine."

After getting Yu Sheng's assurance, Tong Tai's dissatisfaction disappeared instantly.