Those people in the army are here for me. I can leave Cheng'an, Jingshan and others there, but that will only make them suffer in vain.

That's not worth it!

Let’s wait for a while, wait for my sharp blade to come out of its sheath and cut through the mess, then everything will be worry-free.”

Only then did Tie Long surrender. Knowing that Tie Tang still considered his children, he quickly nodded in agreement and went out to take the people back home.

Fang Pengyi, who was on the side, sensed Tie Tang's cold murderous intention, and couldn't help but comfort him: "Young people, don't be too sharp. You must know that there is a sky outside the world, and there are people outside the world.

We are all our old neighbors, so it would be better to cause less killing."

"Senior is right, Tie Mou has learned a lesson, but people are not frivolous and wastes their youth. Tie Mou asked himself that he made many concessions, but he could not get the slightest sincerity.

Since they are willing to rot and rot, I cannot accompany them to fall.

Let’s just talk about the current formation diagram... Senior, wouldn’t it be a headache to change it?”

Because many aristocratic families objected to the originally planned 218 formation bases and routes, Tie Tang naturally took note of their requests and came back to ask Fang Pengyi to think of ways to modify them.

However, every movement and stillness of the formation, each base and one point, are all cyclical due to natural laws. It is not impossible to change it, but it is very troublesome to do it.

Fortunately, Fang Pengyi, a master of formations, has profound knowledge of formations, rich experience, and outstanding vision.

If it were someone else...

The piece of paper has been dropped a long time ago. If you can do it, do it. If you can't, pull it down.

Thinking about his current troubles, Fang Pengyi somewhat understood Tie Tang's situation, so he didn't say anything more and just silently changed the picture.

Tie Tang discussed the specific finances with Fang Lexian and began to prepare to mobilize the resources of the Fang family's Zhenbao Pavilion in Qingshui County and even Jiangdu Prefecture.

The city defense formation must be built. Even if everyone opposes it, he will still have to borrow money.

This matter has already begun and there is no turning back. Fang Lexian understands his thoughts and starts making preparations in advance.

As the sun sets in the west, the Jade Rabbit rises into the sky.

An uninvited guest came to the Iron Mansion.

Lu Yuande!

The head of the Lu family, who had been away for a few days, rushed to Tietang Mansion after returning to the Lu family.

"Tie has had a hard time waiting for the Lu family master. If the master of the Lu family had been here this morning, Tie wouldn't have to be so embarrassed."

Lu Yuande and Tie Tang sat alone at a table, with servants on their left and right constantly bringing tea and water, and setting out fruit plates and delicacies.

He frowned and didn't even take a sip of tea. He was silent for a while and then slowly spoke.

"Forgive me, Magistrate Tie, but Lu came here to plead guilty."

Tie Tang's heart skipped a beat and he realized something was wrong, but he still managed to calm down: "What crime does the Lu family have? Don't joke with Tie."

Lu Yuande obviously didn't have time to beat around the bush with him, so he just said straight away.

"My Lu family is about to undergo a big change. I can't tell you the details. You don't know how difficult our family is. It's not easy to be alone.

What was promised before... Lu can no longer affirm it.

But Lu can give you a guarantee!

As long as you can convince the other aristocratic families in the city, my Lu family will follow suit, and we can even contribute some extra money to help build the formation."

Tie Tang picked up the teacup and blocked his expression: "Master Lu, you don't want to think about it anymore?"

"If you have to do it, you can't do it. Your Excellency, please forgive me. Lu will leave first."

"Master Lu, please!"

After Lu Yuande left, Tie Tang looked extremely ugly.

A strong general who was originally thought to be sure to win has now become a stranger and has to follow the trend and wait for the wind.

What the other party means is very simple.

Regarding the city defense formation, the Lu family will not set an example in public and neither agree nor object.

The final result... will be decided by other aristocratic families and Tie Tang.

As for Tie Tang, without the core of the Lu family, his power would undoubtedly be much weaker, and many neutral families would continue to be neutral.

In this way.

It is impossible for Tie Tang to resist the combined power of the four major families, at least on the scene...

Everything will be just like today, every family will be in harmony, and nothing will end.

Things in the house could not be hidden from Fang Pengyi, who was already an immortal. When he saw Tie Tang approaching, he warned him again.

"That Taoist friend of the Lu family is about to die. He definitely doesn't want to cause more accidents so as not to offend other aristocratic families. This is a mature move at such a stormy moment."

Fang Lexian was a little dissatisfied when he heard this: "How can you do your best in doing things?

As the number one aristocratic family in Qingshui City, how could the Lu family not take a stand and let the following aristocratic families take the lead?

I heard that that person back then also became a character that everyone yelled at because he didn’t choose to take sides. Most of the injuries on his body were caused by those in the court today.

If we hadn't finally stood on the right side of the Human Emperor, there's no telling whether the Lu family would still be alive in the world.

I didn’t learn from the lessons I learned back then, and now I’m sitting on the fence again.”

Tie Tang sat down again: "Hey, I'm joking, how can I compare with the Human Emperor? Since the Lu family has his troubles, that's fine.

It seems that I have to show off some means to make everyone in the city understand who is in charge of Qingshui City."

At midnight, the moon is bright and bright.

The New Year has come, and every household in Qingshui City has begun to hang red lanterns in front of their doors.

Even though it is late at night, the city is still brightly lit and the red light shines in the sky.

Tie Tang, who was waiting in Tie Mansion, received a letter from Li Qingze and Tie Hu in Zhoufeng City.

A police officer followed the letter and reported to Tie Tang the preliminary investigation results in Zhoufeng City.

No surprises.

After Gou Zhen's "resurrection from the dead", he fled to Zhoufeng City. At first, he remained anonymous. After a few years, he saw that the limelight had passed, and he relied on the power of the Gou family to raise his banner again.

And because of his strong financial resources, he continued to bribe officials at all levels in Zhoufeng City, and gradually established a new power network in Zhoufeng City.

Since there is no Supervisory Yuan in Zhoufeng City, many officials have been bribed. Even some honest officials have to bow their heads because of the power of the Gou family.

Li Qingze has not found out what happened in the past ten years or so, but he can find out the crimes in recent years accurately.

Without spending much effort at all, he collected a lot of evidence of Gou Zhen.

This man was lustful when he was young. After his cultivation gradually increased, he was no longer satisfied with ordinary women and began to search for witches and wizards with cultivation.

But those who can embark on the path of witchcraft are not easily handled by Gou Zhen. They need to spend more effort and energy to lay out the plan.

There was a small aristocratic family in Zhoufeng City, and they were poisoned because of this. Except for the female family members, all the men in the family were killed and framed.

There was only one staunch woman who slashed her face more than a dozen times with a knife. After being completely disfigured, Gou Zhen lost interest.

But Gou Zhen was extremely cruel. Seeing that this person would rather destroy herself than be in love with him, he destroyed her cultivation, forced her to swallow charcoal into her belly, burned out her tongue, and cut off her hand tendons, so that she could only stay in Zhoufeng.

You have to be a beggar in the city and you are not allowed to leave.

When Li Qingze found this strong-willed woman, she was only twenty-four or five years old. She already looked like a ghost from the underworld, with hair as white as snow and skin like chicken skin. She lived on rotten soup and rotten rice all day long.

"When the chief arrest officer first asked her to write, she couldn't write it, and she was unable to support the wall. Such horrific and tragic conditions... It was the first time that her subordinates had been working on cases for many years."

Tie Tang took a deep breath and called this person away, unable to calm down for a long time.

At this moment.

A servant came to report that He Changsheng and Qiu Zhengyang came hand in hand.

Tie Tang's eyes lit up, he shook his muscles and bones, and a loud explosion shook the sky, knocking down a large area of ​​crisp and tender leaves around him.

After a while, the three met.

He Changsheng had a smile on his face: "As expected, Gou Zhen is just a lost dog, where can he escape?"

"Haha~ I'm getting impatient. It's up to Lao He to be careful and insist on waiting for more than an hour, and finally I got something." Qiu Zhengyang was also very happy.

"So...Gou Zhen is at Gou's house now?" Tie Tang's words were calm, but the two of them felt something was wrong.

"It is indeed among them. I'm here to inform you. I will inform Zheng Qing and order the police to go and capture him."

Tie Tang stepped down and flew into the air.
Chapter completed!