Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

After three drinks and five dishes, Xu Zhendong put down his glass and smiled with a drunken eye.

"Brother Yin, why didn't I see you when I went to Luoyang to attend the inauguration ceremony of the bad commander?"

Fan Xinxin was shocked, and he smiled and waved his hands.

"Don't mention it. When the bad commander took office, I was busy dealing with Fan Xin, so I didn't attend the ceremony."

"Oh, so that's it." Xu Zhendong patted his head in sudden realization and said in a loud voice.

"It is said that the Luoyang stronghold has great power, but it is not that easy to act under Fan Xin's eyes."

Speaking of this, Xu Zhendong seemed to have remembered something: "By the way, brother Yin, your deputy Zhangqiu from Luoyang was not arrested, right?"

Fan Xin took a deep look at Xu Zhendong, who was drunk, and began to analyze quickly.

He remembered that when interrogating Fan Chengcheng, the latter had written a list of members, and there was no deputy envoy named Zhangqiu on it.

So the question arises, what does Xu Zhendong mean by asking?

Test him? Or did Fan Chengcheng tell lies and want to get himself killed?

Seeing Fan Xin not speaking, the smile on Xu Zhendong's face gradually faded a little, and he said meaningfully.

"What? Brother Yin didn't meet Deputy Envoy Zhangqiu when he was raided by the rebels?"

Sensing the anomaly in Xu Zhendong's words, Fan Xin took a deep breath and smiled.

"Brother Xu said he remembered wrongly. None of us Luoyang bad guys are named Zhangqiu. The deputy envoy is a man named Tao Zeng."

After repeated weighing, Fan Xin felt that he should believe in Liuzi's ability. Under his interrogation, Fan Chengcheng would never tell lies.

Of course, after saying these words, Fan Xin's right hand quietly touched the trousers at the back of his waist, just in case of emergency.

Xu Zhendong was startled, and the smile on his face became full again.

"Oh my god, look at the fuss this has caused. I'm so old that I can't drink anymore, and I even remember the wrong person."

"You are right. Zhangqiu is indeed not from your Luoyang stronghold. He is the deputy envoy of Xiangzhou. Come, let's have another drink."

After many trials, Xu Zhendong changed his previous vigilance and became enthusiastic.

While the two were drinking each other, a bad guy opened the door and walked in. He whispered something in Xu Zhendong's ear, which made the latter's eyebrows tremble.

"Okay, I understand." Signing for his subordinates to exit, Xu Zhendong looked at Fan Xin and said.

"Brother Yin, you're almost done drinking. Brother, I'll take you somewhere so you can vent your anger!" After that, he put on his clothes and walked out.

Seeing this, Fan Xin hesitated for a moment and then walked out of the room.

Surrounded by their subordinates, the two went to the laundry room in the backyard of the brothel.

Xu Zhendong took a step forward, found a switch in the pool and turned it.

Then the wall slowly cracked open, revealing a large, dark hole.

"This is where we hold prisoners in Sanyuan Town. Let's go."

Chao Fanxin explained that Xu Zhendong walked into the cave first, followed closely by his subordinates.

Fan Xin and Liu Zi looked at each other and followed.

The space inside the cave is very large. After everyone walked down the steps, the first thing they saw was rows of iron cages and torture racks.

It was filled with unkempt prisoners.

"Brother Xu, who are these people?" For some reason, Fan Xin had a bad feeling when he saw these people.

"I don't know what I know. These people are traitors who support Fan Xin. They would rather die than surrender to the court!"

When Xu Zhendong said the word rebel, endless resentment burst out from his eyes.

"It's a pity, most of them are young people."

Fan Xin shook his head, walked to the torture rack and raised a prisoner's chin with his hand, with a complicated expression.

"Is it worth throwing your life here for a treasonous Fan Xin?"

Hearing this, the prisoner slowly opened his eyes, and a trace of mockery appeared on the corner of his blood-stained mouth.

"How can you court eagles understand Fan Qingtian's good intentions?"

"If he hadn't reduced taxes and distributed land to the people, we would have starved to death."

"Stop talking nonsense and give me a good time. Even if we die, we will support Fan Qingtian!"

Snapped!
Before Fan Xin had time to speak, a whip suddenly passed over him and struck the prisoner in the face.

Xu Zhendong walked up to the prisoner with a livid face and said fiercely.

"Boys, don't forget that you are citizens of the Tang Dynasty. His Majesty Li Longji is your emperor. Didn't Fan just give you some land?"

"This little favor makes it difficult for you to tell who is the Lord of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Say! Fan Xin is a rebellious traitor! I will spare your life!"

The prisoner looked at Xu Zhendong with contempt, suddenly spat in his face and said disdainfully.

"You are a hawk and a dog, and you are worthy of mentioning Fan Qingtian's name? Kill me if you dare!"

"Okay, okay, all of you were born in the Tang Dynasty, but you don't know how to be grateful to Your Majesty, so I will help you!" Xu Zhendong laughed angrily.

The next moment, he walked to the cage, pulled out a pretty female prisoner, and pushed her to the ground.

He tore off the female prisoner's clothes in front of the prisoners and threw them to several subordinates as the woman begged.

"Boy, I know that this girl is your unmarried wife. Do you want to see her struggling?"

When the young prisoner saw his fiancée being pinned to the ground by several delinquents, his eyes turned red and he struggled violently.

Because it was too intense, the chains on the torture rack made a dull shaking sound.

At the same time, angry roars sounded in the dungeon.

"You inhuman beast, I will never let you go even if I'm a ghost!"

"what!"

Looking at the crazy young prisoner, Xu Zhendong laughed loudly and waved his hands to his subordinates, and several bad guys like wolves and tigers pounced on him instantly.

However, just when they were about to humiliate the woman, a faint voice sounded.

"Wait a minute!"

"Huh? Brother Yin, what are you doing?"

Faced with Xu Zhendong's confusion, Fan Xin suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke.

"Forget it, Brother Xu, we are bad people in the Tang Dynasty. Our first task is to get rid of the traitor Fan Xin. We don't have to get angry with these common people."

"Let me do it. I guarantee that they will change their minds within one day and become a weapon against the rebels."

"This..." Xu Zhendong hesitated.

It wasn't that he had any doubts, but that he didn't believe Fan Xin could change the attitude of these die-hards.

"It's only one day, can't Brother Xu wait even this time?"

Seeing Fan Xin's expression of displeasure, Xu Zhendong coughed.

"Since I want to give it a try, I will give you this face."

"But let's talk ugly ahead. If these traitors don't change their attitude tomorrow, then don't blame me for going on a killing spree." "Brother Xu, don't worry, I will make these people a powerful weapon against Fan Xin." !" Fan Xin promised, patting his chest.

At this point, Xu Zhendong had nothing more to say. He glared at the young prisoner and led the others out of the dungeon.

After he left, Fan Xin took off his coat and came to the woman and put it on her body.

"Girl, those who know the current affairs are heroes. As long as you change your past, I can let you go. How about that?"

"Bah! Dreaming!" The woman stared at Fan Xin fiercely, looking like she wanted to skin Fan Xin alive.

After wiping the saliva off his face, Fan Xin slowly stood up, his eyes swept over the faces of the prisoners, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes, you are indeed a tough guy, but" at this point, Fan Xin's smile faded and he said coldly, "What I like to torture most are tough guys!"

After saying that, he picked up the whip and whipped it on the prisoner's body. Due to the excessive force, the skin and flesh of the woman's body immediately burst open when the whip hit her.

Seeing this scene, the prisoners in the cage struggled one after another, staring at Fan Xin with a pair of blood-red eyes.

Also staring at Fan Xin was Xu Zhendong. He saw through the crack in the door that Fan Xin was so ruthless. He was secretly speechless and at the same time, the last doubt in his heart disappeared.

"Lao Ba, how do you feel?"

The man named Lao Ba stroked his beard and frowned, feeling a little unsure.

"I won't hide it from Lord Chenshi. This person seems to be both good and evil, which makes people a little confused. I think he must be a bad person."

"It's good if it's him. If a spy sneaks into the stronghold of a bad guy, the envoy will be guilty."

"Let's go. It's Bad Handan's birthday in a few days. Our responsible persons from all over the country have to go to Chang'an to celebrate his birthday. Let's go back and think about what kind of gifts to give."

After looking at Fan Xin for the last time, Xu Zhendong sewed the door shut and led the people out of the dungeon.

After the people left, Fan Xin, who was beating the prisoner, suddenly threw away the whip in his hand and sat on the ground, breathing heavily.

A group of prisoners were left looking at each other, some of them confused as to why the executioner was beating the torture rack crazily.

"Don't think about it, I just can't bear to torture you, otherwise you would have been beaten to death long ago."

Getting up from the ground, Fan Xin came to the young prisoner and took a look.

Through previous observations, he found that all these villagers seemed to be focused on this young man. If he could be persuaded to cooperate with him, it would save a lot of trouble.

"I ask you, what is your name?
The young prisoner was not stupid. After Fan Xin's actions just now, he vaguely felt that this person seemed different from a bad person, so he replied in a hoarse voice.

"Zeng Aniu."

"What a good name." Fan Xin nodded, glanced at the prisoners around him, and asked suddenly as the topic changed.

"Do you know all of these people? Are there any that are unreliable?"

Hearing this, Zeng Aniu was stunned and glanced at Fan Xin inexplicably. Seeing the deep meaning in his eyes, he gradually understood and asked tentatively.

"You want to save us?"

Fan Xin nodded.

After the suspicion in his heart was confirmed, Zeng Aniu's eyes glowed and he nodded quickly.

"Reliable and absolutely reliable. These people are from the same village as me. I promise not to leak the news!"

"Okay, listen to me next. You will pretend to agree to my request and agree with Xu Zhendong. After you get out of the dungeon, I will naturally send someone to take you back to the village."

"This..." Zeng Aniu looked hesitant: Isn't this good? Fan Qingtian is the savior of all of us. How could I verbally insult him? "

Looking at Zeng Aniu who looked troubled, Fan Xin said indifferently.

"As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. I think Fan Qingtian wouldn't blame you even if he knew about it."

Seeing that Zeng Aniu wanted to say something, Fan Xin's face turned solemn and he said in a deep voice.

"Okay, the matter has been decided. After we go out to see Xu Zhendong tomorrow, we will kidnap him together, and then force the bad guys not to dare to do anything without permission."

"This way you can return to the village safely."

Seeing that Fan Xin had made up his mind, Zeng Aniu also knew that this was the best way, so he reluctantly agreed.

Fan Xin loosened the rope for him and asked him to go over and persuade the indignant villagers.

Looking at Zeng Aniu's limping back, Liuzi said with a puzzled look.

"Your Majesty, there are too many villagers. Can we rescue them from Sanyuan Town? I don't have that much ability in my humble position."

A strange color flashed in Fan Xin's eyes, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Liuzi, don't you think the wounds on these villagers are too fresh?"

Liuzi followed his gaze and looked at the villagers, and his expression suddenly changed at this sight.

It is true that the villagers had injuries, but without exception they were all new injuries within a few hours. It was not like Xu Zhendong said they had been detained for several months.

If this is the case, then wouldn’t the identities of these people be...

Liuzi was not a fool and quickly understood the meaning of Fan Xin's words.

"My lord, since you noticed something strange about these people, why did you reveal your identity to them?"

Fan Xin smiled indifferently and said indifferently: "I just want to confirm their identities. It's not too late to find out now. I can just kill them in front of Xu Zhendong tomorrow." "

"It just serves as a certificate of surrender to Xu Zhendong, asking him to take us to the main forum of bad people."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the humble sword will cut off their necks as soon as possible." Liuzi said, looking at the prisoners muttering in the distance.

...

Near the cage, an old man with a flushed face looked at Zeng Aniu excitedly.

"You mean this guy wants to get us out?"

Zeng Aniu nodded with a smile and let out a breath.

"Yeah, I didn't expect Master Chenshi's trick of suffering meat to be so effective. I really found this person's problem after just one try."

"Just try it out. No matter who this person is, as long as we catch him, we will have made a great contribution. In the future, it will not be a problem to work as an official."

"Shh, keep your voice down!" Zeng Aniu glared at the old man dissatisfied.

"This group of people is not simple, especially the guy who calls himself Yin. He has a certain aura in his behavior. He is probably a big fish."

"Let's be patient for now, and I'll tell Lord Chenshi after I find out more information."

The old man urged impatiently: "Yes, yes, go and tell them quickly. If it's too late, these two guys will be suspicious."

After giving the old man a reassuring look, Zeng Aniu limped to Fan Xin's side and wiped the blood and sweat.

"I have lived up to the trust of the young master and successfully convinced the villagers. They agreed to surrender to the court's hawks and dogs first, and then jointly kidnapped Xu Zhendong when they left."

Hearing these words, Fan Xin breathed a sigh of relief and waved to Zeng Aniu, motioning for him to come over and sit down.

"With your words, I feel relieved. To be honest, I am the Fan Qingtian you call me!"

As soon as these words came out, Zeng Aniu was shocked, his eyes widened, and he trembled in disbelief.

"What are you talking about? You are the famous and thunderous Fan Qingtian?"

"Yes, it's me!"

(End of this chapter)