Chapter 14 Annihilation

Ding Hao walked forward, completely at ease now that Zheng Fan had given his assurance.

In his mind, the scene of Wang Li dying in front of him to protect him resurfaced, constantly linking itself to the woman in plain clothes huddled in the corner.

"What are you doing? Don't come over here! Don't come over here!"

Clerk Chen pointed at Ding Hao and scolded him, but still seemed somewhat cowardly.

Ding Hao reached out and grabbed the finger Clerk Chen was pointing with,

and then,

"Snap!"

"Aaaaaah!"

Clerk Chen's finger was snapped off.

Immediately afterward, Ding Hao kicked Clerk Chen in the knee and then punched him in the back!

"Bang!"

Clerk Chen was struck and knelt on the ground, his expression one of great pain.

Standing to the side, Zheng Fan didn't think much of it. Perhaps his "aesthetic standards" had been raised by the torture methods of the demon kings under his command. He only felt that what Ding Hao was doing now was a bit lacking in artistic flair.

Fan Li's human pillar,

Xue San's tall-tall,

A Ming's blood tasting,

Si Niang's two brains...

These demon kings all had their own tricks when it came to torture, never falling into the mundane.

Alas, it seemed that Comrade Ding Hao still had a lot of room for improvement.

Seemingly attracted by Clerk Chen's screams, three servant-like underlings immediately came up the stairs.

Zheng Fan pointed his index finger to his side,

his meaning was obvious.

Behind him, the five centurions exchanged glances, then cupped their fists and acknowledged the order.

They knew Clerk Chen; the Chen family was a well-known family in Tiger Head City, and the family had controlled the lower-level officials in Tiger Head City for generations.

But at this time, they had to make a choice;

obviously, compared to the large vat of the Zhenbei Marquis's estate, the Chen family was only a small toothpick.

The five centurions in armor stood at the staircase, and Clerk Chen's underlings didn't dare to rush forward for a while. However, one of them immediately left to report back.

"Impudence! Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am!"

Clerk Chen was howling. He was quite tough, still able to threaten people at this time. It seemed he had never received this kind of treatment in Tiger Head City in his life.

Zheng Fan ignored Clerk Chen, but walked up to the woman, bent down, and asked:

"What happened?"

"He... he said that the superiors wanted to punish my deceased husband for his crimes and asked me... asked me to come here to see him, otherwise my whole family would be implicated..."

Upon hearing this, Ding Hao, who was subduing Clerk Chen, immediately punched him in the back again.

"Bang!"

"Wang Li failed to escort the prisoners, but he died in battle. What crime is there?"

Ding Hao was obviously clear about the twists and turns of the Yan state's officialdom. After hearing Xiao Cui's explanation, he understood that Clerk Chen wanted to bully this widow.

Most importantly, he was the real cause of this matter.

Fine clothing to show off her beauty, she is wearing mourning attire;

Zheng Fan felt that it was a bit inappropriate for this thought to appear in his mind at this time; the moral flaw was too great.

The blind man's woman was almost humiliated by this Chen skinny-ribs.

According to the temperaments and styles of the demon kings,

Zheng Fan felt that he really had no choice at the moment.

If he didn't handle it radically, if he didn't respond decisively, if he didn't handle it bloodily enough,

the demon kings would definitely be disappointed and have opinions about him. Others would be fine, but if that blind man had an opinion about him, the feeling of being targeted by that old silver coin and having his disapproval was too terrifying.

Therefore,

Clerk Chen must die!

The five centurions standing at the door also heard Xiao Cui's account, and their expressions were also a little unsightly.

Wang Li, the former patrol captain of Tiger Head City, wasn't in the same circle as them because he was born from the grass roots.

But everyone wore armor and belonged to the Tiger Head City military sequence. Even if their origins were different, they still had comradeship.

As soldiers, he had just died in battle, and his widow and orphans were immediately bullied to this point. How could they not feel empathy?

But in the past, when encountering this kind of thing, they might just feel angry in their hearts;

especially since the other party's identity was also a bit difficult to deal with. The Chen family wasn't a small family in Tiger Head City, and they had always regarded themselves as bootlickers of the Beifeng Liu clan. This Clerk Chen was said to be very trusted by the real Liu clerk.

But this time, if Zheng Fan took the lead, they would undoubtedly have a backbone.

What are bootlickers most afraid of? Isn't it not knowing where to start?

"Master?" Ding Hao asked Zheng Fan.

The corners of Zheng Fan's mouth twitched, and he said very simply:

"Don't give him a quick death. That's too cheap for him."

However, before Ding Hao could act, a group of people holding weapons suddenly rushed into the tavern.

The Chen family's shop and residence were actually in the alley across from this tavern. This was also the reason why Clerk Chen had arranged for her to meet him here, because it was close to home.

Therefore, when something happened here, the Chen family immediately came.

There were as many as dozens of people, all armed with weapons. These were the Chen family's private soldiers in Tiger Head City. On weekdays, they were responsible for taking care of the shop's business. When they really needed to fight, they could be armed immediately.

This was the atmosphere of the Yan state. The large and small aristocratic families not only had political and cultural influence, but also owned land, private households, and their own... private soldiers.

In the early years, during the war years in the Yan state, this was an advantage.

First, to the north were the barbarians. The aristocratic families didn't want to let the barbarians in and then have everyone go shepherding sheep together. The Qian and Jin states to the south, including the Chu state, were all governed by scholar-officials and didn't play with them. The Chu state had the aristocratic system, and they didn't play with them either.

Therefore, in the early years, in order to resist foreign enemies and protect their own living environment, the aristocratic families of the Yan state contributed their own private soldiers, who were troops who could be summoned and were combat-ready. They were equivalent to elite reserve forces, and the imperial court didn't have to spend money to support them.

But when the barbarian royal court self-destructed by playing collapse with the Qian state and the Jin state began to have internal strife, the Yan state's monarch planned to expand more externally, the aristocratic families were unwilling to help. The new lands they conquered were all exclaves for the aristocratic families. Most of them went into your imperial family's pockets. What if you, the Yan state's monarch, became fat and then played a hand of centralized power, unloading the millstone and killing the donkey?

This was also the key reason why the Yan state, despite occupying the strategic initiative, had been unable to launch a war of unification in recent decades.

Zheng Fan came out to take a look at the situation. The Chen family's private soldiers below were frantically clamoring. The other guests in the tavern immediately ran away to avoid disaster. Even the tavern owner and waiters didn't dare to come over to mediate at this time.

If the bottles and jars were broken, they were broken. If people were killed, they would really lose everything.

Ding Hao grabbed Clerk Chen like a dead dog and followed Zheng Fan out.

"Save me, save me, save me!!!"

Clerk Chen began to scream.

The Chen family's private soldiers began to rush up the stairs.

The five centurions immediately drew their sabers to protect Zheng Fan. Ding Hao threw Clerk Chen on the ground and stepped on Clerk Chen's left shin.

"Crack!"

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Clerk Chen let out a scream.

This scream further enraged the Chen family's private soldiers below, and they began to rush up even more fiercely.

"In broad daylight, attempting to surround and kill a court official. This is a group of... rebels! Kill without mercy!"

After Zheng Fan finished speaking,

he waved his arm,

closed the door,

and released "Lin Chong"!

Ding Hao directly grabbed the spear and rushed down the stairs.

"Buzz!"

A dark light flickered from Ding Hao's body.

The private soldiers rushing in the front immediately slowed down their pace, and their faces showed horror. An Entering-Rank martial artist!

But Ding Hao didn't care whether they slowed down or not. From the moment he was captured alive by the Zhenbei Army and became a prisoner, Ding Hao had accumulated a bellyful of resentment and was just worried that he had nowhere to vent it!

"Shua! Shua!"

The spear stabbed down twice, directly piercing the chests of two private soldiers.

Then, with a sweep of the spear, several Chen family private soldiers behind were directly swept down.

An inch longer, an inch stronger, plus the strength and speed bonus of being a Ninth-Rank martial artist, in this narrow stairwell, it was like a heavy tank rushing into a flock of sheep!

When the five centurions beside Zheng Fan saw that the servant standing beside Zheng Fan was actually an Entering-Rank martial artist, their respect for Zheng Fan became even greater.

You should know that they had all seen the respectful attitude of this Entering-Rank martial artist towards Zheng Fan, and Zheng Fan had solemnly said to him:

You are my dog.

Only a noble who was deeply trusted within the Zhenbei Marquis's estate would dare to have such confidence and prestige!

Ding Hao killed from upstairs to downstairs. After he walked down the stairs, he slammed the spear on the ground with a "bang". The lower end of the spear was still dripping with blood. Behind him and beside him, there were many corpses lying on the ground, and some injured people were wailing in pools of blood.

Zheng Fan lowered his head and looked at Clerk Chen, who had forgotten to howl. In his heart, there was a little bit of annoyance.

Then he raised his foot and kicked directly at Clerk Chen's face.

"Bang!"

Clerk Chen's head tilted, and snot and tears mixed with blood kept flowing out.

Originally, he just wanted to teach a lesson to a young man who bullied men and oppressed women, take the opportunity to shine, and do a little showing off.

As a result, he ran into this guy, and this guy was unlucky enough to launch an "offensive" against the blind man's widow.

Fine,

he was forced to a point where he couldn't step down and could only respond in the most extreme way.

Now, dozens more people had come in, and so many people had died.

If things didn't go well, he would have to go home later and pack his things with Si Niang and run away.

The house,

the hot spring,

the service of the little ladies,

seemed to have grown wings and were about to say goodbye to him.

How could Zheng Fan not be angry?

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Zheng Fan began to walk down, his boots stepping on the bloody steps, making slippery sounds from time to time.

While calmly walking downstairs, he quickly analyzed the situation in his mind. Finally, when he reached the bottom of the stairs, Zheng Fan made a decision!

The remaining Chen family private soldiers below only dared to stare vigilantly at the door. The chaos Ding Hao had wreaked earlier had directly broken their courage.

The five centurions followed behind Zheng Fan. The most sensible Wang Duan even knew to carry the half-crippled Clerk Chen down with him.

At this time, the sound of a large number of armored soldiers rubbing against each other came from the street outside. Groups of soldiers in leather armor surrounded the entrance of the tavern.

Zheng Fan turned his head in surprise to look at Wang Duan, who was standing behind him and still carrying Clerk Chen,

and asked:

"Your men?"

Wang Duan said very humbly:

"Captain, this guy is bullying the widow of our military comrade. How can we soldiers stand for this kind of humiliation? Otherwise, outsiders will really think that all the soldiers in our Tiger Head City are women.

Besides, Captain, you are standing up for us, we are too embarrassed to let you take the risk.

However, we didn't expect that Captain has such an expert by his side, we were just being superfluous."

After Wang Duan finished speaking, he smiled shyly on his face.

The four centurions behind him also showed embarrassed expressions.

They flattered him, they also called out the people, and they also propped up the momentum;

As for the Chen family members who died here, they didn't kill them. In the future, the Chen family would only settle accounts with Zheng Fan. It had nothing to do with them.

This matter was a profit.

Mobilizing the soldiers was to help Zheng Fan support the scene and stabilize the situation. Next, it was up to you big shots to negotiate the aftermath. They, these small families, wouldn't participate.

But Zheng Fan's next sentence,

made the five centurions collectively stunned on the spot.

"Okay, the soldiers were mobilized well. It's just what I need."

Huh?

Wang Duan asked with some doubt:

"What does Captain Zheng plan to do with the soldiers?"

Zheng Fan smiled,

reached out and gently stroked Clerk Chen's face, which was covered in blood,

and said slowly:

"Annihilation."