"The man threatened the old man and said that he asked the old man to agree to his request, that is, when the high-ranking officials of the court inspected and asked me to admit that you were the one who threatened and tempted me and others to get the square and round map of the single-stop cannon. He also asked the old man to show in public that the square and round map was given to the court by ours and others to the court."

In the back hall of the county magistrate's mansion, the old man Ma Suzheng stood in front of Chen Zhi and explained in detail.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ran Zhan next to him couldn't help but sneer: "I really don't have any face. I want everything. I have to make up such a statement. What a gift from the ink person to present to the court, saying it seems like our prefect is taking advantage of the tricks. It's so shameless! It's obvious that the so-called single-stop cannon is available according to the prefect's words."

As soon as he said this, everyone present nodded.

But Ma Shou's face changed slightly, and he shook his head secretly, thinking that Chen Zhi called Ran Zhan over, which was a failure. This person didn't look like a person who could keep a secret. If he talked out with a big mouth and caused a lot of trouble, the lives of his family would be in danger.

At this time, there were actually not many people in this hall, and they were very worthy of sitting in the upper head. After the others formed a circle, Ma Shu stepped aside and sat down carefully, but his butt was only half close to the chair, so he didn't dare to sit down.

In addition to Ma Shou and Ran Zhan, there are several others, namely Su Liao, Chen Zi, Bao Jingyan, Yang brothers, and Zhou Ao.

It can be said that those who appeared here were the first group of people who followed Chen Zhi, and are now regarded as Chen Zhi's confidant.

The reason why they gather here was because of the notification from Ma Shou

Mr. Ma was threatened at home yesterday, so he ran to Chen Zhi to confess today. According to his statement, although his family's life was threatened, he thought about it and felt that he could not help Chen Zhi's kindness of knowing his favor, so he hurried over and informed him.

Chen Zhi was a great commendation for this, but no one believed this statement from Su Liao and Chen Zi to Ran Zhan and Zhou Ao.

They had more or less dealt with this old man, knowing that this man looked like a kind old man on the surface, but after a few times, he knew that he was clearly an old fox who could not get up early. For the sake of so-called loyalty, he would come to report it? There must be his considerations here.

But since Chen Zhi did not say it out loud and accepted this statement, the others could only follow this statement.

"Prince, do you think this is the person photographed by the court envoy?" Seeing that everyone was thinking, Ma Shou made a guess, "You see, this statement is beneficial to the court and wants to enhance the reputation of those inspectors."

"It shouldn't be that simple." Seeing that everyone was not talking, Zhou Ao immediately expressed his opinion at this time. He knew his own affairs and could sit here not because he was very capable, but because he was a real old subordinate in Chen Zhi's sense, with excellent team level and loyalty. At present, the few people in front of him were either from extraordinary origins or extraordinary abilities. For example, the Yang brothers were even more dominant in the battlefield. As soon as these people spoke, Zhou Ao had no room for performance. It would be better to seize the opportunity now and throw away the bricks and attract jade first.

Sure enough, as soon as they said this, everyone's eyes gathered.

Zhou Ao cleared his throat and said, "I think the other party can sneak into Mr. Ma's house silently. The original intention is to hide things. Since that's the case, how could he take the initiative to expose it? These requests can only make people think of those who came to the court, which is equivalent to being completely exposed and not advisable!"

"Something makes sense, but..."

To Zhou Ao's surprise, he thought that the one who refuted him would be a person like Su Liao and Chen Zi, but he did not expect that the first one to speak was Ran Zhan, the martial artist.

"But what?" Ma Shou was a little confused. He listened to Zhou Ao's words and felt something was right.

Ran Zhan said, "Didn't that man threaten Lao Ma's son, nephew, tribe and granddaughter's life to threaten him not to tell him? This normal person must not dare to talk nonsense, otherwise the family will lose their lives."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Ao almost laughed out loud, while Ma Shou's face suddenly turned dark.

Although the others are extremely determined and well-educated, they can be seen that they are laughing.

But why is this?

It was undoubtedly the old man Ma Shou who said that he was quite ruthless and came to report the news regardless of his family's life or death.

Of course, Chen Zhi had to express his opinion and immediately scolded him: "What nonsense? I am very wise and I can see that the threatening person is just a harsh person, so he has done this. This is a wise and brave choice. How can you understand?"

Ran Zhan was scolded and bowed his head without saying a word, while Chen Zhi turned to appease Ma Shu and said, "Mr. Ma, there is no need to worry. I will arrange for people to take all of them to my mansion and guard them strictly. But this is the case, it is a complete exposure. You should consider how to choose."

"It's good that, I'll have to worry about the prefect." Ma Shu looked worried, and seemed to be unable to sit still, and he looked tired, so after saying a few more words, he hurriedly left.

As soon as others left, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed.

"How credible is his words?" Chen Zhi looked around and asked.

Bao Jingyan never spoke, laughed at him, and Zhou Ao knew that he had some ability, so he lowered his head and said nothing. As for Ran Zhan, he was willing to interrupt, but unfortunately he thought about it and couldn't tell the reason, so he had to give up.

At the critical moment, Chen Zi and Su Liao took the lead.

Chen Zi said first, and he slowly said: "In that situation, Ma Shou didn't know the secret of the single-tie cannon at all, so he would not be able to give an answer, so it was normal to be asked to cooperate later, but this matter may not be related to Yu Liang and the others, because this approach was too obvious."

Su Liao also nodded and said, "At that time, Mr. Ran was outside, and he had actually found the trace of that person, but he followed your order and kept his troops in motion, just to lead the people behind him. As a result, he was extremely careful when he left, and he left the city directly without looking back all the way, leaving no trace."

Chen Zhi nodded and looked at Ran Zhan again. Seeing that the latter's face was quite unhappy, he immediately smiled and said, "Don't feel too frustrated, you kid. That old man Ma came here this time, no matter what his intentions were, he took risks. I can't let him feel heartbroken."

Ran Zhan shook his head and said, "It's not because of this unhappiness that boy. I know the old man's affairs and understand the truth behind it. What I really don't like is that I'm watching several people in front of me these days, but I can't take action!"

It turned out that after Ran Zhan came back, Chen Zhi must have someone making trouble with Mozhe, so he transferred people to guard Gongshuhua and others. Whether it was Gongshuhua or Li Li and Li Wei brothers, they were all considered Chen Zhi's servants and troops, and it was convenient to defend.

In contrast, Old Man Ma's family was alone, although not far away, but they were a bit far away. In addition, their family was a little vigilant, so Chen Zhi would not arrange them too close to prevent a few people from thinking about it. In this way, there would be some difficulties in dealing with the garrison work of this family.

In this case, Chen Zhi arranged for Ran Zhan, a master in his camp, to take action personally to protect the Ma family, and also issued an order to try not to alarm those with higher skills who sneak in and peep in.

It can be imagined that with Ran Zhan's personality, he would be so sad that he could not take action with the enemy in front of him.

"Especially the person today, this person is indeed very skillful, but he is not really unaware of it. He looks like no one in our Dai County can cure him. He looks so angry!"

The more he spoke, the more angry Ran Zhan became.

Chen Zhi understood and smiled and said, "Okay, what's so frustrating in the future is that you won't let you do it."

Ran Zhan nodded then.

Then Chen Zhi looked at the few people and asked, "Where do you think this person came from if he was not sent by Yu Liang?"

"It is very likely that it is the Duan tribe who has just arrived. The man is still left alone, and he is most likely to want to provoke it," Su Liao gave a judgment. "And, in the current situation of Duan tribe, provoking our relationship with the DPRK is the fastest way to take revenge. My subordinates will collect relevant information as much as possible in the past few days."

Chen Zhi nodded and looked at Chen Zi again.

"It may not be the power in Daizhou now," Chen Zi pondered for a moment and gave a reply. "Currently, the envoys of the court, the envoys of Duan's army, and the generals of the Murong's army are all in the city, but looking at the entire northern region, there are many forces, and there are many people who have made moves. Not to mention the distance, just like General Wang Jun, he might be like this. On the surface, he sent Duan's army and Yu Liang and others over, and sent people to assassinate behind his back to get rid of suspicion."

When Su Liao heard this, he nodded and added: "There are also the Xiongnu people who said they would send people here. The reason was unclear. They just wrote a letter and didn't explain who they came clearly. With the grudge between the Xiongnu and the prefect, it is not impossible to send people to assassinate them."

"Maybe it can also be counted as Tuoba tribe," suddenly, Chen Zi said a name that surprised others. "Tuoba Yulu in Tuoba has a good relationship with the prefect, but personally cannot represent the tribe. If Dai County rises strongly, the Tuoba tribe's control over this part of the grassland will be loosened. There is an obvious sign that the seven dependent tribes are definitely a thunder for some tribes on the grassland, and will bring various different reactions. It is not surprising that the Tuoba tribe's idea of ​​changing its mind."

Ran Zhan felt dizzy when he heard this. Why did he think that Tuoba's tribe, who was an ally, have such risks?

Just when he was about to ask, there was a knock on the door outside.

Chen Zhi's expression changed slightly and he asked someone to come in. When he saw that the person was Chen Ju, he said to the people around him: "I have already given instructions. There is no big deal and no need to disturb him. Since Chen Ju is here, it means that the matter is not small."

After saying this, Chen Ju had already handed a letter to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi looked at it briefly and his expression suddenly became solemn.

"What's wrong?" Chen Zi asked.

Chen Zhi handed over the letter and said in a deep voice: "There will be a big battle in Jizhou!"
Chapter completed!