Chapter 11: Commander

"Su Xiaoxi, Su Shanhe." Lin Zuo muttered these two names, and some distant memories gradually emerged in his mind. Two children crying on the riverbank, his Master's body gradually turning cold...

The two childish faces gradually changed, slowly overlapping with the faces of Su Xiaoxi and Su Shanhe in front of him.

"So it's them." Lin Zuo sighed in his heart, not knowing if this was a coincidence or fate. He returned to Zhenjiang Prefecture ten years later and actually met the two children from ten years ago again.

Ten years have passed, and the two children have grown up, but there are already white strands at his temples.

They shouldn't remember him, right?

That's right, so much time has passed, it's normal to forget.

He thought so, and couldn't help but sigh at the irony of fate.

At the same time, Su Xiaoxi was about to rush to Su Shanhe's side, but with a "clink," a bright blade light flashed, and a middle-aged man holding a blade blocked in front of Su Shanhe, blocking Su Xiaoxi outside.

"Miss Su, one more step forward is colliding with the government and attempting to hijack a court criminal. The crime is not light." The man holding the blade said with a fake smile.

Su Xiaoxi, who was blocked, asked loudly and relentlessly: "Li Sheng, you are just the Deputy Commander of the Grain Transport Supervisor, what qualifications do you have to arrest my brother?"

"I don't have the qualifications, but our Prefect Zhou of Zhenjiang Prefecture has the qualifications."

Li Sheng said, took out an arrest warrant from his arms, and shook it at Su Xiaoxi.

Su Xiaoxi reached out to take the arrest warrant, but Li Sheng had already tucked it back into his arms in advance. Su Xiaoxi had to continue to ask: "What crime did my brother commit?"

"Su Commander was disrespectful to the River God, angered the River God, causing canal ships to sink frequently..."

"This Grand Canal has never had a River God since ancient times. My brother was just telling the truth."

"Not only that, the Prefect also received a report recently that the water transport accounts are not clean, and someone embezzled the silver allocated by the imperial court to the canal workers." Li Sheng glanced at Su Xiaoxi coldly: "And this batch of funds was handled by Su Shanhe, and the account book is also missing now. If we don't arrest him back, how can we investigate?"

"My brother didn't embezzle the canal workers' silver. This is clearly someone framing him!" Su Xiaoxi shouted loudly.

"That's not for you to say. The truth will be decided by the Prefect." Li Sheng waved his hand: "Now please move aside, otherwise don't blame me for being impolite."

"I won't allow you to arrest my brother."

"Come, tie up Su Xiaoxi too and arrest them together."

Seeing several soldiers step forward to grab Su Xiaoxi's shoulders and arms, twisting them behind her back and locking them with iron chains, the girl's face flushed red, tears swirling in her eye sockets, while Su Shanhe shouted loudly: "Let go of my sister!"

Unfortunately, before he could finish a sentence, his mouth was stuffed with cloth, and more dirt blocks and stones seemed to be thrown from all around.

Seeing this scene, Lin Zuo couldn't help but say in his heart: "Nonsense!"

These two could be considered old acquaintances of his, and it seemed that there were some hidden circumstances in this. If it were normal times, according to Lin Zuo's temperament, he should intervene.

However, he came to Zhenjiang Prefecture undercover this time to investigate a case, so it was not appropriate to expose his identity now.

He was hesitating in his heart, but at this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from his side: "This is simply nonsense!"

The next moment, Tang Zheng beside him grabbed the black umbrella on Lin Zuo's back and rushed out.

Lin Zuo was taken aback and subconsciously wanted to grab the black umbrella back, but Tang Zheng's speed was too fast, and he could only follow him out of the crowd subconsciously.

He saw Tang Zheng rush to Su Xiaoxi's side in two or three steps, open the umbrella to block the dirt blocks and stones thrown at her, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Everyone stop!"

This shout was full of dominance, immediately stunning the surrounding people and the few soldiers.

Then he slowly put down the black umbrella in his hand, scanned the crowd, finally stopped on Li Sheng's face, stared at him for a few seconds, then sneered and said: "A mere Deputy Commander of the Grain Transport Supervisor, what a great official prestige!"

These few scene words were said, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. After all, this young man who suddenly rushed out looked very unfamiliar, and no one present knew his background.

"May I ask who you are?" Li Sheng couldn't help but ask.

"Humph, my identity, I'm afraid of scaring you to death." Tang Zheng sneered, reached out and untied a yellow-looking gold medal from his waist, and shook it at Li Sheng.

"Recognize this medal?"

Lin Zuo had sharp eyes and saw the two characters "Zhenfu" engraved on the gold medal, almost screaming.

He was too familiar with this Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander gold medal, because at this moment, a exactly same medal was tied to his waist.

This thing was a symbol of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's identity, and currently, there were fewer than ten people in the Embroidered Uniform Guard who had the Commander's waist medal. Lin Zuo knew every one of them, which of course did not include this young man named Tang Zheng.

Lin Zuo couldn't help but sigh in his heart—impersonating an Embroidered Uniform Guard was a serious crime, and what's more, Tang Zheng was impersonating an Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander. This was a head-lopping crime.

Although he quite liked Tang Zheng's personality, this was not enough to make him practice favoritism.

However, he thought to himself that it was inconvenient for him to reveal his identity right now, and having such a hot-headed youth charging in front might actually be a good thing.

Thinking of this, he forcibly suppressed the urge to arrest people on the spot and wanted to see what Tang Zheng was going to do.

"You are..." Li Sheng stared at the medal again and again, seemingly somewhat uncertain.

"Open your dog eyes wide." Seeing this, Tang Zheng raised the medal higher and shouted loudly: "Embroidered Uniforms cloud dragon, Flying Fish serve the Jade Capital. Embroidered Spring... Embroidered Spring..."

He recited half of the poem and suddenly got stuck.

Seeing Tang Zheng's face beginning to flush, Lin Zuo beside him shook his head helplessly and reminded him in a low voice: "Embroidered Spring deceives frost and snow."

Tang Zheng immediately shouted: "Embroidered Spring deceives frost and snow, the Imperial Prison cuts through the turbid and clear."

Then he turned his head and winked at Tang Zheng, whispering in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Not bad, you guessed my identity early on?"

Hearing this, Lin Zuo knelt on one knee and shouted loudly: "See the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander."

As soon as this sentence was said, a large area knelt down all around. The many means and great power of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For the common people and some low-level officials, hearing the name of the Embroidered Uniform Guard would probably make them wake up instantly even if they were asleep.

Even Li Sheng, who was very majestic just now, couldn't help but kneel and kowtow, shouting loudly: "See the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander."

Tang Zheng ignored him, first helped Lin Zuo up, and then waved at the crowd: "Exempt, all exempt."

After the surrounding people stood up one after another, he glanced at Li Sheng and said coldly: "Stand up, release the person first." ===== CHAPTER 12 =====