Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

"Marquis Jing'an!" Wang De'an vaguely felt that Marquis Jing'an looked familiar, but he couldn't recall who Marquis Jing'an was at the moment.

After all, he was just a Commander of the Hai State Guard, and he didn't know much about the nobles in the Capital City.

Lin Zhan sighed, "My master is the Right Commander of the Left Army Commander's Mansion, and Duke An is the Left Commander of the Left Army Commander's Mansion!"

"You really are stupid, incomparably stupid."

Yu Chengze nodded, "Indeed stupid, not even knowing who Marquis Jing'an is, back in the day Marquis Jing'an was notorious and once set fire to the Wuliang Hu Clan's army of a hundred thousand."

Compared to Wang De'an, Yu Chengze was more familiar with Yang Zhenshan, because he was originally a Military Officer from Beiyuan Town and also born in the household of the Second-rank Earl, although the Earl was just a second-rank, he was still a noble of the Capital City.

Wang De'an was completely dumbfounded, he now remembered who Marquis Jing'an was, was it not Marquis Jing'an who had fought a great battle at the Capital City's Zhengyang Gate years ago with the Innate Martial Artists?

Marquis Jing'an, Innate Martial Artists!

Lin Zhan coldly watched him, and the next moment, with a clang, a sharp sword was drawn and aimed at Wang De'an's neck.

"Mr. Lin, what what are you doing?" Wang De'an's face turned ghostly pale, and he trembled as he spoke.

"Commander of the Hai State Guard commits mutiny, this official shall execute him on the spot!"

Lin Zhan said indifferently.

"No, I didn't!" Wang De'an repeatedly denied.

Unfortunately, Lin Zhan didn't bother to entangle with him, having many other matters to attend to, and certainly no time to waste on this fool now.

Under everyone's gaze, the sword's blade pierced into Wang De'an's throat, and bright red blood gushed out.

Wang De'an clutched his throat, his eyes filled with disbelief and fear as he looked at Lin Zhan.

Then his body slowly fell to the ground.

Everyone around him wore faces of astonishment and disbelief.

Nobody expected Lin Zhan to actually kill Wang De'an directly, not even Yu Chengze.

Yu Chengze thought Lin Zhan was invoking Yang Zhenshan to intimidate Wang De'an, he never expected Lin Zhan to actually slay him with a single sword strike.

Damn, this Mr. Lin is really fierce!

But then again, it is said that Marquis Jing'an is indeed a god of slaughter with a heavy killing intent.

Yu Chengze shivered all over, developing a fear towards Lin Zhan.

As for the others, they dared not even look at Lin Zhan.

Killing Wang De'an was not enough for Lin Zhan; he swung his sword blade, crossing Zhang Bei's neck.

This General Flag, daring to take the lead, deserved death.

"Li households!"

Li Boran's heart quivered, "Your subordinate is here!"

Lin Zhan coldly glanced over the rioting soldiers, "These useless waste are left to you, if anyone dares to cause trouble again, chop them down for this official!"

Intimidating Wang De'an, no, he was intimidating all officials big and small in Yu State.

Faced with a dilapidated Yu State, he must take strong measures to intimidate all officials.

Killing a chicken to scare monkeys wasn't enough to intimidate all officials; then kill the monkey to scare the monkeys.

Zhang Yu looked at Lin Zhan in horror, previously Lin Zhan only seemed like a very strong official, but now Lin Zhan had turned into a ferocious beast.

His heart was trembling, his limbs were shaking, and his whole being was like a sieve.

Too terrifying!

To have killed a Commander of the Guard just like that!

"Yes!" Li Boran quickly responded, then shouted, "What are you still doing standing there, run back to the camp!"

Whether it was the rioting soldiers or the soldiers brought by Li Boran, upon hearing this they all fled like pardoned souls towards the camp outside the city.

Lin Zhan handed the long sword to Ding Lu next to him, saying, "Da Shi, send two brothers back to the Capital City, and report today's events to my master."

This matter was neither big nor small, but Lin Zhan believed that Yang Zhenshan would definitely be able to handle it.

"Yes!" Lu Dashi responded.

...

Yu State was only a thousand miles away from the Capital City, with fast horses it could be reached from Yu State to the Capital City in two or three days.

Of course, that's if one can change horses; a person can ride a horse fast for a day, but a horse can't keep running fast continuously, otherwise, the horse wouldn't die from fatigue but would be wrecked.

It took five days for the two guards to reach the Capital City and return to the Marquis Mansion.

"Greetings, my lord!"

In the study, two guards paid their respects to Yang Zhenshan.

Yang Zhenshan asked, "Did something happen with Lin Zhan?"

The guards briefly recounted the events in Yu State.

After they finished, Yang Zhenshan said indifferently, "You've worked hard, go home and rest for a few days before returning to Yu State!"

"Yes!" A relieved smile spread across the faces of the two guards.

Naturally, they were happy to be able to stay at home for a few days.

As they left, Yang Zhenshan stroked his beard in thought, then wrote a letter and handed it to Ding Qiu, "Take this letter to Duke An, and oh, send a jar of Hundred Herbs Brew along too!"

A Commander of the Guard, said to be not very important but not insignificant either.

But since it involved mutiny, chopping him down was no big deal.

As for whether someone would take advantage of this to target Lin Zhan, hmph, did they truly think Marquis Jing'an in the Capital City was just for show?

To be honest, Yang Zhenshan didn't really care about such trivial matters.

That day, Ding Qiu took Yang Zhenshan's letter, carrying a jar of Hundred Herbs Brew to Duke An's Mansion.

In the great hall of Duke An's Mansion, Anhuai Ren personally received Ding Qiu.

"Housekeeper Ding of Marquis Jing'an Mansion pays respects to Lord Duke!" Ding Qiu saluted with cupped hands.

Anhuai Ren's face was brimming with smiles, "Haha, Housekeeper Ding, no need for formalities, does Marquis Jing'an have any instructions?"

Though he was a duke, he really didn't dare to act big in front of Yang Zhenshan.