Male supporting role is not a stepping stone

When Zhang Laizi brought the news of the Su family, Zuo Yangan already knew that Yang Yan had gone to the palace to serve as a lecturer in the East Palace half a year ago, and he also meddled in other people's business and pushed Zuo Yangyi in front of the emperor and the prince.

Looking at his brother, who exuded a strong aura and was completely different from before, Zuo Yangan was so angry that he almost bit his teeth. What was wrong with Su Yangyan?

It was obviously Zuo Yangyi who made a fuss to send him away, which caused him to fall off a cliff and become disabled on the way. After the Marquis' Mansion, he ignored him. It would be fine if he was lucky enough to climb up the ladder, but he actually turned back to support him?

Zuo Yangan felt that Su Yangyan might have a problem with his brain, and he was more taboo about him. When he was still in the Marquis' Mansion, he always suppressed him. I didn't expect that after he left in disgrace, he could still suppress me.

Therefore, when Zhang Laizi reported the news, he had already made up his mind that he could not keep him any longer. He would give him hope and then break it. Although it was very satisfying to torture him, if he let the evil live, he was afraid that something would happen again.

So he called his confidant to give him some instructions secretly, and then took out most of his wealth that he had saved for many years and gave it to him to arrange the action.

Zhang Laizi was just an ordinary farmer. It was nothing to ask him to monitor the Su family, but he was almost scared to death when he suddenly heard that he was asked to kill someone.

However, as the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. When he saw the fifty taels of silver, his heart was shaken again. You know, this is just a deposit. The man promised him a heavy reward of twice the silver after the task was completed.

On one side was a life that had nothing to do with him, and on the other side was a wealth of food and clothing for the rest of his life. He hesitated for a while and gritted his teeth and decided to do it.

Yang Yan was completely unaware of the danger approaching him. He stayed at the Su family for three days. Except for the first day when the family ate and drank leisurely and happily, he started to focus on the studies of his three brothers from the second day.

The three of them had not been lazy in the past six months, but they were inevitably a little lax without him around. Suddenly, they were tested by their younger brother's teacher. There were more or less mistakes. They were scolded for a while and dared not raise their heads.

Yang Yan checked and made up for the gaps for the brothers, assigned new homework, and then said a sentence that scared them to death.

"What? Take the exam for a scholar?"

The three looked at each other. As the eldest brother, Su had no confidence in front of his fourth brother. He said cautiously: "Fourth brother, this... is it too fast? Fifth brother has studied for a few more years than us, and he hasn't finished yet. If we go..."

"It's not that we are worried about ourselves. It's not that you are also a lecturer in the East Palace now, and you are teaching the prince. If we don't pass the exam, it will be your face that will be lost."

To put it bluntly, they are not without confidence.

Yang Yan smiled faintly and said, "I'm not asking you to take the exam right away. There is still more than half a year before the autumn exam next year. As long as you focus on studying during this period, you can definitely take the exam then."

"As for my fifth brother, don't worry about it. I have already discussed it with him. He will definitely take the exam next year. You all know his knowledge. Unless there is an unavoidable accident, he will definitely pass."

"Brothers, please work hard. By then, the story of four scholars in one family will all depend on you."

This makes the pressure even greater, right? Brother Su and the other two suddenly felt that their shoulders were heavier, and they all felt like they were suffocating.

"Don't worry, brother, brother, brother," Yang Yan continued to smile, "I have asked the prince for permission. I don't have to live in the East Palace for a long time in the future. After I return to Beijing, I will buy another house in the city. I can go home every day to teach you a thing or two, and I guarantee that your studies will not fall behind."

No, I am not at all relieved. Thinking that they would be checked on their studies by their younger brothers every day like today, the older brothers all felt trembling.

Yang Yan seemed not to notice the bleakness on the faces of the three people. After having dinner happily, he went to bed early so that he could get up early and return to the palace the next day.

At midnight, everyone in the village was asleep. Except for the occasional barking of dogs, there was silence everywhere.

Yang Yan was awakened by a rustling sound. He listened for a moment. First, there was the sound of animals eating, and then the dog whimpered and fell to the ground. It should have eaten something it shouldn't have eaten and was knocked down.

He sneered in his heart, knowing that someone would be restless after his news spread, but he didn't expect that person to be so decisive and attack the Su family without waiting for careful arrangements.

But on second thought, if he didn't seize the opportunity in the next two days, when he went to the East Palace again, the Su family would move to the capital again, and it would be even more difficult to attack them.

He sat up quietly, put on his clothes quickly, and then turned over and got out of bed, standing firmly on the ground with his legs.

After careful care, he was able to walk a few months ago, but the original owner's legs had been delayed for too long, and even he could not completely heal them. His legs would swell and ache after walking for a long time, so he still appeared in front of people in a wheelchair.

However, the wheelchair was too heavy. If he sat on it and went out at this time, it would definitely scare away the person who had climbed into the yard. He could only endure the discomfort and make himself tired.

The night was clear tonight, and a waning moon hung high in the sky. Yang Yan pushed open the door almost silently and quickly went in the direction of the noise. Soon he saw a familiar figure bending over like a thief and carefully moving inside.

His face was clearly visible under the moonlight. It was Zhang Laizi who had been monitoring the Su family for two years. At this time, he looked panicked and crazy. He was carrying a large bamboo basket on his back. It was obvious that there were shameful things inside.

Zhang Laizi didn't know that he had been discovered. He held his breath and listened for a while. Seeing no movement, he crouched and touched the house of the fourth son of the Su family who he had inquired about yesterday. When he reached the window, he stretched out his hand and poked the window paper.

Then he carefully put the bamboo basket on the ground. After a careful look, he stretched his hand inside. Under the moonlight, he could clearly see that it was actually a snake. The snake body was twisting constantly after being caught. The snake head and pattern were obviously poisonous.

Yang Yan instantly understood his plan. He'an Village was backed by the mountain, and snakes, insects, rats and ants were often found in the village. Putting a poisonous snake in his house could be said to be the safest method.

If he was really bitten to death, others would think that he was just unlucky. If he was discovered by him and escaped, they would only sigh that they were lucky and would not think of murdering him.

However, he is not the weak and disabled scholar that outsiders think he is. Now he can be said to be caught red-handed. The unlucky one is naturally the one who has the intention to harm others.

Yang Yan was about to go forward to arrest him, but found that Zhang Laizi thought he had succeeded and did not leave. He picked up the bamboo basket and touched the residence of Zhang Da Ge and others. His eyes suddenly turned cold. Is he planning to kill them all?

His brother, sister-in-law and nephew were still sleeping in the house. This time he naturally couldn't let him really put the poisonous snake in. When the man just touched the front of Zhang Da Ge's room, he had quietly walked behind him, picked up the wooden stick and hit him on the back of the neck.

Yang Yan's hand strength was so strong that Zhang Laizi fainted before he even had time to hum. This was the result of his control to keep him alive, otherwise this stick would have killed him directly.

The huge noise startled the people in the room, and the door was opened almost immediately. Brother Su stood in front of the door with his clothes intact. It was obvious that he had already noticed that someone was coming, but he was not sure about the purpose of the person, so he did not attack.

Soon, more doors opened one after another, and Brother Su Er and Brother Su San also came out. They did not look like they had just woken up.

Finally, they were still a little alert. Yang Yan glanced at them and gave up the idea of ​​doubling his daily training.

Not knowing that they had escaped, Brother Su looked at the fainted man on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Laizi? What does he want to do by running to our house at this time?"

Yang Yan raised his toes and tapped the backpack next to him, saying: "Release the poisonous snake. There is already one in my room, and there are probably all of them in here."

The faces of the brothers suddenly turned black. The sisters-in-law in the room heard such a horrible thing through the door and all let out a low cry. Father and Mother Su, who hurried over with clothes on, were so scared that their feet went weak. Fortunately, Brother Su San, who was closest to them, helped them up and didn't fall down.

"What a sin!" Mother Su was terrified, and she cried as she spoke, "This is going to wipe out our entire family! Who on earth would do such a cruel thing?"

"No matter who it is," Yang Yan looked at the person on the ground coldly, "I will find him out this time, and some accounts should be settled properly."

"Fourth brother, you have more experience than us, and everyone listens to you today," Father Su took the initiative to speak, "What do you think we should do now?"

"Brother, go and ask the village chief and all the uncles and grandfathers to come," Yang Yan did not refuse, and directly ordered, "Second brother, go to the county government to report the case, saying that someone released a poisonous snake to kill people, remember to mention my identity, the East Palace said that I am a close minister to the prince, I think the county magistrate dare not neglect it."

"Okay, fourth brother." The two responded at the same time and did things according to his instructions separately.

The fastest ones to come were of course people from the same village. The village chief and others were originally unhappy to be called up in the middle of the night, but when they heard that it was such a serious matter of killing people, they did not dare to neglect it, and just put on a piece of clothes and came over.

When they arrived at the Su family, Yang Yan had already sat back in his wheelchair. His face was pale to begin with, and it looked even paler under the moonlight. He was leaning weakly on the back of the chair, and everyone could see that he was frightened.

Zhang Laizi appeared in the Su family yard dressed like this at this time, and the villagers who were alarmed testified that they had seen him sneaking around in the mountains with the basket on his back. In addition, there were poisonous snakes caught in the basket and from Yang Yan's house. The matter was basically determined with all the evidence.

Although he tried to argue after he woke up, he couldn't explain why his people were here, and everyone knew he was lying at a glance.