"But it's not easy to plunder those villages. Most of the remaining villages have paid you protection fees. Aren't you not going to let us go? We can't find a suitable village at all?"
Yang Zhongxian said.
"What's the point? The worst you can do is just plunder the villages you've robbed before, or I tell you not to plunder the villages. You don't care about them, just go ahead and plunder. At worst, you'll plunder less."
In this case, he also has a reason to increase the protection fee.
After hearing what Lin Zhe said, even Yang Zhongxian, who was the leader of Bandits, felt that he was really cruel.
They were afraid that the population of those villages would jump over the wall, so every time they went to rob, they would control the situation carefully to make them feel distressed, but not to the point where they would risk everything to resist.
But Lin Zhe had no such considerations at all and wished he could just take out all the money in their pockets.
Compared with Lin Zhe, Yang Zhongxian even thinks that he can be called kind.
"Okay, then I'll do as you say."
After finishing speaking, Yang Zhongxian even felt that his remaining conscience began to ache.
But soon, this trace of guilt was forgotten.
Anyway, it is not his interests that are harmed, and he can also benefit from it, so this trace of conscience can be abandoned.
"The person you want is still tied to the carriage below. When the time comes, you can go back directly in this carriage."
Yang Zhongxian opened the window and pointed to a beautifully decorated carriage below.
Lin Zhe took one look and then looked away.
"Okay, I understand."
Then, the two discussed other matters. After the discussion was completed, they opened the box door and prepared to leave.
As a result, when I opened the door, I found that the door was full of people, and their faces were all very familiar.
These are officials of Auspicious Peace County.
This is what Jiang Nuan told Lin Shu to do.
Let Lin Shu lie to them in the name of Lin Zhe's daughter that Lin Zhe asked them to come to Fortune Inn to discuss things, and then let them all stay outside the box and listen to them.
"You, why are you here?"
Looking at so many people, Lin Zhe had a trace of doubt on his face.
There were somewhat embarrassed expressions on those people's faces, and then they all glanced aside.
Lin Zhe followed their line of sight and saw a very familiar figure.
After seeing that Lin Zhe had noticed her, Lin Shu stood up.
"Yes, I called them here."
"You rebellious girl, what do you mean?"
Lin Zhe said in a bad tone.
"Of course I want them to come and witness how my father, Auspicious Peace County's parents, colluded with Bandits to harm our Auspicious Peace County people! Lin Zhe, what else can you say now?"
Lin Shu speaks loudly and forcefully.
After hearing what she said, Lin Zhe not only showed no trace of shame, but showed a mocking expression towards her.
"Oh, do you think you can defeat me like this? It's really ridiculous."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the crowd behind Lin Shu and said to them:
"Come on, tell Miss Lin what you just heard at the door of the box?"
"We didn't hear anything, we just saw County Magistrate Lin and his friends coming to Fortune Inn for a party, and this brother is so talented, how could he be the leader of Bandits? Miss Lin, you must be mistaken."
An official just told lies with his eyes open.
"That's right, I, Yang Zhongxian, am an ordinary citizen. How did I become the leader of Bandits in Miss Lin's mouth? Miss Lin, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense."
Yang Zhongxian immediately agreed.
"You, you clearly heard it just now! Why didn't you say it? You are still telling lies!"
Lin Shu said angrily.
"Miss Lin, I have pitiful parents in the world. Even if your father does something you don't like, you don't have to be so cruel! Just slander him. If something happens to him, you, as his daughter, will not be in the same situation!"
An official continued.
"Slander? Hahaha... You are really good. You have obviously heard it and you are still pretending here. It turns out that you are all grasshoppers on a rope! I have seen through you."
Lin Shu looks at such a group of people with disappointment. Auspicious Peace County These officials are rotten from the root.
"I can testify that Lin Zhe is colluding with the leader Bandits. We all heard it just now!"
A young man standing in the back stood up and said regardless of the dissuasion of those around him.
He can understand the scruples of his colleagues around him. They are all already married and have careers, and they are old and young. In Auspicious Peace County, Lin Zhe is the sky, and they dare not say anything at all.
But he was different, he was alone, without father, mother, wife or children.
The blood in his heart had not yet cooled down, and he did not want to see Auspicious Peace County rot like this, so he stood up.
But it's a pity that no one else dared to come forward except him.
They could already feel the way Lin Zhe looked at the young man, as if he were looking at a dead person.
"Xia Yuanguang, I know you have a grudge against Magistrate Lin because you have not been promoted, but you have to understand that this is because of your lack of ability, and this is not a reason for you to slander Magistrate Lin!"
With just a few words from an official, a young man who wanted to speak out was beaten by someone who was deliberately seeking revenge because of his incompetence and hatred.
Xia Yuanguang was so angry that his face turned red.
"You, you..."
He was so stupid that he pointed at the official for a long time, unable to speak, which made him look even more guilty.
"We can also bear witness, we also heard it."
Chunhua Qiuyue walked out of the box next door, followed by Jiang Nuan who had been listening for a long time.
After seeing someone in the box next door, Lin Zhe's eyes darkened. It seemed like the shopkeeper of this store could use another person.
"Who are you? Oh, I see. You are with them. Do you know what it is to slander an official of the imperial court? Are you afraid you want to go to jail?"
The man pointed at Chunhua Qiuyue and threatened directly.
Chunhua Qiuyue seemed not to hear the threat in his words, and continued:
"We are just people passing by to fight against injustice. Who would have expected that we happened to see such a good show. In my opinion, you officials are so good at telling lies, why don't you just go and sing in the show!"
Chunhua Qiuyue did not say who they were, but said this.
"You're talking nonsense, Xiaotai, call me immediately and arrest these two people who dare to slander the imperial officials!"
An official pointed at Chunhua Qiuyue and said to another official behind him.