bookcurios Chapter 148: Establishing Authority, Lord Yama
Chapter 148: Establishing Authority, Lord Yama
Along the way, both the County Magistrate Liang and the Prefect Chen were a little uneasy. They wanted to find out something, but they opened their mouths several times but stopped talking.
Both of them knew the identity represented by this gold medal. This was the identity token of the King of Zhanbei, second only to the emperor and above all others.
Is it King Zhanbei? Or someone else wants to see them?
Yingmo didn't say much, just told the two that they would know soon.
Prefect Chen felt very nervous and glanced at the county governor who was standing next to him with an equally solemn expression.
He raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Never mind. He is just a lowly official. Even if something goes wrong, the county magistrate will take responsibility for it.
The night was dark and the streets were sparsely populated.
Occasionally they passed by the gates of a few large mansions, and the lights made the back of the man in black leading them in front look even more eerie and terrifying.
The two of them felt uneasy and cold sweats were pouring down their faces.
The door of the inn was open, and there was no waiter guarding the door. However, there were many guests standing in the corridor, as if listening to something.
Those who were sharp-eyed saw the county governor Liang entering the room in his official uniform. Standing next to him was the prefect Chen, who looked very familiar to them. Everyone looked even more surprised.
Everyone was speculating about the commotion upstairs just now, wondering if something big had happened.
Yingmo led the two of them up to the third floor without looking around. His aura was so cold and stern that the curious people around him avoided him and dared not look at him any longer.
Jiang Shian was twirling a teacup in his hand boredly, his eyes fixed on the person on the ground who was glancing at them.
He had already anticipated the people who would attack him tonight.
But he didn't expect that two groups of people would come. He thought there was only the man who was beaten by him in the morning.
Jiang Xian actually got involved.
The person who came earlier was obviously looking for trouble, and he was holding a stick in his hand and wanted to teach them a lesson.
The people brought by Jiang Xian were carrying sacks. Who were they planning to capture alive?
At first Jiang Shian thought that his identity had been discovered and Jiang Xian wanted to kill him, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was impossible.
Jiang Xian is not a cunning person, but he is just a bad guy.
Whatever he was thinking was reflected on his face. If he had suspected that he was "Jiang Shian", he would not have walked so directly in the morning.
Ji Yinghuai was more sensitive than him. Plus, he stood at the door and heard what everyone outside was saying, which made him even more certain that this group of people had some dirty intentions.
Therefore, compared to the previous group of people who came to seek revenge, Jiang Xian and his people made him even more angry. The old accounts had not been settled yet, and new grudges had come again. Yingmo had to make these people suffer.
The room they booked was the largest room in the inn, the Tianzi room, which was separated from the inner and outer rooms.
There is a small farmyard outside.
Even so, when they saw the scene in the house, Prefect Chen and Magistrate Liang were a little shocked.
Except for the two people who were standing and sitting at the table, both with bad looks on their faces.
A large group of people gathered in the corners and in the middle of the room, lying or kneeling, looking at the huge scene.
These people were dressed similarly and could be seen as thugs in the mansion.
There were a few people that Chen Zhifu knew. When he saw some familiar faces, a look of panic flashed across his face.
Compared to Prefect Chen, the county magistrate was much calmer. Of course, that was only on the surface. With a little guessing about the scene before him, he roughly knew what was going on.
It's not like similar things haven't happened before, but after ordinary people were taught a lesson, they wanted to ask for help, and some people were afraid of getting into unnecessary trouble, so they moved away.
It seems that he has been caught red-handed. No wonder. The person who could have invited him here with this token must not be an ordinary citizen. It seems that this gentleman is determined to clean up these people.
Yingmo walked back to Ji Yinghuai's side.
Ji Yinghuai looked at the two people standing with their hands hanging down with a cold expression.
His aura was so terrifying that from the moment he entered the room, neither the Liang County Magistrate nor the uneasy Chen Prefect dared to raise their eyes to look at him directly.
"Raise your head." Ji Yinghuai said coldly.
Interrupting the two people who were still winking at each other.
His voice was like ice, and the chill in his tone made everyone else in the room shiver.
It was the first time that Jiang Shian saw Ji Yinghuai like this, and he was a little uncomfortable. The man's cold aura was too strong, and it felt like he had suddenly become a different person.
The two people below raised their heads and looked at Ji Yinghuai. Prefect Chen just glanced at him and immediately lowered his head. It was obvious from his aura that he was someone who could not be offended.
The governor of Liang County stared with wide eyes, looking at Ji Yinghuai who was sitting at the table for a long time without coming back to his senses.
Compared to the native Chen Zhifu, he was transferred from the capital. When he went to the palace to pay homage in the past, he naturally met the famous King Zhan Bei when he entered the palace.
He also received news from the capital a few days ago. There were rumors that King Zhanbei was not dead, and he had faked his death before just to find out the traitors in the court and work together with the emperor to set up a plan.
However, no one in the capital had seen King Zhanbei for some time, and the rumor came from the palace. Some people believed it, but most people thought it was just spread by the emperor to appease the soldiers on the border.
King Zhan Bei, who was rumored to be dead, appeared before him with a cold face.
The governor of Liang County was at a loss, and then he immediately knelt on his knees and saluted: "Your subordinate, I am Liang Ping, the governor of Qingping County, and I greet the King of Zhanbei. May your Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
Jiang Shian could clearly hear the sound of people gasping for air one after another in the room.
Ji Yinghuai didn't waste time talking to them and pointed at the people in the room: "I have been away from the border for many years, and I didn't know that the people in your Qingping County are like this."
The two people standing lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.
Ji Yinghuai reached out and pulled Jiang Shian to sit on the stool next to him. Noticing that the boy was a little nervous, he patted Jiang Shian's hand soothingly.
He then recounted in detail what had happened in the morning and how the bandits had come to his house just now while he was sitting at home.
The more he spoke, the uglier the faces of the two people kneeling below became.
For a moment, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
When Jiang Xian first saw that the person who came was Prefect Chen, he thought that this gentleman had financial dealings with his father. As the saying goes, one should give face to others rather than to monks, so at worst he could just go to jail for a day.
But when Jiang Xian heard Ji Yinghuai's identity, his forehead was covered with cold sweat. He had only one thought in his mind: it's over. He had directly offended the King of Hell, and his father couldn't protect him.
Even uglier than his expression was the one kneeling next to him. Wen Zhang looked disheartened, so he thought he had teased the man of the King of Zhan Bei, and then he brought people to provoke him in the process.
That was the King Zhanbei who led troops into battle and had killed countless people. With what he had done, even if the enemy killed him with one sword, no one would dare to say anything.
Prefect Chen and County Magistrate Liang were sweating profusely when they heard this. They could not care about anything else at this moment and kept kowtowed and confessed their guilt: "I am guilty. It was my fault for not exercising proper management and allowing these unruly people to offend Your Highness. Your Highness, please forgive me."
If it was someone else who was offended, they could have just given some money without having to apologize, and the matter would have been over. Unfortunately, this time the target was Ji Yinghuai, so it was impossible to let him off lightly.
Ji Yinghuai was too lazy to listen to the two people below chattering about their hard work and great contributions. He was careless for a moment and interrupted them directly: "You two can decide how to deal with it. If you can't give an explanation to the people of Qingping County, hehe..."
Ji Yinghuai's eyes fell on the necks of the two men and he snorted meaningfully.
The two men felt a chill on their necks and swallowed, fearing that the person opposite them would twist their necks in the next second, and they responded "yes" repeatedly.
The governor of Liang County did not dare to hand these people over to the prefect Chen for punishment, and quickly asked his men to take these people back and put them in jail for investigation and trial overnight.
Finally, he did not forget to instruct his subordinates: "Send someone to spread the message in the county city early tomorrow morning, and tell those who have been involved with these people in the past and want to file a complaint quickly. I will deal with them severely one by one and will not show any leniency."