The soldier next to him bowed and said, "I obey your orders!"

Yue Fei walked towards the old man and knelt down with a plop, shocking all the soldiers.

"Marshal Yue!"

"General Yue!"

"These four men have committed heinous crimes, their crimes are unforgivable! I, Yue Fei, will apologize to you on their behalf!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other soldiers knelt down one after another.

The people were so frightened that they didn't know what to do for a moment.

Yue Fei knelt on the ground and turned around to ask, "Where is the law enforcement officer?"

A soldier stepped out from the crowd and said, "I am here!"

Yue Fei said: "Yue Fei has no way of managing the army and has allowed his soldiers to commit evil deeds. He deserves a 100-stroke beating with the military stick! Yue Fei is willing to accept the punishment."

All the soldiers were stunned, and even the law enforcement officer didn't know what to do.

Yue Fei angrily shouted, "As a law enforcement officer, you should follow the law and uphold military discipline! Execute immediately!"

The law enforcement officer was also an upright man. He immediately ordered two soldiers to force Yue Fei to lie on the law enforcement bench.

The law enforcement soldiers were afraid that the beating was not lenient enough and Yue Fei would blame them, so they immediately gave him a full 100 blows with military sticks.

"Marshal Yue!"

"General Yue!"

People are all made of flesh and blood, and the soldiers were infected. They did not expect the marshal in front of them to be so upright, and they all secretly admired him.

A few days later, the story of Yue Fei's strict enforcement of the law and his personal commitment to it spread throughout Taiyuan Prefecture. Everyone gave him a thumbs-up when he was mentioned.

In Bianjing, memorials praising Yue Fei poured in like snowflakes, praising his selflessness, compassion for the people, love for the people like his own children, and strict military discipline.

The government office was stunned when it received the memorials. Just recently, the memorials impeaching Yue Fei had piled up in a box, and just a few days ago, the memorials praising Yue Fei filled the room. It was truly baffling. (Note: The term memorials originated during the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, they weren't called memorials; they were called memorials or something similar. The author is incompetent and unjust, so I won't modify it.)

PS: I recommend a book by a great writer, Zhu Jia Dalang's "Poetry and Knife". The writing is sharp and definitely worth reading.