"Who is the leading craftsman? Call him out to me!" The governor's face turned pale as he gave orders to his subordinates.

Immediately, a yamen runner stepped forward and shouted at the craftsmen, "Stop! Who's in charge here?"

The people working had to stop what they were doing, with a look of panic in their eyes.

The yamen runners came with a fierce momentum and it was obvious that they were not good people.

An old man came out and answered, "I am in charge of the quarry here. I wonder what your orders are, sir?"

"The Governor wants to question you personally, come here quickly! Remember to answer the questions honestly, don't hide anything!"

"Please rest assured, sir. I will report the truth!"

Follow the yamen runner to the governor.

The Governor looked him up and down with a gloomy expression, then asked, "Who came up with the idea of ​​using fire to mine the stones?

Why has it never happened before?"

"In reply to the Governor-General, this quarrying method was taught to us by His Royal Highness the Prince!

It’s not that I didn’t want to do it before, but I really didn’t know how to do it!”

The old man answered respectfully.

"This is sheer nonsense. The prince has always lived in the capital and has never mined stone.

How could one possibly understand this method?

You must be trying to please the prince on purpose and hiding things from me on weekdays.

Come on, take him down and give him ten lashes again!"

The governor didn't care whether what he said was right or not. He would use any means to stop the progress of the project.

The old man was startled.

I didn't expect that he would hit me without asking any questions.

At such an old age, being beaten with ten boards would probably be fatal.

He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Governor, please spare my life, I really did not lie.

It was the prince himself who taught me.

Many people have seen this show, so feel free to ask any questions.

"Humph, I know you guys have been colluding for a long time, and I am also helpless.

To deal with unruly people like you, we have to use extraordinary measures.

Take him away and beat him again."

"I'm wronged! It was indeed His Royal Highness the Prince who taught me this method. If you don't believe me, you can ask the Prince."

The others finally couldn't stand it anymore.

The old man holds a very high position in their hearts.

Many people are his disciples.

Rush up quickly to protect the old man.

"Don't do it! If anyone dares to touch my master, I will fight him to the death!"

"You bastard official, how dare you frame us? Aren't you afraid that His Royal Highness the Prince will find out?"

"That's absolutely right! He beats people without asking any questions. I won't listen to such a bastard official."

The people have long hated these corrupt officials.

Especially the craftsmen who were working on the job knew that it was because of their corruption and cutting corners that the river embankment broke year after year.

My heart has long been filled with resentment.

In the past, they didn't dare to resist at all.

But the situation is different now.

With the support of the prince, and in order to protect their master, they no longer endure it.

If the river bank is not repaired properly, even if we don’t drown, we will probably starve to death.

I'm going all out.

"Well, you unruly people, how dare you insult me ​​and fight against the government.

Someone comes and arrests them all.

These people must be severely punished, otherwise how will we govern the region in the future?"

As officials, they are most afraid of people making trouble, so they can take the opportunity to make an example of someone.

Upon hearing the order, a group of yamen runners, as ferocious as wolves and tigers, rushed forward immediately to arrest all the troublemakers.

"Who is so bold as to arrest the craftsman hired by this prince?"

Suddenly a stern voice came from behind.

Li Ye and his men arrived just in time.

I saw the yamen runners bullying the craftsmen.

This made Li Ye very angry.

The Governor refused to stop his men and explained to Li Ye, "Your Highness, you don't know that these are a group of unruly people who dared to insult me ​​and fight against the government.

If these people are not severely punished, what will become of the government's authority?"

Li Ye had no idea what these people were doing.

I don't believe what he said at all.

Especially seeing that the yamen runners didn't stop.

His face darkened: "You bastards, this prince won't stop yet.

Lin Yue, teach them the rules."

Lin Yue was already gnashing with hatred and was just waiting for Li Ye's order.

He immediately attacked, and with a series of clattering sounds, he knocked all the yamen runners to the ground in the blink of an eye.

The officials at the scene did not expect that Li Ye would take action as soon as he said so, without giving them any face at all.

Wei Guang was extremely angry and accused Yu to his face: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this? How can you just hit the yamen runners at will?

Even if they are not officials, they are still people from the yamen.

What crime have these people committed by following orders to arrest troublemakers?"

Li Ye didn't even bother to look at him any more.

The rescued craftsmen all came to Li Ye and knelt down and kowtowed.

"I am innocent. Please, Your Highness, do me a favor! The official came and beat my master with ten boards without asking any questions.

My master is so old, how could he withstand it?

I'm afraid he will be beaten to death.

We had no choice but to protect our master."

Li Ye asked: "Why did I hit you?"

"Your Highness! The Governor-General told me that we used to hide the method of burning stones.

Deliberately affecting the progress of river embankment construction.

I have already said that this method was told to us by His Highness.

But the Governor simply didn't believe me and insisted that I was lying."

Li Ye was furious when he heard this.

"Just because of such a small thing, the people are punished. The Governor has great authority.

The method of mining stones was originally taught to them by this prince, and many people were present.

Is there anything that is not clear to me, Xiao Xiao?"

The Governor saw this and knew that he could no longer conceal the truth.

He quickly apologized: "Please forgive me, Your Highness. I was anxious to build the river embankment, so I was a little too hasty.

The key point is that I did not expect that Your Highness actually knew these methods.

This led to a misunderstanding!

I am willing to be punished!"

Li Ye didn't want this incident to affect his plans.

He waved to the craftsmen and said, "You all go back to work!"

Then he said to the Governor: "This prince will set another rule!

All the craftsmen here were recruited by this prince.

If there is to be any punishment, it must be done by this prince.

Anyone who dares to punish the workers behind this prince's back will be executed immediately."

Anger flashed in the Governor's eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"I obey your command! I promise that this will never happen again."

Wei Guang opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

But there was also a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.

Anyway, the killer has already been arranged.

Li Ye’s life will be taken today.

No matter how much they are slapped in the face, they have to endure it.

"Let's go to the riverbank and take a look!" Li Ye also created an opportunity for the other party to take action.

Deliberately take them to a crowded place.

Lin Yue was on full alert, with his left hand on the scabbard and his right hand ready to grip the hilt at any time.

As long as the assassin takes action, he can kill the opponent immediately.

Both sides had their own thoughts, but on the surface they were talking and laughing, and seemed to be in harmony.