Lin Xiuyan ignored him and responded with a punch.
Zhou Chenyang: "!!!!!!!"
After tying up Zhou Chenyang, she walked to their side and said, "Young Master Fan, this time, I'll have to trouble you to come back to Yucheng with me again."
Fan Xilou swallowed hard and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say!"
Lin Xiuyan smiled at him. Her beautiful face was stained with blood, and her smile made Fan Xilou's heart tremble.
He knew that he might never dare to have any other thoughts about her in his entire life.
Ye Junfei patted Fan Xilou on the shoulder, startling him so much that he almost jumped up on the spot.
Lin Xiuyan instructed her servants to symbolically drag a few corpses along, then carried Zhou Chenyang, took out a pair of cymbals and a set of gongs and drums, and returned to Yucheng with a lot of banging and beating.
Their commotion was so great that it attracted a lot of attention.
In addition, they were traveling on the main road, where there were already many pedestrians. Upon seeing this scene, they all cast surprised glances at them.
A servant carrying a megaphone shouted, "City Lord Zhou Chenyang of Yucheng has broken the law and led men to rob merchants!"
As soon as he finished shouting, the people around him started banging cymbals, gongs, and drums, making a great commotion.
The people on the roadside had mixed expressions after hearing these words.
The news of several wealthy families in Chongqing being robbed a few days ago has already spread throughout the city.
Anyone with a brain would know something's wrong with this.
Although there are mountains and bandits around Yucheng, those bandits would never dare to enter the city to rob.
Even if all the bandits who entered the city to rob it that day were involved, Zhou Chenyang, as the city's lord, was seriously derelict in his duty.
When they heard about Zhou Chenyang robbing merchants again, their eyes were filled with disbelief.
When someone asked for details, a quick-witted servant explained:
“My young lady was seeing her friend off out of the city when she encountered bandits at Baizhang Cliff.”
"Fortunately, my young lady was afraid of encountering bandits because of what happened a few days ago, so she brought some homemade weapons for self-defense."
“Those bandits were very fierce, but my young lady immediately noticed something was wrong, because she had seen several of those bandits at the city lord’s mansion.”
"So she led us in a desperate resistance, only to discover that it was actually the city lord Zhou Chenyang who was directing those mountain bandits to rob us."
"We fought desperately to kill those bandits and captured Zhou Chenyang alive. Everyone can investigate this matter!"
As soon as he said that, someone immediately chimed in: "I also came from Baizhang Cliff today, and I heard shouts of killing from afar."
"Then I saw Lord Zhou leading his men to surround and kill a caravan, which scared me so much that I didn't dare to go over."
"I originally thought that Zhou Cheng was the main force leading troops to suppress the bandits, but I didn't expect that he himself was disguising himself as a bandit to rob a caravan!"
His words carried even more weight, and immediately everyone's gaze towards Zhou Chenyang changed.
Fan Xilou, standing to the side, said, "I am the owner of the caravan that was robbed; I experienced this firsthand!"
"The Lord of Yucheng has colluded with bandits to rob merchants; his crime deserves death!"
As the lord of a city, Zhou Chenyang not only failed to protect the people but also robbed them. This is more than just dereliction of duty!
He was very good at putting on airs before, and his status in the hearts of the people was not low.
Although Lin Xiuyan had brought him down from his pedestal last time, most people were still skeptical about his alleged collusion with bandits.
This time, they caught him red-handed, leaving them no choice but to believe him.
Zhou Chenyang was carried back like this, barely clinging to life.
Based on the words of the Lin family servants and the fierce looks in the eyes of the people around him, he knew that he was probably really doomed this time.
In his panic, he saw some officials approaching and immediately shouted, "Guards! Lin Xiuyan is slandering me! Arrest them!"
The officers were stunned by the sight and immediately went to find Commander Xu.
Seeing Zhou Chenyang's miserable state, Commander Xu felt a surge of satisfaction and told Lin Xiuyan to put him down.
Lin Xiuyan did as she was told and said to the servants behind her, "Put him down."
The servants, having already received her instructions, simply threw Zhou Chenyang to the ground.
Although he wasn't lifted very high, the ground was hard, and given his pre-existing injuries, the throw fractured the inside of his tail.
Zhou Chenyang: "!!!!!!!"
He wanted to kill Lin Xiuyan's entire family!
Lin Xiuyan didn't mind his attitude at all. After telling Xu Shoubei what had happened, she said, "A person like him is not worthy of being the city lord at all!"
When the incident happened last time, Commander Xu was lured to drink by Zhou Chenyang's men. Only after sobering up did he learn that something big had happened in Yucheng.
Zhou Chenyang also used this incident to hold Xu Shoubei accountable, giving him a severe scolding, giving him several lashes, and deducting half a year's salary.
Xu Shoubei knew that he had been tricked by Zhou Chenyang last time, and he cursed Zhou Chenyang to death in his heart.
However, Zhou Chenyang was his superior, and with the help of the second son of the Prince of Pingnan, he could only endure it no matter how angry he was.
Now that Lin Xiuyan has handed Zhou Chenyang's weakness to Commander Xu, he will naturally seize the opportunity to make a fuss.
He immediately said, "This matter has both witnesses and physical evidence. Zhou Chenyang, as the city lord, did not protect the people, but instead colluded with the bandits."
“His character is despicable and he is unfit to be the lord of Yu City. I will immediately submit a memorial to the court requesting that Zhou Chenyang be removed from his position as lord of Yu City.”
After saying this, he felt refreshed and invigorated.
Ever since Zhou Chenyang came to Chongqing, he has been finding fault with him every day, which has annoyed him to no end.
Now that he has the opportunity to bring Zhou Chenyang down, he is naturally happy to see it happen.
Lin Xiuyan knew that it was enough for Xu Shoubei to handle the rest.
She glanced at Zhou Chenyang sideways. For him, losing the position of city lord was probably worse than being killed!
Zhou Chenyang angrily retorted, "You surnamed Xu, you didn't even bother to investigate! You just listened to Lin Xiuyan's one-sided account and drew this conclusion. You're just using your position to settle personal scores!"
Commander Xu cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Then I would like to trouble the city lord to answer three questions for me."
"First, why did you bring men to guard the roadside and attack ordinary merchants and travelers?"
Just as Zhou Chenyang was about to make up a story, Commander Xu asked his second question: "If you were leaving the city on official business, why weren't those soldiers wearing official robes?"
Before Zhou Chenyang could answer, he asked one last question: "Several caravans left the city today, why did you only allow the Fan family's caravan to leave?"
"Not only that, they also sent people to block the section of road at Baizhang Cliff under the pretext of a landslide?"
These questions hit the nail on the head. No matter how good Zhou Chenyang was at making excuses, he couldn't possibly cover everything up.
Zhou Chenyang's face, which had swollen like a pig's head, immediately turned a bluish-purple color.
Lin Xiuyan gave Xu Shoubei a thumbs up; this old-timer was quite adept at handling such matters.
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