Chapter 225 Zhang Feifei: My Master Has a Mine
The matter between the Lin family and Jiang Ming's uncle has come to an end. Shi Qian's public judgment on the Lin family is actually of great benefit to him.
On the one hand, it can calm Jiang Ming's emotions and stabilize the transaction with Daluo Sect.
Secondly, dealing with the Lin family can also enhance his prestige in Qingshan City.
Thirdly, he had actually long been dissatisfied with these immortal cultivation families. Not only the Lin family, but also some larger families were also bullying others in Qingshan City.
Previously, Shi Qian had found it difficult to deal with them because their forces were intertwined and protected each other in Qingshan City, and their size was too large.
This time, we can take this opportunity to eliminate the Lin family, and also to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and sound a warning to other immortal cultivation families in Qingshan City.
With the Lin family's precedent, even if it sets a precedent, if anyone dares to show off in Qingshan City in the future, Shi Qian will make him pay the price.
After the Lin family was dealt with, several main criminals of the Lin family were put in solitary confinement in the death row. Those who deserved to be punished were punished, and those who deserved to be executed were executed.
As for the other accomplices of the Lin family, they will all be detained and dealt with at a later date.
In the City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Shi finished trying the case and invited Jiang Ming, Jiang Ming's third uncle's family, and Zhang Feifei to have dinner at Feihong Tower in Qingshan City.
Feihong Tower is the highest-standard restaurant in Qingshan City. All dishes are made with spiritual rice and spiritual meat, and are cooked by the best spiritual chefs in Qingshan City.
An ordinary cultivator would have to spend hundreds of spirit stones to have a simple meal in Feihong Tower. Under normal circumstances, even Shi Qian would not easily afford to come here to eat.
Today, I came here to entertain Jiang Ming and Zhang Feifei. The meal cost several spirit stones, and the spirit wine alone cost a full 2,000 spirit stones. After all, big business is basically done at the wine table.
City Lord Shi stood up from the table, picked up his glass and said, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, Fellow Daoist Zhang, Third Uncle Jiang, the Lin family's affairs were ultimately a matter of Shi's management. I am truly ashamed that Third Uncle's family suffered such a disaster. I would like to offer a toast to all of you today. I'll drink it, and you can do as you please."
After City Lord Shi finished speaking, he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp. Then, he took out a storage bag and said, "This storage bag contains some compensation from me and the Qingcheng Mountain officials. I hope Third Uncle will accept it as a token of my appreciation."
Uncle Jiang Ming stood up immediately after seeing this and said, "Your Excellency the City Lord is too polite. This is not acceptable."
Jiang Ming's Third Uncle was an insightful person. He knew that City Lord Shi was so respectful only out of respect for Jiang Ming's sake. Otherwise, with his status, it would be impossible for him to sit at the same table with the City Lord of Qingshan City to eat in his lifetime.
Is this compensation to their family? No, this is for Jiang Ming to see.
Seeing that Third Uncle was still refusing, City Lord Shi insisted on giving him the storage bag. One refused while the other insisted on giving it to him. At this time, Zhang Feifei spoke up: "Third Uncle, please accept it. This is also a kind gesture from the City Lord. He will not take it back if you don't accept it."
Jiang Ming also nodded.
Only after Jiang Ming and Zhang Feifei spoke up did Uncle San sigh and put away the storage bag.
No need to look, the storage bag sent by the Lord of Qingshan City himself must be full of good things. It is enough for mortals like Uncle San's family to enjoy their whole life without having to work hard. Even a whole life is conservative, and they may not be able to spend it all in several lifetimes.
Jiang Ming and Zhang Feifei had their reasons for asking their third uncle to accept the compensation. After all, the Lin family was so rampant. Although it had no direct relationship with Shi Qian, Shi Qian had turned a blind eye to it before. It was not wrong to say that he was a protective umbrella behind the Lin family, so it was reasonable for him to give some compensation now.
Moreover, all members of the Lin family were imprisoned and sentenced by Shi Qian, and all of the Lin family's property was confiscated by the City Lord's Mansion.
The property of a second-rate thousand-year-old family in Qingshan City was said to be confiscated, but those who understand know that Shi Qian definitely made a lot of money this time.
The compensation he gave to his third uncle was just a drop in the bucket compared to swallowing up the Lin family's property.
After Jiang Ming's uncle accepted the compensation, City Lord Shi looked at Jiang Ming and Zhang Feifei, and said with a smile: "You two, I will definitely give a heavy sentence to the Lin family, and will never cover up for them. Are you dissatisfied with anything?"
Jiang Ming said: "Thank you for your concern, Lord. It will be fine as long as the culprit gets the punishment he deserves."
Seeing that Jiang Ming had no other objections, City Lord Shi breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that these two would be dissatisfied.
Zhang Feifei seemed to have thought of something at this time, and asked, "How does City Lord Shi plan to deal with the children of the Lin family?"
Shi Qian said: "Although the children of these immortal cultivation families were not directly involved in Lin Tutu's incident, they are basically related to the arrogance and domineering behavior on weekdays. They can't stand the investigation. As long as they want to investigate, few of them are clean.
So Shi will sentence them and put them in jail.”
Zhang Feifei said, "The Lin family is quite large. From the direct line to the collateral line, it has been hundreds of years of reproduction, close to a thousand years, and there are tens of thousands of children. If all of them are imprisoned, it will be a great pressure on City Lord Shi."
This thousand-year-old family has developed to the present day, and the total number of direct and collateral descendants is at least tens of thousands.
If it is a large family that believes in having more children, more blessings and more paths, the number of people will be even greater. It is normal for a thousand-year-old cultivating family to have a population of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
Although the Lin family is not that exaggerated, the total number is estimated to be more than 10,000, close to 20,000. With so many people being locked up in the Qingshan City Prison at once, City Lord Shi must be under a lot of pressure.
City Lord Shi understood what Zhang Feifei meant: "Does Brother Zhang have a good solution?"
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Shi Qian was indeed troubled by the issue of how to deal with these people from the Lin family. It was very easy to investigate their crimes. People from big families could not withstand investigation and it was easy to convict them. It would not be a big problem to sentence each of them to ten or twenty years.
But the key problem is that if all these people are locked up for decades, Qingshan City will have to feed them. Who can handle tens of thousands of mouths out of thin air? Zhang Feifei took the opportunity to propose to take these Lin family members away. He said, "City Lord Shi, you don't know that my master has a fire crystal mine in Feilong City, and my master's fire crystal mine is recruiting miners.
Zhang thought that instead of keeping the Lin family members in Qingshan City, it would be better to transfer them to my master and carry out labor reform at my master's Fire Crystal Mine.
This will not only reduce the pressure on Qingshan City, but also give the Lin family the punishment they deserve."
Selling these Lin family members to Feilong City Fire Crystal Mine as miners? City Lord Shi's eyes lit up.
This is a good idea. On the one hand, it can save him a lot of trouble and he doesn't have to worry about the food and drink of tens of thousands of people in the Lin family.
Secondly, he could even do a favor for the leader of Daluo Sect, who is a powerful god.
This kind of business that gives you the opportunity to sell favors to a god is a win-win situation no matter how you do it, and it is just a piece of cake for him.
Shi Qian had no objection, he nodded directly: "Since Fellow Daoist Zhang has said so, I naturally have no problem with it. I just hope that Fellow Daoist Zhang and Fellow Daoist Jiang can say a few good words for me in front of your sect leader afterwards.
Besides, there is also the business of elixirs. What do you think..."
Seeing that City Lord Shi agreed immediately, Zhang Feifei patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, City Lord Shi, we two will definitely tell Master about City Lord Shi's help. Besides, the matter of the elixir has also been settled.
We feel assured to cooperate with such a straightforward and upright official like Lord Shi, who is as clean as water and as honest as a mirror."
We have gained a lot of benefits from Qingshan City. Besides, this is a good thing for both parties. It would be impolite to keep people in suspense and delay the agreement.
(End of this chapter)