Hu Ershui was dumbfounded. He had thought that the other party would be angry and embarrassed, as the other party had been angry with him before.
But no matter what situation Hu Ershui encountered, he always put on a smile, and the other party really couldn't do anything to him.
But now the other party has directly used a knife and threatened to kill his entire family. The nature of the situation is different.
Although he was just a minor official, the local officials were standing behind him and he represented the face of the local officials.
Are you trying to draw your sword against me? You're trying to challenge the authority of the entire local governance system!
Hu Ershui immediately frowned and said, "Sir, the brothers respect you because you're from the capital, so they've been kind to you all along. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to do this now?"
Now that he had made up his mind to break off relations with this group of people, Guo Bei's mentality became much calmer.
He stared at Hu Ershui in front of him and said, "Really? Tell me, how is it inappropriate?"
"We are all officials and we must follow procedures when speaking and doing things. You openly drew your sword on me in front of so many people. At the very least, this will make people laugh. At the most, this is our jurisdiction after all. Doesn't this constitute treason?"
"Haha, openly plotting a rebellion? Not bad, not bad. I never thought that a petty official like you would actually resort to accusations. It seems that you often use this method to harm ordinary people."
Guo Bei then said loudly, "Everyone, listen up! The Jinyiwei are investigating this case. We have been looking for evidence that this man has colluded with the remnants of the Marquis of Huaiyin. Anyone who can provide evidence of his crimes will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"
After saying this, Guo Bei grinned, revealing a bloodthirsty smile. He patted Hu Ershui's face with the back of his knife and said, "Do you know what the crime of colluding with the Marquis of Huaiyin is? You see, I'm a man of my word. If I say I'm going to kill your whole family, I will definitely kill your whole family!"
"You are slandering me and framing an honest person! I must report this to the county magistrate!" Hu Ershui roared in panic.
He originally thought that as long as he spoke nicely to these people from above, he could get away with it, because these people were well-behaved and a gentleman could be deceived by his own ways.
But now he suddenly realized that these people in front of him were not gentlemen at all. If they really became unreasonable, the consequences would be quite serious.
"Report to your county magistrate? Guess who will want you dead the most if this gets out of hand?" Guo Bei sneered, looking at the people around him who were eager to try, and said, "You've committed a lot of crimes over the years. If I pick out any of them, I can kill you!"
"And do you think I didn't consider those behind you when I attacked you? Needless to say, the county magistrate was also involved in the seizure of our ships this time, right?"
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether he participated or not. He didn't show up after our ship was in trouble, so his fate was already sealed."
"I'm telling you, today we're not only going to get the boat back, but we're also going to the county government office. You're still holding my brother there, right? Don't let me know what's happened to him, or I'll take revenge on you a hundredfold!"
Hearing Guo Bei's vicious words, Hu Ershui's voice changed.
He said with some fear: "This is the territory of Yangzhou. Even if you are from the capital, you can't be so unscrupulous. Do you still have any respect for the rules?"
"Rules? We Jinyiwei follow the rules. If you don't agree, you can complain! What do you think? Do you have any connections? Do you want me to tell you where you should go to file a complaint?"
Sure enough, after losing the constraints of certain things, Guo Bei's attitude in speaking and doing things became very different.
Hu Ershui stared at Guo Bei with resentment and said, "Master Guo, are you really going to do this? I'm just a lowly official, so my words don't carry much weight. But this is Yangzhou after all. I advise you to think twice before you speak or act."
Since Hu Ershui is willing to help the Qiao family, it means that he recognizes the influence of the Qiao family in Yangzhou.
He felt that the Qiao family was capable of dealing with these Jinyiwei, so even if a knife was placed on his neck, he would not bow his head.
Seeing Hu Ershui's expression, Guo Bei chuckled, suddenly took off his companion's sword, threw it on the ground and said, "What? Not convinced? Don't say I didn't give you a chance. If you don't agree, you can pick up the sword and fight me!"
"I heard you've practiced before. If you can even defeat me, I promise to turn around and leave with my men. We'll abandon the boat here and we won't use it anymore. And our boat will never leave this ferry again."
"But if you don't dare, then you're a coward without balls! I heard you just got married, why don't you lend it to me for a couple of days and I'll help you have a child!"
Hu Ershui had never been provoked like this before. He was so angry that he picked up the knife from the ground without saying a word.
In his opinion, even if he knew he was no match for the other party, he still had to strike him twice to let the other party know that he also had a temper.
If he was really a coward who couldn't even say a word, not only would Guo Bei and his gang of Jinyiwei look down on him, I'm afraid even his subordinates and those porters who made a living at the ferry would look down on him.
Hu Ershui knew very well that people like them only care about their reputation, so this reputation cannot be lost.
He picked up the knife from the ground and Hu Ershui pressed the spring to draw the knife.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and then the whole world started spinning.
Just before he lost consciousness, he heard Guo Bei roar in a slightly excited voice: "Hu Ershui is gathering people to resist the law. Kill him!"
It was not until this moment that Hu Ershui realized that he had fallen into a trap.
It was also at this time that Hu Ershui realized what kind of existence he was competing with.
When these Jinyiwei really decided to kill, they acted without restraint.
They are much more cruel when bullying people. They really shouldn't have accepted that little money from the Qiao family.
Unfortunately, when Hu Ershui woke up, it was too late.
In a very short time, Guo Bei and others directly hacked down all of Hu Ershui's men, and then rushed to the gate of the yamen with murderous and bloody energy.
Next, the entire yamen was in chaos, and the chief official was dragged out from behind and humiliated.
After dealing with this group of people, Guo Bei was satisfied and took the heads of Hu Ershui and others back to report to Lu Chen.
The news spread quickly, and the whole of Yangzhou was in an uproar!
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