After Chen Kuan took the order and left, Miaoyin asked Yun Zheng again: "What should we do with these people?"
As she spoke, Miaoyin looked at the people kneeling on the ground.
"Detain them all!"
Yun Zheng's eyes were cold and fierce, and he shouted loudly: "Let their families pay silver to redeem them! Each of them should pay a fine of 100 taels of silver to the government!"
One hundred taels of silver?
After hearing Yun Zheng's words, everyone's faces changed drastically.
Most of those involved in the fight were ordinary people.
Not to mention a fine of one hundred taels of silver, even if they were asked to pay ten taels of silver, it would be fatal.
"I admit my crime, and I beg Your Majesty to show mercy..."
"I will never dare to do that again..."
...
...
"I don't have that much money at home!"
"I have old people and young children to take care of. I beg Your Majesty to show some mercy..."
For a moment, everyone cried and begged for mercy.
There was a burst of crying sounds one after another.
Some people who had been beaten to a bloody pulp but hadn't cried at all also started crying at this moment.
Some people kept kowtowing, feeling extremely regretful.
"You can't even come up with a mere 100 taels of silver, and you still want to fight?"
Yun Zheng glared at everyone and suddenly raised his voice: "Can't you sacrifice your lives for the honor of the clan? I'll give you a chance. Ask the big shots in the clan for help and ask them to pay the fine for you!"
Yun Zheng's face looked very ugly.
He is generally more tolerant towards these ordinary people.
But these people are so poor that they can barely afford to eat, yet they still have the mind to fight!
They have been bewitched and used as guns, and they all think they are honored!
Do you know how to beg for mercy now?
Do you know how to consider your family?
Why didn’t you consider your family during the previous fight?
Hearing Yun Zheng's roar, everyone buried their heads tightly and did not dare to look at Yun Zheng's expression.
Let the big shots in the clan take out money to pay the fine for them?
How is this possible!
"Forget it, let them go this time!"
Miaoyin persuaded softly: "They have also been bewitched."
She knew that Yun Zheng didn't really want these people to pay a fine of one hundred taels of silver.
Yun Zheng just wanted to teach these people a profound lesson and make them realize their stupidity.
Yun Zheng hesitated for a moment, then shouted with a dark face, "Come here! Take all those involved in the fight into custody! I will starve them for two days and two nights to see if they still have the strength to fight! Anyone who dares to escape will be killed on the spot!"
Yun Zheng is determined to make these people suffer this time!
"yes!"
All the guards roared in unison.
Everyone only felt a fierce murderous aura coming towards them, making it almost impossible for them to breathe.
"Su Henian, you are the patriarch of the Su family, right?"
At this time, Yun Zheng looked at Su Henian with cold eyes again, "I will give you a chance, continue to incite these Su clan members to fight! If you succeed in inciting them, I will definitely submit a petition to the court and appoint you as the governor of Fuzhou! I keep my words, and everyone present today can testify to this!"
Su Henian had been beaten so badly that his head was bleeding, and the white cloth wrapped around his head had not yet been removed.
Facing Yun Zheng's gaze, Su Henian felt both fear and anger in his heart.
Wasn’t it Yun Zheng who was responsible for the Su family becoming what it is now?
Yun Zheng didn't come here to quell the riots at all, he was clearly here to watch the Su family make a fool of themselves!
Poor Su Songbo and his group, they thought they were smart and didn’t even realize they had fallen into Yun Zheng’s trap.
These two fights completely tore the once united Su family apart.
Even after this incident, the rift within the Su family will never be filled.
"Your Highness has great means. I admire you!"
Su Henian suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Yun Zheng with eyes full of unwillingness.
“Stop talking nonsense!”
Yun Zheng was too lazy to waste time with Su Henian, "This king is giving you a chance, you can show off your majesty as the clan leader to your heart's content!"
Su Henian's face was slightly sad, and he said self-deprecatingly: "I... don't have this ability."
He understood what Yun Zheng meant.
Yun Zheng was clearly telling everyone that no matter how big the Su family was, it was not bigger than him, the King of Jingbei!
No matter how powerful the Su family is, as long as he is there, the Su family will never be able to make any waves.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, it was true.
"Even if I give you a chance, you are useless!"
Yun Zheng snorted coldly and waved his hand, "Take him away!"
With Yun Zheng's strong intervention, the fight was finally settled.
Not long after Yun Zheng led his men to escort Su Henian and others to the county government office, Chen Kuan and his men successively escorted all the other elders of the Su family and their families over.
Yun Zheng sat in the seat that Su Zan should have sat, with no expression of joy or anger on his face.
But when Yun Zheng sat there, he was like a mountain, bringing tremendous pressure to the Su family.
The elders of the clan, who usually looked high and mighty, lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at Yun Zheng.
"Su Zan, you are the prefect of Juping County, you should be familiar with the laws of the court, right?"
Yun Zheng turned his head and looked at Su Zan who was standing aside.
"yes……"
Su Zan nodded with difficulty, his heart filled with confusion about the future.
"In that case, I will let you judge this case!"
Yun Zheng stared at Su Zan and said, "You are also a member of the Su family. I am letting you judge the case so that the people of Fuzhou will not accuse me of seeking revenge!"
Let yourself be the interrogator?
Su Zan felt secretly bitter.
He naturally knew how the grievances within the Su family developed step by step to the point of armed conflict.
If he had conducted the trial impartially, he might have found out that the Su family had sent someone to purchase the method of making white sugar.
He didn't know what would happen to the rest of the Su family once this matter was exposed, but the seven elders of the Su family and their families would definitely be uprooted!
Now, Yun Zheng is sitting here.
If he does not conduct the trial impartially, he will not only lose his official position, but he might even lose his head!
Whatever choice he makes is a difficult one!
But Yun Zheng can avoid giving anyone a chance to criticize him!
I have to say, Yun Zheng is really good at calculating!
Su Zan felt bitter in his heart, and shook his head to refuse: "I am also a member of the Su family, I should avoid suspicion!"
"There's no need to avoid suspicion!"
Yun Zheng waved his hand gently, "I am sitting here, and there are so many people from Juping outside! Everyone has sharp eyes. I believe everyone can see whether you have conducted a fair trial or not!"
Su Zan smiled bitterly and was about to refuse, but was interrupted by Yun Zheng.
"It's settled now!"
Yun Zheng no longer gave Su Zan a chance to refuse, and stood up to give up his seat. "I will report your crime of failing to govern the local area to the court! But now, you are still the governor of Juping County!"
County Magistrate?
Su Zan's face was full of bitterness.
As the county magistrate, I am such a coward!
I am sorry to the imperial court and to my fellow tribesmen!
This time, I am afraid that I and the Su family will really be doomed...
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