Chapter 197 Revenge for the Murder of My Father
Governor Fang hurried to the government office, with his official hat worn a little askew.
When he entered, Pei Jingchuan and his men were sitting leisurely in the room, drinking tea with the King of Qin, while the captured bandits were tied up and stood aside. At a glance, the entire government office was full of people.
"Your Highness, Young Master!" Governor Fang bowed deeply towards them and said.
Governor Fang glanced to the side, and when he saw Li Feng standing there tied up with a dejected look on his face, his heart suddenly tightened.
"Lord Fang, you are here! This time, the king and the young master have won a great victory. The bandits in Yuzhou have been completely captured by us. I wonder if the big prison in Yuzhou can accommodate so many bandits?" Qin Wang looked at Governor Fang and said sadly.
After hearing this, Governor Fang nodded quickly and said, "It should be possible if we squeeze in. I wonder how the prince plans to deal with these bandits?"
King Qin and Pei Jingchuan looked at each other, and a dark light flashed in their eyes. King Qin said in a deep voice: "Of course, we must first conduct a thorough investigation and explain everything they have done over the years. By the way, we found a lot of things from the court in the bandit camp, and even the supplies we sent to Yuzhou for disaster relief this time were there. Lord Fang, what's going on? Do you have any explanation? Didn't I ask you to take these grains and give porridge to the people? Why did you appear in the bandit camp?"
When Governor Fang heard this, he suddenly felt extremely guilty, as if there was something stuck in his throat. For a long time he didn't know how to start the conversation. How should he answer this question?
"What is going on? Governor Fang, why don't you say anything?" The King of Qin urged again in a deep voice.
Governor Fang was so frightened that his back broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly turned his head and knelt on the ground with a plop. He said, "Your Highness, please forgive me! I didn't report this because I was afraid that you would hold me accountable! After I received your supplies that day, I was going to deliver them to the warehouse near the city gate. However, we encountered bandits there and they looted everything. I was afraid that Your Highness would blame me, so I didn't report it in time."
Governor Fang looked up at the King of Qin, and continued to sob. He admitted his fault with an especially sincere attitude and said, "These bandits have been rampant in Yuzhou for a long time. I have been oppressed by them, and I dare not offend them! Their military strength is stronger than mine. I know I was wrong now, and I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!"
Governor Fang's words made the King of Qin and his men couldn't help but sneer in their hearts. This Governor Fang was really good at acting. When the time came, he even wanted to put all the blame on the bandits!
However, they did not expect to catch him with this, after all, his previous rhetoric could barely fool them, and more importantly, this crime was too minor. They had been in Yuzhou for so many years, and they had done more than this one bad thing by cooperating with the bandits. They could not catch Governor Fang for the time being, but had to lure him into the hole and get more evidence.
So the King of Qin continued, "If that's the case, then you are forced to do so. You should first arrange for these bandits to be imprisoned! The next day, I will hold a public trial."
"Yes, I obey your command!" Governor Fang finally let out a breath, and his heart slowly calmed down.
He immediately took some people and put all the bandits in the prison, and he also went there in person.
——The government jail——
"Sir, you have to save me! We have been working together for so many years. If you interrogate me, I may not be able to withstand the torture and confess something, which will not be good for you." Li Feng was escorted behind Governor Fang and whispered behind him.
Governor Fang's eyebrows suddenly showed a trace of disgust, and a hint of sinisterness flashed across his eyes. He suppressed his anger and said, "Don't worry! I will make arrangements. You just stay in this prison for now."
Li Feng's family, young and old, were all locked up in the cell. His wife was crying all the time, but Li Feng held his son in his arms like a treasure. He kept instilling in his son that he would find a way to save him and his son this time. If only one could be saved, then let his son live. He also repeatedly warned his son that if he died, he must avenge him when he grew up. He had been waiting for Governor Fang to send someone to save him, but before Governor Fang's people came, he first waited for Chen Xing.
"Li Feng, my parents were so good to you, why did you plan to kill them? Have they done anything wrong to you?" Chen Xing stood at the door of the cell with an angry face, with Xu Qingyan beside him.
There was no other way. Xu Qingyan was afraid that Chen Xing would kill Li Feng in a rage, so she followed along. After all, they still needed Li Feng later.
"I was so good to you, but in the end you betrayed me, didn't I? Chen Xing, don't you know the reason?" Li Feng smiled coldly when he saw that the person coming was Chen Xing.
Chen Xing's face darkened and he said angrily, "You are the enemy who killed my father. I betrayed you to avenge my father! And what about you? Are my parents your enemies?"
"They are not my enemies, on the contrary, they are my benefactors. They saved me when I was about to starve to death. However, it's all because they are too stupid. They are bandits, but they still talk about morality. They never rob ordinary people, but only corrupt officials. The entire bandit camp follows them and is extremely poor! There are some things that can obviously make you rich by doing, but they just don't do them! People like them are not worthy of being bandits at all, so I killed them. It is me who allows everyone to live a rich life!" Li Feng said with a grim face.
So what if they repay kindness with hatred? Anyway, they are bandits, and being a bandit is not a good identity. People die for money, and birds die for food. Chen Xing's parents are not capable, so they deserve to be killed by him.
"Li Feng, you are such an ungrateful person! My parents shouldn't have saved you back then! But don't be so complacent. If you are caught this time, you will definitely not survive!" Chen Xing looked at Li Feng and sneered.
Chen Xing was so angry that his face turned red when he saw Li Feng's shameless look. But when Li Feng saw Chen Xing's angry look, he felt relieved.
He continued to laugh wildly, provoking Chen Xing and said, "So what? Even if I die, it can't change the fact that your parents died tragically! Besides, you have regarded the thief as your father for so many years, and you have done so many evil things for me. Don't you know it yourself? If your parents knew that you have become like this now, do you think they would be heartbroken? Your parents are kind-hearted. Even if they are bandits, they only rob bad people and never hurt innocent people. But what about you? Hahaha!"
"You...Li Feng, I'm going to kill you!" Chen Xing was so angry that he stretched out his hand and drew out the soft sword at his waist.
Just as she was about to chop him, Xu Qingyan immediately stopped her and shouted, "Don't be impulsive, don't fall into his trap! I have a way to make him never laugh again."
"What do you have in mind?" Chen Xing was stopped and looked at Xu Qingyan with confusion.
Xu Qingyan nodded at her, a smile on her face, and said, "In that case, just watch."
After saying that, she looked at Li Feng again, which instantly made Li Feng's whole body freeze, and his smiling face immediately turned into a bitter one.
"Li Feng, you laugh at her for recognizing a thief as her father, but isn't it equally ridiculous that you are the one who surrendered in order to preserve your only bloodline. But what you don't know is that you have no fertility at all, so your son is not yours. Look at him, from head to toe, there is no part of him that resembles the late emperor?" Xu Qingyan sneered.
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