Everyone was a little depressed now. If they wanted to kill him, Fang Huatian was still there, and apart from being a little dazed, there was nothing wrong with what he did.
But Fang Zhiyi turned around and did another thing. He impeached his father, saying that his father, as a first-rank official in the court, actually drank with his colleagues in Huajie. The emperor was a little dissatisfied. This kid even impeached his own father, so it was understandable for him to question himself, right?
Fang Huatian had no other choice. After discussing with the people in the court, he simply sent him to Qingyi County to work as a county magistrate. No one would be bothered by him. Fang Zhiyi's relationship with his father gradually became distant, and they even stopped exchanging letters for a while.
Fang Zhiyi didn't care. He still did everything seriously. Not to mention, the atmosphere in Qingyang County has improved a lot since he came here, from top to bottom. It was also because his immediate superior had taken special care of him. The local tyrants didn't bother with him. They would avoid him if they could, and if they couldn't, they would just admit defeat.
In the first trial of Song Yunfan's case, Song Yunfan refused to mention the matter of the spy in Panlong Village. Perhaps he knew that colluding with bandits was a serious crime, or perhaps it was out of loyalty, but he took the blame for everything, saying that the woman was attracted by his beauty and wanted to molest him. It was heard that the captain of the police wanted to beat him when he was arrested.
Fang Zhiyi remained calm. No matter what, you have killed someone, and you must pay with your life. And seeing that he showed no sign of repentance, he simply sentenced him to execution.
Once the verdict was passed, it would be submitted and a reply would be awaited from the court. At this time, the news of Song Yunfan's arrest spread, and Panlong Village could no longer sit still. Although they were engaged in robbery, they still talked about loyalty and morality. At the suggestion of the military advisor, they prepared to rob the execution ground and even specifically inquired about the time of his execution.
Fang Zhiyi didn't think too much about it. After judging the case, he went on to do other things. He was very busy all day.
As a result, on the day of the beheading, many unfamiliar faces came to Qingyi County. Everyone thought they were just passing businessmen and did not pay much attention to them. However, as soon as the execution time started, someone started a riot at the execution ground, and the scene was in chaos for a while.
There were not many officers and soldiers in the counties of the Qing Dynasty. The rule of the Great Qi Dynasty was that each county was equipped with a county magistrate and a garrison commander. Because of Fang Zhiyi's existence, no one wanted to partner with him. After all, there was no benefit to be gained. He was impeached four times by Fang Zhiyi after only three months in office for the first term. As time went on, he simply did both jobs at the same time, and the higher-ups tacitly agreed. However, he was a minister after all, so the garrison force of the Qing Dynasty was particularly weak.
Almost all the officers and soldiers at the execution ground were killed or wounded, and even the civilians who were watching the incident were killed or injured.
The "heroes" who were blood-thirsty ran towards the county government office. Fang Zhiyi was still outside the city on business. When he hurried back after hearing the news, he was stopped by the fleeing soldiers and they carried him away.
All the members of the Fang family, young and old, were killed by Panlong Village, and even the young children were not spared.
Upon hearing the news, Fang Zhiyi sat in a daze for a long time before deciding to go to the provincial capital for help. He arrived with a dozen or so remaining soldiers, but his superiors simply blamed him for being reckless and evaded the issue of sending troops. His superiors were weak, waiting for a letter from the court before making a decision. Anxious, Fang Zhiyi left the provincial capital in anger and turned to his father's subordinate, the veteran general Zhao Chengye. Upon hearing this, Zhao Chengye mobilized three thousand soldiers to suppress the rebellion without even asking for permission.
But no one expected that Zhao Chengye's deputy general Sun Biao had some connection with Panlong Village and sold them out with just a letter.
Fang Zhiyi was captured on the spot, then taken back to Panlong Village and had his heart and liver dug out in front of the bandits, dying with his eyes wide open. After Fang Zhiyi's death, Fang Huatian was devastated and fainted in the court, ultimately not surviving a month.
When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. Zhao Chengye broke through with great difficulty, but was framed by Sun Biao for "collaborating with bandits" and was dismissed from his post and investigated.
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