"Oh, right! Commander Fan can send people to spread the news of the three powerful figures' deaths. Tell them how tragic it was, and make sure the other powerful figures can't sleep at night."
"We also need to send messages to Wuwei and Longxi!"
"Rest assured, Prefect, I will take care of it immediately!"
Upon hearing Fu Xie's requests, Fan Chou seemed to vaguely understand his purpose.
"These scholars are all ruthless and heartless. If you don't have a brain, you'll probably be played to death by them without even knowing how you died!" Fan Chou sighed as he left the prefect's residence.
Soon, the news of the murder of three powerful figures last night was written in detail on notices and posted throughout the streets and alleys of Jincheng, becoming common knowledge in an instant.
Furthermore, the government only charged the slaves with arson, without mentioning any charges against them for murder.
After all, if your own property is stolen and you are harmed, that's your own business, and the government shouldn't interfere, right?
As word spread by those with ulterior motives, the other powerful families in the city also began to feel insecure. They had also kept a lot of slaves in their mansions. What if their slaves also jumped up and rebelled?
Kill them all? Or drive them away? Then who will help me live a good life and take concubines?
If we leave them behind, what if they only kill but don't set fires? Wouldn't we become meat on the chopping block? If the slaves get angry, they might even shake our own eggs apart.
Without exception, these powerful figures only thought about the potential consequences of the slaves, but never considered looking for problems within themselves, nor did anyone think of treating these slaves any better. After all, slaves are slaves, and who would treat them as human beings?
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