Chapter 936 Reversal
Li Tieniu looked at the two dead people.
His face turned pale, he had really gotten into big trouble.
The villagers were silent.
They all looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao.
The only one who has some knowledge here is Jiang Xiaoxiao.
Apart from Mr. Jiang, who else can give them advice?
Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes rolled.
"Since we have already killed two people, why not just kill them all at once? No one will know about it. Who will know that they died in our village? Otherwise, they will go back and tell on us."
When these words were spoken, the four yamen runners were terrified.
This is to silence the witness.
They don't want to die.
"No! No, we won't say anything, really. We won't say anything. What Mr. Wang and Gao Yayi did... what they did..."
The yamen runners were only thinking about how to save their lives, and now they were staring around but couldn't come up with a good excuse.
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at them and smiled sinisterly.
The four people were so frightened that they thought of a clever idea in a hurry.
"Master Wang and Yayi Gao were accidentally injured by the bandits. We fought hard to save their lives. It has nothing to do with Lijia Village."
The villagers were stunned. How could someone talk nonsense like that?
"That's not right. Gao Yayi's chest wound doesn't look like a bandit's knife wound! Let's go ahead and stab him, each of you!"
The four yamen runners went up with knives in hand and stabbed Gao four more times. They were so cruel.
This is equivalent to a letter of surrender. This was chopped off by our own people. If they want to go back to the yamen and change their confession later,
These villagers can testify that they were the ones who hacked Gao Yayi to death, and they have the knife as evidence.
Jiang Xiaoxiao pointed at Master Wang, and the four of them had no choice but to go all out and stab him four more times.
This time, even if they wanted to distance themselves from the matter, they couldn't. They were completely tied to the villagers.
"Alright, alright, everyone disperse. The four customs officials have worked so hard to collect taxes, and they encountered vicious bandits. The bandits were extremely vicious and killed people like flies. Thanks to the four officials' incomparable bravery, they repelled the bandits.
But Master Wang and this official died in the line of duty, and they are truly role models for our generation. In this case, we must send these four officials back to the government office with drums and gongs to show our gratitude."
The four yamen runners smiled with a fake smile, but they felt very disappointed in their hearts. They thought that Master Jiang and the group of villagers in front of them were too cruel.
Look at how ruthlessly they did it, they almost tied them to the big boat of this village.
Even if they wanted to go back and slander them in front of the county magistrate, they didn't have the chance.
And they are trying to change their words with such fanfare, which means they are lying.
Several elders in the village immediately understood what they should do from the meaning of these words.
Suddenly, the village became busy.
There were actually hundreds of villagers beating gongs and drums, carrying the bodies of Master Wang and Yamen Gao, with four Yamen runners wearing red flowers in front of them, beating gongs and drums, and sending them directly back to the Yamen near Yanmen Pass.
When the county magistrate heard that the villagers were actually beating drums and gongs to send the bailiffs back, he thought of this as a great political achievement for their county.
If he reported this matter to his superiors, he would definitely achieve great success.
Even if Master Wang and Yayi Gao died, they would have died in the line of duty.
If you die, you die.
In a place like theirs, wouldn't there be several people dying every year?
Although his right-hand man, Master Wang, is gone, his political achievements remain.
Even if my friend dies, I would rather die than suffer the consequences. My contribution will still exist.
If Master Wang is gone, then so be it. At worst we can just find another master.
When this matter was reported, it would naturally be the achievement of him as the county magistrate, and he was greeted with a smile for a while.
The county government office was full of joy and the county magistrate was approachable and treated the villagers very kindly.
The yamen has always faced south, and people without money were not allowed to come in. Who would have thought that the first time I met the county magistrate, he would be so amiable and chat and laugh with a group of country people.
The four yamen runners also had bitter smiles on their faces, but they had to pretend to be serious.
On the way back, one of them stabbed himself twice, otherwise both Mr. Wang and Mr. Gao would have died.
It doesn't make sense that they are all intact. Of course, the play should be made more realistic.
Things have come to this point and they have no choice anymore.
In order to save the lives of his family, he had to follow the people of Lijia Village and pretend to be nice, which led to this incident.
On the contrary, the villagers of Lijia Village paid taxes based on 180 people.
Moreover, the tax was paid at one tael and five cents of silver.
The county magistrate will naturally not impose heavier taxes on Lijia Village. This is his achievement. When the higher-ups come to investigate the incident in the future, they will definitely go to Lijia Village.
The issue of arbitrary taxation must never be allowed in broad daylight.
Naturally, Lijia Village followed the rules, and for a while, Lijia Village was the most popular.
Other villages envy Lijia Village.
Several elders of Lijia Village were also proud. This time they had both face and money, and they also taught those yamen runners who caused trouble a lesson. Presumably, those four yamen runners had to keep their mouths shut after returning.
It won't do anybody any good to tell it.
In the past, villagers treated government officials as gods.
To them, that is the majesty and inviolable authority of the officials.
But now I realize that these yamen runners are also human beings, and these officials are also human beings.
As long as the means are appropriate, these ferocious yamen runners who bullied them in the past are actually paper tigers.
Li Tieniu didn't understand how things had developed to this point until he returned to the village.
He killed Master Wang out of rage at the time. Who could have imagined that those officials would be so shameless as to bully his sister.
My sister killed a police officer, so she died and she deserved it.
Now that an official has been killed, the matter has become a big deal.
At that time, I was thinking of going all out and killing them all, burying them on the spot, without anyone knowing. No one would know that they had done such a big thing. I had already thought of going all out, and the worst that could happen was that I would take my sister and the whole village to the mountains to become bandits.
Anyway, they are not short of money now, so even if they become bandits, they can still eat and drink well.
But who would have thought that things would turn out this way?
Look at what Master Jiang does.
The yamen runners worked together with them to cover up the matter strictly. It turned out to be like this to the outside world. Not only was their village saved, but no one in the village was hurt.
Everyone in the village returned to the village with lingering fears, but the elders and Li Tieniu held a small meeting.
They said directly that they would listen to Master Jiang from now on.
It's a chaotic time now. Today they killed the officials, but they have no respect for these government runners. To them, these people are just ordinary people. If they really face life and death, they are no stronger than these ordinary people.
Since they can kill bandits and officials, what can't they do?
As long as I follow Master Jiang, I can survive and have enough food to eat.
Young Master Jiang is a smart man and does things flawlessly. Following a man like him, they can only live a better life.
(End of this chapter)
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