The village chief seemed particularly enthusiastic and asked Helian Sheng to sit next to him, while Duan Qingxi stood obediently aside.
"Is Brother Dongfang feeling better now?"
Although the village chief was suspicious of Helian Sheng's identity, he still gave him face in front of outsiders.
Helian Sheng nodded slightly, "I'm much better now, thank you for your concern."
Hearing this, the village chief smiled and then said, "We were just discussing how to deal with the newly appointed county magistrate. I wonder what Brother Dongfang thinks?"
Duan Qingxi was confused. What was this about the newly appointed minor official?
However, from their discussion, it could be vaguely heard that during the days when she was away, the village chief led his men to rob a newly appointed official from a few neighboring towns, and later brought the person to the village.
Now, he is locked up in the woodshed.
What we need to discuss now is whether to kill him or let him go, or something else.
The second in command naturally advocated killing him. He had already robbed other people's things, so how could he keep him alive?
Of course, there are also some people who advocate releasing them, as long as their purpose is to demonstrate. After all, what if the imperial court is forced into a corner and sends people to encircle and suppress them?
However, there are slightly more people who advocate killing.
But the village chief wanted to hear Helian Sheng's opinion and obviously intended to follow his words.
When the second in command saw this, he immediately tightened the big knife in his hand, as if he would chop people down immediately if Helian Sheng said to let him go!
Helian Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Let the village chief and the brothers decide on this matter."
Hearing this, the second in command was stunned.
However, the hand holding the hilt of the knife loosened slightly.
Helian Sheng continued, "I'm just staying here for a while, so it's really not appropriate for me to get involved in the affairs of my brothers."
Upon hearing this, the village chief frowned, but said nothing.
Originally, it wasn't Duan Qingxi's turn to speak on this matter, but she rolled her eyes and said to the village chief with a smile, "Village chief, may I say a few words?"
The village chief was surprised that Duan Qingxi would speak at this time. He nodded and said, "You go ahead."
Duan Qingxi stepped forward and said, "I think we'd be uneasy if we didn't kill this guy, but killing him would be a shame. How about... we recruit him?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the brothers started talking about it.
The fourth in command frowned and said, "How can he, an official, be recruited?"
Duan Qingxi smiled and said, "I do have a solution, but I just need everyone's cooperation."
The second in command snorted coldly and said, "Why waste so much effort? Just kill him. What's the pity?"
The third in command also wanted to speak, but when he thought about how every time he opened his mouth, the village chief would be very dissatisfied with the second in command, he silently shut his mouth.
The village chief said, "If you have any ideas, you can tell me."
Duan Qingxi said, "Since this official is new, he naturally has few achievements. Moreover, being assigned to a position like this, he likely has no support in the court. Such a person would be grateful for even the smallest favor. If he could stay in the stronghold, with his intelligence and talent, he would be of benefit to us."
The village chief understood what she meant. Although there were many brothers in their village, they were all reckless men.
If you want to run the village for a long time, you still need a military advisor.
He has been looking for suitable candidates over the years, but unfortunately, none of the brothers in this copycat are smart.
He did have a crush on Helian Sheng, but judging from Helian Sheng's expression, he would definitely not stay here for long. Moreover, he had not yet figured out the other party's identity, so he did not dare to rashly give him the position of military advisor.
It would be great if he could really recruit an official to serve as his military advisor.
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