"It wasn't us! We didn't want this either! It was all arranged by the magistrate!"
"Young Master Fang, spare my life!"
"Actually, we also want to put out the fire, but if we do, the magistrate will definitely not let us off!"
"Please don't do it! We're innocent too!"
The officials quickly begged for mercy, fearing that Zhao Yinfang would harm them.
Zhao Yinfang sneered, "You say you're innocent too?"
"Then why do you target innocent civilians? Were you being threatened when you did it?"
"Don't think I can't see it. There are several corpses outside, and they all have knife marks on their bodies. They must have been killed by you to cover your tracks!"
"All those people who came to rescue us just now have died at your hands!"
When Zhao Yinfang said this, the surrounding people immediately realized what was going on.
The officials quickly shook their heads, trying to get rid of their guilt as soon as possible.
"Young Master Fang, please don't talk nonsense. We didn't do that at all. We didn't kill those people!"
"You've mistaken me for someone else. How could we be the murderers?"
"We're doing this for the good of the people! There's no way we would harm them!"
"As for stopping the people from putting out the fire, that was arranged by the county magistrate. He was genuinely afraid that the people would be harmed!"
But the local people no longer believed it. They sent people to check the bodies, and found that some of them had indeed died from knife wounds.
That really means they were killed by the officials to silence them!
They were just standing outside, and the people inside who were observing them actually killed them all!
Now they don't know whether staying where they are is a good thing or a bad thing. They haven't been hurt, but they have to suffer such severe psychological damage.
"You are not human! You actually killed civilians who went to put out the fire!"
"Don't you have parents? Don't you have brothers and sisters? Don't you have wives and children?"
"How dare you kill ordinary people like this?"
"You bunch of bastards, I'll make you pay with your lives!"
"Give me back my son's life, and you will all die!"
Suddenly, chaos erupted among the crowd. They were all people who had lost loved ones, and they quickly grabbed whatever weapons they could get their hands on, such as stones and sickles, and started hacking at the officials!
The officials dared not lay a hand on these commoners in front of Zhao Yinfang; they could only be on guard to avoid being harmed.
Seeing this, the people used even more force, intending to beat them all to death.
Zhao Yinfang watched from the sidelines. He saw that the officials had been beaten for a while and had suffered some injuries. Just as the people were about to kill them, he quickly called out to stop them.
"Everyone, stop fighting, lest you be punished after you kill them."
"That's enough for now, let's stop right now!"
Upon hearing this, the people immediately stopped.
Zhao Yinfang was the one who helped them, so they had to listen to him.
After seeing that everyone had stopped, Zhao Yinfang said to them, "Now please keep watch over them. I will go to the palace immediately and report this matter to His Majesty the King!"
Upon hearing this, the people readily agreed.
"Alright, Lord Fang, we'll guard these inhuman things for you for now. You should go and inform His Majesty the King about the fire in West Street!"
"Lord Fang, you must stand up for us! Tell His Majesty everything they've done!"
"These people are simply inhuman! They've committed such heinous acts; His Majesty the King must punish them severely!"
"We'll wait here for Lord Fang to return. Lord Fang, please come back safely!"
This matter seems to involve many people, certainly not just the county magistrate, but also many other officials.
If Zhao Yinfang were to rush over now to report this matter to His Majesty the National Army, who knows how many people's interests would be threatened? It is estimated that many people would try to stop him from seeing His Majesty the National Army, and some would even try to harm him in secret.
Although they desperately wanted an explanation, they also didn't want Zhao Yinfang to be harmed as a result.
All he wanted was for Zhao Yin to see His Majesty the King as soon as possible and to return safely.
"Okay, I will definitely take good care of my safety. You all should also take good care of yourselves here."
Zhao Yinfang gave some instructions to those people, and then quickly entered the palace of the King of the Underworld Moon.
Just after Zhao Yinfang left West Street, some of the officials, fearing they would be punished later, rushed out of the crowd and fled.
"Don't let them escape! They've killed so many people, how can we let them get away with this?"
"Catch them quickly, whatever you do, don't let them escape!"
"You've killed so many people, and you actually want to live a good life? There's no such thing as a free lunch! Stop right now!"
"Go! Arrest them quickly!"
When the people saw the officials fleeing, they quickly gave chase.
However, some commoners were no match for the officials, who panicked and attacked them, killing some of them in a hail of blows.
When some people saw that the officials were actually using knives on them, they immediately dared not go forward.
Others, however, became more courageous in the face of setbacks and quickly took up their weapons to confront the officials.
Some officials were also killed by the people in the chaos.
Some officials were captured by the people and trapped in the encirclement, with no way to escape.
Soon after, many people died at the scene, including officials and civilians, but the situation was eventually brought under control.
Because there were many people, many officials were captured, but some escaped. Others went to pursue them, but perhaps they couldn't catch up.
Meanwhile, Zhao Yinfang had already met with His Majesty the King of Mingyue Kingdom.
"Your Majesty! You must see the truth! A huge fire has broken out in West Street, but the government is doing nothing. The magistrate has even ordered his officers to prevent the people from going to put out the fire, and they have even killed the people who went to help. Many people have died at the scene; it's a truly horrific sight!"
"You must stand up for the people!"
"The people are suffering terribly; there is constant crying and wailing at the scene, and countless families have been harmed!"
Upon hearing these words, His Majesty the King of Mingyue Kingdom immediately felt a headache coming on.
He had just been through an assassination attempt, and now this has happened again.
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