eurekapd #292 - I'm not a good official!
#292 - I'm not a good official!
"Huh?"
Xu Chengxian raised an eyebrow.
Tsk tsk, good heavens.
How long has it been since someone spoke to him like that since he transmigrated?
"He felt he couldn't survive, so he wanted to rob Master Wang's grain!"
The young man stole glances at the young Daoist on the city wall, then looked at the Yellow Turban Strongman beside him, paused, gritted his teeth, and continued to shout, "How could it be for us? Sun Dahe, stop putting gold on their faces!"
They are just some idle loafers.
How could they be worthy of being called heroes?
"No!" someone immediately shouted, "How many days have it been since Brother Ni and the others had a full meal? They clearly knew they couldn't beat those retainers, but they still went!"
Knowing they couldn't win, but still going, was akin to seeking death.
Since they were going despite knowing this, it wasn't for themselves!
"The Master said this is called knowing it's impossible but still doing it!"
"That's because they're stupid!" the old woman beside the young man shouted, "It would have been better to wait. If they had been more peaceful, they could have been like us today, having porridge to eat without robbing."
And they wouldn't have lost their lives in vain!
"That makes sense. They came to me to join them before, luckily I didn't go with them," someone beside him seemed convinced, nodding. "Otherwise, I would have died with them, wouldn't that be a pity?"
"It's because they went last night that those wealthy masters were willing to release grain this morning, otherwise…"
"It's clearly the masters showing their kindness!"
Beside the man, another sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked teenager shouted, "I said it, the masters wouldn't watch us starve to death! Didn't they bring grain to provide disaster relief?"
But they didn't say a word about those who had already starved to death.
Even if they did mention it, it would probably just be a sentence, that those people's lives were destined to be that way, and no one else was to blame.
"You're farting!" Sun Dahe roared, "It's clearly because those people were afraid, afraid that we couldn't bear the hunger and would all learn from Brother Ni to rob their homes! That's why they were willing to take out some grain to appease us."
"The masters have guards, each with a steel saber, how could they be afraid?" the man who spoke first said again, "You don't understand things!"
"That's right, if I knew, I would have reported them," someone in the crowd took the opportunity to say, "Maybe I could have gotten some reward money!"
The person speaking hid behind the crowd and didn't show his face.
It was clear that he knew that if people heard what he said, he would inevitably be beaten.
He deliberately wanted to say it, but didn't dare to stand in front of people openly.
"Immortal Master!" Sun Dahe looked towards the city wall as if seeking help.
Ni Ergou and the others were killed because they offended the aristocratic families.
So no one dared to speak up for them.
From beginning to end, only a small child opened his mouth, and was immediately silenced by his parents.
The steward in the porridge shed, with eyes as poisonous as if they had been dipped in poison, scrutinized anyone who dared to speak.
Xu Chengxian looked down from above.
The silent majority.
On the contrary, the people standing on the young man's side seemed to be numerous and powerful, with a hint of 'the righteous receiving much support'.
"Immortal Master, you must not have any compassion for such rebellious traitors!"
This guy should have known there would be this situation, and now he was even more fearless.
No wonder he dared to advise him, telling him not to interfere in family affairs.
"Hehe, there's no need to argue," Xu Chengxian smiled, "What's there to argue about this matter?"
"That kid, you think the masters are kind, right?" He pointed his horsetail whisk, singled out the teenager who said the masters were kind, and then waved his hand, using a magic power to encircle him.
"And you, and you." He then pointed at the young man and several people around him who agreed with his words, as well as their families.
"Since you all think the masters are good, then prove it to this poor Daoist."
As Xu Chengxian spoke, he grabbed these guys, as well as their close relatives, all with his horsetail whisk, lifted them up amidst their screams, and placed them on the main road inside the city.
"Oh right, there's one more person."
Saying that, he was about to bring over the guy who had just hidden behind the crowd and claimed he would report them.
Moreover, they were all implicated.
A total of thirty-odd people, young and old.
The main point was, none were spared.
As long as they didn't draw a clear line, their whole family would be implicated.
If he didn't want to bother, he wouldn't even spare the neighbors.
The reason was very simple.
If he only dealt with the guys who spoke up, their friends and relatives might still resent Xu Chengxian for being too ruthless.
But when the knife was cut on themselves, they would only blame the guy who caused them to be cut as well.
"Immortal Master?"
"What is Immortal Master doing?"
The people under the city wall were confused.
Some were frightened, thinking that Xu Chengxian had thrown those people to their deaths.
But soon someone shouted that they didn't hear the miserable screams of dying.
At this time, someone bravely ran to the city gate and looked inside.
They saw that the group of people had all been thrown on the main road leading to the city gate.
About a hundred meters away from the city gate.
At this moment, several fast horses were coming towards the city gate.
Seeing the crowd ahead, they didn't slow down at all, rushing straight towards those people.
"Good heavens!"
"It's the Zheng family's people!"
"Oh no! They're definitely going to be trampled to death!"
It was too late, they were destined to be trampled into mud.
Some people closed their eyes, unable to bear to look.
And that group of people was crying for their parents and screaming, being so scared that wetting their pants was the least of it.
"Hmph." Xu Chengxian smiled, and with another wave of his horsetail whisk, a magic power pushed the crowd away.
Whether these people lived or died was not important.
But because of these people, incurring Yin Sha karmic debt was very unworthy.
In Da Zhou, if wealthy households wanted to accumulate virtue, they had to find places with simple folk customs to build roads and bridges. Among ordinary people, communication basically relied on word of mouth, so these people's future days would not be good.
Good people without power and influence might not necessarily have good days.
But bastards with bad character who offended the Immortal Master would definitely have a hard time.
"You." Xu Chengxian turned his head and looked at the big man who spoke first, "When you're full, go collect the bodies of the heroes you think are heroes. I want to see who dares to stop you."
"Thank you, Immortal Master!" The big man knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Rumble!
The tribulation thunder resounded between heaven and earth.
"An honest official can hardly settle family affairs?" Xu Chengxian stood with his hands behind his back, smiling playfully, "This poor Daoist is not a good official."
"Moreover, the White Maiden doesn't like those who don't understand gratitude and righteousness, and don't understand right and wrong."
This sentence, amidst the thunder, reached the ears of the people.
Yet it was still so clear and understandable.
Besides being shocked, they felt a lot more at ease.
The rice in the porridge pot faintly emitted the aroma of grain in the boiling water.
It was almost cooked.
Under the tribulation thunder, Cat Nineteen had already transformed into a complete human form.
There was still the last tribulation thunder.
It was at this time that the heads of the Zheng family, Wang family, and Si Ma family arrived.
"Yo~ Everyone, you've arrived?"