Hearing his words, Qian San was furious and shouted, "Assholes, you are talking nonsense. When has my master ever bullied you
This guy is just acting. My master wants to kill him. How can he still talk nonsense here? He would have been a dead body long ago!!!"
Qian San was a dull person and didn't understand what the other party was up to for a while. He thought it was just Bashan who was making trouble.
Hearing his words, the old man in the lead smiled and turned to Bashan and said, "Did you hear that, Bashan? The Lord may have just been trying to scare you. If he wanted to kill you, you would have been dead by now. How could you ask us for help
You may have misunderstood the lord. He should be a man who cherishes his reputation and would never do anything to bully civilians or insult women.
After all, if this kind of thing gets out, the Lord's reputation will be ruined and he will become a laughing stock!!!"
Hearing the old man's words, Ye Li narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked: "What's your name?"
When the old man heard Ye Li's question, he hurriedly said, "I am Wang Yue, the mayor of Dongzhong Town in Dongfang County, this is Liu Huai, the mayor of Dongfa Town, and this is Zhang Wenliu, the mayor of Dongbai Town.
The rest of them were all local gentry from the surrounding villages, all of them highly respected people.
We had heard that a lord was coming here, so we planned to come and see the manor, then inform Bashan of the matter and ask him to move away.
We could have asked someone to clean the manor and renovate it, but we didn't expect you to come so early, which led to today's misunderstanding. It was really unfortunate.
You are so young, yet you have already been given the title of unrivalled national hero. It is truly remarkable. I really admire you!!!"
When he heard the words of Wang Yue, the mayor of Dongzhong Town, a half-smile appeared on his face.
"Ye Li, it seems that these guys are not easy to deal with. Today's incident was all planned. They just beat the drum in front of you to tell you how loud they are."
Tunri looked at them with sarcasm on his face and said to Ye Li.
Ye Li nodded and said, “They want to tell me who in Dongfang County has the most useful words, and warn me that they can unite all the people here and make me infamous.
They figured that I couldn't kill everyone in one go, so they were so confident."
"Will you kill them all?"
Tunri asked.
"Of course not. These guys have so much say in Dongfang County. If I can bring them together, I will be able to take full control of this place immediately.
If I kill them all, not only will a lot of people be scared away, but it will also make it difficult for me to control the entire county for a long time.
After all, if the people here pretend to obey me but actually disobey me, what I need to do may be ineffective. They obey orders on the surface but play tricks on me in private.
I can't kill everyone at once when I get there. The previous county governors were driven away because of the same concerns. They had no way to deal with these guys, but they didn't want to be controlled. "
Ye Li said.
As they were talking, a group of gentry and three town mayors gathered in front of Ye Li and began to praise Ye Li one after another.
If Ye Li got angry again at this moment, it would be somewhat unreasonable, but if he didn't get angry, he would have to accept the loss of what had just happened in silence.
This manor had obviously been cleaned before. Judging from the lack of dust on the door, the manor had been cleaned only two days ago.
This fence was built after the manor was cleaned and the livestock were just brought in.
If Ye Li admitted his loss in silence, he would have to ask these people to find someone to clean the manor, and he would lose three points in momentum.
Ding Si frowned as he looked at the people in front of him. He also felt a little angry. Even though he knew that the other party was deliberately looking for trouble, he couldn't help but get angry. After all, the methods used by these people in front of him were really disgusting.
Logically speaking, they simply couldn't find any reason to blame the other party. Even if the giant's lies were exposed in the end, these mayors could just pretend they knew nothing and wouldn't be implicated at all. That was why they were so fearless.
Ye Li glanced at the other person, then at the giant, and said expressionlessly: "The crime of occupying important land of the imperial court without permission is at least 100 strokes of the cane. Even if he didn't know that livestock cannot be raised here, he has already done it.
Then if I kill him, it is also in accordance with the law. I believe that as the mayor and the gentry who are familiar with the law, you will not object, right! ? "
When they heard Ye Li bring the matter back to the occupation of the manor, the faces of the three mayors and gentry changed.
By doing this, Ye Li clearly showed that he was not giving them face and was ignoring their warnings today.
“Sir, do you really want to kill Bashan
You just arrived in Dongfang County, and you're busy killing people. That's not a good idea. After all, it was an unintentional mistake, and the former county governor is also responsible. You can't just blame him!"
Wang Yue said this with a frown, a hint of warning in his eyes.
Ye Li glanced at him and said, "Okay, you don't have to kill me, but I'll just give him a hundred lashes with the stick. Qian San, you will carry out the execution."
Ye Li's words startled Qian San, and he asked, "Sir, is it now?!"
He spoke with some excitement, as if he didn't expect Ye Li to give him a chance to vent right away.
Ye Li glanced at him and said, "Are you still planning to wait until tomorrow
The sooner the beating is over, the sooner the matter will be over. Don't say that I didn't give face to you mayors and gentry. I have reduced the death penalty to 100 lashes with the cane, which is a big concession."
Ye Li's words made several old men look stunned. They opened their mouths and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Since they were doing things within the scope of the rules, they naturally did not dare to ignore the rules openly. Ye Li mentioned the death penalty as soon as he opened his mouth, and they could not just say not guilty. They could only respond with a mild response.
Originally these were just empty talk, their intention was to let Ye Li give up punishing Ba Shan, however Ye Li pretended not to understand and reduced the death penalty to 100 lashes with the stick.
They couldn't repeat what they had just said. Ye Li had already given them a reduced sentence to give them face. They couldn't just say that the other party was not guilty and that they could only let him go instead of beating him.
When Bashan heard that Ye Li was going to hit him, he was stunned for a moment. He had never expected Ye Li to say that.
He had just felt Qian San's strength, and he knew that he was simply not someone he could contend with. Facing Qian San who was approaching step by step, Bashan's legs went weak and he was about to sit on the ground.