mtl008 Chapter 311 The Yellow Bird is Here
Chapter 311 The Yellow Bird is Here
Today is the highlight moment of this unknown town.
Their uninhabited area with no village in front and no shop behind only started to be inhabited by people because of this last post station from Luocheng to Youcheng. At first, there was a snack bar, then people settled nearby, and later, people who saw business opportunities came and built small inns, and then a village began to form.
But they were like a group of forgotten people, with no government jurisdiction and no place to settle down. Hundreds of them lived in small houses they built themselves, relying on the post station for security. They supported their families by doing small business to feed passing merchants day after day.
In the past, the bustle of Luocheng and Youcheng had nothing to do with them, and they had no gossip of their own, but after today, they also have their own stories! ! Because those nine clans of dandy... oh no, the elders are finally here! Kill them now! !
"You traitor!!"
Amidst the noise, a strong and angry voice sounded, and behind him were several middle-aged men who looked very noble, but it was obvious that these people split into two after they appeared, four of them came forward to apologize, and five of them mixed in the crowd to watch the fun.
Shen Yu looked at the people in front of her with a mocking smile on her face. It has come to this point, and they are still willing to be used as guns? Then don't blame her for being rude.
"Greetings, Lord Inspector, the prince, and the princess. The boys in our family got into trouble because we did not discipline them well enough. We feel deeply guilty for not being able to strictly control them. We will discipline them strictly when we return. I hope that Lord, the prince, and the princess will forgive them and give them a lighter sentence considering that it is their first offense. We will pay every penny for the compensation for repairing the shop." said the leading man.
"Yes, yes, yes. Please have mercy on me, my Lord. I am young and acted impulsively. We will discipline me strictly when we return."
Several men lowered their heads with a look of guilt and begged for mercy. They seemed to be a group of good fathers and parents who were betrayed by their naughty children.
Qing Li received a look from his princess and slammed the gavel, "Silence! Princess Zhuo is the victim in this matter, and I am only temporarily handling this matter. If it is just smashing the shop, it can be settled privately, but it involves intentional destruction of the late emperor's calligraphy, which is a capital crime punishable by the death of the entire clan. If it cannot be resolved, they will have to be escorted back to Luocheng for trial..." He glanced at the people below, "No one involved will be able to escape!"
"What, this..." Several people turned around and looked at the people from the Tan family in horror, but unfortunately, they had no intention of protecting them at all and acted as if it had nothing to do with them.
"Snapped!"
The faces of several people suddenly changed, and they lowered their heads in a hurry, trembling and desperate. This, this, this... the nine clans will be killed! They were really panicked this time! The fear in their hearts came like a huge wave, and their impression of the smiling girl sitting above them was completely overturned.
Qingli was very satisfied with the effect of this makeshift gavel. After all, this was not a real court, just a fake open-air stall... The princess wanted to scare these people by pretending to be powerful, just for show.
The leader of the Dragon Guard has the authority to take over the government office, but he does not have the right to open a government office. He cannot even see through this point. How can this group of people play tricks in front of their own princess? Ha!
"Oh, so deliberately destroying the late emperor's calligraphy can be considered lenient in the eyes of you people in Zhuocheng, right?" Shen Yu stood up slowly and asked the person standing in the front.
The leading man's breathing became heavy and rapid. At this moment, he truly felt unprecedented panic and helplessness. How should he respond to this sentence? If he is not careful, he will be doomed!
Even if he was unwilling in his heart, the facts were before him. The Tan family was simply a paper tiger in front of Princess Zhuo. They were so vulnerable before Prince Zhuo next to them even made a move. He wanted them to charge in the front, but didn't care about their life or death... He couldn't help but wonder if he had made a mistake in spending so much energy to curry favor with the Tan family over the years.
But in the past, the Tan family was very powerful, and they could not survive in Zhuocheng if they did not take sides. For them, the small wealthy families who could only rely on the branches of the Tan family, the words "choice" or "rejection" were nothing but illusions of extravagant hopes, and were out of the question.
The people who were arranged to welcome him to Luocheng this time were just pawns, and their original intention was to test Prince Zhuo's attitude. He didn't mind letting his illegitimate son be used as a gun, nor did he mind paying for the aftermath to solve the problem, but this did not mean that he could tolerate his son being charged with the crime of killing all nine clans! !
He kept his head down, waiting for Miss Tan, who had followed them and had the bad idea of smashing the shop, to come out and help them out. Unfortunately, she didn't. Even the other members of the Tan family didn't care about their lives...
The air was filled with a suffocating silence that washed away his long-standing patience and despair. He raised his head and met the woman's firm and bright eyes. Princess Zhuo dared to challenge the Tan family openly... Was she giving them a chance?
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and knelt down. "Please forgive me, Princess Zhuo. My name is Qin Zhiyuan. We just received the news and rushed here. In fact, we don't know the whole story yet. May I ask your Majesty to tell us?" This man was the father of the green-clothed young man who had just distributed the money. He was stunned when he saw his father kneeling down.
Tan Daixue thought to herself that this was not good, and immediately said, "It was these kids who beat..."
Shen Yu chuckled, "Are you sure?"
Of course she was interested in recruiting these people, but she didn't expect it to be so easy. It seems that the Tan family is not popular in Zhuocheng.
Mr. Wu had sent me the results of his investigation a long time ago. Those who took the lead in the vandalism were all illegitimate sons of small families. There was not even a legitimate son among them? How could they still sign up for such an obvious journey to get killed?
Lu Yingxing said that these people were irrelevant to the overall situation and should be killed.
But Shen Yu thought that as a modern and civilized person, random fighting and killing did not conform to her values, and... she did not believe that there was anyone in the world who was so selfless as to be willing to sacrifice his life for an irrelevant person.
If there was, they were either simply stupid, or they were forced to do so, or they were hoping for a lucky break, thinking that she would be lenient? They thought that she would just swallow her anger? She was determined to maximize the consequences, to see if she could still control them after the Tan family openly refused to protect these people.
She doesn't kill people, she recruits people.
"where are they?"
Shen Yu pointed at the people behind him. These people were obviously following his lead and said they had no idea either.
Are you kidding? Who dares to admit it? Even their lives are gone. What is the meaning of the so-called future promised by the Tan family? So, at this moment of life and death, a cohesive force called "defection" quietly grew among them.
One of the four people even walked forward and knelt down, "Princess, I'm Li Ao. We don't know anything about this. It was the masters of the Tan family who called us here, saying that something happened to the child. But the children before were all taken away by Tan Ming. I thought maybe if we ask Master Tan, things would be clearer."
The man's heart was filled with unprecedented excitement and desire. Didn't the Tan family want to stay out of this? Oh! The heavens had mercy on them and finally gave them the opportunity to make their own choices? How could they let it go!
Shen Yu smiled with satisfaction, and uttered four words with a smile on his cherry lips, "Is Tan Ming here?"