Chapter 219 - Chapter 219:Chapter 217: Wealth Moves People’s Hearts, Ye Lei Sobers Up! (1/2)

Chapter 219:Chapter 217: Wealth Moves People’s Hearts, Ye Lei Sobers Up!

In the morning and at noon, young monks brought soup medicine, but Di Yelei was unconscious and unable to take it in.

Helpless, Liu Sisi had no choice but to hold it in her mouth and pour it into his mouth one mouthful at a time.

This scene reminded her of when she first crossed over, when Di Yelei had to pour soup medicine into her mouth when she had a high fever that wouldn’t subside.

Indeed, every sip and bite are predetermined by fate, and nothing is up to one’s will. Those who come out to mix in the world will eventually have to pay the price!

At noon, the government constables came, and they were here for the seven dead bandits.

The leader was none other than Constable Zuo Xingyu!

As soon as Zuo Xingyu appeared, Liu Sisi immediately became nervous. They didn’t come directly to the sick bed but instead asked the night patrol monks about the situation before finally coming to the wing courtyard where the two were located.

After a round of greetings, Zuo Xingyu did not speak, but the account book next to him did.

“You are Liu Sisi, right? Someone had reported a case earlier, saying that seven bandits were killed on a mountain path, and we’ve come to verify the specifics with you.”

Liu Sisi’s heart tightened, wasn’t this going to hold Yelei responsible?

“Brothers Constable, these bandits took advantage of my husband visiting his sister with pregnancy complications and came to attack me. Fortunately, a passerby happened to come across them, leading to the subsequent events. Are you saying that we have to pay with our lives for these bandits?”

“You mean these bandits were not killed by Di Yelei?” Zuo Xingyu, who had been silent, suddenly asked.

Liu Sisi’s heart jumped: “What do you mean by that?”

Seeing the tense atmosphere, a short, chubby man with a Maitreya-like smile next to the account book spoke up first.

“The constable means that if these bandits were killed by Di Yelei, considering his constable status, he could take their heads to the government office and exchange them for a reward of 100 taels of silver per head, as these bandits are from Heilong Mountain and have a criminal record.”

“What Heilong Mountain bandits?”

Liu Sisi was completely clueless.

After everyone explained, Liu Sisi finally understood.

Macheng County is a place with many hills and little land, and there were many documented bandit dens within the county. Three years ago, just before the current County Magistrate took office, the Heilong Mountain bandit den had raided the county government’s reserves.

At that time, there wasn’t much silver in the county government, and the loss wasn’t significant. The problem was that Governor happened to be visiting his hometown at that time, and stayed in a hostel near the county government office. This incident alarmed the Governor, who sent a memorandum, resulting in the dismissal of the previous County Magistrate, and the appointment of County Magistrate Su…

Although there were no similar incidents after Su County Magistrate took office, the bandits on Heilong Mountain were all recorded in the files and had a bounty of 100 taels of silver set on each of their heads.

Now that they had found the seven corpses lying horizontally and vertically, which happened to be the recorded Heilong Mountain bandits, if they were killed by Di Yelei, it would mean that right after he became a constable, he had accomplished a great deed in his first battle, which would greatly increase his chances of being noticed in the future!

Liu Sisi finally understood the key point and felt relieved.

“These bandits were indeed not killed by my husband, but by another passerby. This passerby was the one who forced us both down the cliff, as you should have heard from the night patrol monks.”

Liu Sisi never thought about taking credit for this, and she didn’t want such credit either.

“You’d better think it over! This is 700 taels of silver we’re talking about, not 700 copper coins!” The account book couldn’t help but interject.

Wealth moves the heart!

A huge sum of 700 taels of silver placed in front of anyone would unquestionably be enticing!