Chapter 19 Great and Honorable Li (1/2)
Chapter 19 – Great and Honorable Li
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“Congratulations My Lord, you have suppressed the Divine Orchard Gang and also eliminated the two culprits Zhou Wu and Zheng Longxing in a single day. From this day forth, Alabaster County City is in the control of My Lord’s hands.” County registrar Feng Yuanxing followed behind Li Mu, subserviently smiling as he spoke.
Li Mu turned and suddenly looked at Feng Yuanxing.
“Do you think I killed them in order to seize power?” Li Mu asked.
Feng Yuanxing’s smile froze.
Li Mu’s gaze swept over the numerous kneeling soldiers.
Since he had this chance, why not put on another little play?
He should show that this young county magistrate was a righteous individual with a strong sense of morals.
“All of you, make sure you listen well to my words. The reason I killed these two people was in order to enforce the laws of the empire, impartially. It was to remove these two cancerous tumors that have haunted the citizens of Alabaster County City for all this time, and also to take revenge for all the innocent people that tragically died in the hands of the Divine Orchard Gang. Everything I did was to protect the citizens of Alabaster County and to cleanse the administration of my great Qin Empire…” Li Mu passionately said, completely displaying the spitting image of an unselfish official. Then, he asked everyone, “If Zhou Wu and Zheng Longxing truly loved the people, then even if they tried to undermine me, would I kill them?”
Feng Yuangxing immediately responded.
“Yes, yes, yes, My Lord is heroic and benevolent, devoted to the betterment of the people. Your existence is the greatest blessing of all citizens in Alabaster County. This lowly one was trying to gauge the heart of a gentleman with the thoughts of a commoner. I truly deserve death.” He suddenly changed his tone, his face filled with the color of shame, “For the hundreds of thousands of citizens in Alabaster County to have My Lord as their loving county magistrate, it is their greatest stroke of good fortune.”
Li Mu’s lips twitched.
Damn, this old man didn’t care about face at all when he tried to flatter others.
“Then I will let you deal with everything after this. The sins of Zheng Longxing and Zhou Wu must be cleaned up, but make sure you do not implicate the innocent. Do not let anyone go. Everything must be done according to the laws of the empire…as for what happened today, county registrar Feng, make you sure draft a report and state everything that occurred. I cannot be bothered with such things.”
Li Mu turned around and left.
“I obey.” Feng Yuanxing piped up, a smile on his face.
Did this mean that the lord county magistrate had accepted him?
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There was a sea of people outside the Divine Orchard Gang headquarters.
Concerning what happened here, it had already spread out like a raging storm. Of course, this didn’t include what happened in the cave.
Besides the upper level influences of the city, many ordinary citizens also heard the news.
Ever since Li Mu broke past the gates of the Divine Orchard Gang, news of him had disappeared, as if he had grown wings and flown away.
In the past 10 years, the Divine Orchard Gang had colluded with numerous officials and committed all sorts of evil and vicious crimes. They had committed theft, murder, blackmail, kidnapping, and all kinds of wicked thing. The citizens of Alabaster County had been tormented and harmed by them, and although the citizens hated the Divine Orchard Gang and felt rage in their hearts, they still didn’t dare to speak out.
But now, many of these citizens heard that the current lord county magistrate had gone and destroyed the Divine Orchard Gang. Their first reaction was disbelief, but as news grew stronger and stronger, more and more people gathered here.
By this time, all signs indicated the Divine Orchard Gang’s destruction had been completed.
But everyone wanted to know what was occurring deep within the stone forest.
They didn’t dare to enter, so they could only wait outside.
Thus, when Li Mu rode out on a white horse led by a county guard, he was shocked by the seas of people waiting outside.
“Shit, why are there so many people here?”
Looking from afar, one could see that there were 4000-5000 people waiting outside the gates of the headquarters, all of them densely packed together.
And as these people saw Li Mu emerge, the originally noisy crowd seemed to fall silent as if dark magic had been cast on them. The atmosphere suddenly turned quiet.
He had come out!
The high level figures of the various influences felt their hearts race as they saw this.
Although they had already mentally prepared themselves, they were still shocked to see Li Mu ride out on a horse.
This was because it meant that this young county magistrate had utterly suppressed the Divine Orchard Gang with his strength alone…the Divine Orchard Gang that was one of the four great factions of Alabaster County. And besides a minor wound to his shoulders, he seemed completely unscathed…just what sort of strength and bravery did he have to accomplish this?
This also meant that from this point on, Alabaster County had welcomed a strong and ardent county magistrate.
The entire political scene would be completely changed.
For many factions and for many rich and wealthy people, this wasn’t good news.
But the many common citizens were all surprised and overjoyed as they saw Li Mu. This was because the new county magistrate was far younger than they expected, and although his body was stained with blood, with his looks and with his large eyes and thick eyebrows, he actually exuded a certain kindness, just like the boy next door. He didn’t possess the high-spirited and unapproachable majesty that the previous officials seemed to wrap themselves up in.
It could be said that the common citizens had an extremely good first impression of Li Mu.
However, no one dared to break the silence.
Li Mu used the silver bow to knock the horse’s butt. The horse began to gallop and accelerate forwards.