Chapter 217: The townspeople are in danger, and the power of life and death
Lu Yi hurriedly flew in front of everyone and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, I know that everyone hates the mountain bandits to the core, but now that the bandit leader Hua Qianshu has been ambushed, everyone must not kill people again, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble!" ”
Hua Qianshu really deserves to die, being beaten to death by the guests is already cheap This Y thief, according to Lu Yi's meaning, he intends to be tortured to death by eroding bones and soft tendons, but other mountain bandits may not be as guilty as Hua Qianshu, and the crime should be ten thousand deaths.
A few people who were most poisoned by the mountain bandits shouted unwillingly: "Master Lu, these mountain bandits are all accomplices of Hua Qianshu, I don't know how many people have been harmed, how can I easily let them go?" ”
When they faced the mountain bandits before, they were terrified and silent, but now that they have gained power, where are they willing to easily let go of the mountain bandits they hate to the bone? Although they did not contribute half of their efforts in subduing the bandits.
The others heard the villagers led by them shouting for revenge, and they also moved one by one, if it weren't for Lu Yi standing in front of them to block the way, they would have already punched and kicked the bandits behind Lu Yi again, and added G sticks.
Lu Yi was helpless, so he had to set his eyes on Old Man Zhang and Zhang Peng's father and son.
Although the old man Zhang also hated the mountain bandits, he was thoughtful after all, and after a little thought, he understood what Lu Yi meant, and hurriedly stepped forward with the support of his son Zhang Peng, stood side by side in front of Lu Yi, and said to the guests in motion: "Folks, listen to the old man!" ”
Old Man Zhang almost didn't break his hip bone in the fall just now, and it was not easy to recover at this time, but there was still some hysteria when he spoke.
When the noisy crowd heard Old Man Zhang's words, they gradually quieted down.
Old Man Zhang nodded to Lu Yi, and then said to everyone: "The villagers should all know how the mountain bandits treated me in Changqiao Town before, as for the big change in attitude not long ago, it is because of the demon Hua Qianshu!" ”
"And we have already killed Hua Qianshu and a few bandit leaders, this is already several lives, if we continue to make trouble, the people of the government will inevitably come to ask for the guilt, and then the big guys will be implicated, in that case, it will not be worth it!" Old Man Zhang continued.
When everyone heard Old Man Zhang mention the government, they were suddenly shocked in their hearts, and then they realized that they only cared about anger and revenge just now, and they actually caused several lives, and killing people is to pay for their lives! How good is that?
A few of the most ruthless and most powerful guests suddenly trembled and their faces were like earth, for fear that once the government intervened, they would really be arrested and imprisoned, and in that case, the result would be worse than death and bankruptcy!
Seeing this, several lively mountain bandits understood that Lu Yi did not mean to kill them all, and a desire to survive suddenly surged in their hearts, and they hurriedly used all their strength to crawl over to Lu Yi, shouting wrongly: "Hero, hero, we have followed Hua Qianshu to do so many bad things, and we deserve to die, but we are all by him, this is not our intention at all!" For the sake of us who are also victims, let us live and spare our dogs! ”
These people also heard Lu Yi say just now that the antidote to the bones and soft tendons is in the food and wine, so when the plate and wine jar flew just now, they actually picked up a ****, but they didn't expect that the pain and softness on their bodies were immediately reduced a lot, so they had the strength to avoid the punches and kicks of the guests, otherwise they would have turned into R mud like Hua Qianshu and others at this moment, and they would have died.
Lu Yi is thinking about this problem, the mountain bandits only started to burn and loot under the pressure of Hua Qianshu, and they have been able to get along with the people of Changqiao Town before that, if they are killed at this time, it will be dozens of hundreds of lives, which is already comparable to the tragedy of a medium-sized sect on the rivers and lakes, and when the time comes, not only will the government intervene, but it will even cause the court to be angry, and at that time the villagers will have to bear the emperor's thunderous anger.
In addition, Hua Qianshu is a person under Cao Jixiang, the governor of Dongchang, if Cao Jixiang is angry and falsely accuses the people of Changqiao Town as thieves, once Emperor Yingzong listens to his words and sends troops to encircle and suppress, then it will really be a situation where the whole town will be slaughtered.
Although this thing sounds terrible, it is definitely not impossible, Yu Shaobao was sentenced a few months ago, isn't the crime of Cao Jixiang and others framing him for "rebellion"?
So what Lu Yi was thinking about was the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and when the matter was not yet big, he stopped all the things that killed Hua Qianshu on himself, and dissociated himself from the people of Changqiao Town, so that even if the government really investigated it, it couldn't do anything to the people in the town.
And the matter involves the people of Dongchang, if the prefects and prefects here have a little brain, they will not rush to intervene, but will avoid it from afar, and attribute the death of Hua Qianshu to the vendetta of the rivers and lakes, so that they can save a lot of trouble.
And in order to achieve this goal, there must be no accident on the bandits' side, first of all, they must not be allowed to reveal anything that happened tonight, otherwise there is a danger of leakage; Secondly and most importantly, if the government has not eliminated this group of mountain bandits for several years, but it is wiped out by the people of Changqiao Town, then what will the prefects and counties here think? Will you be annoyed and angry at Longbridge Town? The last point is even simpler, only by letting the confrontation between the mountain bandits and the people of Longqiao Town continue, the government will not dare to attack either side, otherwise once this balance is broken, it may be the government here that suffers.
Don't look at these officials, they are vegetarian and do nothing, but they all have extremely high attainments in the balance, which can be understood without being reminded by anyone.
Thinking of this, Lu Yi stretched out his hand and pointed to the guests opposite, and said to the mountain bandits: "It's useless for you to beg me, it's them who should beg!" ”
When the bandits heard this, they hurriedly turned their heads and kowtowed to the guests and begged for mercy, until the guests couldn't come back to their senses one by one.
They lived in terror every day, fearing that one day the mountain bandits would come to the door, but they never thought that one day the mountain bandits would kowtow to them and beg for mercy, and they would lose all their attention for a while.
In the end, it was Old Man Zhang who was well-informed, so he made the mountain bandits swear a poisonous oath, and promised to never endanger the people of Changqiao Town again, and to keep a tight mouth about today's affairs, otherwise they would never be spared!
The mountain bandits are already scared, how dare they disobey Old Man Zhang's words? Without even thinking about it, he agreed, and then looked at Lu Yi expectantly.
They all know that their power of life and death is ultimately in Lu Yi's hands!