Volume 2 Ukiyo-e Tales Chapter 102 Surrounding the Shi Family
Shi family.
At this time, the periphery of the Shi family has been surrounded by nearly 2,000 city guards, and new guards are constantly joining.
Shi Hong, the head of the Shi family, was pale-faced at the moment, he was unwilling, unwilling to let so many years of hard work be ruined.
The guards of the Shi family behind him also trembled, they were just small guards, and it was impossible for them to confront the official forces of Qingfeng City.
Since they were children, they have been under the atmosphere of honesty and love for the people preached by the city guards, and they have been nurtured by them, and the strength of the city lord's mansion has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they can't raise the slightest desire to fight from the bottom of their hearts.
Bai Yang stared at him, menacing.
The Shi family has already sent someone to bring out the "thieves" who were prepared before, and Shi Hong knows that once he completely tears his face, his Shi family will definitely perish in the near future!
The captain of the second detachment in front of him, Bai Yang, was enough to crush him.
Bai Yang is a young genius born and raised in Qingfeng City, and his family is poor. When he first emerged, Shi Hong had been famous for many years, and Shi Hong didn't notice this teenager at that time.
However, what he never expected was that after only a few years, that immature boy had already broken through to the realm of the Lai Shi Xuan, far away from his peers, and was selected to be the captain of the second team of the city guards!
The so-called, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty. Shi Hong is quite touched now.
So far, Bai Yang's Xuanli cultivation has reached the peak realm of the Xuan Realm, and it is not far from that level.
His strength is enough to rank in the top five in the current Qingfeng City, and his age, which is only in his early twenties, is only slightly older than the captain of the first team.
The horror of his occult talent may have caught up with Ji Bai back then.
Shi Hong took a group of Shi family guards and several Dharma protectors to look at him quietly, this young man's mysterious momentum had already made him feel a strong sense of oppression.
Not for a while.
Several guards brought a group of ragged prisoners
One by one looked extremely miserable, they were unkempt, and the smell of fishiness could be smelled far and wide.
Everyone present covered their mouths and noses, and their breathing stagnated.
Bai Yang's face did not change, looking at those people, their bodies had heavy traces of punishment, blood scabs attached to the wounds, and some places had festered and pus.
At this moment, the housekeeper suddenly stood up and said loudly: "They are the gangsters hiding in my mansion, my Shi family resolutely supports the system and authority of the city lord's mansion and maintains the peace of the city, therefore, we have already arrested this gang of gangsters who have done all kinds of evil and handed them over to Lord Bai for disposal!"
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The surrounding people talked a lot, it turned out that the Shi family deliberately let them in to catch the bandits, so the Shi family is also forgivable.
Bai Yang was very indifferent from beginning to end, as if he had already expected this outcome.
Shi Hong looked at Bai Yang quietly, his eyes were a little playful, as if to say, now it depends on how you end.
The City Lord's Mansion dispatched such a big battle, if it was just to demonstrate, it would inevitably be a bit anticlimactic, and in this way, the majesty of the City Lord's Mansion would also be discounted to a certain extent.
Half a day.
The crowd was already impatient, they were waiting very boringly, this city guard neither left nor moved, what did he want?
Bai Yang suddenly sighed softly, Shi Hong was puzzled, and asked, "What does Captain Bai mean by this?"
Bai Yang said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You are resisting stubbornly, why bother,"
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Shi Hong was about to speak, and suddenly, a stunning figure slowly entered this place, recalling!
Her tight-fitting light armor perfectly outlines her domineering figure with a convex front and backward curve, and her fiery red armor is full of temptation.
The slender waist and hips, the curves are exquisite, and the skin faintly peeking out from under the armor is also an extremely healthy wheat color.
As she walked, her hips swayed gently from side to side, drawing a perfect curve in the air along with her crimson hip armor.
All the men present instantly suffocated, and a nameless fire gradually surged into the lower abdomen.
However, they didn't dare to show it too prominently, the name of the recollection was known to everyone in Qingfeng City, she was the leader of the new generation of guards who was loved by everyone, and any unwanted thoughts were evil in the hearts of the people.
Compared to her intelligence and talent, her fame is not far behind.
She walked to Bai Yang's side with long legs wrapped in layers of red armor. Bai Yang looked at his "sister" helplessly, although she had no blood relationship with him, but for many reasons and the similar age, the two had the best like-minded relationship among the four captains.
The four captains of the city guards, although they are all ninth-level cultivators in the Xuan Realm, but the same realm also has different divisions, he and Hui belong to the Xuan who has just entered this realm, and the other two, their ages are over thirty, they are considered seniors, although the relationship is very good, but there is not too much cordial communication on weekdays, most of them are based on the guidance of the juniors.
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Shi Hong frowned, and hurriedly said, "Yo, isn't this thinking about the captain, what kind of wind has blown you here today."
His strength is not as good as the woman in front of him, not to mention that there is a calm and pending Bai Yang next to him!
There are two captains, which has fully demonstrated the determination of the City Lord's Mansion!
Hui didn't answer his question, but said lightly: "The head of the Shi family, give you one last chance, I hope to cherish it!"
"Hmm, I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean" Shi Hong is also an old fritter who has been in Qingfeng City for many years, how can he really not know what the City Lord's Mansion is doing, they obviously want benefits!
"Huh"
Before he finished his words, he saw Hui Xiang silently take out a page from the bag behind him, throw it to Shi Hong, and then hold his chest with both hands, and watch his reaction lukewarmly through the special face protection.
Shi Hong was stunned and puzzled. After he could fully see the contents of it, he was startled, and his body suddenly stiffened.
This is actually the evidence of every black account of his Shi family over the years, as well as the evidence of tax deduction and oppression of the people! Many of the complete records are not even known to him.
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During this period, there is no lack of evidence that the Shi family and major families have joined forces to trap ordinary people!
At this time, Shi Hong's face completely changed, he knew better than anyone the consequences of these things being made public, such a big weight, it seemed that the City Lord's Mansion was going to bleed his Shi family!
In fact, none of the seven major families has a completely clean foundation, and there are more or less things that cannot be put on the table.
These East and West City Lords' Mansion and the Seven Great Families all knew about it, but they could never make it public, it would cause a mutiny.
The City Lord's Mansion has been collecting evidence of these crimes, in order to unite the major families at some time in the future, but Shi Hong never expected that it was his Shi family who was the first to be pushed out.
Everyone is not stupid, it is impossible for the City Lord's Mansion to use the same method successfully twice in a row, that is to say, this time, in order to deal with his Shi family, the City Lord's Mansion has already used an important basis to balance the Duanmu family.
But now, he Shi Hong can't manage so much, once this thing is announced, his Shi family will have to completely bear all the pressure of public opinion, plus the city lord's mansion on the side, his Shi family will really never turn over.
Shi Hong's expression couldn't escape the eyes of Hui and Bai Yang at all, and they looked at each other silently.
As a last resort, in fact, their City Lord's Mansion is unwilling to use force, the most important duty of the City Lord's Mansion is to maintain the unity and stability of Qingfeng City, not to deal with the major families, every beast tide will take away the lives of countless city guard soldiers, in addition to personnel attrition, every war, a lot of money will be invested, all kinds of rune equipment need to be maintained, armor and weapons need to be replaced.
It's all money!
In fact, it was impossible for them to completely wipe out these families, because the City Lord's Mansion could not personally handle all the trade of a large city.
The annual tax revenue of the city guard is an astronomical amount, except for the tax payment of ordinary people, most of the head is on these big families, without them, the city guard will never have such a sophisticated equipment configuration as it is now.
Between them, in a sense, it can be regarded as a relationship of mutual use.
But all of this is based on the bottom line of the City Lord's Mansion, once it is crossed, what awaits them is the crazy suppression and even destruction of the City Lord's Mansion.
All major families understand this.
Bai Yang stepped forward and said, "How about it, Shi Family Master?"
Shi Hong looked a little sluggish as if he had lost all his strength, and he glanced at Bai Yang: "Is it worth it?"
Both of them knew that what he was talking about was whether it was worth it to advance in advance to shake the territory of the Duanmu family to deal with his Shi family.
"You won't bother with this"
After a moment, Shi Hong glanced at the housekeeper behind him, who was also silent at this time, and he shook his head at Shi Hong.
Shi Hong smiled miserably and said, "Say, what do you want?"
Bai Yang smiled, this was what he was waiting for, he glanced at Hui and whispered:
"Today, as long as the head of the Shi family dedicates seventy percent of the property under the family's name, and then degrades half of the relatives in the house, my city guard will not be guilty of the past!"
Shi Hong felt his brain thump!
Shi Hong's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Don't deceive people too much! You know very well that it is impossible for me to come up with a full seventy percent of my assets, what is the difference between this and completely abolishing my Shi family! At most, fifty percent, otherwise the net will be broken, and I don't believe that you can completely wipe out my Shi family without one person dying!"
He said fiercely.
The price of the fish dying and breaking the net is undoubtedly huge, and the failure is completely discredited, the old and young women and children in the clan are all distributed by the city guards, and the success ,,, will never succeed, and the best ending of the Shi family is only to redeem a group of city guards, and then be exterminated.
It seems that the gains outweigh the losses, but this is also the only reliance of the Shi family at present, they are gambling, betting that the city guards don't want to die in the net!
As long as their foundation has not been shaken, as long as he Shi Hong has not died, his Shi family will still be valuable.
That person will definitely not give up the Shi family like this!