Chapter 168: Hands-on
"Your Excellency, Your Majesty......"
Just as the two were talking and laughing, a hurried voice suddenly came from outside the martial arts training ground, and the two turned their heads to look, only to see Lin Jianfeng, the leader of the guards, trotting towards this side with a solemn expression.
Seeing this, Feng Yi's eyes flashed, as if he had expected something, but Li Mu beside him didn't know why, and asked, "Why are you so panicked?"
"Returning to the two lords, there is a group of city guards in the front yard who have asked to see the city lord, and they are all wounded. Lin Jianfeng said hurriedly.
"All of them are injured?" Li Mu frowned: "What's the matter?"
Lin Jianfeng shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation, so the two adults should hurry up and take a look." ”
"Let's go, go over and have a look!"
Without asking any more questions, Feng Wei walked directly to the front yard.
After a short time, along the bluestone path, the three of them quickly came to the front hall, and after a distance, Feng Wei and the two saw dozens of city guards standing, sitting, or lying in the front yard from a distance. As Lin Jianfeng, the leader of the guards, said, each of these dozens of city guards was wounded, and all of them looked depressed and depressed, which was like a group of remnants who had just suffered a defeat.
There was no doubt that these were the same group of city guards who had just escaped from the thugs of the Roche Chamber of Commerce.
"What's going on?" Walking quickly into the front yard, Li Mu asked loudly with an angry face. With his wisdom, he naturally guessed that these city guards in front of him must have encountered resistance in the process of sealing the store, and what made him angry was that someone dared to do something to the city guards, you must know that the city guards are the enforcers of a city, and to do it with the city guards means to confront the city lord's mansion and even the imperial court. If it was just similar to those small conflicts on weekdays, it would be better to say, but looking at the tragic situation of the group of city guards in front of them, it was obvious that they had experienced a big battle. A large-scale clash with the city guards in broad daylight was simply lawless and audacious.
Hearing Li Mu's question, the city guards who were originally sitting on the ground due to injuries immediately stood up in pain, and one of them cried to Li Mu with a sad face: "Lord Hui, we are the team that followed Lord Zhao Yan to carry out the task of sealing the store, and we ...... just now."
Next, the city guard tearfully told everything that happened at the gate of the Luo Chamber of Commerce not long ago, including how the two sides clashed, how arrogant and arrogant Luo Gongzi was, and Zhao Yan's death, etc., without falling a bit.
"Bastard!"
After listening to the words of this city guard, Li Mu was so angry that he trembled all over, and his eyes were about to split. Previously, he only thought that there was a violent conflict between a certain merchant and the city guards, but he didn't expect this conflict to be so intense, and he didn't expect that the person from the Luo Chamber of Commerce would dare to kill someone, and among the people killed was also an official from the rank of Wupin Shuzuo. This is not just lawlessness, according to the laws of Great Qin, killing officials is tantamount to rebellion, this Luo Chamber of Commerce is clearly trying to create a law.
Seeing Li Mu's fists clenched and his fingers cracked, the city guards knelt on the ground with a "poof" and said in a sad voice: "Please give justice to our dead brothers and Lord Zhao!"
"Please do justice for us!" At the same time, the other city guards also knelt on the ground in unison, and everyone's face was full of sorrow and expectation. They hoped that the two young city lords and elders in front of them would stand up for them and avenge their dead brothers. Perhaps, their lives are not valuable, and they have never been taken seriously, but they hope that they can get the attention of the two adults in front of them, even a little is enough.
Looking at the pair of eyes full of anticipation in front of him, Feng Yi's original Gujing Wubo's face couldn't help but be slightly moved, and immediately, he sighed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, in this matter, this city lord and Li Changshi will definitely give you justice." After speaking, he turned sideways and waved his hand to the leader of the guards on the side: "Take them down to treat their injuries first." ”
"Yes, sir!"
The leader of the guards nodded respectfully, and then walked to the front of the city guards: "Everyone, come with me!"
After receiving the promise of Feng Rebellion, all the city guards stood up one after another, rushed to Feng Rebellion and Li Mu to retreat, and then followed the leader of the guards to the Inner Mansion to treat his injuries.
"Brother Feng, you had expected this to happen, right?" After everyone left, Li Mu suddenly said coldly.
"That's right!" Feng Wei nodded indifferently.
"So, this is what you had to wait for before?" Li Mu asked again.
"Exactly!" Feng Wei nodded again.
"Why? You know that such a thing will happen, why don't you prevent it early, why wait for these city guards to send them to death, you tell me, why is this?" Li Mu stared at Feng Yi with a frosty face, his eyes burning with anger.
For the first time, Li Mu was really angry with Feng Rebellion, he could tolerate Feng Rebellion's irresponsibility, and he could tolerate Feng Rebellion's various behaviors that seemed unreasonable to him, but this did not mean that he could tolerate everything about Feng Rebellion, today's things have touched his bottom line, he can't understand it, let alone accept it. If he can't get a reasonable explanation from Feng Wei today, he will definitely draw a line with Feng Wei from now on.
In the face of Li Mu's anger and a series of questions, Feng Yi's expression did not fluctuate, he glanced at the other party lightly, and his lips opened slightly: "Because I need a reason!"
"What reason?" Li Mu was furious.
"A reason to kill!" Feng was expressionless.
"Murder?"
Hearing this, Li Mu was slightly stunned, but soon, his mind turned sharply, he thought of something, and the anger in his eyes was also slightly reduced by three points, and he said in a deep voice: "Is there this necessary?"
"Yes!"
Feng Shun looked at him indifferently, and said coldly: "In troubled times, you should use heavy codes, you have also seen the situation in Xiaocheng, these people even dare to kill officers and soldiers, the law of the court is like a dead letter in their eyes, sealing the shop will only make them resentful, and killing will make them afraid, let them fear, and only with blood can the deterrent power of the Great Qin Law be re-erected, and the majesty of the City Lord's Mansion can be erected." ”
"But do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?" Li Mu said.
"Of course I know what the consequences of doing this will be, but I also know that there is a saying called 'no break, no stand', if you want to completely change the current situation of Xiao Cheng, you must push all the original rules all over again, this is the most effective and direct way, and to do this, you must first start with killing, because this is a world where the weak eat the strong, and kill to stop killing. Feng Rebellion's gaze was calm.
Hearing Feng Wei's words, Li Mu was silent. For him, who has never truly experienced this cruel world, Feng Wei's words undoubtedly have a considerable impact, and he needs a certain amount of time to digest it slowly.
After a while, Li Mu took a deep breath and said, "Although I don't agree, maybe what you did was right!"
"You don't agree now because you haven't really experienced the cruelty of this world, give you a word of advice, put away your indifferent kindness, otherwise, one day you will be killed by it!"
After saying this, Feng Yi turned around directly and walked away, leaving Li Mu alone to stand silently in place and close his eyes and ponder.
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While Li Mu was quietly pondering, the conflict between the Xiaocheng City Guards and the merchants continued. Not long after the first city guard team fled back to the City Lord's Mansion, the second team also lost their armor and returned to the City Lord's Mansion in embarrassment, and then the third, fourth, and fifth teams......
Around noon, the fourteen city guard squads that had set off from the barracks all returned to the City Lord's Mansion, and without exception, each team came back similar to the first team, all of them were covered in blood and collapsed. The city guards, which numbered a thousand in total, finally returned eight hundred and ninety-three, and the fourteen officials who led the team returned twelve. In one morning, two Xiao City officials and one hundred and seven city guards died in the clash between the city guards and merchants, and their bodies were never even brought back.
"Brother Feng, the city guards sent out have all returned, and the reasons you need are enough, it's time to do it, right?" In the living room, Li Mu said to Feng Wei in a sullen voice. Although he had already understood the behavior of Feng Rebellion at this time, he was still a little awkward in his heart, and because of this, his words were a little stiff.
"It's time to do it!"
Hearing this, Feng Wei slowly stood up. Slightly different from before, the entrance halberd, which had not been used for many days, was now in his hand. This is a signal, a signal to kill, and when the halberd is out, blood will be seen.
"Call all the city guards and generals who are now active to the front yard!" Holding the halberd in his hand, Feng Wei commanded the leader of the guards on the side.
"Yes, my lord!" the leader of the guards commanded.
Not long after, hundreds of city guards and twelve officials gathered in the front yard according to the order, and as far as the eye could see, the huge front yard was full of black heads.
His eyes swept from the audience, and Feng Yi said with a cold expression: "Before, the city lord told you that he wanted to give you justice, and now is the time for the city lord to fulfill his promise, and all the merchants who dared to resist or even kill my Xiao City officers and soldiers have been recorded. ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was thunderous.
"The lord of the city is mighty!"
"Long live the lord of the castle!"
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Each of the city guards raised their blades in their hands with excitement on their faces, and roared loudly. That kind of scene is like a battlefield point, surging and impassioned.
Seeing this, Feng Wei nodded secretly, such a momentum is a bit of a soldier's appearance, and immediately, he waved his big hand: "The whole army obeys the order and sets off with the city lord!" After speaking, he took the lead and led nearly a thousand people behind him to walk out of the city lord's mansion......