Becoming a God by Searching Mountains and Subduing Demons

Chapter 123 Massacre

Tread-tap-

After Jiang Yue gave the order, footsteps began to be heard one after another, and the figures of constables, yamen runners, and flag bearers appeared in the literary hall one by one.

About an hour later, the court of Wentang Yamen was already crowded with people. The leaders of the three major clans and more than a dozen gangs in Yuqing County were all present.

Sixteen patrol officers, twenty-seven constables, and more than sixty yamen runners all stood quietly on both sides.

Yuan Qinghai couldn't sit in the main seat, so he simply drove away the head of the Agriculture Department and sat in the first seat under Jiang Yue's left hand.

One gaze after another fell on Jiang Yue, and then on the group of officials whose arms had been broken, and their gazes wandered back and forth.

An official from the Political Affairs Department came up to Jiang Yue and whispered, "Sir, there are three big families in Yuqing County, namely Zhang, Cui, and Lu. They control all kinds of businesses in Yuqing County by managing more than a dozen gangs. The head of the Political Affairs Department, Yuan Qinghai, is from the Yuan family of Yunzhou, and is considered to be from a big family. The head of the Water Affairs Department is also from a big family in Yunzhou, but he hasn't come yet. The head of the Agricultural Affairs Department is of average status and is from a humble family."

"Oh? Not bad. What's your name?"

Jiang Yue raised his eyebrows and looked at the government official.

"I am Lu Yang, an editor under the Chief Clerk of the Ministry of Political Affairs."

Lu Yang bowed, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Very good. When will the Water Division Master arrive?"

Jiang Yue asked.

"Sir, I heard that the head of the Water Department is also from the Yuan family of Yunzhou. His name is Yuan Qinghuan. He is related to Yuan Qinghai by blood, but Yuan Qinghai is from a side clan."

Lu Yang whispered, "There is a flood in the nine counties. Wait for Yuan Qinghuan to come and take over as the head of the Water Affairs Bureau. But by then, Yuan Qinghai will probably have to listen to her. After all, flood control and demon removal are the top priorities now. She will probably arrive today."

"Ah."

Jiang Yue nodded slightly, prepared to wait a little longer, and said: "Everyone, take out some elixirs to keep these officials alive in case they are seriously injured or killed. I am going to wait for the head of the Wentang Water Department to come before discussing matters. I hope you will be patient and wait."

Hearing this, the children of the big families and the gang members looked at each other in surprise.

In the end, Yuan Qinghai threw a few pills into the mouths of the people with broken arms, temporarily saving their lives.

After the incident, the court fell into silence again.

Jiang Yue condensed his blood into a thread and transmitted it to Lu Yang, asking, "You are so wise, but do you have any grievances?"

"I dare not feel wronged."

Lu Yang lowered his head and replied in a voice transmission. Jiang Yue couldn't see his expression clearly.

"Don't dare to feel wronged? Hahaha."

Jiang Yue smiled.

I dare not feel wronged. This is indeed an interesting statement. I guess Lu Yang knows a lot of things, but he is not sure what he should do now, so he dare not say it.

If he bets on the wrong horse, his life will be in danger.

However, Lu Yang should have made the right bet, because Jiang Yue's big move this time, in addition to punishing these officials, also had the intention of establishing his authority, with the goal of completely controlling Yuqing County in his own hands.

The nine counties were in chaos. If the government office was not on the same page with him, Jiang Yue would be restricted in everything he did. He might as well take control of both the civil and military halls in one go and suppress all the tribes and gangs, only then would he have a chance to show his strength.

Time is ticking away.

Another hour passed, and it was completely dark. Candles and torches were lit in the courtroom, illuminating the entire hall. The shadows of the people were reflected on the side walls, reflecting the turbulent undercurrent beneath the calm.

Although these people seemed to be silent, their voices were actually being transmitted through their blood and qi to the point of being torn apart.

Tread-tap-

The sound of horse hooves rang out, and Yuan Qinghuan, the head of the Water Bureau, finally arrived.

She rode a group of dark red fur horses, had a bun on her head, wore a white robe, and had a cold expression, but because she was young, there was an lingering liveliness on her face.

Jiang Yue took a closer look and found that Yuan Qinghuan was a replica of the senior sister, only younger.

"Oh? What happened? Why are so many people gathered in the court?"

Yuan Qinghuan didn't think these people were welcoming her.

She walked quickly into the court and saw the seat Jiang Yue had reserved for her, which was the first seat to the right of the chief seat.

Yuan Qinghuan hurriedly took a seat, looked curiously at Jiang Yue who was sitting on the main seat, then looked at Yuan Qinghai who was sitting on the second seat with puzzled eyes.

But soon the frightened Yuan Qinghai sent her a message, roughly telling her what had happened. After listening, Yuan Qinghuan's face darkened.

"Okay, everyone is here."

Jiang Yue said in a clear voice: "I took office today, and there is no one on duty in the martial arts hall. Could it be that they are all on patrol? I checked the patrol signs on the mountainside. There are sixteen patrol flags, and only ten of them reported their whereabouts today according to the rules. What are the others doing?"

"Sir, I. I forgot that I was patrolling Taojia Town today."

As soon as he finished speaking, a small flag hurriedly started to explain.

He was greeted by a coercive look and a cold voice: "Does this officer allow you to speak?"

"You know your mistakes despite your humble position."

Xiaoqi quickly retreated.

The atmosphere at the scene became increasingly depressing.

Jiang Yue continued, "I was curious and inspected Yuqing County. I encountered a demon cannibal. After some investigation, I found out that it was a small flag under my command who raped the woman whose thigh had been cut off. In the small courtyard next to this dirty scene, four police chiefs and seven yamen runners were gambling for fun and were very happy."

As Jiang Yue finished speaking, everyone present changed their expressions.

Some were extremely surprised, some were furious, and some had gloomy expressions, as if they had known about this for a long time.

Yuan Qinghai took a deep breath, not daring to speak, and kept messaging Yuan Qinghuan, fearing that he would be implicated.

As for Yuan Qinghuan, his face had turned ashen and he glared at Yuan Qinghai fiercely. He simply stopped all attempts to transmit messages and ignored Yuan Qinghai.

"Everyone, do you have anything to say?"

Jiang Yue looked at the man with the broken arm kneeling in the hall and asked with interest: "For example, reporting or exposing someone. Although you cannot escape the death penalty, it will make your death easier. If I remember correctly, someone in the courtyard panicked and said a name."

"grown ups."

The little flag whose arm was cut off said in a deep voice: "Sir, I report the chief clerk of Wentang Zhengsi, Qiong Yuan. He ordered us to do these things."

As soon as these words were spoken, one of the civil servants present suddenly changed his expression and hurriedly denied it.

Jiang Yue snorted coldly, and the court fell silent again.

"Oh?"

Jiang Yue narrowed his eyes and continued to ask: "I remember that you were talking about Yuan what, Yuan Qinghai."

"My Lord, I was a kid at that time."

The man with the broken arm hurriedly said, "I was afraid of death at that time, so I just wanted to bring out the chief of the Political Department to scare Your Excellency. It actually has nothing to do with Your Excellency Yuan. When we find a commoner girl, she would usually be given to Qiongyuan for enjoyment first, and then brought to our courtyard. After we enjoy her, we will give her to the bull monster to eat. What we did was actually to comfort the people of Yuqing County. If we don't appease the bull monster, how many people will he eat? I hope Your Excellency will understand!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man with the broken arm's head flew up directly, and blood gushed out.

Jiang Yue had already stood up, slowly retracting the three-pointed double-edged sword in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Let someone else say it. You don't have to worry about the safety of your wives and children. I have sent my falcons and hounds to find the location of your wives and children. Tell the truth and maybe you can keep your body intact."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of several people present changed.

Finally, one of the captains could no longer bear Jiang Yue's pressure and said, "Sir, it was all Yuan Qinghai who asked us to do this. Yuan Qinghai likes little girls and is extremely perverted. Every time we capture a little girl, we also capture an older woman. The little girl is given to Yuan Qinghai, and the older woman is given to the demon. But we have never raped those women. They are all enjoyed by Sir Xiaoqi and Yuan Qinghai."

"Did you capture these women?"

"Sir, we caught him with our own hands, but the information was provided by the Lu family. They are in the human trafficking business and often sell people to demons in exchange for precious medicines. That's why we had this idea. We also learned how to please demons from the Lu family."

When the captain finished speaking in one breath, the face of the head of the Lu family changed drastically. The other two families also looked at the Lu family in disbelief. They did not expect that the Lu family would do such a thing.

As for Yuan Qinghai, he looked as pale as death.

If Yuan Qinghuan didn't help him, he had no idea how he could survive at the hands of such a ruthless mountain patrol officer.

He had corrupted the previous patrol officers with gold, silver and treasures, and some patrol officers even joined him in doing this. As a result, Jiang Yue came suddenly today, and he hadn't even hosted Jiang Yue for a banquet yet, but such a big thing had already happened.

"Yuan Qinghai! You are an official appointed by the imperial court, the head of the Wentang Administration Department, yet you did such a shameless thing. What crime should you be punished for?"

"Lu Shouchong, you are from a big family, controlling the rice and fishing business. The livelihood of the people depends on you. You pretend to be a charity, but secretly sell porridge to the victims. What crime should you be punished for?"

Jiang Yue was furious and shouted coldly.

ka ka ka-

The yamen runners and constables came forward with knives and surrounded the Lu family and Yuan Qinghai.

"Water Officer Yuan Qinghuan, what crime do you think Yuan Qinghai should be charged with?"

Jiang Yue looked at Yuan Qinghuan and narrowed his eyes.

"capital offense."

Yuan Qinghuan shrugged, saw Jiang Yue's intention, and spat out two death sentences.

As soon as these two words came out, Yuan Qinghai's face turned completely pale, his eyes became crazy, he suddenly broke away from the yamen runner, and shouted:
"The True Method of Controlling Thunder! The True Order of Controlling Thunder in the Nine Heavens!"

At the same time, his finger drew a talisman out of thin air, which, with the power of thunder, rushed towards Jiang Yue.

The head of the Lu family, Lu Shouchong, did not move and just sat there. He knew that if he resisted the patrolling official, the whole family would be executed, which was a completely different fate.

"How brave!"

Jiang Yue swept the tip of his knife, and the furnace in his dantian roared, and the blood and energy with a light golden red color surged and collided with the rolling thunder.

Snapped--

The thunder was directly annihilated by Jiang Yue's surging blood and energy. Then, with a flash of knife light, Yuan Qinghai's arms were immediately chopped off. With another knife, Yuan Qinghai's legs were also chopped off. He completely lost the ability to resist and could only scream.

"Feed him the pills, don't let him die."

Jiang Yue gave an order, and Lu Yang beside him hurried forward and fed Yuan Qinghai a few hemostatic pills to keep him alive.

"Lu Yang, do you have anything to say?"

Jiang Yue continued to ask.

Lu Yang bowed and said gratefully: "What Lu Yang wants to say, the deceased Qin Xiaoqi has already said."

He was talking about the Chief Secretary of the Political Department, Qiongyuan, whom Qin Xiaoqi had just mentioned.

"My lord, you are wronged!"

Qiongyuan was an old man. He immediately knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "Sir, Qin Xiaoqi and Yuan Qinghai colluded to make me talk back. My whole family is under surveillance by them, so I dare not speak! Sir, please understand!"

"Haha, Qiongyuan, you can't run away either! Every time I use those girls, isn't it you who takes over and washes the pot?!"

Yuan Qinghai had already given up and laughed strangely: "There are also Lu Bingyi from the Lu family, Wang Shouyu from the Rice Gang, and Hai Yuze from the Fishing Gang. Which banquet has not had you guys?"

Jiang Yue has no moral code and cannot distinguish true from false, but there are people who can.

"Somebody come!"

Jiang Yue said in a loud voice: "Take Yuan Qinghai, these police chiefs, and the yamen runners to the prison. The five of the fifteen flags who have not reported their whereabouts today will all be taken to the prison to await interrogation. The other ten people, the members of the Lu clan, the rice gang, and the fishing gang will all be taken to the prison! All those taken to the prison will be examined one by one by Yuan Qinghuan and me in accordance with the moral laws. Anyone who colluded with the demons will be paraded through the streets tomorrow and executed in the autumn field!"

After he finished speaking, the ten more honest flag bearers who had reported their whereabouts according to the rules and regulations stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "I obey your orders!"

"Go quickly!"

Jiang Yue waved his hand and said, "All the clan members, don't leave any one behind. If anyone dares to resist, they can be killed on the spot, but we must take a video record."

"Yes!"

The ten small flag officers' hearts were pounding as they counted dozens of yamen runners and led them out of the court.

As for the remaining five small flags, they really didn't collude with the demons. It's just that this place has been in chaos for a long time. Some of them were on patrol duty, and some went out to drink and have fun. They didn't do anything serious, so they simply went to jail willingly. Anyway, once the moral laws were checked, they would at most be punished, but not sentenced to death.

"Come here, take these people to the prison and wait for punishment."

Jiang Yue waved his hand.

Many more constables came forward and took Lu family's Lu Shouchong, Yuan Qinghai, Qiongyuan, and all the armless constables and runners on the field into jail.

After everything was done, the field finally became quiet and there were fewer people.

Jiang Yue sat on the main seat with his golden sword in his arms, holding a three-pointed, double-edged sword.

The officials of Yuqing County, the heads of the major clans, and the leaders of the various gangs looked at Jiang Yue with obvious respect and fear in their eyes.

Even Yuan Qinghuan is no exception.

The situation in the nine counties of Si Ti Feng is too complicated. If you want to govern it well and pacify the demons, you must act vigorously and decisively.

Jiang Yue's move has established his authority, and no one will dare to disobey him in the future.

"No wonder Senior Shu Yuanheng sent a message saying that her junior fellow apprentice is extraordinary. Now I see that he is indeed not an ordinary person."

Yuan Qinghuan sighed in her heart. Just this evening when she was on her way, Shu Yuanheng excitedly sent her a message through the internal token of the Water Bureau, saying that the person she was working with was her junior fellow apprentice. He praised her a lot and even felt that they could work together to pacify the mess in Jiu County.

"Everyone, I came here with only one purpose, to quell the flood, eliminate the demons, and keep the people safe!"

Jiang Yue sat on the main seat, and his voice was as loud as a bell: "If I find anyone colluding with the demons in the future, I will behead them and punish their entire clan. If the government has an order for you to resist the demons, you must obey it."

"If you want to eat the meat in Yuqing County, you have to work hard. If you are afraid of death and don't want to fight against the demons, but want to make money from the pockets of the people, I will let you get out of Yuqing County if I inform you in advance. Otherwise, if you want both, I will have to kill you as a sacrifice to the gods."

When the leaders of the wealthy families heard this, they all shuddered, their eyes filled with fear.

There is no doubt that, seeing the blood all over the courtroom, this patrol officer can really do what he said. If he wants to exploit the people to make money and does not fight against the demons, he should either get out or die.
What a dictatorial, power-hungry, murderous chief patrol officer!
Maybe the nine counties will really be different this time?

(End of this chapter)