Travel through the heavens

Fang Muye learned the Yuenu Sword, and had not yet reached the state where everything could be used as a sword. Naturally, he could not unleash the full power of his swordsmanship using the government-issued oxtail knife.

But Chen Asan was not a famous martial artist. He only knew some martial arts skills and used them to show off in street fights. But he was no match for Fang Fang Muye, a real martial artist.

Fang Muye slashed with his sword, as fast as lightning and with the force of splitting a mountain. Chen Asan had no weapon in his hand, so he didn't dare to block it with his bare hands. He had to dodge quickly, but his clothes were cut by the sword, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Seeing Chen Asan dodge, Fang Muye quickly changed his tactics, planted his right foot on the ground, turned his waist, flipped his wrist, and the blade drew an arc, slashing towards Chen Asan.

In panic, Chen Asan rolled twice on the ground before he avoided it. When he stood up, he picked up a bamboo stick from the ground.

Without waiting for Chen Asan to catch his breath, Fang Muye stepped closer and attacked quickly with the long sword in his hand. Chen Asan blocked with the bamboo stick in his hand. There was a "dong dong dang dang" sound, and the two had already exchanged several moves with swords and sticks.

After a quick attack, Chen Asan's movements became messy. Fang Muye seized an opportunity and kicked him hard in the chest.

Chen Asan only felt a huge force coming at him and was kicked to the ground. Just as he was halfway up, Fang Muye's long knife was already on his neck.

"If you dare to move, my knife will definitely move before you do." Fang Muye said coldly.

Chen Asan threw away the bamboo stick in his hand and dared not move.

At this time, the constables from the yamen and the members of the Tiger Gang also ended the fight.

Since ancient times, the people have not fought against the officials. The members of the Tiger Gang were just some ruffians roaming the streets. They were okay at scaring ordinary people, but when they really faced the yamen constables with weapons, they were already a little timid. How could they have any fighting power? Some of them even didn't dare to fight and just knelt on the ground.

Fang Muye ordered his men to find ropes and tie up Chen Asan and the others.

"Put them in jail." Fang Muye shouted loudly.

"God is mighty!"

"Good job, God!"

"These damned bastards finally got their comeuppance!"

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Seeing the evil Tiger Gang being arrested, the onlookers cheered.

Fang Muye smiled and clasped his fists to the people around him, saying, "Dear fellow villagers, please send a few of us to help take the injured to Baicaotang to see Doctor Yang for treatment."

Immediately, several enthusiastic young men came out and supported Sun Cailiang and others.

Fang Muye walked up to Old Man Sun, took out the twenty taels of silver that Chen Asan had given him, handed it over, and said, "Take this ingot of silver."

Old Man Sun quickly refused, pushed Fang Muye's hands and said, "God, you can't do that."

Fang Muye consoled him, "Take it. Consider it as Chen Asan's compensation for your losses and medical expenses."

Old Man Sun's face was filled with gratitude. He finally reached out to take the silver, saying, "Thank you, God! Thank you, God!"

Sun Cailiang, who was supported by someone, also said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord God, for your great kindness today. Cailiang will never forget it!"

Fang Muye smiled cheerfully: "Okay, let's go see the doctor."

At that moment, Old Man Sun followed Sun Cailiang to Baicaotang to treat his injuries, while Fang Muye and others took the Tiger Gang members to the jail.

Among the crowd, Uncle Yu, who had arrived at some unknown time, witnessed what Fang Muye had done. He nodded, with a smile on his face, and turned around and left slowly.

On the way to the government office, Fang Muye thought for a moment, beckoned over Li Youlin, and said in a deep voice: "Take a few brothers to these people's homes and collect evidence of their crimes that have brought disaster to the village. Do you understand?"

Li Youlin gave a subtle look in return and replied respectfully, "I understand." Then he took a few constables with him.

When he arrived at the yamen, Fang Muye went straight to the classroom. Not long after he sat there, a constable named Yu Yongwang came to report.

Yu Yongwang bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have already taken all the prisoners of the Tiger Gang to jail, and these were searched from their bodies." As he said this, he took out some silver and copper coins and placed them all on the table in front of Fang Muye.

Fang Muye took a quick look and found that there were more than 40 taels in total. Fang Muye took out a 10-tael silver ingot, pointed to the rest on the table, and said, "Take these and share them with all the brothers who have worked hard today."

Yu Yongwang grinned and said excitedly: "Yes, thank God!"

More than thirty taels of silver, divided equally among a dozen people, each person can get more than two taels, which is more than a month's salary.

After Yu Yongwang left, Fang Muye sat for more than an hour, and then Li Youlin came in holding a wooden box.

"God, this is the evidence of crimes we received from the homes of several criminals." Li Youlin placed the wooden box on the table, bowed and clasped his fists before reporting.

Fang Muye opened the box and saw that it was full of silver and copper coins, as well as a few pieces of jewelry. He asked, "How much?"

"Except for those pieces of jewels, the total amount is 658 taels and 763 wen. Among them, 534 taels and those pieces of jewels were all received at Chen Asan's home." Li Youlin reported in detail.

Fang Muye couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart: What source of income could these scoundrels have? The money in front of them now is all the hard-earned money of the people that they have plundered. Putting this group of people in jail today is what they deserve.

Fang Muye thought for a moment, took out a hundred taels of silver from the wooden box and put it in his arms, and then took out fifty taels and gave them to Li Youlin: "Take these and share them with your brothers."

Li Youlin happily agreed: "Yes, God."

Fang Muye closed the wooden box, stood up, and said, "Pick up the box and follow me."

Fang Muye led Li Youlin, who was holding the wooden box, directly to the backyard of the prefectural government office to meet the prefect Chen Zhixue.

Chen Zhixue sat at the table with a cold expression on his face. He glanced at the wooden box in Li Youlin's hands and asked, "Sanyan, what do you want to see me for?"

Fang Muye clasped his fists and bowed, saying, "Your Excellency..."

He then briefly explained how the people from the Tiger Gang usually bullied the common people and how they oppressed and beat up the Sun family today.

"Under your wise and powerful leadership, I have arrested all the members of the Tiger Gang and put them in jail. These are the evidences of crime we received from the homes of the criminals. Please take a look at them." Having said this, Fang Muye winked at Li Youlin.

Li Youlin immediately stepped forward and placed the wooden box in front of the prefect Chen Zhixue.

Chen Zhixue stretched out his hand and slowly opened the wooden box. Halfway through, he saw what was inside the box. His eyes lit up, but his expression remained unchanged. He closed the box and said slowly, "Okay, I already know about this. Sanyan, you did a good job. You can leave now."

Fang Muye replied, "Yes, sir, I'll take my leave." After that, he turned and left. Li Youlin bowed to Chen Zhixue and hurriedly followed.

When you are in the officialdom, there are some things you have to do.

Fang Muye knew that if he wanted to live comfortably and have things go smoothly in the prefectural government, Chen Zhixue was someone he had to take care of.

How to deal with corrupt officials like Chen Zhixue?

It’s nothing but four words: driven by profit!

To put it more bluntly, two words: give money!

Now that the money has been paid, no matter what Fang Muye does, even if it is out of line, Chen Zhixue will just turn a blind eye and even give him convenience.

After giving this money today, Muye will definitely benefit greatly. As for how long this money can stay with Chen Zhixue, it is hard to say.