Chapter 936 Reversal

Li Tieniu looked at the two dead people.

His face was pale. This time he really got into trouble.

The villagers were silent.

They all looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao.

The only one who had some knowledge here was Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Who else could give them advice except Master Jiang?

Jiang Xiaoxiao rolled his eyes.

"Since we have killed two people, why not just kill them all at once? No one will know. Who will know that they died in our village? Otherwise, they will go back and report us."

The four yamen runners were terrified when these words came out.

This was to silence them.

They didn't want to die.

"No! No, we won't say anything, really, we won't say anything. Master Wang and Yayi Gao were... that was..."

The yamen runners were just thinking about how to save their lives. Now they couldn't think of a good excuse even though their eyes were rolling around.

Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled at them, and her smile was sinister.

The four people were so scared that their hearts were beating fast, and they thought of a way out of a hurry.

"Master Wang and Yayi Gao were accidentally injured by the bandits. We fought hard to save their lives. It has nothing to do with Lijia Village."

The villagers were stunned. How could they talk nonsense like this?

"No, the wound on Yayi Gao's chest doesn't look like a bandit's knife wound! Send the Buddha to the west, each of you take a knife, and make up for it!"

The four Yayis took knives with bitter faces and stabbed Yayi Gao four times. It was really cruel.

This is equivalent to a letter of surrender. This was stabbed by their own people. If they want to go back to the Yamen to change their confession.

These villagers can testify that they killed Yayi Gao, and there is a knife as evidence.

Jiang Xiaoxiao pointed at Master Wang, and the four people had no choice but to continue to stab four more times.

This time, even if they wanted to clear themselves, they couldn't. They were completely tied to the villagers in the village.

"Okay, okay, everyone disperse. The four customs officials worked so hard to collect taxes, and they encountered fierce mountain bandits. The vicious mountain bandits were extremely fierce and killed people like flies. Thanks to the four officials' incomparable bravery, they repelled the bandits.

But Master Wang and this official died in the line of duty. They are really role models for our generation. In this case, we have to send these four officials back to the government office with gongs and drums to show our gratitude."

The four yamen runners smiled but did not smile. They felt cold in their hearts. The young master Jiang and the group of villagers in front of them were too cruel.

Look at how they did it. They almost tied them to the big boat of this village.

Even if they wanted to go back and slander them in front of the county magistrate, they had no chance.

And with such a big fanfare, if they wanted to change their words, wouldn't that mean they were lying?

The elders in the village immediately understood what they should do from the meaning of these words.

For a while, the village became busy.

Hundreds of villagers really beat gongs and drums, carrying the bodies of Master Wang and Yayi Gao, with four Yayi wearing red flowers in front of them, beating gongs and drums, and sending them directly back to the Yamen near Yanmen Pass.

When the county magistrate heard that the villagers actually beat gongs and drums to send the Yayi back, and heard that there was such a good thing, this was a political achievement made by their county.

If this matter was reported to the higher authorities, he would definitely have done a great deed.

Even if Master Wang and Yayi Gao died, they also died in the line of duty.

If they died, they died.

In places like theirs, how many people die every year?

Although Master Wang, the right-hand man, is gone, there are political achievements.

Even if a friend dies, the poor Taoist will not die, anyway, the merits still exist.

Master Wang is gone, so he can just get another master.

If this matter is reported, it is naturally the merit of him as the county magistrate, and he greeted it with a smile for a while.

The county yamen was full of joy. The county magistrate was approachable and kind to the villagers.

The yamen was always facing south, and those without money were not allowed to come in. Who would have thought that the first time I saw the county magistrate, he would be so amiable and chat with a group of villagers.

The four yamen runners also had a bitter smile on their faces, and they had to pretend to be serious.

On the way back, one of them was stabbed twice, otherwise Wang Shiye would have died, and Gao Yayi would have died.

They were all safe and sound, which was not justifiable. They had to act more realistically.

At this point, they had no choice.

In order to save the lives of their family, they had to pretend to be like the people of Lijia Village, and this incident happened.

On the contrary, the villagers of Lijia Village paid taxes based on 180 people.

And they paid taxes based on one tael and five coins of silver.

The county magistrate would naturally not increase taxes on Lijia Village. This was his achievement. When the upper hand came down to investigate the incident in the future, he would definitely go to Lijia Village.

The issue of arbitrary taxation must not be exposed in broad daylight.

Of course, Lijia Village followed the rules. For a while, Lijia Village was the most popular.

Other villages envied Lijia Village.

Several elders in Lijia Village were also proud. This time they had both face and money, and they also taught those yamen runners a lesson. I guess those four yamen runners had to keep their mouths shut after returning.

It would not benefit anyone to tell others.

In the past, the villagers respected the yamen runners and officials of the government as gods.

For them, it was the majesty and inviolability of the official power.

But now they know that these yamen runners are also people, and these officials are also people.

As long as the means are appropriate, these yamen runners who used to bully them are actually paper tigers.

Li Tieniu didn't understand how things had developed to this point until he returned to the village.

He killed Master Wang because he was angry at the time. Who could have thought that those officials would be so shameless and bully his sister.

His sister killed the official, so she died. She deserved it.

Since he had killed an official, the matter had become a big deal.

At that time, he thought that he might as well kill them all and bury them on the spot without anyone knowing. Who could have known that they had done such a big thing? He had already thought that he would die with his sister and the whole village to become bandits.

Anyway, they were not short of money now. Even if they became bandits, they could still eat and drink well.

But who would have thought that things could develop like this?

Look at what Mr. Jiang did.

The yamen runners covered up the matter with them. It turned out like this. Not only did their village survive, but no one in the village was safe.

The whole village returned to the village with lingering fear, but the elders and Li Tieniu held a small meeting.

They said directly that they would listen to Master Jiang in the future.

Now is a chaotic world. Today, they killed the officials, but they no longer have awe for these government officials. For them, these people are just ordinary people. If they really face life and death, they are not stronger than ordinary people like them.

Since they can kill bandits and officials, what can't they do?

As long as they can live and have enough food by following Master Jiang.

Master Jiang is smart and does things flawlessly. Following such a person, they can only live better.