Qi Feihong frowned slightly. The person who was talking a lot took a look and saw that he was an old man in his sixties or an ordinary person. He stepped forward, stretched out his hand to pull the old man up, and said politely: "Old man, please get up. What grievances do you have? Just say it." Come, I will make the decision for you."
The old man was obviously a little excited or nervous, and said tremblingly: "The common people have been living in Xiling City for generations. They were oppressed by Yu Wenxian before, their wives and children were separated, and their families were almost destroyed. Later, they returned to the Western Kingdom. I thought it would get better and better, but it didn't happen. I wanted to but was oppressed by the city lord Bai Shijun, and it was difficult to survive..."
Another citizen of Xiling City also came forward and said: "Master, you don't know something. Our Xiling City is located in a remote place. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away... No one cares about this. Bai Shijun, the Lord of Bai City, has become the local emperor here. All He alone has the final say on matters, and he has done many things to oppress innocent people like us over the years."
"Yes, Bai Shijun covers the sky with one hand and acts recklessly. He is not worthy of being a city lord."
"The common people have heard that the king is practicing in seclusion and ignoring the affairs of the court. I'm afraid you don't even know what happened to us..."
Everyone criticized Bai Shijun one after another. Incidentally, some people felt that it was Qi Feihong who was responsible. It was Qi Feihong who allowed people like Bai Shijun to become the city lord without anyone noticing, which led to them being oppressed.
When Qi Feihong heard everyone's words, he frowned and looked ugly, as if he had murderous intent. He tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart, raised his hand and said: "Don't worry, everyone, no matter what you have to say, you can tell me slowly one by one, and I will make the decision for everyone."
The old man who spoke first said: "Master, you don't know something. Xiling City looks prosperous on the surface, but in fact, it has been oppressed by City Lord Bai over the years. The people in the city have already been living in poverty and miserable. City Lord Bai secretly increased the number of people. As for taxes, we have to pay a large amount of spiritual coins to the city lord's mansion every year for City Lord Bai's enjoyment. City Lord Bai bullies men and women, and arrests any girl he likes, without caring about her life or death... Such a wicked city lord, It has already made it difficult for the common people like me to survive. However, City Lord Bai has a group of thugs who are cultivators of immortality. Anyone who dares to be dishonest will be beaten violently by them immediately, or even killed directly. As time goes by, we dare not speak out... …”
Another commoner said: "The city lord expropriated our land and houses in order to build a new city lord's palace. Although he gave some compensation on the surface, he secretly listed taxes and deducted our compensation. The spiritual coins in our hands are not even enough." One-tenth... We argued with the people in the city lord's palace, but they ended up jailing us, beating us up, and intimidating us..."
Qi Feihong's face became increasingly ugly, and he exuded an astonishing killing intent. Tian Xizi reached out and took Qi Feihong's hand, and quietly said to Qi Feihong: "Don't be angry, there are ordinary people around, it will be bad if you hurt them."
Qi Feihong took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, and the murderous aura in his body gradually disappeared. He glanced at the people surrounding him and said in a deep voice: "Everyone tell me and the three ladies around me your grievances. I will definitely make the decision for you and seek justice for everyone."
All the people were overjoyed and came forward one after another to tell their grievances. Qi Feihong personally received some people, and Tian Xizi and three other ladies also received some people each. These people talked for nearly an hour. Almost everyone had grievances, and everyone was persecuted by the lord of Xiling City.
These people are almost all ordinary people. Faced with Bai Shijun's persecution, apart from enduring it, they really have no power to fight back.
Qi Feihong fully understood the demands of the people and what kind of person Bai Shijun, the lord of Xiling City, was. He was very angry inside, but because he was worried that his anger would hurt the people around him, he suppressed it and did not show it.
An hour later, Liu Yuan, who went to see Bai Shijun, the lord of Xiling City, did not come back. Qi Feihong became even more angry and couldn't help but said to Tian Xizi beside him: "I haven't asked about the affairs of the Western Kingdom for a long time. I didn't expect such a thing to happen. It seems that it is not possible to ignore the affairs of the Western Kingdom at all. We will go back to the palace later to ask about the affairs of the Western Kingdom and deal with a group of people who are unkind officials and harm the people, so that we can retreat with peace of mind."
Tian Xizi said: "It seems that Feihong, you really need to go back. In these years, you have not interfered with the affairs of the Western Kingdom. Some people became restless and did a lot of things that harmed the people. Such people must Severe punishment, otherwise, I am afraid it will shake the country's foundation and even cause turmoil."
Qi Feihong was in a very bad mood. He glanced at the people Liu Yuan brought and shouted: "Let's go find your city lord. I can't see your city lord today, so I will stay in Xiling City for ten and a half days, but I want to see you." What on earth does the city lord do!”
Those people were all shocked when they saw Qi Feihong angry. Even if they had never met Qi Feihong, they knew who Qi Feihong was and they would never dare to be disrespectful. I don't know who shouted "Go quickly", and those people dispersed together, all going to look for the lord of Xiling City.
Qi Feihong was already very angry. He waited in Zuiyun Tower for a while, but did not see Liu Yuan and others coming back. He was furious and his soul dispersed, covering the entire Xiling City in an instant. Qi Feihong's soul was very powerful, and he quickly found the Tianxiang Garden that Liu Yuan had mentioned before, and also found Liu Yuan who was being scolded by a white-faced man.
Liu Yuan stood in front of the white-faced man with aggrieved face at this time. It seemed that he had been scolded by the white-faced man. His face was aggrieved and a little pitiful at the same time.
Qi Feihong found Liu Yuan and judged that the white-faced man was Bai Shijun, the lord of Xiling City, so he stood up and said to Tian Xizi and others: "Let's go."
Seeing that Qi Feihong was angry, Tian Xizi and the other two people couldn't persuade him at this time. They got up and followed Qi Feihong out of Zuiyun Tower and quickly headed to Tianxiang Garden. Qi Feihong said nothing along the way and seemed calm on the surface, but judging from the killing intent revealed in his eyes, he was very angry inside.
Tianxiang Garden is the place for fireworks in Xiling City. No wonder Liu Yuan said before that Qi Feihong should not go there. As the leader of the Western Kingdom, it was indeed inappropriate for Qi Feihong to take his wife to the land of fireworks. But for the sake of the people of Xiling City, Qi Feihong had to do this.
Qi Feihong came to the outside of Tianxiang Garden with the three ladies. He suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Tian Xizi and others: "You stay here, you don't have to follow me in."
Tian Xizi and others nodded together and watched Qi Feihong enter Tianxiang Garden, with a trace of worry on everyone's face. They were not afraid that something might happen if Qi Feihong went in alone, but they were worried that Qi Feihong would kill someone in anger. Qi Feihong hated being an official without doing anything, or even being unkind and bullying the weak. Bai Shijun, the lord of Xiling City, knew that he was such a person without asking. When Qi Feihong saw him, he was afraid that he would kill him.
Tian Xizi and others were worried, but Qi Feihong entered Tianxiang Garden alone. He had already found out where Liu Yuan and Bai Shijun, the lord of Xiling City, were. He walked directly to a private room, pushed the door in, and his expression immediately darkened.
When Liu Yuan suddenly saw Qi Feihong, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master, why are you here in person? This... our Lord Bai is preparing to see you, you..."
Qi Feihong looked at Bai Shijun in front of him coldly, and shouted when Bai Shijun's face was full of confusion: "Are you Bai Shijun, the city lord of Xiling City?"
Seeing Qi Feihong's serious expression, Bai Shijun was about to speak, but hesitated. Liu Yuan kept winking at him, and Bai Shijun understood clearly and said slowly: "I am Bai Shijun, the lord of Xiling City. Who are you? Why did you break in and interrupt the discussion between the lord and Commander Liu? Don't you Do you know this is a capital crime?"
"Death penalty?" Qi Feihong was even more angry in his heart, but his voice was calmer: "Which law contains this crime? As a city lord, you act arrogantly, increase taxes privately, expand the city lord's palace, oppress the people, Do you know that it is a capital crime to rob civilian girls? Huh, Bai Shijun, how do you explain the accusations that people have made against you, such as oppressing good people, increasing taxes without authorization, seizing private houses, etc.?"
Bai Shijun originally had some scruples because of Liu Yuan's gesture, but now after hearing Qi Feihong's words, his attitude changed drastically. He laughed arrogantly and said loudly: "Who are you? You dare to talk to this city lord like this. You have wronged me. , It is simply lawless and deserves death. Come on, let me, the city lord, take it down."
Two guards from Xiling City rushed over from outside the private room and were about to capture Qi Feihong. But as soon as they took action, they flew out together instantly, as if they were slapped away by an invisible big hand. In fact, Qi Feihong didn't take action, he just spread his pressure, but the two guards couldn't bear it and flew out directly.
