Liu Yuan was shocked when he sensed the coercion emanating from Qi Feihong, and hurriedly said: "Sir, calm down, they are just following orders, please don't hurt them. We... our Lord Bai doesn't know that you are the king, I'm afraid There is a lot of misunderstanding, please listen to our explanation."
Liu Yuan was much smarter than Bai Shijun. He had already noticed that Qi Feihong was not easy to mess with, and he was very polite in his words. But this is not enough. A few kind words are useless in the face of big issues such as right and wrong.
Qi Feihong looked coldly at Bai Shijun, the somewhat stunned Lord of Xiling City, and didn't see what he did. The Lord of Xiling City suddenly fell down in a daze. Qi Feihong was actually already furious, but he was just holding back in order not to hurt the people around him. At this moment, he couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly took action, knocking down Bai Shijun with lightning speed.
Bai Shijun should be in the realm of Daluo Jinxian, and his strength is not weak, but in front of Qi Feihong, he fell down without even seeing clearly how Qi Feihong made his move.
Seeing this scene, Liu Yuan said anxiously again: "My lord, please don't kill him...Although he has made some mistakes, he has still made some contributions to Xiling City over the years. Please spare his life, my lord. Wei Chen... Wei Chen I am willing to take the blame for him."
Qi Feihong glanced at Liu Yuan and said coldly: "You know best what he has done. I will not wrongly accuse a good person for no reason, let alone a city lord casually. Liu Yuan, don't ask for anything. Qing, I must figure this out."
Liu Yuan glanced at Bai Shijun who was motionless after falling down. He looked a little worried, but he still stepped aside and stood with his hands down, waiting for Qi Feihong's next order. She now fully understood that there was nothing she could do in front of Qi Feihong except accept punishment.
Anyone who does something wrong must accept punishment, even if you are the lord of a city, there will be no exception.
Qi Feihong's soul left the body and directly searched for his soul, clearly seeing everything Bai Shijun had done. When Qi Feihong saw Bai Shijun's memory, his face became more and more ugly, and his murderous aura spread unconsciously, causing Liu Yuan next to him to scream in surprise and decisively retreat to a corner. The others all knelt down on the ground, not daring to speak out.
Faced with Qi Feihong's pressure and murderous intent, not to mention these people, even masters at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level, there were probably not many people who remained completely calm.
Qi Feihong took a deep breath, suppressed the murderous intention in his heart, looked at Liu Yuan and said, "Do you still want to plead for him? You are a victim yourself, but you still speak for him. I really don't know what you think... …Bai Shijun is not worthy of being the Lord of Xiling City, let alone living. Bai Shijun’s crimes are too numerous to describe, and he deserves to die unjustly.”
While Qi Feihong was speaking, he waved his hand, and a sword energy flew out from his palm, directly killing Bai Shijun on the spot. Bai Shijun's soul did not escape either and was directly killed and dispersed by Qi Feihong's sword energy.
"Liu Yuan, I order you to report Bai Shijun's crimes to me within three days, and at the same time post them throughout the city of Xiling City. I order you to temporarily take over the position of city lord of Xiling City as the commander of the Xiling City garrison, and at the same time, as the new city lord Publicly apologize to the people of the city. If something similar happens in the future, Bai Shijun will be punished."
When Qi Feihong said these words, he kept staring at Liu Yuan, as if he wanted to see something from Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan was stared at uneasily by Qi Feihong and said cautiously: "Thank you very much, Lord, I... we will definitely apologize to the Lord within three days and apologize... to the people of the city."
Qi Feihong seemed unwilling to care about such things anymore, turned around and left without saying another word or looking at the dead Bai Shijun.
Tian Xizi and the other three saw that Qi Feihong still had residual murderous intent in his body. They knew what had happened and did not say anything.
Back at Zuiyun Tower, Qi Feihong suddenly decided not to leave. He wanted to stay in Xiling City for a few days to see if the new city lord Liu Yuan would follow his will.
Tian Xizi and the other two people originally wanted to go out to relax, but they didn't expect to encounter such a thing, which completely ruined their mood.
Although Qi Feihong had to worry about national affairs, Tian Xizi and the others were the ladies of the country. Although they had rarely interfered with national affairs, this time they would probably be an exception. The three of them stayed by Qi Feihong's side silently, and even put aside their previous plans to buy some things. They also wanted to do something for the West Country.
Three days later, Qi Feihong received a letter of apology from Liu Yuan personally, which listed Bai Shijun's crimes in detail and publicly apologized to all the people of Xiling City. Liu Yuan and others spoke sternly and sincerely, and their attitude was also very sincere. Qi Feihong was quite satisfied after reading it.
At the same time, Liu Yuan ordered people to post Bai Shijun's accusations in many places in Xiling City, telling the people in the city that Bai Shijun had been killed by the king himself, and to provide justice to all the people who had been oppressed and harmed by Bai Shijun.
In fact, some people in Xiling City already knew about Bai Shijun's execution, but they never thought that Qi Feihong would order Liu Yuan to do this, so the news spread in the streets, and it didn't take long for everyone to know about it.
Qi Feihong's move was praised by a large number of people. Some people even heard that Qi Feihong was temporarily staying in Zuiyun Tower and spontaneously came to thank him for saving the people in the city. Qi Feihong, however, had no face to accept the gratitude of the people. He felt that this was his dereliction of duty, that he had failed all the people and could not bear their gratitude.
Qi Feihong quietly took the three ladies and left Xiling City, where normal order had been restored. He did not return to the palace, but went to another city close to Xiling City. This city is called Youguan. It is said that it was an important border city built by Yu Wenxian in the past. Later, Yu Wenxian was destroyed, and Youguan City was also included in the Western Kingdom, but its name was still retained.
Qi Feihong did not reveal his identity this time. He disguised himself and stayed in Youguan City for three days as an ordinary businessman, intending to find out whether the lord of Youguan City was competent, whether he was friendly and kind to the people, and whether his political performance was acceptable. .
Three days later, Qi Feihong and his three wives left Youguan City. He did not even meet the city lord, but he had decided to reward the city lord of Youguan City. He learned from the discussions and evaluations of the people that the lord of Youguan City was a good lord who was law-abiding, honest and self-disciplined, devoted to the benefit of the people, and worked hard to develop Youguan City, so he must be commended.
Qi Feihong and his party secretly investigated several cities in this way. Except for the first beheading of the city lord Bai Shijun of Xiling City, Qi Feihong did not move the lords of the remaining cities. It seems that most of the city lords in the Western Kingdom are reliable and honest people, and those who really harm the people are only a few among the few.
On this day, Qi Feihong decided to stop secretly visiting the city lord, and returned to the palace with his three wives. He immediately summoned the ministers who were still in charge of the Western Kingdom and announced an imperial edict.
Qi Feihong ordered the ministers in the palace to each consciously choose a city as their territory for the next hundred years. The appointment and dismissal of officials within the territory, the needs of the people, and other matters are also the responsibility of the official himself.
At the same time, Qi Feihong established a special agency in the Western Kingdom called "Supervisor". Supervisors will send people to each city lord every month to assess various affairs in the city. If they find that the city lord is incompetent, or bullies the people, commits evil, etc., he has the right to deal with it according to law.
The formulation of this system seems a bit unbelievable to the people of the Western Kingdom. After all, they have never experienced such a thing, and they did not expect that the leader of the country would issue a decree to conduct regular assessments, supervision and punishments on officials.
Despite this, some well-informed people among the common people still raised their hands to praise Qi Feihong's decree, saying that Qi Feihong had done a good job. Some people of insight even took the initiative to ask for help and asked to be an official under Qi Feihong to make their own contribution to the future development of the Western Kingdom.
For such people, Qi Feihong personally received them and ordered people to conduct timely inspections. Anyone who was capable and virtuous would be reused. Qi Feihong encouraged the people to supervise officials, investigate officials who reported them, and severely punish officials found to be corrupt and derelict of duty. He reorganized the officialdom of the Western Kingdom within a few months.
Officials must be honest and honest for the people and have the courage to take on responsibilities. Qi Feihong aims to prevent corruption in the officialdom and harm the people. Although a small number of people suffered in the past, he later turned the tide and was still supported by the people.
