Two heads hang high on the flagpole.
"Folks!" Yang Zhen jumped up to the high platform next to her, and her first words were to apologize:
"I'm late, sorry everyone!"
The crowd buzzed again. At this time, more and more people had gathered in the square, and people kept coming from all directions.
The young man bowed his hands in a circle and continued:
"I came late! I have made you suffer and suffered undue losses! For this reason, I declare-"
"First, anyone who participated in the smashing or looting in the past two days, if they take the initiative to plead guilty and return the stolen goods, they will be dealt with lightly. Otherwise, no matter where you escape, our boss will definitely arrest you and bring you to justice, and we will never take it easy. Spare!"
"Second, all merchants and ordinary people living in this town will be exempted from taxes for one year until the end of April next year!"
If the first one is only regarded as a young man's angry words, the second one is a real benefit. The crowd immediately burst into cheers, which were several times more enthusiastic than before.
Zhang Qianfan felt excited after hearing this. He had always wanted to have a place to settle down, so Yang Zhen's proposal a few days ago made his heart beat.
But when discussing with the president and the third elder, he was poured cold water on him. According to them, unless the land is handed over to them for management, what's the point of leaving it under someone else's fence?
But he was unwilling to do so.
Isn't it enough to have been a casual cultivator for hundreds of years and toil hard for decades?
What he wants is a beautiful wife, a warm family, and a protected home.
There are also sufficient training resources.
All of these can be achieved by Master Yang, what else can he be dissatisfied with?
Moreover, the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the young club leader made him more attracted to him than the third elder, the guild president who was always willing to spend money and was good at calculating.
So just now on the boat, he took the initiative to ask for help, which was a kind of goodwill and an expression of his heart.
From Yang Zhen's eyes, he knew that the other party also understood this and accepted it readily.
Everything was ready, but when he thought about the attitude in the meeting, he sighed deeply, and a gloom appeared on his face.
…
After the speech in the square, Yang Zhen led the crowd and escorted a group of prisoners to the city.
The city is in a state of depression and desolation.
Looking around, the doors of every house were closed, and some of them had obvious signs of being smashed.
Especially in Kangsheng Pavilion, which is a three-story shop with the most luxurious decoration in the entire city, even the door panel can't be found at this time, and the inside is even more messy.
However, the entrance to Fangshi was crowded with people, who all heard about Yang Zhen's arrival and ran out to watch the excitement.
When the young man passed by, these people got out of the way, and some pointed at the Kangsheng Pavilion next to them and shouted loudly.
Yang Zhen stopped one of them: "What kind of dispute does this fellow Taoist have with Kangsheng Pavilion?"
"Master Yang." This is a man in his thirties, who looks like he is not afraid of trouble. Following the town's tradition, he called the owner of this place the Lord of the Castle.
He saluted and then said: "The young one is a medicine farmer who makes a living by collecting medicinal herbs in the mountains. This Kangsheng Pavilion collected the medicinal grass from the small one and only paid a 20% deposit, and the rest has not been paid. Please also ask Master Yang Make the decision for me and make up for the money from the spiritual grass that I earned through my hard work."
Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to answer him, and asked several other people, all of whom had business dealings with Kangsheng Pavilion. In some cases, Kangsheng Pavilion has received a deposit but has not yet delivered sufficient goods. In some cases, Kangsheng Pavilion received the goods but did not give enough spiritual stones.
Yang Zhen called Liang Chongjin over from the prisoners.
"Is what these people said true?" he asked.
Liang Chongjin nodded repeatedly, with a flattering smile on his face. He has many crimes. For example, when Zhou Qi and three others were arrested, it was he who reported Zhou Qi's beauty to Liang Xingyun, which caused the subsequent trouble. Chen Ru, who was coveted by the Liang family, was also closely related to him.
According to Yang Zhen's arrangement, this person was going to work in the Lingshi Mine, but now it seems that he can't rush it.
He thought for a while, then called Chen Fugui and asked him to single out all the Liang family prisoners who had business in this city and sort out the old accounts.
Then he handed the other party a storage bag, which contained the fifty thousand spiritual stones distributed by the sect yesterday.
"There are more than thirty shops in Fangshi, and the Liang family accounts for half of them. If they are all closed, Fangshi will be in ruins. It seems that the Liang family has to use it first!"
Ultimately, I still have too few people available.
The young man sighed softly, thinking of the Tongxinhui again.
…
Yang Zhen continued to move forward, and in front of her was the Bao family's shop.
Brother Bao, whose full name is Bao Rugeng, has been in Liangjia Town for decades. He has settled here. His wife is also a local mortal and is somewhat related to the Liang family.
Their only daughter was found to have the aptitude to cultivate immortality a few years ago. The Liang family wanted to find a matchmaker to marry this girl. I heard that they initially wanted to marry her to Liang Xingyun. However, after seeing Zhou Qi's beauty, the young master of the Liang family was not interested in this woman, so he planned to marry her to Liang Xingsong.
After a lot of back and forth, the Liang family was gone before the matter was finalized.
However, Brother Bao was treated differently by the Liang family because of this. He never faced any difficulties and his business has been booming. I heard that he has accumulated a lot of spiritual stones over the years.
"The gangster named Kang extorted more than a dozen houses. Either because he disliked the small amount of money he robbed or because he found out that Brother Bao had many spiritual stones, he asked for a thousand spiritual stones."
At this time, a witness was describing what happened. Not to mention, when the monk surnamed Kang was extorting money from his family yesterday, there were not a few people following behind to watch the fun, including some victims.
"Brother Bao said that he couldn't produce so many spiritual stones at the moment, so he discussed it with the man named Kang. Originally it was nothing, it was just a question of how many spiritual stones there were. Unexpectedly, Brother Bao's daughter walked out at that time and wanted to help. Her father is talking. This girl is so pretty, but people are attracted to her and want to take her away... Oh!"
"Brother Bao didn't agree, so he started a fight with them and was killed by these beasts. In the end, he got so excited that he even spared the child and his mother!"
After the man finished speaking, he let out a sigh, and he didn't know how much sadness and anger it contained.
Yang Zhen listened to him expressionlessly and turned to look at the ground.
Because no one has come forward to deal with it, the ground is still the same as it was yesterday.
I saw a middle-aged monk in his forties lying in the center of the shop. His body was covered in blood, his face was hideous, and he died with his eyes open!
The chest was deeply dented, probably from being hit with a heavy hammer.
In the corridor leading to the back room, a woman wearing Luoqi lay lying on her back. There was a fatal wound on her back. She must have been stabbed to death while escaping.
"Where did the man named Kang escape?" Yang Zhen asked coldly.
"After they left the gate of the village, they walked towards the mountain." Several people said at the same time.
Yang Zhen chuckled.
It would be great to escape towards the mountains.
