As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Tianzhen and their eyes widened.
Good guy, Li Baiyi is crazy enough, and here is someone even crazier than Li Baiyi.
He even directly imagined what it would be like to be the emperor.
Doesn't he know that the current Holy One is here and probably heard what he said?
Li Baiyi couldn't help but look a little embarrassed. He looked at the ministers and then at Emperor Huai'an, feeling somewhat guilty for no reason.
This innocent words can be big or small. To say it is small, it is just a casual saying, it is nothing.
But if we look at it more seriously, he is suspected of intending to get involved in the imperial power, and he should kill the nine tribes!
Li Baiyi coughed lightly and said, "I say, everyone, don't look at us. Master Tang's orders below should have responded. Maybe you will win this time."
Li Baiyi's words really had an effect. The officials were obviously more concerned about the content of the competition and looked at the two carriages downstairs at the city gate.
Emperor Huai'an took a deep look at Tianzhen, but in the end he still had no intention of getting along with this kid.
He was just a young man who could be abducted by Li Baiyi's few words. As an emperor, he did not have the same experience as such a young man.
At this time, Tang En could be said to have begun to become anxious. This time it was a bad start. These people did not give him any face. He felt like a clown and was restless.
"No, it can't go on like this. We absolutely can't let this guy Li Baiyi win. As long as we continue to increase the bounty, we still have a chance."
Tang En said to himself.
Anyway, I didn't say before that I couldn't increase the bounty. As long as I can defeat Li Baiyi this time, even if it costs ten thousand taels of gold to hire, everyone can afford the money together.
Of course, this idea was just in his mind, and of course it was impossible to actually do it.
If they really spent ten thousand taels of gold to hire a common man to pull the cart, even if they won, Emperor Huai'an would just chop off his head!
Taking out ten thousand taels of gold at this time, you can imagine how greedy they are!
At this time, the people were still looking at Tang En leisurely. Tang En couldn't sit still anymore and said to the people around him.
"Dear elders, if you are unwilling to take on this task, do you think one hundred taels of silver is too little? No problem, I am willing to increase the reward. How about two hundred taels?"
Tang En's words immediately caused a commotion among the people, but few people really believed his words. On the contrary, there were more complaints.
"Look, if we don't want to be fooled, we'll start to increase it to two hundred taels. We really think we are fools."
"Two hundred taels are sent to drive the carriage. If there is no contribution, how can they be so generous and kind-hearted and give us so much money?"
"That makes sense. Whoever goes there is a fool. Haven't you suffered enough for so many years? Wake up."
"That's right. The previous disaster relief work had a good result. That is, County Magistrate Li's disaster relief work this time, among other things, first of all, let everyone have enough to eat. Do you think you are right?"
"Yes, but people like County Magistrate Li are probably not popular in the court just because they are good to our people. Otherwise, he wouldn't be a county magistrate."
An outsider murmured.
A local citizen on the side suddenly laughed when he heard this: "What you said makes sense, but it is not the real situation."
"This Mr. Li is not a county magistrate because he is disrespected, but he was too messy in the past, and now he has just changed his ways."
"Do you still remember what happened the year before last? The imperial court issued an arrest order to apprehend two gangsters in Dakun and Dayuan. It is said that these two gangsters killed many people and robbed some of the court's property. Tax money.”
"The price offered was not low at that time. Remember, the price was three hundred taels of silver. Whoever can hand over the heads of these two gangsters to the court will get the silver reward."
"At that time, no less than a thousand people from all over the country were attracted to hunt for them."
"Later, more than fifty masters learned of their location and worked together to capture them."
"According to the survivors later, the fight was so intense that the two gangsters were not vegetarians. They could be gangsters and were very strong. These fifty masters fought against them. They were not only themselves, but also ten others. A few subordinates.”
"After fighting for a whole hour, fifty masters captured all those dozen people, and lost twenty-eight of them, leaving only twenty-two people walking out of the valley together."
"Originally, they thought they could enjoy life after getting the heads of the two gangsters, but they didn't expect that they were intercepted on the way back to the capital. Twenty-two people were killed and less than five people were left alive. Don’t dare to show your head yet.”
"The heads of the two gangsters were naturally taken away by the robbers. This group of people came just for the heads of the gangsters."
"Although those four people know they are safe, without the gangster's head, they will not be recognized even if they go to the capital, and they may be silenced."
"As expected later, the bounty on the heads of the two gangsters was collected by some Da Xi Wang's son. The Da Xi Wang and his son's prestige in the court was getting higher and higher, and they even tended to be close to the Duke of Zhen Guo."
Although these words were just idle chatter, the voice was quite loud. Few people paid attention at first, but at the end of the conversation, the common man realized that everyone was looking at him, and then he covered his mouth.
At this time, another commoner said: "What are you afraid of? Everyone knows this and it's not a secret anymore."
Other common people also spoke one after another: "That's right, who doesn't know that these powerful people can do anything, but we ordinary people can't make a name for themselves even if we have some ability."
"This reward is not to mention two hundred taels. Even if it is two thousand taels, I won't do it. Who knows whether these two hundred taels can keep you warm? Maybe your neck will feel cold just after you get the silver."
The discussion of the people downstairs at the city gate was just enough to be heard upstairs by Emperor Huai'an and others. The ministers wanted to stop the people, but they were afraid of being discovered by Emperor Huai'an, so they did not dare to speak.
Emperor Huai'an laughed and said, "What are these people saying, are they true or false? Why have I never heard these statements before?"
The ministers were silent for a while, but Emperor Huai'an's face became increasingly cold.
As for Li Baiyi, he was confused. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen.
He just wanted to let these officials know how big the gap was between him and ordinary people, but he didn't expect that things would develop to where they are now.
Just a few casual words from ordinary people can uncover a big case.
He didn't need to use his brain to figure out that this King of the West must be dead.
