Gongsun Long couldn't help but said worriedly.
"But my lord, the other party is the Eighth Prince after all. If we don't respect him and bring trouble to His Majesty, it will definitely be detrimental to you."
Li Baiyi couldn't help but smile when he heard this. Who told you that I didn't respect him? I just said that we enforce the law impartially. "
"Is it wrong for us to enforce the law impartially?"
"We just don't allow him any privileges. I believe His Majesty understands this."
"If you want people to live and work in peace and contentment, you should make them feel respected."
"To achieve this, being more strict when enforcing the law is obviously the most important part."
Hearing this, Gongsun Long couldn't help but look at Li Baiyi with admiration. However, when he thought about the possibility of conflict with the eighth prince, Gongsun Long couldn't help but feel worried.
"My lord, what you said makes sense, but have you thought of a solution? What if His Majesty really goes after the Eighth Prince?"
Li Baiyi glanced at him and said with a smile: "Although the person who came to deliver the message is talking about the Eighth Prince, let's stop."
"But the other party must be a fake. How could the Eighth Prince tarnish his reputation for a little maid?"
"Maybe it's possible that the Eighth Prince doesn't even know about this until now."
"If it is really the Eighth Prince who is behind this, we should be able to see the Eighth Prince himself now."
Gongsun Long thought for a while and felt that what Li Baiyi said made sense.
"Since you said so, my lord, I can rest assured."
Li Baiyi glared at him up and down, and couldn't help but complain: "You, don't be so timid when doing things, I am your backing."
"If you can't accomplish anything despite having such a strong backing like me, don't you feel that you have failed in what you have learned in your life?"
When Gongsun Long heard this, he felt very touched.
Li Baiyi's words made him feel enlightened, and he finally knew what he should do.
"Sir, your words really gave Xiaguan an enlightenment."
"I finally know what I should do."
As he spoke, Gongsun Long seemed a little hesitant, as if he had thought of something and was hesitant.
Li Baiyi smiled and said, "Have you thought about your weakness, which is your family?"
Gongsun Long nodded and said with an ugly face: "Yes, sir, even if the official is willing to show up for fairness and justice, the official's family members cannot."
"After all, they are not involved in this matter, but the enemy may not let them go because of this. The subordinate is worried that they may be implicated."
Hearing this, Li Baiyi couldn't help but smile and said: "Since you have agreed to help me with things, I will naturally help you solve these things."
"I will be responsible for protecting your family. Although there are not many people in our town, the resources that can be mobilized are countless."
"You still have the ability to protect your family as a preparatory county magistrate."
Gongsun Long took a long breath and said: "Sir, do you think the Eighth Prince was involved? Although your analysis is very reasonable, I always feel that Xiaguan is not practical."
Li Baiyi smiled and shook his head and said: "You can rest assured about this. Even if the Eighth Prince is a fool, he will not be able to confront me head-on at this time."
"I stole the show in front of all the officials before, but this time at the banquet I beat the crap out of those unscrupulous people."
"I guess the Eighth Prince already understands how powerful I am. Even if he is a fool, he will not come to confront me head-on."
When Gongsun Long heard this, he couldn't help the compliment in his heart and said, "Sir, my admiration for you is as endless as the water of the Yellow River."
Li Baiyi waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Okay, okay, forget it if others flatter me, what are you doing here with me acting weird?"
"Okay, hurry up and tell me what this case involving Zhang Yuanwai's family is like, and what disputes occurred between the two parties."
"After chatting for so long, I still don't know what happened. As a subordinate, you are a bit derelict in your duty."
Gongsun Long quickly stepped forward and said.
"Sir, I will explain this matter to you in detail now."
"There is an ordinary farmer named Old Man Zhao. He has a daughter and a son at home."
"My son is quite up to par. He farms at home all year round and can give the family a good harvest."
"My daughter is pretty good-looking, and she works very quickly."
"In the past, when the weather was good, their family could still earn a good income."
"But isn't there a flood this year? Their family has no income."
"But the old man's son wanted to get a wife, so the family built a house."
"At the beginning of the year, in order to build this house, my family borrowed ten taels of silver from Zhang Yuanwai's family."
"I originally thought that this year's income from farming plus some savings would be able to cover the borrowing."
"But this year's floods disrupted their family's rhythm."
"The ten taels of silver they borrowed were not repaid in full."
"Originally, for their family, the remaining few taels of silver were not a big sum of money, but at this time, Old Man Zhao's father became ill."
"In order to treat his father's illness, Old Man Zhao borrowed another ten taels of silver. However, Old Man Zhao's health became worse and worse with the treatment."
"A total of twenty taels of silver were borrowed before and after, but the disease was not cured, but instead became terminally ill."
"Originally, Old Man Zhao's father could still help others and earn some income for the family. But now that he is ill, he not only has no income, but is in debt."
"Now Mr. Zhao's whole family has collapsed. His son is now working hard for other people to earn some hard money, but after excluding daily food and drink, it is simply a drop in the bucket to pay back the money."
"Moreover, the money lent by Zhang Yuan's family to her family had interest, but within one month, the interest had already doubled the principal."
Hearing this, Li Baiyi couldn't help but stamp his feet and couldn't help but curse.
"With so much money, isn't that just usury?"
"When did they report it to the official? Is this the dispute you mentioned before?"
Li Baiyi's face became increasingly ugly.
"If this kind of thing is not handled properly, people may die."
"How do you deal with this? How do you reconcile this kind of thing? Even if you reconcile, you have to ask them to significantly reduce the interest."
"And we need to stop increasing interest in the future and give them time to repay the principal."
Gongsun Long looked at Li Baiyi and said with a bitter smile.
"Sir, this is only part of the dispute, and the conflicting point of the problem now is not about money."
