The village chief was frightened by Li Shui, but he quickly adjusted his mentality and said to Li Shui: "Sir, the villain really didn't do this. The villain is a good person. They all know the good people who are well-known by everyone."
Li Shui looked at the others and asked, "Is he a good person?"
The others nodded hesitantly.
As for Heisan and his brother, they did not hesitate, they nodded very hard.
Li Shui chuckled: "Then I'm curious, how did your land end up in the hands of the village chief? Could it be... that you gave it to him as a gift?"
The villagers were sweating profusely.
They had been frightened by the messenger before, so of course they didn't dare to say anything now.
But when faced with Li Shui's question, they couldn't answer it.
One villager said tremblingly: "Yes, we gave it to the village chief."
Li Shui laughed loudly: "You voluntarily gave the land to the village chief and then starved yourself, living like beggars?"
These villagers had no way to defend themselves, so they could only nod and say, "Yes."
Li Shui looked at the courtiers with a smile: "Everyone, do you believe it?"
The courtiers wanted to say they believed it, but they really couldn't say it. After all, it sounded false and no one wanted to insult their own intelligence.
One of the courtiers sighed and said to Li Shui: "Exiled Immortal, what we are discussing now is whether what you did is supported by the people. It is not about how the villagers lost their land."
"If this land comes from a legitimate source, then the court must protect it. Without rules, there would be no radius. If everyone could take other people's land at will, wouldn't it be chaos?"
"Today I robbed someone else's land, and I'm very happy. Tomorrow I worked hard to make money and finally saved a few acres of land, but someone robbed me of it. Isn't this an injustice?"
"If that's the case, who would want to work seriously? All they have to do is wait to rob others. How can we guarantee the taxes of our Great Qin? Isn't the world of our Great Qin in chaos?"
Li Shui asked the courtiers: "Do other people also have this idea?"
Many people nodded.
Li Shui said with a smile: "But I think land should not be bought and sold."
"Land is the life of the people. Once those poor people lose their land, they will have nothing. And as poor people, it is easy for them to lose their land."
"What should the ordinary people in Shengdou do if there is a famine and have no savings? All they can do is sell their land."
"So when there is a famine, the poor are very miserable, but the rich are really happy because they can buy land at a low price again."
"An accident occurred in a villager's family, and they lost their mainstay. It was difficult to survive, and it was difficult to preserve the land."
"It's still legal, but it's not legal. Those rich people collude with the officials and can take away their land by just placing a crime."
"Over time, the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. If the poor have no way to survive, will they rebel?"
"I think we should clarify a question now: Whose court does our Great Qin court belong to?"
The courtiers looked at Li Shui in horror, and said tremblingly: "Exiled Immortal, what you said is too treasonous."
Li Shui spread his hands and said, "Why am I so rebellious?"
Shi Wu said: "The Imperial Court of Great Qin, of course, belongs to His Majesty. Do you still need to ask? What did you mean by what you just said?"
Li Shui said faintly: "The world belongs to your Majesty, of course. There is no doubt about it. Don't I know this yet? What I mean is, who is your Majesty...who is he with? Should he help this person?" who."
The courtiers were stunned.
They obviously haven't thought about this problem.
Li Shui cupped his hands and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, if we want stability in the Qin Dynasty, we must stand with the largest number of people."
"Now there are the most poor people in the world, so we must solve their problems for the poor. In the future, when everyone becomes rich, we must solve their problems for the rich."
"So, who can shake the eternal foundation of our Great Qin?"
Ying Zheng's eyes sparkled when he heard it, and he nodded and praised: "Okay, okay, that makes sense."
Li Shui turned around, looked at the villagers, and said, "Did you hear that? His Majesty said personally that he wanted to help the poor, but you still refuse to tell the truth?"
The villagers were silent.
Of course they heard what they just said, but they were still a little doubtful.
Will the court really take care of the interests of the poor? This is something I have never heard of.
From the time they can remember, the imperial court has been the domain of the wealthy. Even if they banished the immortals to the way of merchants, the court still looked after the interests of the wealthy.
Because rich people have strong financial resources and can take care of everything.
What's more, the messenger had threatened them before, and these villagers were scared.
If the villagers didn't say anything, it probably wouldn't matter.
If the villagers told him, then if he offended the court, he would be doomed.
Therefore, these common people chose not to seek merit, but to seek no fault, and kept their mouths shut, saying nothing.
Li Shui looked at them with great disappointment: "You guys, don't you really understand? Why are you being bullied all the time despite the large number of you? Because you don't know who is good to you and who is not good to you."
At this moment, Li Shui suddenly felt sad for his misfortune and angry at him.
At this time, the sheep's tail came out tremblingly.
Li Shui glanced at her: "What? Do you want to tell the truth?"
Yangwei nodded: "Yes, I want to tell the truth."
Li Shui said in surprise: "Why didn't you say it just now, and why do you want to say it now?"
Yangwei sighed and said to Li Shui: "I didn't say it just now because I was afraid. I'm saying it now because I figured it out. Anyway, I can't survive even if I go back, so I might as well make a fuss here. One fight, maybe you can survive.”
Li Shui nodded: "Okay, then you can tell me and listen."
Yangwei said: "I was originally a villager from another village. Our village is not as remote as Gumai Village, and my life is not as difficult as Gumai Village."
"Later, I was sold to Gumai Village by my father, to a man named Gou Wa."
At first, Yangwei's narration was quite calm and eloquent, but because the content was so shocking, many people were shocked.
Later on, Sheep Tail's voice became more and more excited.
She shouted almost at the top of her lungs: "These people, they arrested me countless times and beat me countless times. I feel that I am no longer a human being, I have become an animal they raised, and their purpose is to make me miserable." I give birth.”
After Yangwei finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
All the courtiers were silent.
They are pampered and live a very peaceful life, with no contact with the jungle life at the bottom.
Now that they suddenly heard this, the impact on them was still very big.
Some courtiers couldn't help but ask: "Is this... is this all true?"
Yangwei chuckled and reached out to untie his clothes.
These courtiers quickly covered their eyes, waved their hands and said, "What are you trying to do? In broad daylight, you are immoral and immoral, how can you do it in the court..."
The courtier suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence.
Because they found that there were scars everywhere on Sheep Tail's body.
There are many pits and bumps, and there is almost no good skin.
Just looking at this scar is hard to accept. You can imagine how much suffering Yangwei must have suffered.
Li Shui said with emotion: "This scar should be enough to explain some problems."
At this time, the old cow also stood up tremblingly.
Li Shui asked Lao Niu: "Do you also have something to say?"
Lao Niu nodded solemnly, opened his mouth, but didn't say a word, and started to cry.
He knelt on the ground and cried, "I'm sorry for my son. I'm sorry for him. These days, I always dream about him at midnight."
"I was not good to him. When he was killed, I was impulsive. I wanted to kill those bad people and avenge him."
"But when I sharpened the knife, the momentum disappeared and I got scared."
"I was worried that after killing those bad guys, I would be asked to die, so I endured it. After enduring it for the first time, there was a second time, and after the second time, there was a third time."
"Later I got a nickname, they all called me Lao Niu."
"Do you know what old cow means? If you whip something like a cow with a whip and hit it hard, it will never resist, it will just keep its head down and work."
"In the eyes of the villagers, I am the old cow who doesn't know how to resist. I am the old cow who can be bullied by anyone."
"I have endured it for too many years, and I don't want to endure it anymore. This time, if I don't tell the truth in front of the emperor, I'm afraid I will never be able to take revenge. If I am killed this time, I will die too. No regrets, at least let my son know that his father is not that cowardly."
Lao Niu burst into tears as he spoke. Everyone was very moved when they heard it, but even though they were moved, they were also confused. I don’t know why this guy is so excited.
Li Shui patted Lao Niu on the shoulder, comforted him and said, "Brother Niu, please express my condolences."
Lao Niu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded.
Li Shui said to Lao Niu: "Your son was killed?"
Lao Niu hummed, and tears came down again.
Li Shui comforted him and said, "Don't cry. Crying can't solve the problem. Just tell the whole story in detail."
The old cow snorted and then started to cry.
He was crying so hard that he couldn't speak at all.
Li Shui was a little helpless.
He looked at the others and asked, "Does any of you know about his grievances? Can you tell him something?"
Soon someone stood up and helped Lao Niu Da start his story.
Lao Niu was crying so hard that all he could do now was nod his head, or occasionally say: "Yes, that's it."
After Lao Niu finished speaking, the courtiers were all shocked and did not recover for a long time.
Are you able to endure the pain of losing a child like this?
Killing someone else's son, nothing happens, and you can still dominate the village?
Isn’t this Gumai Village too lawless?
Li Shui said calmly: "Everyone, this is a clan. Such a clan is extremely harmful. Don't you feel it? Don't you really know?"
"Or is it because you are the patriarchs of the clan, so you are afraid that the dissolution of the clan will damage your interests, so you have been turning a blind eye or even obstructing me from doing things?"
These clans all said, "How can this happen if you fart? We will never do this."
Li Shui chuckled: "You should be very clear about whether this is the case. In short, the grievances of Yangwei and Lao Niu are clear and vivid. I believe that such things are not rare in the world. And in the world The clans in the world have done more bad things than these."
At this time, the village chief said tremblingly: "I didn't do it. They lied."
Now the village chief has given up.
He knew that once he was found guilty, he would definitely die. This is the court, but in front of His Majesty.
If His Majesty agrees with their words, he will be escorted to the execution ground with just one order.
Therefore, the village chief was really afraid.
The village chief looked at his descendants.
The descendants of the village chief understood it and said one after another: "We have never heard of such a thing. It was clearly made up by the two of them to frame the village chief and extract benefits."
The village chief looked at Heisan again, and Heisan also said loudly: "Yes, that's exactly it. I have been moving around Gumai Village and have never heard of such a thing. This must be a lie."
Yangwei and Lao Niu stared angrily at their own people.
The so-called own people are those who were organized by the patrol in the first place.
However, when the patrol was there, they had someone to back them up, so they were filled with indignation and dared to say anything.
Now that the patrolman is gone and they have been frightened by the two fake messengers, how can they dare to talk at this time?
Yangwei and Lao Niu said to them, "What? Are you just going to let the village chief bully us? Don't you want revenge?"
These people all smiled sheepishly.
The meaning was obvious, they accepted their fate.
After all, people have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and now they feel that it seems too dangerous to follow these people.
Therefore, the victim did not speak, and the court was filled with the voices of the perpetrators.
For a moment, the village chief's voice was heard all over the court. It's as if Sheep Tail and Lao Niu really lied.
Shi Wu breathed a sigh of relief. If this continues, maybe he can really win.
Just as he thought of this, a young eunuch walked in quickly.
The young eunuch walked up to Ying Zheng and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, there is a county magistrate who wants to see you."
Ying Zheng looked at the young eunuch in confusion: "County magistrate?"
The young eunuch said: "Yes, the county magistrate said that he was here specifically to explain the truth."
Ying Zheng said: "What truth?"
The young eunuch thought for a moment and said, "The truth about Gumai Village."
When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately became energetic.
He nodded and said, "Quick, bring them up immediately."
The young eunuch responded and went outside to call for help. .
