Zhou Yiming stretched out his hand to stop Deng Tong from continuing. He looked at Huamian Lang and said with a meaningful smile: "You have become a Buddha and have seen through the mortal world, but I still have to hang out in the mortal world.
You have to understand the truth that sometimes your kindness to some people is cruelty to yourself.
This kid just insulted me like that in front of everyone. If I don't let him taste the pain, won't everyone be able to sit on my head and shit in the future? "
When he said these last few words, Zhou Ming's tone was cold, and there was no expression on his face. His whole person looked like he was not angry and confident.
Those dignitaries were all scared to death. They had despised Zhou Ming before, but now they realized that they had made an unforgivable mistake. In the future, Zhou Ming might become another ruthless character in the Great Chu Kingdom besides being strict with others.
The dignitaries had no chance to take any chances. They no longer dared to expect Zhou Ming to let them go. They only hoped that after dealing with the man who wanted to eat the chair, Zhou Ming could calm down a little and at least spare their lives.
Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang had long seen how powerful Zhou Ming was, so they were not surprised that he could say this. They just admired Zhou Ming's skill and courage from the bottom of their hearts.
As for the yamen in the inspection yamen in the south of the city, they had some incomprehensions about how cruelly Zhou Ming treated the man who wanted to eat the chair. It was not until they heard what he said that they understood that Zhou Ming was so cruel. Do it for a good reason.
If you want to do big things, you must establish your authority. Otherwise, no matter how hard you work and how capable you are, if others don't fear you and don't take you seriously, it will be very difficult to achieve great achievements.
Zhou Ming's words touched Hua Mianlang very much. In the past, no matter what he did, he relied on instinct and rarely considered the effect of what he did and how much benefit it could bring for him. This is why The fundamental reason why he has great abilities, but always relies on others and works hard for others.
"Master Zhou, please forgive my recklessness. I shouldn't talk too much about this matter. Besides, I have already touched enough lives on my hands, and I am not qualified to persuade you." Hua Mianlang figured it out and said to Zhou Ming. After those truths, he said with great shame.
Zhou Yiming sneered and did not speak. Instead, he turned his head and continued to stare at the person who wanted to eat the chair, urging him to continue eating without stopping.
The man who wanted to eat the chair had almost lost all his teeth at this time, because the wood chips were stuck in his mouth, and his mouth was full of holes and wounds everywhere, so that his mouth was full of blood and his tongue was also scarred. Can't even speak clearly.
Originally due to pain and excessive blood loss, his consciousness was slightly blurred. He was extremely frightened and thought that he was about to die. Suddenly he heard the flower-faced man speaking for him. He suddenly became energetic and thought that he had a chance to survive. Hope, he stopped biting, turned around, and kept staring at Yi Ming, hoping that he would show mercy and let him go.
After waiting for a long time, what he got was complete despair. Hua Mian Lang's dissuasion not only failed to gain any benefits for himself, but he himself was convinced by Yi Ming's reasoning anyway.
Seeing Zhou Yiming's cold eyes looking at him again, the man who wanted to eat the chair finally came to his senses and knew that he was doomed today, so he could no longer think about it and turned around to bite the chair.
He bit hard, ignoring the loss of teeth and the blood in his mouth. Every time he pulled off a piece of wood, he swallowed it directly without chewing it. The sharp wood chips scratched his throat and esophagus, and blood spurted out. , so that he temporarily lost his ability to bite.
Everyone present couldn't bear to look at such a cruel scene. Even Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang were thinking in their hearts whether they should give this man a happy life while Zhou Yiming was not paying attention, so as to save him from suffering.
However, the two of them just dared to think about it. The two of them understood that without Zhou Ming's order, it would be better if they acted without permission and were not discovered. Once discovered by Zhou Ming, the fate of the two of them may not be better than that of eating chairs. people.
Other dignitaries have grown up in honeypots since they were young. Even if they have a dispute with other people in a place like Huamanlou, because both parties are respectable people, it is difficult for the dispute to escalate. At most, they will fight each other. They scraped each other's skin. They had never seen such a bloody scene.
Every one of them was so frightened that some of them even peed their pants. They all wanted to escape from this hell on earth as soon as possible. Even if they died, they did not want to look directly at such a cruel scene.
Zhou Ming's eyes swept over the heads of other dignitaries. He showed a cold smile and deliberately raised his voice and asked: "Does anyone else have any opinions about me? Or is anyone interested in betting with me? If so, Even if you stand up, I still have some time now and can play with you slowly!"
All the dignitaries were trembling with fear. Before Zhou Yiming could finish his words, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed fiercely, and kept saying:
"Mr. Zhou, spare your life, we know we were wrong!"
"Have mercy, Mr. Zhou!"
Seeing these dignitaries all acting like frightened birds, Zhou Yiming nodded with satisfaction. This was the effect he wanted. If they weren't afraid, wouldn't the chair-eating man be in vain?
"Very good, I hope you can remember what I said today, and also remember this memorable scene today." Zhou Ming said with a smile.
At this time, the man who was eating the chair fainted due to excessive blood loss and pain, and fell to the ground unconscious.
Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang immediately panicked. They knew very well that Yi Ming's goal had not been achieved. This chair-eating man must not die like this, otherwise they would be responsible.
Xia Dezhang squatted down, stretched out his hands to grab the shoulders of the person eating the chair, pulled him up, and shook him: "Wake up, we haven't finished eating the chair yet, don't even think about pretending to be dead!"
Deng Tong did even better. He hurriedly walked to the table nearby, picked up a pot of boiling water, returned to the unconscious man, raised the pot of boiling water and wanted to pour it on him: "Lao Xia, hide. Open it up, I don’t believe he dares to pretend to be dead even after pouring this pot of boiling water on him!”
Zhou Yiming saw that his purpose of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys had been achieved, and the person who offended him had received the punishment he deserved. The drama was almost over.
He stood up gracefully and stopped Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang: "Okay, this is the end of today's matter. This person has received the punishment he deserves. Send someone to take him to the hospital, and then let his family Come get him!”
"Yes." Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang agreed quickly, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief, because if Yi Ming still didn't stop them, they would have to pour the pot of boiling water down no matter how reluctant they were.
Thinking of the miserable sight of the man being scalded by boiling water, with his skin torn apart and his whole body red, both of them shivered in unison.
The other dignitaries originally thought that the man who ate the chair would definitely die. Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Zhou Ming actually opened his eyes and let him go. This made them extremely grateful to Zhou Ming and felt that he was not an extremely cruel person. If they hadn't offended him in the first place, they wouldn't have ended up like this.
Although Zhou Ming dealt with them very miserably, the strange thing is that instead of hating Zhou Ming, they were very grateful to him and thought he was a very wise man. They even secretly swore in their hearts that as long as they could make a comeback in the future , if they encounter an opportunity to help Zhou Ming, they will definitely help him.
"You and the rest of you, carry this person and take him to the hospital." Xia Dezhang ordered several people to take the person who wanted to eat the chair to the hospital.
Deng Tong took the opportunity to walk to Yi Ming, looked at the other dignitaries, and asked for instructions: "Master Zhou, what should I do with these people?"
When the remaining dignitaries heard this, they were very nervous, fearing that Zhou Yiming would kill them.
Zhou Yiming looked at those people, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Take them all with you, then gather everyone in Huamanlou together, and then take them all to the General Affairs Office."
"Yes." Deng Tong agreed, turned around and followed Zhou Ming's instructions.
Zhou Yiming walked up to Huamianlang and asked, "I'm going to take you to the government office now. Your injuries should be fine, right?"
Huamianlang nodded gratefully: "Thank you, Master Zhou, for your concern. My martial arts cultivation has been completely destroyed by you, but there is no fear for my life. You can rest assured."
Zhou Yiming nodded, then turned around and ordered several government officials to lift up the flower-faced man and walk in front, while he followed behind, and the group walked outside the flower hall.
Xia Dezhang led his men to gather the remaining dignitaries together, and drove them to follow Yi Ming and go outside.
As soon as they left the flower hall, Deng Tong led his people and escorted all the people in Huamanlou over, asking these people to follow the dignitaries and go with the large army.
Zhou Yiming carefully checked around and confirmed that there were no problems with the team, and then directed everyone to follow him outside Huamanlou, intending to go straight to the Yamen of the General Affairs Office.
But when he just walked to the door of Huamanlou and before he walked out, Xia Dezhang suddenly came over and said to Zhou Ming furtively: "Master Zhou, the boss of Huamanlou said he wanted to meet you. I don't know at this time. Is it inconvenient for you?"
Zhou Yiming was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that Xia Dezhang had just told him about this, but he had just been busy dealing with the chair-eating person and had forgotten about this problem.
"Bring him over here. If anything happens, ask him to tell me at the door." Zhou Ming said as he walked to the gate of Huamanlou.
At this time, the door of Huamanlou was still closed. Although the sun was shining brightly outside and the streets were bustling with pedestrians, people outside could not see what was going on inside Huamanlou.
