The barbarian soldiers and the Demon Iron Cavalry rushed into Changxi Village.
All the scholars behind Fang Yun were shocked.
There were too many barbarian soldiers and Demon Iron Cavalry. They blocked the view and no one could see what was happening.
Not long after, Fang Yun's soldiers stopped and lined up on both sides of the road.
Corpses were everywhere and blood was flowing everywhere. The pungent smell of blood spread in all directions.
Many of the children wailed and cried until they fainted.
The woman who threw down her weapon first was lying on the ground, shaking like a sieve.
"Demon Iron Cavalry, get off your horses and clean up the street. Register the corpses and prepare to burn them. Soldiers capture the rest of the people and bring them back to the county office for interrogation. Except for the mother and child who can't be separated, take away all the children and send them to the county office for custody. If the parents harm their children, are imprisoned, or abandon their children, the parents should take care of the children for the time being. "
Some scholars nodded, but there were also many scholars who were keenly aware of the meaning of "parents harming their children".
This was especially so for the Legalist scholars, who had already realized Fang Yun's intentions. It was likely that Fang Yun would be experimenting with legislation in the near future. Once it was confirmed that parents had harmed their children, local officials would be able to take the children away.
Many Legalism scholars frowned, but when they thought of the word "for the time being", they relaxed. This meant that Fang Yun would not be stubborn about the custody and there would be some restrictions.
The leader of the Demon Iron Cavalry brought the trembling village chief Diao closer and threw him on the ground. With a crack, the village chief's leg was broken. He covered his leg and screamed, rolling on the ground in pain.
"Sir, the prisoner is here!"
Fang Yun nodded and was about to speak when the deputy district chief Tao Dingnian suddenly came forward and said, "County Magistrate. I have something to report. "
All the officials looked at Tao Dingnian. This deputy district chief was a famous roly-poly. He had been the subordinate of eight county magistrates. He was still standing today and used to be the Left Minister's henchman. Now that the Left Minister had lost his power, Fang Yun did not touch him because he knew what to do and because he needed stability.
But everyone knew that once the court examination was over, the first person Fang Yun would deal with would be Tao Dingnian.
"What do you want, Deputy Tao?" Fang Yun looked at him calmly.
Tao Dingnian said, "Village Head Diao Zhili manipulated human traffickers, organized human trafficking, privately set up prison cells, privately stored weapons, colluded with bandits, abused women, harmed common people, resisted the law and killed government officials, gathered people to plot a rebellion. His crimes are extremely heinous, he refuses to repent of his evil deeds. I will punish him severely! Today, whether you allow it or not, I will imprison him in the Diao Clan's water dungeon and let him have a taste of torture! "
All the officials were silent. This was a heroic man cutting his wrist.
If Fang Yun really put Village Head Diao in the water dungeon as punishment, it would be considered as lynching. Nominally, it would be more severe than killing all the rebels. Tao Dingnian might as well take on the infamy for Fang Yun. He would definitely be removed from his position after this, but the Tao family would still be safe.
This was a great show of allegiance.
Fang Yun looked at Tao Dingnian. He nodded slightly and said, "Go."
"I beg your pardon!" Tao Dingnian chose a few officials and bailiffs who had been with him for many years to detain Village chief Diao. Then, he found a woman to lead the way to Diao Zhili's water prison.
Fang Yun stood at the entrance of Changxi Village and waited quietly.
The demon and barbarian private army had returned. Although they killed people, they did not eat them. The demon iron knights of the human race were cleaning up the corpses and blood stains.
Then, groups of Official Army soldiers came out of the village. They were accompanied by women and children.
Most of the women had messy hair and tattered clothes under their new clothes. Most of the women were in a daze and more than half of them were injured. Some of them were chained up and the chains dragged the ground when they walked. They made a clattering sound.
Some Official Army soldiers were carrying blankets. Some blankets were already soaked in blood and were dripping slowly.
These Official Army soldiers were incomparably angry.
The Scholars at the side could not stand it and cut off the chains with their sharp tongues.
A young soldier wiped his tears and walked to Fang Yun. He cried, "Fang Xusheng, it's too tragic. It's too tragic. There was a prison cell in the family I went to. There were seven living people and three dead people. The corpses were all rotten! After we rescued the seven women, two of them told us their names and locations and asked to be buried. Then, one of them hit the wall and died. The other took our sabers and committed suicide. It's too tragic. It's too tragic … "The young soldier squatted on the ground and cried after he finished.
Another soldier gritted his teeth and said, "When you ordered your private army to kill, I blamed you for killing too many people. Now, I only blame you for not letting us kill those bastards! They're scum worse than maggots! They're simply demons and barbarians! F * ck Ji Zhibai, f * ck the former county magistrate. They're all a bunch of corrupt officials! Fortunately, Ning An has a clear sky! Fortunately! "
Many soldiers followed suit and cursed. The women lowered their heads, not allowing anyone to touch them or look at them.
Fang Yun sighed and suppressed the anger in his heart. He said loudly, "I'm Fang Yun, the county magistrate of Ning An County. I'm sorry for being late and causing all of you to suffer. I apologize to all of you here. When we return to Ning An, I'll submit a letter of apology. In addition, I'll prepare a place for all of you to stay in Ning An without outsiders. When all of you recover, you can leave. If you don't remember where your home is, I'll arrange for you to work in the workshop. No one will know about this place. "
The officials nodded. How could these people not remember where their home was? Fang Yun was afraid that these people would commit suicide because they didn't dare to go home.
In Saint Origin World, if a woman were to return home after suffering such torture and humiliation, she would probably suffer double the torture and pain.
Not to mention Fang Yun, even Half-saint wouldn't be able to get rid of this deep-rooted concept.
Other than a few women who were still numb, most of them were crying.
As for the children, most of them had been crying since they arrived. Only a few sensible children didn't speak and waited quietly.
Some of the soldiers gently placed the rolled up bedding on the ground and slowly spread it out. More and more of them appeared.
Blood seeped into the soil.
Fang Yun gritted his teeth and continued to wait.
After a full four hours, thousands of soldiers finally checked Changxi Village from top to bottom. They even brought some well-informed village women with them. With their help, they discovered seven hidden dungeons and rescued dozens of people.
In the end, the great scholar of War Hall who was protecting Fang Yun personally came. He confirmed that there were no survivors in the village.
The soldiers calculated a terrifying number. More than nine hundred women and children were abducted and sold in Changxi Village. Among them, more than a hundred women committed suicide after being rescued.
There were more than two hundred young women. In order to sell them for a good price, the villagers didn't have many injuries on their bodies.
The soldiers didn't just save people. Under the guidance of the village women, they also found a lot of gold, silver, accounts, and letters.
While the soldiers dealt with the village, Fang Yun looked through the accounts and letters while listening to the surviving village women's confessions. They reported the human traffickers and Changxi Villagers who were still out of town.
After the matter of Changxi Village was basically settled, Fang Yun had the Punishment Hall officials report it. Under the pretext of suspecting the rebels of manipulating the human traffickers, he asked the Punishment Hall to order the entire Mishou government to take action. They began to arrest all people related to Changxi Village.
Based on the letters and confessions, Fang Yun locked onto many people. Among them, there were not only the sons of merchants and officials, but also some officials and noble families.
Most of the people associated with Changxi Village were from Green Crow Mansion. Fang Yun didn't have any misgivings and directly sent a letter to the new governor of Mishou, Sai Zhixue. At first, it was very formal. At the end, he hinted that if this matter wasn't resolved quickly, he would personally lead his private army to arrest people all over Green Crow Mansion!
Sai Zhixue immediately replied. Since there was an order from the Punishment Hall, he would work with Mishou's Governor Yu Xingshu to ask the Grand Marshal's Mansion. Mobilize the state army to arrest people.
Not long after, Deputy County Magistrate Tao Dingnian came back with some people. There were some bloodstains on his body.
"Village Chief Diao died after only using half of the torture instruments in the water dungeon. I'm incompetent," Tao Dingnian said.
Fang Yun nodded and didn't say anything.
Before leaving, Fang Yun asked a scholar to write a war poem. He summoned a continuous rain of fire and turned Changxi Village into a sea of fire.
In the fire that soared to the sky. The caravan set off for Ning An City.
When they arrived at Ning An City, it was already morning when the sun was high up in the sky. Fang Yun made the arrangements one by one before returning to the back office.
After lunch. Fang Yun chatted with Yang Yuhuan and played with Nuu for a while before returning to the study to write documents.
The first document recorded the process of going to Changxi Village to deal with the case. Fang Yun told the truth. Changxi Village used military weapons to kill the female officers first, then gathered people to rebel. In order to save the innocent people who were imprisoned, he had no choice but to order the execution of the rebels.
In the document, the situation of Changxi Village in these years was recorded in detail.
Fang Yun sent a document to the Magistrate, the Prefecture Magistrate, the Cabinet, and the Punishment Hall.
After that, Fang Yun thought for a while and wrote a letter of apology. As the County Magistrate, he couldn't absolve himself from the blame for taking more than half a year to deal with the case. After the Court Examination, he would be demoted by one rank and lose his salary for three years.
After writing his letter of apology, Fang Yun formally impeached the County Magistrates of Ning An County, Tong County, and Huang County in the past 30 years. He also impeached the Prefecture Magistrate of Green Crow Mansion and the Prefecture Magistrate of Miszhou!
Left Prime Minister Mount Liu was once the Prefecture Magistrate of Miszhou.
The current Minister of Personnel, Left Prime Minister, was also once the Prefecture Magistrate of Miszhou.
Jingguo, the capital city.
Many officials in the Cabinet were in a panic.
Fang Yun's first document shocked all the officials. They didn't expect that someone in the Human Race would do such a thing!
Some of the officials looked at their colleagues with a sorrowful expression. Because some of the officials were not shocked by the evil deeds of the Changxi Village villagers, but by Fang Yun's order to kill.
Some of the officials in the Left Prime Minister's faction were not angry. Instead, they couldn't hide their joy. Because this was a good opportunity to attack Fang Yun. They could destroy Fang Yun's Court Examination results and even have a small chance of canceling Fang Yun's Zhuangyuan.
The second letter didn't cause too much of a problem. It was just that all the officials thought that Fang Yun's apology was too heavy. However, a few of the officials understood the intention hidden in the letter.
When the third letter appeared, many of the officials suddenly understood.
Fang Yun, as the Acting County Magistrate who had been in office for less than a year, still asked for a demotion after solving the Changxi Village problem. This meant that the crimes of all the officials in the past must be extremely heavy.
Because Miszhou had been run by the Left Prime Minister for many years, almost all of the people impeached by Fang Yun were people of the Left Prime Minister.
In these years, Changxi Village had abducted and sold thousands of people. More than three hundred people had died in Changxi Village. From the county to the prefectures to the prefectures, all the way to the prefectures, all the way to the prefectures, all the way to the prefectures. Such a serious act of dereliction of duty, the Left Prime Minister had to hand over a Minister of Personnel!
(To be continued)
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