The first county magistrate in history

Chapter 276 The Crazy Qi Family

Li Shouben was very angry, but he did not dare to offend the emperor easily.

He suppressed his anger, forced a smile, and said, "Master Qin, if you don't want to take our food, can you let us leave Qinghe?"

The other grain merchants nodded secretly.

At worst, I can just take it out and sell it. It’s not impossible to sell it.

At most, you will earn less.

Qin Zheng looked at these unscrupulous businessmen and thought to himself, I am just hitting the dog with the door open, and I haven't hit it yet, so how can I let the dog go?

He said calmly, "People can leave, but you can't take food with you."

Li Shouben's expression changed: "Didn't the lord refuse to accept our grain?"

Qin Zheng said, "I won't take the grain. However, with the famine in Guanxi, every grain could be evidence of a crime. How dare I let that evidence go?"

Li Shouben and others' expressions changed drastically.

This imperial envoy accepted benefits from them, so does that mean they should be brought to justice?

How can an official act like this?

The corrupt officials they met would only do them favors in exchange for money!

Why doesn’t it work for the corrupt official Qin?

"Sir..." Li Shouben gritted his teeth, forcing a smile uglier than tears. "If we can't take this food with us, we'll be completely bankrupt and have no way to survive. Please, sir, be merciful and give us a chance to survive. Everything is easy to negotiate!"

What I mean is, just give me a number of silver benefits you want.

"Please, sir, have mercy on us and give us a way out. We will be so grateful!"

The other grain merchants bowed and said.

Qin Zheng remained calm and said, "I am not confiscating your grain. Instead, I am using it to report to the court. Haven't I shown mercy yet? Guanxi has suffered from famine for over a decade, and many of you have been involved for over a decade. Some have been involved for seven or eight years. You only gave up this year's grain, but you have kept the illegal gains of so many years. Isn't that a good deal? Is this not excessive? Otherwise, how can I report to the court? Let's be considerate of each other!"

Do you really want to confiscate it?

Li Shouben and others were shocked.

They were all confused.

Qin Zheng said seriously: "Of course, if you feel it is unfair, we will handle it impartially!"

Just business?

Li Shouben and the others all looked unhappy.

It's a fair and impartial matter, why should we bribe you?

"Sir, the Qi family is here, carrying Qi Daozhong's body, and they want you to give an explanation!" Suddenly, Wu Xiaoyou appeared at the door.

Li Shouben and others looked at each other, all showing expressions of gloating.

The Qi family came to demand an explanation.

They all looked at Qin Zheng, wanting to see his panicked expression.

Unexpectedly, Qin Zheng remained calm and stood up calmly: "Everyone, please sit down first. I'll go and take a look."

At this moment, there was already a noise coming from the yamen gate.

Li Shouben quickly stood up and said, "Sir, we will follow you and support you!"

Since Qin Zheng doesn't give me face, I'll just go and see what's going on.

I just don't believe that Qin Zheng dares to do anything to the Qi family.

Killing Qi Daozhong has definitely offended the King of the Western Territory, and he doesn't know how to deal with this plague god.

If Qin Zheng dares to continue killing the Qi family, the consequences...

I guess even the empress wouldn’t dare!

Qin Zheng nodded: "Okay!"

I didn’t refuse!

The yamen door.

A group of people dressed as servants and guards were shouting and being extremely arrogant, their saliva splashing all over the faces of the special agents who were blocking their way.

The special forces are well-trained and maintain restraint!

Behind these people, a group of gorgeously dressed men and women surrounded a sedan chair.

Obviously a member of the Qi family.

There are more than a hundred people in total.

The area was filled with people watching the excitement.

There were hundreds of onlookers, and the number was still increasing.

It is human nature to watch the fun, even if you might starve to death in the next second.

"Why are you making so much noise here!" Qin Zheng shouted.

"The dog officer is out!"

Someone from the Qi family shouted.

"Master, it's him, he is Qin Zheng, he killed me."

A middle-aged man who looked like a butler lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and spoke to the people inside.

An old man came out of the sedan chair.

He is in his seventies and is well maintained.

Healthy body, rosy face,

At this moment, he had a gloomy face, said nothing, and walked forward.

"Get out of the way, everyone!" The housekeeper acted like a servant to the old man but looked ferocious to outsiders, and shouted loudly.

The servants and guards immediately made way for a passage.

The special forces did not give way and still stood in front of Qin Zheng.

The old man walked to the front, looked at Qin Zheng, his eyes full of murderous intent, and asked in a stern voice: "Are you Qin Zheng?"

Qin Zheng glanced at him and asked, "Who are you? Why don't you kneel when you see this imperial envoy?"

Qin Zheng never cared about etiquette.

But, today must be an exception!

The old man's face was gloomy, and he said arrogantly: "I am Qi Kaitai, the current head of the Qi family, and the father-in-law of Liang Heng, the King of the Western Territory!"

As he spoke, he raised his head with his nostrils pointing upwards.

Qin Zheng was speechless. Why did the Qi family always mention the King of the Western Territory? There was no need to be so obvious about relying on someone's power, right?

He asked, "Do you hold any official position or title in the imperial court?"

The old man's expression froze: "No."

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "Then you are just a commoner? Seeing that you are old, I will not bother with you..."

Qi Kaitai snorted coldly.

The Qi family despises you. Are you afraid?

late!

In the entire Guanxi, who dares to offend the Qi family?

What's more, he also killed Qi Daozhong, the eldest uncle of the Qi family and the governor of Qinghe Prefecture.

But Qin Zheng continued, "I don't care about your previous disrespect. Now, kneel down!"

what?

Qi Kaitai and the Qi family thought they had misheard.

"Kneel down!" the special forces shouted in unison.

Qi Kaitai and others were frightened.

thump!

Some people were so frightened that their legs went weak and they knelt down.

But when he saw that the others didn't kneel, he immediately got up again in embarrassment.

"You, you, you want me to kneel?" Qi Kaitai pointed at Qin Zheng, his face full of anger. It seemed that he couldn't believe it!

Wu Xiaoyou was speechless and shouted, "Who do you think you are? Even if you hold an official position, an imperial envoy, you are one level higher than him. When you see an imperial envoy, do you dare not kneel?"

"You killed my son, and I should kneel to you? It makes me so angry!" Qi Kaitai was furious.

Qin Zheng sneered: "If you feel that my handling of the matter is unfair, you can appeal to higher authorities. But gathering a crowd to cause trouble is a capital crime. Besieging the government office is even more of a capital crime!"

Your Qi family manipulated the grain prices in Qinghe and even the entire Guanxi region, causing the people to suffer and countless people to starve to death. This is a heinous crime. "Your family will be punished for multiple crimes and exterminated with all nine clans..."

Before Qin Zheng finished speaking, Qi Kaitai became impatient and glared at him: "I admit all the crimes you mentioned. What can you do to me?"

Wu Xiaoyou sneered, old man, if you admit what you said, your Qi family will be finished.

Wu Xiaoyou peeked at the adult, and sure enough, the adult was laughing.

At this moment, Qi Kaitai waved his hand domineeringly: "Go, kill this bastard official for me and avenge my son!"

The onlookers were all shocked. How dare the Qi family kill the imperial envoy?

Isn't this too crazy?

But considering that Qi Kaitai's son-in-law is the King of the Western Territory and this is Guanxi, it is not surprising.

For so many years, the Qi family has been hoarding food, and the empress did not dare to do anything to the King of the Western Territory, so that food shortages occurred in Guanxi every year.

Some people sympathized with Qin Zheng, as this imperial envoy was the first to distribute grain for free.

He was also the first imperial envoy who dared to kill the Qi family. He was definitely a good official.

But what can they do besides sympathy?

Dare to do what?

Don’t even dare to show support!

Wu Xiaoyou and the special agents were also shocked.

Are you getting confused as an old guy?

Your son has committed a crime and deserves to be put to death, but you still want to kill the imperial envoy?

Or is it a public killing in full view of everyone?

What a good son-in-law. He is used to being domineering and doesn't know his own weight.

Wu Xiaoyou and the special agents have already placed their hands on the hilts of the knives at their waists!

Li Shouben and several grain merchants were watching with gloating joy at this moment.

I thought to myself, I don’t believe that you, a plague god, dare to kill the father-in-law of the King of the West!

The Qi family's guards and servants were about to take action.

"Stop!" Suddenly, Xia Bitu came running over, sweating profusely...