Chapter 997: Shaking the Great Qian

At this time.

In a luxurious mansion, an official wearing an official robe with a somewhat large belly was leisurely drinking tea.

"What mellow tea!"

"I should have taken more last time."

This middle-aged official looked regretful.

Suddenly, the door was kicked open.

"My Lord, something big has happened!"

"The Living Yama in Suiyang Commandery has gone crazy with killing!"

A yamen runner with a panicked expression rushed in, almost tumbling as he did so.

"Nonsense!"

"What kind of person is the Living Yama? How could he stand up for the commoners? This governance session in Suiyang Commandery is just a show. The officialdom is like the pugilistic world; you are still too inexperienced."

The middle-aged official looked calm, even taking a sip of tea, and said in a lecturing tone.

"My Lord!"

"This time it really isn't a show, and it certainly wasn't acted out. The Living Yama held a governance session in Suiyang Commandery and killed over a hundred people in one day, including six County Magistrates and one commandery Commandant!"

"There was also a supervisor who was awarded the Ostrich Award!"

The yamen runner said loudly.

The next second.

"Pfft!"

The middle-aged official sprayed out the tea in his mouth, his face full of shock.

"Killed over a hundred people in one day, including six County Magistrates and one commandery Commandant?"

"The Living Yama is playing this big?"

You have to know that Suiyang Commandery has thirteen counties in total; this is almost cutting half of them, and the Commandant is the second-in-command—he cut him too?

The middle-aged man was full of shock, his expression shaken.

"My Lord, I heard that the Living Yama will also visit other commanderies and counties secretly and will also start governance sessions. It would be best for you to be careful recently!"

Once these words were spoken.

The middle-aged man was no longer calm.

"Go!"

"I owe Old Wang at the east gate money for tea; take the silver and go pay it. Not a single coin can be missing."

The yamen runner widened his eyes, shocked, "My Lord, you never paid for the tea you drank from Old Wang's house before!"

"Today is not like the past; just do as I say!"

The yamen runner hurriedly retreated.

The middle-aged official looked at his big belly and made a secret decision, "Linchuan Commandery and Suiyang Commandery are not far apart. This time, I must lose weight; otherwise, this figure alone lacks persuasiveness!"

"Over a hundred officials died!"

"Truly ruthless!"

"..."

Another mansion.

"What?"

"The Living Yama killed over a hundred officials, and the commoners are shouting 'Awesome'?"

A middle-aged man wearing a green official robe, clearly a County Magistrate, was somewhat shocked and looked at the servant who had come to report.

"My Lord, this matter is absolutely true. The commoners of the entire Suiyang Commandery are celebrating; it wasn't even this lively during the New Year."

"Then did my close friend, Wanan County Magistrate Hu Dehai, escape the disaster?" the thin official asked.

The servant's expression was strange, but he still said, "My Lord, County Magistrate Hu colluded with Commandant Lu to force the commoners in his jurisdiction to donate money, and he was played very miserably by the Living Yama!"

"Miserably?"

"How so?"

The thin man looked curious.

"County Magistrate Hu first faked a faint, but was blocked by Lord Gao on charges of deceiving the Emperor. Immediately afterward, he used boiling tea to pour it three inches below County Magistrate Hu's navel to wake him up."

"Finally, County Magistrate Hu sprayed blood again to fake death, but was seen through by Lord Gao again. He wanted to pour it one more time to see if he was really dead or faking it, and he also wanted to finish him off by stabbing both sides of the heart and the rear end, which directly scared County Magistrate Hu awake."

"Hiss!"

The thin man gasped, deeply empathizing.

The servant sighed, "My Lord, your close friend is quite miserable."

"What did you say?" the thin official asked.

"Quite miserable."

"No, the previous sentence."

"Your close friend?"

"That sentence is wrong. I have been upright my whole life; how could I have such a close friend?" the thin man said with a serious expression.

"..."

In the marketplace.

"My Lord, why are you paying for a few oranges? Just take them and eat them."