Chapter 73

Wei Yuan suppressed the surging anger, knowing that going around in circles was useless, and said coldly: "I'm afraid it's not what the general said, right? Shayang Village is only dozens of miles away, just send one or two confidants to take a look! Three hundred civilian braves fought bloody battles for months, without seeing a cent of food or pay, this matter can't be justified no matter what! Even if the general has personal grudges, he should put them aside before the life and death of the common people!"

Liao Jingwu was furious, his eyebrows stood up, and he shouted: "This general is not a person who abandons public affairs for private reasons! What I face every day is thousands of Liao barbarian iron cavalry, where do I have time to manage the small matters of a few farmers? If I have to run for such a small matter, and the Liao barbarians happen to come, can you afford this responsibility? If you were not a disciple of the Grand Void Palace, just for slandering this general, I could execute you first and report later! Do what you should do, you should honestly guard your one-third of an acre of land!"

Wei Yuan did not expect this Assistant Regional Commander Liao to turn his face as soon as he said it, knowing that Fang Hedong had offended him deeply.

Since the words were not speculative, Wei Yuan did not be polite, and said coldly: "My Grand Void Palace has arrived, and military supplies and food can be solved by ourselves. But since Assistant Regional Commander Liao does not intend to solve it here, then this matter will not pass. I will naturally look for it layer by layer, and there will always be someone who can solve it."

When the words reached this point, there was no need to talk anymore. Liao Jingwu sneered: "You just go ahead and report, let's see where you can report! Honestly tell you, every place in Bianning County is surnamed Xu! Even in your Grand Void Palace, many people are surnamed Xu. Furthermore, no matter where you report, the imperial court's law is there. Just based on the two points of inconsistent list and filling the number with old and weak, I just won't approve it, what can you do? Want to change the law? If you want me to approve it, there is only one way, let that surnamed Fang come over and kowtow to me to plead guilty! Besides that, even gods are useless! Since the immortal teacher intends to report layer by layer, I think he must be busy, so this general will not keep the immortal teacher. Come, please send the immortal teacher out!"

The words were already said, there was no need to talk anymore, Wei Yuan stood up and left.

After Wei Yuan left, Liao Jingwu's anger suddenly disappeared. A captain beside him said: "General, that kid is a disciple of the Grand Void Palace after all. If he goes back and talks nonsense to his teacher, there might be trouble."

Liao Jingwu snorted and sneered: "There is no trouble! These people are just here to hone and gild, and they will leave before long. Besides, I am not without background. Even if the Grand Void Palace comes to investigate, at most it is a small matter of eating and taking. I have enough military merit to protect myself, what can they do to me? As for that stubborn donkey Fang Hedong, I can pick out seven or eight faults for him at will. Even if he really kneels down and begs me, I still won't approve it! Sooner or later, I will kill him, and let him die without knowing how he died!"

Wei Yuan returned to Shayang Village, his heart full of stuffy anger. Whether it was Ren Youwei or Liao Jingwu, they were all high-sounding reasons, taking the law as a shield. Even if Wei Yuan was well-read in history books, it was useless. To break the current situation, what was needed was not familiarity with the law, but power and background.

After this round, Wei Yuan finally knew that the local government could not be counted on. In fact, with the Grand Void Palace as a backing, food and pay were not a problem. Wei Yuan just wanted to seek justice for the three hundred civilian braves on this trip, but he didn't expect that justice was not sought, and he also suffered a belly of stuffy anger.

The food is enough for half a month now, and Wei Yuan is ready to wait for the Grand Void Palace's supply flying boat to arrive in two days, and directly exchange all the Liao barbarian heads for military supplies. Ren Youwei and Liao Jingwu don't give food and pay, so Wei Yuan will give it himself. As for the extra money for the head difference, Wei Yuan can't manage other places, but at least at this pass in front of Quyang County, those people don't want to make a cent of oil and water from now on.

It is said that cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. Now Wei Yuan can only let those people know that there is money here but they can't make it, and this money could be made before. Besides that, Wei Yuan also intends to make the momentum bigger, save a little more when handing in the heads, and maybe he can invite the county magistrate and county assistant to watch the ceremony.

Although history books cannot give Wei Yuan power, the methods of disgusting people in them are quite a lot.

Wei Yuan just returned to Shayang Village, and suddenly saw dust flying in the distance, and a team of knights galloping like flying. The sound of hooves was like thunder, and it should be human knights.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten knights arrived under Shayang Village. These knights were all in deep cyan armor, and they were all forging their bodies to completion. Among them, two knights with red tassels on their heads were Dao foundation cultivators. The crowd surrounded a young general who was handsome and spirited, like stars surrounding the moon.

The young general came to the front of the village and shouted: "May I ask if this is the defense zone of Brother Wei Yuan of the Grand Void Palace? Is Brother Wei here?"

Wei Yuan climbed onto the city wall and said: "I am Wei Yuan. May I ask which Senior Brother is coming?"

The young general's eyes lit up, and without any movement, he flew up and landed in front of Wei Yuan. The armor on his body was light gold, the style was ancient and not flashy, the aura was obscure and deep, and it was a supreme-rank magic treasure, and the magic power was even more majestic and vast, imperial and atmospheric, and a group of brilliant golden light at the center of his eyebrows, obviously not an ordinary Dao foundation cultivator, but a Heaven-rank or even higher.

He looked Wei Yuan up and down, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, saying: "Wei Yuan! It really is you! I am Li Zhi, it has been ten years since we parted in Feng Yuan County!"

In a trance, Wei Yuan thought of the boy who failed to recite poetry on his deathbed ten years ago.

After many years, Li Zhi was already handsome, and at this time he was only half a head shorter than Wei Yuan, which was considered tall among ordinary people. The old friend visited, and Wei Yuan was very happy, ordered people to let Li Zhi's subordinates into the village, and then sat in the ancestral hall with Li Zhi, and Fang Hedong also came out to accompany him.

Speaking of which, Li Zhi also arrived at the front line yesterday. His defense zone was another county away, but he heard that Wei Yuan was nearby, so he specially rushed over to meet him early this morning.

After sitting down in the ancestral hall, Li Zhi smiled and said: "Brother Wei is a bit embarrassed here."

Wei Yuan sighed: "Embarrassment is not afraid, it's just that I just saw the government here. By comparison, I would rather deal with Northern Liao."

"Oh? What exactly is going on?"

Wei Yuan was depressed in his heart, so he briefly told about the experience of these two days. After listening, Li Zhi smiled and said: "Brother Wei is in the Grand Void Palace, high above, and has never dealt with such bottom-level small officials, so naturally he can't fight them. To deal with this kind of old oil in officialdom, you can't follow their rules. This matter is simple to say, just leave it to this brother."

Li Zhi asked a Dao foundation captain who followed to take a stack of invitations, picked one out, and ordered: "Send someone to Quyang County government, just say that I will attend Magistrate Sun's banquet tonight, and there will be two brothers coming with me."

After the captain left the ancestral hall, Li Zhi smiled and said: "I just arrived yesterday, and officials large and small in the county sent invitations. It just so happened that I met Brother Wei and Brother Fang's matter, so let's eat this Quyang County Magistrate Sun Chaoen tonight, and solve Brother Fang's matter by the way."

(End of chapter)