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    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 257

    "May I have your name?"

    Seeing this young man who stood out from the crowd, Chen Ziang asked.

    "I, my name is Du Xiaoniu"

    Chen Ziang, as a general commanding the army, had once again fought bloody battles on the battlefield. Du Xiaoniu felt an invisible pressure from the majesty he inadvertently revealed, and his voice could not help but weaken.

    "Du Xiaoniu, right? It's very good that you stand up bravely."

    Seeing this young man, Chen Ziang smiled and motioned him not to be nervous.

    Chen Ziang encouraged: "Just say it out loud if you have been wronged, I, Chen Ziang, will make the decision for you."

    Du Xiaoniu looked at the officials and servants who were kneeling on the ground, and then at Chen Ziang. After hesitating for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and mustered up the courage to speak.

    "General, that man surnamed Huang not only swallowed my family's fields, killed my parents, and forced my wife to throw herself into the well, but also asked the general to make the decision for me!"

    Du Xiaoniu pointed to a middle-aged official in Chinese clothes, his eyes were full of hatred, and he complained loudly.

    This official surnamed Huang is only a small official in the county government, but relying on the support of the county magistrate behind him, he is arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and has committed many evil things.

    "Du Xiaoniu, don't spout blood. Your family's field was given to me voluntarily. What does it have to do with me if your woman jumped into the well by herself?"

    The official surnamed Huang didn't expect that Du Xiaoniu would dare to expose him in public, so he was furious and yelled loudly.

    "It's clear that you want to forcibly annex my family's fields. If my family refuses, you send someone to break my father's legs. My father commits suicide in shame and anger. My mother also fell ill and died. You still want my wife to remarry you.  She refused, so she threw herself into the well" Du Xiaoniu retorted loudly with red eyes.

    After hearing Du Xiaoniu's words, the official surnamed Huang also denied it loudly, because he knew that if he admitted it, his life would be lost.

    "I can testify that what Du Xiaoniu said is true. My family's field was also forcibly annexed by him. I have to rent a field from him at a high price"

    When Du Xiaoniu was arguing with the official surnamed Huang, an old woman also stood up.

    "You bunch of thugs! Believe it or not, I'll pull out your skins in the future!"

    As more and more people came forward to testify, the official surnamed Huang also panicked and had no choice but to utter a vicious threat.

    Perhaps it was due to the excessive prestige in the weekdays, after hearing the threat from the official surnamed Huang, Du Xiaoniu and the others lost their momentum.

    Chen Ziang waved his hand, and a cavalry officer swung the back of his sword, and directly hit the official surnamed Huang on the face.

    "ah!"

    Amidst the shrill screams, the face of the man surnamed Huang distorted immediately, screaming in pain.

    "What time is it, and you are still so arrogant, I really don't know whether to live or die."

    Seeing that Chen Ziang really made the decision for them, Du Xiaoniu and others became more courageous.

    Soon, people continued to stand up and complain, and Chen Ziang also saw that this little official had done so many bad things that are hard to write down.

    He annexed the fields and houses of at least one hundred households, and at the same time forcibly placed some shops under his name.

    And he directly or indirectly killed dozens of people, and he was just a petty official.

    In the face of the raging crowd, the official surnamed Huang was still making sophistry at first, but in the end he found that he couldn't explain it at all.

    He has been an official here for more than 20 years, and he can't remember the things he committed. Facing the complaints of the people, he doesn't even know how to refute them, because there are too many, and he has forgotten them all.

    Facing such evil people, the cavalry of the Qinghe Army around them were also very angry. They never thought that there were such bad people in the world.

    "Kill it¡ª"

    Chen Ziang saw the official surnamed Huang limp on the ground, so he decided to obey the public opinion and punish him severely.

    "I am willing to return the field, please don't kill me, I can give you money, I have a lot of money"

    When he heard that he was going to kill himself, he was paralyzed on the ground and had to struggle, trying to ask for a way out.

    "Where is your money?" Chen Ziang asked.

    "In my mansion, in the secret passage behind the study, I will give it all to the general, and I beg the general to give me a way to survive"

    After hearing his words, the people also became worried, worried that Chen Ziang would let him go because of this.

    "kill!"

    But obviously, their worries were superfluous. Chen Ziang didn't let the official surnamed Huang say that he would give him money.

    The official surnamed Huang thought he could escape, but he underestimated Chen Ziang.

    When he heard the word kill, he was stunned. He didn't expect that Qian Cai's attempt to bribe Chen Ziang would not work.

    Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone, this heinous official was beheaded on the spot by Chen Ziang's order.

    Seeing that the official surnamed Huang was killed, Du Xiaoniu and others wept with joy, and they all fell to their knees, thanking Chen Ziang for avenging them.

    "Everyone, please stand up, this is the beginning. I, Chen Ziang, still say the same thing, I will make the decision for you today!"

    Chen Ziang helped Du Xiaoniu and others up, and Chen Ziang's image became taller in everyone's mind.

    With Du Xiaoniu and the others starting, the hatred accumulated in the hearts of the people broke out completely, and they started to complain without any scruples.

    Because there were too many people, it was too time-consuming for Chen Ziang to avenge their grievances one by one. He had to send out more than 20 staff members from his army department to let them register one by one.

    Following the conviction of each of the crimes, those government officials who were uneasy were also beheaded in public.

    Seeing these arrogant and domineering people being killed, the common people also cheered loudly, thanking Chen Ziang for eliminating the harm.

    In addition to these government officials, the crimes of many evil bullies and some squires have also been made public.

    Chen Ziang also fulfilled his promise, and he will severely punish anyone who commits many evil deeds.

    In just one day, Chen Zi'ang and the others received more than 2,000 complaints in Wenshui County, and then hundreds of people's heads fell to the ground, and the matter continued to ferment.

    This time, Chen Ziang only led the cavalry unit of the Ninth Banner Regiment back to Wenshui County, while the First Banner Regiment led by Li Lang was marching in the direction of Lujiang Mansion because they were all infantry.

    In order to open up the situation in Wenshui County, Chen Zi'ang had to postpone the attack plan of Lujiang Mansion, and ordered Li Lang's First Banner Regiment to stop advancing and deploy defenses on the spot, waiting for him to deal with the affairs of Wenshui County.

    Li Lang ordered the staff team of his second army to be responsible for receiving the people, while the cavalry unit led by Fatty Lu arrested people according to the list.

    They are no longer limited to Wenshui County, because many bullies and rich men live in villages and towns, so teams of cavalry were sent out.

    For a time, the entire Wenshui County was filled with galloping cavalry in black. They arrested those who did a lot of evil according to the list provided by the people.

    Following Chen Ziang's actions, the court's power in Wenshui County was directly uprooted, not only the county government, but none of the squires below escaped.

    Especially those big households, colluding with the people of the county government these years, constantly annexing land and oppressing the common people, which made the sky angry and people complained, and they also became the targets of Chen Ziang's destruction.

    Chen Zi'ang's actions received the active support of the people, and for a while, wherever the black cavalry went, they were warmly welcomed by the people.

    And what Chen Ziang and the others did in Wenshui County quickly spread, causing the people in the surrounding areas to look forward to it, looking forward to Chen Ziang's early departure.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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