Traveling through the Poisonous Concubine

Chapter 142: Furiously hacking Liu Deming

"Excuse me, who is the prefect of Lingcheng?" Ling Yi asked loudly with his eyes wide open.

When everyone looked over, they saw a fat man in his 50s walking out of the crowd with a sly look in his eyes. He glared at them and said viciously, "Who are you and what do you want from me? How dare you trespass into my residence? If you can't give me a reasonable explanation today, I will kill you!" The fat prefect looked arrogant and his tone was full of threats.

"You damned official, do you know what crime you have committed? You bully the people, arrest and detain all the doctors in the city, leaving the people without medical treatment and suffering from illness. As the official of Lingcheng, is this how you manage this city?" Ling Yi was furious and his voice became increasingly harsh as he shouted loudly.

Hearing this, the fat prefect turned pale with fear, but soon calmed down and retorted: "Nonsense! When did I ever do these things? Don't slander me!"

At this time, a man with a broken leg walked out of the crowd. He looked at Lingyi with hope and gratitude in his eyes. He said to Lingyi: "My dear hero, I am the magistrate of Lingcheng County. Please kill this fool quickly! Since he took office, the people of Lingcheng have been living in misery, but he bullies the people by taking advantage of his power. Only the wealthy families in the city can get his protection, while we ordinary people are oppressed. I have repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, requesting the punishment of this corrupt official, but my memorials have fallen into the sea and there has been no response. Now, the people of Lingcheng can no longer bear it. Please, my dear hero, get rid of this harm for the people!" After saying this, he bowed deeply to express his gratitude.

Lingyi looked at the poor county magistrate in front of him, and a surge of anger surged in his heart. He secretly vowed to seek justice for the people of Lingcheng and severely punish this hateful prefect. So, he said to the fat prefect: "You dog official, do you know your crime? Today, I will represent the people of Lingcheng and bring you to justice!" As he said this, he drew the sword from his waist and prepared to take action.

Suddenly, many soldiers rushed out of the mansion to protect Liu Deming, the bastard. "Capture this troublemaker for me. Whoever dares to touch me will be caught and beaten to death with sticks." Liu Deming dragged his fat body, squinted his eyes and said with gritted teeth.

"Stop it, you are blind. This is the imperial sword bestowed by His Majesty. Liu Deming, open your eyes and take a look," Ling Yi said sternly as he showed the imperial sword.

"You are such a bastard. How dare you impersonate the imperial envoy of the court? Catch you. I will pull out your tongue and then beat you to death with sticks."

"Master, wait a minute!" A middle-aged man dressed as a scholar suddenly grabbed Liu Deming's sleeve and said in a low voice: "Master, this is probably true. I just came back from outside the city and found a large number of people leaving the city. I felt something was wrong, so I quietly followed to check. As a result, I saw someone setting up a tent outside the city and treating the people."

When Liu Deming heard this, his face turned pale and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He asked in a trembling voice: "Are you telling the truth? Could it be that the court has sent someone? What should I do now? If His Majesty finds out about this, I'm afraid my life will be in danger!"

A trace of viciousness flashed in the eyes of the man dressed as a scholar. He made a beheading gesture and said in a low voice: "Master, how about we go all out..."

"Please, sir, kill this corrupt official Liu Deming," the people knelt down one after another. The man with a broken leg dragged his short legs and tugged at Lingyi's clothes with a pleading look in his eyes.

Just as Liu Deming was about to grab Lingyi, Lingyi jumped up and drew the sword in his hand. A cold light flashed, and there was a thud. Liu Deming's fat body fell to the ground. Blood spurted from his neck and splashed on the face of a man dressed as a scholar next to him. The man fainted immediately from fright.

At this time, the people knelt on the ground and shouted: "Great Lord of Heaven! Great Lord of Heaven!" Their eyes were full of gratitude and joy, and tears flowed unconsciously.

Lingyi stood there and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet! I am the princess's guard. I came to the city with the princess's order to contact the government officials in Lingcheng. I never thought that the governor of Lingcheng would be such a scum. Now the princess has led the imperial doctors to set up tents outside the city to treat the people. Everyone can go outside the city for treatment!"

The people kowtowed and shouted in unison: "Long live Emperor Suwen! Thousand years of life for the princess!" Then, they supported each other and stood up, looking at Lingyi with firm eyes. No one ran around, and everyone waited quietly for Lingyi's arrangements.

Lingyi pointed at the short-legged man and said, "You are the official of Lingcheng. You should immediately arrange for the people to go outside the city. The princess will lead the doctors to treat the people outside the city, and then summon all the officials of Lingcheng to go outside the city to meet the princess.

Several young men came out of the crowd and knelt down and said, "Sir," "County Magistrate Wang has difficulty walking, and we are willing to lead everyone to go outside the city to find the princess. Please rest assured, sir," Ling nodded.

Soon, the common people, led by several people, left the city one after another. Lingyi found a few people to carry County Magistrate Wang and followed behind the common people.

After Liu Deming died, the soldiers dropped their armor and knelt on the ground, awaiting their fate. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they were trembling with fear.

"All of you stand up and take me to the mansion to ask the doctors to come out. Anyone who obstructs will be killed without mercy. Now is the time for you to atone for your sins. If anyone disobeys, he will suffer the same fate as Governor Liu."

Under the guidance of the palace soldiers, Lingyi quickly found the doctors imprisoned in the dungeon. However, at this time, the doctors had bleak eyes and looked as if they had lost all hope in life. It was obvious that Liu Deming, the bastard, had tortured these people a lot.

"All of you cheer up and go outside the city to assist the princess in treating the people. His Majesty has sent the Regent Princess to lead the imperial doctors to treat the people outside the city. Doctors have kind hearts, so all of you go and help."

Afterwards, Lingyi led the palace soldiers and captured the wife of Prefect Liu. Mrs. Liu was sensible and quickly confessed everything, then took Lingyi to the granary.

Lingyi arranged for the palace soldiers to use horse-drawn carriages to quickly transport the food outside the city.

Yun Yuxi looked at more and more people supporting each other, so she called Yuelan to prepare a few large wooden barrels for her.

Soon Yuelan brought the wooden barrel. Yun Yuxi asked Yuelan to guard the tent and quickly took out a few bottles of spiritual spring water from the space and handed them to Yuelan, "Yuelan, fill the buckets with clean water, and then add the liquid in the bottle to each bucket of water, and then let Fu Zhenwu distribute them to the people to drink."

Yue Lan was full of questions, but she didn't ask. She turned around and did what Yun Yuxi arranged. Yun Yuxi looked at Yue Lan's back and nodded with satisfaction.