It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Chapter 128: Cleaning up the Three Houses

The common people opened the gate and saw soldiers carrying food passing by their door.

They couldn't believe their eyes.

Suddenly, the whole Yongzhou city was in an uproar.

When they saw the food, they felt relieved instantly.

There are always some who are happy and some who are sad.

The people of Yongzhou City were happy, but the three families of Zhao, Liu and Wang were extremely worried.

Their hearts felt as if they were pierced by a knife.

Lu Xingchen let them go home and did not restrict their freedom of movement.

The three masters gathered together.

"That's our food, our silver. There is so much silver, so much food, it's incalculable..." Mr. Liu was so excited that he seemed to have aged ten years.

"What can we do? She is an official and we are civilians." Mr. Wang was heartbroken.

"What a crap official!" Mr. Zhao cursed.

"Five days ago, we were still officials... In this world, where are the officials?"

"What should we do now? Are we just going to watch our things being snatched away by that woman?" Mr. Wang was so angry that he stamped his feet.

"Let's go and argue with her." Mr. Liu said bravely.

Mr. Zhao was a little hesitant. He always felt that Lu Xingchen was not as easy to fool as Guan Yue.

This woman is very powerful.

"Are you going? If you want to go, let's go together." Master Liu looked at Master Zhao and Master Wang and said

"Okay, let's go together."

So, the three masters came to the yamen to find Lu Xingchen.

When Lu Xingchen saw the three masters, he couldn't stop smiling.

"My three masters, you are here. I just found a lot of food and silver in the mountains."

"I don't know who put it there, but I was reluctant to spend it. So I got it at a good price. I'm really happy."

The expressions on the faces of the three masters were more exciting than the drama.

"Master Lu, those silver and grain are all ours." Master Liu said boldly.

Lu Xingchen showed a puzzled look, "How is it possible? That day you said you were so poor that you couldn't even afford to eat, how could you have so much gold, silver and food?"

"You mean you lied to me that day."

Mr. Wang smiled and said, "General, we are willing to pay a portion of the grain and silver. Can you give us the rest?"

"Are what the three masters said true? All those grains and gold and silver are yours?" Lu Xingchen asked seriously.

Seeing that Lu Xingchen was not angry at all and seemed easy to talk to, the three masters nodded together.

"That's not right. The three masters said before that you have no food or silver, and you haven't even collected taxes in the past few years. How could you have so many good things?" Lu Xingchen poked the three masters on the top of their heads.

"Is it growing from your head?"

"This is a turbulent time. Please understand, General. We just want to save some things to live on..." Mr. Wang smiled apologetically.

"How dare you deceive the imperial official? You are so bold and presumptuous." Lu Xingchen's face suddenly changed.

"Come here, drag them out and give each of them thirty lashes."

Instantly, guards came in and dragged the three masters to the door.

The three masters were still wailing as they were pinned to the ground and the boards landed on their buttocks.

"General, spare my life, General."

"These days, Japanese officials have visited the people in the city. They said that most of the shops in Yongzhou City are owned by you, and that renting your shops is very expensive. Not only do you have to pay rent, you also have to pay taxes."

"Are you lying, or are the people lying?"

"Your tax rate is so high, even higher than the imperial court's tax rate. Where does all that tax revenue go?"

"Also, you are the people, so why are you taxed? Are you officials? How dare you pretend to be an official to collect taxes from the people? Are you planning a rebellion?"

The three masters were trembling with fear.

"Beat him...beat him hard." Lu Xingchen said.

Then the boards rained down.

In less than ten strokes of the cane, the three masters were already dying.

"Okay, stop beating him to death." Lu Xingchen waved his hand.

"Tell the people in the city that whoever can report one piece of evidence against the three masters will receive an extra ten kilograms of food. The more crimes they have, the more they will receive." Lu Xingchen said.

The three masters fainted immediately.

As a result, the gate of the yamen was surrounded by people who came to report the crimes of the three masters.

The crimes of the three masters are simply too numerous to list.

On the second day, Lu Xingchen took a thick stack of accusations and escorted the three masters to the square of Yongzhou City.

Many ordinary people came to watch.

Lu Xingchen stood on it and spoke loudly.

"The heads of the Liu, Wang, and Zhao families pretended to be officials appointed by the imperial court, collected taxes from the people, robbed their shops, seized their fertile land, killed people at will, and bought and sold women..."

"Their crimes are beyond words."

"Today, I, the Lord Governor, will publicly execute them here and execute them immediately."

The three masters, Liu, Wang and Zhao, never imagined that their heads would be moved like this.

They shook their heads desperately, their eyes full of fear.

"kill!"

At Lu Xingchen's command, the heads of the three old guys fell to the ground.

The common people did not expect that the three masters who rode on their heads like the sky would be beheaded by Lu Xingchen and turned into three corpses.

Immediately, Lu Xingchen asked Ling Xiao to raid the homes of Liu, Wang, and Zhao.

Their house covers a huge area.

It is no exaggeration to say that they own properties in half of the entire Yongzhou city.

The amount of gold, silver and treasures seized from the house was no less than that dug out from the cave.

The screams of the families of the three families continued throughout the whole day.

Lu Yunfeng entered Yongzhou City hearing the screams.

He had just finished handling the affairs of Jizhou City and was about to hand them over, and then came to Yongzhou City to start all over again.

However, he already knew Lu Xingchen's fighting style.

When he was asked to leave Song County at first, he was quite reluctant.

Now that he was leaving Jizhou City, he had no reluctance at all.

He believed that if Lu Xingchen continued to fight like this, there would be larger places for him to govern in the future.

The capital city he had visited, which was previously out of reach, might also be under his governance.

Lu Yunfeng didn't feel much when he heard the horrific screams coming from the three families.

When he entered the yamen, the first person he saw was Lu Feng.

"Uncle is here, and he came so quickly." Lu Feng said with a smile.

"The kid has gotten tanned and stronger, and seems to have grown taller." Lu Yunfeng patted Lu Feng's shoulder.

"Uncle, how old am I? How can I still grow taller?" Lu Feng showed a speechless expression.

"Twenty-two is still going strong." Lu Yunfeng said seriously, looking like an elder.

"How did you get here? Did you take a car or a horse? Are you tired from the journey?" Lu Feng asked with concern.

Lu Yunfeng shook his head. "I came here on horseback, so I'm not tired..."

"I heard that you captured Yongzhou City. I'm so happy."

"My uncle will be unhappy soon. He has a lot of things to do," said Lu Feng.

"That's good too. It's our own business anyway." Lu Yunfeng hugged Lu Feng and walked inside while talking.

It was already evening when Lu Xingchen saw Lu Yunfeng.

The account books, citizen rosters, and land registration books of Yongzhou City were all found in the homes of Zhao, Liu, and Wang.

At this time, all these booklets were piled in front of Lu Yunfeng.