The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife-Chapter 2178 - 2180: Better a Decisive Strike Than Living in Fear
After calculating, the total number of disappearances in the three provinces over the years reached thousands, if not ten thousand.
Upon completion of the investigation, the report was sent to the Capital City with urgent dispatch, and Baili Yan was furious, issuing a decree that all officials involved in the case and their immediate families be executed, while relatives up to nine generations be exiled. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
As for the people in Pingshui Town, they were all executed with a single stroke of the sword. According to Baili Yan, these people were corrupted to the bone and born to cause harm; the entire village consisted of troublemakers. Allowing them to live would only bring future worries about them reoffending. Instead of living in constant fear, it was better to eliminate them swiftly.
Originally, everything was under control, but Ye Zi’an underestimated the barefoot doctor and the Prefectural Magistrate Cui of Liangchuan.
These two had been entangled with the three provinces for many years, and numerous bailiffs and guards in the governmental office were under their influence. A guard leader at the governmental office ended up releasing both individuals.
Ye Zi’an swore to bring the two to justice and sentence them to death by hanging.
His subordinates discovered that the two had fled to a place called Tumi County under Liangchuan, and Ye Zi’an was now leading his men in pursuit.
"Bring the County Magistrate of Tumi County to me!"
"Yes!"
The County Magistrate of Tumi had been there for six years but had not been promoted due to a lack of connections. He had never met any high-ranking officials. He was initially comfortable in the government office until someone reported that Marquis Changning had arrived in Tumi and wanted to see him.
The news terrified him, and had his companions not supported him, he might have crawled all the way there.
"Sa-sa-sa-salute to Lord Marquis!" He stammered for some time before managing to speak.
"Do you know why I’ve summoned you?" Ye Zi’an looked at him coldly, causing the County Magistrate to kneel immediately.
"N-n-no, I do not."
"At least you’re honest!" Ye Zi’an glanced at him, "Stand up, what are you kneeling for? Otherwise, others might think I’m here to punish you."
"Y-yes, thank you, Lord Marquis!"
Seeing his legs trembling, Ye Zi’an found his eyes hurting, "Get him a chair."
"Yes!"
But seeing the chair made the County Magistrate’s legs tremble even more.
Ye Zi’an was speechless and directly handed him a stack of portrait papers, "These are images of two fugitives recently escaped. One is the barefoot doctor from Yunchuan and the other is Prefectural Magistrate from Liangchuan. Distribute these throughout Tumi County. Also, have your bailiffs conduct a thorough search."
The County Magistrate was shocked by his words, sweating and trembling as he dared to ask, "Lord Marquis, might these two have escaped to our Tumi County?"
"Of course, if they hadn’t fled to Tumi County, could you, a mere County Magistrate, have the fortune to meet our Lord Marquis?" Ye Yi glared at the County Magistrate.
"Alright, let him go back and get to work quickly."
Ye Zi’an waved his hand, and the County Magistrate left.
"Lele, have you increased the number of personnel?"
"Rest assured, Lord Marquis, Ye Er is sticking closely to the young master, and two teams of guards have been deployed around him for protection."
"That’s good."
Ye Zi’an was worried that the barefoot doctor and Prefectural Magistrate Cui were not as weak as they appeared, fearing they might target Lele as leverage against him.
"Still no news?" They had already been stationed in Tumi County for three days.
