"The real culprit behind the scenes, the court will naturally not let him go, but don't try to escape the blame just because you are forced to do so. If everyone was like this, there would be no need to govern the world."
Li Chen's words left Zhou Hengjiang speechless.
When the soldiers of the Guards were about to pull him up and drag him out for execution, Zhou Hengjiang raised his head, stared at Li Chen, and asked in a hissing voice: "In this world, the law of the jungle is the law of the jungle. Today you are a swordsman and I am a fish. If you die, you will die."
Yes, I admit it."
"But when I look at your words and deeds, you are definitely not a person from the world of martial arts. Instead, you seem to be from a government official. I just ask you to let me know who you really are!?"
These words made Zhou Mengbei stare at Li Chen. He wanted to know at the hands of whom he died.
However, facing the gaze of this family, Li Chen said expressionlessly: "You will get the answer if you want to know? Unfortunately, you won't know."
This sentence greatly stimulated Zhou Hengjiang's family. They were dragged out of the inn amidst frantic struggles and yells, and then just for a moment, all the noise was silenced.
With a room full of blood and corpses, Li Chen naturally couldn't eat anymore. He got up and walked outside, got on his horse, and without even looking at the corpses of Zhou's family members, said to Xu Wei: "Keep going, we'll go to the next county.
rest."
Xu Wei hurriedly responded, and then asked: "Your Highness, do you need to go to Dai County?"
Li Chen said calmly: "I won't go. Since it has already happened, my going will only increase my worries. One Dai County is insignificant. What really matters is how many Dai County have suffered similar attacks, and the person behind it,
What do you want to do?"
"When will the secret message from the capital be delivered?"
Xu Wei immediately replied: "To return to Your Highness, we are speeding all the way now, and the information transmission has been interrupted. I'm afraid we won't know until we get to the capital."
"That's all."
Li Chen sighed softly and said: "The trees want to be quiet but the wind is not stopping. I hope the tragedy in Dai County will be less likely to happen."
Although he spoke freely, Li Chen's mood was not relaxed, and even very heavy.
He knew very well that such a situation had already occurred in Dai County in Beihe, so the situation in other more remote areas, and even the Gyeonggi region, would inevitably be even worse.
As the basic administrative agency of the largest Qin Empire, the county government office governed the local area on behalf of the imperial court. It was the government agency most related to people's livelihood and closest to the people.
When a county government office is burned down, its impact will be greater than when a state government office or even a provincial government office is burned down.
The latter two are too far away from the people, but the county government clearly puts them in front of the people.
A single spark can start a prairie fire. Once too many counties are hit, it will be a huge blow to the court's prestige. The most important thing is... precisely because the county government is the most basic administrative agency of the court, once it is affected
Excessive damage will directly shake the foundation of the imperial rule.
This can be said to be digging the ancestral graves of the Li family.
And for the opponent to be so bold as to directly threaten the entire world to commit such head-turning deeds, it is enough to show the opponent's ruthlessness and strength.
Frankly speaking, forcing the entire world to rebel is something Li Chen cannot do with his current abilities.
The opponent's foundation is so profound and his attack angle is so tricky and ruthless that there is almost no one who can match him in the world.
And how many such people are there in the world?
Li Chen knew there were two.
One is in the capital, waiting to be crowned king.
Chapter completed!