All the people looked at each other in shock. One person pointed at another person and said, "I heard what he said!"

The person being accused turned pale with fear and said angrily: "Fart! I didn't say it! We all heard what Li Si said!"

The crowd began to accuse each other, since it was all passed down by word of mouth and hearsay.

The woman holding the boy's body pointed to the man in blue lying on the ground pretending to be dead and said, "I listened to what he said!"

The man in blue shivered in fright, his eyes showing horror, "I, I also heard what others said!"

Mo Wen showed a bloodthirsty smile and walked towards him slowly, "Who said that?"

"Don't kill me, I say! I say!" The man in blue's expression froze, a large puddle of water spilled out from under his body, and a smell of urine came from him.

This is so scary!

Mo Wen turned the dagger several times deftly in his hand, with murderous intent in his eyes, "Say!"

The man in blue trembled with fright, and another stench came out, "I heard what the town's goddess Wang Pozi said! She gave us twenty taels of silver and asked us to spread the news and lure people away.

Come here!"

Many people also thought about it, "Yes, the person who told me also said that he heard from Grandma Wang!"

"Goddess Wang is so effective, what she said must be true!"

"Yes, Goddess Wang is very effective in fortune telling!"

Some people also doubted, "Why did Grandma Wang give people money to spread this story? Twenty taels of silver, we can't save this money in ten years."

Mo Wen asked: "Where does Wang Shenpo live?"

Someone reported Wang Shenpo's residence, and the secret guards were already there to arrest her.

Now the people began to discuss in whispers. They believed in the magical powers of the Queen Mother Wang, but if they spent money to spread the news, there would be a problem.

Taking advantage of this time, Mo Wen walked up to the victims of the two dead children and asked, "Who gave you the idea to cause trouble here?"

One person pointed at the person on the ground who was trampled to death by Mo Wen, and the other pointed at the person who pissed in fear.

The scared person shrank back in fear, "It was the Queen Mother who asked us to do it! She doesn't care about our business!"

Mo Wen asked coldly: "Are you just inciting the people? Did you kill these two children?"

The people's eyes were fixed on the man in blue like knives, as if he said yes, they would eat him alive.

The man in blue was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly, "No, we don't even dare to kill people even if we kill them!"

"How could you admit to the capital crime of murder so easily?" Mo Wen said, loosening the dagger in his hand.

With a "ding" sound, the dagger fell to the ground.

"Ah!" the man screamed, rolling on the ground with his hands in his hands.

There was a severed finger on the ground, and Mo Wen's dagger was stuck next to it.

Mo Wen pulled the dagger out of the ground and kicked the man, "You still don't want to say anything?"

"I really didn't kill the person. The dead boy was my nephew. No matter how bastard I am, I can't kill my nephew!" The man cried, holding his hands.

Shangguan Ruoli believed this. It was really impossible for him to kill someone and take out his heart based on his shocking virtue.

Soon Goddess Wang was brought by the secret guards, but she was dead.

The people were shocked and looked at Dongming Ziyu in fear, obviously suspecting that he had someone kill him.

The secret guard threw the obese Goddess Wang to the ground and reported: "The person has been dead for more than an hour. Although he was hanged, there are two strangulation marks on his neck, one of which is crossed at the back of the neck. He was killed first."

Strangled."

Some brave people came up to take a look and said, "It is indeed like this. He has indeed been dead for a while."

"Is this being silenced?"

"Who did it?"

"Why does Grandma Wang do this?"

I don’t know who’s words made everyone think deeply.

This is going against King Xuan. Why does Wang Shenpo do this?

Shangguan Ruoli guessed that the purpose of the people behind it was those mountains. There must be problems there, and some people didn't want them to touch those hillsides.

But aren't the private soldiers hiding in the steep Lianshan Mountains? Are there also problems on these unknown hillsides?

A sedan chair came in a hurry, and the plump Yue County Sheriff rolled out of it, ran to Dongming Ziyu, kowtowed and said, "My lord, please forgive me. It's my subordinate who neglected his duty and allowed these unscrupulous people to bother my lord!"

Dongming Ziyu looked at him coldly and condescendingly, "You have indeed neglected your duty. As a county guard, so many people have gathered, and it took so long for you to hear the news and come here."

After receiving his fiefdoms of Yue County and Fan County, the governor took the initiative to show his kindness and surrender.

Now it seems that he is pretending to take refuge.

Princess Yue's expression changed, "This official deserves to die. I have neglected my duty. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Dongming Ziyu said calmly: "In this case, you should not be the county governor. I will write to the court and report to the emperor the fact that your poor governance has led to people's poverty, frequent murders, and people's riots."

The governor of Yue County was so frightened that he said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please give me another chance. I will handle this matter properly."

Do the people blame him for being poor?

Wasn’t it just that two children died? Why does it happen so frequently?

Isn't it just that you were surrounded by hundreds of unarmed people? Why is it a riot?

Dongming Ziyu raised his eyebrows slightly dangerously, "What? You asked me to report your other crimes to the Emperor? For example, exorbitant taxation without the Emperor's knowledge, embezzling money and taxes? For example, collusion between officials and businessmen? For example, allowing your son to rob civilian girls?"

Before coming to the fiefdom, he thoroughly investigated the evil deeds of these officials. One was that he had not yet found a chance to rectify the officialdom of the fiefdom, and the other was that the county guard had surrendered long ago. He was willing to investigate.

The governor of Yue County turned pale when he heard this, "You are wronged, I am wronged, I beg you, Your Majesty, to see clearly!"

Dongming Ziyu waved his hand, "Put him in prison and wait for the emperor to deal with him!"

"Your Majesty..." The governor of Yue County rolled his eyes and fainted as if he were mourning for his heir.

The people didn't know anything else. When they heard about the excessive taxation, they became angry and spat at the fat body. No wonder they had to pay more and more taxes and starved every year. It turned out to be this reason.

Dongming Ziyu said calmly: "From now on, all the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Yue County and Fan County will be exempted. You only need to pay the land tax, Ding tax, and commercial tax stipulated by the court. In addition, the terraced fields obtained from reclaiming barren mountains will be rented to you.

In the first three years, you only need to pay 20% of the harvest as rent."

Wow! The people were all pleasantly surprised. This meant that they only needed 50% of the annual tax. With more fields, they would have more food, so at least they would not go hungry.

This area is close to the sea and has little fertile land. For them, land is their lifeblood.

But when renting the Sun family's land, one has to pay 50% of the rent every year, plus various exorbitant fees and miscellaneous fees. The rest is simply not enough to feed the family.

People don't care about you or that, as long as you let them live a good life, you are a good person.

"Your Majesty!" cried the woman holding the little girl's body, "What about our child? Did he die in vain?"

The boy's family members also said: "Yes, isn't the mountain god angry? Who will pay for my child's life?"
Chapter completed!