Li Zhi touched his chin and asked doubtfully: "You said they drove away wild animals. What evidence do you have?"
"Sir, don't the three corpses in our village count as evidence? Most of the wild beasts arrived here first, but none of them are fine. Don't you find it strange, sir?" Ouyang Feng looked extremely sad.
He seems ready to cry at any moment!
"Liu Xingzhi, what do you say?" Li Zhi was noncommittal and turned to look at Liu Xingzhi.
"Sir, please look at these!" Liu Xingzhi waved his hand, and the people from Liujia Village brought out a pile of corpses, wild wolves, wild dogs, leopards, and even little lions. They were placed in piles together, looking at at least
There were forty or fifty of them. It can be seen from the blood on those beasts that they must have been dead for a short time. What do so many corpses mean? It means that there were more people attacking Liujia Village, but they were killed. It was not that they drove away the beasts, but
They defended their homeland.
"Sir, if you are willing, I can take you to see our protective canals!" Xu Dashu said with red eyes: "When we first settled down, we started digging protective canals because we were worried about wild beasts coming down the mountain. It wasn't us who drove the wild beasts away.
It was the protective canal that protected us! There were forty or fifty of those beasts coming to our place, but there were only about ten of them going to Qiushui Village. After we killed them here, we went over to help, and there were at least six of those ten.
We were the ones who killed Qitou. Look at Shiro’s injuries. He only got them when he went to help them. So they still come to sue us. Isn’t it too bullying!”
After saying that, he pulled open Yanagi Shiro's pants, revealing the wound scratched by the wolf. Because of the red liquid applied on it, the wound looked a bit ferocious at the moment.
Li Zhi's expression suddenly became solemn. These beast corpses can already explain the problem. Not to mention him, most of the people in Qiushui Village were too embarrassed to talk anymore. What Li Zhi cared about was the protective canal. There were not many mountains in the suburbs of the capital.
, there are still some hills, and every year we receive reports of similar beasts hurting people, because countless people have died. If there is such a protective channel, can it protect the safety of everyone more?
"Take me to see it!"
Xu Dashu looked at Liu Xingzhi, saw him nodded slightly, made way, and led Li Zhi to protect the canal. Everyone present also followed behind. When the canal was dug, the people in Qiushui Village laughed at them for unnecessary efforts, so they did not come over.
After careful inspection, since the county magistrate was going to go, they went over to take a look together.
The bloodstains on the protective canal have been covered up, but the faint dark red spots can still reveal the fierceness of that day. The snow on the bamboo thorns at the bottom has been cleaned away, and in addition to the dark red bloodstains on them, some of the thorns can be seen.
I guess it was caused by a wild beast that fell down at that time.
Looking at the dark red masses, which were extremely dazzling against the backdrop of white snow, Li Zhi was silent for a long time, then turned to look at the people in Qiushui Village and said, "In this case, what else do you have to say?"
Most of the villagers stepped back involuntarily, but some of them stood behind Ouyang Fen and did not move. Human nature is sometimes like this. Not everyone will look at what is right or wrong, but how it will benefit him!
"Master Li, just because they killed a lot of beasts doesn't mean they have no problem, right?" The housekeeper was embarrassed, and his face looked a little ugly, and he said arrogantly: "Master Li doesn't want to use his power to force everyone to admit it, right? If so,
Then I have to talk to my adults about it!"
Li Zhi's face was cold. It was obvious now, but if the other party insisted on doing this, he would not be kind today.
"Sir, do the people who died in our village deserve to die?" Ouyang Fen said with a sad look on his face, "If they were really innocent, why would they help us? You know, we basically don't move around!
"
As soon as these words came out, not to mention Xu Dashu and others, even the other people in Liujiacun looked very ugly. Isn't it too much to help but cause problems?
Li Zhi's face was cold, and now he was biting Liu Xingzhi and others who drove away the wild beasts before hurting the people. The housekeeper of Shaoqing's Mansion pretended not to see the corpses, but remained in a stalemate.
"Oh! It's so cold, are you all here enjoying the cool weather?" At this moment, a man in a white cloak walked over, followed by dozens of guards. Just by looking at his energy, he knew that
These are real practitioners!
The visitor looked at the two groups confronting each other, tilted his head and looked at Li Zhidao: "Why, what's the problem here that you, the county magistrate, can't solve? Whose family does this belong to? Dare to confront you, the county magistrate?"
"
As soon as the steward saw the person, he knew something was wrong. When he heard the other person's question, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "I have met Mr. Qi. This servant is the steward of Shaoqing's Mansion in Dali Temple! Mr. Shaoqing heard that his family encountered a group of wild beasts.
Let the slave bring someone over to take a look!"
"Oh, I came here to take a look!" Qi Wei crossed his arms and sneered: "Those who don't know better would think that you are here to besiege the county magistrate!"
"I don't dare!" Cold sweat broke out on the butler's face. He didn't understand how such a trivial matter could attract this master. You must know that this young master of the Duke's mansion is the current companion, and the relationship between the two is so...
It started from the time when he wore crotchless pants. After taking the throne, the ministers were wavering, and only the Duke of Guo stood firmly behind him. Over the past year, the emperor gradually stabilized his position, and the Duke of Guo was among them.
But at the same time, everyone in the Duke's Mansion was rising again and again, almost to the point where it was impossible to shake.
The eldest son of the Qi family is the most favored. He is officially the Minister of Household Affairs, but everyone who knows him knows that he is almost the emperor's ear and tongue outside the imperial city. If you mess with this person, the consequences can be imagined.
Got it!
"You don't dare, I think you are very brave!" Qi Wei snorted coldly. Seeing Yun Xi's surprised look, he said dissatisfied: "You know how to find Xiao Liuzi, but you don't know how to find me. As the eldest brother, I am
Are you so helpless?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked. Only Li Zhi and Liu Xingzhi looked normal. Liu Xingzhi knew the relationship between Yun Xi and Qi Wei, so he was not surprised, while Li Zhi felt that this was how it should be.
Yes, otherwise how could the emperor marry this lady as a 'brother'?
He just said it, there must be a different relationship, so, is this lady the daughter left behind by the Duke's mansion? She just didn't recognize it for some reason? Thinking about it this way, it is possible. He is Qi Heng's
He has always had a good relationship with the Duke's government, so he didn't panic.
As the newly minted 'Miss of the Duke's Palace', Yun Xi didn't think too much about it. She just thought it would be difficult for Xiao Liuzi to leave the palace, and responded with a smile: "I knew Brother Qi was busy, so I didn't dare to disturb him. Besides, it was too cold today."