Chapter Twenty-Two Takeover

  When Zhang Liao brought a bloody head in front of Chen Chu, Chen Chu almost vomited on the spot. It was only then that he understood a truth: having the power to decide life and death is very intimidating! But it's absolutely not pleasant!

  "You," Chen Chu pointed at the little official who was cowering on the ground, just about to speak. The little official's whole body shook, and he hastily begged for mercy: "Your Honor, spare my life! I didn't take a single penny from the county treasury!", as he spoke, he continued to kowtow, his forehead thudding against the ground with a loud noise. At this point, the little official was already terrified to the brink of collapse.

  "What's going on? Who said they wanted to kill you! The ringleader has been executed, as for the others, some of Fan's minor offenses in the past, this county will not pursue. What you did in the past and what you want to do now, from today on, everything must be done according to my rules. Do you understand?"

  The little official was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that this new big shot would actually let him off and keep his position. The little official immediately kowtowed with gratitude, saying: "Thank you, sir! I will definitely follow your orders from now on!"

  Chen Chu nodded in satisfaction and asked: "What's your name?" Seeing the little official still kneeling on the ground, he said again: "Get up and answer."

  "Thank you, sir." The little official stood up and replied respectfully: "My name is Cai Jun."

  Chen Chu subconsciously searched through his mind and found no impression, it seemed that this Cai Jun was just an ordinary person who couldn't be any more ordinary.

  "Cai Jun, go and inform the yamen runners to gather in front of the main hall. I have something to say."

  "Yes, I'll go now."

  Soon, hundreds of people arrived in front of the main hall. They didn't know what had happened yet and were asking each other for information. Those who knew Cai Jun asked him, but Cai Jun dared not speak out of turn, only shaking his head silently. This made everyone feel that something big might have happened.

  Just then, Chen Chu and Zhang Liao walked out.

  The scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes first fell on Chen Chu standing in front. Except for feeling a little strange, there were no other thoughts. But when everyone's gaze moved to Zhang Liao standing behind Chen Chu, everyone was shocked. In addition to being surprised by Zhang Liao's majestic appearance, most people were more surprised by the object held in his hand, which was a human head. However, due to the hair covering half of the face, no one recognized the identity of the head except for one person - Cai Jun.

  "Who are you? How did you get into the county yamen of Datang?" a middle-aged bailiff stepped forward to ask, apparently this middle-aged bailiff had some prestige among the many bailiffs.

  Chen Chu didn't answer him, but instead gave a wink to Zhang Liao beside him. Then Zhang Liao took out an official token with his free hand and showed it to the middle-aged bailiff.

  The middle-aged yamen runner was surprised at first, but after reading the contents of the official document clearly, he immediately knelt down.

  "Your humble servant Wang Han has seen the great one."

  At this time, others felt a bit inexplicable, but since the prestigious Wang Handu had knelt down, others followed suit and also knelt down.

  "Everyone get up. No need for formalities."

  "Thank you, sir," everyone said in unison.

  Then Wang Han stepped onto the steps in front of Chen Chu and shouted to everyone: "Brothers, this is the county magistrate sent by the new faction of the imperial court." Only then did the crowd suddenly realize.

  Wang Han's heart was somewhat excited, and even more so anticipated. He was an upright person, and the years he spent working under the corrupt official surnamed Qin were unbearable to mention, so he hoped that this new county magistrate would be a honest and good official.

  Wang Han kept an eye on Zhang Liao's hand holding the human head and asked tactfully, "Sir, what is this...?"

  Chen Chu signaled him to calm down, then looked at the crowd and shouted: "The first thing this county wants to tell you is that the original county magistrate was greedy for the county's treasury money and grain. Under questioning by this county, he even wanted to harm this county and has been beheaded on the spot by this county's guards. This head is Qin County Magistrate." As Chen Chu spoke, Zhang Liao took a step forward and held up the head high, exuding an aura that made people dare not look straight at him.

  As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Chu swept his gaze over the faces of these people.

  Everyone's face showed great surprise, except for a few people with unusual expressions, the reaction of most people was still very normal. Chen Chu silently took note of those few people.

  "How could this be?!", Wang Han exclaimed.

  "Will this county still cheat you? The thugs under his command are all lying in the main hall, take people to lock them up."

  Wang Han immediately called up twenty or so people to rush into the main hall, and saw that on the ground were lying more than a dozen of the original county magistrate's confidants, and the situation was indeed as Chen Chu had just said.

  Wang Han furrowed his brow, he couldn't believe that the original county magistrate would be so depraved as to want to harm court officials! But unfortunately, in the end, they ended up with a tragic fate of being beheaded. At the same time, Wang Han was also shocked: these guys lying on the ground were all notorious tough guys within Leiping County, but they were actually taken down by the tall guard beside the master single-handedly! And it was clear that the tall guard didn't use any weapons at all! What kind of martial arts was this?!

  After being stunned for a moment, Wang Han immediately ordered: "Tie up these guys and throw them into the dungeon."

  "Yes." The crowd responded in unison, with a hint of excitement on their faces. They had long been bullied by this group of lackeys, and now they finally had the chance to vent their anger.

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