Chapter 422: Save Him from Death?
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Meeting Shi Qingxue’s questioning face, Mo Junyang let the cat out of the bag at once. He confessed, “In fact, Shen Luo and Zichao have come.”
Shi Qingxue showed that she was enlightened and understood why Yan Xu had sent so many people to assassinate Mo Junyang but failed soon.
Wei Zichao must have brought many people from the capital and hid them, so Yan Xu couldn’t act recklessly even if he wanted to.
Shi Qingxue pursed her lips and then asked, “Did they tell you that Wu Xiong works for Mo Junhao and provided him with food and money for his rebellion?”
Mo Junyang nodded. “It explained the whereabouts of the disaster relief money and food sent from the imperial court, but we got the news late. When Zichao and the others went to intercept Wu Xiong today, he had fled, and the county chief Yin Liangzhi was left.”
“What did he say?” Shi Qingxue asked anxiously.
“A dead body and a letter with blood. What do you think he could say?”
Mo Junyang smiled with sarcasm. “Yin Liangzhi took the blame for colluding with Yan Xu, grafting the disaster relief money and food and victimizing the common people in Jiangzhou.”
Shi Qingxue lowered her eyes in disappointment and murmured with displeasure, “Gee, he has died, so they can fabricate.”
Mo Junyang stopped talking.
However, under the situation, the clue of Wu Xiong disappeared, and a lot of problems hadn’t been solved in Jiangzhou.
Mo Junyang had a headache even when he thought about it.
Yan Xu would surely die, and all the officials involved must be punished severely, but the biggest problem was that this capital crime couldn’t be revealed to the public.
People cannibalized, which made them die of ptomaine.
Shi Qingxue didn’t dare to think about the consequence once the common people knew something so inhuman.
The regime would be unstable, and society would be shaky. It was possible that the country would be destroyed.
While thinking, Shi Qingxue couldn’t help trembling, but what could she do?
Mo Junyang noticed her annoyance and explained in a low voice, “We can’t let the common people know that they made porridge with human people’s flesh, yet Yan Xu ganged up for selfish interests, took bribes, bent the law and grafted the disaster relief money and food, which are certain, and he can’t get away with it.”
However, the innocent common people who died because of Yan Xu’s inhumanity might not be able to leave names but would disappear in history silently.
“They have already died. No matter how much we do, they won’t come back to life. What we can do is only avenge them. Even if it’s not perfectly justifiable, we have taken revenge for them anyway.”
Mo Junyang could always accurately find what made Shi Qingxue hesitate and then make her come round with the simplest reason.
Although Shi Qingxue still felt unhappy, she didn’t get into a dead end.
As Mo Junyang said, they couldn’t let the Mo Dynasty die with Yan Xu who did those evil things.
“We can’t spare Yan Xu, and it is not too much to cut him to pieces.” Shi Qingxue gritted her teeth in a rage and thought that Yan Xu should suffer more than dying easily.
Mo Junyang naturally agreed. “Don’t worry. I have told Zichao to ask somebody to send a letter to the capital. This evil official will stay alive for less than half a month.”
Shi Qingxue finally got happier and talked with Mo Junyang about how to punish the rest officials who acted evilly in collusion with Yan Xu and Yin Liangzhi and how to deal with the mess in Jiangzhou.
Mo Junyang had experience in something like this. He quickly deposed and condemned all the officials involved, which frightened many people from all sides. Later, he severely scared the officials who knew something about Yan Xu’s crimes and then let go of them.
After all, those officials were needed to govern the big city Jiangzhou. If all the officials in Jiangzhou were deposed because of this, this area would be in a mess.
He frightened those officials. Even if they had evil intentions, they didn’t have the nerve to do evil or rebel.
As for the officials who were suppressed as they refused to collude with Yan Xu’s faction, Mo Junyang supported them, and the vacant positions in the government of Jiangzhou were filled in only less than half a month.
Seventeen officials in Jiangzhou had been deposed because of Yan Xu, and nine of them would be beheaded, while the others had been imprisoned at least.
Almost all these officials were of high positions in Jiangzhou, but after Mo Junyang adjusted, even though they were deposed, it didn’t influence the administration in Jiangzhou.
The only question was, who should be the magistrate in Jiangzhou?
Logically, after all the high-ranking officials were condemned, the highest official left was the supervisor Ye Zhirong, and he should fill the vacant position.
However, Ye Zhirong was unwilling to be promoted but thought that he was the supervisor yet didn’t reveal Yan Xu’s crimes. Moreover, he chose to hide himself because he was afraid of death, so he was guilty to the innocent common people who died miserably and refused to take the position of magistrate.
It was fine if an official was transferred from the capital, but a thousand things waited to be done in Jiangzhou, and the official from somewhere else didn’t know the situation in Jiangzhou, so it was unpractical.
“Do you have a candidate?” Shi Qingxue asked in a low voice.
Mo Junyang looked hesitant rarely. “Somebody may be suitable.”
Shi Qingxue tilted her head and pondered for a moment. “Xiao Qijun?”
Mo Junyang’s eyes lit up, and he looked surprised and joyful. Obviously, Shi Qingxue saw through him.
“Why do you consider him?” Shi Qingxue was doubtful.
Although she guessed that Mo Junyang thought highly of Xiao Qijun, if a magistrate’s private assistant was promoted to a magistrate, a position which was a few levels higher, it would be too much.
Moreover, Xiao Qijun had a secret identity, a chief of brigands. Could such a man be qualified to be the magistrate in Jiangzhou?
Mo Junyang explained, “Firstly, he knows the situation in Jiangzhou and he is quite capable. If he is willing to, and Ye Zhirong assists him, he can surely do a good job. Secondly, in many people’s eyes, he worked for Yan Xu. Even though the minor officials I have let go of are not powerful, they must have been profited by Yan Xu. If a man who worked for Yan Xu is appointed, it can make them feel more relieved…”
“Don’t forget the relationship between him and Black Water Stockaded Village. Essentially, he is a brigand.” Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but remind him.
Wasn’t it absurd to make a brigand become an official, a magistrate? It was fine that he was a private assistant of the magistrate.
Wasn’t Mo Junyang afraid that Xiao Qijun would steal what was entrusted to his care and make the area Jiangzhou his own granary?
“When he is in a different position, he will act differently. Xiao Qijun was a brigand in the past, and it’s normal that they go against the government, but if he becomes an official, he won’t do the jobs of a brigand.
“Xiao Qijun is a talent, and I believe that he will do right things.”
It appeared that Mo Junyang had confidence in Xiao Qijun.
However, Shi Qingxue was confused. “Why must it be him?”
“Thirdly, it’s because of his identity.” Mo Junyang spoke out his reason at leisure.
Shi Qingxue was puzzled. Why was a chief of brigands suited to be the magistrate of a city?
Mo Junyang chuckled. “Although the brigands in Black Water Stockaded Village are different from the brigands in other places who burn, kill and pillage, doing all kinds of evil things, after all, they go against the imperial court. Now their chief becomes the magistrate of a city. Do you think that the members in Black Water Stockaded Village will harm people?”
“Gee?” Shi Qingxue was stunned and then understood what Mo Junyang meant after a long time.
He wanted to offer enlistment to rebels in this way?
He really captured the ringleader first in order to capture all his followers. The chief worked for the government, and even if the members in Black Water Stockaded Village wanted to be brigands, they couldn’t do it. It was a good plan to kill two birds with one stone.
However, Shi Qingxue was worried that Xiao Qijun might not be willing to become the magistrate in Jiangzhou.
Under the miserable condition in Jiangzhou, the magistrate in the city was a very responsible position and couldn’t gain profit in three or five years, so it was a hard but thankless job. Perhaps it was not as easy as to be a chief of brigands.
Nevertheless, Mo Junyang smiled casually. “It depends on the person who tries to persuade Xiao Qijun.”
Shi Qingxue’s eyes lit up, and she looked into Mo Junyang’s eyes for a moment. Then she shouted with certainty, “Ye Zhixin!”
She almost forgot that Xiao Qijun always loved Ye Zhixin, but she was a daughter of an official anyway. If he was a brigand all the time, even though he didn’t do anything evil, he would never marry Ye Zhixin.
As long as they made efforts in this respect, they were not afraid that Xiao Qijun would disagree.
“But Miss Ye loves you. I am afraid that even if Xiao Qijun agrees, we can’t bring them together.” At the mention of Ye Zhixin’s secret feelings for Mo Junyang, Shi Qingxue felt unhappy and said in a strange tone.
Mo Junyang uplifted his brows and looked indifferent. “What does it have to do with me?”
Shi Qingxue seriously observed the man’s expression, to find that he really didn’t care about this at all.
Right, in Mo Junyang’s eyes, except Shi Qingxue’s, anybody’s feelings had nothing to do with him.
He never cared about anything that had nothing to do with him.
Shi Qingxue was rendered speechless and then realized that she was stupid to feel jealous for something like this.
“Ahem!” Shi Qingxue coughed twice and changed the subject with a blush. “Well, the position of magistrate is decided, so Jiangzhou City will be stable. As soon as the reply from the capital arrives and Yan Xu is handled, everything is done.”
Shi Qingxue had a perfect plan. If not for the procedure, she didn’t want to wait for the reply from the capital. She wanted to put Yan Xu to death by dismembering the body to vent the public’s anger. It was a waste of food and air to keep such a scum alive for one more day.
Anyway, Yan Xu would surely die!
However, when the news from the capital came after the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Shi Qingxue felt embarrassed.
A eunuch from the imperial palace brought Emperor Benevolence Mo Junyu’s edict. Because of the new emperor’s wedding, he granted a general amnesty and saved Yan Xu from death. Yan Xu would be banished to the border area, which showed the kindness of the emperor and empress.
After hearing the eunuch read the imperial edict, Yan Xu was stunned in the beginning. Then he suddenly reacted and showed an overjoyed expression. He jumped up from the ground in an instant.
“I won’t die? I won’t die. Great. Great!”
The eunuch’s face darkened, and he rebuked in a cold voice, “Why don’t you accept the imperial edict and thank His Majesty?”
Yan Xu knelt down at once and kowtowed heavily, saying in a hurry, “Thank you, Your Majesty. Thanks. I will surely correct my errors and make a fresh start in the future to express my thanks to you…”
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Meeting Shi Qingxue’s questioning face, Mo Junyang let the cat out of the bag at once. He confessed, “In fact, Shen Luo and Zichao have come.”
Shi Qingxue showed that she was enlightened and understood why Yan Xu had sent so many people to assassinate Mo Junyang but failed soon.
Wei Zichao must have brought many people from the capital and hid them, so Yan Xu couldn’t act recklessly even if he wanted to.
Shi Qingxue pursed her lips and then asked, “Did they tell you that Wu Xiong works for Mo Junhao and provided him with food and money for his rebellion?”
Mo Junyang nodded. “It explained the whereabouts of the disaster relief money and food sent from the imperial court, but we got the news late. When Zichao and the others went to intercept Wu Xiong today, he had fled, and the county chief Yin Liangzhi was left.”
“What did he say?” Shi Qingxue asked anxiously.
“A dead body and a letter with blood. What do you think he could say?”
Mo Junyang smiled with sarcasm. “Yin Liangzhi took the blame for colluding with Yan Xu, grafting the disaster relief money and food and victimizing the common people in Jiangzhou.”
Shi Qingxue lowered her eyes in disappointment and murmured with displeasure, “Gee, he has died, so they can fabricate.”
Mo Junyang stopped talking.
However, under the situation, the clue of Wu Xiong disappeared, and a lot of problems hadn’t been solved in Jiangzhou.
Mo Junyang had a headache even when he thought about it.
Yan Xu would surely die, and all the officials involved must be punished severely, but the biggest problem was that this capital crime couldn’t be revealed to the public.
People cannibalized, which made them die of ptomaine.
Shi Qingxue didn’t dare to think about the consequence once the common people knew something so inhuman.
The regime would be unstable, and society would be shaky. It was possible that the country would be destroyed.
While thinking, Shi Qingxue couldn’t help trembling, but what could she do?
Mo Junyang noticed her annoyance and explained in a low voice, “We can’t let the common people know that they made porridge with human people’s flesh, yet Yan Xu ganged up for selfish interests, took bribes, bent the law and grafted the disaster relief money and food, which are certain, and he can’t get away with it.”
However, the innocent common people who died because of Yan Xu’s inhumanity might not be able to leave names but would disappear in history silently.
“They have already died. No matter how much we do, they won’t come back to life. What we can do is only avenge them. Even if it’s not perfectly justifiable, we have taken revenge for them anyway.”
Mo Junyang could always accurately find what made Shi Qingxue hesitate and then make her come round with the simplest reason.
Although Shi Qingxue still felt unhappy, she didn’t get into a dead end.
As Mo Junyang said, they couldn’t let the Mo Dynasty die with Yan Xu who did those evil things.
“We can’t spare Yan Xu, and it is not too much to cut him to pieces.” Shi Qingxue gritted her teeth in a rage and thought that Yan Xu should suffer more than dying easily.
Mo Junyang naturally agreed. “Don’t worry. I have told Zichao to ask somebody to send a letter to the capital. This evil official will stay alive for less than half a month.”
Shi Qingxue finally got happier and talked with Mo Junyang about how to punish the rest officials who acted evilly in collusion with Yan Xu and Yin Liangzhi and how to deal with the mess in Jiangzhou.
Mo Junyang had experience in something like this. He quickly deposed and condemned all the officials involved, which frightened many people from all sides. Later, he severely scared the officials who knew something about Yan Xu’s crimes and then let go of them.
After all, those officials were needed to govern the big city Jiangzhou. If all the officials in Jiangzhou were deposed because of this, this area would be in a mess.
He frightened those officials. Even if they had evil intentions, they didn’t have the nerve to do evil or rebel.
As for the officials who were suppressed as they refused to collude with Yan Xu’s faction, Mo Junyang supported them, and the vacant positions in the government of Jiangzhou were filled in only less than half a month.
Seventeen officials in Jiangzhou had been deposed because of Yan Xu, and nine of them would be beheaded, while the others had been imprisoned at least.
Almost all these officials were of high positions in Jiangzhou, but after Mo Junyang adjusted, even though they were deposed, it didn’t influence the administration in Jiangzhou.
The only question was, who should be the magistrate in Jiangzhou?
Logically, after all the high-ranking officials were condemned, the highest official left was the supervisor Ye Zhirong, and he should fill the vacant position.
However, Ye Zhirong was unwilling to be promoted but thought that he was the supervisor yet didn’t reveal Yan Xu’s crimes. Moreover, he chose to hide himself because he was afraid of death, so he was guilty to the innocent common people who died miserably and refused to take the position of magistrate.
It was fine if an official was transferred from the capital, but a thousand things waited to be done in Jiangzhou, and the official from somewhere else didn’t know the situation in Jiangzhou, so it was unpractical.
“Do you have a candidate?” Shi Qingxue asked in a low voice.
Mo Junyang looked hesitant rarely. “Somebody may be suitable.”
Shi Qingxue tilted her head and pondered for a moment. “Xiao Qijun?”
Mo Junyang’s eyes lit up, and he looked surprised and joyful. Obviously, Shi Qingxue saw through him.
“Why do you consider him?” Shi Qingxue was doubtful.
Although she guessed that Mo Junyang thought highly of Xiao Qijun, if a magistrate’s private assistant was promoted to a magistrate, a position which was a few levels higher, it would be too much.
Moreover, Xiao Qijun had a secret identity, a chief of brigands. Could such a man be qualified to be the magistrate in Jiangzhou?
Mo Junyang explained, “Firstly, he knows the situation in Jiangzhou and he is quite capable. If he is willing to, and Ye Zhirong assists him, he can surely do a good job. Secondly, in many people’s eyes, he worked for Yan Xu. Even though the minor officials I have let go of are not powerful, they must have been profited by Yan Xu. If a man who worked for Yan Xu is appointed, it can make them feel more relieved…”
“Don’t forget the relationship between him and Black Water Stockaded Village. Essentially, he is a brigand.” Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but remind him.
Wasn’t it absurd to make a brigand become an official, a magistrate? It was fine that he was a private assistant of the magistrate.
Wasn’t Mo Junyang afraid that Xiao Qijun would steal what was entrusted to his care and make the area Jiangzhou his own granary?
“When he is in a different position, he will act differently. Xiao Qijun was a brigand in the past, and it’s normal that they go against the government, but if he becomes an official, he won’t do the jobs of a brigand.
“Xiao Qijun is a talent, and I believe that he will do right things.”
It appeared that Mo Junyang had confidence in Xiao Qijun.
However, Shi Qingxue was confused. “Why must it be him?”
“Thirdly, it’s because of his identity.” Mo Junyang spoke out his reason at leisure.
Shi Qingxue was puzzled. Why was a chief of brigands suited to be the magistrate of a city?
Mo Junyang chuckled. “Although the brigands in Black Water Stockaded Village are different from the brigands in other places who burn, kill and pillage, doing all kinds of evil things, after all, they go against the imperial court. Now their chief becomes the magistrate of a city. Do you think that the members in Black Water Stockaded Village will harm people?”
“Gee?” Shi Qingxue was stunned and then understood what Mo Junyang meant after a long time.
He wanted to offer enlistment to rebels in this way?
He really captured the ringleader first in order to capture all his followers. The chief worked for the government, and even if the members in Black Water Stockaded Village wanted to be brigands, they couldn’t do it. It was a good plan to kill two birds with one stone.
However, Shi Qingxue was worried that Xiao Qijun might not be willing to become the magistrate in Jiangzhou.
Under the miserable condition in Jiangzhou, the magistrate in the city was a very responsible position and couldn’t gain profit in three or five years, so it was a hard but thankless job. Perhaps it was not as easy as to be a chief of brigands.
Nevertheless, Mo Junyang smiled casually. “It depends on the person who tries to persuade Xiao Qijun.”
Shi Qingxue’s eyes lit up, and she looked into Mo Junyang’s eyes for a moment. Then she shouted with certainty, “Ye Zhixin!”
She almost forgot that Xiao Qijun always loved Ye Zhixin, but she was a daughter of an official anyway. If he was a brigand all the time, even though he didn’t do anything evil, he would never marry Ye Zhixin.
As long as they made efforts in this respect, they were not afraid that Xiao Qijun would disagree.
“But Miss Ye loves you. I am afraid that even if Xiao Qijun agrees, we can’t bring them together.” At the mention of Ye Zhixin’s secret feelings for Mo Junyang, Shi Qingxue felt unhappy and said in a strange tone.
Mo Junyang uplifted his brows and looked indifferent. “What does it have to do with me?”
Shi Qingxue seriously observed the man’s expression, to find that he really didn’t care about this at all.
Right, in Mo Junyang’s eyes, except Shi Qingxue’s, anybody’s feelings had nothing to do with him.
He never cared about anything that had nothing to do with him.
Shi Qingxue was rendered speechless and then realized that she was stupid to feel jealous for something like this.
“Ahem!” Shi Qingxue coughed twice and changed the subject with a blush. “Well, the position of magistrate is decided, so Jiangzhou City will be stable. As soon as the reply from the capital arrives and Yan Xu is handled, everything is done.”
Shi Qingxue had a perfect plan. If not for the procedure, she didn’t want to wait for the reply from the capital. She wanted to put Yan Xu to death by dismembering the body to vent the public’s anger. It was a waste of food and air to keep such a scum alive for one more day.
Anyway, Yan Xu would surely die!
However, when the news from the capital came after the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Shi Qingxue felt embarrassed.
A eunuch from the imperial palace brought Emperor Benevolence Mo Junyu’s edict. Because of the new emperor’s wedding, he granted a general amnesty and saved Yan Xu from death. Yan Xu would be banished to the border area, which showed the kindness of the emperor and empress.
After hearing the eunuch read the imperial edict, Yan Xu was stunned in the beginning. Then he suddenly reacted and showed an overjoyed expression. He jumped up from the ground in an instant.
“I won’t die? I won’t die. Great. Great!”
The eunuch’s face darkened, and he rebuked in a cold voice, “Why don’t you accept the imperial edict and thank His Majesty?”
Yan Xu knelt down at once and kowtowed heavily, saying in a hurry, “Thank you, Your Majesty. Thanks. I will surely correct my errors and make a fresh start in the future to express my thanks to you…”
Meeting Shi Qingxue's questioning face, Mo Junyang let the cat out of the bag at once. He confessed, In fact, Shen Luo and Zichao have come.Shi Qingxue showed that she was enlightened and understood why Yan Xu had sent so many people to assassinate Mo Junyang but failed soon.Wei Zichao must have brought many people from the capital and hid them, so Yan Xu couldn't act recklessly even if he wanted to.Shi Qingxue pursed her lips and then asked, Did they tell you that Wu Xiong works for Mo Junhao and provided him with food and money for his rebellion?Mo Junyang nodded. It explained the whereabouts of the disaster relief money and food sent from the imperial court, but we got the news late. When Zichao and the others went to intercept Wu Xiong today, he had fled, and the county chief Yin Liangzhi was left.What did he say? Shi Qingxue asked anxiously.A dead body and a letter with blood. What do you think he could say?Mo Junyang smiled with sarcasm. Yin Liangzhi took the blame for colluding with Yan Xu, grafting the disaster relief money and food and victimizing the common people in Jiangzhou.Shi Qingxue lowered her eyes in disappointment and murmured with displeasure, Gee, he has died, so they can fabricate.Mo Junyang stopped talking.However, under the situation, the clue of Wu Xiong disappeared, and a lot of problems hadn't been solved in Jiangzhou.Mo Junyang had a headache even when he thought about it.Yan Xu would surely die, and all the officials involved must be punished severely, but the biggest problem was that this capital crime couldn't be revealed to the public.People cannibalized, which made them die of ptomaine.Shi Qingxue didn't dare to think about the consequence once the common people knew something so inhuman.The regime would be unstable, and society would be shaky. It was possible that the country would be destroyed.While thinking, Shi Qingxue couldn't help trembling, but what could she do?Mo Junyang noticed her annoyance and explained in a low voice, We can't let the common people know that they made porridge with human people's flesh, yet Yan Xu ganged up for selfish interests, took bribes, bent the law and grafted the disaster relief money and food, which are certain, and he can't get away with it.However, the innocent common people who died because of Yan Xu's inhumanity might not be able to leave names but would disappear in history silently.They have already died. No matter how much we do, they won't come back to life. What we can do is only avenge them. Even if it's not perfectly justifiable, we have taken revenge for them anyway.Mo Junyang could always accurately find what made Shi Qingxue hesitate and then make her come round with the simplest reason.Although Shi Qingxue still felt unhappy, she didn't get into a dead end.As Mo Junyang said, they couldn't let the Mo Dynasty die with Yan Xu who did those evil things.We can't spare Yan Xu, and it is not too much to cut him to pieces. Shi Qingxue gritted her teeth in a rage and thought that Yan Xu should suffer more than dying easily.Mo Junyang naturally agreed. Don't worry. I have told Zichao to ask somebody to send a letter to the capital. This evil official will stay alive for less than half a month.Shi Qingxue finally got happier and talked with Mo Junyang about how to punish the rest officials who acted evilly in collusion with Yan Xu and Yin Liangzhi and how to deal with the mess in Jiangzhou.Mo Junyang had experience in something like this. He quickly deposed and condemned all the officials involved, which frightened many people from all sides. Later, he severely scared the officials who knew something about Yan Xu's crimes and then let go of them.After all, those officials were needed to govern the big city Jiangzhou. If all the officials in Jiangzhou were deposed because of this, this area would be in a mess.He frightened those officials. Even if they had evil intentions, they didn't have the nerve to do evil or rebel.As for the officials who were suppressed as they refused to collude with Yan Xu's faction, Mo Junyang supported them, and the vacant positions in the government of Jiangzhou were filled in only less than half a month.Seventeen officials in Jiangzhou had been deposed because of Yan Xu, and nine of them would be beheaded, while the others had been imprisoned at least.Almost all these officials were of high positions in Jiangzhou, but after Mo Junyang adjusted, even though they were deposed, it didn't influence the administration in Jiangzhou.The only question was, who should be the magistrate in Jiangzhou?Logically, after all the high-ranking officials were condemned, the highest official left was the supervisor Ye Zhirong, and he should fill the vacant position.However, Ye Zhirong was unwilling to be promoted but thought that he was the supervisor yet didn't reveal Yan Xu's crimes. Moreover, he chose to hide himself because he was afraid of death, so he was guilty to the innocent common people who died miserably and refused to take the position of magistrate.It was fine if an official was transferred from the capital, but a thousand things waited to be done in Jiangzhou, and the official from somewhere else didn't know the situation in Jiangzhou, so it was unpractical.Do you have a candidate? Shi Qingxue asked in a low voice.Mo Junyang looked hesitant rarely. Somebody may be suitable.Shi Qingxue tilted her head and pondered for a moment. Xiao Qijun?Mo Junyang's eyes lit up, and he looked surprised and joyful. Obviously, Shi Qingxue saw through him.Why do you consider him? Shi Qingxue was doubtful.Although she guessed that Mo Junyang thought highly of Xiao Qijun, if a magistrate's private assistant was promoted to a magistrate, a position which was a few levels higher, it would be too much.Moreover, Xiao Qijun had a secret identity, a chief of brigands. Could such a man be qualified to be the magistrate in Jiangzhou?Mo Junyang explained, Firstly, he knows the situation in Jiangzhou and he is quite capable. If he is willing to, and Ye Zhirong assists him, he can surely do a good job. Secondly, in many people's eyes, he worked for Yan Xu. Even though the minor officials I have let go of are not powerful, they must have been profited by Yan Xu. If a man who worked for Yan Xu is appointed, it can make them feel more relievedDon't forget the relationship between him and Black Water Stockaded Village. Essentially, he is a brigand. Shi Qingxue couldn't help but remind him.Wasn't it absurd to make a brigand become an official, a magistrate? It was fine that he was a private assistant of the magistrate.Wasn't Mo Junyang afraid that Xiao Qijun would steal what was entrusted to his care and make the area Jiangzhou his own granary?When he is in a different position, he will act differently. Xiao Qijun was a brigand in the past, and it's normal that they go against the government, but if he becomes an official, he won't do the jobs of a brigand.Xiao Qijun is a talent, and I believe that he will do right things.It appeared that Mo Junyang had confidence in Xiao Qijun.However, Shi Qingxue was confused. Why must it be him?Thirdly, it's because of his identity. Mo Junyang spoke out his reason at leisure.Shi Qingxue was puzzled. Why was a chief of brigands suited to be the magistrate of a city?Mo Junyang chuckled. Although the brigands in Black Water Stockaded Village are different from the brigands in other places who burn, kill and pillage, doing all kinds of evil things, after all, they go against the imperial court. Now their chief becomes the magistrate of a city. Do you think that the members in Black Water Stockaded Village will harm people?Gee? Shi Qingxue was stunned and then understood what Mo Junyang meant after a long time.He wanted to offer enlistment to rebels in this way?He really captured the ringleader first in order to capture all his followers. The chief worked for the government, and even if the members in Black Water Stockaded Village wanted to be brigands, they couldn't do it. It was a good plan to kill two birds with one stone.However, Shi Qingxue was worried that Xiao Qijun might not be willing to become the magistrate in Jiangzhou.Under the miserable condition in Jiangzhou, the magistrate in the city was a very responsible position and couldn't gain profit in three or five years, so it was a hard but thankless job. Perhaps it was not as easy as to be a chief of brigands.Nevertheless, Mo Junyang smiled casually. It depends on the person who tries to persuade Xiao Qijun.Shi Qingxue's eyes lit up, and she looked into Mo Junyang's eyes for a moment. Then she shouted with certainty, Ye Zhixin!She almost forgot that Xiao Qijun always loved Ye Zhixin, but she was a daughter of an official anyway. If he was a brigand all the time, even though he didn't do anything evil, he would never marry Ye Zhixin.As long as they made efforts in this respect, they were not afraid that Xiao Qijun would disagree.But Miss Ye loves you. I am afraid that even if Xiao Qijun agrees, we can't bring them together. At the mention of Ye Zhixin's secret feelings for Mo Junyang, Shi Qingxue felt unhappy and said in a strange tone.Mo Junyang uplifted his brows and looked indifferent. What does it have to do with me?Shi Qingxue seriously observed the man's expression, to find that he really didn't care about this at all.Right, in Mo Junyang's eyes, except Shi Qingxue's, anybody's feelings had nothing to do with him.He never cared about anything that had nothing to do with him.Shi Qingxue was rendered speechless and then realized that she was stupid to feel jealous for something like this.Ahem! Shi Qingxue coughed twice and changed the subject with a blush. Well, the position of magistrate is decided, so Jiangzhou City will be stable. As soon as the reply from the capital arrives and Yan Xu is handled, everything is done.Shi Qingxue had a perfect plan. If not for the procedure, she didn't want to wait for the reply from the capital. She wanted to put Yan Xu to death by dismembering the body to vent the public's anger. It was a waste of food and air to keep such a scum alive for one more day.Anyway, Yan Xu would surely die!However, when the news from the capital came after the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Shi Qingxue felt embarrassed.A eunuch from the imperial palace brought Emperor Benevolence Mo Junyu's edict. Because of the new emperor's wedding, he granted a general amnesty and saved Yan Xu from death. Yan Xu would be banished to the border area, which showed the kindness of the emperor and empress.After hearing the eunuch read the imperial edict, Yan Xu was stunned in the beginning. Then he suddenly reacted and showed an overjoyed expression. He jumped up from the ground in an instant.I won't die? I won't die. Great. Great!The eunuch's face darkened, and he rebuked in a cold voice, Why don't you accept the imperial edict and thank His Majesty?Yan Xu knelt down at once and kowtowed heavily, saying in a hurry, Thank you, Your Majesty. Thanks. I will surely correct my errors and make a fresh start in the future to express my thanks to you
