Zhou Feng looked coldly at the two people kneeling in front of him. There was no sympathy or pity in his eyes. On the contrary, there was only indifference and indifference.
The silence at this moment gave the people in the hall incomparable pressure. They seemed to only hear their own heartbeats, and their heartbeats were very fast.
As a person who had climbed up from the bottom step by step, Zhou Feng had eaten wild grass in the wilderness, slept on broken mats on the streets, drank porridge that had been separated from him for many days, and also worn the cheapest clothes made of cloth. It could be said that in this war-torn era, they had suffered all the hardships they could.
If it wasn't for his great wisdom, if it wasn't for Cao Zhi who founded the Great Wei Academy, and if it wasn't for the imperial examination system, he might have been a frozen bone by the roadside now, and he wouldn't be standing in this position today.
He had long hated these corrupt officials to the bone!
I don't know that locusts and insects are everywhere in the world, and all the people are suffering and all the ministers are suffering!
If it weren't for them colluding with these aristocratic families, if it weren't for their exorbitant taxes, how could the commoners live such miserable days?
These people didn't treat the people as humans, so they all deserved to die.
Now that Qian Yue and Chen Fan were begging for mercy, Zhou Feng looked at them with more disgust.
"I am…Sin... You deserve to die…"
Their pleas for mercy were very noisy in Zhou Feng's ears.
Suddenly, Zhou Feng's eyes narrowed as he shouted,""Qian Yue!" These two words struck Qian Yue's ears like thunder, like a demonic voice.
For the first time, Qian Yue felt that his name sounded so terrifying.
He was so scared that he peed his pants. He crawled on the ground like a pile of mud and kept muttering,"I'm here... He deserves ten thousand…ten thousand deaths."
"As an official of the Ministry of Justice, you should be helping the country and the people. You should be helping them solve their problems and show the magnanimity of the Great Han Dynasty. And you actually privately accept bribes, magnanimous pervert the law, resulting in many people exposed bodies in the wilderness, families broken. What's more, there are people who destroy the whole family. And you didn't even ask? This kind of thing that treats human life like grass is really a capital crime! Such evil officials, harm the people, do harm to one side, deserve ten thousand deaths. He was dragged down left and right and punished with a hundred and fifty sticks!”
Hearing Zhou Feng's words, Qian Yue's legs immediately went weak.
As an official of the Ministry of Justice, how could he not know that the so-called one hundred and fifty strokes of the cane actually meant death.
Ever since the system of three dukes and nine ministers was replaced by the system of three provinces and six ministries. The most obvious change in Cao Cao was that he had taken back the power of life and death of almost all officials.
Actually, even though they called it recycling, there were still many ways for them to kill someone. It was just that he wouldn't be as casual as before.
For example, if Zhou Feng wanted to execute Qian Yue, he would have to report to the higher ups of the Ministry of Justice. After the higher ups of the Ministry of Justice reported, the Ministry of Personnel would approve and inspect it. When the final decision was passed to Zhou Feng, it would probably take at least one to two months.
Therefore, if the current government officials really wanted to kill someone, the faster way was to use torture.
It was a reasonable thing to do. This era was just like that. However, if he was not careful and the torturer lost control of his strength and killed him, he could not blame others.
Now, Zhou Feng wanted Qian Yue dead!、
The bailiffs were all uneasy. The bailiffs in the torture chamber were all Qian Yue's subordinates.
Zhou Feng said indifferently," It's still the same old saying. If you can't be beaten to death, or if you're short of 150 caning, you'll be punished with the same punishment!"”
When the bailiff heard this, his body trembled.
Qian Yue immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic. He knew that his time was up and naturally wanted to survive."County Lord…have mercy, have mercy."
However, Zhou Feng was not moved at all. He looked at him coldly.
Soon, Zhou Feng was dragged out by his two former subordinates. Not long after, Qian Yue's painful wails reached the hall.
When everyone saw this scene, they were all stunned. The way they looked at Zhou Feng became more and more frightened.
This was ruthless. This newly appointed county magistrate did not want Qian Yue to see the sun tomorrow.
Zhou Feng wanted Qian Yue to be beaten to death by his former subordinates. Only in this way could he establish his might! It was truly a clear and proper punishment.
After Qian Yue was pulled out, Zhou Feng's gaze shifted to Chen Fan again.
Sensing that Zhou Feng was looking at him, Chen Fan immediately broke out in a cold sweat."Magistrate, I've been wronged!"
When the people from the Chen family saw that Zhou Feng was targeting Chen Fan, they also came out to explain things for Chen Fan.
"County Lord." A senior member of the Chen family stood out and stroked his slightly white beard with a smile.
He naturally knew that Zhou Feng was trying to establish his authority. However, this fire was a little too big.
Killing people to establish their authority, and killing the officials directly under the county, this was a bit shocking.
However, what puzzled him even more was that this was the first time the new county magistrate had taken up his post. However, he seemed to know everything about Yingchuan County like the back of his hand. This was a little scary.
What he didn't know was that Zhou Feng's scholarly appearance was actually to secretly investigate the lives of the people in Yingchuan.
Zhou Feng, who had been at the bottom of the social ladder a long time ago, was even more familiar with the lives of the common people. In just a day, he had already understood the fields, population, and case records of Yingchuan County clearly.
Elder Chen tidied his clothes and said,"County Lord, forgive people when you can. Why…do you have to make a fuss like this?”
When the other great clans heard this, they nodded."Yes, yes, let people off when they can. Forget it, forget it.”
Zhou Feng looked at the people in the hall who were pleading for Chen Fan, but he was expressionless.
He had long since learned that there were four great clans in Yingchuan County.
They were the Xun Clan, Chen Clan, Zhong Clan, and Han Clan.
Ever since Han Fu was killed by Cao Cao in the Battle of Red Cliff, the Han family's status had plummeted because they had lost their backbone. In addition, Cao Zhi was furious because of the Han family's incident in Luoyang some time ago. The remaining high-ranking officials in the clan were all dismissed and investigated by Cao Zhi.
As a result, the status of the Han Clan in Yingchuan was greatly affected, becoming the weakest of the four great clans.
Currently, the ranking of the four great clans in the Yingchuan region, from strong to weak, was the Xun Clan, Zhong Clan, Chen Clan, and Han Clan.
Qian Yue himself did not have any background, and the aristocratic families would not stand up for him, so no one would object to his punishment. However, Chen Fan was different. After all, he was a member of the Chen family and his status was not low. Therefore, long before he killed Chen Fan, Zhou Feng had expected resistance. Now, it was as expected.
Zhou Feng didn't say anything. He just looked at everyone quietly. Another silence made everyone's hair stand on end.
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