Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Now that Prince Wu has surfaced, there's no reason to stay in Haiyuan City any longer.

The next morning, Fang Zheng Yi sent yamen runners all over the streets to announce the execution of Wang Qian.

Not only Wang Qian, but also those yamen servants who helped him with his dirty work were escorted to the execution grounds.

Among them were those who had moved silver from the silver vault back then.

Fang Zheng Yi didn't plan to handle it discreetly anymore. He originally thought he would stay here for a while, slowly sorting out the order, but now he was directly imposing high-profile punishments!

He was afraid that once he left, a power vacuum would appear, and the people would panic, with new forces taking the opportunity to rise.

Now, directly punishing all the guilty can not only stabilize the people's hearts but also deter other officials and yamen servants.

After getting through a period of time, waiting for the higher-ups to send someone down again, the successor will have time to slowly sort things out.

After a morning of vigorous publicity, the execution grounds were crowded with people, countless commoners jostling shoulder to shoulder.

Fang Zheng Yi had already investigated Wang Qian's crimes in advance.

Multiple crimes were punished together, not just a simple beheading, but extermination of his three closest relations plus being cut in half at the waist!

Fang Zheng Yi couldn't do the extermination of the three closest relations, so he could only lock Wang Qian's three closest relations in prison for others to deal with.

Wang Qian was sentenced to be cut in half at the waist!

To be honest, being cut in half at the waist was too disgusting, and Fang Zheng Yi didn't really want to do it, thinking it would be better to just behead him.

However, as one piece of evidence after another gathered in front of him, his heart hardened.

Helping the Lü family annex the people's land, forcibly conscripting salt workers, helping Lü Renjie search for beautiful women, forcibly ordering the entire city's people to celebrate Old Master Lü's birthday...

Every single one of these things involved human lives and blood, and were all the people's hard-earned wealth!

Cut him in half at the waist then!

The remaining offending yamen servants were tied beside Wang Qian. These people had been captured and brought to prison overnight last night.

Some people had already resigned from the yamen after taking the gold and silver from the silver vault.

Those tens of thousands of taels worth of gold and silver had already been settled properly by them.

They thought that storing the money in the money shop would allow them to sit back and relax, but they never expected that the results would be that it would also be transferred away overnight...

The accomplices didn't deserve to die, at most they would be punished with confiscation of property and public flogging.

On the execution platform, those offending yamen servants cried and shouted injustice, while the people below scolded and cursed, and countless vegetable leaves flew onto the execution platform.

Fang Zheng Yi just sat quietly behind the desk, watching this scene, with Shui Yi Bai accompanying him.

He understood too well what kind of life the common people at the bottom lived.

Humanity is almost completely suppressed. It's good to have a rare opportunity to vent.

However, Wang Qian seemed to have given up hope of living. He didn't cry or shout. Although no one abused him in prison for a few days, he was completely frightened.

He knew clearly in his heart what he had done.

Looking at the indignant people below, Wang Qian's face was just a blank, and he even vaguely had a kind of expectation that he would be beheaded.

When the sound of the order being signed and dropped rang out, a look of horror appeared on Wang Qian's face, but this horrified expression turned into extreme pain in the next second!

The guillotine fell, and gushes of thick blood spurted out from his waist, slowly flowing and spreading on the execution platform...

The people below collectively held their breath at this moment, and the air was quiet for a moment.

However, the expressions of a few people in the crowd seemed to be different...

Fang Zheng Yi also felt particularly uncomfortable. Although he had killed people, he didn't like bloody methods.

Although uncomfortable, he couldn't help but look at it out of curiosity.

He saw that Wang Qian not only didn't die quickly, but screamed, his half body dragging on the ground, and his two arms were still waving in the air twice.

It looked a bit like a Geodude that had been struck by Pikachu's Thunderbolt.

Shui Yi Bai was so nervous that she was shaking all over, and turned to leave, but Fang Zheng Yi grabbed her hand.

"Did you see that? If you were caught assassinating the emperor back then, you would die like this! No, even more miserable than this, stripped naked and publicly dismembered!"

"......"

Shui Yi Bai bit her lip, turned around, and stubbornly looked at Wang Qian's half body...

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng Yi was completely convinced.

She's really stubborn to the extreme! Seeing her like this, he has to brainwash her every day in the future.

Otherwise, if a big mess breaks out in the future, he really won't be able to handle it.

The rest was the flogging of the criminal servants, and Fang Zheng Yi was too lazy to watch. The result was achieved when the mastermind died.

So, he turned around and went back to the office to continue dealing with other official business.

While he was busy, someone suddenly came to report outside the door: "Master Fang, some commoners are complaining that they must see you and have important matters to report?"

Fang Zheng Yi didn't even raise his head: "Okay, call them in."

Not long after, a few people walked into the office, wearing decent clothes, looking like they were from wealthy families.

Fang Zheng Yi first looked them up and down, and then said: "What important matter must you see this official about? Aren't there people outside helping you with your grievances?"

The leader nodded and bowed, and like a thief, first looked left and right, and then whispered: "Master Fang! I have important evidence about the Lü family here! I hope you can take a look at it yourself?"

Fang Zheng Yi smiled and said: "Present it."

"It can't be presented... It's in my house, it's a very valuable treasure!"

"Valuable treasure, how valuable is it?" Fang Zheng Yi became a little interested.

"Invaluable! Immeasurable, this thing is too big, and there are many taboos!" The leader looked very certain.

"Speak directly! No need to be evasive!" Seeing his behavior, Fang Zheng Yi had already begun to feel impatient.

Why the hell are you playing riddles? I hate this the most!

"It's... it's a jade cauldron customized by Young Master Lü! Carved with peerless jade, more than one person tall! I was originally a jade merchant, and Young Master Lü forced me to customize it for him, but it hasn't been delivered to the Lü family yet."

A cauldron?!

Fang Zheng Yi was immediately energized.

Ordinary people can't use this thing! It's a symbol of emperors, let alone a jade cauldron that is more than one person tall...

"Is this true?!"

"It's true! I dare not pull it out, and I feel sorry if it's destroyed, so I want to ask you to dispose of it"

Ask me to dispose of it....

A jade cauldron that is more than one person tall, peerless jade, if this thing is pulled back to the palace as a betrothal gift, plus this time I have made a contribution, wouldn't the emperor father-in-law be happy to give me another daughter!

Moreover, he has only seen such a big piece of jade on TV in his previous life.

Now that the whole city is under control, and there is nothing too important to do at hand, then why not...

Thinking about it, the smile on the corner of Fang Zheng Yi's mouth gradually became rampant.

"Okay! Actively reporting stolen goods is a great contribution! After I pack up, I'll go with you to see that jade cauldron!"

Not long after, Fang Zheng Yi took Zhou Tie and a few jade merchants to see the jade cauldron.

Precious Zhang Biao was not there, so naturally he could only bring a spare tire bodyguard for the trip.

When they arrived at the mansion, Fang Zheng Yi couldn't help but rub his hands, looking forward to it: "Where's the cauldron?"

"It's over there! Sir, look..."

Fang Zheng Yi and Zhou Tie looked in the direction pointed by the jade merchant at the same time.

Just as he turned his head, he suddenly felt a heavy blow to the back of his head!

Fang Zheng Yi's eyes went black, and his consciousness gradually dissipated!

"F*ck..."