Chapter 1158: Chapter 1160: Are You People of County Magistrate Ye_1
"Hmph, Principal Clerk Zhou has been captured, but that surname Huang is still at large. If he isn’t captured, I will die unsatisfied..."
"Shh... What are you saying in the middle of the street? If someone hears you, it’s over. What if it gets to his ears? Do you still want to live?"
"But my younger brother just died in vain..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zi’an looked over and saw the two people duck their heads and immediately shrink into the crowd, then disappear.
The surname Huang? The Archivist of Mianyang has the surname Huang, could it be him they’re talking about?
Without thinking too much, he signaled Ye Wu and Ye Liu with a glance.
Behind a shop at the corner of an alley.
A man in a blue short shirt was yelling at another in a brown garment, "I told you to stop talking nonsense, and you just kept on! He heard us, didn’t he? If he tells that person, can your family still survive?"
"Wuu wuu... Why is our Mianyang suffering so much?" The man in the brown garment couldn’t help but cry upon hearing this.
"Sigh...who knows? In these times, officials shield each other, and not a single one is good. Just look at this Principal Clerk Zhou who was arrested. It’s said he had a bad relationship with our County Magistrate. Who knows if he arrested Principal Clerk Zhou for himself or for the sake of us common folk?" The one in the blue short shirt said.
Although this was only speculation, it still upset Ye Wu and Ye Liu, who were hiding in the shadows. What kind of person was their young master? He was wholeheartedly for the people of Mianyang, and yet to hear such suspicions was simply preposterous. Their master had no deep grudge against Principal Clerk Zhou, so how could he possibly have captured him for his own gain? These people really had problems with their brains.
Ye Wu, clearly displeased, jumped down directly from the rooftop.
The two men who were speaking were startled by this, and the one in the blue shirt tried to run away, only to be blocked by Ye Liu.
"What, what do you want to do..."
"Hmph, what do we want to do? Come with us," Ye Liu snorted.
"Who are you guys? Why do you want to take me, us?" The man in the blue short shirt had not noticed Ye Wu and Ye Liu on the street at all. But when he saw the sabers they carried, he knew they were tough customers and became afraid.
It was the man in the brown garment who felt that the two looked familiar and suddenly had a realization, saying, "You, you’re from County Magistrate Ye’s retinue."
"Oh, you recognize us?" Ye Wu said with a chuckle, "That’s good. Let’s go; Lord County Magistrate has summoned you."
Both men exchanged glances, deeply alarmed. They didn’t know if the County Magistrate was truly a just official, and they worried that once they went, they might never come out again.
After a moment’s hesitation, the two men suddenly pushed Ye Wu and Ye Liu in an attempt to flee, but they had barely taken a step when they were grabbed by the collars and dragged back.
Ye Wu was someone with a very short temper. He kicked the man he was holding and shouted, "Damn it, where do you think you’re going? Try running again! Aren’t you shouting about being wronged? The official has invited you to discuss your grievances, and you don’t know what’s good for you. Believe me or not, I’ll kill you?"
The man in the brown garment was so overwhelmed by the yelling that he didn’t even hear what was said.
"Why waste words with him? Knock him out and take him," Ye Wu looked up and saw that Ye Liu had already knocked the other person out and was carrying him on his shoulder.
Seeing this, Ye Wu also knocked his man out and hoisted him onto his shoulder, hurrying back to the county government office.
At that moment in the county government office, Ye Zi’an had already convened court, a session unlike any other. Today’s interrogation of Principal Clerk Zhou was a public trial, and the people of Mianyang were allowed to watch the entire process.