Martial arts long journey

Chapter 402 Preemptive Deterrence
Regarding the fact that Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji and the others teamed up to embezzle money and withhold taxes, Zhou Yan actually understood very well in his heart.

In Zhou Yan's opinion, it was quite normal for the immediate boss to die suddenly, and to take advantage of this rare opportunity when no one was watching him to reap some benefits.

Thinking about it in his own shoes, Zhou Yan himself would never miss this kind of opportunity.

After all, Zhou Yan joined the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guard, he definitely didn't do it to protect the border and maintain order.

If it weren't for the fact that the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guards could give Zhou Yan power and status, how could he have devoted himself to the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guards?
But understanding is understanding, it doesn't mean that Zhou Yan can tolerate Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji's actions.

If it wasn't for Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji's etiquette since they came to the Laizhou government office, and Zhou Yan also needed them temporarily, I'm afraid Zhou Yan would really follow the rules of the Zhongzhou iron and blood guards Killed a few of them.

This was not because Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji violated the interests of the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guard, but simply because they ignored Zhou Yan's status.

So even though Zhou Yan took the initiative to pardon Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji for the crime of embezzling ink and withholding taxes, he still found a random excuse and gave them forty boards.

Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji are all fighters in the realm of stellar qi, even if they use the body-protecting stellar qi, the forty big boards are just flesh and blood wounds to them.

If some effective healing medicines are used, it will take at most three or two days before the few of them can completely recover.

Therefore, for Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji, the punishment of the [-] boards was basically innocuous.

However, behind the forty big boards, there is Zhou Yan's deep meaning, which should make Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji's hearts shudder suddenly.

Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji are considered old men of the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guards. They have been struggling for at least four or five years in this Laizhou government office alone.

In just a few moments of turning their minds, the few of them already understood the purpose of Zhou Yan's forty boards. This was obviously a killing stick to deter everyone.

The meaning contained in it is very obvious, that is, Zhou Yan can erase felonies that are enough to kill them at will, and he can also find an opportunity to beat them up at will.

Although at this moment it is only forty sticks, Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji understand that if there is another appearance, the one that falls on their bodies is probably a butcher's knife, so the few of them directly He admitted the forty sticks of responsibility quite simply.

At the same time, Hua Mingde, Fan Liangji and the others understood that the next time here was not about embezzling ink and withholding taxes, but about their deceiving Zhou Yan.

In addition to Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji, Tang Bugui, the twenty commanders, and criminals from Tai'an City also saw the chicken-killing desire contained in Zhou Yan's killing power. The meaning of monkey watching.

This was obviously using the forty big boards hit on the bodies of Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji to once again warn and deter these warriors who were dispatched to Zhou Yan's command.

At this moment, Tang Bugui's expressions on the faces of the 21 of them couldn't help becoming solemn.

Even their sitting postures couldn't help becoming more and more respectful, and finally they only sat on half of the chairs.

Of course, the most important reason why they respected Zhou Yan was because of Zhou Yan's own status as the leader of the iron and blood guards, and Zhou Yan's terrifying cultivation in the realm of martial arts.

If it weren't for Zhou Yan's status and cultivation strength far surpassing everyone in the hall, then no matter how Zhou Yan used his methods, it would not affect everyone in the hall.

In this Jianghu martial arts world where the strong are respected, it is still necessary to distinguish superior and inferior based on martial arts cultivation.

Obviously, Zhou Yan was undoubtedly the top powerhouse within the boundaries of Laizhou Prefecture, so he deserved the surrender of everyone present.

However, it doesn't matter whether everyone present sincerely surrenders to Zhou Yan's command, or is forced to surrender by Zhou Yan's coercion. What Zhou Yan needs is only a result, not a process.

After raising his eyes and looking around the entire main hall of the government office, although Zhou Yan's expression was still as calm as usual, there was a lot of joy in his heart.

Whether it was Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji who simply admitted their mistakes and accepted the punishment, or Tang Bugui and the other 21 who were more and more respectful, this undoubtedly made Zhou Yan very satisfied.

Immediately, Zhou Yan slowly absorbed the terrifying aura he had released, and said to Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji, "You guys get up and take your seats!"

After Zhou Yan's words fell, the heavy power that pervaded the entire government office hall suddenly dissipated, making everyone in the field seem to have moved away from the bodies of a giant mountain that held up to the sky So relaxed.

As for Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji who received Zhou Yan's orders, they kowtowed and thanked Zhou Yan: "Your subordinates will obey your orders!"

After slowly standing up, Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji carefully sat down on the rearmost wooden chairs on Zhou Yan's right.

Lu Fang, Xue Liang, and Gao Wensong are the three with the lowest level of martial arts among all the people, so it is only natural that they are seated at the end.

As for Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji, two half-step Zhoutian masters, they are also at the bottom, but that's because they were exonerated by Zhou Yan just now, so how could they be qualified to rank above others? Woolen cloth.

Seeing Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji take their seats, Zhou Yan slowly stood up from the first seat.

He first straightened the pale gold robe he was wearing, and then said in a calm voice: "My seat Zhou Yan, thanks to the great love of Lord Ling Chongxiao and Lord Xing Qingge, has served as the seventh law envoy of the Constitutional Prison. Zhilai Prefecture and its surrounding cities."

The moment Zhou Yan finished speaking, the 26 people who were originally sitting upright stood up in unison, bowed their hands together and said to Zhou Yan: "This subordinate has seen Mr. Law Envoy !"

(End of this chapter)