Obtain the divine power at the beginning

Shi Tianyu, with a grateful heart, immediately clasped his hands and bowed to Jiang Chaoyuan as a junior in the martial arts world, saying, "I am honored that Master Jiang has come to my small government office. Back then, I was in a very difficult situation. If it weren't for Master Jiang who didn't despise me and took Hui'er in with great courage, I really wouldn't have the courage to live.

Back then, as a little kid, I suffered from rumors and gossips in the underworld. I was assassinated and surrounded every day.

It is the Snow Mountain School that gave me the courage to live and the spiritual strength to move forward courageously.

Otherwise, how could we have achieved the small success we have today?

Thank you, Master Jiang! Thank you, Madam Jiang! Thank you, all the sisters and brothers of the Snow Mountain Sect."

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Zhang Hui took Shi Tianyu's hand and shook it vigorously.

Zhang Hui also shared in Shi Tianyu's difficult years.

At this time, Zhang Hui also had tears of excitement in her eyes, and she kept bowing to all the members of the Snow Mountain Sect to show her gratitude and thanks.

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Jiang Chaoyuan hurriedly clasped his hands together, bowed and returned the greeting, saying: "No, no, Lord Shi, I don't dare to accept such a great gift!" The couple were flattered to see Shi Tianyu actually bowed to them: Shi Tianyu is now a second-rank official in the court!
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However, Jiang Meilin was very touched and excited. She liked Shi Tianyu's generous gift and she also liked people who were grateful.

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Shi Tianyu clasped his hands and bowed to greet Linghu Zhan and Master Liaoran. He was very excited to see so many old friends and was very respectful and courteous. Everyone sat down, and Zhang Hui and Helan Minyue quickly went to make some good Longjing tea.

Nun Liaoran came to Fucheng this time to see Fu Ying and Yang Miaoyun, and to find out whether Guo Lingyu was injured in the battle of "Ghost Valley" because both Yang Miaoyun and Guo Lingyu were the daughters of Nun Liaoran.

Master Liaoran once tried to save Fu Ying, saved the baby in Fu Ying's belly, and accepted Fu Ying as her apprentice.

Therefore, Master Liangran was also very kind to Shi Tianyu.

However, there are so many people here now that it is inconvenient for Master Liangran to ask.

However, the clever Shi Tianyu also guessed what Master Ran was thinking.

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Xie Wen, Gongsun Ren, Yang Feng and others also came to meet Linghu Zhan, Jiang Chaoyuan, Ren Jing and others.

Taking this opportunity, Shi Tianyu used the "Heavenly Escape Sound Transmission" to tell Master Ran:

Fu Ying is living a good life now, and little Shi Lin is also very smart. He is grateful to Master Ran for rescuing Fu Ying and her son.

Yang Miaoyun has returned to Piaomiao Valley in the Western Regions with her father Yang Song.

Guo Lingyu is getting more and more beautiful and charming now.

In the battle of "Ghost King Valley", Shi let Guo Lingyu go.

Because Yang Miaoyun has already made it clear who Guo Lingyu's mother is.

Therefore, Shi did not use harsh measures against Guo Lingyu.

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Master Liangran nodded frequently, and her face, which had seemed a little sad before, became more and more smiley, and her smile became more and more beautiful.

Linghu Zhan, Jiang Chaoyuan, Master Liaoran and others did not dare to underestimate the heroes of the Ming Cult's Jiangnan branch, and hurriedly greeted them with courtesy as equals.

Jiang Chaoyuan asked about Shi Yuyan's recent situation again.

Xie Wenhu's eyes were filled with tears as he said sadly: "Thank you, Sect Leader Jiang. Alas! My Lord, Miss Shi has been expelled from the sect by Elder Liao Pei." Although Shi Yuyan was over 40 years old, Xie Wen and the others still affectionately called her Miss Shi.

Moreover, Shi Yuyan is indeed not married yet.

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Ren Jing competed with Shi Yuyan and other martial arts beauties for the top spot of the four great queens of the martial arts world. There was both open and covert competition, but the two of them respected each other. After all, they were both daughters of famous families. When they heard that Shi Yuyan was in trouble, they asked anxiously, "What? What? Shi, the girl of the Shi family is in such trouble? Liao Pei is a piece of shit! Could Liao Pei and others have been bribed by the remnants of the Mahayana sect?"

Taking this opportunity, Shi Tianyu walked out of the inner hall and came to the backyard. He reached out and pulled down a few boxes of silver ingots from the system space, and then carried a few more boxes of silver ingots back to the inner hall.

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Gongsun Ren said with sad tears in his eyes: "Miss Shi is fine. Although she is no longer the chief leader, we still have thousands of brothers following her and obeying her orders. Oh, brothers Lu De and Jiang Huotian and others have accompanied Miss Shi to Mount Emei. Let's go to Fucheng to recognize our relatives."

Shi Tianyu took a box of silver ingots and handed it to Gongsun Ren, saying, "Don't worry, I will definitely lend you a helping hand and help Lady Shi regain control of the Ming Cult's Jiangnan branch. Come, come, please pass on a few thousand taels of silver to Lady Shi to tide her over the difficulties."

Yang Feng hurriedly said, "No, no, no, nephew, you misunderstood. Lord Shi, goodbye!" Originally an upright man, he felt that Shi Tianyu was squeezing him and Gongsun Ren by giving him so much silver in front of so many people.

So, Yang Feng declined on behalf of Gongsun Ren and turned away.

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Shi Tianyu has known Yang Feng for more than a year or two, and he knows that Yang Feng is the kind of person who wants to be something and also wants to be a saint.

Moreover, this was not the first time that Yang Feng took Shi's money. It was countless times. He even wanted to lurk beside Shi and peel off the skin on Shi's back to find the treasure map!

Shi Tianyu didn't want to scold Yang Feng in public, so he quickly stepped forward, stopped Yang Feng, and said, "No, no, no! Uncle Yang, that's not what I meant. Come on, come on, please sit down and listen to what I have to say."

He explained further, "Back then, when I was in the most difficult time, only you two and Master Xie looked up to me in the martial arts world. And Master Xie often helped me do earth-shaking things. Just before that, you also helped to guard Fucheng to prevent it from being attacked by the remnants of the Mahayana Sect." Yang Feng was speechless for a moment, his face flushed, and he was very embarrassed. He also felt that there was something else behind Shi Tianyu's words.

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Shi Tianyu added: "What a great favor this is to my nephew, because you represent the justice of the martial arts world. My nephew cannot express his gratitude with a few thousand taels of silver. This is just a token of my gratitude to Miss Shi, not a show of favor or power to her. Please accept it, everyone has difficulties in life?" His words were reasonable and touching, and they also taught Yang Feng a lesson in a tactful way.

Yang Feng looked at Gongsun Ren.

"Thank you!" Gongsun Ren accepted the box of silver with tears in his eyes.

I really need money now, and I don't want to be like Yang Feng, who wants to be something and also want to be a saint.

However, they are not like ordinary people in the underworld who would rob without money. They would not do such a thing.

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Guo Xiaotian was amazed and stunned when he saw Shi Tianyu gifting a large box of silver ingots to the heroes of the Ming Cult's Jiangnan branch.

Li Tianxiao was dumbfounded, thinking: How come this bastard Shi Tianyu is so rich? Hey! No wonder my junior sister likes him. He is handsome and rich, why do all the good things fall on this bastard Shi Tianyu?

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At this moment, Jiang Meilin was really moved by Shi Tianyu's loyalty and righteousness and her eyes were filled with tears.

Linghu Zhan stared at Shi Tianyu in a daze: Shi Tianyu is such a loyal and righteous person, why do people in the martial arts world always call him a martial arts devil? It seems that it is because of the fictitious skin treasure map.

Oh, those people are so greedy for money.

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Jiang Chaoyuan excitedly reached out and patted Gongsun Ren on the shoulder, saying, "Master Gongsun, our sect will also work with Prefect Shi to help you and Lady Shi regain control of the Ming Cult's Jiangnan branch. After you find Lady Shi, you can come to Xiling Snow Mountain to find me, and I will do my best to help you."

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Li Tianxiao was filled with righteous indignation, and said indignantly: "That's right! The Jiangnan branch of the Ming Cult is the life's work of the great hero Shi Feiyang. Who are Liao Pei and Lie Quan? How dare they chase away the female hero Shi? Are you trying to save your life?"

Gongsun Ren said helplessly: "For the time being, there is no hope for us to regain control of the Ming Cult's Jiangnan branch. Fighting will not benefit anyone. We and Elder Liao and the others were originally one family."

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Helan Minyue took out the Holy Fire Order, slammed the table and stood up, very excited, and said: "Why? Is there any reason for Liao Pei and Lie Quan to have an internal conflict? Wait, I will deal with this matter later." After that, he showed the black iron ring on his left thumb.

This means that she is now the leader of the Ming Cult.

Helan Minyue has the final say on all matters of the Ming Cult.

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Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the Holy Fire Token held in Helan Minyue's right hand and the black iron ring on the thumb of her left hand.

Jiang Chaoyuan asked in shock: "Miss Minyue, you? You! Are you the leader of the Ming Cult?"

Linghu Zhan was speechless.

Master Liangran was dumbfounded.

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Helan Minyue said coldly: "That's right! This leader already has 100,000 Mingjiao disciples on hand, and plans to re-establish branches all over the world, and will also rebuild the Jiangnan branch. From now on, the leaders of branches in various places must obtain authorization from this leader before they can be called the chief leader, otherwise, they will be killed without mercy." The words were very domineering.

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Xie Wen said in a low and helpless voice, "What's the point of killing Lie Quan? Lie Quan and his gang dared to play tricks because they got the secret support of the big brother in the underworld." Jiang Chaoyuan barely stood up, but after hearing this, he fell back on the chair and exclaimed, "Master Xie, are you talking about Gang Leader Zhong? Or are you referring to the remnants of the Mahayana sect?"

Li Tianxiao and the others were all horrified. If the remnants of the Beggars' Sect and the Mahayana Sect came out to support Lie Quan, then who would be able to help Shi Yuyan? Ren Jinghua's face darkened, and he said in panic: "Brother Xie, you can't talk nonsense about this matter. Everything must be based on evidence!"

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Xie Wen said angrily: "Madam Jiang, many of our brothers are homeless now. You can ask them if we have wronged Zhong Wanqiang. When Lie Quan and his men announced that they would remove Miss Shi's name, the four elders of the Beggars' Sect all disguised themselves and sneaked into our headquarters, and they also secretly supported Lie Quan and his men."

"This?!" Ren Jing was speechless, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

She was happy that her former rival Shi Yuyan ended up like this.

The sad thing is that after Shi Feiyang's death, the Ming Cult's Jiangnan branch fell apart.

The Ming Cult's Jiangnan branch was once a force for justice in the martial arts world.

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Shi Tianyu broke the deadlock and changed the subject, saying: "Everyone, as the saying goes, it is a pleasure to have friends coming from afar. Today, I have prepared some wine and drinks, please have a few drinks, please follow me to the 'Fudu' Inn."

At this moment, Peng Jinshi ran into the inner hall, bowed and said to Shi Tianyu: "Master Shi, the Imperial Censor-in-Chief Yang Lian is here!"

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Shi Tianyu did not dare to neglect it and said to Zhang Hui, "Hui'er, please lead Sect Leader Jiang and his party to the Fudu Inn first to order food and eat. I will go over later to toast a few glasses of wine to all the martial arts heroes and seniors. There are three boxes of silver ingots here. Please give one box of silver ingots to Sect Leader Jiang, Nun Liaoran and Sect Leader Linghu respectively. Later, please ask Sect Leader Linghu to stay and have a drink with Qin Guangtou and others in the evening."

After that, he said to Peng Jinshi, "Gather all the officials immediately and go out to welcome Lord Yang and his party."

After saying this, he walked out with his hands behind his back and came to the court.

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Zhang Hui hurriedly picked up a box of large silver ingots and handed it to Ren Jing, saying, "Master, please go to Fudu Inn first. Some high-ranking officials from the court are coming, and my son has to go and greet them. I apologize for any inconvenience."

After saying this, he picked up two boxes of large silver ingots and handed them to Master Liaoran and Linghu Zhan respectively.

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Ren Jing handed a box of large silver ingots to Jiang Chaoyuan, and then said to Zhang Hui, "Well, Hui'er, come here, let the master take a good look at you."

He pulled Zhang Hui over, looked at her carefully, and felt very fond of her.

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Linghu Zhan and Master Liaoran each received a box of silver ingots, and were both very excited. They handed the two boxes of silver ingots to the disciples beside them. Ren Jing looked at Zhang Hui for a while, and then said, "Hui'er, you stay. Master and his party will go to Fudu Inn first to order food and eat. When you are free later, come to Fudu Inn to meet up. Now, accompany your son to greet the officials of the court."

After saying this, he separated from Zhang Hui, walked out of the inner hall first, and went through the backyard.

Many martial artists followed Ren Jing.

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The spring breeze is gentle, bringing freshness and joy.

Shi Tianyu walked out of the government office to greet Yang Lian, Yin Youzhao, Feng Wu and others. He clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "I am Shi Tianyu, respectfully welcoming all of you, my dear teachers." Seeing this, Ling Feng, the head of the Tea and Horse Department, who had just come to the government office to report on the tax situation, was stunned: Isn't Shi Tianyu a disciple of the 9,000-year-old man? Why does he call Yang Lian his dear teacher? What's going on? Is Shi Tianyu also a fence-sitter? Another Lu Yuan?

I bother!

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Yin Youzhao rushed forward and supported Shi Tianyu. He looked at Shi Tianyu's appearance carefully and said with emotion: "Boy, you are amazing. You have governed Fucheng so well. No wonder His Majesty has protected you so many times. Alas! It's a pity that I am no longer the Minister of Personnel."

Feng Wu also said with emotion: "Well, Master Shi, you have grown up and become taller. I have to look up to you now."

He was very excited to see Shi Tianyu welcoming him and his party with such courtesy.

Yang Lian was upright and would correct his mistakes. He clasped his hands, bowed, and said, "Master Shi, I was biased and believed others before, and I have reported you several times. Today, I have come to visit you incognito and know that you have done nothing wrong. I apologize to you."

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The misunderstanding was cleared up, and Shi Tianyu said excitedly: "Thank you! I have always remembered the teachings of my mentors, especially the four words 'Love the people like your own children' that Lord Yin gave me before he left Beijing. I have always hung these four words above the court."

With tears of excitement in his eyes, he supported Yin Youzhao up the steps of the government office and pointed to the four words "Love the People as Your Sons" written above the desk in the courtroom.

Yin Youzhao was once the Minister of Personnel who was strict in rectifying the style of officials. When he saw the four words "Love the people as one's own children" hanging above his desk, he was so excited that he trembled all over and said with a sob, "Great! Great! Rectifying the style of officials, loving and helping the people is my lifelong wish. Lord Shi, you are now my incarnation. Do a good job! After coming to Fucheng, I finally understand how to do things at the grassroots level and how to be a good prefect or county magistrate. Although I have put forward very good ideas and concepts in the past, I have never been a county magistrate or prefect! In fact, I don't know how to practice the four words "love the people as one's own children". Not bad! Lord Shi, you are really a role model for prefects and county magistrates all over the world!"

The officials of Fucheng government office had long heard of the great names of Yin Youzhao, Feng Wu and Yang Lian. They were very excited to see the three upright officials of the court. They felt it was such an honor to be able to meet the three upright officials of the court at the same time.

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Ling Feng lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Yang Lian.

Because Yang Lian was a straight-forward and stubborn person.

Ling Feng thought to himself: It turns out that the reason why Shi Tianyu, that bastard, didn't fall down last time when he was severely criticized by Fang Shizhong, Dai Kun and others was because Yin Youzhao and others came forward to speak well of Shi Tianyu!

Oh my god, Shi Tianyu is really a fence-sitter, trying to please everyone and being good at everything. He is really not a human being.

I must report this matter to the Ninth Thousand Year Old Man in secret, and have you, Shi Tianyu, a bastard, punished to death.

snort!
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Ling Feng was grateful to Shi Tianyu for recommending him for the position of Director of the Fucheng Tea and Horse Bureau.

Because Ling Feng used to be in the Imperial College, he and Shi Tianyu also had a teacher-student relationship.

At this time, Ling Feng felt that Shi Tianyu used Wei Zhongxian to gain power, which was really despicable.

To Ling Feng, Wei Zhongxian is his biological father. How could he tolerate Shi Tianyu playing with Ling's biological father like this?

In official circles, if you are not careful or cautious, you will offend people.

Look, an event of receiving a high-ranking official from the imperial court, which originally had nothing to do with Ling Feng, offended Ling Feng. Shi Tianyu's usual kindness to him also vanished into thin air, and what was replaced by Ling Feng's hatred towards Shi Tianyu.

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Shi Tianyu saw that it was almost time, so he shouted, "Come here, put the streets in front, behind, left and right of the Sichuan Inn under martial law. I will accompany you all to dinner later."

At this moment, Peng Jinshi ran in from outside, bowed in a panic and said, "It's not good, Lord Shi, Qiu Yang, the commander of the army stationed in Guxiang County, has led thousands of soldiers into our Fucheng. It's not good! We are not afraid of fighting, but the key is that they are the imperial army. If we hurt them, it will definitely be bad. If they hurt us, it will be a big joke if it gets out."

Liu Cong hurriedly reminded Shi Tianyu and bowed and said, "Sir Shi, Qiu Yang and his men are here to ask for Qiu Zhengba. They have a large number of troops, so please stay out of the spotlight for a while." He was very concerned about Shi Tianyu and was really afraid that something might happen to him.

Wang Chao, Chen Biao, Pan Dong, Ma Dehui and others were also nervous.

This matter is really difficult to handle.

After all, the opponent is the imperial army, not the remnants of the Mahayana sect, so it would be fine if we didn't just use ruthless force to destroy Qiu Yang.

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Yang Lian was furious and shouted, "Don't be afraid, I am here, what can a little General Qian do to me?"

Shi Tianyu picked up Liu Cong, like a child, and laughed calmly, "Haha! Qiu Yang came at the right time. I want to subdue him to fully implement the measures of returning the land to the people. Sir Liu, don't panic. I will give you a large sum of money to help you build the new city of Fucheng. Next, there will be a million taels of silver that need your approval. You hold great power!"

"Haha!" Everyone found it funny and burst into laughter.

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At this time, Jiang Chaoyuan, Linghu Zhan, Master Liaoran, Xie Wen and others heard that Qiu Yang led thousands of soldiers into Fucheng, and rushed to the Fucheng government office in a menacing manner. So, Jiang Chaoyuan and others hurried over and returned to the court of Fucheng government office.

It was a serious matter that Qiu Yang brought several thousand soldiers to bully Shi Tianyu and the public servants.

It's really bullying.

This also made all the martial arts heroes indignant, and they all thought that they must help Shi Tianyu.

Hit me if you want, humph!
People in the martial arts world don’t think so much about the terrible consequences.

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Among all the martial arts heroes, Xie Wen and Yin Youzhao are the most familiar.

Because in the past, Xie Wen often used his superb lightness skills to deliver battle reports, official newspapers, and the latest developments in Guxiang County to Yin Youzhao on behalf of Shi Tianyu.

Seeing Yin Youzhao at this time, Xie Wen rushed out and knelt down in front of Yin Youzhao, saying: "Master Yin, please accept my humble servant Xie Wen's greetings."

I have great admiration for such upright officials in the imperial court.

Moreover, Xie Wen did not understand the disputes in the court and the public opinion. He always thought that Yin Youzhao and others were a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand times better than Wei Zhongxian and others. Of course, the most important thing about Yin Youzhao, Feng Wu, Yang Lian and others was that they were honest. They had been officials for decades, but they did not even have their own houses, nor did they have money to buy land and large houses. They had always been poor.

This is very valuable.

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Yin Youzhao quickly helped Xie Wen up and said in astonishment, "Master Xie, why are you here? Do you have a grudge against Master Shi as well?"

Yang Lian and Feng Wu were also surprised to see that there were people from the underworld in the Fucheng government office. They were really afraid that these people from the underworld had a grudge against Shi Tianyu and would fight in the court again. They couldn't help but worry about Shi Tianyu secretly.

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Jiang Chaoyuan, Linghu Zhan and others were also surprised to see that Xie Wen and Yin Youzhao were so familiar with each other.

Xie Wen stood up and hurriedly introduced Yin Youzhao to Jiang Chaoyuan, Linghu Zhan, Master Liaoran and others.

Xie Wen also introduced to Yin Youzhao, Feng Wu, Yang Lian and others that Jiang Chaoyuan, Linghu Zhan, Master Liaoran and other martial artists attached great importance to Shi Tianyu's affairs. He also praised Jiang Chaoyuan, Linghu Zhan and Master Liaoran for their secret help to Shi Tianyu in maintaining peace in the area.

Yin Youzhao, Yang Lian, Feng Wu and others stroked their gray beards and nodded to Jiang Chaoyuan and others with a smile to show their approval.

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Linghu Zhan, Jiang Chaoyuan and others hurriedly bowed to Yin Youzhao and others, expressing their gratitude for the great honor they had in meeting so many upright officials in the court.

Jiang Meilin stared at Shi Tianyu intently, thinking: So, Shi Tianyu is a student of the former Minister of Personnel. No wonder Shi Tianyu was promoted so quickly? Background! So he has a background!

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At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from far away.

The sound of horse hooves is loud and the sound of trumpets is muffled.

The officials of the Fucheng government office suddenly became nervous, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

This is not a fight with bandits! That is a fight to the death, a bloody battle.

However, Qiu Yang is a general of the Ming Dynasty court. He came with thousands of soldiers. What exactly does he want to do? It will be difficult to fight him. Should he just let those soldiers beat him?
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Shi Tianyu put Liu Cong down and said to Yin Youzhao and the others, "My three mentors, seniors, brothers, and beautiful sisters, please stay in the inner hall for a while and watch me perform today so that you can enjoy it. Please come in!"

After saying that, he burst into laughter, not showing any fear at all.

Only then did the government officials calm down.

When they heard that Shi Tianyu was going to perform again, the officials became excited again.

It is very enjoyable to act with Shi Tianyu.

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Yin Youzhao smiled and said to Yang Lian, "Lord Yang, there is no need to see Qiu Yang. Although he is one of ours, it is definitely not a good thing for him to lead troops here. Let Lord Shi punish him. This is the strategy I have set before to rectify the official style."

Then he took Yang Lian and walked into the inner hall and sat down first.

Everyone followed in.

Zhang Hui hurriedly made tea for everyone.

Helan Minyue quietly put away the Holy Fire Order and did not let Yin Youzhao and others see it.

Then, he took out two mobile phones, one for taking photos and collecting evidence, and the other for recording videos.

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Jiang Meilin heard that Shi Tianyu was in danger again, so she hurried to Jiang Chaoyuan and whispered, "Dad, what should we do?"

What I mean is, should our sect provide support to Shi Tianyu?

Jiang Chaoyuan's nickname in the martial arts world is "Eight-sided Light". He is a steady and very smooth person. He said lightly: "The court officials are here, Lin'er don't have to worry." Xie Wen, Gongsun Ren, Yang Feng and others looked at each other and nodded, meaning that they would wait and see the situation. If they want to fight, they will fight, and if they are done, they will run away. There is nothing to be afraid of.

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However, ginger is more spicy with age.

Jiang Chaoyuan thought that the rich should not fight with the officials, so after sitting down, he persuaded everyone and said, "My heroes, please listen to what I have to say. Let's wait and see how Prefect Shi handles this matter first. If Prefect Shi is really in trouble, it won't be too late for us to take action."

He also thought that although the Snow Mountain Sect was a big sect in the martial arts world, it was not convenient for it to go against the government soldiers.

If the officers and soldiers take revenge in the future, it will be no problem for them to flatten the snow-capped mountains.

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Xie Wen nodded, but he had made up his mind in his heart that he must help Shi Tianyu.

Even after Shi Tianyu became rich and powerful, he still looked up to the Jiangnan branch of the Ming Cult and provided them with a lot of help.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Meilin sat down on her chair, terrified that something might happen to Shi Tianyu.

Yang Lian, Yin Youzhao, Feng Wu and other three court officials smiled at each other, but they were secretly worried that Shi Tianyu would fight with Qiu Yang and thousands of soldiers.

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Shi Tianyu walked to the court, sat down at the desk, and said calmly, "Peng Jinshi, Chen Biao, quickly take people to fetch ten jars of wine, prepare bowls and chopsticks, a table, and meat. Let's eat, drink, and have fun in the court today and see what Qiu Yang can do to me.
Liu Cong, go and mobilize the people in the city to come and watch the fun. Let's have another event for officials and citizens to have fun together today.

Pan Dong, Ma Dehui, you two lead some detective brothers to do this and that.

Lao Liu, Jiang Xiao, go change your clothes and play your parts well, just like the scene just now."

Then, he waved over a group of close confidants and whispered a few words in their ears, instructing them to do this and that.

Then, he sat at the table with everyone else to eat, waiting for the arrival of the officers and soldiers.

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Qiu Yang, the captain of the Guxiang garrison, came here because his father Qiu Zhengba was thrown into the dungeon by Shi Tianyu.

Moreover, he obtained the tacit approval of General Hong Liansu of Jiange Pass.

At this time, he led his troops into Fucheng and ordered the officers and soldiers to quickly surround the government office.

strange?
There was no movement inside.

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Qiu Yang waved his hand, and a group of soldiers drew their swords and rushed into the yamen.

The common people and wealthy gentry who were instigated by Liu Cong to watch the trial were so frightened that they all fell to the ground.

Suddenly, Shi Tianyu came out, raised his hands, and flicked his ten fingers lightly, pressing acupoints in the air.

Bang, bang! The soldiers who rushed into the court fell down one after another.

Shi Tianyu shouted loudly: "Come here, tie up these bandits who attacked the government office, and make them sign their confessions."

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In the inner hall.

Yang Lian pulled Yin Youzhao and Feng Wu together and looked out.

Xie Wen, Gongsun Ren, Linghu Zhan, Jiang Chaoyuan, Master Liaoran and others hurriedly picked up their weapons and stood by to protect them.

"Yes!" Ma Dehui led the yamen runners and constables to rush forward, tied up more than 20 soldiers with ropes, and forced them to sign the confessions prepared in advance by Xu Huan and others.

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Seeing this, Yang Lian was quite dissatisfied with Shi Tianyu's behavior and shook his head.

Yin Youzhao remained silent.

Feng Wu was quite puzzled.

Several yamen runners picked up the swords scattered around the courtroom and placed them on Shi Tianyu's desk.

Shi Tianyu winked at Peng Jinshi.

Peng Jinshi and Pan Dong immediately stood up and stood behind the door of the court.

Jiang Meilin poked her head out from the inner hall and was worried about Shi Tianyu again.

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Shi Tianyu picked up the gavel, slammed the table, and shouted, "Bring the prisoner up."

The yamen runners and constables escorted the soldiers to the court.

Shi Tianyu picked up the gavel again, slammed the table, and shouted: "Who are you? Why did you rush into the government office to cause trouble and intend to murder me?" After being an official for a long time, he could easily make up a few charges for those soldiers. What are you afraid of?
Those soldiers were usually spoiled, so how could they take a small prefect seriously?

A man who looked like a sentry leader shouted, "We are the troops stationed in Guxiang County, and we are here to question you, Shi Tianyu. Mr. Shi, if you know what's good for you, release old man Qiu right away. Otherwise, when General Qiu Qian comes, he will skin you alive. You bastard, let me go right now. Humph!" He was very arrogant. Maybe he had been in the military camp for a long time and didn't know Shi Tianyu very well.

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The gentry, wealthy people and common people who were watching the trial were all shocked.

They all thought: Historically, it was only the soldiers who punished the prefects and the yamen runners.

How could the prefect and the yamen runners discipline the officers and soldiers?

Isn't Shi Tianyu, the young prefect, looking for death? Too ignorant, isn't he?
If soldiers killed police officers, at most they would be charged with an internal crime, which would not be a serious matter.

Hey, Magistrate Shi, you've caused a big disaster this time. If you kill these officers and soldiers, it will be a capital crime!

You are so good to us ordinary people. If you die, what will we do in the future?

Everyone was worried about Shi Tianyu.

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Yang Lian couldn't help but sigh again when he saw those soldiers being so arrogant. He whispered, "No wonder Shi Tianyu used such means to deal with these officers and soldiers? Without this means, Mr. Shi's life would still be in danger today, and the Fucheng government office might also be massacred by these officers and soldiers."

Yin Youzhao and Feng Wu smiled at each other and gave Yang Lian a thumbs up.

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Shi Tianyu picked up the gavel, slammed the table and roared, "How dare you! How dare the garrison troops attack the government office? Humph! I think you are just remnant bandits pretending to be soldiers. If you are not tortured, you bandits will not confess the truth. Come on, drag them away and give them forty-nine lashes each." Ever since the forty-nine lashes were invented, they have been used.

A group of constables immediately kicked over the officers and soldiers.

A group of yamen runners were as ferocious as wolves and tigers, swinging sticks and beating the soldiers fiercely.

After a fierce beating, twenty soldiers were left with blood and skin torn, crying for their parents.

However, there were also curses directed at Shi Tianyu.

Yang Lian was too upright and too stubborn. He could not stand it any longer. He walked out from the inner hall and shouted at Shi Tianyu: "Shi Tianyu, stop it! How can you force someone to confess by forcing him to confess?"

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Shi Tianyu said coldly: "Sir Yang, don't be so stubborn. If you don't like it, just get out of here! How could soldiers attack the government office? Are they rebels or bandits? Ma Dehui, in Fucheng, I am the most powerful official. Beat these bandits hard for me. Count once for every ten hits until they confess. Beat them to death. I will take responsibility for everything."

He got so angry that he didn't even give Yang Lian face.

Yang Lian was so angry that his eyes rolled back, his breathing became heavy, his face flushed, his blood pressure soared, he felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. He quickly reached out to hold onto the table and finally steadied himself.

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Ma Dehui bowed and responded, "Yes!" Then he waved to the constables and yamen runners.

With Shi Tianyu's support, the yamen runners swung their clubs and beat the officers and soldiers.

After a while, Ma Dehui ran to the desk in the court, bowed to Shi Tianyu and said, "Master Shi, all those bandits have fainted." He looked at the stunned Yang Lian and felt quite scared.

Shi Tianyu sneered and said loudly: "Come here, drag all the unconscious bandits to the land temple to skin them, and bring the other bandits to have a look." He picked up the gavel and banged it, then ordered people to come up with various knives.

The remaining ten soldiers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and cried for mercy: "Master Shi, spare our lives, we confess, we are all bandits."

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what is going on?

Why is there a land temple in the government office?

The layouts of the government offices in all prefectures, states, and counties in the Ming Dynasty were similar, with structures such as a main gate, warning stone, drum tower, and second gate.

However, a land temple was set up between the main gate and the second gate.

This land temple was used for skinning criminals.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, after executing corrupt officials, he would skin them and stuff straw into the skin to make scarecrows, which he would hang next to the court for officials at all levels to see.

This scarecrow is not used to scare birds, but to deter corrupt officials.

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The ten soldiers were pretending to faint, but when they heard Shi Tianyu asked them to be taken to the land temple, they were frightened. They quickly confessed. Shi Tianyu picked up the gavel and slammed the table, and then shouted, "Bring these bandits up and let them sign their names." He then ordered the yamen runners to take the confessions prepared in advance and let the soldiers sign and seal them.

Yang Lian recovered his breath at this time, raised his finger angrily and pointed at Shi Tianyu and cursed: "Shi Tianyu, you, you disappoint me very much."

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Seeing this, Ling Feng thought to himself: Good, good, great, it’s a good thing that Yang Lian is angry, it would be best if he could fight with Shi Tianyu.

Just now, when I heard Shi Tianyu call Yang Lian and others my mentor, I was already very dissatisfied with Shi Tianyu. At this moment, I thought to myself: Shi Tianyu, Shi Tianyu, you are a woman marrying two men, trying to please both Yang Lian and Jiu Qian Sui, do you think you are Diao Chan?

Humph! I will report your situation to the Nine Thousand Year Old Man. I will see how you die in the future.
snort!
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"Oh no!" Jiang Meilin felt secretly panicked when she saw Yang Lian getting angry at Shi Tianyu.

Guo Xiaotian leaned over to take a look, shook his head, and cursed in a low voice: "Shi Tianyu is such a cruel bastard that he doesn't even give face to his mentor. He is really a damn stone demon."

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At this time, the yamen guard stumbled in.

"Report! Lord Shi, the garrison commander Qiu Yang led his troops to surround the government office."

The people watching the trial in the hall were immediately panicked and tried to get out by crowding together. However, the gate of the government office had been blocked by the officers and soldiers. How could they get out?

They had no choice but to go back to court.

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Shi Tianyu said calmly: "Come here, set up the banquet."

Ignore Yang Lian, there is no way to pay attention to Yang Lian, unless you have a whole day of free time, you can spend a lot of time to explain to the stubborn Yang Lian. So Shi Tianyu ordered people to serve wine and food.

He had made a plan in advance. He made ten soldiers kneel naked and bleeding, while he drank and ate in the court with Chen Biao, Peng Jinshi and others.

Feng Wu had been the governor of Liaodong, so he was more flexible. He came out and dragged Yang Lian back to the inner hall, and whispered to him, "Lord Yang, please be patient. Shi Tianyu has the support of His Majesty, and he is confident in handling all the public affairs. If Shi Tianyu doesn't have a bandit attitude, he won't be able to deter these bandits. I was the governor of Liaodong, and the generals under my command treated their soldiers in the same way, didn't they? Shi Tianyu was the general of Liaoxi twice, and he knows how to deter these bandits."

Yang Lian remained silent, feeling somewhat conflicted, and continued to look over.

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A group of soldiers rushed into the court, but there was no sound. Is that strange?

If it were under normal circumstances, wouldn't the prefect have crawled out and begged for mercy?

Qiu Yang, standing outside the gate of the government office, felt something strange.

Liu Jian, a captain under his command, stepped forward and bowed to ask Qiu Yang: "Master Qianzong, there is no movement in the government office, what should we do?"

Qiu Yang scratched the back of his head and asked himself curiously, "Well, damn, what happened today? It's so weird!"

After thinking for a while, he said, "Captain Liu, you lead a team of soldiers in person. Come on, archers nock their bows and arrows, and rockets on alert."

It's really cruel that they even prepared rockets.

After all, his opponent was the Fucheng government office. Did he really want to burn it down?

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"Yes!" Liu Jian received the order, waved his hand, and personally led a team of soldiers into the yamen.

"Captain Liu! Woo!"

When the tied soldiers saw Liu Jian and his men rushing in, they started shouting and crying as if they had seen their own parents.

Finally the savior has arrived.

Gongsun Ren pulled out his double hooks and was about to rush out, but was held down by Yang Feng.

Jiang Meilin's heart was in her throat.

Jiang Chaoyuan, his wife, and his disciples also had sweat on their foreheads.

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At this time, Xie Wen, who floated away and then floated back, said: "My lords, fellow martial artists, we have to be prepared. Those bandits actually prepared rockets to burn down the government office! There are so many people watching the trial in front of the court gate! Aren't they afraid of hurting the people? These bandits are really worthless!"

Yang Lian was furious and said, "It seems that Shi Tianyu's approach is correct. Please go to the roof and find a way to stop those bandits from firing rockets. If this government office is hit by rockets and a fire breaks out, it will be a huge disaster and the Ming Dynasty will become a huge joke."

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Jiang Meilin hurriedly floated out and flew onto the roof.

Ren Jing sighed and said, "My daughter, how can she be a girl? Eh!" He quickly drew his sword and flew out, fearing that his daughter would be reckless and cause trouble. Xie Wen, Gongsun Ren, Yang Feng and others also hurriedly flew out and flew onto the roof.

Li Tianxiao and the others also wanted to go out, but Jiang Chaoyuan said calmly: "Everyone sit down, we have to protect you all here. On the roof, your master's wife and Xie Daxia and others are enough."

Everyone thought about it and kept silent.

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Zhang Hui stopped making and serving tea and came out to stand with Helan Minyue.

Helan Minyue handed a mobile phone to Zhang Hui, and held another mobile phone himself, walked into the inner hall, walked through the inner hall, came to the backyard, floated up, flew onto the roof, and along the roof tiles, came to the roof in front of the gate of the government office, and filmed and photographed the officers and soldiers who had prepared rockets. Seeing this, Jiang Meilin came over with a sword in hand, curiously, and came over to watch Helan Minyue filming the officers and soldiers on the ground, and exclaimed: "What is this? How can the characters in the portrait move? What is this?"

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Helan Minyue explained: "This is an automatic portrait machine from a handicraft workshop. It was invented by the Shang Dynasty in Jiangnan. If you have time, go to Jiangnan for a visit. The handicraft industry there is very developed." She didn't say this was a mobile phone, because she knew that if she said this was a mobile phone, she would have to spend a lot of time explaining it to Jiang Meilin, and she didn't have the time to explain too much to Jiang Meilin right now.

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Upon hearing this, Jiang Meilin turned around and went to find Xie Wen, asking him to help her find such an automatic portrait machine.

Xie Wen nodded with a smile.

I knew in my heart that Helan Minyue was holding a cell phone in her hand.

Because Xie Wen often stays with Helan Minyue and others, and often lives in Shi Tianyu's house in the "fairyland".

I understand that Helan Minyue is trying to fool Jiang Meilin, but it's hard to explain.

So I nodded with a smile.

~~(End of this chapter)