If a good person dies like a lamp going out, will you be reincarnated?

Chapter 209: A Merchant with a Kindness (Two-in-one subscription required)
"What secret is it that I, little one, don't understand?"

Xu Lei blinked innocently and said, "Sir, what do you mean by this? Please speak frankly."

"Three years ago, you gave..."

At this time, the Sixth Martial Saint put his hand on Xu Lei's shoulder and told him some things, mainly about Xu Lei's gift giving to some local officials: "Are these things true?"

Xu Lei breathed a sigh of relief.

He just thought that he was the mysterious masked man of the Dakang Dynasty, but he was discovered.

After all this time, it turned out that the Sixth Martial Saint was investigating corruption and had found him.

But that was all several years ago.

Xu Lei was somewhat convinced that they could even poach the Sixth Martial Saint.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that the Sixth Martial Saint is really dedicated to fighting corruption.

"I will keep silent about this matter."

So Xu Lei just said: "I want to see my lawyer!"

Of course Xu Lei knew that these things were real.

After all, Xu Lei didn't want his true identity to be exposed, so he usually disguised himself as a normal businessman.

In such a society, it is unlikely for a normal businessman not to have good relations with officials.

To maintain relationships, you must give gifts.

The problem is whether it can be detected or not.

"Still want to get away with it?"

The Sixth Martial Saint said, "We already have evidence of your bribery! If your crime is not punishable by death, I would chop you down right now!

Hand over the names of other officials you bribed, and I can make amends for your crimes and reduce your sentence!"

But Xu Lei just smiled and said nothing.

After all, when he was a businessman, Xu Lei was focused on being a businessman.

It is naturally impossible for him to betray someone with whom he has a vested interest.

Otherwise, his identity would be exposed.

"You are so stubborn that you won't cry until you see the coffin, right?"

The Sixth Martial Saint Sword Finger was a little angry, then he picked up Xu Lei, flew out, and brought Xu Lei directly back to the yamen.

After another interrogation, of course nothing was found out.

Xu Lei remained silent.

Afterwards, Xu Lei was thrown into jail.

Xu Lei was not panicked either, because when he left, he had already asked his loyal confidant in the shop to inform his mother and wife.

Therefore, Xu Lei was quickly rescued from the prison by people from the palace.

Although the Sixth Martial Saint hates corruption.

Bribery is not tolerated.

But since the other two female warriors spoke up, she had no choice but to give them face.

"I'm sorry, Dean. This gentleman is a relative of the Second Majesty."

The confidant who came to rescue him said respectfully to the Sixth Martial Saint, "I didn't expect that you would find out about him. The Second Majesty said that he hoped you would show some leniency. He also hoped that you could help to conceal his identity. Otherwise, if the Martial Emperor and the Jin Emperor knew about it, his life would be in danger."

The Sixth Martial Saint could only nod.

Xu Lei smiled slightly.

"You are a corrupt official, you just relied on your connections to get away with it."

Seeing Xu Lei still laughing, the Sixth Martial Saint could not help but say, "But I advise you not to be too arrogant. Otherwise, I will not spare you. I can't kill you, but I can still beat you up."

"Master Dean, I am just a small shrimp. Why bother with me?"

Xu Lei shook his head and said, "Have I done anything so heinous? I am just a businessman. In order to do business, survive and adapt to the environment, I have to make some arrangements with these officials. What else can I do? If I don't make arrangements, they will find a thousand ways to eat me up. I can't do my business at all."

"Nonsense, you are a relative of the empress."

The Sixth Martial Saint said, "If anyone wants to cause trouble for you, just report a word to him, and the people from the Supervisory Council will be able to take his official hat off!"

"Then how can I hide my identity?"

Xu Lei shook his head: "If that were the case, Emperor Jin and Emperor Wu would have discovered me and my family long ago, and they might even have taken us hostage.

You don't think they don't have spies in our Dakang, do you?
Since you are in charge of the Inspection Office, you should have the manpower in this area!

Every country investigates the relatives and family members of the martial saints in each other's country!
So that when a war breaks out suddenly, we can capture the other party's family and control the corresponding Martial Saint!"

The Sixth Martial Saint was left speechless by Xu Lei's words.

Finally, she waved her hands and said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense to me. Go away. This involves bribery, which is illegal, and you are still justified. If you were not a relative of my sister, I would not forgive you."

"It seems that the dean despises me. Or rather, he despises my behavior."

Xu Lei did not leave immediately. Instead, he smiled and said, "In this case, how about we have a meal together today, Mr. Dean?"

"You still want to treat me to a meal?"

The Sixth Martial Saint had already turned around to leave, but now he turned back and said, "Are you still trying to bribe me? Don't go too far! Be careful or I'll really beat you up!"

"I'm not trying to bribe you."

Xu Lei shook his head: "After the dean took charge of the Supervisory Commission, he supervised the whole world and had zero tolerance for corruption. Is there anyone in Dakang who doesn't know about this?

Although I have the courage, I am not a fool. How could I want to bribe you?

I just came here today and talked with you, and suddenly I was inspired to take you to see what the people's livelihood is!"

In the blink of an eye, several hours passed.

Xu Lei, wearing his true face and a brocade shirt, walked on the road in the slums with the Sixth Martial Saint, who was wearing tight casual clothes and a mask.

Looking at some beggars on the road, the Sixth Martial Saint remained silent.

Because when Xu Lei invited her to dinner before, they didn't go to a so-called big restaurant.

There are no delicacies from land and sea, or big fish and meat.

Instead, he went to an ordinary citizen's home.

Before leaving, he insisted that she change out of her uniform.

She didn't want to pay much attention to Xu Lei at first, but was stimulated by Xu Lei's words and came.

The food in people's homes was so bad that the Sixth Martial Saint could hardly eat it.

Because Dakang’s economic level is very poor now!

Many people only eat meat a few times a year.

There are still many beggars on the road.

She watched as Xu Lei took some food and gave it to some beggars on the street. Although they were just some simple buns, they were still snatched up.

Afterwards, she watched Xu Lei turn around and go back.

"What do you mean by bringing me to see this?"

The Sixth Martial Saint said coldly: "You stinky merchant, are you saying that the poor living standards in Dakang are caused by me?
Is it wrong for me to investigate corruption and catch evil? Don't think that if you use these crooked ways, I will relax the standards and allow you stinky businessmen to take advantage of the loopholes, exploit the people and grab profits! "

In response to her words, Xu Lei just smiled.

"Let's keep walking and looking around." That's all he said.

The two walked side by side on the road of this prosperous city again. "Sir, you usually investigate corrupt officials and arrest corruption, so you probably don't pay attention to these people at the bottom, how are they doing?"

After a while, Xu Lei said, "These are still the people of the capital!
The people in other cities of the Dakang Dynasty were actually even poorer than this.

You, the high and mighty Martial Saint and President of the Supervisory Council, certainly don’t understand these things!
As a martial saint, you can do whatever you want and kill whoever you want! Just to create an ideal world without corruption in your dreams!
Regardless of whether an official is capable or not, if he is even slightly involved in corruption, he will be killed. The same goes for any businessman.

However, all the capable officials are dead, or have been removed by you. For the remaining officials, even if they want to develop the economy, it becomes difficult without funds.

The capable have become incapable, because all the big merchants have fled.

As a businessman, when doing business in various places, how can you not manage local relationships? Interpersonal relationships are indispensable.

If you don't make some arrangements, those poor officials will control you to death. You invested a lot of money, but in the end, you lost everything.

What's more, you have already made the officials live in such a poor condition that they have no money at all.

Looking at these big merchants coming with huge sums of money, each of them wearing gorgeous clothes and with fat faces, how could anyone not be greedy?
If you don't bribe, you will be killed by the poor officials. If you bribe, you will be hacked to death. In this case, who would want to do business in Dakang?

If no one does business, who can the people work for? If the people have no jobs, how can they make a living?

Just farming? How much can you harvest from farming? In a bad year, you can plant for half a year but get nothing.

The same goes for other things. Don’t tell me about raising pigs and ducks. These are also difficult.

You have to invest some money to buy chicken and duck seedlings. Here is some money.

The usual feeding is another expense.

Many farmers do not need to invest any manpower, they just work hard all year round.

But it is possible that while you are raising the animals, suddenly, for some unknown reason, they become sick and all die. This kind of thing happens from time to time.

You say, in this situation, how good can people live?"

The Sixth Martial Saint remained silent.

“I’m not saying that it’s bad for you to arrest corrupt officials.”

At this time, Xu Lei also said: "Corrupt officials must be arrested. Those who take advantage of loopholes to make money must be punished.

But I just want to say that we should be moderate in everything and not be so extreme. Being too rigid will only lead to failure.

Perhaps we can let these corrupt officials go for now, raising them like pigs, and then slaughter them when they are fat.

In this way, the officials who are responsible for the work will be there, and businessmen who smell the profits will also come to develop industries.

The people then had jobs to do and no longer had to rely solely on farming and the weather for their food.

When the time comes, you will still kill those officials and merchants who should be killed. It's not that different, what do you think?
Of course, sometimes these corrupt officials may indeed do things that take human lives lightly, such as the death of your grandmother.

But sometimes, governing a country is like cooking a dish, it cannot be without any oil or water.

If you don’t add any oil, it will be very hard to cook this dish!
The suggestion is that you can drain the oil first, and then, if there is too much oil, you can clean it out.

Of course, this is just my suggestion. After all, I am just a small businessman.

You are the high and mighty Martial Saint, the president of the Supervisory Council of Da Kang. Although you are not called the Empress, you are actually the third Empress of Da Kang.

You may not listen to what a small person like me says, but I still want to say something today.

Because I know that the other two empresses are actually embarrassed to tell you these things.

If you are unhappy, you can kill me right now, right here, right now."

At this time, the Sixth Martial Saint's eyes were revealed from under the mask.

"How dare you, you stinking merchant."

She said coldly: "How dare you let me relax my efforts to catch corruption! Do you think I dare not kill you? Even if I kill you right here, the two empresses will not do anything to me!"

"Of course I know. After all, you are a Martial Saint. In this world, a Martial Saint has great power. With all your personal strength, you can kill an ordinary person without any burden."

Xu Lei just put his hands behind his back and smiled, "But if you can listen to what I said just now, it will help the people of Dakang get rid of their poverty. It will be a blessing for you to kill me to vent your anger."

"How dare you put your hands behind your back and be so arrogant in front of me?"

The Sixth Martial Saint rebuked him coldly, "Are you trying to imitate the ancient celebrities? Do you think you are risking your life to give advice to the people of the world?

Do you feel that you are particularly great now? Are you so moved that you want to die?

How dare you say I'm wrong!

Do you think I am the emperors of previous dynasties in history?
Those emperors did not dare to kill ministers who gave advice to them, because their imperial power came from the army composed of ordinary people all over the world!
But I am a martial saint!

If you make me unhappy, I will kill you!
Okay, I will fulfill your wish today and kill you here so that you can get what you want!
Of course, you won’t be as famous as those ministers of remonstration in history!
Because of what you did here today, I will be completely blocked!"

As he spoke, the Sixth Martial Saint rushed up, and with a jade hand, flowing with spiritual power, pinched Xu Lei's neck.

The Sixth Martial Saint even flew into the air, lifting Xu Lei up with him.

However, Xu Lei just smiled and said nothing, because he could see that the Sixth Martial Saint did not really want to kill him.

If Xu Lei used his magic power, he could certainly avoid it.
But at this time, Xu Lei was speaking as a small businessman.

The character is just an ordinary person, so of course there is no way he can avoid it.

At this time, the Sixth Martial Saint did not break Xu Lei's neck.

She simply grabbed Xu Lei's collar with her backhand and carried him up into the air.

Fly directly into the sky.

"My Lord, are you going to take me to other cities in Dakang?"

Xu Lei was in the air, looking at the tiny crowds and cities flashing by quickly below, and asked with a smile: "Or should we go to Jin or Wu?"

"I just think that breaking your neck and killing you like this would be too easy for you."

The Sixth Martial Saint laughed and said, "Let's find a suitable spot and throw you down to die. This will be more fun."

"Then let's go directly to Wu State. Once we get there, we can see the current economic status of the people in Wu State."

Xu Lei continued: "Although Emperor Wu was also born in the grassroots, he is now the emperor. After all, he has been the emperor for so many years, and his ability to govern the country has improved a lot.

Over the years, as I have been doing business, I have come to understand that Dawu’s economic conditions are much better than those in Dakang.

Especially in recent years, our country and the Dawu Kingdom have been developing in opposite trends.

Because our country is carrying out super high pressure anti-corruption, in fact, it is not that high pressure is bad, but mainly that you are too high pressure. Many big businessmen have been scared away.

People like me are the last ones to hold out, so I am now considered a relatively big businessman in Dakang.

Many of these merchants who left went to Wu State. Therefore, Wu State's economic level has improved dramatically in recent years."

"Don't be so self-righteous, you money-grubbing guy."

At this time, the Sixth Martial Saint said, "I told you that I will throw you to death, not to Wu or Jin. I will not waste time with you, I will throw you to death right now. I will show you what happens when you anger a Martial Saint."

After saying that, she released her hands in the air.

Let Xu Lei continue to fall in the air.

And she was wearing a mask, standing in the air, looking down coldly.

Xu Lei didn't say anything, just watched with a smile.

Leisurely enjoying the feeling of falling body.

He didn't use any of his magic power to make himself fly. He just let his body fall continuously at high speed.

Of course, in the end, Xu Lei’s body did not hit the ground critically.

Because afterwards the Sixth Martial Saint rushed down and grabbed Xu Lei.

"You are obviously an ordinary person, but you have such courage. You are the first one I have seen."

The Sixth Martial Saint lifted Xu Lei up and continued to fly in the air: "Humph, you are brave."

(End of this chapter)