Chapter 280 - 111 Mute Granny_3
"So, the commoner you’re looking for is the witness?" Ye Mingyu asked.
"No," Jiang Li shook her head, "What the commoners can say is only about Feng Yutang’s evil deeds and County Magistrate Xue’s integrity. These words can only be the final straw that breaks the camel’s back, not something to be revealed now. At another time, their impact will be much greater."
Ye Mingyu was even more puzzled, "Then Jiang Li, who is the witness you are looking for?"
"It’s the government officer," Jiang Li said with a deep look in her eyes, "They are Xue Huaiyuan’s former subordinates, and now all the officers in the county government office have been replaced by Feng Yutang’s men. Those officers were steadfast in character, and with Feng Yutang installing his own people, we don’t know whether the original men are dead or alive. If they’re alive, they’re the evidence; if they’re dead, their bodies are evidence. If all the officers in the county government office were to die an unnatural death, it would certainly be considered an odd event in Northern Yan, wouldn’t it?"
Ye Mingyu was stunned.
Jiang Li had a calm look in her eyes, but there was a chill emanating from them when she spoke. Imagining the scene Jiang Li described, Ye Mingyu felt a shiver down his spine. Annihilating an entire family was a rarity in the martial arts world, and those incidents usually involved deep hatred. Of course, there is the saying, "New king, new officials," but Feng Yutang was just a petty county magistrate. Could it be that merely replacing the staff under a county magistrate required so many lives?
"Jiang Li, how do you know these officers were all replaced by Feng Yutang’s men? You haven’t met them," Ye Mingyu suddenly recalled something and asked.
Jiang Li smiled, "You can tell with one glance. How could proper government officers behave like that, not even knowing the basic official etiquette? I wonder where Feng Yutang found such a motley crew. Likely they were thugs and ruffians before. When County Magistrate Xue was in charge, how could he have such subordinates, unless he wanted to ruin his own reputation?"
Ye Mingyu found her reasoning sound and nodded, "Indeed, those officers didn’t seem like decent people."
"Jiang Li, do you want our guards to search for people all over Tongxiang?"
"That’s not necessary. Tongxiang may be small, but its terrain is complex. It would be better if I could get a map. However, the problem is, once Feng Yutang finds out we’re looking for these officers, he is likely to hide them."