"I know." Wu Jingtian replied, stood up, and was about to walk out, but Ye Fan thought of something again and waved, "Go and call the store owner over, I want to ask something."
Wu Jingtian was stunned for a moment, but soon, he walked quickly to the kitchen. He didn't know what he said, but the store owner came out. He seemed to know Ye Fan's extraordinary background, and his expression was respectful, "My lord, are you looking for me?"
"Yeah." Ye Fan nodded, glanced at the store, and asked, "Boss, don't the officials of Bishan City care about the fees these families charge?"
"Never mind." The store owner replied, but he shook his head helplessly, "But it's no use."
"It's no use?" These words made Ye Fan frown.
"Those are people from big families. Even if someone reports it, the official will come down to interrogate and ask what they found out, so what can they do?" The store owner opened his mouth and explained: "Previously, Commander Guo Jin conducted the most stringent investigation and collected the money.
A lot of people were arrested, but they were released on bail after a few days of arrest. When they came back, they collected even more money."
Hearing this, Ye Fan was a little silent, but Wu Jingtian on the side was puzzled, "Then you can continue to report?"
"Don't dare." Hearing this, the store owner shook his head repeatedly, "It would be better if the big families didn't find out who the report was, but if they were discovered..."
As he spoke, the store owner lowered his voice and pointed to a closed shop opposite the store.
"The boss was discovered. He was killed last month. He hung it at the door of the store. When I got up in the morning and opened the door, you have no idea how scary the scene was."
"Kill someone? No one from the city guard went to investigate..." Wu Jingtian continued to ask, but Ye Fan waved his hand at this moment, "Okay, shopkeeper, you go and do your work first."
"Okay." The shopkeeper replied, wiped his hands, and was about to leave, but he thought of something and said quickly: "The two adults seem to have good intentions. Maybe they want to seek justice for the villain.
I am extremely grateful.”
"But this is the way the world is, so you don't have to bother adults to get angry with these big families for the sake of villains."
"You boss, if someone asks for justice on your behalf, just respond." Wu Jingtian said, "This person in front of you is not a small person. Is it possible that he can still harm you?"
"Don't dare." The boss shook his head repeatedly and raised his neck slightly, "I'm really afraid of being investigated. I still have my parents and my son. If something happens to me, there will be no one to take care of me. I don't know what to do.
Already."
"Hey, what are you talking about..." Wu Jingtian was a little shocked and was about to argue, but Ye Fan waved his hand again to stop Wu Jingtian and said to the boss: "Okay boss, I understand, you go first
Go get busy."
"Okay, thank you two adults." The boss said, and then stepped back, his posture was very low, making him look particularly humble.
"God, why didn't you let me ask you clearly just now?" At this moment, Wu Jingtian seemed still aggrieved.
"I've asked clearly, but you didn't understand."
Ye Fan replied, just looking at Wu Jingtian, his tone was calm, "He is afraid that we will be like the people who came to investigate before, and there will be no follow-up after a few days of investigation. He is even more afraid that he will be like the shop owner opposite, who will be punished by those families because of the report.
Hold a grudge and leave your body lying on the streets."
"But we won't..."
"We can't do it because we don't know it. There's no point in saying it." Ye Fan replied, but his eyes looked at the noodle bowl in front of him again. There was a hint of depth in his eyes. After a long time, he just sighed quietly.
, "Sometimes I really feel helpless. It seems that this world has always been like this. A place like Bishan City, with a city guard like Guo Jin as its commander, is still like this."
"It's because of us that we came to Bishan City. When God comes to find those families tomorrow, they will definitely change things." On the side, Wu Jingtian spoke quickly.
"That's not what I meant." After hearing this, Ye Fan just shook his head and stood up.
"What makes me feel helpless is that when justice needs to be served, evil has always taken the first step."
…
The next day, when the sky was just brightening, the patriarchs of more than ten families had already arrived at the city lord's palace.
Most of these clan leaders were pampered. It was only five or six o'clock at this time, and they were mostly yawning. Although some people were afraid of God, they still complained softly.
"Why do you think God called us here so early? He doesn't want to cause trouble for us."
"How is it possible? When God enters the city, we fully support him and give him enough benefits. There is no one who would burn bridges by crossing the river."
"That's not necessarily true. Those families in Nange City also welcomed God in the beginning. How did God treat them later?"
"Let's take a look first. We haven't done anything wrong. Even if God wants to trouble us, there must be a reason."
A group of people were talking quietly, and not long after, Ye Fan also walked out of the house.
Putting on the mask, armor and black sword, at this moment, he seemed to have become the tough and iron-blooded Lord God. Just by appearing on the scene, the patriarchs of these families immediately shut up and straightened their backs.
"Good morning, everyone." Ye Fan said, sitting in the middle of the hall, Wu Jingtian came to stand next to Ye Fan.
"Good morning, God." Everyone responded politely.
"It seems that everyone is very sleepy." Ye Fan just glanced at everyone and said calmly, "At this time, normally all the clan leaders should still be in sweet dreams."
"God is joking, the sky is just bright, and most people are basically sleeping." A clan leader responded, flattering him, "Of course, people like God must sleep with the sun and the moon."
"Sleeping with the sun and the moon, there is something in this saying."
Ye Fan nodded, but his eyes suddenly became fierce. He changed the topic and suddenly said, "I heard that you people, what kind of money do you charge on various streets? And you also assassinate the stores who reported you?"
As soon as these words came out, many people changed their minds. Some people quickly stood up and said, "The money is indeed true. We didn't do anything to harm the store."
This person is obviously very alert. Since Ye Fan has called them here, he must have known what happened. It would be unfavorable to argue at this moment. Taking the lighter one in one go will make it easier for Ye Fan to believe it.
"Oh, you didn't do anything to harm the store, you just took the payment." Ye Fan nodded, but then he raised his eyes and glanced at the sky, "Didn't you just say that no one got up at this sky? Why don't you go and see it?"
Look, have your food vendors on the street started working?"
"this……"
"I'm quite confused. Others work hard and deserve the money they get. You people, relying on your land and power, get something for nothing. Don't you feel ashamed?" Ye Fan said, "What's more, where did you come from?
Do you have the right to collect this money?”
When the voice came out, these clan leaders became somewhat silent. Obviously, Ye Fan's spearhead was very obvious, which made it inevitable for them to avoid it.
"God taught me a lesson." After a while, a patriarch with a round face stood up with a smile on his face.
He stood up, first bowed his hand to Ye Fan, and then said politely: "God, please don't misunderstand us. We collect customs fees to protect the rights and interests of those stores. This world is not very stable. We want to protect the streets."
Tranquility, maintaining business balance, and preventing malicious competition also require expenditures."
"This amount of money was not fabricated out of thin air."
"So it's better for you to collect the fee for the sake of the store." Hearing this, Ye Fan nodded, "Since you said so, then if I let the City Guards do these things in the future, the City Guards can do it too.
Did you collect money?"
"This." The head of the family choked, but soon smiled reluctantly, "Since the city guard can do it, of course the city guard will take over."
"That's okay." Hearing this, Ye Fan just nodded, ignoring the family owners who wanted to speak out, and said directly: "From today on, all streets will cancel the thing of regular money. I will set up a special supervision department. As long as I find out again
Once, let’s get to the bottom of it directly, which family it is, and which family has been removed from Bishan City.”
"You all know my methods, and no one should have any objections to this."
The clan leaders were silent. After a while, one of them stuck out his head and said cautiously: "God, is this too serious? It's just some small traders..."
"Didn't you grow from a small businessman to your current size?" Ye Fan asked back and snorted coldly.
"I have read your information, and quite a few of you have even come from working as small vendors. Originally, you were supposed to help the people. But now, you are standing opposite the people. You were oppressed when you grew up.
, now that I have grown up, I have become the exploiter in turn."
"I see, these comfortable days have made you forget a lot of things."
"In the future, I will let you recall how you should have spent your uncomfortable days."