They are not fools. The Zhou Mansion has always been fine before, but if something goes wrong now, they can figure out whose handiwork it is on their knees.
Shuxiu sighed softly again: "In this world, good and evil will eventually be rewarded. It's not retribution, it's just that the time has not come yet."
"Now I think it's time for Zhou Mansion to retaliate for oppressing the people."
She smiled slightly when she said this and looked at the officials: "Have you ever oppressed the people before?"
Officials: "..."
Although they have followed the people of Qingzhou to herd fish and meat over the years, the things they have done are not as disgusting as those of Zhou Mansion, and the number of them is not that many.
But they actually did those things.
For a moment, their faces looked a little ugly.
Shuxiu said warmly: "I will give you a chance to live. You will report each other's evil deeds."
"Whoever makes the most and most truthful reports will be spared."
The officials looked at each other, obviously not believing her words.
At this time, they already knew the way King Qin and the people below him did things. The more things happened, the more dangerous they might be.
Shuxiu glanced at them: "Looking at you, you are trying to protect each other, so it doesn't matter."
"Someone, take them all out and make them into braised pork ribs!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a guard immediately came to pull her away.
The official who was pulled over broke down and cried: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!"
After he finished speaking, he talked about the things that several officials had done to oppress the people.
Shuxiu's lips curled up slightly: "You are right."
She waved her hand lightly, and the guard released him, and then went to arrest the person he identified.
When those people saw that they could survive by pointing out this seriously, they immediately ignored it and immediately started pointing out others.
Shuxiu moved a chair and sat there and said, "No hurry, come one by one."
Shocked by this incident, they all became more honest and exposed all the things that others had done over the years.
When the person who was stabbed heard this, he immediately refused to accept it and immediately exposed in front of the other person what he had done to oppress the people.
The more things like this are revealed, the more they seem to be fighting each other. They had just united the front, but after these things were revealed, they wanted to tear each other apart.
Then the poking and poking changed and turned into exposing each other's shortcomings.
Shuxiu was listening, and unconsciously listened to the gossip:
Whose family has several concubines, who is not good at that, whose son has robbed several good girls from ordinary people's families, who has climbed the wall in the middle of the night to dig out ashes and sleep with his daughter-in-law.
Shuxiu's ears hurt from listening to it, and she knew that if she continued listening to it, she wouldn't get much useful information.
She then said quietly: "It seems like you are not good people."
"But I said before that I will give you a way to survive. Let's do this. You write a note and ask your family to redeem it with money."
They breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. If they could redeem themselves with money, it meant that they still had hope of living. It was difficult for them to cooperate.
However, Shuxiu made a request when they wrote these letters: "To directly talk about the ransom makes us sound like robbers, which doesn't sound good."
"I heard that the people in Qingzhou don't even have seeds for spring plowing right now. You might as well say that you donate money to buy seeds for spring plowing for the people."
After experiencing so many things, the officials' mentality has collapsed. At this time, they will do whatever Shuxiu tells him to write.
In Qingcheng, the big families who usually show off their power also felt something strange after their family head entered the Prefectural Mufu Mansion last night.
First they sent people to pick up things from the house, and then they donated money.
When they saw something was wrong, they and their servants surrounded the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, hoping to get an explanation.
Shuxiu was not surprised at all when he heard this, so he just asked Qingzhou Mu's body to be hung out.
The family members of the officials looked very ugly when they saw the usually arrogant and domineering Qingzhou Mu being killed.
At this moment, they knew that things were about to change in Qingzhou.
Shuxiu came out with several guards and said: "I am ordered by King Qin to take over Qingzhou."
"Former Zhu Chengyuan of Qingzhou fished the common people. According to the punishment of Qingzhou, he was sentenced to braised pork ribs."
"The gentlemen in your family are very understanding of justice. They strongly disapprove of what Zhu Chengyuan has done and want to do something practical for Qingzhou."
"So they decided to donate some money to buy grain for the people."
"I will ask people to read out the amount of money they are willing to donate in a moment, and you can go back to raise money."
As soon as the family members heard about this, they knew that they were going to do something wrong.
They have not been taught how to behave, and they are still very arrogant at this time. They expressed their unwillingness to do this and asked Shuxiu to let them go.
Some of them were brave enough to rush directly in front of Shuxiu and wanted to attack her.
Seeing this scene, Shuxiu just smiled faintly, drew out the sword in her hand, and directly killed the person who made trouble in front of her.
At the same time, all the guards took action to control all those who were leading the trouble.
Then there was horror in everyone's eyes.
Shuxiu asked who the troublemaker belonged to, and then pulled the corresponding official out of the house.
She said quietly: "Sir, your family is not willing to use money to buy grain for the people."
"Based on what you did before, you should be killed."
The official was trembling with fear. He wanted to say something, but Shuxiu chopped off his head with a sword, causing blood to spatter three feet.
The originally noisy front door of the State Shepherd's Mansion suddenly became quiet.
The next moment, a guard came to report: "Sir, Li Qing's house has been raided."
"All the men have been convicted, and the women have been used as prostitutes."
Li Qing is the name of the official who was killed by Shuxiu just now.
If they were a little scared when Shuxiu killed the official in public just now, then when their house was ransacked, the others began to feel scared.
They knew from Qingzhou Mu yesterday that it was King Qin who came to Qingzhou this time.
They have been arrogant and domineering in Qingzhou for a long time, and King Qin is not the king of Qingzhou. They have no idea what King Qin's arrival means.
Now they already know that King Qin wants to take over Qingzhou.
Shuxiu's eyes became sharper, and she said coldly: "Does anyone else have any objections?"
One person stood up and said: "You are robbing money! King Qin's fiefdom is not in Qingzhou, but he came to Qingzhou to kill people. This is tantamount to treason!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was shot through the heart by an arrow.
Shuxiu asked: "Which family does he belong to?"
The guard replied: "As my lord, he is the steward of Zheng Jing's family."
Shuxiu waved his hand, and Zheng Jing was brought out. Shuxiu killed him with a sword, and the Zheng family was ransacked.
Shuxiu asked: "Who else is not willing to buy grain for the people?"