I was a conman in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 583 The Magistrate of Dangtu County

Chapter 583 The Magistrate of Dangtu County

Wang Wenzhou instructed, "Take your men and burn down all the houses in Yinfeng Village. The dilapidated houses are useless; it's better to burn them down and turn them into farmland."

Upon hearing this, the people of Yinfeng Village were heartbroken. They said, "We'll come back sooner or later if you drive us away, but our house is burned down. Even if we come back, we'll have nothing."

Feng Xinhui immediately knelt down and pleaded, "Lord Wang, please give us a way out."

"Spare us, Lord Wang!" The people of Yinfeng Village all knelt down and begged.

Wang Wenzhou curled his lip, picked up the baby and walked forward, cursing loudly: "How can you be so shameless? You are allowed to set fire to the houses in Jinfeng Village, but I am not allowed to burn down your houses? Do you think you are the prefect? ​​Even if you are the prefect of Hezhou, I will still beat him up!"

Feng Yuanbai quickly said, "Lord Wang, we really didn't burn down the houses in Jinfeng Village!"

Wang Wenzhou said irritably, "Who would believe that? It wasn't you who burned it, it was the people of Jinfeng Village who burned it themselves? Are they crazy?"

"Pfft..." Feng Yuanbai was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to refute.

Wang Wenzhou said irritably, "If I had drunk alcohol today, I would have castrated you all! Are you even men? When the enemy invaded, you surrendered without even resisting! Where did your ability to bully the old, weak, sick, and disabled in Jinfeng Village go? I've seen through you. You only dare to bully the weak! Men, chase them away. I'm annoyed by them."

"Yes!" Li Hechen waved his hand, and the special forces soldiers swarmed forward, driving the people of Yinfeng Village out like sheep.

Wang Wenzhou was silent for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "Sister-in-law, this isn't going to be fun. The enemy is too weak!"

"Sigh..." Empress Zhou sighed and complained, "Boxin, stop joking. You think this is child's play, but for the villagers of Yinfeng Village, they have nothing left!"

Wang Wenzhou hugged Empress Zhou and kissed her, then said with a smile, "Why do people fight for power and profit? It's because with power in hand, one can decide the fate of others, even their life or death, with just a few words."

Empress Zhou shook her head with a wry smile. As an empress, how could she not understand this?

"But they are all innocent civilians! Don't you think you've gone too far in treating them like this?" Empress Zhou rebuked.

Wang Wenzhou retorted, "Sister-in-law, they killed three villagers from Jinfeng Village. Even if the feud between the two villages can't be resolved, they are not innocent! Besides, if outsiders invade, the men in the village haven't been killed and the women haven't been raped; we should be thanking our lucky stars."

Empress Zhou was both amused and exasperated. This rascal Wang Wenzhou was truly outrageous! Foreign invasion? Are you the foreign enemy?

Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment and then said, "Forget it, I'm magnanimous and won't hold a grudge. Let's give them a way out. Xiao Liang, go and invite the magistrate of Dangtu County to come over and handle this matter with me."

Sheng Liang said with a smile, "Big brother, I haven't had enough fun yet! How about we play a little longer?"

Wang Wenzhou laughed and scolded, "You little brat, that's enough. If you keep playing like this, your sister-in-law Ruru will come over, and we'll both be in trouble!"

Sheng Liang nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "Brother is right! I'll go and do it right away."

Empress Zhou smiled slightly. Fortunately, Wang Wenzhou, that troublemaker, although fearless, dared not disobey Liu Rushi. It was the Emperor's foresight in betrothing Zhu Meichu to Liu Rushi's son, Liu Xiaohua, thus winning over Liu Rushi.

Soon, Sheng Liang returned and reported, "Brother, that guy surnamed Niu is being disrespectful. He told me to get lost! He also said that he has already reported your illegal activities to the Emperor and has divorced Prefect Jiang Ming. He's waiting for Jiang Ming to come and punish you."

"Pfft..." Not only was Wang Wenzhou dumbfounded, but even Empress Zhou was dumbfounded.

Although Wang Wenzhou held no official position, was he an ordinary person? How dare a mere county magistrate treat him like this? Even Jiang Ming, the prefect of Hezhou, had to be careful around Wang Wenzhou. How could this arrogant county magistrate be so audacious?

"Haha!" Wang Wenzhou laughed loudly, "We've run into an idiot!"

Sheng Liang cursed and said, "Yes, brother, I wanted to slap him to death, but I didn't dare without your orders! Otherwise, I would have taken some men to kill him?"

"Screw you!" Wang Wenzhou said irritably, "Even if he's an idiot, he's still an official of the imperial court!"

Wang Wenzhou hugged Empress Zhou and kissed her, then said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, why don't you issue an edict to dismiss this idiot from his post!"

Empress Zhou rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou and said irritably, "I'm not going to fool around with you!"

Wang Wenzhou instructed, "Xiao Liang, you have to make another trip to Hezhou and tell Jiang Ming to hurry over here!"

"Yes!" Sheng Liang accepted the order and left.

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Outside the county government office in Dangtu County, the entire area was filled with kneeling bald men.

Niu Dalei frowned. Although he was the magistrate of Dangtu County and he also believed that Wang Wenzhou had broken the law, he knew that even if he brought all the constables of Dangtu County with him, he would not be able to arrest Wang Wenzhou.

Niu Dalei was no fool to have passed the imperial examination and become the magistrate of Dangtu County. The reason he didn't give Wang Wenzhou face was because Wang was a member of the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party was constantly plotting to kill Wang Wenzhou. Niu Dalei believed that if he could find a way to eliminate Wang Wenzhou, he would definitely be promoted by a high-ranking party member. Although confronting Wang Wenzhou head-on was dangerous, fortune favors the bold!

After weighing the pros and cons, Niu Dalei decided to fight Wang Wenzhou to the death.

Niu Dalei shouted, "Get up, all of you! I am aware of this matter! Wang Wenzhou and his men openly burned down the village. This is an act of robbery. I have decided that even if it costs me my life, I will get an explanation for you all!"

"Thank you, sir!" Feng Yuanbai was very proud. In this critical moment, he still had to rely on his family. His uncle was indeed his uncle, and he really helped out!

Niu Dalei said loudly, "Get up, all of you! Liu Bantou, find a place to settle them down first. Feng Yuanbai, you and your son, come with me."

Upon arriving at the rear office, Feng Yuanbai knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Uncle!"

Niu Dalei said irritably, "Get up! How did you and your son get involved with that mad dog Wang Wenzhou?"

Feng Xinhui said with a wry smile, "How could we, as his in-laws, dare to offend Wang Wenzhou? This is truly an undeserved disaster!"

Niu Dalei said, "Wang Wenzhou has so many men under his command. Even if I were just the magistrate of Dangtu County, or even the prefect of Hezhou, Lord Jiang, he wouldn't be able to do anything to him."

"Oh?" Feng Yuanbai asked, "Uncle, do you mean we should swallow this insult?"

Niu Dalei shook his head and said coldly, "No! A true man always avenges his wrongs! I ask you, father and son, do you dare to fight to the death?"

Feng Yuanbai thought for a moment and then said, "Uncle, please tell us! We, father and son, will listen to you!"

"Fine!" Niu Dalei said coldly, "You immediately send the villagers to every village and township in the county to tell them about their tragic experiences. Tell them that the people of Dangtu County have been bullied by the people of Hanshan! The people of Hanshan are riding roughshod over the people of Dangtu! The good men of Dangtu County should stand up and teach the people of Hanshan a lesson!"