Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 572: Beast in Human Clothes

"I can understand your difficulties, but who can understand theirs?"

"Coach Mi, if I'm not mistaken, you look plainly dressed without any decorations, but the material of your clothes is not ordinary. You use Cangyun silk from Yunqi Mountain in the south, right? This stuff is not cheap. A palm-sized piece is enough for an average person to eat for a year. Add to that the craftsmanship of your clothes, it's enough to support a family of five for sixty years."

Chu Tai's voice became a little low, and the look he gave the two of them became a little strange.

"You are not short of money or power, but why do you let those people go hungry and cold? Let them struggle there, and watch them fall back when they try to climb out. Is that so interesting?"

As the sound rang out, thousands of wailings echoed all around. The man who had finally calmed down his emotions and stabilized his literary and righteous spirit immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, his body's breath failing uncontrollably.

When Mi Hanyi saw this scene, his expression changed, and a tool appeared in his hand. He raised his hand to activate the rules and regulations, intending to suppress the incident.

But it would have been better if she didn't take action. Once she did, resentment immediately surged around her, and wisps of black air turned into fire of anger and wrapped around her, trying to burn her to death.

Chu Tai said quietly, "A Taoist monk who is proficient in legalism? Well, I can't find anyone to back me up now. Instructor Mi asked me to be considerate of you, so please be considerate of me. Help the people here to have a bottom line, so that they won't fall to their death at the bottom of the valley."

As Chu Tai's voice fell, Mi Hanyi felt that his strength was being pulled by an invisible breath, and he was unable to move for a moment.

"these are?"

Mi Hanyi widened her eyes and wanted to take a closer look. The next moment, countless despair swept over her. She could only use all her strength to offset and sort it out bit by bit.

But she gradually discovered some problems. The resentment around her seemed loose and fragile, but in fact it was endless and had certain commonalities. No matter how she changed, she could not escape its influence.

She may even face stronger resistance due to violent suppression.

Instead, she chose to help some of the resentments that tended towards despair to sort out their problems, and these forces would help her suppress the other resentments that only left killing and chaos.

“Is this the way to be an official?”

Mi Hanyi's first reaction was that such changes were the way officials should be treated, and Chu Tai was so angry that he laughed when he heard this.

"Why? Can't it be that the people have goodness in their hearts and don't want to do evil, but they are restricted by the local customs and go with the flow. Now that the customs are gradually correcting, they are naturally willing to return to the right path and safeguard justice? You are a student of law, and you are obviously learning the law for the people and amending the law for the people. How come you don't act like a human being anymore after studying so much?"

After saying that, Chu Tai was too lazy to listen to Mi Hanyi's subsequent words. He flicked his long sleeves and suppressed him under the black air.

At this moment, he had completely despaired of the officials of Taokuang City.

Rather than waiting for them to come to him, he felt it was more realistic to go and handle it himself.

After walking out of the location of the statue of the God of Wealth, Chu Tai did not stop, and followed the induction of the breath to find the place. At the same time, several officials in Taokuang City were gathering together to drink tea.

An official wearing a green robe embroidered with birds and birds looked at the fate outside and whispered, "Why hasn't this fate come yet? What is Mi Hanyi doing? Doesn't she know that if she drags it on, I can only bear the pain and do something extraordinary."

Sitting opposite him were civil and military officials wearing green robes.

The civil servant in the green robe embroidered with flying birds heard this and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, sir. Instructor Mi is well versed in the way of law, and he has your promise. He can mobilize the laws of a city and suppress a monk easily. As for the resentment among the people, it is just a minor problem. As long as we can guide them a little bit afterwards, we can resolve it and restore the original peaceful scene."

The military officer with the beast embroidered on his head didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "You are really funny, old man. Now that resentment has arisen, it is obvious that the people in the slums can no longer suppress it. I would say that it would be better to burn it down and let those people know what it means to be as strong as iron and as powerful as the government. Let them accept their fate."

"You are a warrior, but you don't know that culture and education are also great achievements. If everyone is like you, burning down any corrupt place you find, not to mention Taokuang City, even the vast land of Central Plains can't stand such a mess."

The civil servant sighed repeatedly, pointed at the slums and said, "Although the people there are lazy and gluttonous, and do not know how to be grateful for the grace of the court and the benevolence of the saintly king, and do not know how to sympathize with the efforts of the adults, we work hard, but after all, they are the people under our rule, just like our descendants. How can we beat our descendants to death if they do not know etiquette and have no achievements?"

"Besides, those common people also provided some minor help when the statue of the God of Wealth first settled in the local area and when Taokuang City was in its early stages of development. They have made some contributions and have worked hard. We should also sympathize with their misjudgment of their own contributions and give them more opportunities to show our benevolence..."

At this point, the civil servant was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise: "Haha, I knew that Instructor Mi was capable. Look, sir, the bad air in the slums has dissipated a lot, and there are even signs of returning to the right path. This is obviously the result of your governance. I think you will get an above-average score in this court's evaluation."

Hearing this, the green-robed official stroked his beard and said cheerfully, "Haha, this is also the credit of Instructor Mi. After all, she is your beloved disciple. The two of you should be the model for the prosperity of culture and education in our city. You can be called great talents nurtured by the century-old literary fortune."

When the civil servant heard this, he naturally said that he did not deserve it, but his expression and aura revealed his mood clearly.

The military officer next to him felt very upset when he saw this scene. He was just about to drink some tea and take a breath when he suddenly found that there was another person beside him.

"Who?"

The military officer took a step forward and protected the official in green robe behind him. He turned his wrists, took out a pair of iron hammers, and with the blood rushing up, he pressed towards Chu Tai.

But after the qi and blood fell, it was like falling into a mirror or water, causing only slight ripples, and no other changes.

Chu Tai touched the teacup and whispered, "This is a good thing made from the finest purple clay. The craftsmanship should have involved burning a lot of spiritual tea into it, so that even if you pour in clear water, you can taste a little bit of tea flavor. This alone is enough to renovate the slum area. You guys can sit here and drink tea and talk about things that bully the people. You really deserve the word beasts in human clothing."

"Who is your Excellency?"

The civil servant also reacted, picked up a brush and took a defensive posture, but in fact he was secretly making hand gestures and performing some magic.

Chu Tai took a look and heard a crisp sound of broken bones. The civil servant's face turned pale and the hand hidden in his sleeve had been twisted 360 degrees.

(End of this chapter)