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Chapter 1263 The Stimulation Is Too Excessive ([-])
Zhao Lin silently served the second cup of herbal tea, Qi Ke was a little nervous, stopped telling jokes, and started from the beginning seriously.

It took less than half an hour to tell what happened in a few days from the beginning to the end. Qi Ke talked so much that his mouth was dry. He ate a whole cup of herbal tea and even ate a melon fruit plate.

After listening to the story, Old General Bai didn't speak for a long time, his brows were tightly frowned, and he tapped his fingers unconsciously beside the teacup, thinking about something, but Qi Ke didn't disturb him casually, and lowered his head to eat his own.

"Why were you so impulsive at the time?" The old general sighed after finishing his thinking.

"Being robbed by water bandits, as a frontier military household, it is the responsibility to do our part to suppress the bandits. Who would have thought that behind the water bandits, there would be an affair with the dignified country gentry. This is called self-destruction if you do many unrighteous actions. God has eyes, God has eyes." Qi Ke shook his head while holding a bamboo fruit fork, and there was a piece of melon on the fork, and that slightly smug expression was particularly ticklish.

Old General Bai really couldn't hold back, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"The southern squires are a big circle, do you know that?"

"You can guess, in-laws, teachers and students, old friends, the same year, classmates, etc., a circle beyond the imagination of outsiders."

"Although you killed a family with a fair reason, but you have no name, and if the remaining gentry secretly unite to sue us, do you think the general can bear it?"

"It's true that the southern gentry are a big circle, but they will only advance and retreat together on the premise of common interests. The old general wants to see who will divide up the power and market they originally had after the Chen family in Fu County is removed from the list." Woolen cloth?"

"Ok?"

"Is the original intention of the Southern gentry in the group to file a lawsuit really to avenge the Chen family? I don't think so. If they really do this, I think the only intention is to deter the Bai family army, so that the Bai family army will suffer a lot. There will be no next time."

"If what you said is true, do you think their intentions can come true?"

"I don't care if it comes true or not. I just need to keep an eye on the remaining families in Fu County. If they are really reprimanded or punished by the court, the remaining gentry families in Fu County will be removed within the year. The limit is one for one. Come and play if you dare."

"One limit for one?" Old General Bai thought about it for a while, then smiled, thinking that this word was quite new, "Together we all die together?"

"Kill one to keep your capital and kill two to make money. Isn't it like this when you kill an enemy on the battlefield? When you die, you have to take a back. The squires have developed from generation to generation, and each of them is used to arrogance. I really think that I am the local emperor of the local area, but Obviously, the earth emperors are afraid of death, but the imperial army is the opposite, what they are best at is fighting people desperately, and come to play if they are not convinced."

"Are you quite eloquent?"

"It makes sense to me. Local officials are appointed by the imperial court and leave when their term expires, while frontier troops are stationed in the local area. As the so-called running water officials build iron camps, the current officials are not as good as the current ones. If the gentry refuses to obey the constraints, there is no need for them to exist. No. It’s useless to sue the imperial court. The imperial power does not come down to the county. Usually, they are allowed to develop because the higher authorities want to maintain the stability of the countryside and avoid frequent uprisings. But after a long time, they are actually fat pigs in the pigsty. At this time, the national treasury is empty, and the plump and fat gentry from all over the country who have been raised for several generations is a good time to go to the slaughter, kill and cut the meat to share with the court, which side does the old general think the court will stand on?"

(End of this chapter)