I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 496: The Godstick Appears Again
After Zhou Tieyi whipped him, the small flags of the Zhushen Division who followed Shentu Yuan to rescue him became nervous.

In the past two months since returning from Shantong Mansion, Zhou Tieyi has hardly ever entered the God-Slaying Division, but there have been many changes within the God-Slaying Division.

First of all, there were ghost soldiers from the underworld guarding the night, so the Night Patrol Department was established, with Yuchi Jing as the director. At the same time, because they involved ghost soldiers from the soldiers' tombs, the Queen Mother also put a lot of people in it.

After that, some time ago, the God-Slaying Division recruited a large number of people and added 5,000 people. This was the order of the Emperor of Great Xia. The purpose was to continue to add sand to the God-Slaying Division, so that it would be a mixed bag and could not be completely controlled by Zhou Tieyi.

During this round of recruitment, Shentu Yuan, as the leader of the Zhushen Division left behind by Zhou Tieyi, naturally also recruited a lot of new people. Also, because the headquarters of the Zhushen Division in Tianjing was not like the plain old government office as before, it now held Tianjing's commercial taxes and influenced the local pacification divisions through the selection system. Therefore, many local clans or eccentrics would try to find ways to enter the Zhushen Division headquarters, further exacerbating the complexity within the Zhushen Division.

Among the small flags following Shentu Yuan were some of the old guard. They didn't understand why Zhou Hou, who was always easy to talk to and kind to his own people, behaved out of character today.

You should know that after the company received the news that Zhou Tieyi was assassinated, Shentu Yuan put everything aside and immediately mobilized people to come. He was the most loyal person.

The newly recruited people are very cautious, as meeting in person is worse than hearing about it. It was rumored in the martial arts world that although Zhou Tieyi's emotions are shown on his face, his mind is actually deeper, because you don't know whether his emotions are what he wants to express. Even when his subordinates reply, they cannot give correct or incorrect answers. Only half-right and half-wrong answers can satisfy Zhou Tieyi.

In the past, everyone scoffed at this matter, wondering how there could be such a scheming person in the world. But today, when Shen Tu Yuan, who came to the rescue in the first place, was beaten with a horsewhip without asking whether he was right or wrong, and there were marks on his face, everyone realized that the rumors in the martial arts world were true. They originally thought that they were asking for credit, but now they are probably lucky not to be held accountable, so they are becoming more cautious.

Zhou Tieyi sat on the shaft of the cart, holding a whip, tapping his palm with the whip. "Do you know why I hit you?"

Shen Tu Yuan, who came to the rescue, quickly came to his senses after the initial confusion. He felt like he was back to the day when he suffered in the Zhushensi military camp.

He, Hao Ren, Mei Juncang, and Sima Li made different choices and had different endings.

Thinking of this, Shentu Yuan shuddered instinctively, and the pleasure of holding power during this period of time disappeared without a trace.

You can’t answer that you don’t know!

Shentu Yuan reacted immediately. Just like what people outside had rumored, he could not be a fool in front of Zhou Tieyi. Zhou Tieyi could allow his subordinates to be bad, but he could not allow them to be stupid!

But some words cannot be spoken out loud.

Shentu Yuan knew that the reason for the beating today was definitely because of the riot caused by the students of Taixue Academy. However, this time, the encirclement and suppression of the students was not only what he should do as an old subordinate of Zhou Tieyi, but also the intention of the palace.

Not everyone is like Zhou Tieyi, who can resist the orders of the palace or even make the palace compromise.

Shentu Yuan knew that his own path was that of an incomplete cruel official, so he could only cling closely to those in power. If he had not led people to encircle and suppress the students that night, he would probably not even have the chance to wait for Zhou Tieyi to come back!

Thinking of this, Shentu Yuan had already thought of an excuse, "Because my subordinates were unwise."

This answer covers both the beating today and the deployment of troops to encircle and suppress the students that night.

Hearing Shen Tuyuan's answer, Zhou Tieyi whipped his horse whip again, leaving another scar on the bloody wound. However, he turned to look at Shen Tuyuan, his expression softened, at least a sneer appeared on his cold face, "You are unwise for two reasons. First, you knew that someone dared to attack me and you were not able to resist, but you didn't ask capable people to rescue you. You rushed to rescue me rashly. Apart from the desire to seek credit, I don't see your ability!"

"Secondly, the God-Slaying Division monitors the entire country. I am an official appointed by the imperial court, but I was assassinated on my way to the God-Slaying Division. You were not able to get any information in advance and were manipulated by others."

"These two scars remain. When you figure these two things out, they will disappear."

This is equivalent to carving words on the face, which is an extremely harsh punishment. Especially for officials in the imperial court, carving words on the face almost meant being unable to enter the imperial court for the rest of their lives.

In the eyes of many people, Zhou Tieyi almost ruined Shentu Yuan's future just because of an inappropriate rescue, which made them even more frightened.

Shentu Yuan was relieved, because he knew that Zhou Tieyi had always been clear about rewards and punishments. He made two mistakes and Zhou Tieyi punished him with two whips, which meant that there was still hope for this mistake and he had not been completely abandoned.

"Yes, my lord."

There was no trace of resentment in Shentu Yuan's tone, but rather a feeling of relief. The small flags behind him had been lowering their heads from the beginning, and now they lowered their heads even deeper.

Even though Marquis Zhou did not hold an office in the God-Slaying Division, his power and influence were evident.

After beating Shentu Yuan twice with a whip, Zhou Tieyi's anger towards Shentu Yuan was indeed mostly gone. Although it was stupid to lead troops to encircle and suppress the students, from Shentu Yuan's point of view, it was indeed a helpless act that night. It was just that after this incident, Shentu Yuan was not capable enough and could not find a way to remedy it at all. In Zhou Tieyi's opinion, Shentu Yuan was so stupid that he only knew how to be a cruel official. This was the real reason for his anger.

Being a bad guy is stupid. You really shouldn't keep such people in your hands, otherwise they will be eliminated by justice sooner or later.

Zhou Tieyi's carriage drove smoothly into the Zhushen Division, but the news that Zhou Tieyi had been assassinated, especially that this year's runner-up had assassinated Zhou Tieyi, had spread like a gust of wind across the mountains and four cities, causing an uproar in the entire city.

Today, the prison of the God-Slaying Division is no longer the place where there were no flies as the Prison Warden complained in the past. Ever since Zhou Tieyi arrested a group of merchants from Tianjing last time, the prison was not big enough, so the Prison Warden urgently expanded a part of it. Therefore, it was able to detain thousands of Tai Academy students this time.

"You've already captured him for a day. How are you going to interrogate him?"

Hearing Zhou Tieyi's question, Shentu Yuan smiled bitterly. This was the most difficult thing to deal with.

He first captured the people, originally intending to interrogate the mastermind, but Ke Anran did things so well that he would never leave any handle for him. Even when he used cultivation methods to interrogate them, everyone said in unison that it was to resist evil, because that was indeed what they thought in their hearts.

Afterwards Shentu Yuan wanted to find someone to try the case, but on this day he realized how big a disaster he had caused. Not only did the academies outside Taixue Academy begin to contact each other to support these students, but at the same time, among the three departments and nine ministries, he could not find a single government office to try the case.

Once this hot potato fell into his hands, it stuck to him and he couldn't take it away at all. He could only wait for things to continue to ferment step by step, turning this hot potato into a highly poisonous substance and poisoning him, the person who was arresting him, first.

Fortunately, only one day later, Zhou Tieyi came to deal with the matter, and Shentu Yuan didn't have to bear the full responsibility alone.

Shen Tu Yuan thought for a moment and replied, "Attack the Marquis's residence, gather a crowd to cause trouble, according to the law, the official title will be revoked, and the main offender will be imprisoned." Zhou Tieyi sneered, "This punishment is too heavy, and too light."

Zhou Tieyi's words were still confusing, and Shen Tu Yuan could only ponder them carefully.

Fortunately, Zhou Tieyi didn't keep the secret this time and asked, "Go and inform Hao Ren to bring the people here one by one, in batches of 100, and also bring the prepared things."

Before returning, Zhou Tieyi instructed Hao Ren to handle the first half of the matter through the Shinto talisman.

This student unrest was divided into two parts geographically, one inside Tianjing and the other outside Tianjing.

The situation within Tianjing was just superficial. Because there was the Zhou Mansion as a target, everyone had something practical to oppose and it was easy for them to gather together to attack.

The situation outside Tianjing continued. Without the Zhou Mansion as a target, the students would vent their anger on the new policies implemented by Zhou Tieyi.

Zhou Tieyi would rather have people assassinate him every day than have students all over the world oppose his new policies, so he had to handle the Tianjing incident neither too lightly nor too heavily, making it a case so that when local students make trouble, the local county government would know how to deal with it.

After a cup of tea, Hao Ren brought the people and things, all of whom were the parents of the imprisoned students of Tai Academy.

The students who were able to enter the Imperial Academy naturally had extraordinary family backgrounds, and some of them were court officials. However, as soon as the incident happened, the families of these students would have their servants bring their young masters back and lock them up in the house.

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On the contrary, it was those children from poor families, or talented tribute students recommended from remote areas, who attacked Zhou Mansion out of passion. Otherwise, the entire Tai Academy student body would have been in chaos. Not only Shen Tu Yuan could not control the situation that day, but even Ke Anran could not control the situation.

Zhou Tieyi once again set up a trial court in front of the Zhushen Division's military camp. Just like the previous trial of Li Jianhu, all the people of Tianjing could enter and watch. This was a big event in itself, causing panic among the people of Tianjing. Coupled with the fact that Zhou Tieyi had just been assassinated, the streets were deserted for a while.

The first student from the Imperial Academy was brought up, with his neck stiffened, and was forced to kneel on the ground by two strong men behind him. However, he still raised his head stubbornly and looked at Zhou Tieyi in the court. Then he looked at the other three people who had already been escorted to the court and were still unconscious, and couldn't help but ask, "Zhu Bangyan?"

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "It's good that you recognize him. The three of them just attacked and killed me in the street. They are quite capable."

Hearing Zhou Tieyi's words, the Taixue student gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone has the right to kill the traitor!"

Before he reached the seventh level of Confucian self-cultivation, he did not have much actual fighting power. In addition, he was in shackles. Even though this student hated Zhou Tieyi to the point of gnashing his teeth, he could only spit on the ground to express his disgust.

Zhou Tieyi didn't care. "How do you think I should sentence them?"

Although he hated Zhou Tieyi to the core, this Confucian scholar had studied at Taixue Academy after all. After calming down, he immediately noticed the loophole in Zhou Tieyi's words.

"Everyone says that you, Zhou Tieyi, are all-powerful and deceived His Majesty. Now I see that it is true. You are just the director of the Central Bank. How dare you step out of your authority and interrogate the case? Does the Central Bank of the Great Xia Dynasty have to manage the Ministry of Justice in the future? Or do you, Zhou Tieyi, have to manage the power of the three departments and nine ministries in the future!"

This sentence is extremely serious and extremely life-threatening.

Seeing the angry student in front of him so desperate, Zhou Tieyi said with a smile, "That makes sense. Logically speaking, this case should not be tried by me. I can only make suggestions at most. Guess what suggestions I will make to the Ministry of Justice?"

The student didn't answer, but just sneered.

Zhou Tieyi continued, "I want to plead for them. Killing an official in the street is a capital crime, but they have so much strength, it would be a pity if they don't use it. I want to suggest that the Ministry of Justice send them to the death row camp on the front line to resist Yuan Meng's attack, which will also satisfy their passion."

"Similarly, I don't have the patience or authority to interrogate you. I am just asking you out of kindness, do you admit your fault?"

Hearing that he would be sent to the death row camp on the front line, the student still refused to bow his head, "If I am lucky enough to kill the enemy for my country, it will be a good thing, but if God is merciful and I am spared from the death row camp on the front line, I will also learn from the heroic deeds of today!"

Zhou Tieyi laughed out loud upon hearing this. He was indeed the top-notch person that Hao Ren had selected for him from among thousands of people yesterday. It was precisely because of this kind of tough guy that he could be used as a role model after being interrogated.

After a moment, he stopped laughing and said, "Someone, bring the person up."

After a while, the clerk brought up a couple. Seeing the two, the student who had been stubbornly refusing to admit defeat was furious, "Zhou Tieyi, are you trying to implicate your parents?"

When the student saw his parents being brought up, he immediately thought that Zhou Tieyi was going to implicate his parents.

Zhou Tieyi sneered, then said to the parents, "You have heard his words clearly, and you have also heard my words clearly. Now you can make your own decision on what to choose."

The mother hurried forward and hugged her son, "Son, why are you so stupid? It's obviously a good life, why are you making trouble with Zhou Hou!"

The student was about to speak when his father suddenly picked up a row of goose egg-thick sticks from the table next to him, pulled his mother away, and then hit the student's thigh bones several times while he was kneeling on the ground until there was a cracking sound.

The intense pain pierced his heart, but this student was already an eighth-rank Confucianist with a strong spirit, so he did not faint on the spot. He looked up at Zhou Tieyi, and he suddenly understood why Zhou Tieyi did this, "You threatened my parents!"

Zhou Tieyi smiled, "You said that I don't have the power to judge you, but there are people in the world who can punish you. So? Are you going to ask now, who in the world gave your parents the power to break your legs?"

The contradictions in the world are not resolved, but shifted from one contradiction to another.

Zhou Tieyi didn't have the patience to argue with various government departments to judge these students, so he used the simplest method.

Let their parents choose between being in a front-line death row camp and lying at home for a few months. First, break the legs of these students. This punishment is just right, not too light or too heavy.

(End of this chapter)