Although Yang Zhen and others followed the order and did not give any discounts, they were still suspicious because they really couldn't figure out why he was making things so troublesome.

It would be fine if it was a private visit on a ministry basis, but there was no need to really see the difference between these local forces in the shopping malls as an ordinary businessman, right? With Lord Li now and the power he held in Huguang this time, he could use his might to suppress it, so as to quickly cut off the chaos caused by food shortage, and quickly restore the people to the disaster.

But Lord Li did not do this. He traveled between Suizhou and Xiangfan, using all kinds of means to break the conspiracy of those profiteers as an ordinary businessman and stabilize the grain prices in Suizhou. However, this time was delayed. They were all in Suizhou for more than a month, and they have not revealed their true identities until today.

In fact, Yang Zhen had asked Li Ling indirectly, but he had been perfunctory by his words, but he still couldn't figure out what the trick was. However, now, as Li Ling got the arrest document from He Ben and showed that familiar smile, he quickly understood.

It turns out that the adults made so many things, but the drunkard's intention was not to drink, but the real purpose was to use the official documents of these government officials!

Li Ling looked at the clearly written crime that had been put on the head of "Ling Li" and others, and the bright red governor's seal at the end, and the corner of his mouth naturally raised: "Very good, take them down and take good care of them. They will be extremely important witnesses next, and there must be no mistakes."

"Yes!" The guards on both sides agreed immediately, and skillfully tied the people down and tied them up.

Until this time, these people, including a group of people in the government office, woke up from their dreams and screamed: "What are you doing? Are you going to rebel? Resist in arrest and kill the injured officials. Do you know what the consequences are?"

"Let us go soon, otherwise you will be killed by all!"

"Ling...Boss Ling, what do you mean? How could you do this? They are all from the Governor's Office..." Wang Yaochen was even more panicked and sweated, and hurriedly persuaded him.

However, many people outside the country believed that this matter was no longer good, because these prisoners not only refused to be arrested, but also injured officials. Such unscrupulous practices were not too much to be charged with treason. This made some officials turn their heads and start to want to summon the city's soldiers to capture the resentful criminals.

"Stop it all!" Li Ling suddenly shouted, suppressed everyone's screams, then took out something from his arms, and slapped it on the table in front of Wang Yaochen and He Ben.

What I took out this time was no longer the simple waist-branded card of the Imperial City, but was replaced by a more elegant and elegant gold medal with Pan Long carved on it.

When the two saw the gold medal clearly, especially when they saw the five-clawed golden dragon that only the royal family could use, their faces changed again, and Wang Yaochen trembled violently. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't even say a complete sentence: "This...this...this...sir..."

"I am Li Ling, who was ordered to enter Huguang and serve as the tutor of patrol, is on the fourth rank. You little governors dare to attack me. Shouldn't you be severely punished? Cutting his arm is just a small punishment and a big warning. How dare you even call rebellion? What's your intention?" Li Ling's tone was a bit sarcastic, pressing towards He Ben, which made him feel great pressure. He no longer had the arrogance he had before. He knelt on the ground, but he couldn't even say a word.

He is indeed extraordinary, not an ordinary businessman.

Wang Yaochen thought in his heart that he had guessed this point as early as the beginning of the business war, so he kept staying out of it. After all, his way of being an official has always been to keep it alone.

But when the other party's identity was really revealed, it still caused a great impact. This was too high. The emperor's missionary comfort and search commander, even though his official rank was not as good as the second-rank governor, was still above Jiang Futai in terms of power. Now he showed his identity in front of himself, and he really didn't know whether it was a blessing or a disaster.

His heart was full of uneasiness, but Wang Yaochen had already knelt down quickly: "Wang Yaochen, the governor of Suizhou, met Lord Li. I don't know that Lord is here, and he had offended him before. I hope he will forgive him for his crime."

"Since I have never disclosed my identity and have not done anything excessive, I will naturally not blame you." Li Ling waved his hand and asked him to stand up, then sat down at the top of the head, then looked at He Ben, who was still confused: "What's your name? What's your current position?"

"The villain He Ben is a inspector under the Governor." He Ben finally came to his senses, but he also became very honest, because he knew very well that he could not count as anything in front of a big man like Li Ling. With just one sentence, it would be easy to take his own life.

"Ho Ben..." Li Ling muttered the name, and then asked again, "Are you coming to get me under the order of Governor Jiang? Does he have any instructions?"

"This..." He Ben was still hesitant, but when he met Li Ling's sharp gaze, he heard the word "Yeah" spurting out of his nose, and he couldn't help but reply honestly, "The youngest was ordered by the governor to come and arrest Ling Li and go to Wuchang to ask for guilt... The Futai Lord once told me... let me..."

"explain!"

"Yes... he asked me to control all the food under his name after taking down Ling Li, and then someone came to receive it..." After giving out all the orders from Governor Jiang, he gasped like a drowning person, his head and body covered in sweat, obviously under unimaginable pressure.

Li Ling's eyebrows were quickly squeezing, and his eyes were full of anger: "Okay, what a good method. Jiang Guixun is really worthy of being the governor of Huguang. This trick made him extremely clever in framing innocent people and seizing money!"

Hearing the irony and anger in his words, He Ben even lay down on the ground, not daring to look up and communicate with him at all. This pressure has never been experienced by the governor. This high-ranking official from the capital is even more powerful than his own.

However, Li Ling quickly suppressed his anger and waved his hand again: "Get up. Prefect Wang, there is no problem with these people being held in your government office first?"

"No...no problem, follow the instructions of Lord Li." Wang Yaochen immediately agreed. He might have been a fence-bearing man before, but now, he can only follow Lord Li's arrangements for the time being.

Li Ling nodded with satisfaction, and let the people from the government office come in and cooperate with his guard to escort a member of the official. Although these people from the governor's office were still unwilling to accept it, they had to be bound and obediently when their status was not as good as others and their strength was not as good as others.

It was not until the person was taken away that Li Ling waved to the officials of the government office outside who were still standing there: "Come in, I have something to tell you."

These people hesitated for a moment and finally came into the hall and bowed to see him. After Li Ling accepted their bows, he said, "Do you want to hear what my official thinks about you, the magistrate, and all of you?"

Everyone was silent and guessed that something would not be good, but they did not dare to say anything. Li Ling's eyes swept over them, and then he snorted: "If you say you are evil, you will not see any evil deeds, nor will you hoard or help those profiteers to bully the people. But if you have any behaviors that benefit the people, you will not have any.

"Maybe in your opinion, this is a great achievement, and I think it is fulfilling my duties. But in my opinion, this is the biggest mistake. Because your actions are tolerating evildoers. It can be said that it is because you have never had any objection that those unscrupulous merchants dare to stock up on food and raise prices so unscrupulously, causing the entire Suizhou people to be in dire straits. Therefore, even if you don't really make accomplices, they are no different from those who accomplices.

"Especially, you, Wang Yaochen, as the prefect of Suizhou, have nothing to do and watch the people suffer. You are worthy of the promotion and cultivation of the court, and you are worthy of the people in this city who call you the magistrate? You neglect your duties and have a simple meal. You are talking about mediocre officials like you!"

Li Ling's harsh criticism made the officials of the government even more panicked. Wang Yaochen's face was white and red, which was both fear and shame. It was not until Li Ling stopped and looked at him again that he knelt down again and said, "What lord taught me is that the subordinates are not capable of doing things and are not responsible, which made me suffer this hardship. But... lord, there is no way for the subordinates to do so. This time, the food matters are not only hoarding the wealthy families in the local area, but also the officials at the top of the peak are manipulating everything. How can I, a small fifth-rank prefect, dare to be enemies with them?

"All I can do is to keep my duty and not let my officials get involved. As for the outside world, I... can only watch."

"Hmph, do you think if you report this to the court, will anyone believe it? Also, do you really think I don't know anything, don't you know that you have gained a lot of benefits from it?"

These two questions surprised the prefect Wang again, but this time, he lost the courage to argue for himself. Because this is true, he did gain benefits from it. If he really put it in the court, he could not escape the charge of an accomplice.

After putting enough pressure on the other party, Li Ling's tone eased a little: "But some of your words are still right. The situation is like this, and it is not something you, a prefect, can fight, but your sins are still there. So if you want to relieve your sins, you have to reform yourself, make contributions, and help me clear up the unhealthy trends in Huguang together!
Chapter completed!