CHAPTER 110: CHAPTER 110: I’M EVIL WOMAN LI OF THE LI FAMILY—ARE YOU SCARED?

The Gaoyang County government office staff were completely swept away by Li Qingmu, which presents a serious problem: the local public security was worsening.

Moreover, the Liang Family was not peaceable, often gathering crowds to cause disturbances, making Gaoyang County filled with voices of discontent. Some even said they wanted to go to the government office to file complaints and kick out the newly appointed County Magistrate.

"Young Master, the Putian Village over in Gaoyang County is causing trouble, a lot of people say you should get out of Gaoyang County, what do you think should be done about this?"

If handled poorly, it would result in trouble for oneself!

Elder Qin, upon hearing the news, was anxious and hurriedly came to seek advice from Li Qingmu.

However, Li Qingmu remained calm, sitting in the government office reading a book, seemingly oblivious to the affairs outside the window, which made Elder Qin even more worried.

Long Yue regularly brought medicine to Li Qingmu. This was medicine to nourish the body, enrich Yin and replenish Qi, specifically treating physical weakness after a severe illness. The medicine tasted tart and bitter, but not as unpleasant as medicine for colds, so Li Qingmu happily let his wife feed him the medicine spoonful by spoonful.

Elder Qin was dumbfounded and thought his young master’s heart was a bit too large.

"Young Master, that..."

"Elder Qin."

After finishing a bowl of medicine, Li Qingmu shifted his gaze towards him, "You needn’t worry, these are minor issues. The common people prefer stability; who would want to make a fuss? This issue is someone leading the agitation. What we need to do is quietly wait for the situation to develop, see clearly who is causing trouble, and then make a quick strike to capture them all!"

"Oh..."

Elder Qin was momentarily stunned, then overjoyed, realizing the young master had already anticipated and planned, was he worrying needlessly?

He smiled awkwardly, thinking his young master was incredibly clever, while he appeared rather foolish being around him. But at the same time, he was very gratified; the master finally had a worthy descendant!

Li Qingmu was unaware of Elder Qin’s muttering; at the moment, he was playing with the gavel in his hand, his gaze becoming profound.

"Your name is Qian Er?"

He glanced at a clerk beside him, who was grinding ink for Li Qingmu with a very serious demeanor. Upon hearing the name, he nodded, "Yes, small Qian Er."

"Sir, small Sun San!"

Many farming households had numerous children without proper names, merely using the surname plus their rank; Qian Er and Sun San were like that.

Li Qingmu squinted, looking at the street outside the government office. Occasionally someone would run past, making various strange noises, and even some people were throwing dirty water and rotten eggs toward the government office, demanding he step down as the County Magistrate.

"Qian Er, how long has this situation been going on?"

"Reporting to the master, it’s been ten-some days!"

"Hmm, considered long now, isn’t it?"

"Sir, usually such disturbances last at most three to five days. It’s too long now..."

"Oh, the longer, the better. The longer it lasts, people will grow weary, spirits will be numb, impatience will become evident; only true troublemakers can exhibit such manifestations..."

Li Qingmu rubbed his chin, looking at the people outside coming and going, he chuckled softly.

"Prime Minister, is it time to begin?"

At his side, Long Yue seldom coquettishly called him, thinking about going out onto the street to catch people, filled her with excitement, eager to rush out of the government office with a knife.

"Afternoon, wait till afternoon, afternoon is when people grow weary. That’s when capturing people is like catching mosquitoes full of blood, a handful in each hand!"

Once people are tired, actions slow down; they won’t escape!

Long Yue’s eyes sparkled: "Good, Prime Minister, once afternoon arrives, I’ll immediately go!"

In the afternoon, the sunlight was perfect; the early spring sunlight appeared gentle and inviting, making one feel snuggly. A few men wearing thin cotton jackets sat around an old locust tree, munching on sunflower seeds while staring at a grain shop across the way, their eyes glowing green.

"The Zhou Family’s Grain Shop, our elder has been eyeing it for a long time. Several times we negotiated with the Zhou Family, but they remained oblivious and unwilling to sell it to us. This time is a golden opportunity, later we’ll snatch the land deed of the grain shop and beat their involved people half to death. Remember, don’t kill them! Then pin the dirty hat on that brat, got it?"

"Got it, big brother, don’t worry, we’ll handle this beautifully and guarantee your satisfaction!"

"Hehehe, ready, one, two, three, go!"

As soon as the words fell, several shadows hidden in the dark jumped up, charging toward that grain store. The shopkeeper’s wife was settling accounts for a customer when she saw several men rush in, she screamed in fright.

"Ah—Who, who are you? Get out, quickly get out, if you don’t leave I’ll report to the authorities..."

"Report to the authorities? Hehehe, go ahead, report to the authorities, huh? That good-for-nothing won’t care whether you live or die, look at it, how chaotic is the public order in Gaoyang County now? Has he intervened even once? Missy, stop struggling. Come, come, look at you, so water-spirited, come into big brother’s arms, big brother promises to treat you well, ahahaha..."

One of them saw that the shopkeeper’s wife had some charm and immediately sprouted wicked thoughts, speaking very frivolously and offensively.

"Don’t come closer; I’d rather die than yield to you!"

The woman was saying it, suddenly turning, grabbing a candlestick from the table behind her, aiming the sharp part at her throat, looking ready to commit suicide at any moment to preserve her integrity!

"Damn it, a chaste and virtuous woman, huh? Pah, I don’t believe I can’t deal with you. If you don’t play with me today, I’ll kill your entire family!"

"You...you scoundrels!"

The woman, upon hearing her whole family would be killed, collapsed immediately, clinging to the table and crying loudly.

The few men looked increasingly pleased and laughed loudly.

"Bang!"

A small teacup flew through the air, directly hitting the back of the last man’s head, causing him to feel a buzzing in his head, a little dazed.

Pain!

The intense pain woke him up, then he raged, turned around and cursed: "Who, which shameless thief dares sneak up on ol...bang!"

The man’s words weren’t finished when another stick came down; he reached to touch his forehead, there was a big bump.

"I..."

His eyes rolled, he fainted dead.

"Who? Damn it, are you looking for death..."

The leading man was talking when he turned around and was stunned.

A crisp beauty entered the shop; she had charming smiles, her eyes glancing joyfully, graceful steps; just holding a bludgeon, which didn’t match her Beauty style, huh?

"Little beauty, you..."

"Hit!"

Long Yue entered with a smile like a flower, but when she saw these people and the mess in the shop, she got angry immediately, shouted loudly, and herself charged forward, showering punches and kicks on these bad people.

"Ah ah ah, don’t hit, stop hitting, someone’s gonna die ah!"

Long Yue was half a military family girl, her skills were clever, though didn’t leave much visible marks, yet when placed on their bodies, it hurt very much, and enough for them to ache for several days.

With Long Yue’s few assistants, the troublemakers were easily dealt with.

The leader cradled his pig-head face, asked pitifully, "Who...who exactly are you?"

"Me?" Long Yue gracefully arranged her hair, chuckled lightly, "I’m the Evil Woman Li, just ask yourself if you’re afraid?"