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After the Liangshan cavalry led the merchant and Yang Chun into the courtyard,
The captain of the cavalry stepped forward.
What happened on the street just now
He recounted everything in detail.
After hearing this, the clerk
He immediately turned to the merchant and Yang Chun with a stern face.
"Is this what happened just now?"
The white-flowered snake nodded silently.
The merchant immediately protested his innocence.
"My lord, it was clearly this man who clashed with us first!"
"After seeing how wealthy we are, they'll try to take advantage of us!"
"That's why I wanted to have the servant teach him a lesson..."
The merchant said,
He then walked towards the clerk.
When they got closer,
The merchant immediately took out a bag of gold and silver from his pocket.
It was gently placed on the desk in front of the clerk.
"What are you doing?"
The clerk asked with a half-smile.
"Hehe, it's just a little money, please accept it, sir..."
The merchant hadn't finished his ingratiating words when...
Suddenly, the clerk let out a cold laugh.
"Do you know what the punishment is for bribery and accepting bribes in our Liangshan?"
"This? Punishment?"
The merchant sensed something was amiss in the conversation.
He immediately broke out in a cold sweat...
Chapter 597 Bribery and bribe-taking are punished equally
"In our Liangshan, once bribery is discovered,"
The clerk said with a sneer.
"Those who accept bribes will be punished with a minimum of caning and a maximum of beheading, depending on the amount of money they receive."
"The same principle applies to those who offer bribes!"
"what?"
The wealthy merchant's legs immediately went weak.
He plopped right down on the floor.
He only understood now.
It turned out that the cavalry captain had refused to accept his money.
Not because of personal integrity,
Instead, they feared the punishment from Liangshan!
"You scoundrel, you've bribed me twice,"
The clerk said sternly.
"In addition to that, he also beat people in public on the street and even tried to sever their tendons!"
"According to the laws of Liangshan, drag him away immediately and give him two hundred strokes of the cane."
"Send them back to the re-education camp and make them do hard labor for three years!"
"All of you servants shall be given fifty strokes of the cane! And sent to a prison camp to do hard labor for six months!"
"W-what? This...."
The wealthy merchant, limp and weak, was dragged down by the Liangshan soldiers.
Seeing that what the Liangshan official said was actually true,
The wealthy merchant hurriedly shouted loudly.
"You can't say that about me. I'm related to the military commander of Zizhou. I am..."
"What are you yelling about?"
The Liangshan soldier dragging the wealthy merchant sneered.
He then directly pushed the wealthy businessman to the floor.
"Don't even mention being related to the military commander, even if you were related to the emperor,"
"Once you've come to this marshland, you must abide by the rules of Liangshan!"
Accompanied by the soldiers' cold laughter,
The enormous military baton had already struck the wealthy merchant's buttocks hard.
This immediately caused the wealthy businessman to wail loudly.
Yang Chun here,
Originally, when they saw the wealthy merchant take out silver to bribe the civil official of Liangshan,
He then felt that he was probably doomed today.
It seems that this is what it means to be subjected to even more severe torture in the future.
They also couldn't reveal their identity.
To avoid disgracing Shaohua Mountain,
But unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye,
This situation then underwent a dramatic change.
The wealthy merchant who offered the bribe was instead dragged away and flogged.
The white-flowered snake was still somewhat dazed.
Unable to understand the situation.
Then he saw the Liangshan clerk with a stern face say to him,
"You should watch where you're going from now on, and don't bump into people again!"
After giving a lecture,
The clerk then told Yang Chun to get up and leave.
The white-flowered snake walked out of the courtyard, still somewhat dazed.
After a while,
He couldn't help but nod.
"No wonder Liangshan is so prosperous. Just the fact that they are not greedy for money makes them much better than the government!"
After touring the torture chamber in Liangshan...
Yang Chun then remembered his mission.
He hurriedly stepped into the Liangshan Hotel next to the interrogation house.
...
On Liangshan,
Lu Zhishen soon received a message from the West Bank Hotel.
"People from Shaohua Mountain? And they say they want to join Liangshan?"
After hearing this news, the Flower Monk...
He was overjoyed.
The leader of Shaohua Mountain
He had a chance encounter with Shi Jin, the Nine-Dragoned Swordsman, in Yan'an Prefecture.
Later, the two even set fire to Waguan Temple together.
Having dealt with the Flying Yaksha Qiu Xiaoyi and the Iron Buddha Cui Daocheng,
We've become friends through thick and thin.
Now, Shi Jin, the Nine-Dragoned Swordsman, is bringing his Shaohua Mountain followers to Liangshan to join them.
Lu Zhishen was naturally overjoyed.
He immediately wanted to personally go down the mountain to greet her.
Fortunately, it hasn't happened yet.
He eventually remembered his current responsibilities.
He hurriedly ordered his soldiers to invite the two military advisors, Wen Huanzhang and Xu Guanzhong, to discuss matters.
After the two arrived,
Lu Zhishen immediately informed them of the news that the West Bank Hotel had been brought up the mountain.
"Those government troops from before were actually Shao Huashan soldiers in disguise?"
"Shaohua Mountain is actually going to join forces with Liangshan?"
Wen Huanzhang and Xu Guanzhong exchanged a glance.
For a while,
They were all a bit confused about the situation.
"Why would someone from Shaohua Mountain, which is near Yan'an Prefecture, travel thousands of miles to Liangshan to seek refuge?"
Wen Huanzhang asked in bewilderment,
"Could there be a trap here?"
Hsu Kuan-chung also said,
It's no wonder these two are so suspicious.
"My two strategists, the leader of Shaohua Mountain, Shi Jin, the Nine-Tattooed Dragon, is my brother,"
Lu Zhishen said somewhat displeased.
"The other leaders of Shaohua Mountain are all heroes of the outlaw world, how could they possibly be deceitful?"
"Commander Lu, that's not what we meant,"
Wen Huanzhang said helplessly,
"Guanzhong and I were worried that there might be something wrong with this news,"
"Who knows if this Shaohua Mountain is real or fake? What if it's some government troops impersonating it?"
"this......"
Lu Zhishen was stunned for a moment.
He scratched his bald head.
That makes a lot of sense,