Volume 1: A Stranger in a Foreign Land Chapter 17 General Flag
A pot of low-quality pickled fish.
A bag of braised pork head.
Yang Ge and Shen Fa sat opposite each other.
Yang Ge stared at the pig's head.
Shen Fa stared at the pickled fish.
Yang Ge: "You don't usually eat such coarse food, do you? I'm sorry for that."
Shen Fa: "What are you thinking? I've eaten worse before!"
Yang Ge picked up a piece of pork head with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, shaking his head and saying, "This is not bad!"
Shen Fa also picked up a chopstick and picked up a handful of pickled cabbage and fish, and put them into his mouth. He said disdainfully: "You are a boring person. I sincerely want to make friends with you, but you act so pretentiously."
Yang Ge shook his head: "It's true that the water in your pond is too deep. Just taking a look in, I feel dizzy and dizzy. I can't even imagine it. If I get involved, how tiring my life will be, and what will be my fate..."
Shen Fa was concentrating on eating the pickled fish, and said nonchalantly, "Is there anything you want to know about last night's mission? Although I've always been very tight-lipped, I'll answer anything you ask today, and I promise I won't tell lies!"
Yang Ge put down his chopsticks and smiled. "And then? After you ask me, I can either go back to the Embroidered Uniform Guard with you, or you can put me in jail, right? I may not be well-educated, but I understand the principle of 'the more you know, the faster you die'!"
Shen Fa raised his eyes to look at him: "Really, don't you have anything to ask?"
Yang Ge shook his head firmly: "No!"
Shen Fa also put down his chopsticks: "Okay, then I'll say what I want to say!"
Under Yang Ge's puzzled gaze, he gently clapped his hands.
The next moment, several strong men in shorts jumped over the wall into the yard. When they saw Yang Ge, they fell to the ground without saying a word.
Yang Ge: ...
Without even turning his head, Shen Fa pointed at the burly men and asked, "Do they look familiar?"
Yang Ge glanced at the strange man and shook his head in confusion.
Shen Fa: "They are all the merchant ship guards you rescued last night."
Yang Ge's eyelids twitched, and he quickly forced a smile, "What do you mean I saved them? It was clearly you and the other lords of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who showed mercy and spared their lives. I was just joining in the fun. What does this have to do with me?"
Shen Fa picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He chewed it and said nonchalantly, "If it weren't for your shout last night, at least half of them wouldn't have seen the sun today. The rest would have died last night... It's because of you that they and their families are able to live!"
Finally, he suddenly laughed and said, "You don't really think that the 'three tribes of barbarians' mentioned by my Embroidered Uniform Guards are just empty talk to scare them, do you?"
Facing Shen Fa's smiling face, Yang Ge couldn't smile.
As the saying goes: out of sight, out of mind.
Now that he had seen those lively men, he naturally could no longer casually say "What does it have to do with me?"
Seeing Yang Ge's gradually stiffening cheeks, Shen Fa's smile became even more intense.
He straightened up, reached across the table, patted Yang Ge on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "See, I told you you're more valuable than you think, didn't I? You've saved thousands of lives just by talking. I've traveled all over the country for so many years, but I can't compare to your immeasurable merits!"
Yang Ge could only lower his head and eat to hide his complicated emotions.
Shen Fa also took a few more bites of food leisurely, then gently put down his chopsticks, crossed his arms and said calmly: "Now, there are two possible outcomes for Weili to deal with them. It depends on your choice!"
Yang Ge had no choice but to put down his chopsticks again, wondering, "What does this have to do with me?"
Shen Fa: "Of course it's your fault. You saved those people. If you don't stand up for them, who will? If no one stands up for them, then we have no choice but to act according to the law!"
Yang Ge opened his mouth and then closed it tightly again.
Seeing that he wasn't playing the joke, Shen Fa didn't care and continued to speak: "Regarding the Xie family's misdeeds, even if they have a history of turning from evil to good, I can show them leniency and give them a lighter sentence. The best outcome would be to demote them to pariah status and exile their entire family to Lingnan!"
Yang Ge was overwhelmed: "According to you, I have made a mistake in my meritorious service?"
Shen Fa seemed indifferent: "Are you not satisfied with my handling of the matter? Then why don't you teach me how to deal with them?"
Yang Ge glanced at the strong men kneeling in the yard and said, "If you're out there, you have to admit your mistakes and stand at attention when you're beaten. They did something wrong, so they should be demoted or exiled. No one can say anything about that. But can you please spare their families because they surrendered themselves? Don't let the disaster affect their families..."
Shen Fa curled his lips in annoyance. "Do you think I'm the one who made the Great Wei Laws? I can sentence them however I want. They're committing the unforgivable crime of treason and treason! I'd have to risk my reputation and beg for mercy if I could just exile them. What else do you want?"
After hearing Shen Fa's words, the people kneeling in the yard immediately bent down even lower, almost prostrating themselves on the ground.
Yang Ge: "You can't blame me for that. I'm still working to make a living, how can I possibly support them?"
Shen Fa patiently explained to him: "As long as you are willing to take the lead, brother can still find a way for you!"
Yang Ge: "What method?"
Shen Fa: "Just like you are now, making a list in the guards and getting paid, just like they were originally spies planted in the Xie family by the guards!"
Yang Ge: "Don't you have a solution? What does it have to do with me?"
Shen Fa clapped his hands. "There is a way, but no one is willing to take the responsibility? You've forgotten that they are involved in the unforgivable crime of the three Yi tribes. Who is willing to use their wealth, property, and life to guarantee them?"
Yang Ge: "You don't want to?"
Shen Fa: "Of course not!"
Yang Ge: "Who's willing?"
Shen Fa: "You are willing!"
Yang Ge: "When did I say I would?"
Shen Fa: "You are not even afraid of death, so why are you afraid of taking responsibility?"
Yang Ge finally broke down his defenses: "Okay, okay, so you're going to bully me, a lone wolf, right?"
"You can't say that!"
Shen Fa slowed down his tone and said seriously, "Think about it from another angle. This might be an antidote to save you from this quagmire... You're so young, you don't really want to rot here, do you?"
Yang Ge wouldn't be tripped by the same stone twice: "Why am I rotten? I have a family, a dog, and a job. I go to work diligently every day and go home happy. How can I be rotten? Don't most people live like me? "
Shen Fa stared at him , his lips moving as if he wanted to say something, but then he closed his mouth.
After a long while, he simply put on a scoundrel attitude and said, "Anyway, this is the situation. If you are unwilling to stand up for them, there is nothing I can do to you. After all, it's just exile to Lingnan. It means that life will be harder and longer. It won't be so easy to die. You saved them once, so there is really no need to care about their life and death. If they want to blame someone, they can only blame themselves for not knowing people well and following the wrong master. They can't blame you or me..."
Yang Ge broke through his defense again: "You are using moral kidnapping, moral kidnapping, do you know that?"
Shen Fa took out a cast iron waist badge with the "General Flag" embossed on it from his waist and slapped it on the table: "Just tell me what you choose!"
Yang Ge collapsed: "How much sin did I commit in my previous life to have to meet you in this life!"
“Boom.”
Another muffled sound.
Yang Ge looked back and saw that the strong men in the yard had hit their heads hard on the ground again, and blood was flowing out.
Yang Ge covered his face.
Shen Fa: 'Hold it!'
