After Tang Yin escorted Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao back to the Heng City, he did not immediately throw the two into the city's cells. Instead, he imprisoned the two brothers inside the city's cells, and after that, he ordered for people to post an announcement that the soldiers had exterminated the bandits in Three Mountains area.
This news was nothing to the common people, but to the merchants, it was great news. Brother Shangguan was subdued, and they would no longer have to worry about getting to Three Mile in the future. To express their gratitude, the merchants all came to the County Magistrate Mansion to pay their respects to Tang Yin, and at the same time, brought many gifts.
Tang Yin accepted them all with a smile. Towards these merchants, he was still very courteous. Whether or not Pingyuan County could recover quickly would all depend on these people. Just as he was entertaining the crowd, a twenty year old Domestic Servant ran in from outside and approached Tang Yin. She first bowed in greeting, and then said respectfully: "Master, Shangguan Yuanji requests to see you!"
Upon hearing that Shangguan Yuanji had arrived, Qiu Zhen, who was standing beside him, immediately revealed a smile and whispered into his ear. "Shangguan Yuanji finally could not sit still any longer and came to our door."
"Ha ha!" Tang Yin chuckled, he looked at the merchants present and smiled: "I have received everyone's intentions, if everyone has nothing else to say, please go back first!"
The merchants were all smart people, who would still be willing to stay and disturb them at this time? Everyone stood up and bid farewell to Tang Yin, as if by agreement.
After the merchants had all left, Tang Yin then asked the Domestic Servant to invite Shangguan Yuanji to come in.
Tang Yin thought that Shangguan Yuanji must be a cunning, sly and shrewd middle-aged man. However, after meeting him, Tang Yin realized that he was wrong, and he could not tell what kind of person Shangguan Yuanji was at the moment, but he was a lot younger than Tang Yin.
Shangguan Yuanji looked to be only in his early thirties. He was tall and thin, with a white face and a thick eyebrows, big eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a sharp and clear facial features. He could be called handsome, handsome, and with the addition of a set of white clothes, he had a graceful bearing and an outstanding temperament.
Tang Yin was sizing him up, and Shangguan Yuanji was sizing him up at the same time.
With regards to the new county governor, he did not care at all. Speaking of which, among the county guards in the past, not a single one was worthy of his attention, and as for Tang Yin, he was younger than all the previous county guards and had built his family with Wang Ting's influence. Shangguan Yuanji did not even put him in his eyes.
However, never in his wildest dreams would he imagine that the young County Guardian would be able to capture and destroy his two brothers like a bolt of lightning. Not only was he worried about the lives of his brothers, he was also surprised by Tang Yin's outstanding ability and speed.
Seeing Tang Yin, he secretly took a deep breath.
Even with a straight face, it was as if he was smiling. His white and clean face did not have any blemishes, and he was not a handsome man, but the wild and evil aura that naturally left on his body was unforgettable. Especially his pair of eyes, which were pitch-black and serene, as it rotated, they would give off a threatening cold light from time to time.
This person was not simple! Without needing to talk, just looking at his appearance, Shangguan Yuanji's hair unconsciously stood up, as if he was on guard.
"You are Brother Shangguan, I've heard a lot about you!" Tang Yin squinted his eyes and said with a smile.
His words were polite, but his attitude was exceptionally haughty. Sitting on the chair, he didn't even move, let alone stand up to greet the other party. As he spoke, he held a teacup in his hand and didn't even look at the other party.
"My name is Shangguan Yuanji, and I pay my respects to Master Tang." Shangguan Yuanji did not mind Tang Yin's arrogant attitude in the slightest. While speaking, he cupped his hands together and bowed.
Usually, Tang Yin would invite the other party to take a seat, but he did not have any intentions of giving up his seat, he slowly put down his teacup and raised his gaze to Shangguan Yuanji, then laughed: "Brother Shangguan is indeed a busy man, I wonder why you are so free today, and how you are able to come to my residence while you are busy?" His words were filled with ridicule.
Knowing that Tang Yin was silently blaming him for not being able to pay him a visit on the day of his inauguration, Shangguan Yuanji couldn't help but laugh bitterly in his heart. He thought to himself that such a narrow-minded Tang Yin, no matter how strong he was, was difficult to achieve simply by being magnanimous.
He was disappointed and frustrated in his heart, but just as he was about to speak, he heard Tang Yin say: "Brother Shangguan, please take a seat! "Servants go forward, and do not have to go backwards. This is the way it is. I have seen this kind of thing too many times."
Hearing that, Shangguan Yuanji's face became ugly.
Tang Yin was very proud, but he himself was the same. If Tang Yin was someone with mediocre abilities, he would not even bother with him. Now that Tang Yin had displayed such an extraordinary ability and even captured two of his younger brothers, Shangguan Yuanji could only come forward brazenly and be ridiculed by others.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Qiu Zhen anxiously rushed out to smooth things over, laughed and said: "Brother Shangguan is an experienced man, it is understandable that you usually find it hard to leave, but you must have some matters that brought you here today, right?"
It was only now that Shangguan Yuanji noticed Qiu Zhen's existence. Qiu Zhen had an average stature and appearance. His clothes were also normal and nothing special, and his entire person seemed to have no special characteristics at all, making it easy for others to overlook his existence.
"May I ask who this brother is …"
"I am Qiu Zhen!" Qiu Zhen replied with a smile.
"Oh, so it's Brother Qiu!" Shangguan Yuanji bowed politely with a smile on his face, then said to Tang Yin: "Master Tang, I indeed have something to discuss this time!"
"Brother Shangguan, please speak."
"I did it for the sake of those two brothers!" Shangguan Yuanji was proud and arrogant, but when the two brothers were in the hands of another, even if he did not like Tang Yin, he could only bite the bullet and endure. Yuanwu and Yuanbiao are born to be aggressive, but their nature is not bad. I hope that Master Tang can be magnanimous and let the two brothers live. "
"Oh!" "So brother Shangguan was doing this for me." Tang Yin said faintly: "I have something that I don't understand, I wonder if Brother Shangguan can give me some pointers?"
"Master Tang, please ask!"
I am also very grateful for this, but your two brothers actually went against the will of the heavens, blocking the way and robbing the land in order to harm one side, this is truly hard to understand. Could it be that your brother never advised your brother to stop your brother, or your brother has always condoned your brother?
"Master Tang might not know this, but it's not that I condoned my two younger brothers, nor was it that I didn't try to dissuade them, it's just that the two of them didn't listen to my persuasion at all and kept to their ways …"
Without waiting for him to finish, Tang Yin smiled and interrupted him: "Since Brother Shangguan is unable to persuade me to stop your little brother, then isn't letting me let the tiger go back to the mountain and give the two of them a chance to continue their rebellion?"
"This …" Shangguan Yuanji was speechless, and did not know how to answer.
Tang Yin secretly laughed in his heart, and deliberately sighed, and said: "Your little brother's nature is tyrannical and unreasonable, so in order to prevent any future troubles, I can only kill big shots, at noon tomorrow, I will behead these two people. I will firmly remember Brother Shangguan's contribution to the Pingyuan County and army, but please do not plead for your brother again!
No matter how much the Yuanwu brothers angered him, or how much they disappointed him, he was still their blood brother. With their bones broken and their tendons tied together, how could Shangguan Yuanji just sit there and watch as they died?
At this time, he became anxious, and said: "Giving food to the army, I am willing, I think this is my duty as a citizen of Great Gale, I have never dared to ask for anything in return, and now, I only hope that Master Tang can let me go, and release the Yuanwu brothers, if the two of them become bandits again, I will personally capture them and hand them over to Master Tang!"
"This …" Tang Yin frowned, he did not reply immediately, and revealed a troubled expression.
Seeing that his tone was showing signs of loosening, Shangguan Yuanji immediately said: "If Master Tang does not believe me, I can write down a contract right now, and if there really comes a day, even if Master Tang wants my, Shangguan Yuanji's, brain, I won't have a single complaint!"
"Ha ha!"
Tang Yin laughed, he stood up and paced back and forth in the hall.
It was obvious that he was considering Shangguan Yuanji's words.
Shangguan Yuanji did not say anymore, but his gaze had been fixated on Tang Yin's body the entire time, and his heart had finally reached his throat. Whether the two brothers were dead or alive, it all depended on one sentence from Tang Yin.
After walking for a while, he stopped and turned back, smiling at Shangguan Yuanji: "Brother Shangguan is too serious. I believe in you, he can consider releasing Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao, but, I have a condition."
Condition? Shangguan Yuanji was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood that there was nothing about him that Tang Yin cared about other than money.
He said: "Please rest assured Master Tang, I will definitely not let you help me for nothing. As long as you can make me accept your request, I will accept it."
"Of course you can!" Tang Yin smiled and walked over to Shangguan Yuanji, then said: "I have a plan to set up two deputy county guards at Pingyuan County. One will help me manage the military affairs, and the other will help me manage the government affairs." While talking, he pointed at Qiu Zhen and said: "Qiu Zhen is a good strategist, his main job is military affairs, I am very at ease, but I have never been able to decide who will be in charge of the government."
At this point, he deliberately paused and didn't continue.
Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji were both startled, the former stared blankly at Tang Yin as he did not think that Tang Yin would give him the position of vice commander-in-chief, the former was surprised and happy, but the latter could not understand why Tang Yin suddenly said those words.
"Master Tang's meaning is …"
"In my opinion, the vice county warden in charge of government affairs will be done by Brother Shangguan!" Tang Yin squinted his eyes as he smiled and said.
After everyone finished reading < Tang Yin in the Other World >, they could also take a look at Liu Dao's other two complete books, < How Scoundrel Forged 2 > and < Encyclopedia of Medicine >! There was a link on the work page!