" You… You cannot do this," Lai Baihu could see that Su Wan was serious and his expression changed again and again before it became as pale as the moon. He turned to look at the officials and then said, " My lords, you have to save me. Have you forgotten all those good deeds that I have done for you?"
Su Wan on the other hand turned to look at the officials and then said calmly, " I am here as the county magistrate of this city, so naturally I will take care of you all as well."
She tilted her head towards Lai Baihu and then continued speaking, " He cannot help you but as long as you stand by my side, you will have nothing to worry about. Not only will I give you opportunities for promotions."
" But there will be incentives as well and as long as a person performs well throughout the year they will even get a decent sum of money as a gift."
Incentive? Gift?
" Lastly, if you all listen to me carefully and don't make a fuss then you might even get medical insurance. As long as you are honest and hardworking, you won't have to worry about paying money for medicines and doctors, I will take care of it."
As soon as Su Wan laid down these three conditions, the officials immediately straightened up. Compared to the monetary benefits that the Lai Family gave them these incentives and medical insurance sounded much more nice.
The Big Ocean City was close to the ocean and thus it was one of the coldest cities in the Imperial capital, it wouldn't be wrong to say that one could freeze to death if one were not careful.
In such weather, it was normal for people to fall sick and the officials knew how many times their old parents nearly died and the money that they had to fork out for their recovery and treatment. It was simply sky-high!
And the incentives, it sounded really tempting as well.
Qi Zhen only gave them some money when he wanted their help and would forget them until he needed their help again, compared to relying on himself was much better!
So why did it matter that the county magistrate was a woman? As long as she could give them benefits they were willing to follow her!
Look at that didn't Lord Yan agree to follow Su Wan as well? In front of the majestic Yan Zhao who were they?!
Seeing that she had convinced the officials, Su Wan smiled victoriously and then said, " If you still want to object to Mister Lai's punishment then you are more than willing to speak up now."
None of the officials spoke, they might have received a few benefits from the Lai family but they were not enough, especially in a cold and desolate city like the Big Ocean City.
" A bunch of traitors!" When Lai Baihu saw that no one was speaking up for him, he couldn't help but tremble in anger. He was not mean to these officials and even helped them many times, how could they turn their back on him at the crucial moment?
Lai Baihu was angry and so was Qi Zhen, he looked at the officials who were silent and frowned in disapproval. In the past, the Lai family had not treated these people badly but they were actually turning their backs on them so quickly and that too for a few taels.
He wanted to say something but the man behind him shook his head, at this moment there was no point in fighting for Lai Baihu. He was doomed to suffer but they couldn't allow their Lai family to suffer as well along with Lai Baihu. Anyways, Lai Baihu was a member of the side branch and not the main branch of the Lai family even if he was turned into a eunuch there was nothing wrong with it.
He at least had a son to carry on his family line. As for the humiliation, that was Lai Baihu's fault, who asked him to be so greedy? One or two women were all right but he grew more and more arrogant and acted rashly, this could not be blamed on them.
Qi Zhen also knew that it was better to cut the losses but when he thought about how he had poured a lot of money into smuggling Lai Baihu into the county magistrate's office, he suddenly felt regretful.
After all, Lai Baihu's wife was none other than his maternal cousin whom his mother brought from the Qi Village, once his cousin found out that her husband was a eunuch and she had to live a life like that of a widow, she would certainly make a fuss.
But there was nothing Qi Zhen could do, thinking about how Su Wan just threatened him with the taxes that their family had not paid, he did not want to be investigated along with Lai Baihu, their family would not be able to escape if the matter was investigated to the end.
For now, he could only suck this humiliation down.
Soon the Yamen officers along with the man in charge of turning men into eunuchs arrived. They first thought that they had misheard but when they heard Su Wan mention strictly that she wanted to turn Lai Baihu into a eunuch they could only follow her order. After all, who asked Lai Baihu to be blind and then offend the county magistrate?
The executioner picked up the sharp knife and then turned to look at Lai Baihu with sympathy in his eyes, he naturally felt sorry for Lai Baihu but the order of the magistrate was final.
" No… wait... I was only … I was blinded for a while, I swear I will not do it in the future…" however no matter how much Lai Baihu pleaded no one believed him.
Even Su Wan did not believe him.
She calmly looked at him and then said, " I am a benevolent and generous person. I also have people I care about and this was why I did not want to use my hands to touch someone. But it depends on the person in front, since you are not human, then there is no need for me to deal with you kindly."
Su Wan turned to look at the executioner who nodded and then dragged Lai Baihu to the side. The sound of sword swooshing down echoed in the surroundings followed by Lai Baihu's piercing screams.
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