Hope for luck

Chapter 55
Seeing Du Xiangming being beaten and shouting in pain, many gentry outsiders felt the same way, but Du Xiangjun, who was Du Xiangming's elder brother, seemed indifferent, and they could only 'watch on the sidelines'.

Although Du Xiangjun looked indifferent at the moment, it could be seen from his slightly trembling face that his heart was not peaceful.

Gao Pan's step by step made Du Xiangjun feel that he had no chance to fight back. The only thing he could rely on was his status as a squire, but in front of Gao Pan, a decent court magistrate, he still couldn't stop Gao Pan from stopping!

Thinking of this, Du Xiangjun knew that the Du family and Gao Pan had formed an incomprehensible enmity, and it was an endless enmity. For a moment, Du Xiangjun looked at Gao Pan with very complicated eyes.

There were anger, resentment, horror and other emotions in it, but he still could only watch Du Xiangming being beaten to death and dragged into the courtroom, without saying a word, his face was livid!
"Okay, okay, good fight..."

The people cheering on the side made Du Xiangjun feel hot on his face. After the twenty sticks, Du Xiangjun also felt Gao Pan's thunderous wrath!
At this moment, Du Xiangjun no longer underestimated Gao Pan, but began to think in his heart how to get Gao Pan to step down. The previous one-sided approach must not work.

Facing an 'old fritter' like Gao Pan, Du Xiangjun felt that he still had to follow the rules of the officialdom, otherwise, his status as a country gentleman would have no effect at all except to fuel Gao Pan's arrogance!
"Gao Pan... you bastard... dare to hit... me, wait... the third master, I will definitely repay you twice in the future!"

Even though he was beaten to death, Du Xiangming still looked at Gao Pan with resentment at this moment. Although he was dragged into the courtroom, he still looked very "imposing" and said to Gao Pan.

Seeing this, Gao Pan gritted his teeth and said in a loud voice:
"Du Xiangming, you have committed a lot of crimes. You are dying and you still don't know how to repent. Even so, I won't ask you any more questions. With witnesses and evidence, I can still sentence you!"

"Hahaha... dog, you are worthy of judging the third master... wait to die..."

Du Xiangming, however, lay on the ground like a mad dog, growling in a low voice.

Seeing this, Gao Pan frowned, thinking, this Du Xiangming probably hasn't been beaten since he was a child, right?

From middle-aged to middle-aged, his temper is like a stunned young man. Now he is in this situation, but he can only be "incompetent and furious" and utter bad words. It is really a pity to die.

"Everyone has seen that Du Xiangming used loan sharks as an excuse to persecute many families and forced the people of this county to suffer. Such a trend, as the imperial court appointed Dan Tang magistrate, must be curbed!"

After Gao Pan glanced at Du Xiangming coldly, he ignored his "screaming" and talked about the key points of this interrogation.

"The imperial court expressly prohibits the private lending of loan sharks because it is afraid of the current situation. You can see, these suffering masters who are persecuted by usury, how can there be any trace of human dignity? This is only Du Xiangming. In Dantang County, With so many wealthy gentlemen and poor people in Dantang, wouldn't they all be controlled by them?"

Gao Pan spoke uprightly, his voice resounded throughout the courtroom, it was deafening, and many people glared at Du Xiangming.

As for the many country gentry officials on the side of the court, when they heard this, their faces turned ashen in an instant, and they were in a state of panic all day long.

They have all forgotten the main purpose of their coming to the county government office, and now they only think about how to get out of here and prevent the people outside from seeing them!

Otherwise, what face would they have to go out from now on?I'm afraid I'm going to be pointed at the nose and scolded in the face, and poked the spine in the back?

At this moment, Du Xiangjun's eyes became more sinister. Gao Pan only used Du Xiangming alone to subdue all the gentry, making them dare not say a word. How dare they oppose Gao Pan's announcement?

Gao Pan, who was sitting upright, glanced at these squires from the corner of his eye, and sneered inwardly.

These squires thought that as long as they came together, they could put enough pressure on him.

He even felt that the poor people outside couldn't do without his loan, relying on his status as a gentry in Dantang County, Gao Pan dared not do anything to them!
But in Gao Pan's eyes, the gentry are naturally the opposite of being suppressed, but what he is coercing is the righteousness of the people, who dares to stop?
Gao Pan is not afraid of wearing shoes with bare feet, and he is not a vested interest. Naturally, he is on the side of the poor!

From the very beginning, these gentry outsiders thought wrongly. They thought that Gao Pan would protect the interests of the entire gentry, but they didn't know that the current Gao Pan had long been replaced by the soul from later generations.

"From today onwards, anyone who dares to charge three cents or more of monthly interest can come to the government to report to the official, and I will make the decision for everyone. If the debt that has not been paid off yet exceeds three cents of the interest, there is no need to repay it." , This is what the officer said!"

Then, Gao Pan expressed his ambition. He wanted all the gentry to have no means of forcing the poor people to be manipulated by them.

"Besides, if you have no way to support your family temporarily, you can come to the county government to borrow money to survive, and only charge [-]% annual interest!"

Gao Pan's next words made many onlookers startled for a moment, and then clapped their hands and cheered.

If what Gao Pan said is true, those [-]% interest is like free money, which is much, much better than the unscrupulous money received by many gentry officials!
Seeing this, many of the gentry officials fell silent with their ashes on their faces.

Gao Pan not only won the hearts of the people, but also directly blocked their way of making money, leaving them no room to resist.

It seems that righteousness and fame are not on their side. Except for them watching helplessly, no one dares to stand up and refute half a sentence!

At this moment, Du Xiangming, who was lying on the ground and 'roaring', no one cared anymore. The cheers of all the onlookers had already covered Du Xiangming's 'roaring' at this moment.

Seeing that he was really just 'incompetent and furious', Du Xiangming was a little furious. In addition, he had already been punished for [-] years, and he had already lost half his life. superior.

"My lord, Du Xiangming... is dead!"

It was the yamen on the side who saw something was wrong, so they stepped forward to check, but found that Du Xiangming had lost his temper, and hurriedly reported to Gao Pan.

Hearing this, Gao Pan raised his brows lightly, with disapproval on his face:

"It's really cheap for him. Put his body into a prison van, parade it in the street, and count the most evil ones!"

Gao Pan naturally understands that on this road of silent confrontation, dead people are normal. Only when these villains, common people, and tyrannical gentry get the punishment they deserve, Dantang County will become clean and bright!

(End of this chapter)