When Yang heard the news,he bought off all the officers in the town high and low,so the Town God paid no attention to Hsi Fang p'ing on the pretext that he had no evidence.Therefore, Hsi went to the prefecture government to protest.But his complaint was kept there for half a month and then sent back to the Town God.The Town God beat Hsi Fang p'ing and sent him back under escort to his own home.