The detectives on both sides of the hall turned a deaf ear to him. They had all been beaten with thirty boards yesterday. Those who were able to stand here and guard now were all smart and knew who the real master of the government office would be in the future.

It was the first time that County Magistrate Wang was ignored so thoroughly. He was so angry that he was shaking. He pointed at a familiar figure and said, "Come here and hold him down and beat him!"

Liu Zhuan glanced at him and didn't move.

Yu Jin, who was standing above him, looked at County Magistrate Wang with a half-smile and said, "Mr. County Magistrate is so arrogant. I wonder if you still have eyes for me, the county magistrate?"

County Magistrate Wang only then realized that the county government was no longer the one where he had the final say as it was half a month ago.

He knelt down again, shaking, and said, "Sir, I have no intention of offending you, but the words of this boy in front of me are too annoying. If he dares to ignore me today, he will kill me tomorrow, and my superior the day after tomorrow."

He hinted that he wanted to use the danger to his life to divert Yu Jin's attention and stop him from exceeding his authority.

Yu Jin was not stupid, he just didn't want to let him have his way, he imitated his words and ordered: "Come here, give him twenty strokes of the cane."

The detectives standing aside stepped forward one after another.

County Magistrate Wang thought Yu Jin had taken his words to heart, and his eyes flashed with a hint of satisfaction and malice. It was not until the detectives pinned him down that he realized something was wrong: "What are you doing?! Are you blind and don't you see that the disrespectful brat is standing to my right?! Why are you arresting me if you don't want to beat him up?!"

"Sir," Liu Zhuan whispered in his ear, "The county magistrate wants to beat you."

Liu Zhuang raised his stick high and hit the flesh with every blow. The red muscles on his arms pushed up his robe because of the excessive force. Seeing the man who was once high and mighty writhing and wailing in pain under his hands, tears welled up in his eyes.

Little sister, I am useless. This is the only way I can avenge you.

After the boring twenty strokes of the board, County Magistrate Wang no longer had the strength to stand up. He looked up in embarrassment and saw the expressions of the people around him.

When his eyes fell on Gu Qinghe, the venom in his eyes could no longer be concealed. With a hatred that would destroy both him and the enemy, he spoke to the man in blue above him word by word, "Sir, you dealt fairly with my fault of exceeding my authority, but you will not forget the crime of this boy insulting an official in court."

Yu Jin looked at the slim boy hesitantly.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, a commoner was disrespectful to an official appointed by the imperial court, and according to the law he should be beaten. But what he said touched his heart, and Yu Jin did not think he was wrong.

However, from the perspective of officials and the people, he is wrong. If a commoner can easily shout and kill an official, then where is the authority of the official, and how can he establish his authority to control them?

Gu Qinghe had been prepared to bear the bad consequences when she spoke, but that didn't mean she would accept it. Seeing Yu Jin's hesitation, she knew something was up, so she bowed to him and said, "Sir, is the account book I just handed you useful?"

Yu Jin's eyes lit up, and he nodded and smiled, "It's useful, it's useful." Then he frowned and said to the crowd below in a serious tone, "The merits and demerits offset each other, and this will not happen again."

"Oh!" County Magistrate Wang's eyes were filled with indignation. "What a great example of an official protecting the people! Your Excellency the County Magistrate's way of being an official is just like this. I have learned this and will do things the same way from now on."

Yu Jin glanced at him and said without any emotion: "I'm afraid you won't be able to use it."

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